One time on Usenet, said:
> On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 23:51:17 -0400, Karen AKA Kajikit
> > wrote:
>
> >Two a week sounds fair to me... a midweek survey and one for the
> >weekend... having them every day is interesting, but if you don't even
> >READ rfc daily you miss out on most of them!
>
>
> I think one a week is fine. I read rfc almost daily, but I still miss
> many of the surveys.

I agree, once per week is plenty. It would give more people
time to take the survey too...

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Christine Dabney > wrote in
:

> On 20 Oct 2006 16:06:11 -0700, "kuvasz guy" >
> wrote:
>>Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
>>> On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 21:10:33 +0200, Chatty Cathy
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>> >But some more 'ideas' would be welcome <hint, hint>. My
>>> >'list' is almost depleted
>>>
>>> I'd spread them out a little, myself.
>>
>>I kinda agree...
>>
>>..fred
>
> I agree also. How about just one a week? Or even every 2
> weeks, unless of course tons of ideas just start pouring
> in......
>
> Christine

Once every 2 weeks would be my suggestion.

Sheldon wrote:
> Chatty Cathy wrote:
> > http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
> >
> > Vote now!
>
> Actually the question should read dry garlic as opposed to jarred...
> hardly anyone has ever tasted fresh garlic... those heads of garlic are
> dried, just like bagged onions are classified by the USDA as "Dry"
> onions.
>
> Sheldon Nitpic

Yeah, these surveys are lame. What's up next, "dried onions versus
fresh onions" or "canned versus jarred spaghetti sauce"?

Oh wait, here comes "canned dinty moore versus your dumbass
interpretation of fresh ingredients?"

"over rice or mashed potatoes"?

LOL

"projectile vomit chick" > wrote
>
> Yeah, these surveys are lame. What's up next, "dried onions versus
> fresh onions" or "canned versus jarred spaghetti sauce"?
>

Do you cook, asswipe?

Chatty Cathy wrote:
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>
> Vote now!
>

Good one cheers, really like garlic..

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sandi wrote:
> Christine Dabney > wrote in
> :
>
>> On 20 Oct 2006 16:06:11 -0700, "kuvasz guy" >
>> wrote:
>>> Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 21:10:33 +0200, Chatty Cathy
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> But some more 'ideas' would be welcome <hint, hint>. My
>>>>> 'list' is almost depleted
>>>> I'd spread them out a little, myself.
>>> I kinda agree...
>>>
>>> ..fred
>> I agree also. How about just one a week? Or even every 2
>> weeks, unless of course tons of ideas just start pouring
>> in......
>>
>> Christine
>
> Once every 2 weeks would be my suggestion.

Like I said, I will put up a survey 'about the survey' - but how long do
I leave *that* one there?

Thing is, most people 'lose interest' after a day or two - you can see
the number of votes dwindling; and some topics are more 'popular' than
others, so waiting for a survey to reach "xxx" number of votes wouldn't
really solve the problem either.

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In article >, sf wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:36:36 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
> wrote:
>
> >Heh. I don't feel virtuous (wouldn't that be a joke! laugh), but I
> >like to peel my own garlic. I never got why it was such a big deal.
> >Just me.
>
> My kids actually introduced me to the peeled variety in a bag. They
> cook very well, but neither one likes preparing garlic.

I used to use more powder when I was quick cooking things simply because
fresh garlic is a time consuming pita to peel.

I use more fresh garlic now that I get the pre-peeled from Sun Harvest.
;-)
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In article >,
unge (Little Malice) wrote:

> One time on Usenet, said:
> > On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 23:51:17 -0400, Karen AKA Kajikit
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >Two a week sounds fair to me... a midweek survey and one for the
> > >weekend... having them every day is interesting, but if you don't even
> > >READ rfc daily you miss out on most of them!
> >
> >
> > I think one a week is fine. I read rfc almost daily, but I still miss
> > many of the surveys.
>
> I agree, once per week is plenty. It would give more people
> time to take the survey too...

Thirded.

