On Thu, 01 Jan 2015 19:49:27 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

> Too late now. I had never heard of it and didn't see anyone even
> looking at the wines, much less buying any.

That's why you should have looked them up. I would have taken the
Willamette Valley Pinot without a second thought. Wine from that area
is excellent.

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

On Thu, 1 Jan 2015 19:14:38 -0600, heyjoe >
wrote:

> On Thu, 01 Jan 2015 14:45:58 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>
> > The fact that it's an assessment makes it sound easy. Take the Club and
> > the assessment out of the equation for a moment.
>
> I HATE property taxes, but they're predictable and budgetable. Haven't
> had an egregious surprise for a long time.
>
> Call it whatever you want - assesment, tax, mad money. Fact is, you're
> forced to spend $15-$16 every week of the year. Like any budget, deal
> with it every week. There's no excuse for a BIG surprise at year end.
>
> An assessment of $850 per year is annoying - but not a show stopper.
> It's $15-$16 every week! Get the best value you can every week (or two
> weeks), but DON'T fall off your spending plan.
>
> And complain LOUDLY when those a$$hats fail to provide quality product
> each and every week.
>
>
> Out of the box thought - the Association needs to speed up year end
> sales to once every quarter. Why is the Assocaition tying up money in
> under-selling wine for an entire year? That's our money! And it needs
> work better/harder.

She has already made it abundantly clear that they don't care what
anybody thinks, even when faced with a lawsuit.

Happy New Year, Joe. Hope you drop in more often in 2015.

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

On 1/2/2015 1:42 AM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Jan 2015 19:08:53 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> LOL you forget, cell phones (no matter how smart they are) don't work
>> well here.
>
> I thought you said others on the island had cell phones that worked
> but there was some issue with your carrier. <shrug>
>
The people who have cell phones that work *inside* their homes had to
get some sort of signal booster from their carrier (some had to pay for
it, others said they didn't). Otherwise, it's hit or miss regardless.
(It's not really a Dataw issue, it's the Saint Helena area in general.)

>> I posted a link last week about what was available.
>>
>> http://i61.tinypic.com/2h2gvfr.gif
>
> I didn't see that post.
>
>>
>> They weren't even all that expensive, I simply wasn't interested in
>> buying wine.
>>
> Okay, it's your choice to give your money away. I guess you don't
> have a hair dresser, mail carrier, garbage man, dentist, vet etc that
> you might have wanted to give a little Christmas/New Year's
> appreciation gift to.
>
>
Nice suggestions, really! I get my hair trimmed (straight across the
bottom) about once a year. I don't even know the names of the people
who work there and they definitely don't know mine. The other folks, I
tend to look at it like do I tip them? Nope. Lord knows Persia's vet
charged enough over the years, she should be the one giving out gifts!

I've been sick since October. I was having trouble eating much of
*anything*; I sure wasn't thinking about the dining assessment.

Jill

On 1/1/2015 8:55 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>>>
>> The wine didn't interest me either. They weren't selling hamburger
>> patties or vegetables. Quarts of three types of soups, raw steaks,
>> pies and wine.
>
> But they were selling those things throughout the year. If a hamburger
> is listed on the menu, you could buy just the patty. Tell them to leave
> the rest off. Or just get the burger to go, take it home, dispose of
> the rest and keep the patty. You have a situation that could be easily
> remedied.

If I'm going to buy a burger I'll order one and eat it there... cooked
nearly rare, thank you. Bringing home pre-cooked hamburger patties to
use in chili or casseroles falls into your baliwick.

Jill

On 1/2/2015 2:11 AM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Jan 2015 19:14:38 -0600, heyjoe >
> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 01 Jan 2015 14:45:58 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> The fact that it's an assessment makes it sound easy. Take the Club and
>>> the assessment out of the equation for a moment.
>>
>> I HATE property taxes, but they're predictable and budgetable. Haven't
>> had an egregious surprise for a long time.
>>
>> Call it whatever you want - assesment, tax, mad money. Fact is, you're
>> forced to spend $15-$16 every week of the year. Like any budget, deal
>> with it every week. There's no excuse for a BIG surprise at year end.
>>
>> An assessment of $850 per year is annoying - but not a show stopper.
>> It's $15-$16 every week! Get the best value you can every week (or two
>> weeks), but DON'T fall off your spending plan.
>>
>> And complain LOUDLY when those a$$hats fail to provide quality product
>> each and every week.
>>
>> Out of the box thought - the Association needs to speed up year end
>> sales to once every quarter. Why is the Assocaition tying up money in
>> under-selling wine for an entire year? That's our money! And it needs
>> work better/harder.
>
That, I agree with. I will suggest they do that and see what happens in
2015.

