"Michael Lalonde" > wrote in message
...
> 39 years old here

39??? Pah you are nobbut a babe in arms))))

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> wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 06:11:30 -0800 (PST), Bryan-TGWWW
> > wrote:
>
>
>>>
>>Males are "over-the-hill" at 39, females at 42. I'm defining
>>"over-the-hill" as past the midpoint of life expectancy.
>>
>>http://www.health.ny.gov/health_care...6adm-5att8.pdf
>>
>>You may have your own definition, but mine has a basis is actual
>>statistics.
>>0-27----> young
>>2
8-54----> middle aged
>>55+----> old
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>>--Bryan sex+
>
> That's a crock - I am well over 55+ - I walk every day usually a
> couple of miles - in the snow too this a.m. - it's a question of how
> you mentally regard your age. If you want to think 55 is old, IT
> WILL BE !!

yes)
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On 12/10/13 11:48 AM, wrote:

> That's a crock - I am well over 55+ - I walk every day usually a
> couple of miles - in the snow too this a.m. - it's a question of how
> you mentally regard your age. If you want to think 55 is old, IT
> WILL BE !!

Agreed!

I'm 67 -- play tennis five days a week (3-4 hours each, including
singles), bike twice a week (50-60 miles at a whack), play basketball,
volleyball, softball, touch football, ride my motorcycles, race cars,
out for music 2-3 times each week, lots of poker and reading. All the
things I enjoy, I do.

In retrospect, I think the ages from 40-50 were my peak physical years,
but that's no reason to suddenly stop living.

-- Larry

On 10 Dec 2013 15:19:53 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

> Truth is, I've spent very little recreational time on the computer,
> but I had been lurking in RFC fairly often as time permitted. The
> problem is for me that, for the most part, I like to see a thread
> from the very beginning before I jump into it. :_)

That can be difficult if you don't want to DL hundreds of posts you're
not interested in. I guess the best you can do is read the previous
message ID's in whatever subthread interests you, which is too much
work, IMO - because thread drift is swift in rfc.

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On 12/10/2013 11:28 AM, Michael Lalonde wrote:
> 39 years old here
>
> Michael Lalonde
> Sudbury, Ontario - M&K Mining

Don't worry, you'll hit 40 and be over the hill soon enough. LOL

Jill

"pltrgyst" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/10/13 11:48 AM, wrote:
>
>> That's a crock - I am well over 55+ - I walk every day usually a
>> couple of miles - in the snow too this a.m. - it's a question of how
>> you mentally regard your age. If you want to think 55 is old, IT
>> WILL BE !!
>
> Agreed!
>
> I'm 67 -- play tennis five days a week (3-4 hours each, including
> singles), bike twice a week (50-60 miles at a whack), play basketball,
> volleyball, softball, touch football, ride my motorcycles, race cars, out
> for music 2-3 times each week, lots of poker and reading. All the things I
> enjoy, I do.
>
> In retrospect, I think the ages from 40-50 were my peak physical years,
> but that's no reason to suddenly stop living.

Excellent))))

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On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 10:48:33 AM UTC-6, wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 06:11:30 -0800 (PST), Bryan-TGWWW
>
> > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> >>
>
> >Males are "over-the-hill" at 39, females at 42. I'm defining "over-the-hill" as past the midpoint of life expectancy.
>
> >
>
> >http://www.health.ny.gov/health_care...6adm-5att8.pdf
>
> >
>
> >You may have your own definition, but mine has a basis is actual statistics.
>
> >0-27----> young
>
> >28-54----> middle aged
>
> >55+----> old
>
> >>
>
> >> Jill
>
> >
>
> >--Bryan sex+
>
>
>
> That's a crock - I am well over 55+ - I walk every day usually a
>
> couple of miles - in the snow too this a.m. - it's a question of how
>
> you mentally regard your age. If you want to think 55 is old, IT
>
> WILL BE !!

Chronologically, you are well over halfway between birth and DEATH.

