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Where did Shankar go?
I've just dropped in to the group after a long journey elsewhere. The
first thing that struck me was "where the devil is Shankar?" He used to be so regular and I loved his beautiful use of English. He was also very good at explaining cricket to heathens. While I'm on a nostalgia trip where are moosemeat and mary and her pud. I've noticed that the squeeky one is posting under a new name. Liam is still here. As is Melba and the Pen chappie. And Miche and Curlie Sue. And lots of others, too many to mention. Lots of old friends. I think I might hang out here for a while. -- Regards. Richard. |
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Richard Sherratt wrote:
> While I'm on a nostalgia trip where are moosemeat and mary and her > pud. I always loved her ASCII "puds".. didn't you? Goomba |
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Richard Sherratt wrote:
> While I'm on a nostalgia trip where are moosemeat and mary and her > pud. I always loved her ASCII "puds".. didn't you? Goomba |
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"Richard Sherratt" > wrote in message .... > I've just dropped in to the group after a long journey elsewhere. The > first thing that struck me was "where the devil is Shankar?" He used > to be so regular and I loved his beautiful use of English. He was also > very good at explaining cricket to heathens. Sadly, Sharkar just gave up as the group went more and more off topic and bcame cluttered with nonsense. He always have good explanations of why things are the way they are and how they undergo change. |
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"Richard Sherratt" > wrote in message .... > I've just dropped in to the group after a long journey elsewhere. The > first thing that struck me was "where the devil is Shankar?" He used > to be so regular and I loved his beautiful use of English. He was also > very good at explaining cricket to heathens. Sadly, Sharkar just gave up as the group went more and more off topic and bcame cluttered with nonsense. He always have good explanations of why things are the way they are and how they undergo change. |
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"Richard Sherratt" > wrote in message .... > I've just dropped in to the group after a long journey elsewhere. The > first thing that struck me was "where the devil is Shankar?" He used > to be so regular and I loved his beautiful use of English. He was also > very good at explaining cricket to heathens. Sadly, Sharkar just gave up as the group went more and more off topic and bcame cluttered with nonsense. He always have good explanations of why things are the way they are and how they undergo change. |
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"Richard Sherratt" > wrote in message ... > I've just dropped in to the group after a long journey elsewhere. The > first thing that struck me was "where the devil is Shankar?" He used > to be so regular and I loved his beautiful use of English. He was also > very good at explaining cricket to heathens. > > While I'm on a nostalgia trip where are moosemeat and mary and her > pud. > > I've noticed that the squeeky one is posting under a new name. Liam is > still here. As is Melba and the Pen chappie. And Miche and Curlie Sue. > And lots of others, too many to mention. Lots of old friends. > > I think I might hang out here for a while. > > -- > Regards. > Richard. Hey Richard! Nice to see you here again. I'm kind of still here. I left for just over a month because I just couldn't take the BS here. I do skim the group but seldom post. Too many clueless people here for much enjoyment but many friends post so I hover around. I got email from Shankar last year. At that time he was well. He isn't posting because he is too busy and the quality of this group had declined. I can report that it has only gotten worse. Most of the people who made this group a great place for those interested in cooking have left. It is now pretty much a social club. There are still a few great food people here, but they are heard less and less. Those posters who have only been here for 2 or 3 years or so will not understand what I am talking about. Most who have been here for many years will. I had to leave "Cheers Love" for a while too as the traffic was too much for me to handle. I hope to get back to that group eventually. Best, Charliam |
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"Richard Sherratt" > wrote in message ... > I've just dropped in to the group after a long journey elsewhere. The > first thing that struck me was "where the devil is Shankar?" He used > to be so regular and I loved his beautiful use of English. He was also > very good at explaining cricket to heathens. > > While I'm on a nostalgia trip where are moosemeat and mary and her > pud. > > I've noticed that the squeeky one is posting under a new name. Liam is > still here. As is Melba and the Pen chappie. And Miche and Curlie Sue. > And lots of others, too many to mention. Lots of old friends. > > I think I might hang out here for a while. > > -- > Regards. > Richard. Hey Richard! Nice to see you here again. I'm kind of still here. I left for just over a month because I just couldn't take the BS here. I do skim the group but seldom post. Too many clueless people here for much enjoyment but many friends post so I hover around. I got email from Shankar last year. At that time he was well. He isn't posting because he is too busy and the quality of this group had declined. I can report that it has only gotten worse. Most of the people who made this group a great place for those interested in cooking have left. It is now pretty much a social club. There are still a few great food people here, but they are heard less and less. Those posters who have only been here for 2 or 3 years or so will not understand what I am talking about. Most who have been here for many years will. I had to leave "Cheers Love" for a while too as the traffic was too much for me to handle. I hope to get back to that group eventually. Best, Charliam |
