On 1/17/2014 12:37 AM, Julie Bove wrote:

>> I have no ability to analyze her evolution. Does she have DNA?
>
> My daughter just told me that I do. In my nucleus.

Are you joking? Is DNA something you don't know about and don't care about?

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On Friday, January 17, 2014 8:32:13 AM UTC-8, pltrgyst wrote:
> On 1/17/14, 11:14 AM, Helpful person wrote:
>
>
>
> > In Ann Arbor there are also better purveyors of
> > fish, meat, deli products, and smoked fish....
>
> Stop kidding yourself. I assume you've never heard of Berkeley's
> "Gourmet Ghetto".
>
> Hell, IMO, Chez Panisse alone is worth more than everything in Ann Arbor
> combined. 8
>
> -- Larry (who actually grew up dreaming of going to the University of
> Michigan...)

Oh man. Ann Arbor used to be a food wasteland, back when the only options were
the Old German and the Pretzel Bell. Although Drake's Sandwiches made the
Roadfood book.

The first breakthrough was the Gandy Dancer, then Zingerman's Deli, which
I think is way overrated, but whatever.

On Friday, January 17, 2014 11:32:13 AM UTC-5, pltrgyst wrote:
> On 1/17/14, 11:14 AM, Helpful person wrote:
>
> > In Ann Arbor there are also better purveyors of
> > fish, meat, deli products, and smoked fish....
>
> Stop kidding yourself. I assume you've never heard of Berkeley's
>
> "Gourmet Ghetto".
>
>
>
> Hell, IMO, Chez Panisse alone is worth more than everything in Ann Arbor
> combined.

Isn't Chez Panisse a restaurant? I agree that
except for a few exceptions the restaurants in Ann
Arbor are not as good as one might hope. However, I
didn't find a great deal in Berkeley either,
although I must admit that I was only in the area
for about 5 months. It's so difficult to park in
Berkeley.

Close to Berkeley I did like: Sushi Sho in El
Cerito, Ajanta, and Kin Sen in El Paublo.

As far as food purveyors I still claim Ann Arbor is
as good as it gets, especially in the 200 yard
radius around Kerrytown.

http://www.richardfisher.com

> wrote in message
...
> On Friday, January 17, 2014 2:08:42 AM UTC-8, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>>
>
>> > "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> > ...
>>
>
>> >> "Yellow" > wrote in message
>>
>> >> T...
>
>> >>> Is the USA really a land free of lemon curd and cheese and onion
>> >>> crisps?
>>
>> >>> I find that almost as hard to contemplate as it being a land without
>> >>> marmite.
>
>> >>> What do people spread on their soldiers?
>
>> >> Spread on their soliders? Uh... Wha?
>>
>> > LOL in UK children call fingers of toast .. soldiers)
>>
>> That is one thing I have noticed. Other countries have what seems to me
>> strange names for foods. Perhaps we do here too but I am just so used to
>> saying them that I don't notice.
>
> "Faggots"

lolol yes!!!

http://britishfood.about.com/od/eorecipes/r/faggots.htm

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On 2014-01-17 16:44:21 +0000, Helpful person said:

> On Friday, January 17, 2014 11:23:55 AM UTC-5, gtr wrote:
>>
>> I'm not sure how Chinese food could be "spiced" the same as Indian.
>>
> As you know China is a very big country, with the
> food from the various provinces being very
> different. It varies from no spice to searingly
> hot.
>
> http://www.richardfisher.com

As I suspected, spice in some people's parlance seems to means "heat".

