Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Sun 29 Jun 2008 03:45:05p, Jean B. told us...
>
>> Sheldon wrote:
>>> On Jun 28, 3:57�am, Christine > wrote:
>>>> Heya folks,
>>>>
>>>> I did it again. �And I was just getting ready to back everything
>>>> up...I even got a new backup hard drive. �But not soon enough, it
>>>> seems. �My hard drive, or something caused my laptop to die. �
>>>>
>>>> So..I lost all recipes. � I have been saving tons of them from rfc
>>>> for years now.
>>> But why... is this recipe saving some sort of fetish... you certainly
>>> can't possibly need to refer to more than a couple dozen recipes in
>>> your lifetime... no one needs a recipe for stews, soups, salads,
>>> caseroles, sandwiches, egg dishes, meat dishes, vegetable dishes...
>>> unless you're canning/preserving, making sausage, confections, and
>>> certain baked goods where ratios are important no one who can cook even
>>> a little bit needs a recipe after the first undertaking.
>
> I can certainly cook without recipes and probably do that most of the time.
> However, if I want to precisely duplicate a particular dish that was either
> from a written recipe or one that I devised on my own, I want it stored as
> created. May recipes in my cookbooks have my notations written to indicate
> what I did differently.
>
>> Some might be heirloom recipes--or recipes destined for one's
>> progeny. But yes, one could say I'm obsessed. :-)
>
> Absolute agree.
>
And I agree about recipes we have tinkered to perfection.
Besides, I no longer have a steel-trap mind! <g>

--
Jean B.

On Sun 29 Jun 2008 07:06:06p, Jean B. told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Sun 29 Jun 2008 03:45:05p, Jean B. told us...
>>
>>> Sheldon wrote:
>>>> On Jun 28, 3:57�am, Christine > wrote:
>>>>> Heya folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> I did it again. �And I was just getting ready to back everything
>>>>> up...I even got a new backup hard drive. �But not soon enough, it
>>>>> seems. �My hard drive, or something caused my laptop to die. �
>>>>>
>>>>> So..I lost all recipes. � I have been saving tons of them from rfc
>>>>> for years now.
>>>> But why... is this recipe saving some sort of fetish... you certainly
>>>> can't possibly need to refer to more than a couple dozen recipes in
>>>> your lifetime... no one needs a recipe for stews, soups, salads,
>>>> caseroles, sandwiches, egg dishes, meat dishes, vegetable dishes...
>>>> unless you're canning/preserving, making sausage, confections, and
>>>> certain baked goods where ratios are important no one who can cook
>>>> even a little bit needs a recipe after the first undertaking.
>>
>> I can certainly cook without recipes and probably do that most of the
>> time. However, if I want to precisely duplicate a particular dish that
>> was either from a written recipe or one that I devised on my own, I
>> want it stored as created. May recipes in my cookbooks have my
>> notations written to indicate what I did differently.
>>
>>> Some might be heirloom recipes--or recipes destined for one's
>>> progeny. But yes, one could say I'm obsessed. :-)
>>
>> Absolute agree.
>>
> And I agree about recipes we have tinkered to perfection.
> Besides, I no longer have a steel-trap mind! <g>
>

Neither do I. :-)

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On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:04:17 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

>metspitzer wrote:
>> On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:34:01 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>
>>> Serene Vannoy wrote:
>>>> Jean B. wrote:
>>>>> metspitzer wrote:
>>>>>> Christine wrote:
>>>>>>> Heya folks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I did it again. And I was just getting ready to back everything
>>>>>>> up...I even got a new backup hard drive. But not soon enough, it
>>>>>>> seems. My hard drive, or something caused my laptop to die.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So..I lost all recipes. I have been saving tons of them from rfc for
>>>>>>> years now..and if you have posted recipes in the past year or so...I
>>>>>>> would love to see them again. I can't even begin to remember which
>>>>>>> ones I had in my files.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am hoping to retrieve some of these files...but in the meantime...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Christine
>>>>>> You should try google docs and keep stuff like this online and you can
>>>>>> access it from anywhere.
>>>>> Ah. This might be an even better idea for my recipes etc. Probably
>>>>> nothing one would not want made public though, I guess.
>>>>>
>>>> I keep my non-public documents in a password-protected folder on my own
>>>> domain, and back my domain up regularly. (Of course, anything I would be
>>>> horrified to have out there in the world, I don't put on the web at all,
>>>> password or not.)
>>>>
>>>> Serene
>>>>
>>> Yes, there are different levels of privacy required.... I don't
>>> have a domain.
>>
>> Another option for storing general stuff and not CIA stuff is to use
>> Xdrive.
>>
>> You get 5G of online drive space.
>>
>> http://www.xdrive.com/
>
>I put 4 file onto Google documents as a result of this thread.
>I'm going to try playing around with some other ones a bit before
>I decide how many to put on. One would think it's pretty stable
>though--and one can control whom the file is shared with. I do
>need to make sure these things don't come up in a search though.