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On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 14:22:04 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" >
wrote: > >"Richard Sherratt" > wrote in >message > >... >> I've just dropped in to the group after a long journey elsewhere. The >> first thing that struck me was "where the devil is Shankar?" He used >> to be so regular and I loved his beautiful use of English. He was also >> very good at explaining cricket to heathens. > >Sadly, Sharkar just gave up as the group went more and more off topic and >bcame cluttered with nonsense. He always have good explanations of why >things are the way they are and how they undergo change. > > Yeah, our own Alton Brown and very levelheaded, to boot. It was nice to see such a fine intellect in the same package with an un-needy ego. OBFood: I roasted a beef loin in a super-heated smoker over the weekend. I served it with a *******ized nuoc cham dipping sauce. Everybody liked it. modom "Dallas is a rich man with a death wish in his eyes." -- Jimmie Dale Gilmore |
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On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 14:22:04 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" >
wrote: > >"Richard Sherratt" > wrote in >message > >... >> I've just dropped in to the group after a long journey elsewhere. The >> first thing that struck me was "where the devil is Shankar?" He used >> to be so regular and I loved his beautiful use of English. He was also >> very good at explaining cricket to heathens. > >Sadly, Sharkar just gave up as the group went more and more off topic and >bcame cluttered with nonsense. He always have good explanations of why >things are the way they are and how they undergo change. > > Yeah, our own Alton Brown and very levelheaded, to boot. It was nice to see such a fine intellect in the same package with an un-needy ego. OBFood: I roasted a beef loin in a super-heated smoker over the weekend. I served it with a *******ized nuoc cham dipping sauce. Everybody liked it. modom "Dallas is a rich man with a death wish in his eyes." -- Jimmie Dale Gilmore |
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In article >,
Richard Sherratt > wrote: > I've just dropped in to the group after a long journey elsewhere. The > first thing that struck me was "where the devil is Shankar?" He used > to be so regular and I loved his beautiful use of English. He was also > very good at explaining cricket to heathens. > > While I'm on a nostalgia trip where are moosemeat and mary and her > pud. > > I've noticed that the squeeky one is posting under a new name. Liam is > still here. As is Melba and the Pen chappie. And Miche and Curlie Sue. > And lots of others, too many to mention. Lots of old friends. > > I think I might hang out here for a while. Well hey! Where've ya been? Miche -- WWMVD? |
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In article >,
Richard Sherratt > wrote: > I've just dropped in to the group after a long journey elsewhere. The > first thing that struck me was "where the devil is Shankar?" He used > to be so regular and I loved his beautiful use of English. He was also > very good at explaining cricket to heathens. > > While I'm on a nostalgia trip where are moosemeat and mary and her > pud. > > I've noticed that the squeeky one is posting under a new name. Liam is > still here. As is Melba and the Pen chappie. And Miche and Curlie Sue. > And lots of others, too many to mention. Lots of old friends. > > I think I might hang out here for a while. Well hey! Where've ya been? Miche -- WWMVD? |
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Charles Gifford wrote:
Most of the people who made this > group a great place for those interested in cooking have left. It is now > pretty much a social club. There are still a few great food people here, but > they are heard less and less. Those posters who have only been here for 2 or > 3 years or so will not understand what I am talking about. Most who have > been here for many years will. Well.. here's my attitude. If everyone stayed and kept posting, maybe it would crowd out and discourage the goobers? Goomba (that's gooMba, not gooBer.. I hope? lol) |
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> Goomba38 writes:
