On 2011-05-23, Goomba > wrote:

> And why do people feel a need to post such stuff on a cooking group in
> the first place??

Probly cuz they jes wanna share and find others to might understand
and help commiserate in they're sorrow. Not a bad thing. Jes a case
of right-time-right-place.

nb

sf wrote:
> On Mon, 23 May 2011 13:24:03 -0700 (PDT), Bryan
> > wrote:
>
>> We don't buy cable TV, subscribe to any periodicals or even the
>> newspaper, but Netflix really is a bargain, especially if you like old
>> TV shows. Currently watching Dark Shadows.
>
> How do you know about Dark Shadows then? I subscribe to cable, but I
> have barely heard of it.
>

I remember Dark Shadows -- and Barnabas Collins, and Vicki, and Quinton
Collins (that was the werewolf, right?) and that theme music...

Of course I'm older than dirt, and even I was just a kid when it first ran.

-Bob

On May 23, 6:22*pm, Cheryl > wrote:
> On 5/23/2011 5:10 PM, Bryan wrote:
>
> > I watched it when I was a kid. *You can get most of the episodes on
> > DVD from Netflix. *I'm sure it'll get more popular after the movie
> > comes out with Johnny Depp as Barnabas.
>
> That was one of my favorites as a kid. *My best friend and I would rush
> home from school to watch it. *Good show, especially for its time!
>
> I had no idea they were making a movie of it! Johnny Depp in it makes it
> that much better. *Can't wait!

Eye candy for the ladies for sure. I have mixed feelings because I
hate remakes on principle and they are nearly always just a pale shell
of the original, BUT there are some of the DVDs of the old show that
Netflix does not have, and I expect that the existence of the movie
will eventually rectify that. They don't have collections #9, 10, 11,
14, 15, 16 and 17, nor the very early episodes before the arrival of
Jason and Willie. When I was home with my broken arm after surgery, I
increased my Netflix to the 2-at-a-time plan, and watched a lot of
episodes of DS--and lots of Green Acres on TVLand.com. Being one of
the most poorly made shows of the 1960s, and STILL being better than
most current TV fare doesn't speak well of today's TV. The only
current shows that I watch are True Blood and Mad Men, both many
months after the seasons when they come out on DVD, and South Park,
which is on their website for free (with commercials) within a few
days to a couple of weeks after broadcast. As soon as I post this
(and my son does his homework), he and I are going to watch a couple
of new episodes of South Park. He's a good kid, and I don't worry
that the themes of the show will be a bad influence, as he takes it
for what it is, satire. I watch nothing on broadcast, though I would
probably watch the Daily Show if it were on free TV.

--Bryan

On Mon, 23 May 2011 13:34:18 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
> wrote:

>On May 23, 3:24*pm, Bryan > wrote:
>> On May 23, 1:32*pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > On May 23, 1:13*pm, Landon > wrote:
>>
>> > > On Mon, 23 May 2011 10:00:47 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
>>
>> > > > wrote:
>> > > >On May 23, 11:30*am, notbob > wrote:
>> > > >> On 2011-05-23, Ms P > wrote:
>>
>> > > >> > You've never heard of CNN, MSN, MSNBC, Yahoo, Fox, etc??? *Seriously???
>>
>> > > >> Some ppl are smart enough to avoid paying $50-100 mo to watch tv.
>> > > >> Shocking, but true.
>>
>> > > >> nb
>>
>> > > >Like ME!! No TV, no cell phone here, just an ISP and a computer!! :-)
>>
>> > > >John Kuthe...
>>
>> > > If you like movies, John, Netflix is a pretty good deal. Literally
>> > > thousands of older movies to chose from for "Instant watching" and
>> > > first run movies one at a time through the mail with no postage, for
>> > > $10 a month. It's all my TV gets used for now.
>>
>> > I aspire to get another job where I won't have $10 worth of time a
>> > month to sit watching some movie. I've seen all the movies I want to
>> > see already.
>>
>> We don't buy cable TV, subscribe to any periodicals or even the
>> newspaper, but Netflix really is a bargain, especially if you like old
>> TV shows. *Currently watching Dark Shadows.
>>
>>
>>
>> > John Kuthe...
>>
>> --Bryan
>
>You don't stream it over your slow DSL connection though, do you?
>
>John Kuthe...

