On Sun, 1 Jul 2018 15:33:58 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 6/30/2018 8:53 PM, Cheri wrote:
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 6/30/2018 11:36 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>> On 6/30/2018 9:04 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> America has a cheese problem that's only going to get worse
>>>>> http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/marke...z&OCID=U457DHP
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ronnie gave it away, maybe it is time to do it again. I'll take my 4
>>>> pounds of cheddar please, extra sharp.
>>>
>>> I'm glad I'm not the only person who read the article and immediately
>>> thought of the days of "government cheese".
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>>
>> That was some good cheese, it was when DE was president and I was in
>> grade school once in awhile they would send government cheese and
>> crackers to the school. That was a real treat.
>>
>> Cheri
>
>I think I'm remembering a later time... Reagan. It was processed blocks
>of cheese (like Velveeta). It made excellent mac and cheese.
>
>Jill


There is a long history of the govt giving away cheese to help support
dairy prices as well as provide inexpensive protein sourcing to
institutions and individuals. Goes back to right after WWII.

On Monday, July 2, 2018 at 12:56:21 PM UTC-5, Boron Elgar wrote:
>
> There is a long history of the govt giving away cheese to help support
> dairy prices as well as provide inexpensive protein sourcing to
> institutions and individuals. Goes back to right after WWII.
>
>
They still give it away to those on disability. My co-worker's aunt
is a deaf mute so she qualifies as being disabled and get the cheese
when they give it out. The boxes she gets have MANY things in them,
too much really for two people.

On Sunday, July 1, 2018 at 10:20:28 AM UTC-10, notbob wrote:
>
> I recall that time. Never got any of the cheese, no doubt cuz my mom
> actually had a full time job that paid too well.
>
> I noticed cheese was getting crappy after I used to buy Tillamook cheese
> cut from full-sized rounds. After that, CA cheese became a joke. The
> advertisers lied like a rug --"contented cows" my ass! Govt cheese was
> probably better.
>
> nb

Well I got my cheese alright. My wife told me about it but I thought it was the most absurd thing that I'd ever heard of. Who the heck gives away cheese? It was being passed out at the park across the street so I says to myself "What the heck, I'll go look see."

That was the best day of my life and Ronald Reagan was the best president we've ever had. I don't remember what I did with that monster block of gooey yellow substance. Kids can use it to boost they height while brushing their teeth and it makes a fine door stop.

If Trump handed out some cheese to us poor folk, he'd be right up there with Lincoln and LBJ.

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> I've seen the movie a few times. I don't find it as quotable as,
> say, The Princess Bride.

"AS YOU WISH!"
The Princess Bride was my daughter's very favorite movie when she
was young. She had actually memorized the entire movie script.
Every bit of it.

I was in the living room one day and she was sitting on the couch
doing her homework while the Princess Bride movie was on. She was
doing homework, not watching the tv but she was mouthing every
word spoken on the movie. I had to ask. She said, sure dad, I
know it all.

So I tested her for a few minutes. I would fast forward the movie
a bit then let it continue, she would immediately start reciting
everyone's lines. Fast forward again, she picked it right back
up.

That was scary.

On 7/3/2018 5:18 AM, Gary wrote:

> That was scary.

Yeah. Yer screwed.

nb

On Sunday, July 1, 2018 at 6:17:53 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Sunday, July 1, 2018 at 6:57:20 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> > Druce wrote:
> > >
> > > When the big Hawaiian locust famine comes, everybody will be over the
> > > moon with 5 lbs of yellow cheese-like material!
> >
> > Locusts are not a famine. They are a gift from God. You eat them.
> > (Anyone know where that came from?)
>
> Humans have eaten bugs since before they were human.
>
> The "locust" that John the Baptist ate was likely carob.
>
http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-22.htm

Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

--Bryan

On Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at 1:18:46 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > I've seen the movie a few times. I don't find it as quotable as,
> > say, The Princess Bride.
>
> "AS YOU WISH!"
> The Princess Bride was my daughter's very favorite movie when she
> was young. She had actually memorized the entire movie script.
> Every bit of it.
>
> I was in the living room one day and she was sitting on the couch
> doing her homework while the Princess Bride movie was on. She was
> doing homework, not watching the tv but she was mouthing every
> word spoken on the movie. I had to ask. She said, sure dad, I
> know it all.
>
> So I tested her for a few minutes. I would fast forward the movie
> a bit then let it continue, she would immediately start reciting
> everyone's lines. Fast forward again, she picked it right back
> up.
>
> That was scary.

