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-=> Daryl Stout wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> My "Hunter's Safety Course" consisted of my Granddad telling me "Don't
 DD> point it at anything you don't intend to shoot. And don't shoot it at
 DD> anything you don't intend to kill."

 DS> I never was a fan of hunting. My brother used to, until he suffered
 DS> that freak motorcycle wreck 3 months after my wife died 15 years ago.
 DS> He lives in the rural part of western Pulaski County in a mobile home,
 DS> and one day, there was a deer outside. So, here goes "the big brave
 DS> naked deer hunter" outside.  He is so bummed up now from that wreck
 DS> that he can barely get around...although he goes out every day to dine
 DS> with friends (and spend money on food, beer, and tobacco). I usually
 DS> eat at home, and have been on a bland diet of wheat bread with butter,
 DS> and lemonade koolaid for a week.

C'mon over to the cooking echo - maybe we'll inspire you to expand your
menu. (See recipe below)
 
Eating out is a social occasion. I am an excellent cook - but unless I
am cooking to share with someone I prefer to hit the restaurants. Even
if my "social" interaction is limited to the wait staff and the cashier.

And, *no* clean-up.   Bv)=
 
 DD> From riding motorcycles for 65 years I've developed the habit of
 DD> drivihg all of the cars around me and thinking "What's the dumbest
 DD> thing this Bozo could do?" Ten times out of nine I'll be proven right.

 DS>   Sounds like a sign I saw on a restaurant across from Kyle Field in
 DS> College Station, Texas..."10 out of 9 Aggies prefer to eat here". 

99 of 100 Legionnaires who have tried Camels prefer women.  Bv)=

 DS>   So I redialed, and put it on speakerphone (my Mom was in the room
 DS> with me), and when they said "this call may be recorded for training
 DS> purposes", I said "It damn sure better be for the s*** I just went
 DS> through". They were going to make a 90 year old woman WAIT 2 WEEKS to
 DS> get a new DSL modem...and after I raised hell about it, they got a
 DS> technician out the next day. When I told him what happened, he
 DS> exploded...saying "there is no excuse for that, and this isn't the
 DS> first time they did it". He gave us a new DSL modem, plus his private
 DS> cellphone number...and said "If the DSL modem dies again, CALL ME.

That's the difference between (mis) management and labour.

 DS> Either I myself, or one of my team will be out here within 24 hours to
 DS> fix it!!". I was praying down blessings on him and his family. I
 DS> apologized to my Mom for cussing in front of her, and she said "I can't
 DS> say that I blame you...I heard every word". Even she was appalled at
 DS> the poor treatment I was given.

 DD> I know the words to that song. I *am* a Type 2.

 DS>   There is a new deal, I think called DexCom...where your
 DS> endocrinologist has to approve it, but you have this sensor taped to
 DS> your body. Then, you use a cellphone app to monitor your Hemoglobin
 DS> A1C, and blood glucose level...no more pricking your fingers, or having
 DS> to buy lancets or the alcohol swabs.

I'm fortunate in being what my croaker terms "well controlled". I only
poke my "signalling" finger once a week - and then only for my peace of
mind. Still have to take that blasted pill every morning, though.

 DD> The cheapskate was as much an act as being only 39 years old. In
 DD> reality he was known for his generosity.  Bv)=

 DS>   On one show, Mel Blanc (the voice of the Looney Tunes) did "an
 DS> electronic organ". The entire studio audience was roaring in raucous
 DS> laughter, and Jack's lips were quivering for all he was worth, in
 DS> trying NOT to laugh. Another great routine is the one with "Si, Cy,
 DS> and Sue". 

Kind of like his "feud" with Fred Allen. In life they were great 
friends.
 
 DD> Never been into B&D. To me "no pain" means no pain.

 DS>   I mentioned to a ham radio operator that I was "tied up" on certain
 DS> days with other commitments, and he came back with "I didn't know that
 DS> you were into bondage". To which, I busted out laughing, and replied
 DS> "Touche'". 

 DS>   The ham radio operators use ITU (International Telecommunications
 DS> Union) phonetics for their callsigns, to make it easier to understand.
 DS> I tell fellow hams "to use ITU phonetics on nets, but have a set of
 DS> alternate, cutesy phonetics handy...or these jokers will pick them for
 DS> you". One new ham in the area, has the callsign suffix YZP -- and a
 DS> fellow ham said it stood for "Your Zipper Protruding". His reply was
 DS> "Well Played, Sir". 

Many letters are near homophones. In my job I often used phonetics to
give part numbers over the Alexander. B - C - D - E - G - P - T and V 
all sound similar over a telephone headset. Phonetics takes the worry 
out of transcription.
 
 DS>   The latter is the most important. 

 DD> That would be tough for me I've been going "commando" for at least the
 DD> past 30 years.   Bv)=

 DS>   I do that at night...as nature is a call you can't leave to the
 DS> answering machine...and I don't want to have to rush to get the clothes
 DS> off. My late wife had one cardinal rule: "Leave The Toilet Seat
 DS> Down!!". I grew up with a brother, and didn't know that "women had to
 DS> sit for everything, and it took them forever and a day to get ready".
 DS> If I forgot that rule, my wife would spit at me like a mad
 DS> kitty...nothing more needed to be said...I knew I was guilty. 

Women never leave the seat up - and sometimes if I am operating under
extreme hydraulic pressure it's going to get wet. Too bad, so sad.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Sour Cream Apple Pie
 Categories: Pies, Pastry, Fruits, Dairy, Desserts
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
      1    Unbaked 9" pie crust
      2 lg Eggs
      1 c  Light sour cream
    3/4 c  Splenda Granular
      2 tb All-purpose flour
      2 ts Salt
  2 1/2 c  Peeled, thin sliced, baking
           - apples

MMMMM----------------------STREUSEL TOPPING---------------------------
      4 tb All-purpose flour
      3 tb Butter
    1/3 c  Splenda Granular
      1 ts Cinnamon
 
  Set oven @ 425ºF/220ºC. Bake pie crust for 15 minutes.
  Remove from oven. Cool. Set aside.
  
  In a large bowl, lightly beat together eggs, sour cream,
  Splenda Granular, flour, vanilla, and salt. Stir in
  apples and pour into the prebaked pie shell.
  
  Bake for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350ºF/175ºC and bake
  for 20 minutes more, covering edges of pie crust with
  foil as needed to prevent overbrowning.
  
  While pie is baking, combine the topping ingredients.
  Remove pie from oven and sprinkle on topping.
  
  Return pie to oven and bake an additional 20 minutes.
  
  Cool completely before serving.
  
  Makes 8 Servings. (At MY house a single pie makes 6
  servings - UDD)
  
  Nutrients Per Serving: (based on 8 servings per pie) 190
  Calories, 20 g Carbohydrates, 4 g Protein, 11 g Fat, 1 g
  Fiber, 150 mg Sodium
  
  From: http://www.diabeticconnect.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM

... "Part of being sane, is being a little bit crazy "-- Janet Long
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