• Resend Re: SpringHasSpru

    From Barry Martin@454:1/1 to Nancy Backus on Mon Jun 15 09:54:00 2020
    Subject: Resend Re: SpringHasSprung,RiverRiz


    Hi Nancy!

    That would be bad. :( More extended closures for a portion of the
    city, flood waters are not terribly clean so that medical issue to also
    contend with; keeping the social distancing while building flood
    walls, moving items to hopefully keep out of the water, etc......
    And I heard that Midland Michigan is having their own flooding issues
    on top of the COVID-19... and needed to evacuate people to shelters...
    which needed to follow the virus protocols.... Hopefully the danger
    has receded in your part of the world...
    Haven't heard of any flooding though the past week's rain and drizzle
    have made the ground saturated. The sump pump here has been working though I think finally got caught up yesterday.
    Sounds promising then that this year won't be a repeat of last
    year for you guys...

    Yes, appears we got by with minimal flooding, quite sure much to the
    relief of people and businesses who were affected last year! Did have a
    few road closures, which is pretty much normal. ...One year did have
    The Father's Day Flood: wasn't due to the Mississippi flooding but a torrential downpour. Power company had cut power to a substation to
    keep it from "blowing up" if the water got into it from a smaller river.
    Lack of power to run pumps and shop vacs created one set of problems, a
    small issue compared to having to replace a shorted-out substation if
    they had left the power on.



    And Texas had ping
    pong ball-sized hail. Daryl's been reporting thunderstorms for his
    area but not nearby -- just close enough to make him a little nervous.
    Rather unsettled weather everywhere, it seems....

    This past weekend was nice! :) Started off in the mid-50's, highs in
    the upper 70's/low 80's.


    I'm not a big fan of having the same meal the following night; a one
    night interval is sufficient.
    Richard's not keen on that either... so we do tend to space out the
    leftovers... and/or present them in a different fashion... ;)
    Yum: turkey! Yum! Turkey leftovers! Yum - turkey pot pie. Um -
    turkey soup. Ah - I think I'm growing feathers!
    You should have had other meals interspersed with the turkey ones... <G>
    Chicken!!
    Um... maybe not... maybe pork or beef...? :) Hamburgers,
    even... :)

    Now that's an idea! <g>


    The mega-Turkey at Christmas is an expected exception.
    And even then, we'd tend to have variations on the theme, not just a
    repeat of the first turkey meal.... ;)
    See above? <g> Usually we'll do a turkey leftover meal and there will
    be some turkey leftover for sandwiches. If a lot of turkey left over
    will be frozen for much later meal. We do of course end up giving away
    part of the original leftover to the kids.
    We start with less to begin with... don't do the full turkey anymore
    (and the last time we did, it was for my whole extended family, so
    there weren't any leftovers to speak of), but instead just do a turkey
    thigh or two....
    Right: at this point we're still hosting a bit of extended family and
    want to have at least one meal each to take away.
    So there are always plans for most of what ever is left... :)

    Yes. On-purpose buy a larger turkey than could possibly be eaten as the
    intent is to give away most of the leftovers and have some for us.
    Minimal cooking does come in handy!


    As for throwing out, that's almost a sin!
    True.... And I do tend to think of the provoking tagline as a bit
    on the egregious side... <G> Now, if the leftover turkey is
    starting to be a mold farm, that's a different story... <G>
    The establishment of the Mold Farm means there was poor planning: too
    much not frozen!
    Or the container got pushed further back into the fridge than one
    remembered, and it was totally forgotten until much later... ;)
    The good news is that hasn't happened for some time. As long as
    'almost' doesn't count!
    If it was caught before it had to be tossed, could still be used,
    then almost wouldn't count... ;)

    No harm no foul!


    ... Chicken Tikka Masala not fish 'n chips is the national
    British dish.
    That could probably lead to a few trivia contest wins!
    If it actually is accurate... I do have my doubts as to whether it's
    true or just a joke... <G>
    I'm thinking the latter:
    Chicken tikka masala is a dish of chunks of roasted marinated
    chicken in a spiced curry sauce. The sauce is usually creamy and orange-coloured. There are multiple claims to its place of origin
    such as the United Kingdom and Indian subcontinent. It is among the
    United Kingdom's most popular dishes.
    Popular, yes, but not replacing fish and chips necessarily... ;)

    Right - popular but not #1.


    Sounds like the tagline had a bit of confusion. ...Not like I've
    never had that problem!
    I'm sure that it wasn't really intended for actual truth, just to
    get a rise out of people... a related one is below... ;)
    ... Vindaloo has replaced haggis as the national dish of Scotland

    Sometimes the editing distorts the truth. Not necessarily of the
    tagline but the source(s) of the original information. Could be in a
    certain city the chicken is preferred over fish, vindaloo over haggis
    (well, that one I could easily see! <g>). Just like some medical blurbs
    seem to indicate one thing the original article the opposite.


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