It won't come up in a search unless you "publish" it.

My nephew and I use it all the time. He lives in another state, and I
sometimes help him with his homework.

In article >, artisan2
@ix.netcom.com says...
> Heya folks,
>
> I did it again. And I was just getting ready to back everything
> up...I even got a new backup hard drive. But not soon enough, it
> seems. My hard drive, or something caused my laptop to die.
>
> So..I lost all recipes. I have been saving tons of them from rfc for
> years now..and if you have posted recipes in the past year or so...I
> would love to see them again. I can't even begin to remember which
> ones I had in my files.
>
> I am hoping to retrieve some of these files...but in the meantime...
>
>
> Christine
>

There are tons of free online backup solutions, I use X-Drive. It
essentailly is a small app that installs so that the X: drive in Windows
is connected to it via the net.

Then you can setup a backup schedule. The 5GB product is free.

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> And I agree about recipes we have tinkered to perfection.
>> Besides, I no longer have a steel-trap mind! <g>
>>
>
> Neither do I. :-)
>
Sad, isn't it? Actually, there are some nice things about it though.

--
Jean B.

metspitzer wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:04:17 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>> metspitzer wrote:
>>> On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:34:01 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Serene Vannoy wrote:
>>>>> Jean B. wrote:
>>>>>> metspitzer wrote:
>>>>>>> Christine wrote:
>>>>>>>> Heya folks,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I did it again. And I was just getting ready to back everything
>>>>>>>> up...I even got a new backup hard drive. But not soon enough, it
>>>>>>>> seems. My hard drive, or something caused my laptop to die.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So..I lost all recipes. I have been saving tons of them from rfc for
>>>>>>>> years now..and if you have posted recipes in the past year or so...I
>>>>>>>> would love to see them again. I can't even begin to remember which
>>>>>>>> ones I had in my files.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am hoping to retrieve some of these files...but in the meantime...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Christine
>>>>>>> You should try google docs and keep stuff like this online and you can
>>>>>>> access it from anywhere.
>>>>>> Ah. This might be an even better idea for my recipes etc. Probably
>>>>>> nothing one would not want made public though, I guess.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I keep my non-public documents in a password-protected folder on my own
>>>>> domain, and back my domain up regularly. (Of course, anything I would be
>>>>> horrified to have out there in the world, I don't put on the web at all,
>>>>> password or not.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Serene
>>>>>
>>>> Yes, there are different levels of privacy required.... I don't
>>>> have a domain.
>>> Another option for storing general stuff and not CIA stuff is to use
>>> Xdrive.
>>>
>>> You get 5G of online drive space.
>>>
>>> http://www.xdrive.com/
>> I put 4 file onto Google documents as a result of this thread.
>> I'm going to try playing around with some other ones a bit before
>> I decide how many to put on. One would think it's pretty stable
>> though--and one can control whom the file is shared with. I do
>> need to make sure these things don't come up in a search though.
>
>
> It won't come up in a search unless you "publish" it.
>
> My nephew and I use it all the time. He lives in another state, and I
> sometimes help him with his homework.
>
Well, it is a good discovery. Thanks to you--or whoever made that
suggestion. I have been having some computer problems and have
now put some documents there before I work on them. I may also
put "my cookbook" there and my jottings that may turn into a book.
(Yeah, right.)

--
Jean B.

Christine wrote:
> Heya folks,
>
> I did it again. And I was just getting ready to back everything
> up...I even got a new backup hard drive. But not soon enough, it
> seems. My hard drive, or something caused my laptop to die.
>
> So..I lost all recipes. I have been saving tons of them from rfc for
> years now..and if you have posted recipes in the past year or so...I
> would love to see them again. I can't even begin to remember which
> ones I had in my files.
>
> I am hoping to retrieve some of these files...but in the meantime...
>
>
> Christine
If you would like, I can send you (in zip format) the recipes I have
downloaded in the past two years. Our tastes may not be the same but it
might be a start.

