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This is a quote from a book. For some reason, I feel like they are describing subsurface scattering. I need to learn how to use it better for my character making which I will start soon. (Hopefully it is not the soon as in the number of hours is somewhere like ∞ but it approaches ∞ fast.
Nostalgia: Another summertime favorite food & activity that I haven't done for many years, is a forty mile trip to Lake Erie to buy a smoked Whitefish at a decrepit little smokehouse that's been there my whole life. Well, at least from the early '50s. And a short detour to stop at the "farmer's wife's" type of, private, little, imported cheese shop on the east side of Lake Chautauqua to pick up a big chunk of some proper Bleu Cheese (Roquefort), or Stilton, or some other tasty cheeses. Mmmm... smoked Whitefish on crackers with rich, tangy cheese, sitting around a bonfire in the backyard with some beer, although these days I prefer an inexpensive brut champagne (small 'c'). Dad used to do the Whitefish thing every summer. Unfortunately, the Whitefish isn't local anymore, and it's expensive, and the cheeses are now hard for her to get into her little shop (tariffs, politics). Last couple of times I got there, her limited supply was gone, but with her low overhead she has really reasonable prices when it's available. I keep looking for another opportunity to take that trip at least once each summer. Maybe this year?
Interesting note: GoogleAI tells me that the Whitefish is now imported from Canada, and the cheese shop has been open since 1927 and still run by the same family in the foreground of the farm.
COMPLAINT: No matter what I do, egg noodles ALWAYS stick to the wok
I guess it ain't wokking properly. (*groan*)
Haha!
Just a sound check, wondering if everyone has me blocked?
Update.
Okay I found out that we're talking about assisted loving. A nice apartment. Health checks so now we don't have to keep picking each other up off the floor. My brother Tom and I will have internet access, cable TV. So all the stuff I do now, I can do.
Not so bad.
John
I can see you. But I don't matter. So I guess nobody can see you.
I can see you!
You should check out the facility and see what you think. And find out what they assist with. Like do they keep track of your meds for you? Do they have maid service? Assisted living might be nice.
I can see you too. And sending best wishes to you and your brother.
I hope that was a typo
People all over Europe - not just in Britain &/or the military - used spices to disguise the flavor meat that was going bad. That's why spices were so valuable. Perfumes were pricey for a similar reason - to cover up body odor since in many eras/cultures people didn't bathe very often, and didn't have modern soaps and deodorants for when they did bathe
Even salt used to be highly valued, to the extent that it spawned the word "salary" and the phrase "to be worth one's salt".
I C U 2.
And you matter to me. This community is one of my anchors. I need my anchors. 
Thank you all, and I would like to say, "Yep, that was a typo."
...nah, just ghosting as of late..
Sounds like a nice arrangement
Trying to remain as independent as I can myself for as long as possible (a streak inherited from my mum).
Mmm, memories of smoked whitefish when I grew up in Milwaukee. Add a block of Beer Kaese (an aged German brick cheese popular in Wisconsin) and it was akin to food of the gods.
Well feeling the lucidness of my keyboarding beginning to falter already so time to head back into the aehter.....
Not blocking, just nothing to contribute. I'm taking it all in, and I'm assuming you're clever and have things under control and aren't panicing or about to do something stupid. Although, I would advise not trying to pet a moose.
I, like Kyoto Kid, am trying to remain independent. As long as I'm able to pay my bills, get up and down the stairs, walk a couple of blocks, trim my own toenails, boil water, cook a hamburger or even run a microwave, get to doctor appointments, and call an ambulance when necessary. I'll do OK. Everybody's path differs.
Positive waves sent your way.
Not blocked! I just don't post much. Glad things may be looking up for you!
Complaint: 5:00 this morning my cat decided she wanted to cuddle. Very nice. But she also decided she wanted to bite my hands. Not nice. So I blew in her face. And that pissed her off. So she smacked me in the face and now I have claw marks under my eye. I talked to my doctor's office, and the nurse felt like I should go to the Urgent Care. One of my medications leaves me with a compromised immune system, so since it was so close to my lower eyelid she said it was best to be safe. I am now on Augmentin for 5 days. That cat is lucky I love her.