I think one per week is plenty, maybe with an extra one on the weekend?
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OmManiPadmeOmelet said...

> used to use more powder when I was quick cooking things simply because
> fresh garlic is a time consuming pita to peel.
>
> I use more fresh garlic now that I get the pre-peeled from Sun Harvest.


Once, I bought a jar of minced garlic in oil. I added some to a dish and I
broke out with acne. God awful stuff! I threw the rest away.

I use garlic powder for on eggs, pizza etc., but for scratch dishes I use
fresh garlic.

I roasted a bulb of garlic once and it made me quite ill. Don't know why.

Andy

In article >, Andy <q> wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet said...
>
> > used to use more powder when I was quick cooking things simply because
> > fresh garlic is a time consuming pita to peel.
> >
> > I use more fresh garlic now that I get the pre-peeled from Sun Harvest.
>
>
> Once, I bought a jar of minced garlic in oil. I added some to a dish and I
> broke out with acne. God awful stuff! I threw the rest away.

That stuff is _nasty_ and it's not what I use!

These are pre-peeled whole cloves. I was buying them from the oriental
market at first but they spoiled too quickly.

Sun Harvest is selling them in 4 oz. containers in a clear plastic
produce cartons.

They are irradiated, not preserved in oil. They look like what you get
if you peel a fresh clove yourself.

>
> I use garlic powder for on eggs, pizza etc., but for scratch dishes I use
> fresh garlic.
>
> I roasted a bulb of garlic once and it made me quite ill. Don't know why.
>
> Andy

Really? That's odd.

I like roasted garlic but I've also deep fried fresh whole peeled garlic
cloves and got the same effect and it only took about 1 minute for a
small handful of them.

Roasting them takes too long. Can't afford the electricity.

I put them in the 'frige and used them over about 2 weeks.

Garlic powder has it's uses, but it's not the same as fresh.

No way, no how.

I do use it on fried chicken still......
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On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 10:00:08 -0500, in rec.food.cooking, Andy wrote:

>OmManiPadmeOmelet said...
>
>> used to use more powder when I was quick cooking things simply because
>> fresh garlic is a time consuming pita to peel.
>>
>> I use more fresh garlic now that I get the pre-peeled from Sun Harvest.
>
>
>Once, I bought a jar of minced garlic in oil. I added some to a dish and I
>broke out with acne. God awful stuff! I threw the rest away.
>
>I use garlic powder for on eggs, pizza etc., but for scratch dishes I use
>fresh garlic.
>
>I roasted a bulb of garlic once and it made me quite ill. Don't know why.
>

Maybe you do have a problem with some forms of garlic? Roasted garlic is
great.

I like fresh, but I think the minced in oil is better than powder.

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On 20 Oct 2006 21:39:47 -0700, "projectile vomit chick"
> wrote:

>Yeah, these surveys are lame. What's up next, "dried onions versus
>fresh onions" or "canned versus jarred spaghetti sauce"?
>
>Oh wait, here comes "canned dinty moore versus your dumbass
>interpretation of fresh ingredients?"
>
>"over rice or mashed potatoes"?

Aw, c'mon! They're kinda fun.

It's interesting to see how many people admit to using shortcuts in
anonymity as opposed to how many will admit to it in public.

Okay, I've got one.

When you have the flu, which is worse?
Projectile Vomit
Projectile Diarrhea

I'll bet you could get behind that one! LOL!

In article >,
Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:

> Okay, I've got one.
>
> When you have the flu, which is worse?
> Projectile Vomit
> Projectile Diarrhea
>
> I'll bet you could get behind that one! LOL!

Behind that one? Good pun Dams'. <g>

The biggest problem tho' is that if you are really sick, those two tend
to come together. :-P
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On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 13:58:39 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet
> wrote:

>In article >,
> Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:
>
>> Okay, I've got one.
>>
>> When you have the flu, which is worse?
>> Projectile Vomit
>> Projectile Diarrhea
>>
>> I'll bet you could get behind that one! LOL!
>
>Behind that one? Good pun Dams'. <g>

I try.