Wayne

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:45:05 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

>Sheldon wrote:
>> On Jun 28, 3:57?am, Christine > wrote:
>>> Heya folks,
>>>
>>> I did it again. ?And I was just getting ready to back everything
>>> up...I even got a new backup hard drive. ?But not soon enough, it
>>> seems. ?My hard drive, or something caused my laptop to die. ?
>>>
>>> So..I lost all recipes. ? I have been saving tons of them from rfc for
>>> years now.
>>
>> But why... is this recipe saving some sort of fetish... you certainly
>> can't possibly need to refer to more than a couple dozen recipes in
>> your lifetime... no one needs a recipe for stews, soups, salads,
>> caseroles, sandwiches, egg dishes, meat dishes, vegetable dishes...
>> unless you're canning/preserving, making sausage, confections, and
>> certain baked goods where ratios are important no one who can cook
>> even a little bit needs a recipe after the first undertaking.
>
>Some might be heirloom recipes--or recipes destined for one's
>progeny. But yes, one could say I'm obsessed. :-)

there are worse things to collect.

your pal,
blake
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:06:06 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

>Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Sun 29 Jun 2008 03:45:05p, Jean B. told us...
>>
>>> Sheldon wrote:
>>>> On Jun 28, 3:57�am, Christine > wrote:
>>>>> Heya folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> I did it again. �And I was just getting ready to back everything
>>>>> up...I even got a new backup hard drive. �But not soon enough, it
>>>>> seems. �My hard drive, or something caused my laptop to die. �
>>>>>
>>>>> So..I lost all recipes. � I have been saving tons of them from rfc
>>>>> for years now.
>>>> But why... is this recipe saving some sort of fetish... you certainly
>>>> can't possibly need to refer to more than a couple dozen recipes in
>>>> your lifetime... no one needs a recipe for stews, soups, salads,
>>>> caseroles, sandwiches, egg dishes, meat dishes, vegetable dishes...
>>>> unless you're canning/preserving, making sausage, confections, and
>>>> certain baked goods where ratios are important no one who can cook even
>>>> a little bit needs a recipe after the first undertaking.
>>
>> I can certainly cook without recipes and probably do that most of the time.
>> However, if I want to precisely duplicate a particular dish that was either
>> from a written recipe or one that I devised on my own, I want it stored as
>> created. May recipes in my cookbooks have my notations written to indicate
>> what I did differently.
>>
>>> Some might be heirloom recipes--or recipes destined for one's
>>> progeny. But yes, one could say I'm obsessed. :-)
>>
>> Absolute agree.
>>
>And I agree about recipes we have tinkered to perfection.
>Besides, I no longer have a steel-trap mind! <g>

sheldon's just a wild and crazy, live-in-the-moment type guy. no
tight-ass he!

your pal,
blake
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

blake murphy wrote:

> there are worse things to collect.
>


You should see my dust collection.

Bob

Jean B. wrote:

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> And I agree about recipes we have tinkered to perfection.
>>> Besides, I no longer have a steel-trap mind! <g>
>>>
>>
>> Neither do I. :-)
>>
> Sad, isn't it? Actually, there are some nice things about it though.

New friends every day!


--
Blinky
Is your ISP dropping Usenet?
Need a new feed?
http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html

"Blinky the Shark" > wrote

> Jean B. wrote:
>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>> And I agree about recipes we have tinkered to perfection.
>>>> Besides, I no longer have a steel-trap mind! <g>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Neither do I. :-)
>>>
>> Sad, isn't it? Actually, there are some nice things about it though.
>
> New friends every day!

And the jokes are always as funny as the first time!

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
>
> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote
>> Jean B. wrote:
>>
>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>> And I agree about recipes we have tinkered to perfection. Besides,
>>>>> I no longer have a steel-trap mind! <g>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Neither do I. :-)
>>>>
>>> Sad, isn't it? Actually, there are some nice things about it though.
>>
>> New friends every day!
>
> And the jokes are always as funny as the first time!

And you can hide your own Easter eggs!