--Bryan
"I could look at vulvas all day and never get bored."
--Carlin Ross, http://www.dodsonandross.com/

On 12/10/2013 2:26 PM, wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:13:46 -0800 (PST), Bryan-TGWWW
> > wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 10:48:33 AM UTC-6, wrote:
>>> On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 06:11:30 -0800 (PST), Bryan-TGWWW
>>>
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Males are "over-the-hill" at 39, females at 42. I'm defining "over-the-hill" as past the midpoint of life expectancy.
>>>
>>>
>>> That's a crock - I am well over 55+ - I walk every day usually a
>>>
>>> couple of miles - in the snow too this a.m. - it's a question of how
>>> you mentally regard your age. If you want to think 55 is old, IT
>>> WILL BE !!
>>
>> Chronologically, you are well over halfway between birth and DEATH.
>>
>> --Bryan
>
> Soooo ? Every day after you are born you are a day nearer to dying
>
>
Could even die the day you're born. It happens all the time.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/10/2013 2:26 PM, wrote:
>> On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:13:46 -0800 (PST), Bryan-TGWWW
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 10:48:33 AM UTC-6, wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 06:11:30 -0800 (PST), Bryan-TGWWW
>>>>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Males are "over-the-hill" at 39, females at 42. I'm defining
>>>>> "over-the-hill" as past the midpoint of life expectancy.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That's a crock - I am well over 55+ - I walk every day usually a
>>>>
>>>> couple of miles - in the snow too this a.m. - it's a question of how
>>>> you mentally regard your age. If you want to think 55 is old, IT
>>>> WILL BE !!
>>>
>>> Chronologically, you are well over halfway between birth and DEATH.
>>>
>>> --Bryan
>>
>> Soooo ? Every day after you are born you are a day nearer to dying
>>
>>
> Could even die the day you're born. It happens all the time.

What a jolly thought ...

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On 12/10/2013 7:11 AM, Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
> You may have your own definition, but mine has a basis is actual statistics.
> 0-27----> young
> 28-54----> middle aged

You must have lived your life in doggie years if 28 is middle aged...

On 12/10/2013 3:48 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 12/10/2013 2:26 PM, wrote:
>>> On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:13:46 -0800 (PST), Bryan-TGWWW
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 10:48:33 AM UTC-6,
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 06:11:30 -0800 (PST), Bryan-TGWWW
>>>>>
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Males are "over-the-hill" at 39, females at 42. I'm defining
>>>>>> "over-the-hill" as past the midpoint of life expectancy.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> That's a crock - I am well over 55+ - I walk every day usually a
>>>>>
>>>>> couple of miles - in the snow too this a.m. - it's a question of how
>>>>> you mentally regard your age. If you want to think 55 is old, IT
>>>>> WILL BE !!
>>>>
>>>> Chronologically, you are well over halfway between birth and DEATH.
>>>>
>>>> --Bryan
>>>
>>> Soooo ? Every day after you are born you are a day nearer to dying
>>>
>>>
>> Could even die the day you're born. It happens all the time.
>
> What a jolly thought ...
>
We don't have to worry about it. Weird post asking who is "over the
hill".

Jill

On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 2:56:42 PM UTC-6, jmcquown wrote:
> On 12/10/2013 3:48 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>
> > ...
>
> >> On 12/10/2013 2:26 PM, wrote:
>
> >>> On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:13:46 -0800 (PST), Bryan-TGWWW
>
> >>> > wrote:
>
> >>>
>
> >>>> On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 10:48:33 AM UTC-6,
>
> >>>> wrote:
>
> >>>>> On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 06:11:30 -0800 (PST), Bryan-TGWWW
>
> >>>>>
>
> >>>>> > wrote:
>
> >>>>>
>
> >>>>>> Males are "over-the-hill" at 39, females at 42. I'm defining
>
> >>>>>> "over-the-hill" as past the midpoint of life expectancy.
>
> >>>>>
>
> >>>>>
>
> >>>>> That's a crock - I am well over 55+ - I walk every day usually a
>
> >>>>>
>
> >>>>> couple of miles - in the snow too this a.m. - it's a question of how
>
> >>>>> you mentally regard your age. If you want to think 55 is old, IT
>
> >>>>> WILL BE !!
>
> >>>>
>
> >>>> Chronologically, you are well over halfway between birth and DEATH.
>
> >>>>
>
> >>>> --Bryan
>
> >>>
>
> >>> Soooo ? Every day after you are born you are a day nearer to dying
>
> >>>
>
> >>>
>
> >> Could even die the day you're born. It happens all the time.
>
> >
>
> > What a jolly thought ...
>
> >
>
> We don't have to worry about it. Weird post asking who is "over the
>
> hill".
>
Actually, it was "*not* over-the-hill." Almost everyone here is "over-the-hill."
>
> Jill