>The biggest problem tho' is that if you are really sick, those two tend
>to come together. :-P

Been there, done that, had to throw the t-shirt away.

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

> I used to use more powder when I was quick cooking things simply because
> fresh garlic is a time consuming pita to peel.

lay unpeeled clove of garlic down on cutting board. Lay chefs knife down
flat on top, parallel to board. Whack with the side of your fist once.
Lift up knife, pop clove of garlic out of peel whole. Takes all of
about 2 seconds.

On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 09:32:16 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet
> wrote:

>I think one per week is plenty, maybe with an extra one on the weekend?

that makes twice a week....


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Sheldon wrote:
> Chatty Cathy wrote:
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>>
>> Vote now!
>
> Actually the question should read dry garlic as opposed to jarred...
> hardly anyone has ever tasted fresh garlic... those heads of garlic are
> dried, just like bagged onions are classified by the USDA as "Dry"
> onions.
>
> Sheldon Nitpic

Dear Sheldon Nitwit:

As usual, you're wrong. The USDA classification of "dry"
onions is to distinguish them from green and seed onions and
the other allium crops like shallots and garlic.

Garlic is pulled from the ground, tops trimmed and shipped
as is. Your almost assertion that they're dried as in
dehydrated is wrong. The skins become papery, but the cloves
stay hydrated. That;'s why if you run a clove through a
garlic press, you can see juice.

Read a book that doesn't have crayons with it.

Pastorio

On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 01:14:26 -0400, "Bob (this one)" >
wrote:

>Dear Sheldon Nitwit:
>
>As usual, you're wrong. The USDA classification of "dry"
>onions is to distinguish them from green and seed onions and
>the other allium crops like shallots and garlic.
>
>Garlic is pulled from the ground, tops trimmed and shipped
>as is. Your almost assertion that they're dried as in
>dehydrated is wrong. The skins become papery, but the cloves
>stay hydrated. That;'s why if you run a clove through a
>garlic press, you can see juice.
>
>Read a book that doesn't have crayons with it.

I've missed you.

In article >, sf wrote:

> On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 09:32:16 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet
> > wrote:
>
> >I think one per week is plenty, maybe with an extra one on the weekend?
>
> that makes twice a week....
>
>

Weekends don't count... <G>
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In article >,
Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:

> On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 01:14:26 -0400, "Bob (this one)" >
> wrote:
>
> >Dear Sheldon Nitwit:
> >
> >As usual, you're wrong. The USDA classification of "dry"
> >onions is to distinguish them from green and seed onions and
> >the other allium crops like shallots and garlic.
> >
> >Garlic is pulled from the ground, tops trimmed and shipped
> >as is. Your almost assertion that they're dried as in
> >dehydrated is wrong. The skins become papery, but the cloves
> >stay hydrated. That;'s why if you run a clove through a
> >garlic press, you can see juice.
> >
> >Read a book that doesn't have crayons with it.
>
> I've missed you.

Ditto!!!!! ;-D
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"Bob (this one)" > wrote in message
...
> Sheldon wrote:
>> Chatty Cathy wrote:
>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>>>
>>> Vote now!
>>
>> Actually the question should read dry garlic as opposed to jarred...
>> hardly anyone has ever tasted fresh garlic... those heads of garlic are
>> dried, just like bagged onions are classified by the USDA as "Dry"
>> onions.
>>
>> Sheldon Nitpic
>
> Dear Sheldon Nitwit:
>
> As usual, you're wrong. The USDA classification of "dry" onions is to
> distinguish them from green and seed onions and the other allium crops
> like shallots and garlic.
>
> Garlic is pulled from the ground, tops trimmed and shipped as is. Your
> almost assertion that they're dried as in dehydrated is wrong. The skins
> become papery, but the cloves stay hydrated. That;'s why if you run a
> clove through a garlic press, you can see juice.
>
> Read a book that doesn't have crayons with it.
>
> Pastorio

I have nitwit blocked but I love to see a good come back!

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OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> In article >,
> Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:
>
>> I've missed you.
>
> Ditto!!!!! ;-D

Dearly beloved we are gathered...

