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Local pizzeria offerings make it to store freezers By Everett Bishop Town Times
“My family and I would rent a place in Rhode Island every year for our vacation,” the business owner explained. “I’d make some pizzas, freeze them and bring them with us for a pizza night. For like 10 years we did that.”
BOE discusses regionalization, Korn building By Everett Bishop Town Times
It’s been nearly 18 years since Heath Andranovich opened Carmine’s Pizza and now the business is offering customers another way to enjoy their favorite pies. The local pizzeria is located in a strip mall at 16 Main St., Durham, but recently Carmine’s pizzas have become available at local supermarket thanks to Andranovich’s latest effort: frozen pizzas.
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A public hearing regarding district regionalization has been set for early next year.
Heath Andranovich, owner of Carmine's Pizza in Durham, shows off one of his frozen pizzas, which are available in grocery stores across the northeast. Photos by Everett Bishop, Town Times
After some encouragement from his children, Andranovich began freezing his pizzas raw and selling them out of his restaurant. Now,
Carmine’s frozen pizzas are available at Stop & Shop, Stew Leonard’s, and several hometown markets across Connecticut and Massachusetts. Andranovich also hinted at a possible deal with Big Y and expansion into Long Island as well. But all this didn’t come as easy as making pizzas and dropping them off at grocery stores. Andranovich needed to deal with federal government requirements.
Board member Dr. Richard Taylor, representing the Utilization ComVeronesi mittee, held a vote to approve a letter from the Board of Education to the boards of selectmen in both Durham and Middlefield. The letter concerns the donation of the Korn School building to the town of Durham. The letter was approved unanimously.
At the RSD13 Board of Education meeting held on Tuesday, Dec. 10, the board voted on a resolution to hold a special district meeting on the proposed amendments to the regionalization plan for the district. This public hearing will give residents a chance to ask questions about the amended regionalization plan. It’s scheduled for 7 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 8, During the superintenat Coginchaug Regional dent’s report, Dr. Kathryn High School. Veronesi put forward A referendum on the pro- three votes to the board. posed amendments is ex- Each vote concerned pected to be held in mid- moving third, fifth and February. See BOE, A4
“I was in the stores and the USDA stopped me because there’s regulations. You can’t just sell third party stuff out of stores,” he said. Andranovich ended up renting a building, certified by both the USDA and FDA, behind his restaurant where the pizzas destined for stores would be prepared and distributed.
Andranovich slices into one of his spinach and ricotta creations.
“Everything is homemade and they’re old recipes and people enjoy them and that’s See Pizzeria, A4
A letter from the RSD13 Board of Education to the boards of selectmen in both Durham and Middlefield concerning the donation of the Korn School building, pictured, to the town of Durham was approved unanimously Dec. 10.
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Admission is $10. All proceeds will go to the MHS Music Department.
The Durham 60+ Club and Travel will meet Monday, Jan. 13, 1:30 p.m., at the Durham Activity Center, second floor, 350 Main St. Following the meeting, refreshments will be served. Bingo will be played at $1 a card.
Tree pick up Durham Boy Scout Troop 270 has announced their annual Christmas Tree Pick Up dates in Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall: Saturdays, Dec. 28, Jan. 4 and 11.
Seniors from surrounding towns are also welcome to join this social, active, travel club. For more information, contact President Sue Giuffrida at 860-346-0724.
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For the past 44 years, Maestro Donohue has assembled “Music for Christmas,” a program which captures the joy, spirit and grandeur of the season by presenting works spanning 11 centuries of choral music.
Middletown Rotary Club Co-President Pat Tucker presents donations from the 2019 Liberty Bank/Rotary Club Thanksgiving Drive to provide food for residents of Durham and Middlefield. In partnership with the Middletown Community Thanksgiving Project and Liberty Bank offices in Middletown, Cromwell, Durham, Middlefield and Portland, the club raised $6,774, all of which was donated for Thanksgiving food. From left: Pat Tucker; Morgan Perry, Durham Social Services; Susan D’Orvilliers, Middlefield Human Services; and Jim Brainerd, manager, Liberty Bank Durham branch. w w w.linosmar ke t .com
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A special treat will be “A Christmas Prayer,” a composition by Donohue, whose music is always engaging and beautiful.
In addition to being the Music Director and Conductor of the New England This year’s program will fo- Chamber Choir and Orcus on works of Benjamin chestra, Donohue is DirecBritten and Orlando de tor of Music at the Church Lasso as well as carols in of St. Peter in Higganum. English, German, Catalan, Danish and Polish.
