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Skriven 2008-12-19 17:53:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av GLEN JAMIESON
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 ML> Bearing in mind that my situation was caused by physical necessity
 ML> rather than economic, moral, or lifestyle choice. Were I put behind
 GJ> You are not alone there.  As well as those who choose not to drive for
 GJ> moral, religious or lifestyle reasons, there must be many people -
 GJ> probably millions - in USA who because of age (at upper and lower
 GJ> extremes), disability or other constraints are unable to drive cars or
 GJ> motorbikes.

There are. I don't know what the percentage is, but some clever
person can do a Web search - I'm sure the data are not too hidden.

 In a country largely designed around the idea of
 GJ> universal independent personal transport and large, centralised
 GJ> shopping malls, how do they do their shopping and socialising?  Or do

Suburbia and exurbia are isolating places. People who find themselves
wheels-free and out of the range of public transport can become quite
lonely indeed.

 GJ> they all migrate to reserved areas where such facilities are provided
 GJ> for them? 

But most of the cities have some kind of public transport,
albeit often not particularly good. So there's an influx of
the lame and halt into these cities. Often a person's activities
and lifestyle can be dictated by the bus schedule. I have a friend
whose sister relied on a bus that was recently discontinued to
get to work some ten miles away from where she lives: she will
have to either find a new job or get friends and relations to
drive her around.

 ML> record - he maimed a few but killed none, even the bicyclist).
 GJ> I can imagine that family history being an effective driving
 GJ> dissuader. 

Uh huh.

 ML> I sometimes wonder what happened
 ML> to Alan Sontag and Peter Weichsel.
 GJ> Still trying to work out how to divide 5 Lancias between them.

When did you read that book? I thought it was obvious, though,
as there was a nonplaying captain on the team.

==
 ML> Anheuser-Busch, which actually makes a few decent
 ML> beers, is laying off 1400 workers, accepting 1000 early
 ML> retirements, and not filling a couple hundred open positions.
 GJ> That is surprising.  I would have expected the reverse, as people who
 GJ> had lost their jobs sat at home drowning their sorrows.  (Or are they
 GJ> all making home brew in their extra spare time?)

Too many of us are hand to mouth, and if there's no money coming in,
beer consumption has to be curtailed, incredible though that may
seem to you.

 ML> If I do, I imagine it'll be the last time.
 GJ> Umm, yes.  Brains spattered over the carpet, or slowly oozing out of
 GJ> the hole in your head...

The damage will in all probability be less spectacular in
appearance, though sufficiently fatal.

 GJ> Talking of medical repairs, a friend of mine from Vienna was
 GJ> travelling around USA last year, mainly by train, but he had trouble at
 GJ> San Fran airport when his new prosthetic hip joint set off the metal

San Fran is the airport where once the security screener performed
a simulated sexual act on my posterior, speaking of trouble. 

 GJ> detector. He had a letter from his doctor to affirm that that operation
 GJ> had been done, but unfortunately it was in German, which no one on duty
 GJ> could read.  He had great difficulty explaining the details of that
 GJ> operation to the 'droid operating the detector.

It is in fact too much to expect to have the checkpoints manned
by multilinguals!

 GJ> Title: Shepherds' Thighs With Fresh Rosemary
 GJ> Categories: Fix me

Okay. Shepherdesses' Thighs With Fresh Rosemary.

Candied Grapefruit Peel
categories, Gourmet, citrus, candy
yield: Makes about 45 strips

2 sm grapefruits
1 c granulated sugar
1/2 c water
1 c superfine granulated sugar

Preparation

With peel still on fruit, quarter peel lengthwise then remove, keeping 
pieces of peel intact. Reserve fruit for another use. Diagonally cut 
pieces of peel into 1/3"-wide strips.

Put peel in a 3-qt saucepan filled with cold water and bring slowly to a 
boil over moderate heat. Boil 1 min and drain. Repeat procedure 4 times 
to remove bitterness.

Have ready a lightly oiled large rack set in a shallow baking pan.

Bring regular granulated sugar and water to a boil in a large heavy skillet, 
stirring until sugar is dissolved. Add peel and boil, stirring, until most 
of syrup is absorbed, about 10 min.

Turn out peel onto rack, separating pieces. Dry candied peel, uncovered, at 
room temp until only slightly sticky, 4 - 8 hr. Toss, a few pieces at a time, 
in superfine sugar, shaking off excess.

Cooks' notes: 
If sugar syrup begins to crystallize on peel, turn out of skillet 
immediately. Peel will still be good but will have a different appearance
and won't need a sugar coating. 

Candied peel keeps in an airtight container at room temperature 1 week or 
chilled 1 month. If chilled peel becomes too moist, pat dry and reroll in
sugar.

Gourmet, December 2000

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