On Jun 30, 10:33*pm, Blinky the Shark > wrote:
> Christopher M. wrote:
> > Blinky the Shark wrote:
> >> Janet Wilder wrote:
>
> >>> Have you ever known the government to get anything right?
>
> >> Imagine the mess traffic would be if we *didn't* have traffic
> >> controls.
>
> >> Imagine flying if there were no FFA regulations.
>
> >> Imagine there being no fire departments.
>
> >> Imagine there being no paved and lighted streets.
>
> >> Imagine everyone just throwing their garbage and shit into the
> >> streets, as things used to be before municipal sewer systems.
>
> >> Imagine.
>
> > I'm not a big fan of government intervention in most things, but you're
> > right. In the US we have to get our flu vaccine from England because of a
> > bill that set a fixed price for our vaccine manufacturers. Most senators
> > don't even have a basic understanding of supply and demand.
>
> The skill set of most politicians is limited to getting and staying
> elected.

Occasionally politicians (or their staffs) have some very good ideas.

However I am always thankful for a professional civil service which
actually does get things done and usually quite well.

John Kane Kingston ON Canada

On Jun 30, 6:52*pm, notbob > wrote:
> *Who ages cheddar for
> 4-5 yrs anymore? *You tell me, I'll buy it.

Forfar Diary
http://www.forfar.com/about.html

You'd have to check to be sure but I think the Rare Old Cheddar is
aged 4.5 years.

I have been eating anything from curds to the Rare Old for about 50
years and can recommend the cheese.

John Kane Kingston ON Canada

blake murphy wrote:

> On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:00:32 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> > wrote:
>
>>blake murphy wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:16:15 -0700, Blinky the Shark
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>Michel Boucher wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Janet Wilder > wrote in news:4869300f$0$28641
>>>>> :
>>>>>
>>>>>> The cheese is packaged in huge loaves that are reportedly stored in
>>>>>> caves that only the Federal Government is aware of.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sounds suspiciously like an urban legend.
>>>>
>>>>The caves and secrecy does. That said:
>>>>
>>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_cheese
>>>>
>>>
>>> nuts. you beat me to it, blinky.
>>
>>Even an average shark is a faster swimmer than any murphy the world has
>>seen. It's all about sleek.
>
> we're lovers, not swimmers. (the little swimmers come later.)

Next time you're threatened by a hungry predator (or just some crazy with
a big knife), try loving your way out of that.


--
Blinky
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Need a new feed?
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"Christopher M." <no-spamcm

>> Giusi wrote:
http://karavshin.org/category/food/a...own-good-eats/
>>
>> Just because someone can write something, and even if it appears on
>> the internet, it doesn't make it true. He is not, for example,
>> Altoni Bruno.
>
> How do you know he isn't?

Because I made it up by substituting an italianized word for the originals.

On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 11:41:21 -0700 (PDT), John Kane
> wrote:

>On Jun 30, 10:33*pm, Blinky the Shark > wrote:
>> Christopher M. wrote:
>> > Blinky the Shark wrote:
>> >> Janet Wilder wrote:
>>
>> >>> Have you ever known the government to get anything right?
>>
>> >> Imagine the mess traffic would be if we *didn't* have traffic
>> >> controls.
>>
>> >> Imagine flying if there were no FFA regulations.
>>
>> >> Imagine there being no fire departments.
>>
>> >> Imagine there being no paved and lighted streets.
>>
>> >> Imagine everyone just throwing their garbage and shit into the
>> >> streets, as things used to be before municipal sewer systems.
>>
>> >> Imagine.
>>
>> > I'm not a big fan of government intervention in most things, but you're
>> > right. In the US we have to get our flu vaccine from England because of a
>> > bill that set a fixed price for our vaccine manufacturers. Most senators
>> > don't even have a basic understanding of supply and demand.
>>
>> The skill set of most politicians is limited to getting and staying
>> elected.
>
>Occasionally politicians (or their staffs) have some very good ideas.
>
>However I am always thankful for a professional civil service which
>actually does get things done and usually quite well.
>
>John Kane Kingston ON Canada

i've lived in and around d.c. my whole life, and i can tell you that
most feds are smart, hard-working people. most of the knuckleheads
here are imported.

your pal,
blake
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Giusi wrote:
> "Christopher M." <no-spamcm
>
>>> Giusi wrote:
> http://karavshin.org/category/food/a...own-good-eats/
>>>
>>> Just because someone can write something, and even if it appears on
>>> the internet, it doesn't make it true. He is not, for example,
>>> Altoni Bruno.
>>
>> How do you know he isn't?
>
> Because I made it up by substituting an italianized word for the
> originals.

Wow that's cool .


W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)

"Christopher M." > ha scritto nel messaggio
news:bxabk.216$9W.131@trndny04...
> Giusi wrote:
>> "Christopher M." <no-spamcm
>>
>>>> Giusi wrote:
>> http://karavshin.org/category/food/a...own-good-eats/
>>>>
>>>> Just because someone can write something, and even if it appears on
>>>> the internet, it doesn't make it true. He is not, for example,
>>>> Altoni Bruno.
>>>
>>> How do you know he isn't?
>>
>> Because I made it up by substituting an italianized word for the
>> originals.
>
> Wow that's cool .

That would be because I am the kind of old lady who invented cool. Before
me and my type there was only mildly fresh.