Comments for Laurie Israel Think http://www.laurieisraelthink.com Reflections on Life, Culture and Learning Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:43:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Eating with Fanny by Janet Wagner http://www.laurieisraelthink.com/2010/07/eating-with-fanny/comment-page-1/#comment-379 Janet Wagner Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:43:22 +0000 http://www.laurieisraelthink.com/?p=160#comment-379 pretty clever! I don't remember the prune whip, but I do love "prune whip" yogurt. I wonder what happened to the Fanny Farmer book that Mom used. Maybe we all knew we weren't interested. I think that "mushroom liquor" might mean the juices released from cooked mushrooms. I don't remember being served farina gruel at all. My favorite meal that I remember while I was sick: toast and ginger ale. Speaking of unmarriagable qualities in women, a new book proposes that Emily Dickinson was epileptic, also a condition making women unfit for marriage, and that's why she stayed at home all the time. pretty clever! I don’t remember the prune whip, but I do love “prune whip” yogurt. I wonder what happened to the Fanny Farmer book that Mom used. Maybe we all knew we weren’t interested.

I think that “mushroom liquor” might mean the juices released from cooked mushrooms.

I don’t remember being served farina gruel at all. My favorite meal that I remember while I was sick: toast and ginger ale.

Speaking of unmarriagable qualities in women, a new book proposes that Emily Dickinson was epileptic, also a condition making women unfit for marriage, and that’s why she stayed at home all the time.

]]> Comment on How to Eat Without Getting Fat by Janet Wagner http://www.laurieisraelthink.com/2009/10/how-to-eat-without-getting-fat/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Janet Wagner Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:21:43 +0000 http://laurieisraelthink.com/?p=62#comment-23 Actually 620 grams of sodium is an atrocious price to pay for consuming 1 biscuit. Actually 620 grams of sodium is an atrocious price to pay for consuming 1 biscuit.

]]> Comment on Going Back to Kindergarten by Steve McDonough http://www.laurieisraelthink.com/2009/11/going-back-to-kindergarten/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Steve McDonough Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:09:39 +0000 http://www.laurieisraelthink.com/?p=81#comment-21 Laurie: Love this article. A nice way to start a rainy Saturday. May you continue to "relax easily." I am still working on that. - Steve Laurie: Love this article. A nice way to start a rainy Saturday. May you continue to “relax easily.” I am still working on that.

- Steve

]]> Comment on Why Growing Older is So Much Fun by Ray Hoffer http://www.laurieisraelthink.com/2009/08/why-growing-older-is-so-much-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Ray Hoffer Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:27:39 +0000 http://laurieisraelthink.com/?p=7#comment-7 Hi Laurie, You have a view of getting older that is based on practicing law in your own law firm; Bob Kroll (your first responder), shares with you the luxury of also being in a special situation - being retired. For those who are "older" and fortunate enough to have a job working for the "man", they too are also among the fortunate! Although not very secure. As for myself, and many others who are over 50 and unemployed - we don't see being older in quite the same way. We have to concern ourselves with maintaining the proper appearance - both in terms of clothes and physically because we need to make / keep ourselves marketable. This takes a lot of work! Growing older" and having "fun" is not the same for those of us who made decisions long ago to go the "corporate" route and find ourselves over 50 and unemployed. Life for us is not as much "fun" and we feel like we lost a game of "musical chairs" and may not get a chance to play again. Unfortunately, too many people that I know, including myself, do not have jobs and are without the prospect of getting a job in the near future. Consider yourself fortunate for having made the right decision! My BEST, Ray Hi Laurie,
You have a view of getting older that is based on practicing law in your own law firm; Bob Kroll (your first responder), shares with you the luxury of also being in a special situation – being retired. For those who are “older” and fortunate enough to have a job working for the “man”, they too are also among the fortunate! Although not very secure. As for myself, and many others who are over 50 and unemployed – we don’t see being older in quite the same way.

We have to concern ourselves with maintaining the proper appearance – both in terms of clothes and physically because we need to make / keep ourselves marketable. This takes a lot of work! Growing older” and having “fun” is not the same for those of us who made decisions long ago to go the “corporate” route and find ourselves over 50 and unemployed. Life for us is not as much “fun” and we feel like we lost a game of “musical chairs” and may not get a chance to play again. Unfortunately, too many people that I know, including myself, do not have jobs and are without the prospect of getting a job in the near future.

Consider yourself fortunate for having made the right decision!

My BEST,
Ray

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