On 2014-01-17 16:53:02 +0000, Ophelia said:

> "gtr" > wrote in message news:2014011708235550150-xxx@yyyzzz...
>> On 2014-01-17 09:33:36 +0000, Ophelia said:
>>
>>> For me it is the spices. Everything seems to have them. Once when my
>>> flight was delayed all the food on board had to be replaced. The
>>> menu was the same but it was all spiced. Chinese restaurants -
>>> similar menu to that at home, but even that was spiced. The only place
>>> the food was not spiced was in TGI Friday.
>>
>> I'm not sure how Chinese food could be "spiced" the same as Indian.
>
> I don't know but it had that 'curry' type flavouring in everything I had
>
>>
>> So for "spiced" I'm thinking you mean heat.
>
> No, no. Just that 'curry' type flavour. Everything you buy tastes of
> that damned stuff

I think I understand your specific viewpoint, then. As for me,
everything I buy in an Indian restaurant does not taste of curry. Only
the curry dishes.

>
>> But perhaps [...] you don't like blends that involve cumin and cardamom
>> or something.
>
> Yes I think that might be it.

I understand.

On 2014-01-17 16:53:26 +0000, Ophelia said:

> "gtr" > wrote in message news:2014011708243460850-xxx@yyyzzz...
>> On 2014-01-17 09:47:02 +0000, Ophelia said:
>>
>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> "Yellow" > wrote in message
>>>> T...
>>>>
>>>>> Is the USA really a land free of lemon curd and cheese and onion crisps?
>>>>> I find that almost as hard to contemplate as it being a land without
>>>>> marmite.
>>>>>
>>>>> What do people spread on their soldiers?
>>>>
>>>> Spread on their soliders? Uh... Wha?
>>>
>>> LOL in UK children call fingers of toast .. soldiers)
>>
>> I call fingers "sausages" when I'm around dogs.
>
> Do you ...?

Yes.

On Friday, January 17, 2014 2:54:51 PM UTC-5, gtr wrote:
> On 2014-01-17 16:44:21 +0000, Helpful person said:
> > On Friday, January 17, 2014 11:23:55 AM UTC-5, gtr wrote:
>
> >> I'm not sure how Chinese food could be "spiced" the same as Indian.
>
> > As you know China is a very big country, with the
> > food from the various provinces being very
> > different. It varies from no spice to searingly
> > hot.
>
> As I suspected, spice in some people's parlance seems to means "heat".

Food in some areas of China is made with very few spices and in others with many.

On 2014-01-17 18:25:04 +0000, DreadfulBitch said:

> On 1/17/2014 12:37 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>>> I have no ability to analyze her evolution. Does she have DNA?
>>
>> My daughter just told me that I do. In my nucleus.

I'd have to see it to believe it.

> Are you joking? Is DNA something you don't know about and don't care about?

"gtr" > wrote in message news:2014011711564929503-xxx@yyyzzz...
> On 2014-01-17 16:53:02 +0000, Ophelia said:
>
>> "gtr" > wrote in message
>> news:2014011708235550150-xxx@yyyzzz...
>>> On 2014-01-17 09:33:36 +0000, Ophelia said:
>>>
>>>> For me it is the spices. Everything seems to have them. Once when my
>>>> flight was delayed all the food on board had to be replaced. The
>>>> menu was the same but it was all spiced. Chinese restaurants -
>>>> similar menu to that at home, but even that was spiced. The only place
>>>> the food was not spiced was in TGI Friday.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure how Chinese food could be "spiced" the same as Indian.
>>
>> I don't know but it had that 'curry' type flavouring in everything I had
>>
>>>
>>> So for "spiced" I'm thinking you mean heat.
>>
>> No, no. Just that 'curry' type flavour. Everything you buy tastes of
>> that damned stuff
>
> I think I understand your specific viewpoint, then. As for me, everything
> I buy in an Indian restaurant does not taste of curry. Only the curry
> dishes.
>
>>
>>> But perhaps [...] you don't like blends that involve cumin and cardamom
>>> or something.
>>
>> Yes I think that might be it.
>
> I understand.

Thank you.