Oh, wait...

Been busy with cool stuff in real life. Teaching cooking
classes (fancy-assed menus posted yesterday), writing stuff
for astonishing bucks for big name magazines, two radio
gigs, finished the novel that started with the note about
working in a drugstore and a laundromat that I posted like a
year and a half ago (being copy edited as we speak), doing
some flying (most recently with The Amazing Kid who got
queasy for her first time in a small plane), editing a
newsletter for a professional organization I belong to,
doing some freebie committee work, organizing the food
concessions for a huge outdoor/hunting/fishing show in
Virginia in February, being husband and daddy. <pant, pant>
Good to be retired and have all this free time to just sit
on the front porch in my rocking chair...

No, seriously...

Pastorio

In article >,
"Bob (this one)" > wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> > In article >,
> > Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:
> >
> >> I've missed you.
> >
> > Ditto!!!!! ;-D
>
> Dearly beloved we are gathered...
>
> Oh, wait...
>
> Been busy with cool stuff in real life. Teaching cooking
> classes (fancy-assed menus posted yesterday), writing stuff
> for astonishing bucks for big name magazines, two radio
> gigs, finished the novel that started with the note about
> working in a drugstore and a laundromat that I posted like a
> year and a half ago (being copy edited as we speak), doing
> some flying (most recently with The Amazing Kid who got
> queasy for her first time in a small plane), editing a
> newsletter for a professional organization I belong to,
> doing some freebie committee work, organizing the food
> concessions for a huge outdoor/hunting/fishing show in
> Virginia in February, being husband and daddy. <pant, pant>
> Good to be retired and have all this free time to just sit
> on the front porch in my rocking chair...
>
> No, seriously...
>
> Pastorio

<snork>

So I should not look forward to retirement? ;-)
Dad is 74 and complains that he's busier than he ever was when he worked.

Welcome back!

I'm still thinking about my options for retirement as I need something
to do to make a supplemental income when I do, and to keep from getting
bored...

I was going to design jewelry and sell on ebay but ebay sales suck now
that wholesale businesses are selling there. One cannot compete and ebay
fees are too high, so I am re-thinking my options.

I'm thinking about teaching. I have another 20 years to get good at
something to be able to do that.......
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On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:48:19 -0400, "Bob (this one)" >
wrote:

<snip>
>Been busy with cool stuff in real life. Teaching cooking
>classes (fancy-assed menus posted yesterday), writing stuff
>for astonishing bucks for big name magazines, two radio
>gigs, finished the novel that started with the note about
>working in a drugstore and a laundromat that I posted like a
>year and a half ago (being copy edited as we speak), doing
>some flying (most recently with The Amazing Kid who got
>queasy for her first time in a small plane), editing a
>newsletter for a professional organization I belong to,
>doing some freebie committee work, organizing the food
>concessions for a huge outdoor/hunting/fishing show in
>Virginia in February, being husband and daddy. <pant, pant>
>Good to be retired and have all this free time to just sit
>on the front porch in my rocking chair...
>
>No, seriously...

I trust you will let us know titles of magazines and books etc so that
we can further boost your earning power by buying them?

TammyM

In article 1>,
"Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan" > wrote:

> "Bob (this one)" > :
>
> > Good to be retired and have all this free time to just sit
> > on the front porch in my rocking chair...
> >
> > No, seriously...
> >
> > Pastorio
>
> Uh... Huh. I don't know about you but soon I will be bored out of my mind.
> I suppose I'm retired at 51. Too young to retire IMO but that is the way
> it worked out. For the past (almost) 3 years I've done nothing but
> recuperate, go to family parties, went to NY to see Margaret, work in the
> gardens and clean house. Sure I have activities with my friends but that
> only goes so far. *sigh* I'm used to going 90mph with my hair on fire.
>
> Michael

So take up Skeet.....