> >Charles Gifford wrote: > Most of the people who made this >> group a great place for those interested in cooking have left. It is now >> pretty much a social club. There are still a few great food people here, >but >> they are heard less and less. Those posters who have only been here for 2 >or >> 3 years or so will not understand what I am talking about. Most who have >> been here for many years will. > >Well.. here's my attitude. If everyone stayed and kept >posting, maybe it would crowd out and discourage the goobers? Um, let's not unwittingly automatically raise the level of the departed to sainthood... the fact that they voluntarily departed should scream volumes about the profundity of their worthwhileness... once one traverses the mootness of his voluminous verbiage one discovers that Shankar essentially epitimizes a *kvetch*... better than 90% of his posts focused primarily on complaining/criticising/kvetching on most everyone else... the one thing he never learned about food science was to keep his eyes on his own plate, albiet venerably empty. ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- ********* "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." Sheldon ```````````` |
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> Goomba38 writes:
> >Charles Gifford wrote: > Most of the people who made this >> group a great place for those interested in cooking have left. It is now >> pretty much a social club. There are still a few great food people here, >but >> they are heard less and less. Those posters who have only been here for 2 >or >> 3 years or so will not understand what I am talking about. Most who have >> been here for many years will. > >Well.. here's my attitude. If everyone stayed and kept >posting, maybe it would crowd out and discourage the goobers? Um, let's not unwittingly automatically raise the level of the departed to sainthood... the fact that they voluntarily departed should scream volumes about the profundity of their worthwhileness... once one traverses the mootness of his voluminous verbiage one discovers that Shankar essentially epitimizes a *kvetch*... better than 90% of his posts focused primarily on complaining/criticising/kvetching on most everyone else... the one thing he never learned about food science was to keep his eyes on his own plate, albiet venerably empty. ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- ********* "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." Sheldon ```````````` |
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> Goomba38 writes:
> >Charles Gifford wrote: > Most of the people who made this >> group a great place for those interested in cooking have left. It is now >> pretty much a social club. There are still a few great food people here, >but >> they are heard less and less. Those posters who have only been here for 2 >or >> 3 years or so will not understand what I am talking about. Most who have >> been here for many years will. > >Well.. here's my attitude. If everyone stayed and kept >posting, maybe it would crowd out and discourage the goobers? Um, let's not unwittingly automatically raise the level of the departed to sainthood... the fact that they voluntarily departed should scream volumes about the profundity of their worthwhileness... once one traverses the mootness of his voluminous verbiage one discovers that Shankar essentially epitimizes a *kvetch*... better than 90% of his posts focused primarily on complaining/criticising/kvetching on most everyone else... the one thing he never learned about food science was to keep his eyes on his own plate, albiet venerably empty. ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- ********* "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." Sheldon ```````````` |
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On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 10:55:22 GMT, Richard Sherratt
> wrote: >I've just dropped in to the group after a long journey elsewhere. The >first thing that struck me was "where the devil is Shankar?" He used >to be so regular and I loved his beautiful use of English. He was also >very good at explaining cricket to heathens. For those needing Shankar fix, the following appeared today in uk.food+drink.indian in which I've see posts from Shankar a few times over the past year or so. It's an occasionally interesting newsgroup for those with an interest in Indian cooking. >Path: sn-us!sn-xit-06!sn-xit-11!supernews.com!sjc1.usenetserver.com!news.usenet server.com!nf3.bellglobal.com!wn14feed!worldnet.at t.net!bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail >Newsgroups: uk.food+drink.indian >Subject: New curry bible >From: Shankar Bhattacharyya > >References: > > > > >Organization: Third Eye Consulting >Message-ID: > >User-Agent: Xnews/L5 >Lines: 54 >Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 03:56:48 GMT >NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.75.165.128 >X-Complaints-To: >X-Trace: bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 1094529408 12.75.165.128 (Tue, 07 Sep 2004 03:56:48 GMT) >NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 03:56:48 GMT >Xref: sn-us uk.food+drink.indian:18197 > >"Bryan Wallwork" > wrote in : > >> >> "Mark Jeffries" > wrote in message >> ... >>> Hi Bryan >>> >>> Im new to this n/g, what are pukka dishes? >>> > >> ... Pukka (meaning formal rather than genuine, but >> usually accepted as the later) dishes are those with origins in >> India rather than the UK. > >"Pukka" is an interesting word. I assume the usage in the UK comes >from the British colonials in India. What little I know of their >language provides a certain third-hand quality to my ear, in that it >is the language of people no longer around, using words second-hand to >generate a third-hand dialect. My knowledge of that sort of thing >comes from E.M. Forster and others like him. People here might find >entertaining a memoir by a second world war soldier called John >Masters, titled "The Road Past Mandalay" and others of his books of a >generally