Saturday, August 8, 2020

Digest for rec.food.cooking@googlegroups.com - 25 updates in 7 topics

jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: Aug 08 12:38PM -0400

On 8/8/2020 11:29 AM, Gary wrote:
 
> Then I joined again at age 64. Still nothing for me so I quit
> again.
 
> I get constant email and snail mail offers from them to this day.
 
I asked friends in my neighborhood about AARP. What benefit would I get
from joining? The answer was "nothing" unless you want travel
discounts, hotel deals, things like that. Or a Medicare supplement
plan. I'm still nowhere near Medicare age and I don't travel. So, the
AARP snail mail goes into the shredder.
 
I'm kind of surprised you signed up for AARP twice. Also surprised
you're surprised you're being bombarded with emails and snail mail. You
invited them! Good luck getting off their list.
 
Jill
"itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net" <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: Aug 08 10:10AM -0700

On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 6:15:16 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> those?" Idiot.
 
> I was enjoying life while he (age 35 with children) had
> already settled down into do nothing old age.
 
I love roller skating and a few years ago I toyed with the idea of getting
a pair of rollerblades. My brother pointed out we don't heal as we did
when we were kids. I let the idea die a quiet death.
"itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net" <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: Aug 08 10:13AM -0700

On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 6:27:34 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
 
> I remember when I was 17, I couldn't imagine living to
> age 25. My parents were in their mid-30s then and seemed
> so OLD.
 
When I was 17 my mom was 55 and my dad was 65.
"itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net" <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: Aug 08 10:17AM -0700

On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 11:39:05 AM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
> you're surprised you're being bombarded with emails and snail mail. You
> invited them! Good luck getting off their list.
 
> Jill
 
I joined at age 50 and like Gary, just got a bunch of junk mail all the time.
Stopped the junk mail and quit them. But did rejoin for a supplemental
Medicare plan but checked the boxes I wanted no junk mail, magazine, or
e-mails from them. So far, so good.
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: Aug 08 01:20PM -0400


> I love roller skating and a few years ago I toyed with the idea of getting
> a pair of rollerblades. My brother pointed out we don't heal as we did
> when we were kids. I let the idea die a quiet death.
 
So true. The older we get the longer it takes to recover. I chipped my
knee cap when I was 13 and was in a cast for a couple weeks. I broke my
collar bone at 51 and was off work for two months. A few years later I
broke some ribs and it took even longer to heal.
 
I had a serious talk with my buddy about fitness. We were bother pretty
active before the pandemic, playing pickleball three times a week. We
both gained weighed an slipped out of shape with the lockdown. I have
been getting back into things lately, bicycling and playing outdoor
pickleball. He has not. He wants to get back at things and I had to
point out to him that it has been 5 months for him, so he is going to
have to take it east. I am having enough trouble getting back into shape
but I am worried that if he rushes back into things to hard and too fast
he is going to get hurt, and then he is going to learn the hard way
about the lower healing.
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: Aug 08 01:28PM -0400

>> age 25. My parents were in their mid-30s then and seemed
>> so OLD.
 
> When I was 17 my mom was 55 and my dad was 65.
 
My wife's father was 48 when she was born.
 
I used to work with a guy who split up with his wife when his daughters
were in their teens. He hooked up with a much younger woman and started
over. One day I had to go back to the shop with one of my new co-workers
and we were talking to Joe and he told us that his wife was going to
have a baby in a few weeks. My new co-worker asked him how old he was...
55. New co-worker looked at him and asked "Are you fucking nuts?"
 
The kid would be going in to Grade 5 when Joe hit 65, and into high
school when he is 72. Then it would hit university when Joe was 75,
graduating at 78 or so. Give him or her a couple years to settle down
and start raising a family and Joe would be in his 80s.
Pamela <pamela.poster@gmail.com>: Aug 08 05:13PM +0100

On 09:53 8 Aug 2020, Bruce said:
 
 
> People here don't seem to care about that. Price is what counts! The
> English may call the Scottish stingy and the Belgians may call the Dutch
> stingy, but Americans take the cake. But only when it's BOGO, of course.
 
The cheaper the meat, the more admiration it gains. On that basis, the story
sounds even more impressive if you paid $2 for fifty chiken pieces. For top
marks you have to fight off a dog from a carrier bag of chicken parts in a
back street.
Pamela <pamela.poster@gmail.com>: Aug 08 05:15PM +0100

On 15:28 8 Aug 2020, Bryan Simmons said:
 
> The 10# bags of leg quarters are from *retired* laying hens. That's why
> they're so large. Yeah, they're not a two month old fryer, but they
> were 39 cents a pound.
 