Serene

--
"I think I have an umami receptor that has developed sentience." -- Stef

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:31:17 -0700, Wayne > wrote:

>Christine wrote:
>> Heya folks,
>>
>> I did it again. And I was just getting ready to back everything
>> up...I even got a new backup hard drive. But not soon enough, it
>> seems. My hard drive, or something caused my laptop to die.
>>
>> So..I lost all recipes. I have been saving tons of them from rfc for
>> years now..and if you have posted recipes in the past year or so...I
>> would love to see them again. I can't even begin to remember which
>> ones I had in my files.
>>
>> I am hoping to retrieve some of these files...but in the meantime...
>>
>>
>> Christine
>If you would like, I can send you (in zip format) the recipes I have
>downloaded in the past two years. Our tastes may not be the same but it
>might be a start.
>
>Wayne

Another free service I have made use of on the web is file sharing web
sites. The one I use is http://www.mediafire.com/. You can
anonymously upload that zip file you have to mediafire and it will
give you a link you can post on Usenet. (maybe not anonymously, but
you don't have to give a username/password)

Upload it once and anyone in the group can get at it. I don't know
how long mediafire keeps the stuff, though.

"Serene Vannoy" > wrote

> Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote
>>> Jean B. wrote:
>>>
>>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>>> And I agree about recipes we have tinkered to perfection. Besides,
>>>>>> I no longer have a steel-trap mind! <g>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Neither do I. :-)
>>>>>
>>>> Sad, isn't it? Actually, there are some nice things about it though.
>>>
>>> New friends every day!
>>
>> And the jokes are always as funny as the first time!
>
> And you can hide your own Easter eggs!

(laugh!) That's right, think of the bright side.

nancy

Blinky the Shark wrote:
> Jean B. wrote:
>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>> And I agree about recipes we have tinkered to perfection.
>>>> Besides, I no longer have a steel-trap mind! <g>
>>>>
>>> Neither do I. :-)
>>>
>> Sad, isn't it? Actually, there are some nice things about it though.
>
> New friends every day!
>
>
LOL! Not quite what I was thinking.

--
Jean B.

On Mon 30 Jun 2008 05:45:14a, Jean B. told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> And I agree about recipes we have tinkered to perfection.
>>> Besides, I no longer have a steel-trap mind! <g>
>>>
>>
>> Neither do I. :-)
>>
> Sad, isn't it? Actually, there are some nice things about it though.
>

It has its advantages sometimes. :-)

--
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All reality is the construct of the
observer.
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On Mon 30 Jun 2008 11:51:51a, Nancy Young told us...

>
> "Serene Vannoy" > wrote
>
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote
>>>> Jean B. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>>>> And I agree about recipes we have tinkered to perfection. Besides,
>>>>>>> I no longer have a steel-trap mind! <g>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Neither do I. :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>> Sad, isn't it? Actually, there are some nice things about it though.
>>>>
>>>> New friends every day!
>>>
>>> And the jokes are always as funny as the first time!
>>
>> And you can hide your own Easter eggs!
>
> (laugh!) That's right, think of the bright side.
>
> nancy
>

But it's sad when you don't remember your cat's name.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Every program is part of some other
program, and rarely fits.
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On Mon 30 Jun 2008 05:14:43p, Jean B. told us...

> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>> Jean B. wrote:
>>
>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>> And I agree about recipes we have tinkered to perfection.
>>>>> Besides, I no longer have a steel-trap mind! <g>
>>>>>
>>>> Neither do I. :-)
>>>>
>>> Sad, isn't it? Actually, there are some nice things about it though.
>>
>> New friends every day!
>>
>>
> LOL! Not quite what I was thinking.
>

Well, then, old friends with new names everyday!

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Monday, 06(VI)/30(XXX)/08(MMVIII)
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Every program is part of some other
program, and rarely fits.
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ChattyCathy wrote:

> For Ubuntu I would recommend Gourmet Recipe Manager - it has all the
> functionality I need (shopping lists, nice search functions etc.) - and
> it's very simple to use, IMHO. You can import MC and MM recipes too. It
> can be installed via the "Synaptic Package Manager" (if you're using the
> GNOME desktop) on your PC so why not try it out?

Is SPM a better way to go that RPM for installing something
like this?