autobiographical nature. He was born in Calcutta and wrote >about India in a much more persuasive way than Forster, say, who wrote >really about the British, not really about India, even in A Passage to >India. > >I also know some of the old British usage at fourth hand, as from >American movies set in colonial India, such as the Hollywood >implementation of Gunga Din, that story about a poor misguided fellow >who did not know who he was and thereby became a character of heroic >British folklore. > >However, I digress from my digression. > >In the northern-Indian languages "pukka" means one of two things, at >least literally. It can mean ripe, as against "kaccha" or unripe. It >can also mean cured, as against uncured, as in mortar. Construction >gets described as "kaccha", to mean with mud, as gainst "pukka", to >mean with mortar. By extension from this comes the sense of firm or >strong as against weak, from which comes the colloquial use of >"pukka" to mean "definite" or "absolute". People use "pukka" to >emphasize an agreement, plans, so on and so forth. > >The occasional use of "pukka" to mean authentic or, almost >equivalently, excellent, may simply be reassimilation of the British >usage. > >I have no qualifications to substantiate any opinion expressed above. >All of it is derived entirely from my fairly casual reading and from >my dearly held biases. > >- Shankar |
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On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 19:54:08 +1200, Miche > wrote:
>In article >, > Richard Sherratt > wrote: <snip> >> I think I might hang out here for a while. > >Well hey! Where've ya been? I got a bit busy and RL wasn't leaving me much time for newsgroups. See sig for hint :-) -- Regards, Richard. __o _`\(,_ (_)/(_) |
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On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 19:54:08 +1200, Miche > wrote:
>In article >, > Richard Sherratt > wrote: <snip> >> I think I might hang out here for a while. > >Well hey! Where've ya been? I got a bit busy and RL wasn't leaving me much time for newsgroups. See sig for hint :-) -- Regards, Richard. __o _`\(,_ (_)/(_) |
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Richard Sherratt wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 19:54:08 +1200, Miche > wrote: > > >>In article >, >>Richard Sherratt > wrote: > > > <snip> > >>>I think I might hang out here for a while. >> >>Well hey! Where've ya been? > > > I got a bit busy and RL wasn't leaving me much time for newsgroups. > See sig for hint :-) > > > Regards, > Richard. > > __o > _`\(,_ > (_)/(_) You got eyeglasses? ;-) Bob |
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Richard Sherratt wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 19:54:08 +1200, Miche > wrote: > > >>In article >, >>Richard Sherratt > wrote: > > > <snip> > >>>I think I might hang out here for a while. >> >>Well hey! Where've ya been? > > > I got a bit busy and RL wasn't leaving me much time for newsgroups. > See sig for hint :-) > > > Regards, > Richard. > > __o > _`\(,_ > (_)/(_) You got eyeglasses? ;-) Bob |
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Richard Sherratt wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 19:54:08 +1200, Miche > wrote: > > >>In article >, >>Richard Sherratt > wrote: > > > <snip> > >>>I think I might hang out here for a while. >> >>Well hey! Where've ya been? > > > I got a bit busy and RL wasn't leaving me much time for newsgroups. > See sig for hint :-) > > > Regards, > Richard. > > __o > _`\(,_ > (_)/(_) You got eyeglasses? ;-) Bob |
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: Um, let's not unwittingly automatically raise the level of the departed to : sainthood... the fact that they voluntarily departed should scream volumes : about the profundity of their worthwhileness... once one traverses the mootness : of his voluminous verbiage one discovers that Shankar essentially epitimizes a : *kvetch*... better than 90% of his posts focused primarily on : complaining/criticising/kvetching on most everyone else... the one thing he : never learned about food science was to keep his eyes on his own plate, albiet : venerably empty. : ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- : ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- : ********* : "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." : Sheldon : ```````````` Had to snicker when I read this garbage that Sheldon posted - 90% is far better than Sheldon's 99.9%!!! |
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: Um, let's not unwittingly automatically raise the level of the departed to : sainthood... the fact that they voluntarily departed should scream volumes : about the profundity of their worthwhileness... once one traverses the mootness : of his voluminous verbiage one discovers that Shankar essentially epitimizes a : *kvetch*... better than 90% of his posts focused primarily on : complaining/criticising/kvetching on most everyone else... the one thing he : never learned about food science was to keep his eyes on his own plate, albiet : venerably empty. : ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- : ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- : ********* : "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." : Sheldon : ```````````` Had to snicker when I read this garbage that Sheldon posted - 90% is far better than Sheldon's 99.9%!!! |
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