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Skriven 2008-04-19 07:07:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av DALE SHIPP
Ärende: Blind 162
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 ML> (worst of all) my trip report for New Zealand, which I've
 ML> been working on in fits and spurts for the last 5 months
 ML> and which was weighing in at about 45K in its half-done
 ML> state.
 DS> Do you have a backup on your "at home" computer?

My at home computer having been a 486, I ditched it when I ditched
the apartment. I do have hardware backup up to about the middle of
2007 and data backup to about the end of 2007, all on thumb drive.
The New Zealand trip is pretty much gone from my memory now; I'd
just had notes, which I'm not sure if I backed up or not.

 -=> Dale Shipp said to Björn Forsström <=-

 DS> If a persons vision is not correctable to a particular standard,
 DS> then they are considered to be legally blind, even though they might
 DS> still have some limited vision.  According to a Wiki article
 DS> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legally_blind
 DS> that standard is 20/200 (in feet, or 6/60 in meters).

Well, probably 20/200 in meters, too, as it's a ratio rather
than a measure. As you know, I come perilously close to that
number.

   I would have
 DS> thought the standard to be called legally blind would be a lot worse
 DS> than that.

It's more like "legally nonfunctional."

 DS> Uncorrected, my vision is about 20/800 -- but is corrected to 20/20.
 DS> Even without my glasses, I could easily move around and navigate --
 DS> but would not be able to see well enough at distance to drive a car
 DS> or watch TV comfortably.

Uncorrected, I can read this computer screen only at a distance of
4 inches or less - last time I was in the hospital, before Carol came
and found me my glasses, I was apparently an amusing sight trying to
read the screen while trying not to raise my head more than 15 degrees
(doctor's orders) - I lifted the computer in my left hand and shoved
it up to my face and tried to type with my right hand.

 
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.02
 
      Title: Peking Duck
 Categories: Chinese, Poultry
      Yield: 1 duck
 
 
  Someone asked about Peking Duck. I've got two recipes in my
  collection - one is too simple, the other too long to post.
  
  So I'll just describe what to do, very briefly. If you want a good
  detailed recipe, check out Ken Hom's Chinese Technique (Simon &
  Schuster, 1981).
  
  1. Loosen the skin from the duck by massaging it, pulling the skin
  away where possible.
  
  2. Blanch the duck for a couple of minutes.
  
  3. Hang it up to dry for 4 hours, then baste it with sherry or with
  honey-water 1/2 and 1/2 mixture. Hang it up again to dry for 4 hours.
  
  4. Roast duck - one recipe says             the other says
                30 min. at 375               15 min at 450
                1 hour at 250                55 min at 350
                30 min at 400                20 min at 450
  
  The rationale for this I'm not sure of, but all recipes claim that
  changing the oven temperature makes a vast difference.
  
  5. To serve - slice off skin and cut it into 1"x2" pieces. Cut meat
  into similar-sized pieces. Provide 2" scallion lengths (green and
  white part), hoisin sauce (canned or bottled), pancakes (below). Each
  diner rolls a bit of meat, a bit of skin, and a scallion length into
  a pancake that has been spread with about a teaspoon of hoisin sauce
  and eats the mess with fingers.
  
  Pancakes (adapted from Grace Zia Chu, Pleasures of Chinese Cooking):
  
  2 c flour, 1 c boiling water, 2 T dark sesame oil
  
  Add water to flour in a bowl and work with a wooden spoon into a
  dough. Knead 10 min. and let rest for 10 min.
  
  Form into a long roll about 2" in diameter. Cut into 1/2" pieces and
  flatten to 1/4". Brush a little oil over a piece of dough and lay
  another piece over it. Roll out with rolling pin, slowly and from the
  center out, until the piece is 4" or more in diameter. Proceed until
  all dough is rolled out.
  
  Heat ungreased griddle over low flame and add dough circle. When it
  bubbles slightly, turn it over and heat the other side. While it is
  still warm, pull apart the two halves and fold at the center with the
  greased side inside. Repeat with remaining dough circles.
  
  Steam for 10 min. before using as above.
  
  From:    Michael Loo
 
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