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Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:
> "Bob (this one)" > :
>
>> Good to be retired and have all this free time to just sit
>> on the front porch in my rocking chair...
>>
>> No, seriously...
>>
>> Pastorio
>
> Uh... Huh. I don't know about you but soon I will be bored out of my mind.
> I suppose I'm retired at 51. Too young to retire IMO but that is the way
> it worked out. For the past (almost) 3 years I've done nothing but
> recuperate, go to family parties, went to NY to see Margaret, work in the
> gardens and clean house. Sure I have activities with my friends but that
> only goes so far. *sigh* I'm used to going 90mph with my hair on fire.

So write about how it was you got here. I've always found
your thoughts interesting. You're certainly competent enough
with words to tell engaging stories. Tell them to a larger
audience. And lest you get nervous about it, there are
zillions of ways to do it. Maybe read a few books on how to
do it (there are learnable techniques). I was apprehensive
about writing a long piece, so I just wrote a lot of short
pieces and later did some tweaking to make it a
semi-coherent story. Or write about how you came to "retire"
for others who might be facing the same recuperative needs.

Or whatever else offers any fascination for you. There are
some topics about which you're knowledgeable and could offer
help to beginners in those fields. Write about them. There
are publications that cover anything and everything anybody
does.

In other news, I don't have all that much hair. My son's
comment years back about it was "You don't have much gray in
your hair, dad, for someone your age. Lotta skin but not
much gray."

One other thing I do is bonsai. Lotsa trees that need
attention. It's an addiction. Start with four or five cheap
junipers and next thing you know, there are dozens picked up
when the nurseries are selling this season's stuff. I play
guitar, mostly for therapy nowadays, but there was a time I
did it for money, fame and glory - ok, for a little money.

Michael, there are things you could explain/show/demystify
for others and have fun doing it. My sense of you is that
you're a social person. Someone comfortable with people.
Maybe pick something or some things that grant you that
opportunity.

Maybe a podcast for others in somewhat the same boat as you.
I dunno, just popping out ideas. If you want to push
around more notions or explain exactly what a horse's
patootie I am, email me at bob dot past dot orio at gmail
dot com.

Pastorio

TammyM wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:48:19 -0400, "Bob (this one)" >
> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>> Been busy with cool stuff in real life. Teaching cooking
>> classes (fancy-assed menus posted yesterday), writing stuff
>> for astonishing bucks for big name magazines, two radio
>> gigs, finished the novel that started with the note about
>> working in a drugstore and a laundromat that I posted like a
>> year and a half ago (being copy edited as we speak), doing
>> some flying (most recently with The Amazing Kid who got
>> queasy for her first time in a small plane), editing a
>> newsletter for a professional organization I belong to,
>> doing some freebie committee work, organizing the food
>> concessions for a huge outdoor/hunting/fishing show in
>> Virginia in February, being husband and daddy. <pant, pant>
>> Good to be retired and have all this free time to just sit
>> on the front porch in my rocking chair...
>>
>> No, seriously...
>
> I trust you will let us know titles of magazines and books etc so that
> we can further boost your earning power by buying them?

Yes. And I'll be going door to door with them. What's the
best time to hit your house?

No, seriously...

Pastorio

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> In article >,
> "Bob (this one)" > wrote:
>
>> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've missed you.
>>> Ditto!!!!! ;-D
>> Dearly beloved we are gathered...
>>
>> Oh, wait...
>>
>> Been busy with cool stuff in real life. Teaching cooking
>> classes (fancy-assed menus posted yesterday), writing stuff
>> for astonishing bucks for big name magazines, two radio
>> gigs, finished the novel that started with the note about
>> working in a drugstore and a laundromat that I posted like a
>> year and a half ago (being copy edited as we speak), doing
>> some flying (most recently with The Amazing Kid who got
>> queasy for her first time in a small plane), editing a
>> newsletter for a professional organization I belong to,
>> doing some freebie committee work, organizing the food
>> concessions for a huge outdoor/hunting/fishing show in
>> Virginia in February, being husband and daddy. <pant, pant>
>> Good to be retired and have all this free time to just sit
>> on the front porch in my rocking chair...
>>
>> No, seriously...
>>
>> Pastorio
>
> <snork>
>
> So I should not look forward to retirement? ;-)
> Dad is 74 and complains that he's busier than he ever was when he worked.
>
> Welcome back!