Low grade chicken then.
 
 
>> After all that it's hard to know what was left of the original taste.
>> It gives processed food an new meaning.
 
> You don't brine and smoke chicken?
 
When I eat chicken I like to taste chicken.
Cindy Hamilton <angelicapaganelli@yahoo.com>: Aug 08 09:26AM -0700

On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 12:14:11 PM UTC-4, Pamela wrote:
> sounds even more impressive if you paid $2 for fifty chiken pieces. For top
> marks you have to fight off a dog from a carrier bag of chicken parts in a
> back street.
 
We got an entire deer for the cost of one .357 cartridge.
 
Cindy Hamilton
U.S. Janet B. <JB@nospam.com>: Aug 08 10:30AM -0600

On Fri, 7 Aug 2020 23:21:01 -0500, Sqwertz <sqwertzme@gmail.invalid>
wrote:
 
 
>I gotta use "capsicum" more, too (red/green/yellow/orange bell
>pepper).
 
>-sw
 
yeah, but, now that she's explained I can see why she laughed
GM <gregorymorrowchicago07@gmail.com>: Aug 08 09:41AM -0700

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
 
> > marks you have to fight off a dog from a carrier bag of chicken parts in a
> > back street.
 
> We got an entire deer for the cost of one .357 cartridge.
 
 
There ya go...good 'ole fashioned Yankee ingenuity...
 
;-)
 
--
Best
Greg
Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com>: Aug 08 10:05AM -0700

On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 11:16:07 AM UTC-5, Pamela wrote:
 
> When I eat chicken I like to taste chicken.
 
When I eat chicken, I prefer that it be fried chicken. Same idea with fish.
 
--Bryan https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/bryan-simmons/winters-present/ebook/product-176j5weg.html
dsi1 <dsi123@hawaiiantel.net>: Aug 08 09:30AM -0700

On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 1:24:35 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
 
> I have a newer one that just isn't as nice and I also was
> gifted a leather wallet years ago from someone that felt
> I needed a new wallet. heh I'll never use the leather one.
 
"Surfer" wallets. Those are pretty popular on this rock and have been for decades. I dumped my old leather wallet and use a new fangled card carrying thingie in my front pocket. Keeping a fat-assed wallet in your ass pocket is just asking for trouble.
 
https://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Minimalist-Wallet-Blocking-Credit/dp/B079KN29PP/
Cindy Hamilton <angelicapaganelli@yahoo.com>: Aug 08 09:43AM -0700

On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 12:30:59 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> > I needed a new wallet. heh I'll never use the leather one.
 
> "Surfer" wallets. Those are pretty popular on this rock and have been for decades. I dumped my old leather wallet and use a new fangled card carrying thingie in my front pocket. Keeping a fat-assed wallet in your ass pocket is just asking for trouble.
 
> https://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Minimalist-Wallet-Blocking-Credit/dp/B079KN29PP/
 
That is nice. I'm afraid it would block the chip in the card that
lets me in to my office building.
 
Cindy Hamilton
"itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net" <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: Aug 08 10:01AM -0700

On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 4:52:08 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
 
> > I've tried the wallet in one pocket and keys in another; I don't need any
> > bulges on my hips or thighs.
 
> What difference does it make?
 
My self-esteem.
> > and not stuffed, it's too large for some pockets. Some of my pants don't
> > even have pockets
 
> I won't buy pants without pockets.
 
If I like the fit, look, and material, I will.
 
> Mine's a ballistic nylon trifold. Probably intended for a man, but
> I don't care.
 
> Cindy Hamilton
 
If you like it and it suits your needs, that's all that matters.
dsi1 <dsi123@hawaiiantel.net>: Aug 08 10:01AM -0700

On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 6:43:26 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
 
> That is nice. I'm afraid it would block the chip in the card that
> lets me in to my office building.
 
> Cindy Hamilton
 
Most people carry security cards on a lanyard around their neck or attached to their purse or some other place on their body. A security card that doesn't have to be pulled out would be a good thing.
 
If you ask me, your security card should be your cell phone. For added security, your location would be tracked at all times when in the building or when you're out.
dsi1 <dsi123@hawaiiantel.net>: Aug 08 09:15AM -0700

On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 12:34:28 AM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
> >GG will make the new look mandatory so I'll just get used to it.
 