Glad to hear you and your brother have worked this out and found a place that suits both of you.
Complaint: Summer here used to be glorious. Now it's terrible. I guess that's true for most places. The promised Monsoon Season has arrived, but it hasn't helped much. A local headline read "When is it going to start getting cooler?" I didn't click on it. I know the correct answer, which is "maybe October?"
Semi Non-Complaint: Every time I get an oil change I get a brief moment of sticker shock. Why is it so expensive for 20 minutes of basic garage work? Then I remember that it's oil, that expensive thing that's on the news all the time. Oh, right!
Non-Complaint: The car is not burning or leaking oil, or really even using it much. The heat keeps me house-bound much of the time and I've been trying to bike around town whenever possible instead of driving. So at least I'm no longer making summers hotter, myself.
Big thank yous all around! I'm a lot less jangled in the nerves now. Finally I AM more in control.
And I am so grateful for all of your prayers, wishes and good vibes. I was home alone with the pets. I was blind to what was happening with my brother, and was communicating by texts and phone calls with the kids. My brother was touch-and-go for 3 days and stayed another 7 days. I was frantic and jangled for 10 days. This community really helped me so much with that. You gave me an outlet for my fears and worries when I needed it most.
Now for the bad news. I'm not going to able to keep my pets.
ThIs is my COMPLAINT.
Not so bad news. Our Corgi Lizzie Lou is going to live with my niece, they have a golden retriever, and they are going to see if Lizzie is a good fit. If not, her husband has a large extended family, lots of kids...Lizzie will be in a place surrounded by love. Our cats will be going to one of my other nieces (I have 3) who fosters cats. She will find good homes for them, but I suspect she will keep one or both of them for our sake. Lots of photos for us is all.I ask.
We now return you to the Complaint Thread,
John.
Oh no! I'm so sorry you won't be able to keep your pets. That's rough. It's great that you'll have any easy time placing them, but pets are family, so ouch.
Speaking of weather: I'm gobsmacked that the summer weather here (western NY State) has been so "normal". We've only had one day over 90F, and many many days hovering in the mid-70s, and just a few days in the low to mid 80s(like today). Gorgeous weather. People around here are complaining that it's dry, but we have had several strong rain storms (ask my up-the-hill neighbor who keeps chasing his garden dirt down the road). The past few years have been miserable especially from late May to mid July when the heat and humidity had been depressing and why I was so concerned about getting my ancient air-conditioner replaced. Now that it has been replaced, I've only used it three days and just once during the night. Otherwise openwindows and a window fan have worked well this year. If I could bottle the weather I'd sell it.
Non-complaint: I found a friend to take us to the Chicken BBQ at the Ellington Town Picnic. So, tomorrow it's another trip down nostalgia lane, and I'll bring home an extra BBQ chicken dinner for the day after's lunch and snacking. Mmmm..., spicy BBQ chicken, cole slaw, baked beans, a roll, cake or pie for dessert. The picnic doings have been going on for over a hundred years and the BBQ is where ancient humans hobble in to eat and see if they find a few friends who are still living. I'm not into the log cutting contest, or the hot dog vendors, or the kids games or baby contest, but the display of home-made pies might be tempting. Also, I'm hoping to get friend to drive us around the countryside looking for a roadside veggie market to get some fresh from the field corn-on-the-cob too. Weather is going to be perfect (mid-80sF). And it's an opportunity for me to wear my Panama Jack mesh safari hat that I bought 10 years ago and have worn only about 5 times. Wonderful for getting some sun on my hairless head, yet providing shade and coolness too.
Nearly 70 years ago I won first prize in the music contest for playing Beethoven's Fur Elise. Nostalgia.
Non-complaint: Teen Kiddo's lap harp arrived today, and they're over the moon. Their first real picked-it-themself instrument. What a milestone. :D
Probably not surprising that you can't have pets, but still a major blow. I'm glad they should get good homes.