Steve

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:57:38 -0500, Christine >
fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:

>So..I lost all recipes. I have been saving tons of them from rfc for
>years now..and if you have posted recipes in the past year or so...I
>would love to see them again. I can't even begin to remember which
>ones I had in my files.

Christine - I'll sort through my recipes and see which ones I
attribute to you, too.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
--
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:28:51 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
> wrote:

>On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:57:38 -0500, Christine >
>fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:
>
>>So..I lost all recipes. I have been saving tons of them from rfc for
>>years now..and if you have posted recipes in the past year or so...I
>>would love to see them again. I can't even begin to remember which
>>ones I had in my files.
>
>Christine - I'll sort through my recipes and see which ones I
>attribute to you, too.
>
>Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

There are some of yours I really love...I know I had those copied. The
Antipasto one, for sure..

Christine

Steve Pope wrote:

> ChattyCathy wrote:
>
>> For Ubuntu I would recommend Gourmet Recipe Manager - it has all the
>> functionality I need (shopping lists, nice search functions etc.) - and
>> it's very simple to use, IMHO. You can import MC and MM recipes too. It
>> can be installed via the "Synaptic Package Manager" (if you're using the
>> GNOME desktop) on your PC so why not try it out?
>
> Is SPM a better way to go that RPM for installing something
> like this?
>
> Steve

SPM? What's that? RPM is the Redhat Package Manager, used in RHEL, Fedora
Core and Redhat derived distributions. However, Ubuntu works with the
Debian packaging system (dpkg/apt), so the native format for Ubuntu would
be the .deb file. Both RPM and .deb are available on SourceForge. Takes
about a minute to download and install, if you're interested. Sent this
link to Serene and I believe she had no trouble installing it. You can find
it here.

http://tinyurl.com/6389ao

or

http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...ease_id=497104
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Egg tastes better when it's not on your face...

Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> On Mon 30 Jun 2008 11:51:51a, Nancy Young told us...
>
>>
>> "Serene Vannoy" > wrote
>>
>>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote
>>>>> Jean B. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>>>>> And I agree about recipes we have tinkered to perfection. Besides,
>>>>>>>> I no longer have a steel-trap mind! <g>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Neither do I. :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sad, isn't it? Actually, there are some nice things about it though.
>>>>>
>>>>> New friends every day!
>>>>
>>>> And the jokes are always as funny as the first time!
>>>
>>> And you can hide your own Easter eggs!
>>
>> (laugh!) That's right, think of the bright side.
>>
>> nancy
>>
>
> But it's sad when you don't remember your cat's name.
>

Trust me, "Here, kitty kitty - food's up!" works just as well <veg>
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Egg tastes better when it's not on your face...

Michael "Dog3" wrote:

> ChattyCathy >

>>
>> Trust me, "Here, kitty kitty - food's up!" works just as well <veg>
>
> Or just run the can opener <EG>.

hehehehe. We don't own an electric can opener - but if DH starts sharpening
a knife in preparation for cutting up meat Shoes (cat #2) shows up in
seconds to claim his 'tidbits'. We've timed it. His record was 12 seconds
before he appeared outta nowhere... Sox (cat #1) is not interested in the
knife sharpener - or raw meat. He just sniffs at it and looks at me as if
to say, "You expect me to eat THAT?". Pretty fussy for a cat that catches
mice and enjoys eating them (usually under my desk) - blech.
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Egg tastes better when it's not on your face...

kilikini wrote:
> Christine Dabney wrote:
>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:01:35 -0500, Janet Wilder
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I'm so sorry. If it helps, when my hard drive died 2 years ago, the
>>> Geeks at Best Buy were a lot cheaper than other places to retrieve
>>> stuff. They managed to get most of my pictures, files and recipes. It
>>> did take quite a few hours.
>> Thanks. I might take it there, to see what I can retrieve
>>
>>> I use MasterCook 7 and I do a backup of recipes and the files I save
>>> from Usenet and other places every week onto a separate hard drive.
>>> Then every couple of months I burn those files to a CD.
>> Speaking of Mastercook...does anyone know what version will work with
>> Vista?
>>
>> I am NOT happy that I have Vista here....LOL
>>
>>> I don't know what I'd do if I lost my recipes. Probably Google a
>>> margarita recipe and drink a lot. <g>
>> I hit up the wine last night...LOL
>>
>> Christine
>
> I always back up my recipes to a separate hard drive and also every 3 months
> or so burn them to CD. I keep copies of everything.
>
> There are only 2 kinds of hard drives; one that has crashed and one that
> hasn't crashed, yet.
>
> kili
>
>

