Nix @56:
Why on earth would anyone imagine that dropping an *onion* into a drink would *improve* it?
Why an olive in the first place? Cocktail onions don't taste much like a standard yellow onion (more like a mild pearl onion), and are a nice contrast to the vermouth. I much prefer a Gibson to a martini (probably because I don't really like olives). It *changes* the taste, and sometimes change is good.
Greg @ 53: I wouldn't be too sure about that (Detroit not standing for an invasion). Detroit and Windsor have always been closely linked (says a grandniece of Prohibition rum-runners....). Canadian money spends like US money in Wayne County (except in vending machines), and as long as all those white folks weren't going to stay in the city proper, not a problem. They might have some trouble with the Ay-rabs in Dearborn, though. (It was very strange buying a ham at Thanksgiving in an area where 90% of the shop signs were in Arabic -- Dearborn Sausage has been in the same location since the mid 1940s, and let's just say that the neighborhood has changed a bit.)
And they could always go around.... There's two other points of entry, even less well defended than Detroit. Port Huron and Sault Ste Marie both have Interstate highway access points, too. The question would be why would they come in through Michigan in the first place? It's hardly the industrial center that it used to be, and it's a long way to either coast, where the invasion would actually be noticed. Hey, that's why -- they'd be firmly established before anyone noticed.
I did T'giving dinner for sixteen, including 3 9-11 yo boys, plus 4 kids under 3. At someone else's house. We dropped the turkey off Wednesday evening, and my brother in law dealt with getting it thawed, stuffed, and in the roaster. His wife and I did the ham, the other stuffing, the salad, etc. The 'kids' (our nieces and nephews) brought a dish to pass each. My mother-in-law stayed out of the kitchen, which was a boon -- SIL and I can share a kitchen just fine, but MIL can't share with either of us. I brought home almost all of my "family traditional" dishes because my in-laws "have never had that", and wouldn't even try it (mince tarts, cranberry bread, home cooked cranberry sauce, apple/cranberry dressing). Their loss.
Michelle K - thank you for your explanation of Free Will. That's one of the most succinct explanations I have seen.
I have always thought of God as a scientist-type, and this is an experiment to see what would happen. Set up a world, set the physical laws (gravity, speed of light, etc), add a couple of squirts of life, stand back, and watch what happens. Don't interfere at all.
The greatest cause of Atheism in the world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, and walk out the door and deny him with their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable. - Brennan Manning
Teleka, nowhere in your post do I see any kind of Christian charity, or a welcome back to the fold. What was it that Jesus said about the shepherd who would rejoice more at the return of one straying sheep...?
Teresa, thank you for spending your time on that response -- I'm sure I will find occasion to use it. Unfortunately.
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