--Bryan sex+

On 12/10/2013 2:17 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Tue 10 Dec 2013 01:53:08p, Pearl F. Buck told us...
>
>> On 12/10/2013 7:11 AM, Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
>>> You may have your own definition, but mine has a basis is actual
>>> statistics. 0-27----> young
>>> 28-54----> middle aged
>>
>> You must have lived your life in doggie years if 28 is middle
>> aged...
>>
>
> That's what dog's do...live their lives in doggie years. :-)
>
Wait, you think he is a dog?

On 12/10/2013 2:20 PM, Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
> Almost everyone here is "over-the-hill."

+1

"Michael Lalonde" wrote in message
...

39 years old here

Michael Lalonde
Sudbury, Ontario - M&K Mining

~~~~~~
You are a mere child. Of course, "middle age" and then "senior" or
"elderly" kept getting older and older as I put on years. ;o)

MaryL

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/10/2013 3:48 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 12/10/2013 2:26 PM, wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:13:46 -0800 (PST), Bryan-TGWWW
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 10:48:33 AM UTC-6,
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 06:11:30 -0800 (PST), Bryan-TGWWW
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Males are "over-the-hill" at 39, females at 42. I'm defining
>>>>>>> "over-the-hill" as past the midpoint of life expectancy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's a crock - I am well over 55+ - I walk every day usually a
>>>>>>
>>>>>> couple of miles - in the snow too this a.m. - it's a question of how
>>>>>> you mentally regard your age. If you want to think 55 is old, IT
>>>>>> WILL BE !!
>>>>>
>>>>> Chronologically, you are well over halfway between birth and DEATH.
>>>>>
>>>>> --Bryan
>>>>
>>>> Soooo ? Every day after you are born you are a day nearer to dying
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Could even die the day you're born. It happens all the time.
>>
>> What a jolly thought ...
>>
> We don't have to worry about it. Weird post asking who is "over the
> hill".

hmmmm ...

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On 12/10/2013 4:23 PM, MaryL wrote:
>
>
> "Michael Lalonde" wrote in message
> ...
>
> 39 years old here
>
> Michael Lalonde
> Sudbury, Ontario - M&K Mining
>
> ~~~~~~
> You are a mere child. Of course, "middle age" and then "senior" or
> "elderly" kept getting older and older as I put on years. ;o)
>

Everyone is happy with that until they realize that the age for full
Social Security goes up too. I sometimes wonder what many people who
hang in at their jobs 'til the age of 67 actually contribute to their
employers; some do, some just occupy space.


--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

On 12/10/2013 2:23 PM, MaryL wrote:
>
>
> "Michael Lalonde" wrote in message
> ...
>
> 39 years old here
>
> Michael Lalonde
> Sudbury, Ontario - M&K Mining
>
> ~~~~~~
> You are a mere child.

But Bryan has him into middle age...

> Of course, "middle age" and then "senior" or
> "elderly" kept getting older and older as I put on years. ;o)
>
> MaryL

On 12/10/2013 2:41 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Tue 10 Dec 2013 02:22:39p, Pearl F. Buck told us...
>
>> On 12/10/2013 2:17 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Tue 10 Dec 2013 01:53:08p, Pearl F. Buck told us...
>>>
>>>> On 12/10/2013 7:11 AM, Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
>>>>> You may have your own definition, but mine has a basis is
>>>>> actual statistics. 0-27----> young 28-54----> middle aged
>>>>
>>>> You must have lived your life in doggie years if 28 is middle
>>>> aged...
>>>>
>>>
>>> That's what dog's do...live their lives in doggie years. :-)
>>>
>> Wait, you think he is a dog?
>
> Is there any proof that he isn't? :-)

Sure, his youtube videos.

On 2013-12-10 12:37 PM, pltrgyst wrote:
>
>
> I'm 67 -- play tennis five days a week (3-4 hours each, including
> singles), bike twice a week (50-60 miles at a whack), play basketball,
> volleyball, softball, touch football, ride my motorcycles, race cars,
> out for music 2-3 times each week, lots of poker and reading. All the
> things I enjoy, I do.
>
> In retrospect, I think the ages from 40-50 were my peak physical years,
> but that's no reason to suddenly stop living.
>
I was never athletic but was always physically active. I retired almost
10 years ago at 53 and made a point of being physically active. I amped
