Sunday, June 16, 2019

Digest for rec.food.cooking@googlegroups.com - 25 updates in 6 topics

dsi1 <dsi123@hawaiiantel.net>: Jun 16 12:56PM -0700

On Saturday, June 15, 2019 at 3:12:49 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
> > unexploded bomb which arrived in my grandmothers asparagus bed, or the
> > one which completely wiped out my husbands home in Portsmouth.
 
> Or the Doodlebug that flew over our house every morning like clockwork.
 
I had to Google "Doodlebug." Here's some Brits monkeying around with a pulse engine. That's ironic considering your troubles with doodlebugs.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raT_8B7kP38
A Moose in Love <parkstreetbooboo@gmail.com>: Jun 16 01:14PM -0700

On Sunday, June 16, 2019 at 3:26:25 PM UTC-4, graham wrote:
 
> > we all know when the us came into the war. what is your point? hitler made mistakes. but churchill's error in declaring war on germany was a colossal error. all of the young lads he gleefully sent to their deaths. so fucking brilliant.
 
> Churchill DID NOT declare war on krautland!!!!!!!
> YOU APPEAR TO BE AN EVIL NAZI!!
 
i know. the krauts, it's all their fault. i am turning myself into the firing squad tomorrow morning so that you can get justice.
A Moose in Love <parkstreetbooboo@gmail.com>: Jun 16 01:16PM -0700

On Sunday, June 16, 2019 at 3:35:20 PM UTC-4, graham wrote:
> > YOU APPEAR TO BE AN EVIL NAZI!!
 
> Just to emphasise, he was not PM when your lot invaded Czechoslovakia
> and Poland. He was in charge when our soldiers liberated death camps though.
 
he pressed for war always. and you didn't fight the war in order to liberate the death camps. the war was about empire. none of the allies gave a rat's ass about the jews.
Bruce <bruce@invalid.invalid>: Jun 17 06:20AM +1000


>> we all know when the us came into the war. what is your point? hitler made mistakes. but churchill's error in declaring war on germany was a colossal error. all of the young lads he gleefully sent to their deaths. so fucking brilliant.
 
>Churchill DID NOT declare war on krautland!!!!!!!
>YOU APPEAR TO BE AN EVIL NAZI!!
 
Uh oh, Graham has had too much sugary food again.
Bruce <bruce@invalid.invalid>: Jun 17 06:34AM +1000

On Sun, 16 Jun 2019 14:32:45 -0400, Dave Smith
> Just for the record, the US stayed out of the conflict for more than
>two years until Japan launched a sneak attack on the US fleet at Pearl
>Harbor. Hitler then declared war in the US.
 
The worst thing the Allies did, was the bombing of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki. That makes Pearl Harbour look like child's play. But Moose
is so German-centric that he doesn't even mention it.
A Moose in Love <parkstreetbooboo@gmail.com>: Jun 16 01:46PM -0700

On Sunday, June 16, 2019 at 4:34:41 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
 
> The worst thing the Allies did, was the bombing of Hiroshima and
> Nagasaki. That makes Pearl Harbour look like child's play. But Moose
> is so German-centric that he doesn't even mention it.
 
i may be german-centric, but that's because of the bigotry out there. i know that the allies did japan, and they did japan hard. the firebombing of tokyo was pretty bad. and i don't downplay any atrocities committed by the germans. it's just that sides are taken, lines are drawn and it's the white knights of the allies vs. the dark force of the krauts. if you wish to read a good work of fiction which starts with the firebombing of tokyo, read 'to the white sea'. by james dicky.
Bruce <bruce@invalid.invalid>: Jun 17 06:56AM +1000

On Sun, 16 Jun 2019 13:46:27 -0700 (PDT), A Moose in Love
>> Nagasaki. That makes Pearl Harbour look like child's play. But Moose
>> is so German-centric that he doesn't even mention it.
 
>i may be german-centric, but that's because of the bigotry out there. i know that the allies did japan, and they did japan hard. the firebombing of tokyo was pretty bad. and i don't downplay any atrocities committed by the germans. it's just that sides are taken, lines are drawn and it's the white knights of the allies vs. the dark force of the krauts. if you wish to read a good work of fiction which starts with the firebombing of tokyo, read 'to the white sea'. by james dicky.
 
I think that the biggest atrocities committed in recent western
history are 1-Holocaust and 2-Hiroshima/Nagasaki.
 
9/11 and Pearl Harbour are nothing compared to those 2.
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: Jun 16 05:06PM -0400

On 2019-06-16 2:56 p.m., A Moose in Love wrote:
> hitler made mistakes. but churchill's error in declaring war on
> germany was a colossal error. all of the young lads he gleefully
> sent to their deaths. so fucking brilliant.
 
Once again, the point should be obvious. You claimed that Britain
started the war because it declared war on German, as if it had nothing
to do with Britain and its allies enforcing the terms of the treaty in
which they defeated Germany in the war that its had started. The US did
not declare war on Germany at that time. It did not declare on Germany
until after German had declared war on the US.
 