I have the slowest DSL service available and it streams just fine over
it.

On Mon, 23 May 2011 18:06:03 -0400, Goomba >
wrote:

>John Kuthe wrote:
>> On May 23, 3:24 pm, Bryan > wrote:
>
>>> We don't buy cable TV, subscribe to any periodicals or even the
>>> newspaper, but Netflix really is a bargain, especially if you like old
>>> TV shows. Currently watching Dark Shadows.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> John Kuthe...
>>> --Bryan
>>
>> You don't stream it over your slow DSL connection though, do you?
>>
>> John Kuthe...
>
>John, pick up the damn phone and just ask him directly. I'm sure that
>would be far more helpful to *everyone*

Here's a thought; if you are bothered by the posts about it, then quit
clicking on them and read the next thread instead.

What are you, some kind of control freak? You have to control what
others post?

That's a little weird, man.

On 24 May 2011 00:04:39 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2011-05-23, Goomba > wrote:
>
>> And why do people feel a need to post such stuff on a cooking group in
>> the first place??
>
>Probly cuz they jes wanna share and find others to might understand
>and help commiserate in they're sorrow. Not a bad thing. Jes a case
>of right-time-right-place.
>
>nb

Hey nb, Goomba is some sort of control freak. It want's to control
what others post. It's on my killfile now, so no more Goomba. I put up
with it for some time, now it's invisible!

On 23/05/2011 8:29 PM, Landon wrote:

>
> Hey nb, Goomba is some sort of control freak. It want's to control
> what others post. It's on my killfile now, so no more Goomba. I put up
> with it for some time, now it's invisible!

Tacky tacky tacky to childishly announce who you are putting in your
kill file. Don't worry. I have not KF'ed you. Your stupidity is too
entertaining.

On 5/23/2011 8:17 PM, Bryan wrote:
> Eye candy for the ladies for sure. I have mixed feelings because I
> hate remakes on principle and they are nearly always just a pale shell
> of the original, BUT there are some of the DVDs of the old show that
> Netflix does not have, and I expect that the existence of the movie
> will eventually rectify that.

I see that it's directed by Tim Burton, so that much the better. When DS
started I was only 4 so I joined in late to the show. I have a Wii so I
might have to get Netflix just to catch up on the old episodes I never saw.

Thanks for the info!

On 5/23/2011 8:43 PM, Cheryl wrote:
> I see that it's directed by Tim Burton, so that much the better. When DS
> started I was only 4 so I joined in late to the show. I have a Wii so I
> might have to get Netflix just to catch up on the old episodes I never saw.
>
> Thanks for the info!

Looking more at wikipedia about this series, I must have watched the
syndicated shows because I was still too young to watch the originals.
'75 seems more like when I'd watch something like that.

"Syndication and cable repeats Dark Shadows was to be syndicated by
ABC's distribution arm, ABC Films, as the series was ending in late 1970
and early 1971. However, delays kept the show from entering syndication,
mainly because the FCC imposed fin-syn rules forcing the networks to
sell off their syndication companies. Finally, in 1975, Worldvision
Enterprises (spun off from ABC Films) released 130 episodes to syndication."

On May 23, 7:43*pm, Cheryl > wrote:
> On 5/23/2011 8:17 PM, Bryan wrote:
>
> > Eye candy for the ladies for sure. *I have mixed feelings because I
> > hate remakes on principle and they are nearly always just a pale shell
> > of the original, BUT there are some of the DVDs of the old show that
> > Netflix does not have, and I expect that the existence of the movie
> > will eventually rectify that.
>
> I see that it's directed by Tim Burton, so that much the better. When DS
> started I was only 4 so I joined in late to the show. *I have a Wii so I
> might have to get Netflix just to catch up on the old episodes I never saw.
>
> Thanks for the info!

