Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Delbert McLintock Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Tuesday Night Dinner Plans? 9/17/2024 Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 12:41:07 -0600 Message-ID: References: <4e2aed142529654d285217318747784d@www.novabbs.com> <8b3748c56205be848f0d1629f45ad18e@www.novabbs.org> <35de8a021d4e88b2059106cdfabef4b8@www.novabbs.org> <4401f9a4-cad7-05b6-f37e-105a5ca69706@example.net> <6488a33e8b7076d22f4ec2cf734c7f0c@www.novabbs.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 18:41:08 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="670422"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/91.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.19 Cancel-Lock: sha1:hSAgD8F3GqqIoYjfteKvgm1uw0w= In-Reply-To: X-User-ID: eJwFwYEBwCAIA7CXitjizgGU/09YQpepY4vaHM74LNsAPycKgTrW5d4PaYLG096JkOVdqXtq5Ucs3tfj1T8xTRU7 Bytes: 4427 Lines: 82 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