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Obituaries Sylvia T. Denino
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Middlefield Federated Church 402 Main St., 860-349-9881. Sunday worship – 10 a.m. Children are offered Sunday School with activities. Adults are offered music and reflection.
Adams and Gregory and Brandon Johnson and her special nephew, David Denino and his wife, Vanessa PomaricoDenino. She also had many “adopted” children and grandchildren whom she loved like her own. Her family will receive relatives and friends on Saturday, December 14, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. in The Wallingford Funeral Home, 809 N. Main St. Ext. A funeral service will follow in the funeral home at 10:30 am. Interment will be in St. John Cemetery in Wallingford. Gifts in her memory may be sent to, the Rogel Cancer Center, c/o The University of Michigan Office of University Development, 3003 South State Street, Suite 9000, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 1288 for adrenal cancer research. www. wallingfordfh. com
The Church of Jesus Christ of LDS 130 South St., Cromwell. Sunday worship service – 10 a.m.; Sunday School – 11 a.m. 860-632-1406.
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sourced ingredients. With the exception of the tomatoes he gets from California, Andranovich buys local and there are no more than a dozen ingredients on the label.
what makes me feel wonderful,” Andranovich said. “The best part about this is that for 17 years people are eating Carmine’s will celebrate 18 my homecooked recipes and years in business Jan. 1, loving it.” 2020. And after all these years, the business remains Carmine’s pizzas are made a family affair. almost entirely from locally-
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“We’re tight, you know. They’re a big part of my operation. My wife takes care of my emails. When my kids are back from school they come down back and help package the pizzas,” Andranovich said. “It’s beautiful to have them close to me. I could keep the boat floating but I can’t make the boat run by myself. My crew’s the best, my family is the best.”
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A third vote to include fifth grade at Lyman School was not passed by the board pending a survey of parents and staff to address their concerns with the move.
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WALLINGFORD- Sylvia T. Denino, 91, died, Monday, December 9, 2019, at MidState Medical Center. She was born in Wallingford, February 28, 1928. Sylvia was a waitress in many Wallingford food establishments. She began this lifelong career in the 1950’s working in the Wallingford Diner, then located at 45 North Colony Street and owned by her step-father, Harif “Jimmy the Greek” Suli, who was not Greek! She retired at the age of 60 to assist with her grandsons. The most important thing to Sylvia was her family. Right up to the end, she was concerned for how her family would cope with her illness. She was known as Noni to her grandchildren and Sisi or Aunt Sylvia to her nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Alexander “John” Denino; her son, James L. Thompson; grandson, Joshua J. Thompson, beloved niece, Angela “Dolly” Maskell; and her parents, Harif Suli and Angelina (Coratti) Suli Szydlowski. She is survived by her daughter, Janet (Denino) Morganti and her husband, Chris (her favorite son-in-law!); her grandsons, Nicholas and Benjamin Morganti; her very special grandniece, Victoria Johnson (Greg) who lovingly cared for her; and her children; Kaylie Adams, Corey and Ashley
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Mount Southington, Powder Ridge rev up for winter By Everett Bishop Town Times
But he isn’t deterred.
As the first official day of winter approaches, two local ski areas are preparing for the winter sports season. Mount Southington Ski Area in Plantsville opened on Thursday, Dec. 12. General Manager Jay Dougherty said that opening day saw a “couple hundred” guests take to the slopes. “Every year the month of December is wishy-washy for us. In southern New England you’re never guaranteed great weather,” he said. With a recent mix of rain and snow, and temperatures ranging from 30 to 50 degrees, creating prime skiing conditions can be tricky. That makes the job “challenging but exciting,” according to Dougherty. “The relationship between machine-made snow and natural snow is like taking two mason jars, putting them side by side and filling one with feathers, which represents the natural snow, and one with BBs, which is the snow we make,” Dougherty said.
“It looks good so far, the way the weather patterns are set up,” he said. “Here and there we’re getting snow events and not all rain events.” In order to attract more people to the mountain, Mount Southington also offers live music and an expanded men’s and women’s skiing program. Mount Southington is also looking into creating a program for kids ages 3 to 6. Powder Ridge Ski Area in Middlefield, which opened on Friday, Dec. 13, also relies on snow machines to make up for the lack of natural snow. Powder Ridge is also expanding its offerings. “It was our vision from the very beginning that we wanted to make sure that everyone in the entire community had somewhere to gather for the winter season,” said Powder Ridge President and CEO Sean Hayes. “We make a lot of snow here in December, but we’re not able to utilize it a lot of the time because there isn’t enough for people to ski on.”
