bk>>  case passed by, and said, "Bonjour" as he passed. My somewhat
 bk>>  impaired hearing did not decipher what he said, so my daughter
 bk>>  informed me, too late to respond.

 CH>  Do yourself a happy self esteem boosting favor.
 CH>  Watch for body language next time.
 CH>  If someone smiles at you and seems to be saying, Hi...
 CH>  Respond with a smile and nod of the head. If they seem to
 CH>  need help they're facial expression and hand gestures may
 CH>  convey that need.

 My hearing isn't really bad enough for me to develop the skills
 at reading people. Been working in a high noise enviornment for
 30 years, where you can't hear anyone a foot away, and still
 can't read lips.

 All you gotta do is speak up a bit, enunciate, and face me.

 CH>  When I'm out walking the dogs and someone pulls over
 CH>  apparently needing directions I'll simply say ... sorry
 CH>  I'm new here. Which isn't far from the truth. If I happen
 CH>  to get back into the habit of carrying a little note pad
 CH>  and pen I'll ask them what they want. Some people freak
 CH>  out when given a paper and pen though. It's  tricky
 CH>  territory. Exhausting as it is we have to assert ourselves
 CH>  a bit at times like that.

 All I need is for them to speak up a bit. To which end I just
 mention that I am a bit hard of hearing. OTOH, in a quiet
 enviornment I can understand quite well. I don't even need my
 hearing aids at most concerts, as the acustics tend to be good
 and the audience quiet.

 CH> Now as for delays in letting us know what was said , way
 CH> past where we can respond we need to let our loved ones
 CH> know that we'd appreciate the opportunity to respond
 CH> promptly.. You see they really don't know. We have to
 CH> shelve our dismay and teach them. Gently.

 Smack! (no? Sorry.)

 CH> Help family members get over being squeamish about using
 CH> body language. It's perfectly okay! It's only when we use
 CH> it too much and for no reason we can "look crazy" (so the
 CH> stigma goes.)

 CH> ..................

 CH>>  Okay somebody is going to translate all this for us poor
 CH>>  unwashed masses?

 bk>>  Well, I'm lost today, but give me 5 minutes and I may be found.

 CH>  I like that. And it's cute how a TV show has yet again
 CH>  created a household word so to speak. Or rather created a
 CH>  'household word' OUT of a common word.

 Huh? Which household word?

 bk>>  If not, we can grill Lee about it. If he doesn't reply we'll
 bk>>  make hamburger out of him. With dehydrated onions.

 CH> I'd rather have grilled swiss with red peppers and a dab of
 CH> honey mustard. Or better: NYS style bagel; a toasted sesame
 CH> seed bagel with sweet red peppers, aged a bit of cheddar
 CH> and minced garlic toasted on top...  (HAS to be a sesame
 CH> bagel...)

 See, Cindy...

 LL>> Ce doit avoir ‚t‚ ce gallon fran‡ais qui m'a obtenu perdu.
 LL>> Mais maintenant j'ai ‚t‚ trouv‚.  :)

 LL> La meilleure m‚thode est d'imbiber les oignons d‚shydrat‚s
 LL> en jus de choucroute pendant quinze minutes, pour placer
 LL> alors sure le gril, ajoutant les pƒt‚s d'hamburger, et le
 LL> cuisinier jusqu'… fait.

 lost> perdue
 found> trouve
 5 minutes> quinze minutes
 grill> gril
 hamburger> Pates d'hamburger
 dehydrated onions> Oignons deshydrates

 My French was high school, over 40 years ago. But the only part
 of that I didn't get, I believe, was the Jus de choucroute.
 Juice of something. Knowing Lee it might be Juice of Crawfish.

 Nah... even he wouldn't do that... would he?

 Let's see how I did, Lee can score it.

 He had a french recipe that he had lost, but now he has found
 it.

 The (meillure) classic? best? preferred? method is to soak the
 dehydrated onions in the choucroute juice, whatever that is, for
 about 5 minutes. Then place them with the hamburger patties on
 the grill. And the cuisine is complete.

 IOW, it appears he is a purist when it comes to hamburgers. As
 am I.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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