You can watch it on your computer w/o a Wii, but the Wii can be fun
anyway, especially Wii Sports. I only saw a limited number of them as
a kid. I was born in 1960. I remember some really creepy episodes I
saw when we were on vacation in Daytona, FL, I think Summer 1970.
Netflix rocks. Another thing I'd encourage you to get from them is:
Profit: Season 1

It is one of the best TV shows ever. The early MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE
episodes are great too, another one that they did crappy remakes of.

--Bryan

John Kuthe wrote:
> On May 23, 5:06 pm, Goomba > wrote:
>> John Kuthe wrote:
>>> On May 23, 3:24 pm, Bryan > wrote:
>>>> We don't buy cable TV, subscribe to any periodicals or even the
>>>> newspaper, but Netflix really is a bargain, especially if you like old
>>>> TV shows. Currently watching Dark Shadows.
>>>>> John Kuthe...
>>>> --Bryan
>>> You don't stream it over your slow DSL connection though, do you?
>>> John Kuthe...
>> John, pick up the damn phone and just ask him directly. I'm sure that
>> would be far more helpful to *everyone*
>
> I don't like the telephone. I like deferred communication. Like email
> or Usenet newsgroup posting. This is a conversation we are all having,
> and I just had a question for Bryan here.
>
> If you don't like it, too bad!
>
> John Kuthe...

You know you're kinda creepy, don'tcha? You sound so lonely that every
thread you have to bring Bryan's name into it and mention he's your
buddy. Its like you have so little personality that you need to glom on
to his (often unpleasant one) just to get noticed. Its wierd that you
can't act normal and just ask him directly.
You, who went all ballistic on OT posts that you made a huge fool of
yourself counting them.....
Fight that tendency to look like a loser, John.

On May 23, 5:39*pm, Bryan > wrote:
> On May 23, 5:06*pm, Goomba > wrote:
>
> > John Kuthe wrote:
> > > On May 23, 3:24 pm, Bryan > wrote:
> > >> We don't buy cable TV, subscribe to any periodicals or even the
> > >> newspaper, but Netflix really is a bargain, especially if you like old
> > >> TV shows. *Currently watching Dark Shadows.
>
> > >>> John Kuthe...
> > >> --Bryan
>
> > > You don't stream it over your slow DSL connection though, do you?
>
> > > John Kuthe...
>
> > John, pick up the damn phone and just ask him directly. I'm sure that
> > would be far more helpful to *everyone*
>
> Consider that most folks here have cell phones with free long
> distance, why don't you ask others who happen to know each other
> personally to do that? *Are you telling me that you haven't had any
> back and forths with the two ladies in your mugshot photo? *That
> wasn't a rhetorical question?

Didn't want to answer that, eh Goomba? Did Sheldon ever accuse you
three of, well, you know? I imagine that there are some old lady
fetishists who'd find that pretty hot. Lumpy, Frumpy and Dumpy.
Ooops, now I've got the image of you three scissoring into some
innocent folks' heads who really didn't deserve that. My bad.
>
> --Bryan

--Bryan

"Goomba" > wrote in message
...
> notbob wrote:
>> On 2011-05-23, Goomba > wrote:
>>
>>> such an obviously important current event in the news. Google is your
>>> friend. Just type in Tornado, Joplin, May 2011 and see what comes up.
>>
Important current event? Only if you live in Missouri.

>> I tried to explain it nicely, relative to the big picture, but the
>> bottom line is, some ppl jes don't give a crap.
>>
>> One hundred ppl died in a tornado in Eyebrow AR? Big whoop. More
>> than that die on US highways every single day of the year. Ten times
>> that die every day of starvation. Sorry, but I can't get all choked
>> up about a buncha ppl who wanna role their Darwinian dice in a mobil
>> home parked dead nuts (pun intended) in the center of Tornado Alley.
>>
>> nb
>
> I hear ya on all that. My response was only regarding someone waiting for
> others to fill them in on news when news is plenty easy to find on ones
> own.

