> > > > > Hindsight is 911.
> > > > Hopefully preventing further calls to said line.
> > > Just giving you the 411.
> > And pointers for the 211.
> 
> I never saw the point of 211.
> 
Probably legal CYA on somebody's part.

> > Texans tend to serve the whole critter, although ice cream is 
> > available.  
> 
> Texans in general perhaps, but you'd have to go to 
> several places to get a complete nose-to-tail. 
> Steakhouses serve steak, Tex-Mex ones seem to have 
> the corner on skirt and plate, just as the Q joints 
> have claimed all the briskets. Head, tail, liver, 
> kidneys, tripe, feet, you have to go Mex-Mex. The 
> rest of the beast goes to shoes and burgers.

Then there's the Vietnamese, who probably use pretty well everything 
although they may not serve it to outsiders. 
 
> > > > And New York City, at least for a while.  
> > > I saw the 9/11 light memorial from the air. Quite 
> > > spectacular and rather moving.
> > I'd like to have seen that one myself.
> 
> if you fly over the city on 9/11 they do a revival of
> the original memorial. 

Ruth and pressure changes don't mix, so I'll have to youtube it or 
something.
 
> For the second time since '02 I'm not flying - one year 
> I took the TGV, which almost counts; this year I'll be 
> with Lilli and Swisher at Ian and Jacquie's, and even 
> if I wanted to fly someplace I wouldn't be able to.

Rats.  
 
> > > > Dr Dolittle's cleaning service franchise?
> > > I'm unfamiliar with that good medic. I presume
> > > that he did little.
> > He could talk to the animals.  
> 
> That's not necessarily doing much.
> 
Apparently the animals talked back.

> > > There have been those who have ridden the merry-go-round
> > > between public office and prison a number of times.
> > One former CT governator comes to mind.  I'm not sure if he's out 
> > again yet or not, and frankly don't care.  
> 
> It's not always clear whether the ones that get caught or at 
> least prosecuted are the most malfeasant ones. Of course, just 
> about any politician except maybe Massachusetts's the Duke, 
> has skeletons in closets, so it's easy to stick it to them. 
> And they look so adorable in black and white stripes.

Some of course just make sure they follow the letter of the law if 
not the spirit. These days the stripes have become solid orange or 
nasty tan. 
 
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