tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post2385987645718675229..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: The Jobes Family's Meat Pie: And What it Says About DisabilityDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-48751078227638465522015-03-21T08:19:46.967-04:002015-03-21T08:19:46.967-04:00Really do need the recipes mentioned!Really do need the recipes mentioned!Ceeejhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578400110811547462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-38608708670560653312015-03-19T18:27:48.435-04:002015-03-19T18:27:48.435-04:00It's my personal conjecture that adapting to d...It's my personal conjecture that adapting to disabilities is one of primary engines of human invention and civilization, period.<br /><br />...I can just imagine an Early Human, 35,000 years ago, with a weak hand grip, who thought to herself: "This hammer stone would be a lot easier with a handle... Now, how can I attach one?"<br /><br />A little while later, all her neighbors want to borrow it. ;-)<br /><br />Meanwhile, I echo Jen and Mary: how about a recipe for that Adaptation Pie?CapriUnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16906524679880178584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-21394912331692930352015-03-19T12:06:13.437-04:002015-03-19T12:06:13.437-04:00Interesting how you've become a better problem...Interesting how you've become a better problem solver. I think it's your zest for life. You strike me as the kind of person who generally loves a challenge. <br /><br />Any chance you'd publish the recipe? I have an 8 year old vegetarian grand daughter who is living on eggs and cheese right now. Veggie meat pie might tempt her. Signed, desperate grandmother. Colleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-21058950159372389912015-03-19T12:04:17.344-04:002015-03-19T12:04:17.344-04:00Before disability hit, I was going into a kind of ...Before disability hit, I was going into a kind of mechanical engineering, so I guess I was a step ahead. I remember the lunches where we mused on things judged impossible -- and minutes later we'd start, "but what if..." and do our best to figure how it might be possible. My general rule (and apparently ours collectively) has always been "Don't say 'I can't', ask 'how can I?'" The former shuts down trying, but the latter stands a chance of getting you somewhere.<br /><br />When I was showing my little cousins how to make jewelry for the first time, the elder of the pair didn't want to try. Between my talk and her younger cousin happily working away she worked up the determination to figure out how to make exactly what she wanted with the available material. I've never seen a more professional-looking first piece, her youth aside. Not realizing how astounding this was, she was happy her work turned out. Having found she enjoyed both the process and the result, she asked me if she could make more. I hope she learned the larger lesson and will be more likely to try things she thought impossible.<br /><br />Here's to flexible thinking. Here's to getting an idea and figuring out what's necessarily to achieve it. Here's to the occasional hike with two walking sticks and a camp stool when you normally use a rollator (because bilateral support and a place to rest doesn't mandate wheels). Here's to making a "desk" for a desktop out of books when you lack the furniture. Here's to meatless meat pie. Here's to trying... because you just might find something that really works.AnyBethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-66613811466899850652015-03-19T11:49:07.242-04:002015-03-19T11:49:07.242-04:00It's all about adaption isn't it? Improvi...It's all about adaption isn't it? Improvising ingredients to suit your sensibilities. My hint, try thinly sliced potato on the bottom instead of pastry! Princeton Possenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-47108844974282363162015-03-19T11:40:27.575-04:002015-03-19T11:40:27.575-04:00Very insightful! Joe is a smart man. Such a comp...Very insightful! Joe is a smart man. Such a compliment, I think. That pie looks wonderful, too.MaLa Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05512951148188322319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-31952563677807443082015-03-19T10:37:42.422-04:002015-03-19T10:37:42.422-04:00So I get your point and don't wish to detract ...So I get your point and don't wish to detract from it, but I must say that pie looks good. :)Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-69692407381502249272015-03-19T09:47:13.535-04:002015-03-19T09:47:13.535-04:00But Dave, how do you make the pie????But Dave, how do you make the pie????Jennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-41839273436874650112015-03-19T08:43:41.783-04:002015-03-19T08:43:41.783-04:00"The Roman Rule: The one who says it can'..."The Roman Rule: The one who says it can't be done should not get in the way of the one doing it."<br /><br />I'm not sure I have that exactly right, since I'm quoting from memory.<br /><br />Also, "Scientists who say something CAN be done are invariably right, and those who say something can't be done are always proved wrong."<br /><br />It has to do with putting something into words: if you can do that, you've made a start on making the idea concrete and real.<br /><br />I bank on that now: saying I can is the first step to figuring out how.<br /><br />You do this exceedingly well.<br /><br />AliciaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com