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On 7/8/2019 12:10 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 7/8/2019 10:01 AM, Terry Coombs wrote:
>> On 7/8/2019 1:57 AM, Je�us wrote:
>>> On Sun, 7 Jul 2019 20:21:22 -0500, Terry Coombs >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 7/7/2019 8:06 PM, Je?us wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 07 Jul 2019 13:08:00 -0700, Leonard Blaisdell
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I singlehandedly cooked dinner for ten. Big deal you say? I used to
>>>>>> cook dinner for three hundred for Ducks Unlimited. But I had lots
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> lots and lots of help.
>>>>>> I cooked three sides of pork ribs, three boxes of chicken
>>>>>> Rice-A-Roni,
>>>>>> shucked, snapped and boiled six ears of corn for twelve pieces
>>>>>> and made
>>>>>> a Cole slaw for twelve. I used three glass casseroles to pack
>>>>>> three-rib
>>>>>> sections into and baked at 250F for three hours and fifteen
>>>>>> minutes. I
>>>>>> could have used a little more time, but it was fine.
>>>>>> Then I individually separated the ribs into 42 pieces and painted
>>>>>> each
>>>>>> one with Bullseye.
>>>>>> I chose to tell everyone that it was buffet style and collapsed
>>>>>> in my
>>>>>> La-Z-Boy while they served themselves. Oh, I also washed every damn
>>>>>> utensil and casserole as they became available while I cooked. I
>>>>>> encouraged everyone to eat more at any opportunity. We still have
>>>>>> some
>>>>>> of everything left except the corn.
>>>>>> That was a one shot deal. I'm too old for this.
>>>>> Misleading. Based on the subject header, I thought you were having
>>>>> dinner with Farrah Fawcett.
>>>> Â*Â* I believe you mean Bo Derek ...
>>> Ssh!!
>>>
>>>> Farrah in Cannonball Run was pretty
>>>> , ummm , nice .
>>> Curious how I would react to her (at her peak) at my current age...
>>> she was hot back then but is she hot by 2019 standards?

>>
>> Â*Â* I think hotness is timeless - though determined by societal
>> preferences . Guys that like fat chicks are always gonna like fat
>> chicks . I prefer built for speed , not for distance .
>>

>
> But age makes a difference.Â* When you were 18 I doubt you looked at
> many women in their 40s or 50s and think they were hot. Would be like
> dating your mother.Â*Â* When you hit your 60s though, those same women
> certainly are.


Â*Â*Â* Good point , and you're right - though there were some "older
wimmins" that we all thought were hot ...

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