Hi Michael,

 ML> >  ML> >  ML> Maybe practicing for the big one down
 ML> >  ML> >  ML> the road?
 ML> >  ML> > Which, hopefully, won't happen in our lifetime.
 ML> >  ML> Eh, I'm kind of looking forward.
 ML> > I'm not looking for things like that.

 ML> We're maybe looking for different big ones.

Probably so.

 ML> >  ML> I have my BoA card cancelled every second
 ML> >  ML> year or so, but when it has actually been
 ML> >  ML> compromised, BoA hasn't done anything.
 ML> > Cap1 has been really good working with us. If we forget to notify
 ML> them > that we're going to be travelling, say, out west, they will
 ML> call and ask

 ML> Sacerdote recommended against Capital One,
 ML> so I've never considered dealing with it.

They've been good for us. We have a couple of other cards, one that we
use mostly around here, and the other as a back up for both of the
others. We also have some auto payments linked to some accounts.


 ML> > in the Phoenix area from us. Also, one of the things that tipped us
 ML> to > the fact the card was compromised, was a hefty charge to a
 ML> sporting
 ML> > goods store, another to a fabric store's on line branch. We've never
 ML> > gone to the former and the latter I only buy from their brick and
 ML> mortar > stores.

 ML> In a more ideal world, the card company
 ML> would be on the lookout for that kind of
 ML> activity to begin with.

That's ideal, but Cap1 has been good in working with us. They know where
we usually use it so anything out of the ordinary, they will call us.


 ML> >  ML> the algorithms flagged a perfectly normal
 ML> >  ML> transaction, that they have caused me
 ML> >  ML> heaps of trouble.
 ML> > If it happens often enough, I'd consider dropping the card, or at
 ML> least, > regulate it to a less often used status.

 ML> The reason that I use it, quite simply, is
 ML> that I'm within spitting distance of a
 ML> place to pay my bill pretty much anywhere
 ML> in the world. It's the same reason why CVS

OK, we do just about all our bill paying on line now.

 ML> had my prescription business for so many
 ML> years (Costco now for me).

CVS had the contract for Tricare/Express Scripts for a number of years,
made it convenient when we lived in the rental house in WF. CVS was on
the route to/from the seminary campus so if either of us had a
prescription, he would be able to pick it up. They lost the contract to
Walgreens a few years ago, not quite as convenient but more so than
Costco.

 ML> >  ML> Her retort would be that that's millions
 ML> >  ML> of person-hours that wouldn't have been
 ML> >  ML> available to an otherwise hungry populace.
 ML> > Probably a lot of the seasonal hires, especially this past season,
 ML> have > been ones that have been laid off from other jobs.

 ML> Yeah, but were it not for the seasonal work,
 ML> they'd be laid off anyway.

Seasonal work is better than no work and having to draw unemployment.
Also gets people off of food stamps and such like while they're working.


 ML> >  ML> I believe that's what Amazon sells itself as
 ML> >  ML> the remedy for.
 ML> > Do they sell build your own house kits? Sears used to.

 ML> Checked; they do, but anyhow Sears sold
 ML> house kits only until 1942.

I knew Sears had stopped but didn't know that Amazon did it. Is it kits
like Sears and Jim Walter used to have?


 ML> >  ML> Sounds a bit like overkill to me.
 ML> > It's a help for those perishables we don't want to perish when the
 ML> > outside temps get high enough that the other coolers don't work that
 ML> > well. Some of them cool only to 40 degrees less than the ambient air
 ML> > temp.

 ML> We're looking more for short-term storage,
 ML> when 40 below ambient should do okay.

OTOH, we need the longer term storage when we're out with the camper.

 ML> > Somewhat by accident. Pantry stocking is done on a regular basis
 ML> (don't > have any MREs in there). The various grills fit in with
 ML> Steve's interest

 ML> I'm sure Steve or his taste buds is
 ML> thankful for the lack of MREs!

Very much so! When his dad was still hunting, we shipped him a case to
use for "field food". He thought them better than the C-Rations he had
while in the Army but still not overly impressed with them. When we had
to keep Evac(uation) kits on hand (in Germany and Hawaii), we kept some
MREs on hand but they're long gone now.


 ML> >  ML> Mousse souffle au chocolat
 ML> > Just give me the chocolate..................

 ML> Kate Hepburn's brownies
 ML> categories: celebrity x2, chocolate, dessert

 ML> 2 oz baking chocolate
 ML> 1/4 lb unsalted butter
 ML> 1 c sugar
 ML> 2 beaten eggs
 ML> 1/2 ts vanilla
 ML> 1/4 c flour
 ML> 1/4 ts salt
 ML> 1 c coarsely chopped walnuts

I'll leave out the nuts but otherwise it looks good. Looks like more of
a fudgy brownie instead of a cake like one.


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