> She has already made it abundantly clear that they don't care what
> anybody thinks, even when faced with a lawsuit.
>
Just got an email the other day about a lawsuit they "settled" (no
admission of any wrongdoing) even though it was dismissed by one judge
after another. The plaintiffs kept appealing. Dataw finally got tired
of dealing with it. The court-approved settlement (to be split among
multiple plaintiffs) was only $150,000. I doubt that covered the cost
attorney fees.

> Happy New Year, Joe. Hope you drop in more often in 2015.
>
Same here!

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 1/1/2015 8:55 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>>
>>> The wine didn't interest me either. They weren't selling hamburger
>>> patties or vegetables. Quarts of three types of soups, raw steaks,
>>> pies and wine.
>>
>> But they were selling those things throughout the year. If a hamburger
>> is listed on the menu, you could buy just the patty. Tell them to leave
>> the rest off. Or just get the burger to go, take it home, dispose of
>> the rest and keep the patty. You have a situation that could be easily
>> remedied.
>
> If I'm going to buy a burger I'll order one and eat it there... cooked
> nearly rare, thank you. Bringing home pre-cooked hamburger patties to use
> in chili or casseroles falls into your baliwick.

No clue what baliwick means and it's not at dictionary.com. My point is,
there would be ways ways to use up that allotment throughout the year if you
tried.

On 1/1/2015 8:58 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> And nobody could publish a cookbook
> for finicky eaters. What a stupid thing to say. People are finicky for
> all sorts of reasons.

Puleeeze! Someone could publish an entire *series* of cook books based
on the constantly changing likes and dislikes of your family. I've even
come up with a title for it: "We Like It, We Like It Not". Volumes 1-12.

Too bad they don't still publish those Time-Life series books anymore.
The tales could have been sold in monthly installments.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 1/1/2015 8:58 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> And nobody could publish a cookbook
>> for finicky eaters. What a stupid thing to say. People are finicky for
>> all sorts of reasons.
>
> Puleeeze! Someone could publish an entire *series* of cook books based on
> the constantly changing likes and dislikes of your family. I've even come
> up with a title for it: "We Like It, We Like It Not". Volumes 1-12.
>
> Too bad they don't still publish those Time-Life series books anymore. The
> tales could have been sold in monthly installments.

Well of course anyone could publish a book but that doesn't mean that it
would sell to its intended audience. Sort of like those useless diabetic
cookbooks that well meaning people are always buying for us and we just give
away. Because they're rather useless.

On 2015-01-02 6:19 AM, jmcquown wrote:

> Nice suggestions, really! I get my hair trimmed (straight across the
> bottom) about once a year. I don't even know the names of the people
> who work there and they definitely don't know mine. The other folks, I
> tend to look at it like do I tip them? Nope. Lord knows Persia's vet
> charged enough over the years, she should be the one giving out gifts!

How about an act of charity. Take a bunch of homeless people to dinner
at the club.

>
> I've been sick since October. I was having trouble eating much of
> *anything*; I sure wasn't thinking about the dining assessment.


Hope you are feeling better soon Jill.

On 1/2/2015 9:08 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 1/1/2015 8:55 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>> The wine didn't interest me either. They weren't selling hamburger
>>>> patties or vegetables. Quarts of three types of soups, raw steaks,
>>>> pies and wine.
>>>
>>> But they were selling those things throughout the year. If a hamburger
>>> is listed on the menu, you could buy just the patty. Tell them to leave
>>> the rest off. Or just get the burger to go, take it home, dispose of
>>> the rest and keep the patty. You have a situation that could be easily
>>> remedied.
>>
>> If I'm going to buy a burger I'll order one and eat it there... cooked
>> nearly rare, thank you. Bringing home pre-cooked hamburger patties to
>> use in chili or casseroles falls into your baliwick.
>
> No clue what baliwick means and it's not at dictionary.com.

How sad you have such trouble looking up words. "baliwick" or
"baillwick" - having to do with ones area of expertise, interest or skill.

Using pre-cooked hamburger patties definitely falls into your area.