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On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 11:58:42 -0800 (PST), Helpful person
> wrote:

> On Friday, January 17, 2014 2:54:51 PM UTC-5, gtr wrote:
> > On 2014-01-17 16:44:21 +0000, Helpful person said:
> > > On Friday, January 17, 2014 11:23:55 AM UTC-5, gtr wrote:
> >
> > >> I'm not sure how Chinese food could be "spiced" the same as Indian.
> >
> > > As you know China is a very big country, with the
> > > food from the various provinces being very
> > > different. It varies from no spice to searingly
> > > hot.
> >
> > As I suspected, spice in some people's parlance seems to means "heat".
>
> Food in some areas of China is made with very few spices and in others with many.

I thought he acknowledged that in his OP.


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On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 12:38:21 -0500, Brooklyn1
> wrote:

>Janet Bostwick wrote:
snip
>>>
>>I love the Settlement Cookbook. In it you can find the beginnings of
>>many of the foods we all know.
>
>No matter which ethnicity they all need only three cookbooks:
>http://www.amazon.com/Brooklyn-Cookb...oklyn+cookbook
>http://www.amazon.com/New-York-Cookb...ref=pd_sim_b_3
>http://www.amazon.com/Love-New-York-...ref=pd_sim_b_2

The Settlement Cookbook was first published in 1901 from the classes
given to immigrants. That is what makes the book of interest.
Janet US

On 1/17/2014 11:44 AM, Helpful person wrote:
> On Friday, January 17, 2014 11:23:55 AM UTC-5, gtr wrote:
>>
>> I'm not sure how Chinese food could be "spiced" the same as Indian.
>>
> As you know China is a very big country, with the
> food from the various provinces being very
> different. It varies from no spice to searingly
> hot.
>
> http://www.richardfisher.com
>

There may be as many as six discernible styles of Chinese coooking and
not all Chinese like all of them. I had a friend from Hong Kong who
detested Szechuan cooking; too much garlic, too much spice........

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

On 2014-01-17 11:43 AM, Ophelia wrote:

>
> Oh don't get me started. We have immigrants that refuse to integrate
> and demand that we accept their beliefs as our own I had better stop
> now.
>

It could be worse. We have citizens of convenience. Most of them are
middle eastern. They can't get ahead at home and have trouble moving to
other countries because of their nationality and visa requirements so
they come here and stay long enough to get citizenship and then head
back home. Some of then came here as refugees. For some reason,
Lebanese were fast tracked for citizenship.

A few years ago there was an outburst of violence in Lebanon and foreign
governments were scrambling to help their nationals evacuate. It turned
out that there 55,0000 "Canadians" there and a lot of them expected to
be evacuated at our expense. It cost Canadians $94 million to charter a
ship to pick them up and then flew them back here. I guess from the
bitching and whining about lack of food and water they did not
appreciate the logistical nightmare of rescuing 15,000 people from a war
zone.

Things calmed down after a week or so and within a month, almost half of
them had returned to Lebanon.

On 2014-01-17 1:21 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
> On 1/16/2014 9:45 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> Overall I am not a fan of pickles. I do like pickled beets and some
>> pickled cucumbers
>
> Did you know that pickles = pickled cucumbers?
>


Cripes... people have posted recently about people picking on Julie
but.... holy shit... it is even possible for someone who can turn on a
computer and open a news reader to be so bloody stupid that they would
say they don't like pickles but they like pickled cucumbers? You gotta
know that she does this on purpose.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2014-01-17 1:21 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
>> On 1/16/2014 9:45 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>> Overall I am not a fan of pickles. I do like pickled beets and some
>>> pickled cucumbers
>>
>> Did you know that pickles = pickled cucumbers?
>>
>
>
> Cripes... people have posted recently about people picking on Julie
> but.... holy shit... it is even possible for someone who can turn on a
> computer and open a news reader to be so bloody stupid that they would say
> they don't like pickles but they like pickled cucumbers? You gotta know
> that she does this on purpose.

Did you actually read what she said? Overall I am not a fan but I do like
..... She didn't say she hated them all.

I guess some people will just twist anything she says. She can't win can
she???

How about if i said ...Just so you know I am not keen on you but I do like
some Canadians!! How does that sound?