For storing recipes you should use RAID 5 drives

In article >,
Christine > wrote:

> Heya folks,
>
> I did it again. And I was just getting ready to back everything
> up...I even got a new backup hard drive. But not soon enough, it
> seems. My hard drive, or something caused my laptop to die.
>
> So..I lost all recipes. I have been saving tons of them from rfc for
> years now..and if you have posted recipes in the past year or so...I
> would love to see them again. I can't even begin to remember which
> ones I had in my files.
>
> I am hoping to retrieve some of these files...but in the meantime...
>
>
> Christine

You don't have them backed up or printed anywhere? Huh.
Have you considered paying for data recovery? Beck had a problem with
an external drive and a small shop charged her something like $150 to
recover the files and they did. It was worth it to her. I'd call
around for prices and then I'd put that new drive to work.

-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Huffy and Bubbles Do France: http://www.jamlady.eboard.com

On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:49:50 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article >,
> Christine > wrote:
>
>> Heya folks,
>>
>> I did it again. And I was just getting ready to back everything
>> up...I even got a new backup hard drive. But not soon enough, it
>> seems. My hard drive, or something caused my laptop to die.
>>
>> So..I lost all recipes. I have been saving tons of them from rfc for
>> years now..and if you have posted recipes in the past year or so...I
>> would love to see them again. I can't even begin to remember which
>> ones I had in my files.
>>
>> I am hoping to retrieve some of these files...but in the meantime...
>>
>>
>> Christine
>
>You don't have them backed up or printed anywhere? Huh.
>Have you considered paying for data recovery? Beck had a problem with
>an external drive and a small shop charged her something like $150 to
>recover the files and they did. It was worth it to her. I'd call
>around for prices and then I'd put that new drive to work.

One of our kids had an external drive fail just a few months after she
got it. The manufacturer would replace the drive, but wanted the old
one back. And they wouldn't pay for recovery. We had to pay to have
it recovered, and then get the drive replaced. I don't remember the
details, but it was a real pita. It needed to be done because all her
school stuff was on it. It was a more than the 150 you paid for
recovery. I guess they have to open the drive up..I dunno...

Lou

On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:38:38 -0500, Lou Decruss >
wrote:

> It was a more than the 150 you paid for
>recovery. I guess they have to open the drive up..I dunno...

Every time I've checked it was closer to $500 and that was just the
bottom price, I knew they would jack it up somehow. Basically, they
want to do business data recovery and don't want to bother with home
computers.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

Michael "Dog3" wrote:
>
> Both of yours sound hysterical.

They have their moments ;-)

> All 3 of our indoor cats will eat
> anything. We don't have an electric opener either but just pop a can lid
> and watch them come a runnin' Bart, the outside feral cat is a real
> fussy eater also. She likes her dry food but will putz around with any
> kind of canned food I offer her.

You're lucky. The bigger cans (425g) are a waste in my house because they
hold more than 1 meal each worth of food. Once the tin has been opened,
they won't touch the leftovers, no matter what I do. And they will *not*
eat just any brand of canned cat food either. They enjoy the very small
tins of Friskies Fancy Feast, but not all the flavors - and the odd can of
(store brand) tuna for cats - which is OK because it's enough for 1 meal
each. They prefer their 'pouches' - and it must be Friskies, not Whiskas or
any other brand. Funnily enough they are not too fussy about dry cat food.
They'll eat most brands (as long as I give them a variety). BTW, Shoes
*loves* the meat sauce for pasta that I make with ground beef (which
contains plenty of garlic and basil <lol>) He will come and claw me to
remind me to give him some when he smells it cooking. Sox doesn't even
consider it...

> But yet she will bring me her left
> overs, usually a partially eaten mouse or rabbit.

Yep. That's to show you how clever she is and how much she loves you...
>
> A friend of mine has 2 house cats that have never seen the great
> outdoors. When he moved to a house the cats (naturally) discovered an
> escape hatch. He came home from work and couldn't find them anywhere. He
> found their escape route and went outside into the woods. Couldn't find
> 'em anywhere. He went inside and recorded the can opener on his tape
> player. Went outside and played it. Sure enough, both scampered out
> looking for some chow. He said they must have been watching him the
> whole time. They weren't more than 2 feet into the woods.

