>  ML> Well, we should do that anyway. I'm not so sure
>  ML> that Alaska Airlines would charge you extra to
>  ML> carry your Cubs hat between the two places, though.
>  ML> What's your going south schedule going to be?
> I can't imagine them charging extra, unless I run into a Brewers fan.  :-)

Yeah, I guess the saying is "heavy the head
that wears the crown," not "heavy the crown."

> As to my schedule...I'm thinking of the standard fly to Las Vegas on
Halloween,
> I might even go over to the strip this time, and back here the first
week of
> April, or there abouts.

How close are you to the edge, 180-day-wise? 
And, equally to the point, in the future, is the 
dividend going to be big enough to bother with -
or exist at all?

>  ML> Speaking of blue, my pulse went down to 37, low
>  ML> even for me, and the thing didn't even think of
> Toooo...looooow.  I'm clocked at 70.  The nurses at rehab laugh about
it, at
> the beginning/end of the session they take BPs and the monitor gives
them heart
> rates.

For me, 50-60 is probably ideal; but then 
so is a 175-200 blood sugar.
 
>  ML> if it doesn't last too long it's no gigantic big
>  ML> deal - the machine is programmed to accept wide 
>  ML> variations in heart rate from me, just so the 
>  ML> EKG looks credible. Interesting that there's a  
> They can tune that lag out.  In a way I'm lucky.  After my bypass in 2001 I
> normally can't feel it when my heart does unusual things.  Or anything
else for
> that matter, not even my pulse.  But when I do feel strange it's things
like
> getting light headed or sick to my stomach.  Both are pretty rare
events for
> me.

Those sound as likely to be blood pressure
issues as arrhythmia issues. Postural 
hypotension maybe.
 
>  ML> Biotronik rep dedicated to the facility (a cute
>  ML> girl, of course), and she wanders around with a
> Ran into a young woman down in Lake Havasu, worked for Boston
Scientific, same
> sort of person.  I was told she was on her 3rd heart, original +2, and ran
> marathons, but who believes anything a Cardiologist tells them.

I know everyone's young using us as a 
reference, but how much so to be on a third 
heart, and why does she keep breaking them?
 
>  ML> You should come over for a change - our diet has
>  ML> been tri-tip, steak, tri-tip, steak, rinse, repeat.
>  ML> I did make chili, but I have it for lunch and snacks
>  ML> - she won't eat it.
> I'm thinking when I get my new used car this fall, need something to
drive down
> there, I'd do the LHC/SD(friends)/LA(brother) triangle again during the
winter.
>  So I could meet up with you folks.  Maybe run to Denver(SIL and
horde), via
> Durango(old homestead), then on to Kansas(old boss), Missouri(niece),
> Oklahoma(parents grave), Texas(niece and nephew) and back to LHC just
because
> I'm already out of the house.  Either fall or spring, I'd want to miss
the snow
> going over Wolf Creek Pass, another option would be Red Mountain Pass.

Well, we could see what Ian and Jacquie's 
schedule is, and you could maybe work that
in. If you could get a nonstop to Europe
from Anchorage, that would save an hour
over LAX or LAS, though.
 
> As I said the 73-27 was at WallyWorld, and IIRC the last time I tried
any of it
> my impression was "Spend the money at Freddies for 80-20."  I have some
85-15
> and it's borderline for burgers.  But then again last time I used 80-20
out of
> chubs, and the processing made it almost unusable for burgers.

The chubs are compressed for ease in transport
and storage, plus you don't want any added air
in those packages, so the tissue is compressed
to the point where you'd want to reprocess it 
to make it useful. I've used it when it's the 
only thing at hand, but not for burgers.

Passover Hamburgers
categories: KfP, main, more like hash
servings: 6

2 lb chopped meat
2 md potatoes, grated
1/2 sm onion, diced
1 egg
2 ts salt
Chicken fat or oil for frying

Mix first five ingredients in bowl. Form into 12
patties and place in hot oil in large frying pan. 
Fry until crisp on both sides.

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