-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 07-16-19  08:44 <=-

 >  > Depends on how much one likes the taste of raw fat...?
 >  ML> I like the taste of it, but the texture can be a
 >  ML> bit much. Being curious, I looked it up and discovered
 >  ML> that the Ethiopians eat the raw fat separately - a
 >  ML> wrinkle that has not yet arrived in the restaurants
 >  ML> here in the US.
 > Do they grind or chop it, or just leave it in a chunk...?
 ML> Don't know. I've eaten at Ethiopian restaurants in
 ML> a few countries, but Ethiopia is not one of them.

Hmmm.... might have to ask someone that's been there... or maybe came
from there, even.... 

 >  ML> Yeah, but we're talking about people at the top of
 >  ML> their profession - Neubauer and Vernon being principals
 >  ML> at New York and Cleveland (or was it Chicago?) and McCarty
 >  ML> being the de facto principal (nominally Burt Fine was) in
 >  ML> Boston.
 > Being at the top of the profession doesn't guarantee feeling secure,
 > though.... 
 ML> That IS true, but one might hope for a tougher
 ML> skin at the top.

One might hope, I suppose... 
 
 >  ML> And I endorse them. We had a violist friend over a
 >  ML> few nights ago (Marcus Thompson's former stand partner
 >  ML> at Music and Art), and he brought another M&A alum along,
 >  ML> and we spent hours swilling cheap red wine and telling
 >  ML> viola jokes.
 > Context plays a part...  (g)
 ML> Yep. So you are lost and come to a crossroads, where
 ML> you find the Easter Bunny, a bad viola player, and a
 ML> good viola player. You ask them which way to go. The 
 ML> Easter Bunny says, turn left. The bad viola player
 ML> says, go straight, and the good viola player says turn 
 ML> right. Which way do you go? Well, you go straight. The 
 ML> Easter Bunny is obviously a hallucination, and a good
 ML> viola player is, well, obviously a hallucination.

GROAN.  

ttyl         neb

... Appetisers are those little bits you eat until you lose your appetite.

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