You are a little confused about Churchill declaring war on Germany.
Chamberlain was PM of Britain when that happened, and remained PM until
May of 1940.
A Moose in Love <parkstreetbooboo@gmail.com>: Jun 16 02:05PM -0700

On Sunday, June 16, 2019 at 4:46:30 PM UTC-4, A Moose in Love wrote:
> > Nagasaki. That makes Pearl Harbour look like child's play. But Moose
> > is so German-centric that he doesn't even mention it.
 
> i may be german-centric, but that's because of the bigotry out there. i know that the allies did japan, and they did japan hard. the firebombing of tokyo was pretty bad. and i don't downplay any atrocities committed by the germans. it's just that sides are taken, lines are drawn and it's the white knights of the allies vs. the dark force of the krauts. if you wish to read a good work of fiction which starts with the firebombing of tokyo, read 'to the white sea'. by james dicky.
 
here's a review; man vs. man, man vs. nature:
first, an excerpt:
"'We are going to bring it to him,' the Colonel said with satisfaction. A lot more than usual. 'Fire. This is what you've got to look forward to. This is what he's got to look forward to.' He leaned into it, from the heels, you could say. I sat and waited, looking straight ahead. 'We're going to bring it to him.' He looked down the rows of us, but I didn't watch him do it; all this was like before. 'To the enemy, you know. Up yonder, friends. Up yonder to the north.' He pointed at the ceiling, n ...more
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/350300.To_the_White_Sea
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: Jun 16 05:15PM -0400

On 6/16/2019 5:06 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
 
> You are a little confused about Churchill declaring war on Germany.
> Chamberlain was PM of Britain when that happened, and remained PM until
> May of 1940.
 
Moosie's got a very convenient view of history. Hitler was a
frustrated, inconsequential Austrian artist who was born out of wedlock.
He wound up disease riddled (syphilis) and took the cowards way out by
committing suicide in a bunker. What's not to admire? (laugh)
 
Jill
A Moose in Love <parkstreetbooboo@gmail.com>: Jun 16 02:18PM -0700

On Sunday, June 16, 2019 at 5:03:44 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
 
> You are a little confused about Churchill declaring war on Germany.
> Chamberlain was PM of Britain when that happened, and remained PM until
> May of 1940.
 
churchill pushed and pushed for war. and he got more than he bargained for. all of those boys killed because of his lust for glory. what a shame.
A Moose in Love <parkstreetbooboo@gmail.com>: Jun 16 02:18PM -0700

On Sunday, June 16, 2019 at 5:15:18 PM UTC-4, jmcquown wrote:
> He wound up disease riddled (syphilis) and took the cowards way out by
> committing suicide in a bunker. What's not to admire? (laugh)
 
> Jill
 
i don't admire hitler. and i don't admire churchill, and i don't admire all war mongers. i never said i did.
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: Jun 16 04:57PM -0400

A pan fried cod fillet with yellow squash on the side. Simple yet tasty.
 
What's on your menu?
 
Jill
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: Jun 16 04:14PM -0400

On 6/16/2019 6:49 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> Hollerith punch cards.
 
> I have one of those damn Hollerith punch cards as a decoration in
> my cube at work. The younger programmers are amazed by it.
 
I had a flowcharting template hanging on my cubicle wall. :)
 
>> over again!
 
> And then submit your card deck at the input window.
 
> Cindy Hamilton
 
I somehow wound up with a box of those punch cards and used them to make
holiday wreaths. Fold two sides of one end of the card together to form
a point and staple it. Do that with a whole bunch of cards. Staple
them onto a circle of cardboard in graduating layers. Spray paint the
"wreath". Glue some decorations in the middle, such as small gift boxes
wrapped in bright paper with ribbons or staple some ribbons and tie on
small ornaments. I made one and had it hanging on the wall behind my
desk. I had several co-workers ask me to make punch card wreaths for
them. :)
 
Jill
dsi1 <dsi123@hawaiiantel.net>: Jun 16 01:19PM -0700

On Sunday, June 16, 2019 at 4:15:33 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> careful with the cards. It sounds pretty primitive by today's standards
> but as far as data processing goes it was then equivalent of advancing
> from an abacus to a pocket calculator.
 
I took a FORTRAN IV class in college. That was the most awful experience ever. I'd have to hang around the campus until early morning. Some guys would bring in a box of cards and I'd have a program with just a tiny stack - and it still wouldn't run!
 
I learned more on a Commodore 64 in a few days than I ever did in that college class. You could write and run a program directly on the opening screen in a few minutes using an instruction set that was pretty much the same as FORTRAN IV. That was simply brilliant!
"Ophelia" <OphElsnore@gmail.com>: Jun 16 09:13PM +0100

"Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
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On Sunday, June 16, 2019 at 7:29:34 AM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> >space
> >after a period.
 
> Ok, 2 countries.
 