things up after recovering from heart surgery. I take my dog for a 2
mile walk most days. In the nice weather I try to get out on my bicycle
for an hour or two. I took up kayaking last year and was out on paddles
with my club 2-3 days per week, two of those would be 5-6 hour paddles.
If the weather is not so good I go to the Y for a workout.

jmcquown wrote:
>lucretiaborgia wrote:
>>Bwrrryan-TGWWW wrote:
>>>lucretiaborgia wrote:
>>>>Bwrrrryan-TGWWW wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Males are "over-the-hill" at 39, females at 42. I'm defining "over-the-hill" as past the midpoint of life expectancy.
>>>>
>>>> That's a crock - I am well over 55+ - I walk every day usually a
>>>> couple of miles - in the snow too this a.m. - it's a question of how
>>>> you mentally regard your age. If you want to think 55 is old, IT
>>>> WILL BE !!
>>>
>>> Chronologically, you are well over halfway between birth and DEATH.
>>
>> Soooo ? Every day after you are born you are a day nearer to dying
>>
>>
>Could even die the day you're born. It happens all the time.
>
>Jill

Life is not guaranteed. I've known people who lived a very
unhealthful life style and they lived well into their 90s. I've known
people who've died before their 1st birthday, and every age in
between, regardless they followed all the healthful rules or lived as
unhealthful as imaginable yet lived to all different ages
.... there is no way to know when it'll be ones last breath. My
grandfather on my father's side did hard physical work all his life,
was an old fashioned plumber who'd carry all his tools and stuff on
his back in burlap sacks, ate all kinds of fatty salty foods, drank
booze like it was going out of style, yet lived to 96. Every evening
before dinner he'd sit out on the front porch of a B&B in Woodridge,
NY my grandmother ran, with a bottle of vodka, a tall glass of cheap
caviar he'd eat with a spoon, and puffing Chesterfields... all the old
ladies in town would whisper he's going to drink and eat himself to
death yet they were in their 50s and he was well into his 80s and he
outlived all of them. My grandfather on my mother's side was a
coppersmith roofer, he put the ss roof on the Chrysler building... he
also ate all he wanted and whatever he wanted, pickled herring by the
quart, bread and butter by the loaf, and drank Old Overhaul like some
drink lemonade... he lived to be 89... he didn't smoke, maybe if he
did he'd have lived longer. Right now I know of two women, one 55 and
one 45, both dying of inoperable cancer. The younger, Julie, was the
tenant here, she was a vegetarian health nut, don't think she weighed
more than 115 pounds and was 5' 5", she hardly had boobs yet she's
dying from breast cancer, leaving two children in their mid twenties,
sad.
Bwrrryan is one of the most ignorant people I've ever encountered.

On 12/10/2013 4:29 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Tue 10 Dec 2013 03:13:06p, Pearl F. Buck told us...
>
>> On 12/10/2013 2:41 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Tue 10 Dec 2013 02:22:39p, Pearl F. Buck told us...
>>>
>>>> On 12/10/2013 2:17 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>> On Tue 10 Dec 2013 01:53:08p, Pearl F. Buck told us...
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 12/10/2013 7:11 AM, Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
>>>>>>> You may have your own definition, but mine has a basis is actual
>>>>>>> statistics. 0-27----> young 28-54----> middle aged
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You must have lived your life in doggie years if 28 is middle
>>>>>> aged...
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> That's what dog's do...live their lives in doggie years. :-)
>>>>>
>>>> Wait, you think he is a dog?
>>>
>>> Is there any proof that he isn't? :-)
>>
>> Sure, his youtube videos.
>>
>>
>
> Could be a costume. :-)
>
He does jump around a bit...

In article >,
says...
>
> On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 10:48:33 AM UTC-6, wrote:

> > That's a crock - I am well over 55+ - I walk every day usually a
> >
> > couple of miles - in the snow too this a.m. - it's a question of how
> >
> > you mentally regard your age. If you want to think 55 is old, IT
> >
> > WILL BE !!
>
> Chronologically, you are well over halfway between birth and DEATH.

Means nothing. I've known more people of all ages who died suddenly,
unexpectedly with no warning, (from a cardiac event, stroke, fall,
crash, accident) than from terminal illness.