I feel sorry for those people and their families but there's no reason to
post about it here.

> And why do people feel a need to post such stuff on a cooking group in the
> first place??

I'm looking for a good marinade for flank steak. I'm getting tired of the
same old teriyaki/soy sauce thing. I know pineapple juice is a good natural
marinade. I'm looking for something that isn't "asian". Any suggestions?

Jill

"jmcquown" > ha scritto nel messaggio >

> I'm looking for a good marinade for flank steak.

A lemony vinaigrette with lots of thyme is something I liked.

Krypsis > wrote:
-snip-
>>
>I don't think USB is suitable for video and, AFAICT, those USB ports on
>TV are mainly for plugging in external thumbdrives. Mine has a USB port
>but it is only for updating the TV firmware according to the tech who
>delivered it. Later models have expanded on the USB port usage however.

I thought I remembered that my Vizio would do video through the USB. I
meant to try my new usb hdd on my USB-- but I've got too many irons in
today's fire-- so a quick Google will have to do.

http://www.vizio.com/news/VIZIO_Amer..._TV_Collection
[a 2009 article]
"In all models, VIZIO has integrated USB video inputs that are
enhanced and offer high quality 1080p video playback"

If I get around to it, I'm dying to see what happens when I plug a
500GB hdd into that port.

Jim

"jmcquown" > wrote:
-snip-
>I'm looking for a good marinade for flank steak. I'm getting tired of the
>same old teriyaki/soy sauce thing. I know pineapple juice is a good natural
>marinade. I'm looking for something that isn't "asian". Any suggestions?

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/h...ipe/index.html

Disclaimer-- I haven't tried that recipe. But we've been on a blue
cheese goes with everything kick for a while here.

Jim

On 24/05/2011 10:30 PM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
> > wrote:
> -snip-
>>>
>> I don't think USB is suitable for video and, AFAICT, those USB ports on
>> TV are mainly for plugging in external thumbdrives. Mine has a USB port
>> but it is only for updating the TV firmware according to the tech who
>> delivered it. Later models have expanded on the USB port usage however.
>
> I thought I remembered that my Vizio would do video through the USB. I
> meant to try my new usb hdd on my USB-- but I've got too many irons in
> today's fire-- so a quick Google will have to do.
>
> http://www.vizio.com/news/VIZIO_Amer..._TV_Collection
> [a 2009 article]
> "In all models, VIZIO has integrated USB video inputs that are
> enhanced and offer high quality 1080p video playback"
>
> If I get around to it, I'm dying to see what happens when I plug a
> 500GB hdd into that port.
>
> Jim

Just be careful of the power requirements of the device you plug into
that USB port. I have 2 usb ports on my iMac keyboard, one at each end.
I had been using a small 256 meg thumbdrive in it for a few years. Then
I bought a Kingston 2 gig thumbdrive, popped it into the keyboard and
promptly blew up the USB hub control chips inside the keyboard. In fact,
it blew the chips right off the board. Thumbdrive had worked perfectly
Ok elsewhere beforehand and still works Ok even now. Just too much
current consumption for the keyboards USB hub I guess. Note too that the
keyboard still functions Ok as a keyboard.

As a precaution, check the current consumption of the 500 Gig HDD and
the current available at the USB port.