I like to cook ground beef with whatever seasonings suit the dish. I
definitely have never crumbled already cooked hamburger patties into
anything.

> My point
> is, there would be ways ways to use up that allotment throughout the
> year if you tried.

And my point was I did try to use up the assessment, as best I could.

You also mentioned vegetables. Sorry, they don't sell fresh vegetables.
They aren't running a farm stand. Most people don't order salad "to
go". I have no idea what you mean when you bring up buying vegetables
in the context of this thread.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
>
> And my point was I did try to use up the assessment, as best I could.

So you are going to pay the balance of the assessment ($200 or so) and
have nothing but you could have had more food or wine at no extra
cost.

Is your natural hair color blonde, by any chance?

Jill, I love you but you sound very stupid on this issue. ;-O

On 1/2/2015 9:50 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2015-01-02 6:19 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Nice suggestions, really! I get my hair trimmed (straight across the
>> bottom) about once a year. I don't even know the names of the people
>> who work there and they definitely don't know mine. The other folks, I
>> tend to look at it like do I tip them? Nope. Lord knows Persia's vet
>> charged enough over the years, she should be the one giving out gifts!
>
> How about an act of charity. Take a bunch of homeless people to dinner
> at the club.
>
Hmmmm, I don't know how many homeless people I could fit into my 2-door
Hyundai. Someone might have to hover over the stick shift. Potential
OUCH! I could fit three, maybe four really skinny people in the back
seat. I suppose if I left the hatchback open two or three more people
could ride in the trunk. LOLOL

>> I've been sick since October. I was having trouble eating much of
>> *anything*; I sure wasn't thinking about the dining assessment.
>
>
> Hope you are feeling better soon Jill.
>
Thanks, Dave. Happy New Year!

Jill

On Fri, 2 Jan 2015 06:08:19 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
>> On 1/1/2015 8:55 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>> The wine didn't interest me either. They weren't selling hamburger
>>>> patties or vegetables. Quarts of three types of soups, raw steaks,
>>>> pies and wine.
>>>
>>> But they were selling those things throughout the year. If a hamburger
>>> is listed on the menu, you could buy just the patty. Tell them to leave
>>> the rest off. Or just get the burger to go, take it home, dispose of
>>> the rest and keep the patty. You have a situation that could be easily
>>> remedied.
>>
>> If I'm going to buy a burger I'll order one and eat it there... cooked
>> nearly rare, thank you. Bringing home pre-cooked hamburger patties to use
>> in chili or casseroles falls into your baliwick.
>
>No clue what baliwick means and it's not at dictionary.com.

You'd find it in most dictionaries if spelled correctly; bailiwick.

On 1/2/2015 10:13 AM, Gary wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> And my point was I did try to use up the assessment, as best I could.
>
> So you are going to pay the balance of the assessment ($200 or so) and
> have nothing but you could have had more food or wine at no extra
> cost.
>
Whatever, Gary.

> Is your natural hair color blonde, by any chance?
>
Dumb blonde jokes aside, funny you should ask. My hair is red.

> Jill, I love you but you sound very stupid on this issue. ;-O
>
Think what you will. Heyjoe suggested it should be a quarterly event.
Great idea! I wrote to them and proposed it. I'm obviously not the
only person who needs the "use up" the assessment.

Jill

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 1 Jan 2015 14:17:28 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
> > wrote:
>
>> If I were in your boots, I would simply divide the 800 dollars into 67
>> dollars per month and go spend that amount by the end of the month
>
> +1
>

+6,000,000,000

That is exactly what ANYONE else on the planet would do.

On Fri, 02 Jan 2015 06:19:22 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

> I've been sick since October. I was having trouble eating much of
> *anything*; I sure wasn't thinking about the dining assessment.

Hope you start feeling better soon! Too bad the club doesn't deliver,
it would be nice service for people who are under the weather. Sounds
like a gig for Waiters on Wheels (it's a local company).

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

On Fri, 2 Jan 2015 06:08:19 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> No clue what baliwick means and it's not at dictionary.com.

Google knows.

