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Skriven 2015-11-23 20:52:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: aah 497
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 11-20-15  04:49 <=-

 >  ML> Peasant Cantata) the conductor Bob asked if I wanted to go
 >  ML> for a ride while Deb was visiting with a former colleague,
 >  ML> or if I was all set. I said I was all set. Only later after
 >  ML> he had left did I figure out that he was angling for company.
 > And, had he made it explicit, you might have been willing to go with...
 ML> Yep. Not eager to go, but if the question had been
 ML> framed differently, my answer would likely have
 ML> been, give me 10 minutes, and I'll be right there.

I suppose it's part training people around one to be more explicit, and
part training one's self to be more likely to explore intent... I know
I'm more likely to use "willing to" as opposed to "want to", not just
with Richard... and also likely to respond to "want to?" with "maybe not
want, but would be willing"...  ;)  If angling for company, one is
likely to get a "please" or similar at that point...  :)

 >  > Guess I can't argue with you on that one... personally I do tend to
 >  > totally agree with that...  :) 
 >  ML> I have a much higher chance of chemotherapy, though.
 > Possibly... one can always (theoretically, anyway) refuse chemo, and
 > take one's chances....  
 ML> I wonder what I'd do - of course some heavy-duty
 ML> Internet peeking would be the first step, but
 ML> then, who knows.

I'm not sure what I'd do...  Mostly I think I'd probably refuse...
especially after seeing the aftereffects both short- and long-term from
the chemo on people I know very well and love... but what might make me
reconsider might be targeted chemos, or possibly the possibility of
sticking around longer...  The latter being heavily overbalanced with
whether I want to deal with the long-term aftereffects should I actually
survive...  I have a dear friend right now bravely going through chemo,
for the chance it might add another 5 years to her 86...  I wouldn't
tell her not to do it, it's her decision... but I'm pretty sure I
wouldn't, if it were I......

 >  > Hopefully it will last long enough to not be a disappointment...
 >  ML> Two years is all I ask.
 > That would get you to where you wouldn't be needing such...? or just to
 > where you'd be willing to put out for another one...?
 ML> I figure $25 a year at 100000 miles traveled
 ML> per is acceptable.

Ah, ok.... ;)
 
 >  ML> Big old sigh, though I say so who shouldn't, being a bargain
 >  ML> hunter on the rare occasions when I shop.
 > Yeah... me, too, actually... except that I will try to factor in quality
 > as part of whether or not it's a true bargain... ;)
 ML> That's sensible, but there are issues with
 ML> assessing quality - durability is hard to
 ML> predict, as is not getting tired of the
 ML> merchandise over time. Plus one factors in
 ML> the amount of time one has to make a decision
 ML> in the store.

I spend a lot of time NOT being in the store... ;)
 
 >  ML> Title: Hot and Sour Seafood Soup
 >  ML> Stephen Ceideburg
 >  ML> Original source unknown
 > Does that mean he didn't know where it came from, then...?
 ML> There were some enthusiastic collectors who back
 ML> 15-20 years ago compiled batches of recipes that
 ML> they identified by the FIDO poster - there are
 ML> collections labeled Loo, Ceideburg, Pitts, and
 ML> so on. Some of these have all previous information
 ML> erased, with only one attribution on the recipe,
 ML> though Loo, Ceideburg, or Pitts may not been the
 ML> dish's originator. Some are misattributions 
 ML> altogether (I suspect automated procedures and 
 ML> scripts that sometimes ran amok).

Ah.  So at this point, when one comes across such, one probably couldn't
tell with any degree of certainty the original source, and possibly not
even the secondary source(s)...  ;)

ttyl        neb

... Time sure flies...no matter what you're doing.

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