When my wife and I were shopping the other day we picked up a largeish
chicken for Sunday night dinner.... 7 lb. She prepped it and put it in
the oven figuring 3.5 hours cooking time. That seemed to work. I never
trust the thermometer as much as pulling the leg and when it pulled off
easily I figured it was cooked. I tented it and let it sit while I made
the gravy. Then I vacated the kitchen and let Megatron finish. She had
roasted potatoes and carrots and steamed some green beans.

Damn. It was good.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> When my wife and I were shopping the other day we picked up a largeish
> chicken for Sunday night dinner.... 7 lb. She prepped it and put it in the
> oven figuring 3.5 hours cooking time. That seemed to work. I never trust
> the thermometer as much as pulling the leg and when it pulled off easily
> I figured it was cooked. I tented it and let it sit while I made the
> gravy. Then I vacated the kitchen and let Megatron finish. She had
> roasted potatoes and carrots and steamed some green beans.
>
> Damn. It was good.

I'll eat whatever leftover is there when I'm ready to eat. There's one
serving of cottage pie. Also beans and rice.

On 3/22/2020 7:22 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
>> When my wife and I were shopping the other day we picked up a largeish
>> chicken for Sunday night dinner.... 7 lb. She prepped it and put it in
>> the oven figuring 3.5 hours cooking time.Â* That seemed to work. I
>> never trust the thermometer as much as pulling the legÂ* and when it
>> pulled off easily I figured it was cooked. I tented it and let it sit
>> while I made the gravy.Â* Then I vacated the kitchen and let Megatron
>> finish. She had roasted potatoes and carrots and steamed some green
>> beans.
>>
>> Damn. It was good.
>
> I'll eat whatever leftover is there when I'm ready to eat. There's one
> serving of cottage pie. Also beans and rice.

You mean to say the gardener didn't eat all your cottage pie? You must
be slipping.

Jill

On Sun, 22 Mar 2020 18:58:08 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>When my wife and I were shopping the other day we picked up a largeish
>chicken for Sunday night dinner.... 7 lb. She prepped it and put it in
>the oven figuring 3.5 hours cooking time. That seemed to work. I never
>trust the thermometer as much as pulling the leg and when it pulled off
>easily I figured it was cooked. I tented it and let it sit while I made
>the gravy. Then I vacated the kitchen and let Megatron finish. She had
>roasted potatoes and carrots and steamed some green beans.
>
>Damn. It was good.

We had roast chicken too. Nothing to do but cook, bake, and fool
around, as we are isolating for another 10 days.

My daughter bought the chicken (along with a lot of other stuff) for
us before we got home from Mexico.

Doris

On Sun, 22 Mar 2020 Dave Smith wrote:
>
>When my wife and I were shopping the other day we picked up a largeish
>chicken for Sunday night dinner.... 7 lb. She prepped it and put it in
>the oven figuring 3.5 hours cooking time. That seemed to work. I never
>trust the thermometer as much as pulling the leg and when it pulled off
>easily I figured it was cooked. I tented it and let it sit while I made
>the gravy. Then I vacated the kitchen and let Megatron finish. She had
>roasted potatoes and carrots and steamed some green beans.

I don't use roast chicken drippings, way too caloric with unhealthful
fat, that goes out for the birds/critters. We are not into gravy here
except for tomato sauce/gravy... which is what we had for dinner last
night with rotelle pasta and saw-seege... plenty for tonight too, only
oil used was a little olive oil. And I always simmer the saw-seege to
remove salts and excess fat and then brown them in a bit of olive oil.
Very pitiful lettuce at market so I concocted a fresh fruit salad from
navel oranges, red delish apples, bananas, and some walnuts, drizzled
lightly with honey... a nice change from garden salad.