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 1/2/2015 9:08 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 1/1/2015 8:55 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>> The wine didn't interest me either. They weren't selling hamburger
>>>>> patties or vegetables. Quarts of three types of soups, raw steaks,
>>>>> pies and wine.
>>>>
>>>> But they were selling those things throughout the year. If a hamburger
>>>> is listed on the menu, you could buy just the patty. Tell them to
>>>> leave
>>>> the rest off. Or just get the burger to go, take it home, dispose of
>>>> the rest and keep the patty. You have a situation that could be easily
>>>> remedied.
>>>
>>> If I'm going to buy a burger I'll order one and eat it there... cooked
>>> nearly rare, thank you. Bringing home pre-cooked hamburger patties to
>>> use in chili or casseroles falls into your baliwick.
>>
>> No clue what baliwick means and it's not at dictionary.com.
>
> How sad you have such trouble looking up words. "baliwick" or
> "baillwick" - having to do with ones area of expertise, interest or skill.

Perhaps you meant bailiwick?
>
> Using pre-cooked hamburger patties definitely falls into your area.

So? I'm sure I didn't invent it.
>
> I like to cook ground beef with whatever seasonings suit the dish. I
> definitely have never crumbled already cooked hamburger patties into
> anything.

Well perhaps you should start. Or ask them to sell you uncooked patties.
Would they do that?

>> My point
>> is, there would be ways ways to use up that allotment throughout the
>> year if you tried.
>
> And my point was I did try to use up the assessment, as best I could.

You didn't try very hard.
>
> You also mentioned vegetables. Sorry, they don't sell fresh vegetables.
> They aren't running a farm stand. Most people don't order salad "to go".
> I have no idea what you mean when you bring up buying vegetables in the
> context of this thread.

I have seen a lot of salads listed from the menus that you posted. I
realize that you don't eat salads. But I have also seen vegetables listed
on those menus. And those things would freeze.

Because there are so many foods that I can't eat, when I see a menu, I look
not for how they have the foods prepared but what is listed. For instance,
if I see burgers listed, I know that they will likely have tomatoes and will
sell me a plate of tomato slices if I ask. Bad example for you as you don't
eat tomatoes. They most likely do have potatoes though. And a plain baked
potato will freeze.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> And my point was I did try to use up the assessment, as best I could.
>
> So you are going to pay the balance of the assessment ($200 or so) and
> have nothing but you could have had more food or wine at no extra
> cost.
>
> Is your natural hair color blonde, by any chance?
>
> Jill, I love you but you sound very stupid on this issue. ;-O

I agree with you there.

"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 2 Jan 2015 06:08:19 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
>>> On 1/1/2015 8:55 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>> The wine didn't interest me either. They weren't selling hamburger
>>>>> patties or vegetables. Quarts of three types of soups, raw steaks,
>>>>> pies and wine.
>>>>
>>>> But they were selling those things throughout the year. If a hamburger
>>>> is listed on the menu, you could buy just the patty. Tell them to
>>>> leave
>>>> the rest off. Or just get the burger to go, take it home, dispose of
>>>> the rest and keep the patty. You have a situation that could be easily
>>>> remedied.
>>>
>>> If I'm going to buy a burger I'll order one and eat it there... cooked
>>> nearly rare, thank you. Bringing home pre-cooked hamburger patties to
>>> use
>>> in chili or casseroles falls into your baliwick.
>>
>>No clue what baliwick means and it's not at dictionary.com.
>
> You'd find it in most dictionaries if spelled correctly; bailiwick.

Yes. I did find that.

"Pico Rico" > wrote in message
...
>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Thu, 1 Jan 2015 14:17:28 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> If I were in your boots, I would simply divide the 800 dollars into 67
>>> dollars per month and go spend that amount by the end of the month
>>
>> +1
>>
>
> +6,000,000,000
>
> That is exactly what ANYONE else on the planet would do.

Most likely. I'd be having my friends over for a free (for them) meal.

On Fri, 02 Jan 2015 10:34:17 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

> Heyjoe suggested it should be a quarterly event.
> Great idea! I wrote to them and proposed it. I'm obviously not the
> only person who needs the "use up" the assessment.

It would certainly give them a chance to clean out the freezer on a
regular basis and do more cooking with fresh ingredients. They might
even get customers, but that would mean no more "free" money in the
pot. They have quite a racquet going for themselves. I wonder how
much cash goes straight into the pockets of board members?

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

On 1/2/2015 11:59 AM, sf wrote:

> pot. They have quite a racquet going for themselves. I wonder how
> much cash goes straight into the pockets of board members?

It's been discussed before, and the way the board pushes things
you wonder if they're getting kickbacks.