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"DreadfulBitch" > wrote in message
...
> On 1/16/2014 9:45 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> Overall I am not a fan of pickles. I do like pickled beets and some
>> pickled cucumbers
>
> Did you know that pickles = pickled cucumbers?

I expect she does. Just because she likes those, does she HAVE to like all
pickles???

Do you love ALL fruit or ALL veg??? What if you only like some... ????
but not all ...

This is getting ridiculous!

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On 2014-01-17 4:53 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 2014-01-17 1:21 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
>>> On 1/16/2014 9:45 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>> Overall I am not a fan of pickles. I do like pickled beets and some
>>>> pickled cucumbers
>>>
>>> Did you know that pickles = pickled cucumbers?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Cripes... people have posted recently about people picking on Julie
>> but.... holy shit... it is even possible for someone who can turn on a
>> computer and open a news reader to be so bloody stupid that they would
>> say they don't like pickles but they like pickled cucumbers? You gotta
>> know that she does this on purpose.
>
> Did you actually read what she said? Overall I am not a fan but I do
> like .... She didn't say she hated them all.

Apparently you don't have her filtered, but I was going by was someone
else quoted her as saying. Are you suggesting that Julie's words were
misquoted? I read it again.... she doesn't like pickles but she likes
some pickled cucumbers. I don't know about Scotland, or the English
living in Scotland ;-) .... but she is in the US, where "pickles" are
pickled cucumbers.


> I guess some people will just twist anything she says. She can't win
> can she???
Sure. She lives for the attention, and she got it. She has enough brains
to turn on a computer and to access her newsreader and then posts that
she doesn't like pickles but she likes pickled beets and some pickled
cucumbers.... pickles!!!!!

>
> How about if i said ...Just so you know I am not keen on you but I do
> like some Canadians!! How does that sound?
>

Whatever floats your boat ;-)

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...

NO! She said "Overall I am not a fan of pickles. I do like pickled beets
and some pickled cucumbers"

What the hell is wrong with that???

Are you saying the only pickles you have are beets and cucumber. You don't
have any other pickles???? We have all manner of pickles in UK are you
saying you don't????

Overall I don't like nuts but I do like pecans!

Am I nuts??? Don't you dare ....!!!

Come on, give her a break. At least don't jump before you read it yourself.

>> How about if i said ...Just so you know I am not keen on you but I do
>> like some Canadians!! How does that sound?
>>
>
> Whatever floats your boat ;-)

Thwap!

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On Friday, January 17, 2014 2:37:56 PM UTC-8, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-01-17 4:53 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>
> > ...
>
> >> On 2014-01-17 1:21 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
>
> >>> On 1/16/2014 9:45 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>

> >>>> Overall I am not a fan of pickles. I do like pickled beets and some
> >>>> pickled cucumbers
>

>
>
> > I guess some people will just twist anything she says. She can't win
> > can she???
>
> Sure. She lives for the attention, and she got it. She has enough brains
> to turn on a computer and to access her newsreader and then posts that
> she doesn't like pickles but she likes pickled beets and some pickled
> cucumbers.... pickles!!!!!
>

There are three basic kinds of pickled cucumber: the fermented-in-brine kind (with and without dill, fully fermented and "half-sour"), the soaked-in-vinegar pickle (Dills, Kosher Dills, etc.), and the soaked-in-vinegar sweet pickle (Bread and butter, Hamburger chips, sweet gherkins).

There are other pickled vegetables: beets, carrots, chilies, okra, onions, peppers (Peter Piper picked a peck...). My dad always kept a huge jar of
pickled green tomatoes in the fridge, heaven knows why.