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Buy good outdoor gear to enjoy the slopes Some areas are open, and hope to get going soon, but We here in Connecticut, the best advice is to call along with most of New Eng- ahead. land are waiting, and waiting, and waiting for winter to All we can do is wait for get going. As I write this Mother Nature to sort things there is really little skiing in out. the Northeast. By Dave Mongillo
While we are stalled before the start, it may be a good time to do more planning. I planned. I planned to ski Thursday last week, but alas it was a no go. Why not make the most of that waiting and do a bit of shopping for those skiers on your list? There are several small things that skiers, and other winter outdoor types, can always use. Gloves, hats, socks and thermal under things make good small gifts
and stocking stuffers. But, and this is a big but, make sure that they are skiing or winter outdoor specific.
The same is true for the base layer. I recommend good quality, outdoor specific long johns and tops. That world famous, catalog store, from up in Maine has some good stuff that it’ll ship in time for Santa to put under a tree. Grandpa’s old red wool long johns just don’t do the job on a cold, windy mountain top.
Sure, you can buy a pair of outdoor gloves at some discount store for less than 10 bucks and these may be fine for walking the dog or brushing the snow off the windshield – but I wouldn’t ski in them. Cold, wet hands I’m a frugal old man and am are no fun when you’re 2,000 always looking for good deals. Last week I found a feet up a mountain. few at one of those chain stores that buy the overstock from major suppliers. You know, like you see advertised on TV. Right there on Queen Street in Southington, I found good quality name brand ski parkas and accessories at reasonable prices.
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I advise bringing extras. Goggles, gloves and hats will cost more at a resort than at home, so bring these with you. Poles and boots are a mystery. You’ll have to rent more at a ski shop when those disappear. We all know that kids grow, but why do they seem to do it so fast? They get taller and heavier between meals. They will probably outgrow last season’s ski clothes before this season is over. One of the answers to this dilemma is to buy used, or trade with skiing friends. You can sometimes find good ski clothes at one of the used clothing stores. Again, make sure it is ski specific and fits properly. See Mongillo, A10
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Lamont exploring health care reform By Mark Pazniokas © The Connecticut Mirror
The bar for health care reform was set high in Democratic presidential politics, first by Bernie Sanders and more recently by Elizabeth Warren. She proposed $20.5 trillion in new federal spending to replace private health insurance with her version of “Medicare for All,” though she quickly hedged on how long it might take.
On the ground in Connecticut, one of the nation’s insurance capitals, the administration of Gov. Ned Lamont is part of a new bipartisan working group exploring incremental changes aimed at halting, or at least slowing, the rising costs of health insurance premiums, prescription drugs and other elements of health care. “You may love ‘Medicare for All’ and have an Elizabeth Warren bumper sticker on your car,” but sweeping na-
tional change is hardly at hand, regardless of who wins the White House and control of the U.S. Senate next year, said Rep. Sean Scanlon, DGuilford, co-chair of the state legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee. “We can’t wait that long.” The involvement of the Democratic governor gives the new working group something lacking in the failed effort to pass a state health reform bill in 2019:
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The potential of priority status for the issue from Lamont, something that helped pass laws raising the minimum wage and authorizing the creation of a paid family and medical leave program. “Where the 2019 bill really failed was that, number one, health care was an afterthought of the majority,” said Sen. Kevin Kelly of Stratford, the ranking Senate Republican on the Insurance and Real Estate Committee. “It was the last issue on the last day. It should have been the first issue on the first day.”
Lamont, a first-year Democratic governor, said that health care costs must be addressed, and he is closely watching the push for reform by Charlie Baker, the fifth-year Republican governor of Massachusetts and former chief executive officer of a health insurer, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.
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But what that working group might produce for consideration by the General Assembly in its three-month, election-year session in 2020 is unclear. Will it be a public option? Reinsurance that could lower premiums? Importation of drugs from Canada? All of the above? Lamont is not committed to submitting a health care bill when the session begins in February. See Lamont, A12
Flu-related deaths reported HARTFORD (AP) — Three people have died of flu-related complications in Connecticut this season, state public health officials said. The three people who died as of Dec. 7 were all age 65 or older, the state Department of Public Health said. In addition, 120 people have been hospitalized with the flu this season, the agency reported. The flu is considered to be widespread with 400 positive flu tests reported to the state since August.
“I advise all Connecticut residents to take the proactive step to protect their health during flu season by getting a flu shot,” public health Commissioner Renee Coleman-Mitchell said. “Flu vaccines are safe and effective, and can either help prevent you from becoming infected by this serious virus, or help lessen your symptoms if you do get sick.” The agency reported 3,506 people hospitalized with influenza-associated illness in Connecticut, and 88 influenza-associated deaths during the 20182019 flu season.