I wonder if they've had an independent audit, ever.

nancy

On 1/1/2015 9:00 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Jan 2015 01:22:21 -0000, Janet wrote:
>
>> Even if you didn't want to drink it, wine makes a good present for
>> friends and hosts.. if you are invited to someone's home, or for
>> someone's birthday, anniversary, wedding etc, or just a thankyou token
>> for some favour you receive.
>
> Really. I can't think of any reason not to get the wine, at least.
> It's a matter of principle. You bitch about how they force you to pay
> this $830 and then you give them even MORE than that by not getting
> your full $830 worth. It just doesn't make any sense.
>
> Take the wine and throw it away, at the very least ("Stick it to The
> Man"). Or more reasonably, give it away or use it to cook with.
> Widen your "cooking with wine" repitiore.
>
> -sw

You can take wine to a party, give a bottle to your hairdresser,
veterinarian, to friends and family. After my children became teenagers,
I had no problem meeting an assessment, they would eat at the club after
swim practice, etc. Teenaged boys are bottomless pits, they never stop
eating.

Becca

On 1/1/2015 7:14 PM, heyjoe wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Jan 2015 14:45:58 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> The fact that it's an assessment makes it sound easy. Take the Club and
>> the assessment out of the equation for a moment.
>
> I HATE property taxes, but they're predictable and budgetable. Haven't
> had an egregious surprise for a long time.
>
> Call it whatever you want - assesment, tax, mad money. Fact is, you're
> forced to spend $15-$16 every week of the year. Like any budget, deal
> with it every week. There's no excuse for a BIG surprise at year end.
>
> An assessment of $850 per year is annoying - but not a show stopper.
> It's $15-$16 every week! Get the best value you can every week (or two
> weeks), but DON'T fall off your spending plan.
>
> And complain LOUDLY when those a$$hats fail to provide quality product
> each and every week.
>
>
> Out of the box thought - the Association needs to speed up year end
> sales to once every quarter. Why is the Assocaition tying up money in
> under-selling wine for an entire year? That's our money! And it needs
> work better/harder.

It is nice to see you back.

Becca

On 1/2/2015 5:19 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 1/2/2015 1:42 AM, sf wrote:


>> Okay, it's your choice to give your money away. I guess you don't
>> have a hair dresser, mail carrier, garbage man, dentist, vet etc that
>> you might have wanted to give a little Christmas/New Year's
>> appreciation gift to.
>>
>>
> Nice suggestions, really! I get my hair trimmed (straight across the
> bottom) about once a year. I don't even know the names of the people
> who work there and they definitely don't know mine. The other folks, I
> tend to look at it like do I tip them? Nope. Lord knows Persia's vet
> charged enough over the years, she should be the one giving out gifts!
>
> I've been sick since October. I was having trouble eating much of
> *anything*; I sure wasn't thinking about the dining assessment.
>
> Jill

Hope you are feeling better, Jill.

Becca

"sf" > wrote in message
news
> On Fri, 02 Jan 2015 06:19:22 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> I've been sick since October. I was having trouble eating much of
>> *anything*; I sure wasn't thinking about the dining assessment.
>
> Hope you start feeling better soon! Too bad the club doesn't deliver,
> it would be nice service for people who are under the weather. Sounds
> like a gig for Waiters on Wheels (it's a local company).
>
> --
>

yeah that would be nice. But a few meals from the club stashed away in the
freezer would also be good. Maybe some wine to soothe the sore throat.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 2 Jan 2015 06:08:19 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> No clue what baliwick means and it's not at dictionary.com.
>
> Google knows.
>

but only because google has a spell checker

On Thu, 1 Jan 2015 16:32:52 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
> wrote:

>On Thursday, January 1, 2015 7:14:56 PM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> Yes. But that's what they do. Same old, same old...
>
>And you're not a case of same old, same old?
>
>Why don't you divorce the hub ( he'd probably be thrilled ) and move in with O. You two'd get along just fine. She can use all her cooking expertise trying to work around your intolerances, and perchance publish a cookbook for finicky eaters.
>
>This is going to be an interesting year here.

Heh. Yeah, looks like it. What's the sudden outbreak of bitchiness
about - something to do with the holidays?

