Hi Michael,

 ML> >  ML> People are often like that. I'm against
 ML> >  ML> sacrifice unless it benefits someone, though.
 ML> > It's something that should be kept quiet about, not broadcast all
 ML> over > the place.

 ML> I distrust those who pull out a plum and say
 ML> "what a good boy am I."

There are times you get the urge to strangle someone?


 ML> Being smart or rich or well endowed or beautiful is
 ML> one thing, but reminding people of it all the time
 ML> is a red flag as well as a constant irritation.

We brought down my sister good one time--she was bragging about living
in a gated community. At the time we were living on post--I just said
that we do too, and ours is also guarded--with armed guards. It took a
moment to sink into her brain and then she started sputtering........


 ML> >  ML> > And his reaction was
 ML> >  ML> "Just you wait, 'enry 'iggins."
 ML> > How long a wait? Seems like it should be addressed before it gets
 ML> much > worse--or is he of the "let's wait until it stops getting worse
 ML> before > we do anything" opinion? You could be waiting half of forever
 ML> then.

 ML> Why? It was basically an experiment with equipment
 ML> that was not designed with my condition in mind

It has to be tried on someone.

 ML> (nothing has been, as there's little call for it).
 ML> The common complications didn't happen - infection,
 ML> lens folded up or misaligned, that kind of thing,

I didn't have any of those either.

 ML> and the resultant vision was several orders of
 ML> magnitude better than it had been before, so an
 ML> extra nonscheduled visit wouldn't do any good and,
 ML> as they say, would just annoy the pig.

Ergo, "just live with it". Bummer but some vision is better than none.


 ML> >  ML> >  ML> How would that be accomplished? Make them
 ML> >  ML> >  ML> prescription only, maybe.
 ML> >  ML> > No, just ration them.
 ML> >  ML> Again, how could one do that?
 ML> > Rather much of an impossiblity so we just have to eat them. (G)

 ML> Or refrain from doing so.

As you wish..........................


 ML> >  ML> > Sometimes it works, other times, tough luck, kid .
 ML> >  ML> And the bigger the business, the fewer the
 ML> >  ML> sometimeses are.
 ML> > We've seen it happen a few times.

 ML> Intermittent reinforcement, then.

Not reallyy good for anything.


 ML> >  ML> Panko being Japanese, and those people not
 ML> >  ML> being into whole wheat bread, rather the
 ML> >  ML> whitest they can get. Maybe things have
 ML> >  ML> changed since I last checked, but I do doubt.
 ML> > I know, but I'm more tuned in to looking for whole wheat products.

 ML> You wouldn't find any such thing in Japan,
 ML> except maybe in a store for Americans. Not
 ML> that all inauthentic abominations taste bad,
 ML> as I noted to Weller.

Or make my own, as I do with regular bread crumbs.


 ML> >  ML> > Who's he? His chili doesn't sound that impressive IMO.
 ML> >  ML> Dunno. Famouser'n me, I guess. The chili has
 ML> >  ML> too many tomatoes and too few spices in it.
 ML> > Definatly needs some work to improve it.

 ML> Get rid of most of the tomatoes at least.
 ML> If the chili powder was respectable, not
 ML> much else need be done to it. Lots of ground
 ML> hot pepper and garlic maybe.

Or, just ditch that chili and start over from scratch.


 ML> >  ML> Yorkshire Christmas-Pie
 ML> > Re-reading books about Henry VIII, one Christmas feast talks about a
 ML> > lark stuffed into a duck stuffed into a turkey. The rich folks in
 ML> his > day ate more in one meal that the commoners ate in a week!

 ML> No doubt. What's really clear is that they
 ML> were served more in one meal than the poor
 ML> got their hands on in a week. It's unlikely
 ML> they ate all that they were served, with

There were a lot of people at the court but still there was probably a
lot more food left over than the commoner saw in a week.


 ML> leftovers going to the kitchen staff, the
 ML> servants, the domestic animals, and the
 ML> poor, probably in that order.

Sounds logical, tho sometimes the poor might have ranked above the
animals.

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