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5 tips to prevent package theft during the holidays By Lauren Sellew Record-Journal staff
If you shopped online for presents, your packages are likely arriving soon. Here are some tips from police to help prevent thieves from making away with your orders. 1. If possible, have packages delivered to a work address or a friend/relative who will be home. This was the first tip on the list from local and state police. Many businesses have a receptionist to make sure packages makes it to the recipient.
their workplace, that is always a great idea,” Meriden Sgt. Darrin McKay said.
the daytime hours, when residents are more likely to be at work.
2. Sign up to receive a notification when the package is delivered and/or require a signature to accept the package
3. Home camera systems can be a deterrent to theft and can let you know when a package has been delivered
If possible, have a friend or trusted neighbor pick up the package once it is delivered to keep it safe until you get home. Police said many packages are stolen during
Even if the package is stolen, the camera footage may help police identify a suspect. McKay noted many online retailers will also send an alert when packages are de-
livered. Residents can then use the systems to check on the packages at their home using the camera systems. 4. Provide delivery instructions for a less conspicuous spot than your front porch This could be behind a fence, behind a trash can or on the back steps. Southington Lt. Stephen Elliott said many thieves are driving around looking for packages on front steps and may even
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In late May, Lamont unexpectedly backed a more ambitious version that would Comptroller Kevin Lembo, From A10 have created a “Connecticut whose office manages health Option” – a state-sponsored “I won’t prejudge what peobenefits for state employees plan offered to individuals ple come out with,” said and retirees, has been work- and small businesses that House Majority Leader Matt ing directly with hospitals don’t have employer-subsiRitter, D-Hartford, who has over ways to control health dized coverage. To help pay been skeptical about the leg- costs for the state. for it, lawmakers would have islature’s capacity or appetite re-established the penalty “The public option, the for sweeping reform in a for failing to comply with the ‘Connecticut Option’ we short session. “The goverfederal health coverage nor’s support is critical. If the talked about, was about how mandate. The new state to leverage some of the work governor is willing to get we are doing here to benefit mandate was projected to heavily involved, that matraise $25 million annually in small employers,” Lembo ters.” penalties. Under the exsaid, referring to the 2019 panded bill, the state’s Office One of the X factors is what legislation. of Health Strategy would will be competing with In 2019, the push by lawhave formed an advisory health care when the 2020 makers for health care recommittee with experts, session opens on Feb. 5, form began relatively simconsumer advocates and when Lamont will propose ply, with a measure that state officials to develop netadjustments for the second work criteria, designs and year of the $43.4 billion bien- would have opened the provider reimbursement nial budget adopted in June. state’s health plan to small companies and nonprofits, rates. The goal was a plan The administration is optiform an advisory council to that could offer 20% premimistic that a special session guide the eventual develop- um savings. in January on a transportament of a public option, and tion infrastructure financing create a discount program to Facing opposition from inplan centered on truck tolls provide savings on prescrip- surers and cold-feet from many colleagues, the sponwill resolve what has been tion drugs. sors greatly scaled back the an all-consuming issue for the first-year governor.
plan in the session’s last days. The final version would have allowed state officials to seek permission from the federal government to import prescription drugs from Canada and enable them to pursue a reinsurance waiver to mitigate risk from sizable claims.
It was an $18 million to $55 million investment, and it could have provided significant relief to small-businessIt passed the House, but es struggling to provide never came to a vote in the Senate. Republicans object- health coverage for employed to a proposed assessment ees, Kelly said. The state on insurers to pay for reinfunds would have replaced a surance, while Democrats federal reinsurance subsidy said the GOP did not identi- that was part of the federal fy an alternative source. Affordable Care Act, but expired after 2016. Fasano said Reinsurance programs proDemocrats cut out Kelly and vide a subsidy to health inother Republicans from all surers to help offset the costs but the earliest talks about of enrollees with large medi- health care in the 2019 sescal claims. In a competitive sion. “They did their rollout market, insurers will pass — and then they got this subsidy on to conslammed,” Fasano said. sumers. Kelly and Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano, The question now is whether R-North Haven, said that as- the Republicans and sessing insurers for the rein- Democrats can find common ground in Hartford, surance would have defeatsomething that has been ed the purpose of the subelusive in Washington.
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“The governor, in my conversations with him, has been very upfront, almost enthusiastic to do something,” Lembo said. “I think that is a great starting point.” Scanlon and others said small steps would be better than none. “Health care is really hard, and what I learned last year was it’s not something we can accomplished in one single bite,” Scanlon said. His insurance co-chair, Sen. Matt Lesser, D-Middletown, agrees, even if if the presidential debate is about how to get the U.S. to some form of a single-payer health system.