You inspired me to poke around a little bit. Although one space now seems
to be the accepted norm, it might yield lowered readability:
 
<https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758%2Fs13414-018-1527-6>
 
Cindy Hamilton
 
===
 
I thought I had already posted this so if I have, apols! We were
taught to use two spaces after a full stop (period) :) HTH
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: Jun 16 04:22PM -0400

On 6/16/2019 12:06 PM, Gary wrote:
> but I haven't looked either. That said, even a new normal
> keyboard is fine with me now. I'm long over liking the clicks on
> those old ones.
 
I know exactly what you're talking about when you (and others) mention
the click. I prefer a keyboard that requires a firm touch and those old
IBM's definitely had that. I've been using an MS Natural (ergonomic)
keyboard for years. Firm touch and the click! :)
 
Jill
dsi1 <dsi123@hawaiiantel.net>: Jun 16 01:37PM -0700

On Sunday, June 16, 2019 at 10:22:12 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
 
> ===
 
> I thought I had already posted this so if I have, apols! We were
> taught to use two spaces after a full stop (period) :) HTH
 
I used to have to go through stuff that my wife typed to remove forced "carriage returns." Hitting that enter key at the end of lines was a tough habit to break for a lot of people. That no longer seems to be a problem - all it took was a decade or so for people to understand the concept of word wrapping. :)
songbird <songbird@anthive.com>: Jun 16 04:37PM -0400

jmcquown wrote:
> the click. I prefer a keyboard that requires a firm touch and those old
> IBM's definitely had that. I've been using an MS Natural (ergonomic)
> keyboard for years. Firm touch and the click! :)
 
i like the keyboard i use now, it has a pretty loud
click to it. if there is some concern about the noise
i can type with it under the covers.
 
to me the difference is between a keyboard i can use
for 12hrs straight and one i can't. anything that
bottoms out too quick will hurt my hands after a while.
with this keyboard i can go as long as i wish.
 
i did have a Model M back in the day when i had an
IBM-PC, and i wish i still had it. heavy doesn't
bother me. it sits across my body and most of the
weight is on my hip bones anyways.
 
 
songbird
Bruce <bruce@invalid.invalid>: Jun 17 06:42AM +1000

On Sun, 16 Jun 2019 13:37:44 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
 
>> I thought I had already posted this so if I have, apols! We were
>> taught to use two spaces after a full stop (period) :) HTH
 
>I used to have to go through stuff that my wife typed to remove forced "carriage returns." Hitting that enter key at the end of lines was a tough habit to break for a lot of people. That no longer seems to be a problem - all it took was a decade or so for people to understand the concept of word wrapping. :)
 
If only you would hit that key every now and then.
"Ophelia" <OphElsnore@gmail.com>: Jun 16 09:52PM +0100

"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Sunday, June 16, 2019 at 10:22:12 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
 
> ===
 
> I thought I had already posted this so if I have, apols! We were
> taught to use two spaces after a full stop (period) :) HTH
 
I used to have to go through stuff that my wife typed to remove forced
"carriage returns." Hitting that enter key at the end of lines was a tough
habit to break for a lot of people. That no longer seems to be a problem -
all it took was a decade or so for people to understand the concept of word
wrapping. :)
 
====
 
Well you know what they say ... Rome wasn't built in a day <g>
Terry Coombs <snag_one@msn.com>: Jun 16 03:39PM -0500

Ronco , and like brand new . I picked it up at a yard sale yesterday
, we also picked up a whole chicken before we came home . Too late
yesterday to figure this thing out and clean it up , so we'll be testing
it out for dinner tonight . BTW , we also picked up a nearly-brand-new
recliner rocker for her ... it cost a little more than my rotisserie .
 
--
Snag
Yes , I'm old
and crochety - and armed .
Get outta my woods !
"Ophelia" <OphElsnore@gmail.com>: Jun 16 09:50PM +0100

"Terry Coombs" wrote in message news:qe69e0$3n4$1@dont-email.me...
 
 
Ronco , and like brand new . I picked it up at a yard sale yesterday
, we also picked up a whole chicken before we came home . Too late
yesterday to figure this thing out and clean it up , so we'll be testing
it out for dinner tonight . BTW , we also picked up a nearly-brand-new
recliner rocker for her ... it cost a little more than my rotisserie .
 
Snag
 
====
 
Good husband stuff:) Just what I like to hear :))))))))))))
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: Jun 16 04:00PM -0400

On 6/16/2019 4:56 AM, Ophelia wrote:
 
> ===
 
>    The same here.  I can eat only very small portions too.  D eats as
> much as Gary:)   Might be a man thing? :)
 
I don't know about you but I'm sure they're each larger than I am! :)
 
Jill
Bruce <bruce@invalid.invalid>: Jun 17 05:59AM +1000

On Sun, 16 Jun 2019 14:44:29 -0500, Hank Rogers <nospam@invalid.org>
wrote:
 
>> getting used to them after 2 weeks of having them for breakfast.
 
>I've heard that soaking is only to reduce cooking time and/or
>produce less farts. Could be a n old wives tale though.
 
It won't hurt, so why not, unless you're in a hurry?
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