Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 08-23-19 02:14 <=-
Often things come at one from an unexpected angle or take
more time and attention than have been budgeted for. For me
the echo is of a somewhat higher priority than others give
it, and some of those around me don't see why I should be
on so frequently (or at all) and begrudge me my quiet time
at the laptop. And there are interruptions in service,
planned and unplanned (most recently at a Hampton Inn!).
My usual practice is to at least download a message packet every night,
and to try to do some replies at least every other day if not daily,
My method is similar, but I feel the need to maintain a
more constant presence than you have to.
After all, you keep your sets to 5 messages usually... and you do need
to be somewhat visible.... ;)
It's amusing that this is becoming a metadiscussion of the
echo, the food receding into the distance. Not that I mind,
but to set an example (not something I'm accustomed to)
I'm sticking to the time-honored use of an apt or inept
recipe as ontopicizer.
Not usually having recipes easily at hand, my usual ontopicizer is
usually a food-based tagline.... ;)
but often taking a break for Sunday...
Occasionally I take a break on Sunday, not for any
religious reason but because I do a lot of stuff on
Sundays. Anyhow, though we are profane rather than
sacred, we're not all that profane.
Mine is actually less for religious reasons as for the fact that our
Sundays are almost always over-packed already... as was the case
yesterday... we left the house our usual just after 9am, and didn't
return until 12 hours later... SS, church, an outdoor reception there,
4th Sunday lunch group at Abyssinia, barely time to get back to church,
then down to Fu's for dessert (high-finance at lunch had Edith putting
the whole bill for the three of us on her card, and she suggested
treating her to dessert at Fu's would cover nicely, but conversation
filled the time fully), and then took Edith home, and back home
ourselves... A little busier than normal, but not by all that much... ;)
Edith, Richard and I shared an Abyssinia Special III for three (doro
wet, yebeg alicia, kitfo, tomata salata, and sides of turmeric cabbage, turmeric veggies (potato, carrot, green bean) and split peas)... Renee
had yebeg alicia with lentils and cabbage, and sent most of it home with
us (she has a very small stomach, and decided that she'd not likely end
up eating the rest later) even though she quite liked it.... Linda had a
mild version of a (cooked) beef dish with the gomen and I think lentils,
and Randy had the doro wet with some side....
And to keep to that on trips as long as I have access (such as at
Shipps, or later this year, at Hafflys)... but most of my trips are
to places where I don't have any access... I do use that time to get
caught up on messages, though... and then get back and have to get
things settled out again before I can work on replies again....
Despite the farflungness of my life, access is
usually available, though most often a woefully
insecure one, because I stick to urban areas or at
most daytrips from them. Also, Asia is very good
about wi-fi, having adopted the technologies much
faster than here - you will find entire cities that
are wi-fi enabled; of course you have to give them
your personal information, but I often give that of
my friend the security expert instead.
That's one way to protect yourself... ;) Wi-fi doesn't do me much good,
as my laptop needs direct connection... and besides, most places I go,
like the Pond or wherever my family's camping ends up being, don't have
wi-fi or any internet connection at all... And couldn't hook into my
sister's internet when I was downstate for my aunt's funeral back in
May...
Can't do much about interruptions of service... ;0
There's always the public library.
Not really for trying to telnet into bbses... that's not usually
available on other computers.... especially public ones... Last time we
had an issue with our DSL, though, we went to Fu's and he let Richard
hook my computer into his modem, and Richard used his computer with the
wi-fi Fu has available... The previous time, we did similar by going up
to the church and using that internet service, me wired and Richard
wireless...
I hope the circumstances weren't too unpleasant. You
did mention having to have Edith's cat put down, though.
The cat was here at home, between trips... The first trip of those trips
to the Pond, in June, was extended due to a monster rain storm keeping
me there an extra day... the second trip, in early July, was extended because it turned out I needed to get RJ to an important appointment, as
his Jeep wasn't working right after all... that last was more of an
issue for not having expected it at all and not bringing enough meds to cover the extra day...
Yes. I'm having to dance around both Bonnie and Rosemary's
health issues (though Lilli seems to be fine for a change).
Good that Lilli's doing ok at least... ;)
I don't see why one couldn't just swirl a thick
jam or compote into the dough, precluding the
need for fresh fruit.
One could, but these are a seasonal treat, so need the fruit in
season... In times past, there have been good-sized chunks of fruit in
the loaves, a little mushy, but not overmuch, as I recall...
The origin of the loaves must have been (as with rotisserie
chickens and prepared food bars) to get rid of excess inventory.
I was thinking that the appeal of peach bread could be so great
that they might have had to make it a nonseasonal item.
I suppose, but then Wegmans does do things according to seasons... there
are some things one can only get at some particular time, such as hot
cross buns only during Lent, Irish potato bread only for St Patrick's, fruitcake during the holiday season... and certain varieties of candy
only at Easter, or harvest/Halloween, or at Christmas...
Had a couple new brands of berries. Dzen blueberries from
Broad Brook, CT, which were neither very sweet nor very
tart nor very blueberryish - they had a bit of that
intriguing tealike flavor that kept them from going
the way of all trash.
What with everything, I have yet to buy a box of the local Brown's Berry Farm blueberries this year... so I still don't know how they compare to
the lot... ;)
Are these a supermarket offering or do you have to go to
a farmstand to get them?
They're sold at Wegmans, along with other local farm produce... I did
get a box of the local blueberries this past week, and they're about the
same as the other's I've been getting... good enough, but only a few
berries in each box really what they should be... I did also get a
couple ears of local bi-color corn... they were quite nice... :)
Peculiarities abound. I discovered that on 8/8, when I
was at the Hampton in Antwerp, which had had some mysterious
bad thing happen to its internet, Google Chrome magically
installed itself, and I had to jump through hoops to get
rid of the piece of shit. Also 7Zip and/or EaseUS have been
keeping tabs on me (I voluntarily downloaded at least the
second of these).
I'm aware of Google Chrome (I think Richard has a similar view on it as
you) but the other two I'm not familiar with...
7Zip came preinstalled on my machine, but eventually I
deleted it. EaseUS (despite its name a Chinese product,
red flags) is one of the most highly rated backup programs.
I couldn't get it to work right, but it still takes up
space on this thing.
Not all that easy to get rid of, eh....?
I used to use CCleaner from Piriform, which used to claim to
find and clean all sorts of tracking cookies and temporary
files, but the new version doesn't find (or claim to)
anything at all. So I just deinstalled it and am looking for
an archive of a previous version. P.S. Found.
Too bad on the new version... and good you found the previous one.... :)
It wasn't the version I wanted, but it's better than the
new release, which is, as most updates are, improved in
graphics and interface and deproved in functionality.
But, but... functionality is what really counts... too bad they don't
get that....
ttyl neb
... I'm not out to lunch, I'm out for a four course meal.
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