And we didn't have chicken very often, but now with every stupidmarket
selling rotisserie chicken at give away prices I don't think about
cooking chicken, much easier to pick one up on a drive-by. The
Walmart here is now selling those 7lb oven roaster stuffing chickens
at $4.99, beautifully rotisseried... it's really plenty for a family
of five, the two of us can't finish one for two dinners and plenty for
the cats. I toss the frame and leavings out in a nearby hedgerow, I
put it out in half the plast clam shell it's sold in and it's always
gone by morning, I just pick up the licked clean plastic and put in
with the recyclables... the feral cats help too, and with the feral
cats I've never seen a rat, rare to see a field mouse, but more likely
to see frogs living in the vernal ponds and culverts... seeing frogs
is an excellent indication of no polution. Since I've been
feeding/watering the feral cats there have been no squirrels here
either, squirrels are disease carrying rodents too.

On Sun, 22 Mar 2020 jmcquown wrote:
>On 3/22/2020 Julie Bove wrote:
>> "Dave Smith" wrote:
>>> When my wife and I were shopping the other day we picked up a largeish
>>> chicken for Sunday night dinner.... 7 lb. She prepped it and put it in
>>> the oven figuring 3.5 hours cooking time.* That seemed to work. I
>>> never trust the thermometer as much as pulling the leg* and when it
>>> pulled off easily I figured it was cooked. I tented it and let it sit
>>> while I made the gravy.* Then I vacated the kitchen and let Megatron
>>> finish. She had roasted potatoes and carrots and steamed some green
>>> beans.
>>
>> I'll eat whatever leftover is there when I'm ready to eat. There's one
>> serving of cottage pie. Also beans and rice.
>
>You mean to say the gardener didn't eat all your cottage pie? You must
>be slipping.
>
>Jill

Julie would be wise to keep far away from that gardener, WA State is
rife with virus and if he's messing with her he's messing with others.

I found out yesterday that my cateract surgery is postponed, only
emergency surgeries are being performed, cateract surgery is elective.
I was supposed to go in tomorrow to be seen by the retina specialist
but that's been canceled too, they will contact me when they have a
new date and I was told to phone in a month if I don't hear from them.
With this virus I wasn't keen on having my eyes examined, with all the
machines I'd have to press my face into I doubt they are being
sterilized religiously... especially since they are constantly warning
people to not touch their eyes.
My wife wears contact lenses, has been for years, she buys tubes of
small round sterile cotton pads for cleaning make-up from around her
eyes or if her eyes itch... now she mists the pads with rubbing
alcohol to carefully clean make-up from around her eyes... now I do
the same if my eyes itch.. of course eyes itch a lot less when one is
not thinking about it.

I hope everyone is being careful... for me it's easy, I'm in military
mode... I simply pretend I'm standing lookout on an open bridge while
at sea during a wild storm... been there, done that, many times. I
just scrubbed my hands with Dawn and a surgeon's brush and then a
slosh of Crystal Palace on my hands and one in my mouth for a minute's
swishing and then swallowing.

These are wonderful hand scrubbing brushes, I bought a dozen a while
ago when they were on sale at $10/doz, now $12.95/doz, still a great
bargain. These work well and so gentle yoose gals can fearlessly use
them to scrub yoose privates, much more enjoyable than loofas:
https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop...est-nail-brush
It's snowing here in the Northern Catskills but at 32ºF it's not
accumulating.

Everyone be safe.

"Sheldon" > wrote in message
...


> It's snowing here in the Northern Catskills but at 32ºF it's not
> accumulating.
>
> Everyone be safe.

You too! I have had cataract surgery in both eyes and believe me, it is
worth waiting for!

Hang in there)

On 2020-03-23 1:55 p.m., Sheldon wrote:


> I found out yesterday that my cateract surgery is postponed, only
> emergency surgeries are being performed, cateract surgery is elective.
> I was supposed to go in tomorrow to be seen by the retina specialist
> but that's been canceled too, they will contact me when they have a
> new date and I was told to phone in a month if I don't hear from them.
> With this virus I wasn't keen on having my eyes examined, with all the
> machines I'd have to press my face into I doubt they are being
> sterilized religiously... especially since they are constantly warning
> people to not touch their eyes.