Krypsis

On Tue, 24 May 2011 08:08:54 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>
>"Goomba" > wrote in message
...
>> notbob wrote:
>>> On 2011-05-23, Goomba > wrote:
>>>
>>>> such an obviously important current event in the news. Google is your
>>>> friend. Just type in Tornado, Joplin, May 2011 and see what comes up.
>>>
>Important current event? Only if you live in Missouri.
>
>>> I tried to explain it nicely, relative to the big picture, but the
>>> bottom line is, some ppl jes don't give a crap.
>>>
>>> One hundred ppl died in a tornado in Eyebrow AR? Big whoop. More
>>> than that die on US highways every single day of the year. Ten times
>>> that die every day of starvation. Sorry, but I can't get all choked
>>> up about a buncha ppl who wanna role their Darwinian dice in a mobil
>>> home parked dead nuts (pun intended) in the center of Tornado Alley.
>>>
>>> nb
>>
>> I hear ya on all that. My response was only regarding someone waiting for
>> others to fill them in on news when news is plenty easy to find on ones
>> own.
>
>I feel sorry for those people and their families but there's no reason to
>post about it here.
>
>> And why do people feel a need to post such stuff on a cooking group in the
>> first place??
>
>I'm looking for a good marinade for flank steak. I'm getting tired of the
>same old teriyaki/soy sauce thing. I know pineapple juice is a good natural
>marinade. I'm looking for something that isn't "asian". Any suggestions?

Pineapple juice, tamerind, chipolte to taste.

In article >,
Krypsis > wrote:


> Just be careful of the power requirements of the device you plug into
> that USB port. I have 2 usb ports on my iMac keyboard, one at each end.
> I had been using a small 256 meg thumbdrive in it for a few years. Then
> I bought a Kingston 2 gig thumbdrive, popped it into the keyboard and
> promptly blew up the USB hub control chips inside the keyboard. In fact,
> it blew the chips right off the board. Thumbdrive had worked perfectly
> Ok elsewhere beforehand and still works Ok even now. Just too much
> current consumption for the keyboards USB hub I guess. Note too that the
> keyboard still functions Ok as a keyboard.
>
> As a precaution, check the current consumption of the 500 Gig HDD and
> the current available at the USB port.

Yeah, the keyboard USB ports are convenient, but watch out! I was
having problems with an optical mouse, so I plugged two into the
keyboard. I got a warning message that it was too much power. I don't
think the mice worked.

I'm running OSX. Go to:

About this Mac (click the apple on the upper left)
More Info
USB (under hardware)
"keyboard"

And it will give you power capability for the hub, and the power
requirements for each device currently plugged in. Also note the speed.
My Apple keyboard only supports 12Mb/sec. When I plug my flash drive
into the computer, it shows 480. When I plug it into the keyboard, it
shows 12. That doesn't matter for a text recipe file, but for a major
file transfer, like a whole 500GB HDD, that's 12 hours!

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

In article >,
says...
>
> On Tue, 24 May 2011 05:47:56 +1000, Krypsis >
> wrote:
>
> > On 24/05/2011 5:05 AM, Landon wrote:
> > > On Mon, 23 May 2011 15:00:55 -0400, > wrote:
> > >
> > >> I have a video converter hooked up between my PC and TV.
> > >>
> > >> This is the specific one I use:
> > >> http://sewelldirect.com/PC-to-TV-Converter.asp
> > >>
> > >> I see that this one has now been discontinued. If and when it fails,
> > >> I'll have to shop for another way.
> > >
> > > Oh my! I missed that they have a link right there.
> > >
> > > Here it is for $30
> > > http://sewelldirect.com/pc-to-tv.asp
> > >
> > I notice my laptop has an HDMI connector and the TV has 3 of those. I
> > assume I would only need an HDMI cable for connectivity.
> >
>
> I was wondering if a converter was needed to connect a computer to a
> late model TV that has all those USB ports. WikiHow says you need a
> dual output video card, but I have no idea how to figure out if I have
> one or not.

If you wnat to use the TV to display the information that is normally on
the monitor, a USB port won't do it.

Most TVs sold today have multiple HDMI ports--those are the ones you
usually want to use. Some have VGA and/or DVI as well--if they have
those you might be able to use a cable you already have.

As to how to figure out if you have dual outputs, if you have a laptop
with a connector for an external monitor then you have dual outputs. If
it's a desktop, look on the back and see where the cable from the
monitor is plugged in, then see if there's another similar connector.

In article >,
Goomba > wrote:

> John Kuthe wrote:

> > I don't like the telephone. I like deferred communication. Like email
> > or Usenet newsgroup posting. This is a conversation we are all having,
> > and I just had a question for Bryan here.
> >
> > If you don't like it, too bad!