On Thu, 1 Jan 2015 17:58:27 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Kalmia" > wrote in message
...
>> On Thursday, January 1, 2015 7:14:56 PM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>> Yes. But that's what they do. Same old, same old...
>>
>> And you're not a case of same old, same old?
>>
>> Why don't you divorce the hub ( he'd probably be thrilled ) and move in
>> with O. You two'd get along just fine. She can use all her cooking
>> expertise trying to work around your intolerances, and perchance publish a
>> cookbook for finicky eaters.
>>
>> This is going to be an interesting year here.
>
>Move in with O? Oprah? No thanks.

Right. You didn't know who she was referring to. Sure...

>And nobody could publish a cookbook for
>finicky eaters. What a stupid thing to say. People are finicky for all
>sorts of reasons.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 2 Jan 2015 06:08:19 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> No clue what baliwick means and it's not at dictionary.com.
>
> Google knows.

Nope. Helps when the word is spelled correctly.

Julie Bove wrote:
>sf wrote:
>>juliebove wrote:
>>
>>> No clue what baliwick means and it's not at dictionary.com.
>>
>> Google knows.
>
>Nope. Helps when the word is spelled correctly.

Were you truly an English major you would have known how to look up
the correct spelling, and not made and not made your imbecile remark.

On 1/2/2015 12:51 PM, Becca EmaNymton wrote:
> On 1/2/2015 5:19 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 1/2/2015 1:42 AM, sf wrote:
>
>
>>> Okay, it's your choice to give your money away. I guess you don't
>>> have a hair dresser, mail carrier, garbage man, dentist, vet etc that
>>> you might have wanted to give a little Christmas/New Year's
>>> appreciation gift to.
>>>
>>>
>> Nice suggestions, really! I get my hair trimmed (straight across the
>> bottom) about once a year. I don't even know the names of the people
>> who work there and they definitely don't know mine. The other folks, I
>> tend to look at it like do I tip them? Nope. Lord knows Persia's vet
>> charged enough over the years, she should be the one giving out gifts!
>>
>> I've been sick since October. I was having trouble eating much of
>> *anything*; I sure wasn't thinking about the dining assessment.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Hope you are feeling better, Jill.
>
> Becca

Thanks, Becca! Got the diagnosis so at least I know what's going on.
Hopefully I'll find out the long-term plan for treatment/management when
I see the doc next week.

Jill

On 1/2/2015 12:04 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 1/2/2015 11:59 AM, sf wrote:
>
>> pot. They have quite a racquet going for themselves. I wonder how
>> much cash goes straight into the pockets of board members?
>
> It's been discussed before, and the way the board pushes things
> you wonder if they're getting kickbacks.
>
> I wonder if they've had an independent audit, ever.
>
> nancy
>
You and I have certainly talked about it outside of RFC. Last year they
really pushed for people to sign a 2-year contract with Hargray for DSL
service. (Hargray had no intention of running the lines unless they got
a certain number of people to sign on the dotted line and bring their
check books.) Their latest push involves presentations for 3M window
tinting film.

Jill

On 1/2/2015 11:51 AM, sf wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Jan 2015 06:19:22 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> I've been sick since October. I was having trouble eating much of
>> *anything*; I sure wasn't thinking about the dining assessment.
>
> Hope you start feeling better soon!

Thank you! I highly recommend Crohn's Disease for anyone who wants to
drop a quick 15 pounds. <j/k - not wishing it on anyone> I just
finished up a prescription and will be discussing the long term plan
with the doctor next week.

Meanwhile, I'm able to eat but find I'm just not very hungry. That's
why I only had that baked acorn squash for dinner last Monday.

> Too bad the club doesn't deliver,
> it would be nice service for people who are under the weather. Sounds
> like a gig for Waiters on Wheels (it's a local company).
>
Delivery would be nice. They could use a golf cart! :-D

Jill

On 1/2/2015 11:56 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> Because there are so many foods that I can't eat, when I see a menu, I
> look not for how they have the foods prepared but what is listed. For
> instance, if I see burgers listed, I know that they will likely have
> tomatoes and will sell me a plate of tomato slices if I ask. Bad
> example for you as you don't eat tomatoes. They most likely do have
> potatoes though. And a plain baked potato will freeze.

I WISH I could eat tomatoes. Damn seeds.