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U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat, said the states should continue to explore ways to expand access to health care, given President Donald J. Trump’s desire to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the signal achievement of his predecessor. “I wouldn’t advise Connecticut to wait,” Murphy said. “My worry is that the president will continue to undermine the Affordable Care Act to the point where it won’t work for the people of Connecticut any longer.”
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The union-financed Working Families Party has endorsed Warren and her call for a government-funded system of universal health coverage, but its Connecticut chapter is not averse to small steps that lower costs or expand accessibility.
we want to protect and expand public health and challenge the commodification of health care,” Swan said. “Health care is not a [expletive] toaster.”
During his 2006 campaign for U.S. Senate, Lamont supported the long-term goal of universal healthcare and “We are in pursuit of transformative change, but we chided U.S. Sen. Joseph I. take responsible incremental Lieberman for failing to do. change very seriously,” said But Lamont also said then Lindsay Farrell, the executhe government should take tive director of the Connecti- an “incremental” approach, cut WFP. “We believe politics rather than jump to a singlehas a very tangible, practical payer system. impact on people’s lives. We Then and now, Lamont said are not here to just make a he favors reforms that instatement. We’re here to volve the insure carriers, not make a tangible impact on replace them. And the Conpeople’s lives.” necticut insurance industry Tom Swan, the executive di- remains opposed to a public option on its home turf. rector of the Connecticut Citizen Action Group, sees “The health insurance inno conflict in pursuing incremental improvements on dustry remains resolute in its opposition to a public option the state level and radical and other proposals that change in Washington. seek to establish government “Our two-prong approach is run health care,” said Susan
Halpin, executive director of the Connecticut Association of Health Plans. “State government shouldn’t position itself to compete with one of its largest employment sectors that supports 25,000 jobs here in Connecticut.” Swan, who managed Lamont’s campaign against Lieberman, said he is waiting to see the governor get more aggressive on health care, even if it means conflicts with the insurance industry. “Lamont’s been very disappointing on health care,” Swan said. “I’m still hopeful he’s going to get better — not good enough — but better.” One of the governor’s top policy aides, Jonathan Dach, and Victoria Veltri, the executive director of the state Office of Health Strategy, are part of the working group meeting. The governor has yet to say how ambitious he
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So, I walked into the wrong house recently ... When we went out to the car, we saw that there were no vittles to be found. I was dumbfounded. “But I put the bags next to the umbrella in the back seat,” I wailed. My mother proceeded to tell me, in a not-so-calm manner, that we did not have an umbrella in the back seat, and it was obvious that I had put the groceries in the wrong car. Well, somebody had a
good supper that night. It wasn’t us. And of course, I am always hugging strangers, thinking that I know them. I don’t. Years ago I was to meet someone for lunch-someone with whom I had taken a hypnosis class, and whom I had not seen in a while (that last one is my defense). So I rushed up to some poor woman, exclaiming how good she looked and how
I have, on more than one occasion, hopped into the wrong car. And been grateful that the car’s owner did not come out at that particular time. I might have had the appearance of a car thief.
So a word to the wise. You might want to lock your doors, or someday you may come downstairs and find me perched on your couch, watching one of my favorite sitcoms. You might, however, want to leave your car doors unlocked. That could get you some free groceries.
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I recently took a dog walking job. I had been to the house a couple of times, but in my usual fashion, I did not pay much attention to my surroundings. You know, my mind being such an airborne thing and all. The woman had told me that the door would be unlocked when I came the next time. So the following week I proceeded to march into the house, calling out the dog’s name.
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Well, lucky for me, this encroached-upon woman was absolutely delightful. When I called out the dog’s name and his person’s name, she knew where I had intended to be. I apologized profusely, thinking how horrified I would be if some stranger just walked willy-nilly into my house. And that’s not all. My “dipsie doodleness” has been with me from a young age. There was the time my mother and I were in the grocery store and she told me to put the groceries in the car while she paid for them. Which I did.
wonderful it was to see her. To her credit, she hugged me back and thanked me for the compliments, but then told me that she had no idea who I was. Oops!
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I used to be appalled by the rather frequent faux pas, but now I accept myself, warts and all, knowing that my head is almost always in the clouds, making navigation down here on the earth plane a bit tricky. If not downright funny.
Or thought I did anyway.
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I may be something of a dipsie doodle. This is not a recent thing, mind you, brought on by the march of time. This has been a lifelong pattern.