> You know you're kinda creepy, don'tcha? You sound so lonely that every
> thread you have to bring Bryan's name into it and mention he's your
> buddy. Its like you have so little personality that you need to glom on
> to his (often unpleasant one) just to get noticed. Its wierd that you
> can't act normal and just ask him directly.
> You, who went all ballistic on OT posts that you made a huge fool of
> yourself counting them.....
> Fight that tendency to look like a loser, John.

As long as it's been brought up, I don't like talking on the telephone
either. I like to mull over my words. That's why I don't like "chat"
kinds of things either. That's pretty simple, I just pick and choose.
I carry a cell phone pretty much full time. That doesn't mean I talk on
it all the time. That also doesn't mean that I use this group for
personal communications to one person. I have Email, and most of the
people I know use Email.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

In article >,
says...
>
> On 5/23/2011 2:10 PM, Landon wrote:
>
> > Do you speak to people like that in person? You wouldn't speak to me
> > like that more than once.
>
> Wow, another threat from Landon. Shocking. I wonder what he'd do to
> her? Pop her in the chops?

He reminds me of the guy I used to know who had this script prepared in
the eventuality that he got detained by police. It started out with
"listen, cop" with a "pop" on the "p" and went downhill from there.

In article >,
"jmcquown" > wrote:

> I'm looking for a good marinade for flank steak. I'm getting tired of the
> same old teriyaki/soy sauce thing. I know pineapple juice is a good natural
> marinade. I'm looking for something that isn't "asian". Any suggestions?
>
> Jill

No Asian flavors? Substitute the acid, oil, and salt components. Are
you averse to garlic? What first came to mind was a Wish Bone
Italian-type dressing combo: oil, vinegar, garlic, herbs. <shrug>

What would be a relatively flavorless combination? I say that because
I'm thinking about skipping the marinade (purportedly to tenderize the
meat?) and concentrating on a relish to accompany the thin slices ‹ my
cherry chipotle stuff comes to mind. An onion-pepper blend? You don't
need to preserve these things in order to consider them.

JAT.

"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "jmcquown" > wrote:
>
>> I'm looking for a good marinade for flank steak. I'm getting tired of
>> the
>> same old teriyaki/soy sauce thing. I know pineapple juice is a good
>> natural
>> marinade. I'm looking for something that isn't "asian". Any
>> suggestions?
>>
>> Jill
>
> No Asian flavors? Substitute the acid, oil, and salt components. Are
> you averse to garlic? What first came to mind was a Wish Bone
> Italian-type dressing combo: oil, vinegar, garlic, herbs. <shrug>
>
Hell, I love garlic! Can't get enough of it. I'd forgotten about the Wish
Bone salad dressing type thing. I've got the ingredients to whip something
like that together. Thanks!

Jill

On May 23, 4:22*pm, Cheryl > wrote:
> On 5/23/2011 5:10 PM, Bryan wrote:
>
> > I watched it when I was a kid. *You can get most of the episodes on
> > DVD from Netflix. *I'm sure it'll get more popular after the movie
> > comes out with Johnny Depp as Barnabas.
>
> That was one of my favorites as a kid. *My best friend and I would rush
> home from school to watch it. *Good show, especially for its time!
>

That was a must-see for my sister, too. But neither my brother nor I
could ever get into it. We called it "Shark Daddoes."

In article >,
Goomba > wrote:
(nb snipped)
> I hear ya on all that. My response was only regarding someone waiting
> for others to fill them in on news when news is plenty easy to find on
> ones own.
> And why do people feel a need to post such stuff on a cooking group in
> the first place??

Because they can?

Because they think everyone is or should be interested and if they
aren't, well, they can ignore the message? Never mind the clutter it
creates‹let someone else worry about that.

Because this is where their friends are, friends they would share such
information with? Clue: If they're your friends, you must have a valid
email address‹email them the info you think they can't live without.

Because they're too goddamn lazy to find an appropriate group for the
post?