ROFL!

DS and his GF recently adopted an 18 m/o kitty from a guy that had to keep
her inside because he had two huge dogs that she was terrified of. She
still won't go outside at her new home, even if DS goes with her. They
leave a door and/or the windows open for her when they're at home, so maybe
one day she'll get brave enough to explore a bit, but if not, no biggie,
some cats are perfectly happy indoors.

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Egg tastes better when it's not on your face...

ChattyCathy > wrote:

>Steve Pope wrote:

>> ChattyCathy wrote:

>>> For Ubuntu I would recommend Gourmet Recipe Manager - it has all the
>>> functionality I need (shopping lists, nice search functions etc.) - and
>>> it's very simple to use, IMHO. You can import MC and MM recipes too. It
>>> can be installed via the "Synaptic Package Manager" (if you're using the
>>> GNOME desktop) on your PC so why not try it out?

>> Is SPM a better way to go that RPM for installing something
>> like this?

>SPM? What's that? RPM is the Redhat Package Manager, used in RHEL, Fedora
>Core and Redhat derived distributions. However, Ubuntu works with the
>Debian packaging system (dpkg/apt), so the native format for Ubuntu would
>be the .deb file. Both RPM and .deb are available on SourceForge. Takes
>about a minute to download and install, if you're interested.

Sorry, by SPM I meant Synaptic Package Manager.

So I think what you're saying is the type of Linux system predetermines
which of these packagers/installers you would use.

Steve

On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:05:38 -0700, sf <.> wrote:

>On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:38:38 -0500, Lou Decruss >
>wrote:
>
>> It was a more than the 150 you paid for
>>recovery. I guess they have to open the drive up..I dunno...
>
>Every time I've checked it was closer to $500 and that was just the
>bottom price, I knew they would jack it up somehow. Basically, they
>want to do business data recovery and don't want to bother with home
>computers.

My housesitter Megan just had the same problem, and she just took hers
to a place not too far from here. She says they charged her $50 to
recover her stuff.

That's where I will take mine, later this week.

Christine

Christine Dabney wrote:
>
> On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:05:38 -0700, sf <.> wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:38:38 -0500, Lou Decruss >
> >wrote:
> >
> >> It was a more than the 150 you paid for
> >>recovery. I guess they have to open the drive up..I dunno...
> >
> >Every time I've checked it was closer to $500 and that was just the
> >bottom price, I knew they would jack it up somehow. Basically, they
> >want to do business data recovery and don't want to bother with home
> >computers.
>
> My housesitter Megan just had the same problem, and she just took hers
> to a place not too far from here. She says they charged her $50 to
> recover her stuff.
>
> That's where I will take mine, later this week.
>
> Christine

That seems a very reasonable price! Good Luck.

Sky, who's knocking on wood

--
Ultra Ultimate Kitchen Rule - Use the Timer!
Ultimate Kitchen Rule -- Cook's Choice

sf wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:38:38 -0500, Lou Decruss >
> wrote:
>
>> It was a more than the 150 you paid for
>> recovery. I guess they have to open the drive up..I dunno...
>
> Every time I've checked it was closer to $500 and that was just the
> bottom price, I knew they would jack it up somehow. Basically, they
> want to do business data recovery and don't want to bother with home
> computers.
>
>
We were in Houston getting my radiation treatments when the HD died.
(That was two weeks after my beloved little dog died, too. Boy was I
upset!!) At that time my only computer was my laptop. I called around
the city and got some really high estimates. Then I called Best Buy and
their Geeks did it for much less. That's why I suggested BB the other day.

My laptop is a Dell and the HD was waranteed. I don't recall having to
return the old one, but I was under the influence of drugs at the time.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:24:30 -0600, Christine Dabney
> wrote:

>My housesitter Megan just had the same problem, and she just took hers
>to a place not too far from here. She says they charged her $50 to
>recover her stuff.

Nice! Lucky you (and her).


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:58:11 -0500, Janet Wilder
> wrote:

>My laptop is a Dell and the HD was waranteed. I don't recall having to
>return the old one, but I was under the influence of drugs at the time.

