>  > No doubt... It's just the image conjured up, and the way it struck him
>  > as funny.... 
>  ML> I suppose. People get amused by small things and things 
>  ML> about small things, I guess. And we have the ironic use 
>  ML> of size terms, see below.
> Sometimes it's just how something strikes one...  

It's always how something strikes one.

>  >  ML> In this case I've tentatively traced it to the
>  >  ML> router I'm connected to being haunted.
>  > That could explain it...
>  ML> And some sites are reacting as if ignoring my inputs and
>  ML> displaying to the tapping of a different drummer.
> That could be right scary...

It's happening fairly frequently. I try to remember
to put airplane mode on when I'm not actively using
the Internet, but I forget all too frequently.

>  >  ML> slightly stoned guy standing enthralled by it for
>  >  ML> several minutes. I asked him if he thought it was
>  >  ML> broken, and he said he was scared to put his card
>  >  ML> into it. I also refrained from doing so.
>  > Yeah... I wouldn't trust my card to that either.... Any "natural"
>  > explanations of the phenomenon I could think of don't give any better
>  > confidence that one wouldn't lose the card....
>  ML> It was amusing in the way Little Shop of Horrors was
>  ML> (I saw the original only).
> I've only heard selected selections from it on the radio from time to
> time... and heard of it.... 

In my youth, popular culture was not quite the closed
book it now is to me.

>  > ... A cat is the visible soul of a home.
>  ML> From the cat's point of view!
> Mais d'accord...

Dander is the real soul, though.

>  > They might have some sort of arrangement for out-of-state regular
>  > visitors... possibly based on whether one has a current library card
>  > elsewhere... 
>  ML> They didn't ask for evidence of any.
> And I gather you didn't ask, either....

I'm not sure about the sense of offering that kind
of reciprocity, anyhow.

>  >  ML> California is a diferent question - 
>  >  ML> you waltz in, and if you aren't a resident, you 
>  >  ML> pay $5 for a lifetime card (if you lose the card,
>  >  ML> it's a buck to replace). I showed the librarian
>  >  ML> my handicap placard, and the fee got waived.
>  > That's a nice setup... 
>  ML> It worked well enough.
> Were I to be likely in CA for any length of time (or lengths of time) it
> could be something to pursue.... 

Placards do come in handy at times.

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.02

      Title: Shrimp Mousse Dip
 Categories: Improv, Kohl, Appetizers
      Yield: 1 servings

      1 cn Tomato soup                         1 pk Cream cheese (8oz)
      2 md Scallions, finely chopped           1    Celery stalk, finely
choppe
      1 pk Knox unflavored gelatin           1/4 c  Water
      1 lb Shrimp, cooked and chopped          1 c  Best Food mayonnaise

  Dissolve tomato soup and cream cheese over a low heat.  Remove from heat.
  Mix together the gelatin and water.  Mix all the ingredients together and
  put into a mold or pan.  Chill for at least 2 hours.  Serve with various
  types of crackers - Ritz are excellent.  NOTE:  Do NOT cover with foil. A
  reaction of the foil and the tomato soup causes holes to form in the
foil!

  Taken from: IT NEVER TURNS OUT THE SAME WAY COOKBOOK
              A Collection of Recipes from the Kitchen of Joyce & Clem Kohl
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