USB Rye in yer eye!

as the certified computer nerd of the family, when computers act up, the folks give me a call... I appreciate this, as it gives me a chance to visit the relatives, and I like tinkering so it's fun... I showed up to fix my uncle's printer last night and lo and behold, my 83 year old great uncle is there for the evening... he's returning to Toronto after a three week visit to CB... man that guy can drink, there was a 40 of Crown Royal on the table when I arrived and between 3 of us, we polished it off by the time I was heading back to the city... and it certainly wasn't me that polished most of it off... that said (credit given where credit is due, IMHO...), the guy is so funny he had me in stitches all night... it really makes me appreciate how good some members of my family are, and how lucky I am... for all the foibles our crazy clan may have, down deep just about everyone is genuinely kind and compassionate and shitloads of fun... the other part of the story is that my family tends to eat big, and I've strayed away from that tendency... I went for seconds last night, meaning I had one extra forkfull of salmon and an extra baby potatoe... after I was bullied back to the pots and pans, I ended up with a plateful again... while it really was delicious, I thought I was going to explode and I barely had enough room for a piece of lemon pie, which hell itself couldn't have kept me from having (it is pie after all!) and the inevitable conclusion was that I felt ill for the rest of the night from overeating... so I am making a note to myself right here to remember to not go for seconds when visiting relatives, even if it's tasty, because I'll suffer the consequences... unless it's steak, steak I can do... but not foie gras, that's just wrong...