I was strongarmed into attending the revival at
the KenCen. Not a great loss if you missed it.

Saved us some money. (G)

The revival was the second stage show I was aware
of whose tickets cost $50. I played in the first
(again, that I knew of), but I don't remember what
it was.

British theatregoers were/are more sophisticated
than ours, but I may not be giving us enough credit.

The English have been enjoying theater a lot longer than Americans.

I > just finished a Ken Follette book set in Elizabethan
England--makes

references to dramas, plays, even gives the names of a couple by Shakespear without outright naming him.

The English have been enjoying everything a lot
longer than Americans. Except, perhaps, good food.

Our across the street neighbor's mother was Scottish--Mimi said that
just about everything she cooked was boiled--but she did make a good
short bread cookie.

Funny thing was that because of a long-standing
tradition of alliance with the French against
the English, the Scots had access to and contact
with that cuisine centuries ago. Seems, though,
that their famous frugality won over the desire
to eat tasty stuff.

Eh, as with the lines of investigation I suggest
for other people it's pretty much "when I think
of it, if I have the time and resources."

The two things that we always seem to be short of. (G)

Better than other people, who are also short
of good sense.

I've seen too many of those in my lifetime.

For sure, and they are conspicuous: genius idiocy
is noticeable the same way real genius is, because
normal competency doesn't stick out.

I'd rather not throw my money down a rabbit hole--chances of winning

are > so slim...............there are other ways to spend the money. Drugs, firearms, pornography, ... .

Good cheese, chocolate, fresh fruit...................

Big houses, big cars, plane tickets, ... .

Elna, Juki, Janome and Bernina come to mind right off. I thought about
buying a Viking once, but my Pfaff was still good so didn't bother.

Ah, yes; Annie also was under contract to
Bernina for a while.

Hopefully > he's going to do his part in getting it cleaned up, especially the

kitchen, before even contacting a realtor.

Not sure. I'm going mid-month and rescuing
some stuff like cooking equipment and books,
and he'll have to deal with the rest of it.

Do you have a place to stow everything you will pick up?

It'll get dispersed - the music-related stuff, cold-
weather clothes, and some of the books will go to
my accompanist Bonnie's; warm-weather clothes and
keepsakes to Lilli's. There may be enough left over
to justify a run to the storage unit, which is not
completely full. If anyone wants pots and pans, and
I find something that suits that I can spare, that
can be shipped. I doubt anyone here needs what I have
left, though, and I will abandon some to my brother.

Also hurricane season. That officially goes thru end of November; we

had > one blow thru in early October (Matthew) a couple of years ago.
At last > year's picnic, Steve was in contact with his folks quite a
bit as Irma > was creating a mess down in Florida.
Perhaps then we might consider having a
southern picnic in the spring some year?

Then we're dealing with big time pollen, plus some storms. No ideal
time, we'll just have to pick a time/place and hope for the best.

Makes the region sound uninhabitable!

Might be - this thing's keyboard is
pretty uneven (that's what I say to
myself when I make lots of typos).

But, it still works, even tho not ideally.

There are a few keys I have to hit twice to
make them register.

Hopefully not ones used a lot.

It's the ones that get used more that wear out.

layers) out of the oven--didn't trust me to do it--and dropped a

layer. > Ended up with half a layer cake. (G) It was a project for Brownie

Scouts; we had to do something we'd never done before so my mom

decided > I'd do this.
I wonder if there was any "let's not do it
and say we did" going on.

Not much at that time.

People weren't wise to the big wide world of
cheating yet, perhaps.

Macaroons
categories: sweet
yield: 1 batch

3 egg whites
1 sm pn soda
1 lb walnuts, chopped fine
1 c powdered sugar
2 Tb flour
vanilla to taste

Bake until dry in a moderate oven.

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Hi Michael,

I was strongarmed into attending the revival at
the KenCen. Not a great loss if you missed it.

Saved us some money. (G)

The revival was the second stage show I was aware
of whose tickets cost $50. I played in the first
(again, that I knew of), but I don't remember what
it was.

Don't think we've ever seen a show that cost that much. We thought about
seeing BLue Man Group when they were at DPAC (Durham Performing Arts
Center) a few years ago but tickets started at about $80./per so didn't
buy. Did get to see The Piano Guys instead, at a much more reasonable
price.

