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Skriven 2016-01-15 19:40:43 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 35119 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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Hi Michael,

 ML> >  ML> As I said, people thought I was. Maybe it was
 ML> >  ML> the glasses.
 ML> > And the fact you are Chinese/American. A lot of folks think that
 ML> Asian > (and Asian American) kids are much smarter than Caucasian
 ML> American kids.

 ML> Not to put too fine a point on it, mine was the
 ML> generation that caused the stereotype, whether
 ML> it was justified or not.

Basically what I recall. We had no Asians in the area where I grew up so
I didn't notice the effect (just read about it).


 ML> > They aren't neccessarily so, but the Asian parents generally make
 ML> their > kids study harder to do well in math and science classes.

 ML> But I fooled them. I didn't study and didn't do my
 ML> homework ... or at least merely did the minimum.

Enough to get by, but not earn top grades?


 ML> >  ML> This would be an interesting way to get rid of
 ML> >  ML> excess inventory of weird things. Put them out
 ML> >  ML> on Christmas eve when all the good stuff is gone.
 ML> > Especially if there's a big event going on nearby and you're the
 ML> closest > bathroom stop on the way home. In this case, it was a
 ML> display of lights > at the LV Speedway.

 ML> Part of this is being in the right place at the right
 ML> time; but part of it is knowing how to figure out the
 ML> right place and the right time.

This was just off an interstate, just outside of Las Vegas. Good timing
for people passing thru who might have wanted a last minute (gag or
otherwise) Christmas gift.

 ML> >  ML> > It's a soda, most sodas are sweet.
 ML> >  ML> But they needn't be, and in many countries they aren't,
 ML> >  ML> at least to the degree that Coke and Dr. Pepper are here.
 ML> > I can recall thinking that German Coke was more like the "new coke"
 ML> > product that made such a resounding THUD when it was introduced
 ML> here. > The German Coke was sweeter, more like pepsi.

 ML> I've had examples of more sweet and less sweet in one day.
 ML> More sweet - the Asian juice drinks I have had in the last

If they're made with fresh, ripe fruit then the fruit sugars would make
them super sweet.

 ML> 24 hours have been uniformly way sweet, as (surprisingly)
 ML> was the iced tea, which was maybe twice as sweet as Southern
 ML> sweet tea (I bet you didn't think that was possible). On the

GAG! The sweetest tea around here is at Smithfield's Chicken & Barbaque;
I used to order mine half sweet, half unsweet to get it to a reasonable
sugar level. Now I order unsweet only and use stevia in it.

 ML> other hand the Schweppes dry ginger ale was delightful and I
 ML> believe drier than Canada Dry or the Schweppes stateside.

Sounds good--nice ginger bite to it?

 ML> >  ML> It wasn't going to jump out of the bottle and attack
 ML> >  ML> you! It wasn't a durian, after all.
 ML> > No, not a durian--we could keep this in the house.

 ML> The place I spent 5 hours in last night at a cost of
 ML> $21 charges a $60 cleaning fee if you bring in a durian

Wonder how profitable that is. (G)

 ML> - not unlike the hotels stateside that charge a giant
 ML> fee, bigger than the price of the room, for desmoking it.

We've walked out of a few supposed non smoking rooms that have smelled
like ash trays.


 ML> Thomas Keller Marshmallow Recipe
 ML> categories: candy, celebrity, attributed
 ML> yield: 1 batch

I've got a marshmallow recipe in my "Better Than Store Bought" book I
ought to look up and post for you.

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Ruth
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