My wife had cataract surgery about 6 years ago and was supposed to go
last and get the lenses lasered to remove some sort of debris. She had
been waiting for clearance for that because she had had retinal surgery
since the lens implants. They called to rebook it because the doctor
had been out of the country and had to self isolate for two weeks. She
has an appointment for some time in May.

Meanwhile, I am concerned about my optometry appointment. Ontario is now
near lockdown with only essential businesses open. My eye exam is
overdue. I am entitled to an eye examine every year under the government
system and to new glasses every two years under my extended coverage. I
think my optometrist has overextended herself. I had heard of people
not being able to get appointments until months down the road so I
called. Sure enough, the nearest appointment was months away. I would
get stuck in the middle of the two plans. I would not be able to get
new glasses covered if I took that appointment, and then I would have to
pay for another exam at the time I would be eligible for glasses. So I
opted to delay the exam until I could get the glasses. I know I need new
glasses. If I lose this appointment I don't know how long it will be
until I get in to see her.






> My wife wears contact lenses, has been for years, she buys tubes of
> small round sterile cotton pads for cleaning make-up from around her
> eyes or if her eyes itch... now she mists the pads with rubbing
> alcohol to carefully clean make-up from around her eyes... now I do
> the same if my eyes itch.. of course eyes itch a lot less when one is
> not thinking about it.

I have dry eye in the left eye. I usually stick my finger near by eye
every 5-10 minutes to relief the annoyance. It's bothering me now and it
is everything I can do not to rub it.

On Monday, March 23, 2020 at 4:44:18 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> I have dry eye in the left eye. I usually stick my finger near by eye
> every 5-10 minutes to relief the annoyance. It's bothering me now and it
> is everything I can do not to rub it.
>
Have you tried squeezing your eyes shut tightly 7-10 time in a row to help
relieve that dry eye?

Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2020-03-23 1:55 p.m., Sheldon wrote:
>
>
>> I found out yesterday that my cateract surgery is postponed, only
>> emergency surgeries are being performed, cateract surgery is
>> elective.
>> I was supposed to go in tomorrow to be seen by the retina specialist
>> but that's been canceled too, they will contact me when they have a
>> new date and I was told to phone in a month if I don't hear from
>> them.
>> With this virus I wasn't keen on having my eyes examined, with
>> all the
>> machines I'd have to press my face into I doubt they are being
>> sterilized religiously... especially since they are constantly
>> warning
>> people to not touch their eyes.
>
>
> My wife had cataract surgery about 6 years ago and was supposed to
> go last and get the lenses lasered to remove some sort of debris.
> She had been waiting for clearance for that because she had had
> retinal surgery since the lens implants.* They called to rebook it
> because the doctor had been out of the country and had to self
> isolate for two weeks. She has an appointment for some time in May.
>
> Meanwhile, I am concerned about my optometry appointment. Ontario
> is now near lockdown with only essential businesses open.* My eye
> exam is overdue. I am entitled to an eye examine every year under
> the government system and to new glasses every two years under my
> extended coverage. I think my optometrist has overextended
> herself.* I had heard of people not being able to get appointments
> until months down the road so I called.* Sure enough, the nearest
> appointment was months away. I would get stuck in the middle of the
> two plans.** I would not be able to get new glasses covered if I
> took that appointment, and then I would have to pay for another
> exam at the time I would be eligible for glasses. So I opted to
> delay the exam until I could get the glasses. I know I need new
> glasses. If I lose this appointment I don't know how long it will
> be until I get in to see her.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>> My wife wears contact lenses, has been for years, she buys tubes of
>> small round sterile cotton pads for cleaning make-up from around her
>> eyes or if her eyes itch... now she mists the pads with rubbing
>> alcohol to carefully clean make-up from around her eyes... now I do
>> the same if my eyes itch.. of course eyes itch a lot less when
>> one is
>> not thinking about it.
>
> I have dry eye in the left eye. I usually stick my finger near by
> eye every 5-10 minutes to relief the annoyance. It's bothering me
> now and it is everything I can do not to rub it.
>

Just tell us the important stuff. Does yoose doctor have gigantic
titties, like Popeye's doctor?

