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Skriven 2009-04-01 10:22:00 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
Ärende: FORK 'N' TUNE 420 90401
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 -=> Quoting Michael Loo to Glen Jamieson <=-

 GJ> Visa company is still running, you should be able to cash them.
 ML> The Visa company is a processor, not a bank. And since when
 ML> do claims have anything to do with reality? I mean, I am
 ML> supposed to be Star Gold for life, but it's likely that my
 ML> sponsor, United Airlines, or even the Star Alliance itself,
 ML> won't last any longer than I will, and there's a possibility
 ML> I may outlive my privileges.

What a choice!  Which would you prefer to expire first - UA or MLoo?
 
 GJ> tourists were safe.  Anyone who brought hard currency into the country
 GJ> could get away with anything - including murder.  The liquidation of
 GJ> political and other enemies of the Marcos administration was a well
 GJ> established tradition.  Even a well-known singer who became too

 ML> And yet none of my Lichauco friends died horrible deaths.
 ML> Though, of course, they were forced into exile and their
 ML> own considerable wealth appropriated for Marcosish uses.

Discretion being the better part.  Ninoy remained, and look what
happened to him.  He had an airport named after him.
 
 GJ> Can you still find a square root, using just a pencil and paper?
 ML> Yep.

Well done, young Michael!  I can't, now. Long division is my limit.
 
 ML> have recourse to a tuning fork on occasion.
 GJ> So what is the reaction from the musical multitude when you drag out
 GJ> your tuning fork?

 ML> I don't tune before a musical multitude, thank you.

Understood.
 
 GJ> Horror, or derisive laughter?
 ML> More the former, though I don't tend to use one in public.
 ML> I tune using the voice ... uh ... tone in my ... uh ...

Yeah, that thing...

 ML> that I can generate from memory (usually, and if not, I
 ML> fake it). On the rare occasions, it's like, wow, I didn't
 ML> know people had those things any more, you must be real old.

Soon the even younger ones won't even be able to recognise it, so then
you can present it as being the new, latest tuning aid which is so
clever that it doesn't even need a battery.
 
 GJ> tuning fork is a very stable source of a fixed frequency

 ML> Not completely, given the, shall we say, foreshots. The
 ML> initial blow given to a tuning fork deforms it so that
 ML> the first tone given from the thing is unreliable.
 ML> Only when the vibration stabilizes is the tone an
 ML> acceptable reference (this occurs generally, depending
 ML> on the size and quality of the fork and the violence of
 ML> the blow given it, within half a second or so).

There would be initial harmonics, particularly if struck on a too-hard
surface.  (From memory, the last time I used one...)

 ML> One of Sam von Trapp's favorite meals is very simple to prepare. Be
 ML> sure you have a good quality steak.

 ML> Trapp Family Lodge

One of the Trapp Family was a music teacher at the International
school that my kids went to in Madang in 1981.  They were surprised
that she was an old woman, and didn't look at all like the young girl
in the "Sound of Music".

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Pepper's Tuna Casserole
 Categories: Diabetic, Seafood, Cheese, Low-fat
      Yield: 8 Servings
 
  6 1/2 oz Water-packed tuna;
    1/2 c  Onion; diced
      6 oz Egg noodles;
      1 cn Light cream ofmushroom soup;
           Salt; to taste
           Pepper; to taste
      2 sl Light sandwich cheese;
 
  Cook noodles; drain.  Mix in all ingredients and top with the cheese.
  Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
  
  Nutrients per serving:  Calories 72, fat 3g, cholesterol 5mg,
  carbohydrate 3g, sodium 146mg. Exchanges: Meat 1.
 
MMMMM
 


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