In article > ,
says...
>
> In article > ,
> says...
>
> > If Scotland votes for independence, that might however be an interesting
> > moment in time because the SNP proposal is that anyone who is physically
> > living in Scotland (I assume this only applies to the British but I am
> > not sure on that) on the day it happens will be able to choose to become
> > Scottish and to have a Scottish passport.
>
> What the White Paper says is
>
> "This Government proposes an inclusive model of citizenship for people
> whether or not they define themselves as primarily or exclusively
> Scottish or wish to become a Scottish passport holder ...
> People in Scotland are accustomed to multiple identities, be they
> national, regional, ethnic, linguistic or religious and a commitment to
> a multicultural Scotland will be a cornerstone of the nation on
> independence.?
>
> > Quite how those people, if not born in Scotland or with close ties, will
> > then describe themselves remains to be seen.
> > Will we have English-Scots?
>
> See above.

I don't that that covers how people will consider themselves - for
example think about how many Americans see themselves, even many
generations on from a birth in that particular country, as African-
American or Irish-American.

In article >,
says...
>
> Yellow > wrote in
> T:
>
> > Is the USA really a land free of lemon curd and cheese and
> > onion crisps? I find that almost as hard to contemplate as it
> > being a land without marmite.
>
> The USA, I have noticed in my travels south, is bereft of many
> things, but I think you can get marmite/vegemite and various other
> -ites in specialty stores. I personally cannot abide the stuff
> (yeast and salt...urgh).

Mmmmmmm..... Marmite.

On 2014-01-17 5:50 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> NO! She said "Overall I am not a fan of pickles. I do like pickled
> beets and some pickled cucumbers"
>
> What the hell is wrong with that???


No?? I included her comment as quoted in the post that I responding to,
and you have echoed the same comment. She doesn't like pickles (pickled
cucumbers), but she does like some some pickled cucumbers.



>
> Are you saying the only pickles you have are beets and cucumber. You
> don't have any other pickles???? We have all manner of pickles in UK
> are you saying you don't????

You do have lots of pickled stuff in the UK, but as I pointed out, in
the US "pickles" are pickled cucumber. There are lots of other pickled
vegetables, but they are always specified as such... pickled beets,
pickled pigs' feet, pickled beans.... "pickles" are pickled cucumbers.

>
> Overall I don't like nuts but I do like pecans!
>
> Am I nuts??? Don't you dare ....!!!

Pickled pecans?
;-)

>
> Come on, give her a break. At least don't jump before you read it yourself.
>

No. I won't give her a break. This is not a one time misuse of the word.
She is constantly saying idiotic things.

> wrote in message
...
> On Friday, January 17, 2014 2:37:56 PM UTC-8, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2014-01-17 4:53 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> > "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>>
>> > ...
>>
>> >> On 2014-01-17 1:21 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
>>
>> >>> On 1/16/2014 9:45 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>
>> >>>> Overall I am not a fan of pickles. I do like pickled beets and some
>> >>>> pickled cucumbers
>>
>
>>
>>
>> > I guess some people will just twist anything she says. She can't win
>> > can she???
>>
>> Sure. She lives for the attention, and she got it. She has enough brains
>> to turn on a computer and to access her newsreader and then posts that
>> she doesn't like pickles but she likes pickled beets and some pickled
>> cucumbers.... pickles!!!!!
>>
>
> There are three basic kinds of pickled cucumber: the fermented-in-brine
> kind (with and without dill, fully fermented and "half-sour"), the
> soaked-in-vinegar pickle (Dills, Kosher Dills, etc.), and the
> soaked-in-vinegar sweet pickle (Bread and butter, Hamburger chips, sweet
> gherkins).
>
> There are other pickled vegetables: beets, carrots, chilies, okra, onions,
> peppers (Peter Piper picked a peck...). My dad always kept a huge jar of
> pickled green tomatoes in the fridge, heaven knows why.

Not just beets and cucumbers then?

