Subj : Sick Call
To   : Shawn Highfield
From : Dave Drum
Date : Fri May 26 2023 04:24:00

-=> Shawn Highfield wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> A large part of my respiratory woes comes from a 45 year 2-packs per
 DD> day cigarette habit. My croaker, several years ago, showed me a print

 SH> That's a lot of tar and nicotine for sure.

 DD> out of CAT scan of my lungs. It looked like someone had spilled coarse
 DD> ground pepper in the page. Island of calcium scarring from the nicotine
 DD> addiction.

 SH> Wow.  I smoked about 20 years, but I quit around 20 years ago.

In retrospect I wish I had never started. Hopefully the essences of the
greedy marketroids who peddled a deadly poison as a "pleasure" will be
ground under the wheels of kharma .... for eternity.

 DD> Oddly, I'd have been better off being a "stoner" than a smoker. But,
 DD> that wouldn't have worked out either. I'm allergic to cannibis -
 DD> still, that allergy got me out of the Sixties more-or-less intact.

 SH> I wish I liked it more, maybe I wouldn't drink as much. LOL  It's fully
 SH> legal here in Stonada.  Andrea bakes with it as a friend grows his
 SH> legal limit every year and gives it all to us in exchange for half the
 SH> goodies she makes.

I don't know that I ever "liked" it. It was just more-or-less a counter
culture social ritual at that time

Much like when out "olds" did alcohol during "Prohibition" (in Canadia
1918 to 1920 - Amerika 1917 to 1932) Drinking was called "Striking a
blow for liberty!.   Bv)= 

 SH> ... You're a Redneck if motorcycle gangs are afraid of your
 SH> grandmother.

I stole your tagline.  Bv)=

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Redneck Turtle Burgers
 Categories: Beef, Cheese, Pork, Breads
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      1 lb Ground beef
     12    All-beef wieners; halved,
           - lenghtwise for a total of
           - 24 halves
      4 sl Sharp cheddar cheese
      1 lb Bacon
           Aluminum foil
      4    Hamburger buns
           Condiments for burgers
 
  Set oven @ 400°F/205°C.
  
  Make four good-sized hamburger patties, nice and round
  and thick. Top w/single slice of sharp cheddar cheese.
  
  Wrap each beef patty in bacon strips, making a basket
  weave as you go. Cover entire burger.
  
  Next, take the hot dog halves and make turtles' legs,
  head and tail. Cut the one for the tail at a diagonal on
  the end, so the tail looks "pointed". In the legs, put a
  few tiny 'slits' in the ends, so they will look like
  feet w/ claws after they bake.
  
  Line a baking sheet (with sides on it!) with foil, and
  place a baking rack over the foil. Arrange your
  "turtles" on the baking rack.
  
  Cook for 30 - 40 minutes in your heated oven. A little
  crispy, not too crunchy ... just the way a turtle ought
  to be, right?
  
  Added by Terrie Hoelscher
  
  RECIPE FROM: https://www.justapinch.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM

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