My mother bought herself a used piano back in the late '50s but started sending me to the local piano teacher (wife of the local school principal). It was a Wurlitzer spinet (short upright). meh, OK to learn on, but not a fine instrument. When I got my first apartment at college in Florida I had them truck it down to me. Later I bought my first new piano a Yamaha P2F tall upright, satin black ($1800 in the late '70s).
Very, clear, dynamic sound. Later I bought a used Hammond B2 organ in a blond cabinet (yuk), so having learned from my mother how to refinish wood, I stripped it down and stained it walnut. For a while I had two pianos and the organ. Later I traded the organ for a reel-to-reel tape recorder to a local Melbourne (FL) rock band in the mid '70s. Then one time while visiting home (here, western NY State) I went to a garage sale and found an 8 foot Knabe concert grand, made in 1880, rosewood cabinet with fancy carved legs & music rack, ivory & ebony keys all intact. Picked it up for $1000 and had it shipped to my aunt's big house in Melbourne where it sat looking beautiful for several decades waiting for me to come and play it. It actually played quite well. Later it was sold to one of my doctor cousins for it to decorate their big house in Naples, FL for the last three decades. It's been kept tuned and minor maintenanced, and the cabinet is still in gorgeous condition but it really needs a proper refurbishment of the inner workings especially the lowest octave strings. I saw it last in 2013 and last I knew it's still there in Naples. The Yamaha and the Wurlitzer got sold around the '90s. I replaced them with a good quality electronic, Technics, I think. Tried my hand at combining my computer knowlege and MIDI music through the piano connections. Meh, I'm not a composer. Had to sell the Technics when I lost my job. Been pianoless for almost 30 years. I love the sound and feel/touch of a proper acoustic piano. No electronic can compare. But now an acoustic piano is so $#@%#$ expensive to buy and keep tuned. And besides, I don't even have room for a keyboard, nor am I willing to re-learn to play. Been there, done that, have a few recordings. I'm happy.
Someday someone will find my big storage box of piano music and throw it away.
I have the scores for all five of Saint-Saen's piano concertos and used to be able play significant sections of all of them. That and several Beethoven sonatas, and I almost mastered the Chopin "Revolutionary" etude. But that's ancient history now. I am NOT a musician, just a frustrated amateur.
At one time Knabe grands were the choice for some big concert halls instead of Steinway. I was always pleased that I had an instrument that was old enough and grand enough that Brahms could have played on it.
Images below not my exact pianos but same styles and approximate age.
My Maternal Aunt could play the piano well enough to teach kids to play. I played around with her piano a bit, she showed me how to play "Chopsticks".
I played trumpet in high school at a high school level. Guitar, acoustic and electric. Not well, but I loved jamming with friends. I love music, but I was less talented than I would have liked.
@TJohn, sorry you can't take the pets, but glad they will have good homes. Perhaps you can go visit. Or see if you can call up and be put on speaker phone. Our dogs love it when they hear our grown son.
@SilverGirl I so want to learn harp. Hoping to get one in the next year or 2. Will be quite a change since I've only ever played woodwinds.
Actually, nobody else in my extended family plays piano. I was the only one among siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. And although my mother bought the Wurlitzer spinet piano and she twiddled, she never really learned to play. She did, however, play French Horn in highschool band during the '40s, so that's something. Not a musical family. I'm the black sheep in so many, many ways.
Let me know if you need a rec for a starter harp... Teen Kiddo did extensive research before deciding which one they wanted to get (which I double checked, of course). Seeing it in person now, I see why it got good reviews. It's a solid little instrument, but also very affordable considering what harps can run. The artists also make harps in full size, but we really don't have the space for a concert harp, and those are considerably spendier.
I have a hand-me-down lap harp that I was learning to play in my early 20's, but the crack that runs the length of the tuning pegs needs a custom plate to stabilize it so it will hold its tuning, and I've yet to find anywhere that can do it for me. So now it's a lovely bit of decor in the corner, keeping company with the beetle-back mandolins that I rescued from yard sales. I have a small menagerie of instruments (including my grandmother's piano, which none of us can do it justice the way she did), although I admit the only one I'm actually performance-level good at is recorder, and bodhran as long (as the song's reasonably easy to follow; I haven't gotten the fancy stuff down on bodhran yet).