England--makes

references to dramas, plays, even gives the names of a couple

by > ML> > Shakespear without outright naming him.

The English have been enjoying everything a lot
longer than Americans. Except, perhaps, good food.

Our across the street neighbor's mother was Scottish--Mimi said that just about everything she cooked was boiled--but she did make a good short bread cookie.

Funny thing was that because of a long-standing
tradition of alliance with the French against
the English, the Scots had access to and contact
with that cuisine centuries ago. Seems, though,
that their famous frugality won over the desire
to eat tasty stuff.

Or, that their cooking was done more in a pot, over a fire. That again,
was frugality, I guess. (G)

Eh, as with the lines of investigation I suggest
for other people it's pretty much "when I think
of it, if I have the time and resources."

The two things that we always seem to be short of. (G)

Better than other people, who are also short
of good sense.

I've seen too many of those in my lifetime.

For sure, and they are conspicuous: genius idiocy
is noticeable the same way real genius is, because
normal competency doesn't stick out.

The Peter Principle?

I'd rather not throw my money down a rabbit hole--chances of

winning > ML> are > so slim...............there are other ways to
spend the money. > ML> Drugs, firearms, pornography, ... .

Good cheese, chocolate, fresh fruit...................

Big houses, big cars, plane tickets, ... .

Paid off house, chocolate...........

Elna, Juki, Janome and Bernina come to mind right off. I thought

about > buying a Viking once, but my Pfaff was still good so didn't bother.

Ah, yes; Annie also was under contract to
Bernina for a while.

Quite good machines, actually. I'm giving a 20+ year old one a good work
out (It belongs to an aunt in a nursing home; I've got "custody" of it.)
and it's doing a great job. We had it serviced and bought a missing
part; it's a "tank" (a lot of metal parts) but overall, a pretty good
machine.

Hopefully > he's going to do his part in getting it cleaned up, especially the

kitchen, before even contacting a realtor.

Not sure. I'm going mid-month and rescuing
some stuff like cooking equipment and books,
and he'll have to deal with the rest of it.

Do you have a place to stow everything you will pick up?

It'll get dispersed - the music-related stuff, cold-
weather clothes, and some of the books will go to
my accompanist Bonnie's; warm-weather clothes and
keepsakes to Lilli's. There may be enough left over
to justify a run to the storage unit, which is not
completely full. If anyone wants pots and pans, and
I find something that suits that I can spare, that
can be shipped. I doubt anyone here needs what I have
left, though, and I will abandon some to my brother.

Your brohter will have the bulk of the decision making as to what goes
where, tho. At least he probably won't be asking you about some of the
wierdest odds and ends of junk, like my brother is, with my parent's
house. My brother is just trying to cover himself in case my sisters or
I, in years to come, ask "what about XYZ that was in the house?".

Also hurricane season. That officially goes thru end of

November; we > ML> had > one blow thru in early October (Matthew) a couple of years ago. > ML> At last > year's picnic, Steve was in
contact with his folks quite a > ML> bit as Irma > was creating a
mess down in Florida.

Perhaps then we might consider having a
southern picnic in the spring some year?

Then we're dealing with big time pollen, plus some storms. No ideal time, we'll just have to pick a time/place and hope for the best.

Makes the region sound uninhabitable!

It can be, at times. Just have to try to pick a time and hope for the
best.

pretty uneven (that's what I say to
myself when I make lots of typos).

But, it still works, even tho not ideally.

There are a few keys I have to hit twice to
make them register.

Hopefully not ones used a lot.

It's the ones that get used more that wear out.

Someone needs to design a super sturdy keyboard. (G)

layers) out of the oven--didn't trust me to do it--and

dropped a > ML> layer. > Ended up with half a layer cake. (G) It was
a project for > ML> Brownie

Scouts; we had to do something we'd never done before so my

mom > ML> decided > I'd do this.

I wonder if there was any "let's not do it
and say we did" going on.

Not much at that time.

People weren't wise to the big wide world of
cheating yet, perhaps.

The kids involved were all 7 and 8 years old, in a rural area, little
tv, no internet so few of us were aware of the big, wide world yet.

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