Death is too arbitrary and random for anyone to guess the midway
point of life. The older I get the more I appreciate the sheer luck of
being alive.

Janet UK

On 12/10/2013 7:11 PM, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 10:48:33 AM UTC-6, wrote:
>
>>> That's a crock - I am well over 55+ - I walk every day usually a
>>>
>>> couple of miles - in the snow too this a.m. - it's a question of how
>>>
>>> you mentally regard your age. If you want to think 55 is old, IT
>>>
>>> WILL BE !!
>>
>> Chronologically, you are well over halfway between birth and DEATH.
>
> Means nothing. I've known more people of all ages who died suddenly,
> unexpectedly with no warning, (from a cardiac event, stroke, fall,
> crash, accident) than from terminal illness.
>
I worked with a man who was only about 50. He slipped, fell, hit his
head. He was dazed momentarily, but up and walking around, talking,
working. A couple of days later he went into a coma. He was rushed to
the hospital. He never regained consciousness. Apparently he had an
undetected aneurysm as a result of the fall.

> Death is too arbitrary and random for anyone to guess the midway
> point of life. The older I get the more I appreciate the sheer luck of
> being alive.
>
> Janet UK
>

Absolutely. You never know.

Jill

"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
. 190.14...
> On Tue 10 Dec 2013 01:56:42p, jmcquown told us...
>
>> On 12/10/2013 3:48 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On 12/10/2013 2:26 PM, wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:13:46 -0800 (PST), Bryan-TGWWW
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 10:48:33 AM UTC-6,
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 06:11:30 -0800 (PST), Bryan-TGWWW
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Males are "over-the-hill" at 39, females at 42. I'm
>>>>>>>> defining "over-the-hill" as past the midpoint of life
>>>>>>>> expectancy.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That's a crock - I am well over 55+ - I walk every day
>>>>>>> usually a
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> couple of miles - in the snow too this a.m. - it's a question
>>>>>>> of how you mentally regard your age. If you want to think
>>>>>>> 55 is old, IT WILL BE !!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Chronologically, you are well over halfway between birth and
>>>>>> DEATH.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --Bryan
>>>>>
>>>>> Soooo ? Every day after you are born you are a day nearer to
>>>>> dying
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Could even die the day you're born. It happens all the time.
>>>
>>> What a jolly thought ...
>>>
>> We don't have to worry about it. Weird post asking who is
>> "over the hill".
>>
>> Jill
>>
>
> I'll be 69 in January and I don't feel like I've reached the top of
> the hill yet. :-)
>
I'm there and still working full time. I don't see the point of retiring. In
that I am following my grandfather and several uncles who retired when they
were pushing 80.
Graham

> You may have your own definition, but mine has a basis is actual statistics.
> 0-27----> young
> 28-54----> middle aged
> 55+----> old

No statistics there -- just simple arithmetic.

First, try adding a constant to allow for the childhood years, before
attaining physical (and mental) maturity -- say 21 years. Assume a
longer lifetime than the statistical mean, since we're all above average
here in Lake Woebegone -- say 82 years.

Then the much more realistic ranges become approximately:

21-41: youth
42-62: middle age
63-82: old age
83-???: death-defying

-- Larry

On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 21:13:16 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

> I worked with a man who was only about 50. He slipped, fell, hit his
> head. He was dazed momentarily, but up and walking around, talking,
> working. A couple of days later he went into a coma. He was rushed to
> the hospital. He never regained consciousness. Apparently he had an
> undetected aneurysm as a result of the fall.

I remember when I was in my 30's one of my acquaintances (wonderful
person) in her mid to late '50's was suddenly dead. She was very
active, had a great voice - even sang in clubs for fun. Apparently
she had fallen on her stairs and hit her head. The aneurysm killed
her. I can think of worse ways to go, but it wasn't something you'd
