>  ML> the system, she can earn American credit better on
>  ML> Alaska than on American, just so she flies first
>  ML> class, which she often does.
> Tell her to come on up. You know she's always welcome.  Who knows by
December I
> may have all the flotsam in piles, and some of them might even be
called neat.

By the way, upgraded flights don't offer the benefit
to her in the American program - only paid first class.

And starting 1/1/18, American and Alaska are divorced,
with no reciprocal benefits any more after that date; 
this makes my life considerably more difficult, and I 
may start having to pay for first class visiting you, 
something that I have hitherto been loath to do. This 
follows the Alaska-Virgin marriage with its preceding 
Alaska-Delta divorce.
 
>  ML> sure about the wisdom of Denver in winter.
> Yeah, I was there last Christmas, don't want to make a habit of it. 
Once every
> 15 years is often enough.  Hey!  Come to think of it...I'd very much
appreciate
> it if she showed up around Christmas.  Tell her to blockout the January
16 to
> February 16 timeframe (to the rest...I'm running away from home then).

Not going to happen, given the announcement that was
made yesterday. I will tell her your dates, but flying
on Alaska will not be an option for her starting 2018.
  
>  ML> Hah, I understand that. That was the mouse without 
>  ML> the security clearance place, wasn't it. Bit of a 
> We'd had a vole scampering around, I mentioned it to one of the NSA
guys who
> lived in the next vault over.  About a week later he said I didn't need to
> worry about it, they'd killed it.  His explanation was that it didn't
have a
> security clearance.  Me, I'm still trying to figure out how it got in
there in
> the first place.  Actually for the last 20 years I worked in locked
> basements...nothing super secret, just secret thankfully.

Yep, that's the story I recall, though I didn't
remember the principals in it; that mouse must have 
taken lessons from a mole or something.

I would be less than eager to work on anything that
was beyond a normal level of secrecy. I've heard
stories from Dale and several others about people
being restricted from travel because the chance of
their getting scooped up for what was in their heads
was too risky.

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      Title: FLOUR MEASURING HINT
 Categories: Information, Breadmaker, Breads
   Servings:  1

           Diana Lewis vgwn37a

  All flour is presifted but it settles during shipment. A cup of flour
  scooped directly from the bag can weigh up to 5 ounces. It SHOULD weigh 4
  ounces. To measure correctly fluff up flour in the bag or canister. Then
  sprinkle it lightly with a spopon into a measuring cup, scrape the excess
  off the top with a knife. From King Arthur flour

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