--
Barb

In article >,
"jmcquown" > wrote:

> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> > No Asian flavors? Substitute the acid, oil, and salt components. Are
> > you averse to garlic? What first came to mind was a Wish Bone
> > Italian-type dressing combo: oil, vinegar, garlic, herbs. <shrug>
> >
> Hell, I love garlic! Can't get enough of it. I'd forgotten about the Wish
> Bone salad dressing type thing. I've got the ingredients to whip something
> like that together. Thanks!
>
> Jill

You're welcome. I think I'll try the no-marinade, rely on thin slicing
across the grain, and use a relish on the side. Gotta check Costco for
flank.

--
Barb

On 2011-05-24, jmcquown > wrote:

> Hell, I love garlic! Can't get enough of it. I'd forgotten about the Wish
> Bone salad dressing type thing.

Heck yeah! Good ol' Italian salad dressing right off the shelf is
tailor made for flank steak. Marinade, oven roast, and cut across the
grain.

nb

On 5/24/2011 9:53 AM, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In >,
> > wrote:
>
>> I'm looking for a good marinade for flank steak. I'm getting tired of the
>> same old teriyaki/soy sauce thing. I know pineapple juice is a good natural
>> marinade. I'm looking for something that isn't "asian". Any suggestions?
>>
>> Jill
>
> No Asian flavors? Substitute the acid, oil, and salt components. Are
> you averse to garlic? What first came to mind was a Wish Bone
> Italian-type dressing combo: oil, vinegar, garlic, herbs.<shrug>
>



Red wine, minced garlic, sliced onion, s&p and a few drops of mild vinegar.

gloria p

On 24/05/2011 11:25 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
monitor, a USB port won't do it.
>
> Most TVs sold today have multiple HDMI ports--those are the ones you
> usually want to use. Some have VGA and/or DVI as well--if they have
> those you might be able to use a cable you already have.
>
> As to how to figure out if you have dual outputs, if you have a laptop
> with a connector for an external monitor then you have dual outputs. If
> it's a desktop, look on the back and see where the cable from the
> monitor is plugged in, then see if there's another similar connector.

I just got a new TV a couple weeks ago. It has the standard coaxial,
several audio video inputs, 2 HDMI interfaces and a VGA, which hooks up
to the computer. The only problem is that it carries video only and you
have to use a computer sound cable as well.

On 24/05/2011 11:30 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
>
>>
>> Wow, another threat from Landon. Shocking. I wonder what he'd do to
>> her? Pop her in the chops?
>
> He reminds me of the guy I used to know who had this script prepared in
> the eventuality that he got detained by police. It started out with
> "listen, cop" with a "pop" on the "p" and went downhill from there.
>
>

Poor Landon. He takes himself so seriously and everyone else seems to
think he is an incredible fool. Welcome to his kill file. You'll be in
good company ;-)

Doug Freyburger wrote:
>
> I would like a system like I have with the library and audio books. I
> can download audiobooks from the library and they automatically expire
> off of my computer on a specific date. I can "check them back in" early
> and they get deleted immediately so I can download other ones. That
> system is much like the original Netflix system of sending DVDs that you
> can return as soon as you like and get others.

According to my Tivo there's a video rental system from Amazon that does
that. There catalog of videos that's searchable directly on the Tivo is
too small for me to consider it. Maybe I'll check if their web catalog
can offer a rental service like that.

> If I could download movies then check them back in to delete them then
> be allowed to download more, I would have kept the subscription. Switch
> from watching recent shows to watching mostly movies and picking a few
> shows here and there. I might drop all but local broadcast for a system
> like that.

But I won't drop my cable for a pay-per-movie rental system. That makes
the idea more expensive not less.

John Kuthe wrote:
>
> I don't like the telephone. I like deferred communication. Like email
> or Usenet newsgroup posting.

And letters. Written communication has certain advantages over spoken
communication, and vice versa. There are no interuptions in written
communication. I iconify the letter and then come back to it when I
have time but the letter itself reads uninterupted without being able to
tell the writing was interupted.

sf wrote:
>
> I love Johnny Depp. He picks quirky parts and he plays his
> characters, not himself.