They returned it, you didn't have to... in fact that's the only way
Dell exchanges faulty parts.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

Steve Pope wrote:

> ChattyCathy > wrote:
>
>>Steve Pope wrote:
>
>>> ChattyCathy wrote:
>
>>>> For Ubuntu I would recommend Gourmet Recipe Manager - it has all the
>>>> functionality I need (shopping lists, nice search functions etc.) - and
>>>> it's very simple to use, IMHO. You can import MC and MM recipes too. It
>>>> can be installed via the "Synaptic Package Manager" (if you're using
>>>> the GNOME desktop) on your PC so why not try it out?
>
>>> Is SPM a better way to go that RPM for installing something
>>> like this?
>
>>SPM? What's that? RPM is the Redhat Package Manager, used in RHEL, Fedora
>>Core and Redhat derived distributions. However, Ubuntu works with the
>>Debian packaging system (dpkg/apt), so the native format for Ubuntu would
>>be the .deb file. Both RPM and .deb are available on SourceForge. Takes
>>about a minute to download and install, if you're interested.
>
> Sorry, by SPM I meant Synaptic Package Manager.

Heh. Gottit. Bit slow today. <LOL>. I use the SPM a lot - DH disagrees -
it's a GUI. He's much happier with the command-line stuff...
>
> So I think what you're saying is the type of Linux system predetermines
> which of these packagers/installers you would use.
>
> Steve

The major distributions of Linux all seem to have their GUI interfaces for
this kind of thing, but those are just 'wrappers' around the command-line
tools. Makes it a bit easier to find your way around if you don't know the
exact name of the package you are looking for.

DEB versus RPM is a fundamental difference, it is (sort of) possible to
convert a .rpm to a .deb and vice versa, but the core of a distribution
(libraries, etc.) is either .rpms or .debs. i.e. Trying to install a .rpm
on a .deb distribution will generally throw up lots of errors about missing
dependencies, even though the things it wants installed *are* there
already.

In this particular case the .deb file in question works just fine with the
Ubuntu build - a 'double-click' on the file launches whatever it needs to
install the package...

If you do happen to try this particular recipe manager, I'd be interested to
hear how you like it.
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Egg tastes better when it's not on your face...

ChattyCathy > replies to my post,

>I use the SPM a lot - DH disagrees -
>it's a GUI. He's much happier with the command-line stuff...

>The major distributions of Linux all seem to have their GUI interfaces for
>this kind of thing, but those are just 'wrappers' around the command-line
>tools. Makes it a bit easier to find your way around if you don't know the
>exact name of the package you are looking for.

>DEB versus RPM is a fundamental difference, it is (sort of) possible to
>convert a .rpm to a .deb and vice versa, but the core of a distribution
>(libraries, etc.) is either .rpms or .debs. i.e. Trying to install a .rpm
>on a .deb distribution will generally throw up lots of errors about missing
>dependencies, even though the things it wants installed *are* there
>already.

Thanks, I like this explanation.

>In this particular case the .deb file in question works just fine with the
>Ubuntu build - a 'double-click' on the file launches whatever it needs to
>install the package...

>If you do happen to try this particular recipe manager, I'd be interested to
>hear how you like it.

I haven't broke out the Linux box for a couple years but
it's still around. I am pretty sure it's a Debian.
I may get around to trying it.

Steve

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:18:56 -0500, zxcvbob >
wrote:

>
>blake murphy wrote:
>
>> there are worse things to collect.
>>
>
>
>You should see my dust collection.
>
>Bob

also my largest collection by far. oddly enough, no one ever asks,
'wherever did you find it?'

your pal,
blake
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On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:41:11 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Mon 30 Jun 2008 11:51:51a, Nancy Young told us...
>
>>
>> "Serene Vannoy" > wrote
>>
>>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote
>>>>> Jean B. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>>>>> And I agree about recipes we have tinkered to perfection. Besides,
>>>>>>>> I no longer have a steel-trap mind! <g>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Neither do I. :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sad, isn't it? Actually, there are some nice things about it though.
>>>>>
>>>>> New friends every day!
>>>>
>>>> And the jokes are always as funny as the first time!
>>>
>>> And you can hide your own Easter eggs!
>>
>> (laugh!) That's right, think of the bright side.
>>
>> nancy
>>
>
>But it's sad when you don't remember your cat's name.

don't worry. the cat's definitely got your number.

your pal,
blake
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