Not really back like used to be. Just a drive-by shooting. I
drop in from time to time and, uncharacteristically, don't
post, just read. This time socially retarded uncle Sheldon
caught my eye again, so I sent him my undying love. As usual.

> I'm still thinking about my options for retirement as I need something
> to do to make a supplemental income when I do, and to keep from getting
> bored...

I got out of foodservice after 30 years of doing it and
looked forward to a pleasant semi-inertia. Bored senseless
in months. So I started doing little of this, little of that
and now I'm back in it up to my ass. Apparently, that suits
me best.

> I was going to design jewelry and sell on ebay but ebay sales suck now
> that wholesale businesses are selling there. One cannot compete and ebay
> fees are too high, so I am re-thinking my options.

My wife makes and sells jewelry, primarily for her own
therapy. She does most of her selling around the holidays in
art and craft venues with some the rest of the year in
galleries and such. Not really as a source of needed income,
though.

> I'm thinking about teaching. I have another 20 years to get good at
> something to be able to do that.......

How about teaching how to design jewelry?

I'm just sayin'...

Pastorio

In article >,
"Bob (this one)" > wrote:

> TammyM wrote:
> > On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:48:19 -0400, "Bob (this one)" >
> > wrote:
> >
> > <snip>
> >> Been busy with cool stuff in real life. Teaching cooking
> >> classes (fancy-assed menus posted yesterday), writing stuff
> >> for astonishing bucks for big name magazines, two radio
> >> gigs, finished the novel that started with the note about
> >> working in a drugstore and a laundromat that I posted like a
> >> year and a half ago (being copy edited as we speak), doing
> >> some flying (most recently with The Amazing Kid who got
> >> queasy for her first time in a small plane), editing a
> >> newsletter for a professional organization I belong to,
> >> doing some freebie committee work, organizing the food
> >> concessions for a huge outdoor/hunting/fishing show in
> >> Virginia in February, being husband and daddy. <pant, pant>
> >> Good to be retired and have all this free time to just sit
> >> on the front porch in my rocking chair...
> >>
> >> No, seriously...
> >
> > I trust you will let us know titles of magazines and books etc so that
> > we can further boost your earning power by buying them?
>
> Yes. And I'll be going door to door with them. What's the
> best time to hit your house?
>
> No, seriously...
>
> Pastorio

Bob,

I've always found your longer "essays" to be very good reading.
I'd be very interested in any books you wrote.

I still have that essay about your daughter and why we should not force
our kids to eat stuff stored on the main and backup hard drives. :-)

It's a good one to "trot out" when the subject comes up again.
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In article >,
"Bob (this one)" > wrote:

> > Welcome back!
>
> Not really back like used to be. Just a drive-by shooting. I
> drop in from time to time and, uncharacteristically, don't
> post, just read. This time socially retarded uncle Sheldon
> caught my eye again, so I sent him my undying love. As usual.

So I saw. ;-)
Great entertainment!

>
> > I'm still thinking about my options for retirement as I need something
> > to do to make a supplemental income when I do, and to keep from getting
> > bored...
>
> I got out of foodservice after 30 years of doing it and
> looked forward to a pleasant semi-inertia. Bored senseless
> in months. So I started doing little of this, little of that
> and now I'm back in it up to my ass. Apparently, that suits
> me best.

Heh! I might end up in the same boat.
Dad sure is like that!

>
> > I was going to design jewelry and sell on ebay but ebay sales suck now
> > that wholesale businesses are selling there. One cannot compete and ebay
> > fees are too high, so I am re-thinking my options.
>
> My wife makes and sells jewelry, primarily for her own
> therapy. She does most of her selling around the holidays in
> art and craft venues with some the rest of the year in
> galleries and such. Not really as a source of needed income,
> though.

I've done shows. It's actually good money, (I seem to have a talent for
retailing) but it's very stressful. Setting up, packing, tearing down,
camping, traveling.....

and stressing out over shoplifting.