So she is saying she doesn't like them all, but she does like pickled beets
and cucumbers)

Thank you Mr/Ms Spamtrap)


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"Yellow" > wrote in message
T...
> In article > ,
> says...
>>
>> In article > ,
>> says...
>>
>> > If Scotland votes for independence, that might however be an
>> > interesting
>> > moment in time because the SNP proposal is that anyone who is
>> > physically
>> > living in Scotland (I assume this only applies to the British but I am
>> > not sure on that) on the day it happens will be able to choose to
>> > become
>> > Scottish and to have a Scottish passport.
>>
>> What the White Paper says is
>>
>> "This Government proposes an inclusive model of citizenship for people
>> whether or not they define themselves as primarily or exclusively
>> Scottish or wish to become a Scottish passport holder ...
>> People in Scotland are accustomed to multiple identities, be they
>> national, regional, ethnic, linguistic or religious and a commitment to
>> a multicultural Scotland will be a cornerstone of the nation on
>> independence.?
>>
>> > Quite how those people, if not born in Scotland or with close ties,
>> > will
>> > then describe themselves remains to be seen.
>> > Will we have English-Scots?
>>
>> See above.
>
> I don't that that covers how people will consider themselves - for
> example think about how many Americans see themselves, even many
> generations on from a birth in that particular country, as African-
> American or Irish-American.



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In article >, says...
>
> "Yellow" > wrote in message
> T...
>
> > Is the USA really a land free of lemon curd and cheese and onion crisps?
> > I find that almost as hard to contemplate as it being a land without
> > marmite.
> >
> > What do people spread on their soldiers?
>
> Spread on their soliders? Uh... Wha?

Do a google for "egg and soldiers" and then select "images".

>
> We have lemon curd here but I don't know anyone who eats it. Same for the
> marmite. Not sure what an onion crisp is.

You know that what Americans call chips are called crisps in the UK,
right?


> British food can be found here
> in all sorts of places. Sf just doesn't seem to be very good at finding
> things.

"Yellow" > wrote in message
T...
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> Yellow > wrote in
>> T:
>>
>> > Is the USA really a land free of lemon curd and cheese and
>> > onion crisps? I find that almost as hard to contemplate as it
>> > being a land without marmite.
>>
>> The USA, I have noticed in my travels south, is bereft of many
>> things, but I think you can get marmite/vegemite and various other
>> -ites in specialty stores. I personally cannot abide the stuff
>> (yeast and salt...urgh).
>
> Mmmmmmm..... Marmite.

I bequeath you my share ...

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In article >,
says...
>
> On Friday, January 17, 2014 2:08:42 AM UTC-8, Julie Bove wrote:
> > "Ophelia" > wrote in message
> >
>
> > > "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> >
>
> > >> "Yellow" > wrote in message
> >
> > >> T...
>
> > >>> Is the USA really a land free of lemon curd and cheese and onion crisps?
> >
> > >>> I find that almost as hard to contemplate as it being a land without
> > >>> marmite.
>
> > >>> What do people spread on their soldiers?
>
> > >> Spread on their soliders? Uh... Wha?
> >
> > > LOL in UK children call fingers of toast .. soldiers)
> >
> > That is one thing I have noticed. Other countries have what seems to me
> > strange names for foods. Perhaps we do here too but I am just so used to
> > saying them that I don't notice.
>
> "Faggots"

By the same token, some countries have some very strange pejoratives in
common use.

In article >,
says...
>
> On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 19:07:49 -0800 (PST),
> wrote:
>
> > On Thursday, January 16, 2014 3:32:18 PM UTC-8, Janet wrote:
> >
> >
> > > I did not change or renounce my
> > > citizenship when I moved to Scotland; I am still a British citizen, with
> > > a British passport... exactly like anyone else born in England, or
> > > Scotland, or Wales. There is no such thing as English, Welsh or Scottish
> > > citizenship.
> > >
> >
> > Yet.
> >
> >
> > Isn't Scotland agitating for more autonomy?
>
> I'm sure Wales would like to break away too, but what would England do
> if they couldn't declare the heir apparent "Prince of Wales"?

A common American mistake - she is not the "Queen of England" but Queen
of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa,
Pakistan, Ceylon, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New
Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.

She is also the head of the Commonwealth.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...

> No. I won't give her a break. This is not a one time misuse of the word.
> She is constantly saying idiotic things.