> Strange. Bryan says John's very intelligent and he knows him better
> than any of us. Maybe it's the medication.
 
He's obviously very intelligent - I mean, how many degrees do yoose guys have? OTOH, being perplexed by modern technology seems to be universal in old folks. Being perplexed by humans and relationships seems to be universal in brilliant people. I don't see any mystery at all.
 
My father-in-law was a computer wiz but he never got the hang of Windows OS and high level programming languages. He used to lick his plate of ice cream clean. That gave my wife PTSD. Is there anything more traumatizing to a daughter than daddy licking their plate? I think not.
Cindy Hamilton <angelicapaganelli@yahoo.com>: Aug 08 09:24AM -0700

On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 12:15:37 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> > than any of us. Maybe it's the medication.
 
> He's obviously very intelligent - I mean, how many degrees do yoose guys have? OTOH, being perplexed by modern technology seems to be universal in old folks. Being perplexed by humans and relationships seems to be universal in brilliant people. I don't see any mystery at all.
 
> My father-in-law was a computer wiz but he never got the hang of Windows OS and high level programming languages. He used to lick his plate of ice cream clean. That gave my wife PTSD. Is there anything more traumatizing to a daughter than daddy licking their plate? I think not.
 
I'm older than John and I figured out how to get the old GG appearance
back. Sure, I only have one degree, but I've actually been working
in that field for the last 20 years.
 
There's a difference between being intelligent and being smart.
 
Cindy Hamilton
dsi1 <dsi123@hawaiiantel.net>: Aug 08 09:46AM -0700

On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 6:24:17 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> in that field for the last 20 years.
 
> There's a difference between being intelligent and being smart.
 
> Cindy Hamilton
 
You're saying that some people are intelligent but not smart but you're smart - not intelligent? My guess is that intelligent people are not interested in talking about other people. Stupid people are.
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: Aug 08 12:47PM -0400

On 8/8/2020 11:29 AM, Gary wrote:
>> guess it explains why he had such a difficult time with the charting
>> software at his job.
 
> A computer engineer degree from 1995 is totally worthless
 
Yep, and he no longer points it out. <whew>
 
> unless he kept up with changing technology which he hasn't.
 
If Google wants to change the interface he'll just have to adapt. Thank
goodness "squertz from Google" saved the day so he can keep on posting.
 
Jill
"itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net" <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: Aug 08 09:53AM -0700

On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 5:55:37 AM UTC-5, John Kuthe wrote:
 
> True, a technical problem. When Squertz from Google called me, he clarified that with me and once again in the OLD groups format I could post again.
 
> Which I do now!
 
> John Kuthe...
 
You could have asked here and gotten an answer. Oh, I forgot! You don't
know how to ask a question without ranting, raving, cussing, and flinging
yourself on the floor and kicking your feet.
"itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net" <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: Aug 08 09:57AM -0700

On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 11:24:17 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> in that field for the last 20 years.
 
> There's a difference between being intelligent and being smart.
 
> Cindy Hamilton
 
I'm older than both of you and I have no degree and I figured out the first
2 minutes when they introduced the new groups how to get back to the old
format. All without cussing somebody out!
U.S. Janet B. <JB@nospam.com>: Aug 08 10:28AM -0600

On Fri, 7 Aug 2020 23:18:01 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> matter where your onions were grown. If they were stored at the
>> distributor's warehouses, they are suspect.
 
>How would I find out?
 
call the store where you purchased them and ask.
Cindy Hamilton <angelicapaganelli@yahoo.com>: Aug 08 09:21AM -0700

On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 11:53:46 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> Finally, take off the lid and let some of the liquid
> evaporate but still leave it very moist.
 
> Good to add to almost any food.
 
I went to the store this morning and picked up 3 chickens and
10 pounds of frozen turkey parts (drumsticks and wings). Later
today I'll roast the chicken; tomorrow I'll make chicken stock.
 
Next weekend I'll roast the turkey parts and make turkey stock.
I would have preferred a whole turkey, but they're hard to come
by this time of year. One store in town had Jennie-o brand,
but those always come with a load of chemicals that make the
stock taste weird.
 
Cindy Hamilton
Cindy Hamilton <angelicapaganelli@yahoo.com>: Aug 08 09:16AM -0700

On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 11:28:55 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
 
> Interestingly too, just last night the movie of it was on
> tv. I've seen it before though and not near as good as the
> book. They changed the story too much.
 
I wish they had shot more of it in Ann Arbor.
 
Cindy Hamilton
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