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 3/22/2020 7:22 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> When my wife and I were shopping the other day we picked up a largeish
>>> chicken for Sunday night dinner.... 7 lb. She prepped it and put it in
>>> the oven figuring 3.5 hours cooking time. That seemed to work. I never
>>> trust the thermometer as much as pulling the leg and when it pulled off
>>> easily I figured it was cooked. I tented it and let it sit while I made
>>> the gravy. Then I vacated the kitchen and let Megatron finish. She had
>>> roasted potatoes and carrots and steamed some green beans.
>>>
>>> Damn. It was good.
>>
>> I'll eat whatever leftover is there when I'm ready to eat. There's one
>> serving of cottage pie. Also beans and rice.
>
> You mean to say the gardener didn't eat all your cottage pie? You must be
> slipping.

He ate some of it. He has been eating a lot of salad, eggs and crackers.

Ophelia wrote:
>
> "Sheldon" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> > It's snowing here in the Northern Catskills but at 32ºF it's not
> > accumulating.
> >
> > Everyone be safe.
>
> You too! I have had cataract surgery in both eyes and believe me, it is
> worth waiting for!

My mother had it 2-3 years ago, one eye at a time. All went well
for her.

--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk
"Gary" wrote in message ...

Ophelia wrote:
>
> "Sheldon" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> > It's snowing here in the Northern Catskills but at 32ºF it's not
> > accumulating.
> >
> > Everyone be safe.
>
> You too! I have had cataract surgery in both eyes and believe me, it
> is
> worth waiting for!

My mother had it 2-3 years ago, one eye at a time. All went well
for her.

====

Good, it all went well for me too. Yes mine was done at different
times as well.

On 2020-03-24 9:10 a.m., Gary wrote:

>> You too! I have had cataract surgery in both eyes and believe me, it is
>> worth waiting for!
>
> My mother had it 2-3 years ago, one eye at a time. All went well
> for her.
>

It is usually done one eye at a time. Even though the procedure is
generally very save there is always the possibility of complication.
Surgeons worry about bilateral complications that could impact both
eyes, so they prefer to do one at a time. They generally try to
schedule the second procedure to be done 2-4 weeks after the first.
That allows the chance for one eye to recover completely before the
second one is done, but leaves the patient with a relatively short gap
of mismatched glasses. It is a PITA for some people whose implants
rectify the acuity of one eye while the other still needs correction.

On Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 12:10:29 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> It is usually done one eye at a time. Even though the procedure is
> generally very save there is always the possibility of complication.
> Surgeons worry about bilateral complications that could impact both
> eyes, so they prefer to do one at a time. They generally try to
> schedule the second procedure to be done 2-4 weeks after the first.
> That allows the chance for one eye to recover completely before the
> second one is done, but leaves the patient with a relatively short gap
> of mismatched glasses. It is a PITA for some people whose implants
> rectify the acuity of one eye while the other still needs correction.
>
Remember years ago when people who had cataract surgery one eye would be
done and 8-10 months later they'd do the other eye?? The surgery has had
lots of improvement with the tools and procedure.

On 2020-03-24 5:54 p.m., wrote:
> O
>> It is usually done one eye at a time. Even though the procedure is
>> generally very save there is always the possibility of complication.
>> Surgeons worry about bilateral complications that could impact both
>> eyes, so they prefer to do one at a time. They generally try to
>> schedule the second procedure to be done 2-4 weeks after the first.
>> That allows the chance for one eye to recover completely before the
>> second one is done, but leaves the patient with a relatively short gap
>> of mismatched glasses. It is a PITA for some people whose implants
>> rectify the acuity of one eye while the other still needs correction.
>>
> Remember years ago when people who had cataract surgery one eye would be
> done and 8-10 months later they'd do the other eye?? The surgery has had
> lots of improvement with the tools and procedure.
>

I confess that years ago I never gave stuff like that a thought because
only old people had cataract surgery. Now my contemporaries are getting
it and I have a cataract that is going to be a problem at some point.


OJ... The optometrist told his patient he had a cataract. Mr. Wong said
"No, I drive a Rincoln"