So Mr Perfect. Why does it bother you so much. And don't blame her if
others respond. that isn't her fault you know.

So, I am asking you to be fair which I do believe you are!!!



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"Yellow" > wrote in message
T...
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> On Friday, January 17, 2014 2:08:42 AM UTC-8, Julie Bove wrote:
>> > "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>> >
>>
>> > > "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> > > ...
>> >
>>
>> > >> "Yellow" > wrote in message
>> >
>> > >> T...
>>
>> > >>> Is the USA really a land free of lemon curd and cheese and onion
>> > >>> crisps?
>> >
>> > >>> I find that almost as hard to contemplate as it being a land
>> > >>> without
>> > >>> marmite.
>>
>> > >>> What do people spread on their soldiers?
>>
>> > >> Spread on their soliders? Uh... Wha?
>> >
>> > > LOL in UK children call fingers of toast .. soldiers)
>> >
>> > That is one thing I have noticed. Other countries have what seems to
>> > me
>> > strange names for foods. Perhaps we do here too but I am just so used
>> > to
>> > saying them that I don't notice.
>>
>> "Faggots"
>
> By the same token, some countries have some very strange pejoratives in
> common use.

Yers!


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On 2014-01-17 20:21:53 +0000, sf said:

> On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 11:58:42 -0800 (PST), Helpful person
> > wrote:
>
>> On Friday, January 17, 2014 2:54:51 PM UTC-5, gtr wrote:
>>> On 2014-01-17 16:44:21 +0000, Helpful person said:
>>>> On Friday, January 17, 2014 11:23:55 AM UTC-5, gtr wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure how Chinese food could be "spiced" the same as Indian.
>>>
>>>> As you know China is a very big country, with the
>>>> food from the various provinces being very
>>>> different. It varies from no spice to searingly
>>>> hot.
>>>
>>> As I suspected, spice in some people's parlance seems to means "heat".
>>
>> Food in some areas of China is made with very few spices and in others
>> with many.
>
> I thought he acknowledged that in his OP.

Maybe in China spices vary from none to searingly hot.

On 2014-01-17 6:29 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> No. I won't give her a break. This is not a one time misuse of the
>> word. She is constantly saying idiotic things.
>
> So Mr Perfect. Why does it bother you so much. And don't blame her if
> others respond. that isn't her fault you know.

What bothers me so much?.... that she is such an idiot. Look at her
history of complaining about things and asking for advice, and then
dumping on all the reasonable suggestions she gets. If you had any
training or education in Psychology you would realize that she is
exhibiting symptoms of psychological issues. She has an insatiable
appetite for attention and, for the life of me, I do not understand why
you indulge her and defend her. I am quite convinced that she posts the
crap she does just for the attention. She doesn't even mind if people
pick on her because she would rather have people dumping on her than nor
getting any attention at all.



>
> So, I am asking you to be fair which I do believe you are!!!
>
>
>

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2014-01-17 6:29 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> No. I won't give her a break. This is not a one time misuse of the
>>> word. She is constantly saying idiotic things.
>>
>> So Mr Perfect. Why does it bother you so much. And don't blame her if
>> others respond. that isn't her fault you know.
>
> What bothers me so much?.... that she is such an idiot. Look at her
> history of complaining about things and asking for advice, and then
> dumping on all the reasonable suggestions she gets. If you had any
> training or education in Psychology you would realize that she is
> exhibiting symptoms of psychological issues. She has an insatiable
> appetite for attention and, for the life of me, I do not understand why
> you indulge her and defend her. I am quite convinced that she posts the
> crap she does just for the attention. She doesn't even mind if people
> pick on her because she would rather have people dumping on her than nor
> getting any attention at all.

Why does it bother you so much? You don't live with her. You don't have
to respond to her. You don't have her crappy life. You are lucky aren't
you? You have a good and happy life. Even if what you say were true,
how do you think it helps to be always on her back. She has enough
problems already without you jumping on her. Do you rate her as worse than
the stalkers who try to research your life to try to destroy you? Wait till
you have that happen to you before you answer that. Just give it some
thought. There are some evil people here. I seem to remember someone
calling usenet a cesspit. Please don't be part of that. You are better
than that ... I hope ...