I've grossed $1,200 in sales over a 3 day event when I used to do it.
The key is "variety". Profit margin is about 50% when all is said and
done.

>
> > I'm thinking about teaching. I have another 20 years to get good at
> > something to be able to do that.......
>
> How about teaching how to design jewelry?
>
> I'm just sayin'...
>
> Pastorio

There is more money to be made in gun training. ;-) If I can study up
and get good enough, I can teach women's classes for CHL/CCW, safety and
handling. Most women prefer to be trained by other women. I'm being
trained by guys right now but I'm ok with that.

They are impressed with that Ruger Redhawk I like to show off at the
range. Seems that size really does matter..... <smirk>

It will take time to get good (and knowledgeable) in this subject and
it's kind of an expensive hobby, but for teaching, there is no outlay.

I could also do jewelry workshops on weekends. I've not totally given up
that hobby, but I still need to learn to solder properly. That takes
practice.

Lots of options to be explored. There really is no reason to attempt to
live on a fixed income IMHO.
--
Peace, Om

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"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson

Bob (this one) wrote:

, organizing the food
> concessions for a huge outdoor/hunting/fishing show in
> Virginia in February,
>
> Pastorio

Bob,

I'd love to know more about this since I'm ion VA, although not into
hunting I like the great outdoors and I know quite a few fishermen.
Where in VA? Can I come meet you and eat your concessions? =)

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 02:16:09 -0400, "Bob (this one)" >
wrote:

>TammyM wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:48:19 -0400, "Bob (this one)" >
>> wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>> Been busy with cool stuff in real life. Teaching cooking
>>> classes (fancy-assed menus posted yesterday), writing stuff
>>> for astonishing bucks for big name magazines, two radio
>>> gigs, finished the novel that started with the note about
>>> working in a drugstore and a laundromat that I posted like a
>>> year and a half ago (being copy edited as we speak), doing
>>> some flying (most recently with The Amazing Kid who got
>>> queasy for her first time in a small plane), editing a
>>> newsletter for a professional organization I belong to,
>>> doing some freebie committee work, organizing the food
>>> concessions for a huge outdoor/hunting/fishing show in
>>> Virginia in February, being husband and daddy. <pant, pant>
>>> Good to be retired and have all this free time to just sit
>>> on the front porch in my rocking chair...
>>>
>>> No, seriously...
>>
>> I trust you will let us know titles of magazines and books etc so that
>> we can further boost your earning power by buying them?
>
>Yes. And I'll be going door to door with them. What's the
>best time to hit your house?
>
>No, seriously...

Heh! Mon-Thurs when Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are on the tube,
you'll find me curled up on the sofa laughing my ass off. But if you
come by then, you have to come in and watch with us. Then we'll buy
your writings :-)

So just remember, turn right 2 hours after you enter California. My
house is the 2nd on the right. Gray and white. Lavendar, sage and
weedy rosemary in front.

No, seriously...

:-)))

