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Because it was an activity of my youth and young adulthood, the act of smoking now would be like traveling back in time to relive concerts at the Paramount, house parties after seeing a band in some Tacoma warehouse, weekends with friends, before jobs, bills, mortgages, and children

Use a slotted spoon or your hands to make sure each spider is spread-eagled (so to speak) and not clumped together before dropping it into the hot oil

Was he making fun of their ignorance, or making excuses for it

MG: I would say in some ways, in those golden years, it was a mixing ground of ideas and people came from all different parts of the US and Europe and other places