About the introductions

I hope more people introduce themselves. I don't know why I have saved them

david...

I'm glad that you kept your intro to only the good stuff about you... :)

Jean B....

Yeah, that's about it for me! :-)

Jean B....

I told you! What do you expect from someone who has only one
brain cell?

david...

time out! how do we know this? how do we know you're this guy named
"mick"? maybe jean is... I, of course, could write an intro for each of
you... now, you might not like it, of course... but, hey...

all, except it's nice to review them. I learned quite a lot about people I
thought I knew.
sue

Knut Willy...

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Hmmm, is introduction mandatory?

Chakolate...

Heh. Yes, definitely.

Hey, you asked!!!

Sue...

Of course, not! I am just nosey, and want to know your deep, dark secrets.

sue

Jean B....

Yabbut... That's all in the past. Now I'm a veggie.

**Dalin**...

What veggie are you?

Jean B....

The most inert one around? I guess that doesn't rule out any.
:-) Maybe I'll ponder their shapes.... A stubby zucchini
or cuke? :-)

Jean B....

I'm thinking about it. I am very boring.

Chakolate...

Everybody's boring until they actually start to tell their story. I
thought I was very ordinary until I got called for jury duty. Everybody
sounded terrifically normal until the prosecutor got to me. She asked if
I'd ever been the victim of a crime and I had to list all the breakins (I
lived in a very bad neighborhood) and the fact that my BIL had been
beaten up by a psychopath on the Fort Lauderdale police force. It
sounded like an episode of Trailer Trash Today.

Funnily enough, the prosecutor didn't want me. 'Magine that!

Jean B....

Egad! So, did you want to be on the jury?

Chakolate...

Nope.

Jean B....

Then you were happy.

I got called for jury duty a couple of years ago, and that
would have been okay if Leah was not an issue. Since she was
(and is), I was happy to be let go.

Chakolate...

Did you have to tell them about her autism?

Jean B....

It was clear that that could not be used an excuse. I did get
to put it off when I was taking care of dad though. Thank
goodness!

BTW, did I ever mention that I was so nervous that I tripped
when I had to go up and speak to the judge? Or that my
erstwhile gynecologist was there?

Chakolate...

Was he the defendant? ;-)

Jean B....

No, he was another prospective juror, who was released. He
got to witness my pratfall.

BTW, after putting up with his prattling over everything I
said for decades, I finally switched doctors. There was a f
doctor, whom I had consulted for perimenopausal issues, and
whom I REALLY liked. I decided I'd MUCH rather see her. She
specializes in perimenopause and menopause and seems to know
more about supplements than the usual such dr.

Chakolate...

Good job - I'll bet she doesn't try to shove HT at you at every visit,
does she?

Jean B....

By the time I switched, it wasn't really an issue. No one
really pushed them when it was an issue, and I had decided not
to take them unless it was absolutely unbearable, which it
wasn't. I was very happy I didn't. I think it is wise to
hold off on such things as much as possible.

Knut Willy...

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Too modest, aren't you Jean?
A person that has a future as an editor,
and lives in the city where my SIL was born and raised,
cannot be boring !

Jean B....

Norma...

To whom? If you were boring we'd ignore you. :) You're a cat lover,
a mother (nothing boring about teenagers), live in an interesting part
of the country, have interesting opinions. I would venture that only
your daughter finds you boring and that's what daughters are for. LOL
Norma

Jean B....

Oh! Well that may be part of it, I guess. Leah always tells
me how boring I am. :-)

I'll see if I can come up with something fit for the group.

Marilee...

Jean B....

I am collecting them sort-of seriously--limited by finances

Sue...

Ha! Is that like in -ey mouse?
sue

Sue...

Now how can a lady with a school aged child be boring?
sue

Jean B....

Joy...

Oh, Jean! You are not boring! You have lived in Japan, among other things.
I'd like to know more about that. You have also been an editor. I'd be
interested to know what kind of things you edited. That's just a sampling.

Jean B....

The kinds of things I edited... Books on Asian art (including
ancient art, which involved checking Sanskrit--my favorite
task), contemporary fiction and non-fiction, even a few
cookbooks... I just wish I could have telecommuted back then.

I don't know that she makes me any less boring. Perhaps insane?

Phyllis Copp...

I thought it was interesting Jean, especially the part about living in
Japan!
Phyllis

and shelving.

I started collecting them as an offshoot of the thought that I
was going to write a book, which involved family recipes and
food history. I haven't made much progress on that, but it
lead to collecting, which in turn led to the hare-brained idea
that I would put together a collection and bequeath it to a
college....

BTW, you and some others might be amused by some sites I have
found.... Here are a couple:

smaller link:

and

I have spend much time at:

I think the url for the cookbooks has changed, but you can
access some of them about halfway down the recipelink page.
There are many other old cookbooks that have been digitized.

BTW, many of these are available as reprints. I have managed
to pick up some originals, and some of those are in pretty bad
shape.... I was told I should buy and then trade up if I
found better copies. I haven't done any of that trading though.

Home history... There are wonderful pics--as well as prose....

"Fit for"?? That's a provocative statement. ;)

Marilee, who thinks Jean must not be boring if she has to limit her

Marilee...

This is fascinating!

I have a WWII era Watkins cookbook (c. 1945), and two Good Housekeeping
cookbooks, one published in 1924 ("Good Housekeeping's Book of Menus,
Recipes, and Househod Discoveries") and another c. 1914 ("The Pure Food
Coiok Book--Good Housekeeping Recipes"). I have one old ragged one that I
can't identify because there's no longer a cover, and the front and back
several pages are gone. I have a similarly ragged "Wrought Iron Range
Company" cookbook, full of testimonials as to the greatness of the range
that's from sometime after 1923 (the latest model range in the book).

I have lots of others--some put out by different range manufacturers, etc.,
but these others are the ones I get the biggest kick out of.

Marilee

commentary to something fit for the group

How about a "past" as an editor? Where us your bio, Knut?
Maybe I just haven't found it yet.

JerryD\(upstateNY\)...

You convinced me to write an introduction.

Sue...

And I am so glad!
I learned so much more about the folks who have replied, as I am sure there
have been some suprises for everyone.
sue