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From: Delbert McLintock <dmc@con.invalid>
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
Subject: Re: Tuesday Night Dinner Plans? 9/17/2024
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 12:41:07 -0600
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D wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, 23 Sep 2024, Delbert McLintock wrote:
> 
>> D wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, 21 Sep 2024, Heironymous D wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 9/21/2024 4:03 PM, D wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 21 Sep 2024, dsi1 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> no idea how soup is made.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/bVkPrJhPn4maXmxU7
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> arrgh! There's that darn moldy bowl again.  ;-)  heh heh
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I love that bowl, it's beautiful! I suppose it does look moldy - it's
>>>>>> supposed to look "rustic."
>>>>>> Our condo looks moldy. I asked the board about using some paint that
>>>>>> suppresses mold. That management lady laughed and said it was too
>>>>>> expensive. I don't care much for her attitude.
>>>>>
>>>>> She does have a shitty attitude. I do not understand people who 
>>>>> want to
>>>>> live in bad looking houses and apartments. It's as if they do violence
>>>>> to their own souls!
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe the .357 we discussed earlier would help her change her mind? 
>>>>> Or a
>>>>> hug? Or perhaps if you offered to pay for it out of your own pocket?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Or...lawyers...
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ahh... yet another old US tradition! Nothing like a good, old 
>>> fashioned legal battle! ;)
>>>
>>> In europe on the other hand, they never lead to anything, and if any 
>>> damages are paid, it's more of an insult. The government valued the 
>>> life of my late mother at around 6000 USD or so (this was many years 
>>> ago, so it is way, way in the past, but an interesting anecdote about 
>>> the value governments attach to lives). Yet another reason why the US 
>>> is a much better place to be than europe. Damages actually have 
>>> meaning. =)
>>
>> That's a really sad tale of tort abuse for sure.
>>
>> Otoh, it kind of jibes with your elders feeling the need to get rid of 
>> all material belongings after a certain age (70?)...
>>
> 
> Perhaps... given the sad state of the healthcare system, what's the 
> point? ;) Strangely enough, sweden, despite its socialism, has no 
> inheritance tax!

Ok that is a odd.

Maybe after giving it all away and paying bills on health care there is 
not much left to inherit?

> The reason for it are a few wealthy industrialist families such as the 
> owners of H&M for instance, who basically told the government many years 
> ago, that if inheritance taxes are levied, they will leave the country, 
> and too many tax dollars (or crowns) were at stake, so even the 
> socialists saw the light.

BRAVO!!!

> So come to sweden! The best place for you to die! ;)

Under those wavy northern lights with an iced bottle of aquavit or schnapps?

You make a compelling case.

Cue up the deathly soundtrack:

https://youtu.be/iNg1o8HeiSo