Sounds like Harrison Ford but a different set of characters.

On Mon, 23 May 2011 18:05:02 -0400, Goomba wrote:


> And why do people feel a need to post such stuff on a cooking group in
> the first place??

Because (IMHO, of course) if anybody starts a gen-u-wine food-related
thread on r.f.c., most of the group either a) ignore it or b) the on-topic
thread rapidly drifts into a couple or three (hundred) off-topic posts
anyway.

Oh, and not to forget those posters who join into obviously off-topic
threads and add a few more posts to those threads i.e. the 'Sheesh, I'm
tired of this damn off-topic crap we have to put up with' posts. Now
*those* are worth moaning about, (again) IMHO.

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On Mon, 23 May 2011 19:16:05 -0400, Cheryl wrote:

> On 5/23/2011 2:10 PM, Landon wrote:
>
>> Do you speak to people like that in person? You wouldn't speak to me
>> like that more than once.
>
> Wow, another threat from Landon. Shocking. I wonder what he'd do to
> her? Pop her in the chops?

Good grief, is he/she/it still here? Heh. Must have the hide of a
rhinoceros (and less than half the brain capacity).

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> "jmcquown" > wrote:
>
>> I'm looking for a good marinade for flank steak. I'm getting tired of the
>> same old teriyaki/soy sauce thing. I know pineapple juice is a good natural
>> marinade. I'm looking for something that isn't "asian". Any suggestions?
>>
>> Jill
>
> No Asian flavors? Substitute the acid, oil, and salt components. Are
> you averse to garlic? What first came to mind was a Wish Bone
> Italian-type dressing combo: oil, vinegar, garlic, herbs. <shrug>
>
> What would be a relatively flavorless combination? I say that because
> I'm thinking about skipping the marinade (purportedly to tenderize the
> meat?) and concentrating on a relish to accompany the thin slices ‹ my
> cherry chipotle stuff comes to mind. An onion-pepper blend? You don't
> need to preserve these things in order to consider them.
>
> JAT.

My favorite marinades are a mix of red wine, soy, a little olive oil,
minced garlic, some herbs and a bit of vinegar.

In article >,
notbob > wrote:

> On 2011-05-24, jmcquown > wrote:
>
> > Hell, I love garlic! Can't get enough of it. I'd forgotten about the Wish
> > Bone salad dressing type thing.
>
> Heck yeah! Good ol' Italian salad dressing right off the shelf is
> tailor made for flank steak. Marinade, oven roast, and cut across the
> grain.
>
> nb

Oven roast? How hot, hot long? IMWTK.

--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller

On 2011-05-24, Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> Oven roast? How hot, hot long? IMWTK.

At 325F till reaches med rare temp (130-140F).

This recipe I learned from a 30 yr Navy cook. He was the teacher at
the cooking school I attended. It was the only beef roast he didn't
cook to death!

nb

On May 24, 12:52Â*pm, Melba's Jammin' >
wrote:
> In article >,Â*Goomba > wrote:
>
> (nb snipped)
>
> > I hear ya on all that. My response was only regarding someone waiting
> > for others to fill them in on news when news is plenty easy to find on
> > ones own.
> > And why do people feel a need to post such stuff on a cooking group in
> > the first place??
>
> Because they can?
>
> Because they think everyone is or should be interested and if they
> aren't, well, they can ignore the message? Â*Never mind the clutter it
> creates€¹let someone else worry about that.
>
> Because this is where their friends are, friends they would share such
> information with? Â*Clue: Â*If they're your friends, you must have a valid
> email address€¹email them the info you think they can't live without.
>
> Because they're too goddamn lazy to find an appropriate group for the
> post?

I hope you're not put out by my recent exchanges with Janet Wilder,
who was a neighbor over 20 years ago. We've exchanged email addresses
and are now getting up to date via email.

Jerry
--
Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can
get.