Hi Michael,

 ML> especially > if it takes various forms, may be less so but I've
not ML> seen any that ML> > look like maple leaves.

So far, so good.

 ML> See below. Just be careful is all I ask.

I've not gotten into any yet.


 ML> >  ML>  Western poison ivy is more bush or shrub-like. It
 ML> >  ML>  also displays clusters of three shiny leaves that
 ML> >  ML>  may turn colors in the fall.
 ML> > Maple leaves aren't shiny and generally don't grow in clusters of 3.

 ML> They can in both cases. And poison ivy leaves
 ML> sometimes aren't so shiny, and the clusters can
 ML> grow together - not common, but at least as much
 ML> so as children with webbed toes (I've never seen
 ML> such a child but have seen the webbed toes of two
 ML> adults, who presumably were once children with
 ML> webbed toes).

Always exceptions to the general rule.


 ML> >  ML>  Leaf shapes may vary from one type of plant to
 ML> >  ML>  another. Some look rather like a maple leaf,
 ML> >  ML>  while others are tear-drop or oval shaped.
 ML> >  ML>  -- plantcaretoday.com
 ML> > OK, the latter is the type of poison ivy I'm more familiar with.

 ML> It's not the enemy you know that you have to worry so
 ML> much about!

Usually so, it's the one you don't know that's the worry.


 ML> >  ML> > No, but it's good for the blood sugar stability. Today's
 ML> >  breakfast was a small cup of blueberry Greek yogurt, a whole wheat
 ML> >  English muffin with a bit of butter blend and strawberry-rhubarb
 ML> jam & >  a mug of British Blend tea. That's about my normal breakfast
 ML> most days, >  or close to it.
 ML> >  ML> I'd have a difficult time living with that kind
 ML> >  ML> of routine.
 ML> > Because of your life style. Ours is different, lending itself to
 ML> more of > the traditional eating patterns.

 ML> There must be societies where my eating habits would
 ML> be considered normal, if not common.


Probably so but none that I've encountered. (G)


 ML> >  ML> > Not all of mine; I've yet to sign into the electronic "social
 ML> media" >  ML> > platforms other than e-mail. Fido is as close as I get
 ML> to it.
 ML> >  ML> I avoid that kind of behavior, and FIDO is in fact as close
 ML> >  ML> as I generally get as well.
 ML> > Not even the "anti social" one known as fb?

 ML> I've been on Facebook maybe once every two to
 ML> three months.

I don't even have an account on it.

 ML> >  ML> Many of friends keep getting Flip Flop Berio despite
 ML> >  ML> my warnings.
 ML> > I used to buy that, when it was the only choice. Beat having no
 ML> olive > oil, but not by much.

 ML> Well, apparently, you didn't get much.

Not then but gotta get something.

 ML> >  ML> Speaking of routines, did you hear about the
 ML> >  ML> poet who found his daily routine difficult,
 ML> >  ML> because he kept going from bed to verse?
 ML> > I thought that was the organist who slept late one week and didn't
 ML> have > time to do anything but make a mad dash to the church.

 ML> And now for something completely different.

 ML> Thai-style green papaya mango salad
 ML> categories: airline, salad, side
 ML> servings: 4

Something you've tried making, eaten on a plane or only seen the recipe?

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