Hi Michael,

 ML> >  ML> Now it doesn't know if I'm in NYC or Rochester!
 ML> >  ML> I have not looked anything Rochestery up since
 ML> >  ML> the Penn Yan phenomenon.
 ML> > Something got into its little pea brain that made it think you
 ML> wanted to > be in Rochester.

 ML> One problem is that its little pea brain is no doubt
 ML> connected to someone else's larger brain. Do a simple
 ML> experiment, Google "weather here" without quotation
 ML> marks. It would be interesting to see where your cookies

I'll give it a try; results might be interesting. (G)

 ML> and things imply you are (I have cookies and trackers
 ML> supposedly turned off, but that's not working so well).
 ML> Edited to say: It says I am now in Cambridge, Mass.,
 ML> which is correct.

Any good cookies there?


 ML> >  ML> > OTOH, my screen fades out, then back in from time to time.
 ML> Nothing >  ML> lost > but it's annoying, especially when reading or
 ML> replying. Seems >  ML> to do it > only with Fido, but I'm not on the
 ML> internet that much so >  ML> haven't noticed > it there.
 ML> >  ML> That sounds to be a weak connection about to go. Perhaps
 ML> >  ML> something needs soldering.
 ML> > Steve would have to check that out; it's nothing I'd know where to
 ML> to > look for.

 ML> It sounds annoying enough so somebody has to look.

I'm not into diagnosing problems, especially ones that seem program
specific. By the time I call Steve when it first starts, it's over
before he gets to me so he's never seen it. The computer isn't that old
either.

 ML> >  ML> I'm not so sure that with my heart I should be jumping
 ML> >  ML> into a lake, though people may want me to.
 ML> > I did enough times as a kid that I can pass on it now.

 ML> It turns out what my friends consider swimming most
 ML> often consists of wading in gradually, acclimating to
 ML> the cold water, possibly getting all the way in and
 ML> possibly not. It turns out too that zebra mussels have
 ML> invaded the lakes to the degree that you have to wear
 ML> shoes to go out into the water at all!

That is, if you don't want your feet torn up.

 ML> >  ML> My record was 24 trail miles with a sizable mountain
 ML> >  ML> in one dawn to dusk go, but I used to be in shape.
 ML> > I've not done that much of a hike in one day. The right knee has
 ML> been > less than great since my freshman year in college (major
 ML> traumatic
 ML> > injury) and my folks were never into serious hiking when I was a
 ML> kid.

 ML> That and everything associated with it are over anyway.
 ML> That particular hike involved peak-bagging Owl's Head,
 ML> a massive slog that involved 6 miles (3 in and 3 out) of
 ML> essentially road walk to a public campground, 12 to 15 miles
 ML> of not too difficult trail, much on old logging roads, and
 ML> the rest a steep but easy bushwhack through mostly fairly
 ML> open woods and past a natural phenomenon known by the
 ML> puerile name Peeing Rock. Also several generally easy
 ML> stream crossings, only one was swollen from recent rains
 ML> and which I fell in, landing on my back. If I'd landed
 ML> on my front, things might have been fairly difficult for
 ML> a while.

I'd be able to do some of the hike, but not all of it.


 ML> >  ML> >  ML> We trust your tastes and local knowledge.
 ML> >  ML> > OK, we're going to check out some seafood places.
 ML> >  ML> That sounds good, but one thing crossed my mind; if
 ML> >  ML> people really want prime rib, we can do it ourselves
 ML> >  ML> given enough oven space.
 ML> > We have a standard range but if people want to try grilling beef,
 ML> we've > several options there.

 ML> I suppose one could grill a rib roast to good effect.

Possibly so; we just got a new grill. Will be going out shortly to get
something to initiate it.

 ML> >  ML> >  ML> > A grain or two of salt helps also. (G)
 ML> >  ML> >  ML> I'd prefer low-sodium insurance.
 ML> >  ML> > That's why I said only a grain or two, not a shaker full. (G)
 ML> >  ML> I wonder how that idiom came about.
 ML> > Haven't the foggiest notion!

 ML> Well, it's an ancient Latin locution, but that
 ML> begs the question.

Who, what, when, where, why or how?

 ML> >  ML> > We also had The Highway (C&W, from Nashville) on for a bit.
 ML> >  ML> That's how hits are made.
 ML> > Some numbers were pretty good, others, pretty forgettable.

 ML> De gustibus and all that.

And so on..............

 ML> >  ML> >  ML> Crispy Chicken Cheesy Gringa
 ML> >  ML> > Looks good but would leave off the cilantro or just have it
 ML> >  ML> available > for those who wanted it.
 ML> >  ML> It's easy to omit and easy to add for those who miss
 ML> >  ML> it. I've discovered in my old age that though I don't
 ML> >  ML> really like the stuff, I tolerate it much better than
 ML> >  ML> before. What's odd is that I am beginning to dislike
 ML> >  ML> regular parsley almost as much.
 ML> > Probably had it as one garnish too many.

 ML> Sprigs are easy. It's the chopped and strewn all
 ML> over the place that gets irritating.

If it's liksted on the menu, ask that they leave it off.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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