>  ML> See, Lilli's is on the outskirts of an unincorporated
>  ML> CDP and thus outside the purview of government smaller
>  ML> than the county level.
> That would explain her loose or non-existent zoning but cable and
> internet oversight is a federal not a local responsibility. Your
> equivalent to the CRTC Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommun-
> ications Commission) is the FCC.

The theoretical oversight is unlikely to be effective in
remote monopolized areas.

>  ML> She finally got rid of her cable
>  ML> TV, but they tried to get rid of her Internet (for her
>  ML> that would be a disaster), having the lock on that, too.
> I had no problem at all dropping cable TV while retaining cable
> internet.

Perhaps your provider plays fair?

>  ML> So the new franchisee with starry dollar signs in his
>  ML> eyes
> The new franchisee is pretty savvy. They own 384 restaurants in
> Canada and the UK. The British group bought out an Ontario company
> which had 120 KFC stores there and hired some top Canadian McDonald's
> people to run the operation for them here in this country. My
> dealings were with an ex-McDonald's chap who was the western Canada
> real estate and business development guy and recently I met two of
> the heavy hitters from the UK, Shehzad and Bernie. 
> http://www.soulfoodsgroup.com/who-we-are/

So no fear that the sharks will take advantage.
It'll be interesting to see how they try to wring
profit out of the operation.
 
>  ML> There are a considerable number of Hispano-Americans,
>  ML> most no doubt productive ones
> I have found over the decades that the newest immigrants off the
> boat are the hardest workers no matter where they're from. The
> second generation is better educated and more fluent in English or
> French than their parents and get higher paying jobs and the third
> generation are just like the rest of us entitled and lazy slobs.

Very much. One of our founding fathers said something
like that.

>  ML> flavor to the mix, the climate being an initial hurdle
>  ML> of course.
> We have lots of Caribbean, African, Filipino and recently Australian
> immigrants here and almost all of them have adapted and survived.

Nobody's been found frozen into a statue?

>  ML> Angry Orchard
> I had to Google that. Cool name for hard cider.

It's a venture founded by Sam Adams, the company, not
the brewer-patriot. I don't know if it's gone off on 
its own by now.

> ... It takes seven years for a deer to grow up into a moose.

And another seven to turn into president.

Black-eyed Susan
categories: booze, railroad, horse racing, Maryland, Preakness
servings: 1

1 1/2 oz Sangamore Spirit rye whiskey
1/2 oz lime juice
3/4 oz blackberry simple syrup
3 oz ginger beer
garnish - mint sprig and 3 skewered blackberries

Shake first three ingredients together and double
strain into a Collins glass. Top with ginger beer.

Sangamore Spirit via National magazine 4-5/2019
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