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Skriven 2013-07-11 02:49:56 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
   Kommentar till text 2316 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: skitters 849
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-=> Quoting MICHAEL LOO to NANCY BACKUS on 09 Jul 13  11:13:00 <=-

 NB>> Some days it seems that there are more reasons to blame than there are
 NB>> mosquitoes... ;)  I think that the skeeters just like some people's
 NB>> blood more than they like others... and aren't telling us why...  ;)
 ML> All sorts of other claims.
 ML> Beer attracts 'em - uh oh
 ML> B.O. attracts - no prob
 ML> Cheese attracts - no prob
 ML> Cholesterol attracts - uh oh
 ML> Exercise attracts - no prob
 ML> Fast metabolism attracts - uh oh
 ML> Feet attract - +-
 ML> High hormone levels attract - uh oh

Hmmm.... some fit better than others for me... not necessarily the same
ones..   I have found that the adage that flies are more likely to bite
when there's a storm coming does seem to be true...  :(

 ML>> Free food is always appreciated by the masses, but I like to
 ML>> think that in this case the pleasure shown was genuine.
 NB>> Huzzahs to the chef... :)   So the cheese was stiff enough done that
 NB>> way to handle toppings without drooping...?
 ML> Pretty much, though I served this as 2" wedges off a 10" pie
 ML> so don't know what full-size slices would do. If someone comes
 ML> up with a nice nonstick pan I will demonstrate, and we can
 ML> experiment with bigger versions.

That could be interesting...  ;)

 NB>>> Ah.  OK.  That is still pretty steep, I suppose, then... $8.90/100g
 NB>>> would be, hmmmmm, about $36-40/lb...  
 ML>> I see you do the same kind of estimation that I do.
 NB>> Round it up, round it around...?  Decent ballpark figure...?   ;)
 ML> I don't know - I tried to analyze my way by looking at the 9s
 ML> that are lurking in these numbers ($9, just short of, and 2/9
 ML> of a pound), but doing step by step it becomes obvious that
 ML> that's not how I came up with the almost instantaneous $40/lb.

Mine was somewhat a it's about $9, a pound is 454g which is a bit more
than 4 times 100g...  so 4 times is a little less than 36, bump it up to
40...  Then working backwards, a kilo is approx 2 pounds, so half of 89
is 45... yeah, $40's not too far off, then...  (G)

 ML> Worse, thinking about it now I can't even get that number by
 ML> estimating in any fashion. By actual thinking, I can do it only
 ML> by doing the math carefully and slowly.

I decided not to bother grabbing pencil and paper... mental is best for
approximations, I could probably do it all in my head, but that takes
time and effort that I didn't feel like expending... ;)

 NB>> I've been avoiding the DEET on pretty much general principles... and
 NB>> had been eyeing the picaridin formulations speculatively... guess I'll
 NB>> continue to let my procrastinating tendencies protect me from the
 NB>> drugs... even though that's of little use towards the mosquitoes...
 ML> DEET is bad, but mosquitoes are worse. Going to Kodiak later
 ML> this month, and the Alaska state bird is said to be bigger
 ML> and better than ever before. 

Or worse... ;(  I guess I can see protecting yourself there... ;)

 ML> Some blame global warming, some
 ML> blame global wetting, some claim that an influx of tender-
 ML> skinned tourists are bait just waiting to be chomped on.

Who knows... :)

ttyl       neb

... He enjoys a reputation as a master pig cooker. (He's a pig whisperer!)
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