Funny thing about baked potatoes. Their menus say they will make
substitutions but I guess they don't really mean it. One evening I
ordered some broiled fish. It came with fries: steak fries, skinny
fries or sweet potato fries. I wasn't in the mood for fries. I asked
if I could get a baked potato instead. I *know* they had baked potatoes
because it was Prime Rib Night*. Nope, sorry, you can't get a baked
potato unless you order the prime rib.

What can I say? They're goofy like that. This is why I doubt they'd
sell me a few plain baked potatoes to go. If I think about it the next
time I'm there I'll ask.

*Prime Rib Night is a rather pricey buffet arrangement. Carving
station, salad, soup, steamed veggies (nearly always carrots, broccoli
and cauliflower, heavy on the carrots), rolls, desserts.

Jill

On Fri, 2 Jan 2015 14:57:42 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"sf" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Fri, 2 Jan 2015 06:08:19 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> No clue what baliwick means and it's not at dictionary.com.
>>
>> Google knows.
>
>Nope. Helps when the word is spelled correctly.

You don't need the word spelled correctly. I just went to Google and
entered "baliwick" (the incorrect spelling). By the time I got to the
w Google corrected me thusly:

"Showing results for bailiwick"

Right after that, Google gave me the definition.

I very often use Google when I'm not sure how to spell something. Just
start typing the word and if your spelling is incorrect, it gives you
the correction.

Doris

On 1/2/2015 8:16 PM, Doris Night wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Jan 2015 14:57:42 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Fri, 2 Jan 2015 06:08:19 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> No clue what baliwick means and it's not at dictionary.com.
>>>
>>> Google knows.
>>
>> Nope. Helps when the word is spelled correctly.
>
> You don't need the word spelled correctly. I just went to Google and
> entered "baliwick" (the incorrect spelling). By the time I got to the
> w Google corrected me thusly:
>
> "Showing results for bailiwick"
>
> Right after that, Google gave me the definition.
>
> I very often use Google when I'm not sure how to spell something. Just
> start typing the word and if your spelling is incorrect, it gives you
> the correction.
>
> Doris
>
Bast forgive me for making a typo. My meaning was the same, regardless.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
> On 1/2/2015 1:42 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Thu, 01 Jan 2015 19:08:53 -0500, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> LOL you forget, cell phones (no matter how smart they are) don't work
>>> well here.
>>
>> I thought you said others on the island had cell phones that worked
>> but there was some issue with your carrier. <shrug>
>>
> The people who have cell phones that work *inside* their homes had to
> get some sort of signal booster from their carrier (some had to pay
> for it, others said they didn't). Otherwise, it's hit or miss
> regardless. (It's not really a Dataw issue, it's the Saint Helena area
> in general.)
>
>>> I posted a link last week about what was available.
>>>
>>> http://i61.tinypic.com/2h2gvfr.gif
>>
>> I didn't see that post.
>>
>>>
>>> They weren't even all that expensive, I simply wasn't interested in
>>> buying wine.
>>>
>> Okay, it's your choice to give your money away. I guess you don't
>> have a hair dresser, mail carrier, garbage man, dentist, vet etc that
>> you might have wanted to give a little Christmas/New Year's
>> appreciation gift to.
>>
>>
> Nice suggestions, really! I get my hair trimmed (straight across the
> bottom) about once a year.
>
>
You sure as hell don't need them to trim any hair that's left on the top
of your head!

On Fri, 02 Jan 2015 21:53:35 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 1/2/2015 8:16 PM, Doris Night wrote:
>> On Fri, 2 Jan 2015 14:57:42 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "sf" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Fri, 2 Jan 2015 06:08:19 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> No clue what baliwick means and it's not at dictionary.com.
>>>>
>>>> Google knows.
>>>
>>> Nope. Helps when the word is spelled correctly.
>>
>> You don't need the word spelled correctly. I just went to Google and
>> entered "baliwick" (the incorrect spelling). By the time I got to the
>> w Google corrected me thusly:
>>
>> "Showing results for bailiwick"
>>
>> Right after that, Google gave me the definition.
>>
>> I very often use Google when I'm not sure how to spell something. Just
>> start typing the word and if your spelling is incorrect, it gives you
>> the correction.
>>
>> Doris
>>
>Bast forgive me for making a typo. My meaning was the same, regardless.

Bailiwick is not a word I would use in everyday conversation, and even
though I'd heard it before, I actually wasn't sure about the spelling
until I googled it. I knew what you meant, though, and if "the writer"
Julie had googled the word she would have figured it out as well.

Doris