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[plantmom]

Yesterday's trip to Rochester to spend some time with my brother turned out way better than I'd have expected.  We arrived at the restaurant a bit early, having done a Jim-dandy job of avoiding traffic around the various shopping malls.  The restaurant is lovely, and the mid-day buffet they set out is mind-boggling in its variety and size.  They

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[firynze]

I'm glad the trip went well, and that the lunch with your brother went well, too.

Also...that sounds like a really good buffet.

[felis_sidus]

So glad to hear that your visit with your brother went well.

[bill_sheehan]

Glad to hear you've had some rapprochement with your brother. There was a saying around AA that alcohol is a universal solvent. It eventually removes everything.

Oh - it's not high fructose corn syrup anymore. They found that people don't *like* high fructose corn syrup. It makes people think that it's highly processed (it is). So now we call it "corn sugar." That's much nicer, don't you think?

From the folks who brought you "Canola" because nobody's going to buy rape seed oil.

[headbanger118]

I could not be happier about the way things turned out with your brother and the visit at the restaurant. YAY! Not that I am excusing your brother in anyway, but if he was a heavy drinker, he damaged pathways in the brain that will affect him for the rest of his life, which likely includes memory and information management. Very glad he is dry now.

Yay for Em's new phone! What kind did she get?

Double YAY for new recipe's!

[plantmom]

Sorry it's taken me so long to respond. I have some sort of problem with LJ not referring comments to my email account, so I have to go trolling, which seems archaic.
Thank you for your response. I frankly don't understand some aspects of alcoholism. As I reach for my glass of wine (just to show you how little I understand, hahahaha) I once again think that I didn't understand that not only would his memory for past events be affected, but also anything that occurred after he stopped drinking would also be vulnerable to the crap-shoot of whether he'd remember it or not. Oh my. I guess I need to read up on this. I simply find it too depressing to focus on.

Emily's new cell phone is... drumroll, waiting for Ray to look it up, drumroll...an Impact by Pantech. Honest to God, Terri, I don't recognize brand names anymore.

Yeah, I'm enjoying the old/new element of my writing.