choose.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On 12/7/2013 10:52 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> Tomorrow is DH birthday and he has requested a chicken and mushroom pie
> with cream sauce. He has also asked for a suet pastry top! The
> chicken is roasted and cut up and tomorrow I will do the rest. He has
> asked for sides of chips (fries) and sweetcorn!
>
> What would you request for your birthday dinner?
>
Happy belated birthday to your DH! My birthday was a couple of weeks
ago and I requested the white lasagna that turned out not to agree with
me. It was delicious though!

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On 12/7/2013 1:19 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>
> I haven't made a pineapple upside down cake in a long time) I foresee
> it in my near future)
>
> Thanks for the memory jog)

The apple tart I made at Thanksgiving was sort of the same technique as
an upside down cake. You put the gooey stuff on the bottom and arrange
the apples so they will look pretty being on top, cover with a puff
pastry and bake. When finished, you let it cool for a little bit and
then flip it over onto a plate. Nice presentation, and the topping was
mascarpone mixed with a little powdered sugar.

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On 12/7/2013 11:08 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>
> Neither should a 40 year old. I got the whole routine at the office on
> my 40th birthday. I was taken out to lunch by a couple of co-workers.
> While we were out, others decorated my cubicle with black and yellow
> crepe paper. There was a coffin-shaped cardboard box filled with
> bottles of things line 'Over the Hill Pills' (black and yellow jelly
> beans) and other joke stuff. It was cute. But I'd like to know who
> the heck declared the age of 40 over the hill?!

I love it when someones office gets the birthday treatment. The last
one I remember what a guy who turned 21 and we filled his entire cubical
with balloons. they filled up the cubical nearly to the top of the wall
divider. Good times.

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On 12/10/2013 11:31 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Tue 10 Dec 2013 08:41:49p, sf told us...
>
>> On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 21:13:16 -0500, jmcquown
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I worked with a man who was only about 50. He slipped, fell, hit
>>> his head. He was dazed momentarily, but up and walking around,
>>> talking, working. A couple of days later he went into a coma.
>>> He was rushed to the hospital. He never regained consciousness.
>>> Apparently he had an undetected aneurysm as a result of the
>>> fall.
>>
>> I remember when I was in my 30's one of my acquaintances
>> (wonderful person) in her mid to late '50's was suddenly dead.
>> She was very active, had a great voice - even sang in clubs for
>> fun. Apparently she had fallen on her stairs and hit her head.
>> The aneurysm killed her. I can think of worse ways to go, but it
>> wasn't something you'd choose.
>>
>
> I can't think of any way I'd choose to die except asleep in my bed.
>
Well, I certainly wouldn't want to be hit by a bus. OUCH.

What's with all this morbid talk anyway? We're still alive and some of
us are still cooking. I don't know about the 39 year old OP but I'm
still enjoying life.

Jill

On 12/10/2013 9:46 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> I don't know about the 39 year old OP but I'm still enjoying life.
>
> Jill


Maybe just a little bit too much if pvc's posts are any indication, eh?

"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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> On 12/7/2013 1:19 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>> I haven't made a pineapple upside down cake in a long time) I foresee
>> it in my near future)
>>
>> Thanks for the memory jog)
>
> The apple tart I made at Thanksgiving was sort of the same technique as an
> upside down cake. You put the gooey stuff on the bottom and arrange the
> apples so they will look pretty being on top, cover with a puff pastry and
> bake. When finished, you let it cool for a little bit and then flip it
> over onto a plate. Nice presentation, and the topping was mascarpone
> mixed with a little powdered sugar.
>
IMO a Tarte Tatin is the best apple pie - just apples, sugar, butter and
pastry. No spices.
However. I made an apple galette for a friend's thanksgiving dinner. The
recipe called for cinnamon but I halved the amount specified (i think that