TammyM

TammyM

"Bob (this one)" > wrote in message
...
> Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:
>> "Bob (this one)" >
>> :
>>
>>> Good to be retired and have all this free time to just sit on the front
>>> porch in my rocking chair...
>>>
>>> No, seriously...
>>>
>>> Pastorio
>>
>> Uh... Huh. I don't know about you but soon I will be bored out of my
>> mind. I suppose I'm retired at 51. Too young to retire IMO but that is
>> the way it worked out. For the past (almost) 3 years I've done nothing
>> but recuperate, go to family parties, went to NY to see Margaret, work in
>> the gardens and clean house. Sure I have activities with my friends but
>> that only goes so far. *sigh* I'm used to going 90mph with my hair on
>> fire.
>
> So write about how it was you got here. I've always found your thoughts
> interesting. You're certainly competent enough with words to tell engaging
> stories. Tell them to a larger audience. And lest you get nervous about
> it, there are zillions of ways to do it. Maybe read a few books on how to
> do it (there are learnable techniques). I was apprehensive about writing a
> long piece, so I just wrote a lot of short pieces and later did some
> tweaking to make it a semi-coherent story. Or write about how you came to
> "retire" for others who might be facing the same recuperative needs.
>
> Or whatever else offers any fascination for you. There are some topics
> about which you're knowledgeable and could offer help to beginners in
> those fields. Write about them. There are publications that cover anything
> and everything anybody does.
>
> In other news, I don't have all that much hair. My son's comment years
> back about it was "You don't have much gray in your hair, dad, for someone
> your age. Lotta skin but not much gray."
>
> One other thing I do is bonsai. Lotsa trees that need attention. It's an
> addiction. Start with four or five cheap junipers and next thing you know,
> there are dozens picked up when the nurseries are selling this season's
> stuff. I play guitar, mostly for therapy nowadays, but there was a time I
> did it for money, fame and glory - ok, for a little money.
>
> Michael, there are things you could explain/show/demystify for others and
> have fun doing it. My sense of you is that you're a social person. Someone
> comfortable with people. Maybe pick something or some things that grant
> you that opportunity.
>
> Maybe a podcast for others in somewhat the same boat as you. I dunno, just
> popping out ideas. If you want to push around more notions or explain
> exactly what a horse's patootie I am, email me at bob dot past dot orio at
> gmail dot com.
>
> Pastorio


I retired at almost 40 after being a microbiologist (ok, got the degree and
couldn't find a job) then being an Executive Chef/Owner for 15 years. I
then reinvented myself again and worked in molecular biology. That was
trippy after so long being out of it. After being laid off from that
company after a buyout I reinvented myself yet AGAIN as a public health
worker. I was the Education Coordinator for the local ASO until our
*lovely* Governor cut the budget so that teaching HIV prevention was no
longer "economically feasible".** After all these things I'm in semi
retirement. I currently do volunteer work for our local ASO, Habitat, a
local hospice, the Lion's Club (I'm president), a granting organization for
HIV/AIDS awareness/education and a few other things that I can't think of
right now.

Volunteer work. It's the new work. The pay is non existent but the
strokes are wonderful!

helen

**not economically feasible my ass! I made $24K plus travel. The cost of
meds for ONE HIV/AIDS patient per month is approximately $1500. Soooo, if
I keep *2* people from getting HIV/AIDS a year, my salary is paid. It
drives me crazy.

"chefhelen" > wrote in
:


>
>
> I retired at almost 40


I semi-retired at 33 :-)


>after being a microbiologist


Soldier.



> After all these things I'm in semi retirement.


Now permanently retired..... bugger that working lurk!!



I'm busier now than a one-legged man in an ass kicking competition!!


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

'Enjoy today, it was paid for by a veteran'

Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan wrote:

> Uh... Huh. I don't know about you but soon I will be bored out of my mind.
> I suppose I'm retired at 51. Too young to retire IMO but that is the way
> it worked out. For the past (almost) 3 years I've done nothing but
> recuperate, go to family parties, went to NY to see Margaret, work in the
> gardens and clean house. Sure I have activities with my friends but that
> only goes so far. *sigh* I'm used to going 90mph with my hair on fire.

Pshaw. 52 is not too young to retire. I took an early retirement
at 53. I wasn't enjoying the job as much as I used to and
upcoming changes did not look promising. I had the option to
leave with a full pension. If I were working I would be making
more money, but we are getting along just fine. When you don't
drive to work it costs a lot less to maintain a vehicle. During
the summer I right my bike most places and only spent about $25
per month for gas.

I don't know how I had time to work. Instead of choking down a
quick breakfast I make myself some oatmeal porridge, a latte,
check email, do online crossword puzzles, ride over to the Y on
my bike, go for nice long bike rides (weather permitting), have a
coffee, read the paper. I have time to sit around and play the
guitar, read, my riding lessons. Started competing in horse
shows.... and getting ribbons.

I promised myself that if I ever found myself sitting around
during the day watching Jerry Springer I would go out and get a
job. In the 2 1/2 years that I have been retired I don't think
I have watched more than two hours of day time TV. I am too busy.