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On 1/17/2014 4:59 PM, Yellow wrote:

> Mmmmmmm..... Marmite.
>

I believe that Marmite is an acquired taste that one has to acquire from
childhood. I don't know a American raised in the US who can stand it. :-)

Did give it a try in Australia. Yuck!

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On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 23:21:46 -0000, Yellow > wrote:

> In article >,
> says...
> >
> > On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 19:07:49 -0800 (PST),
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Isn't Scotland agitating for more autonomy?
> >
> > I'm sure Wales would like to break away too, but what would England do
> > if they couldn't declare the heir apparent "Prince of Wales"?
>
> A common American mistake - she is not the "Queen of England" but Queen
> of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa,
> Pakistan, Ceylon, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New
> Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the
> Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.
>
> She is also the head of the Commonwealth.
>

We said absolutely nothing that was incorrect. You're making a
kitchen sink argument because you can't win by staying with the topic
and don't think I can't figure out who you are.

There will be no Britain/Great Britain, British Isles, United Kingdom
or a Commonwealth after the countries England invaded, dominated and
then annexed regain their independence. It's not one big happy family
even though some, who look down their rather long noses at "the little
people", seem to think so. Take subjugated countries away and what is
left is merry old England. Deal with it myopic, imperialist dog.


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On 2014-01-17 23:55:00 +0000, Ophelia said:

[ edited for brevity ]

> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> What bothers me so much?.... that she is such an idiot. Look at her
>> history of complaining about things and asking for advice, and then
>> dumping on all the reasonable suggestions she gets.

[snip]

> Why does it bother you so much?

He just said why it bothers him (above). And it's the reason I
kill-filed her long ago. Now, as then, I'm sure she's a good human and
gets through her day despite her failings, just like the rest of us.
But her constant counter to almost any advice or recommendation is
maddening. Every topic about X takes three posts (at best) before
becoming an extended discussion of her life's tribulations and her
families demands.

If she bothers Dave, or others, I don't know why they don't just kill
file her, or if google-groups addicted, simply avoid her posts. I try
to, but then someone quotes her and it gets my goat and I provide some
irrelevant snipe that does nothing for nobody, just as the ones you're
responding to.

As you say about your acceptance of Brooklyn1 as sufficent IQ for rfc
exchanges, you'll talk to who you like when you like. Accepted. I
don't know how it's any different for those who want to badrap a
person, or a vegetable or a national culinary tradition. We have some
real creeps that stalk individual users week after week, who don't get
much group comment.

So what about you? Why is it that you feel compelled to be the great
defender of Julie under attack. Almost nobody comes to anybody else's
defense around here when the vendettistas (my own word) swarm. Why do
you? Can't Julie speak defend or counter-attack for herself?

On Friday, January 17, 2014 3:21:46 PM UTC-8, Yellow wrote:

>
> A common American mistake - she is not the "Queen of England" but Queen
> of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa,
> Pakistan, Ceylon, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New
> Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the
> Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.
>
> She is also the head of the Commonwealth.

You left out she is the Lord (sic) of Mann (Ellan Vannin)

But there is no Ceylon, and has not been one for some time.

On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 23:05:35 -0000, Yellow > wrote:

>In article >, says...
>>
>> "Yellow" > wrote in message
>> T...
snip
>> >
>> > What do people spread on their soldiers?
snip
people spread butter on their soldiers and then dip them in egg yolk
;o)
Janet US

In article >,
sf > wrote:

> The thing is - we don't have a UK section in the grocery store.

Here in Seattle, one of our local grocery stores (QFC) has a section
devoted to UK foods. This is in the university district, so perhaps
they are catering to the needs of visiting scholars and transplants who
need an occasional hit of "Spotted Dick". I don't know what's in that
can. I don't want to know.

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