spice ruins more cakes and pies than it improves). I drizzled maple syrup
over the apples when it came out of the oven. Judging by the way it was
demolished, it must have tasted good.
Graham

On 11 Dec 2013 04:03:05 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

> We would like to do some traveling and not have to worry about
> "taking vacations" from work or adhering to schedules.

You will LOVE being retired, Wayne!

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"graham" > wrote in message
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>> I'll be 69 in January and I don't feel like I've reached the top of
>> the hill yet. :-)
>>
> I'm there and still working full time. I don't see the point of retiring.
> In that I am following my grandfather and several uncles who retired when
> they were pushing 80.

Good for you I would still be working too because I was told I didn't
have to retire and I loved what I was doing, but DH was doing a lot of
contract work so I retired to travel with him. I don't miss it any more,
but I did for a while


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"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...

> What's with all this morbid talk anyway? We're still alive and some of us
> are still cooking. I don't know about the 39 year old OP but I'm still
> enjoying life.

AMEN!!!!!!!


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"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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> On 12/7/2013 10:52 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> Tomorrow is DH birthday and he has requested a chicken and mushroom pie
>> with cream sauce. He has also asked for a suet pastry top! The
>> chicken is roasted and cut up and tomorrow I will do the rest. He has
>> asked for sides of chips (fries) and sweetcorn!
>>
>> What would you request for your birthday dinner?
>>
> Happy belated birthday to your DH! My birthday was a couple of weeks ago
> and I requested the white lasagna that turned out not to agree with me.
> It was delicious though!

Thanks, Cheryl I am sorry you couldn't enjoy it What is 'white
lasagna'?
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"Cheryl" > wrote in message
eb.com...
> On 12/7/2013 1:19 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>> I haven't made a pineapple upside down cake in a long time) I foresee
>> it in my near future)
>>
>> Thanks for the memory jog)
>
> The apple tart I made at Thanksgiving was sort of the same technique as an
> upside down cake. You put the gooey stuff on the bottom and arrange the
> apples so they will look pretty being on top, cover with a puff pastry and
> bake. When finished, you let it cool for a little bit and then flip it
> over onto a plate. Nice presentation, and the topping was mascarpone
> mixed with a little powdered sugar.

Sounds lovely)

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"graham" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Cheryl" > wrote in message
> eb.com...
>> On 12/7/2013 1:19 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>> I haven't made a pineapple upside down cake in a long time) I foresee
>>> it in my near future)
>>>
>>> Thanks for the memory jog)
>>
>> The apple tart I made at Thanksgiving was sort of the same technique as
>> an upside down cake. You put the gooey stuff on the bottom and arrange
>> the apples so they will look pretty being on top, cover with a puff
>> pastry and bake. When finished, you let it cool for a little bit and
>> then flip it over onto a plate. Nice presentation, and the topping was
>> mascarpone mixed with a little powdered sugar.
>>
> IMO a Tarte Tatin is the best apple pie - just apples, sugar, butter and
> pastry. No spices.
> However. I made an apple galette for a friend's thanksgiving dinner. The
> recipe called for cinnamon but I halved the amount specified (i think that
> spice ruins more cakes and pies than it improves). I drizzled maple syrup
> over the apples when it came out of the oven. Judging by the way it was
> demolished, it must have tasted good.

Yumm I don't like cinnamon at all though and even a little ruins a dish
for me
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"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
> Good for you I would still be working too because I was told I didn't
> have to retire and I loved what I was doing, but DH was doing a lot of
> contract work so I retired to travel with him. I don't miss it any more,
> but I did for a while

I miss work.