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Maple syrup; was Moxie question
Krypsis wrote:
> On 12/03/2012 4:21 AM, Jean B. wrote:
>> jmcquown wrote:
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>>> "Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:15:03 +1100, Krypsis >
>>>> wrote:
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>>> (snippage)
>>>>>
>>>>> I was wondering why Sheldon would post a pic of home made maple
>>>>> syrup as
>>>>> there appears no benefit to anyone or anything (except his ego).
>>>>> It's a
>>>>> "refilled" maple syrup bottle with no label. For all we know Sheldon
>>>>> could have removed the label himself from a "new" bottle, "invented"
>>>>> the
>>>>> story and posted the pic to lend it some credence. Certainly we aren't
>>>>> able to do a taste test. The pic is a waste of effort.
>>>>
>>> Most pics of food and food products are a waste of time, JMHO. We
>>> can't taste any of it so what's the point? Oooh, look, someone cooked
>>> something. Nice plate! Really... who cares?
>>>
>>>> And that bottle does indeed have a label, it's a small clear label on
>>>> the other side... I'm not going to publicly display the name, adress,
>>>> and phone number of the person.
>>>> This is all yoose get:
>>>> http://i39.tinypic.com/5phczp.jpg
>>>>
>>> I recognize the maple leaf shape of that bottle The Vermont Country
>>> Store sells maple syrup in bottles like that. If I were willing and
>>> able to make maple syrup I'd certainly sterilize and reuse old bottles
>>> for it.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> Well, again, we all can choose whether we want to click on a photo link
>> or not. If you and others don't want to look at photos, just don't look
>> at them!
>>
> We cannot possibly know what a link points to until we've clicked on it
> and viewed. I like looking at posters pics of interesting things but
> only if they have something useful to add. PLs pics are rarely that so,
> in order to make the choice you suggest, I really need to ignore ALL of
> his links. Seems many others take that advice with his posts as well as
> his links to pics..
>
You made your decision, so that is fine. Right?
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Jean B.
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