Females have this ability. You find it scary because you don't. I don't either. Males mostly focus on meaning, but the words are important to females. My wife and daughter and granddaughter certainly do focus on words. My granddaughter always sings/echos the things she hears. I was surprised when my wife started singing to some old 70's tune on the radio. I was familiar with a great deal of the music in the last 50 years but I never knew the lyrics to most of them.

The reality is that females process information a lot differently than males. Everyone thinks that everyone sees things they way they do. That is untrue.

On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 06:41:30 -0700 (PDT), MisterDiddyWahDiddy
> wrote:

>On Sunday, July 1, 2018 at 6:17:53 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Sunday, July 1, 2018 at 6:57:20 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
>> > Druce wrote:
>> > >
>> > > When the big Hawaiian locust famine comes, everybody will be over the
>> > > moon with 5 lbs of yellow cheese-like material!
>> >
>> > Locusts are not a famine. They are a gift from God. You eat them.
>> > (Anyone know where that came from?)
>>
>> Humans have eaten bugs since before they were human.
>>
>> The "locust" that John the Baptist ate was likely carob.
>>
>http://biblehub.com/leviticus/11-22.htm
>
>Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.

I wonder why locusts swarms were a biblical plague, rather than a
biblical dinner party.

dsi1 wrote:
> I was surprised when my wife started singing to some old 70's tune on the radio. I was familiar with a great deal of the music in the last 50 years but I never knew the lyrics to most of them.

Wow, same with me. I remember all the old music from the 70's but
rarely learned the lyrics. I can recognize the instrumentals of
most old songs but not words.

On Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at 9:34:13 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
> > I was surprised when my wife started singing to some old 70's tune on the radio. I was familiar with a great deal of the music in the last 50 years but I never knew the lyrics to most of them.
>
> Wow, same with me. I remember all the old music from the 70's but
> rarely learned the lyrics. I can recognize the instrumentals of
> most old songs but not words.

My understanding of the lyrics was always hampered by listening on
really shitty equipment, like the OEM radio in my '67 Galaxy or the
juke box in the high school cafeteria, which was turned up to the
distortion point.

Cindy Hamilton

On 7/4/2018 9:34 AM, Gary wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
>> I was surprised when my wife started singing to some old 70's tune on the radio. I was familiar with a great deal of the music in the last 50 years but I never knew the lyrics to most of them.
>
> Wow, same with me. I remember all the old music from the 70's but
> rarely learned the lyrics. I can recognize the instrumentals of
> most old songs but not words.
>
I recognize both. Then again, I like to sing and it's hard to do if you
don't know the lyrics.

Jill

In article >,
Cindy Hamilton > wrote:

> My understanding of the lyrics was always hampered by listening on
> really shitty equipment, like the OEM radio in my '67 Galaxy or the
> juke box in the high school cafeteria, which was turned up to the
> distortion point.

My favorite song by Elvis had the lyric "and my reason aim, of his
latest flame". I just loved that song but didn't understand it.

leo

On Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at 3:34:13 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
>
> Wow, same with me. I remember all the old music from the 70's but
> rarely learned the lyrics. I can recognize the instrumentals of
> most old songs but not words.

My 4-year old granddaughter knows a bunch of lyric to songs. The melody and lyrics are integral to each other. They do not exist without the other. I knew something was up when she was singing along with a video. It was weird that she was doing the separate parts with words not in her vocabulary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8uFbzbtyJg

On Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at 4:49:49 PM UTC-5, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>
> My favorite song by Elvis had the lyric "and my reason aim, of his
> latest flame". I just loved that song but didn't understand it.
>
> leo
>
>
Ummmmmm, the lyric is "Marie's the name of his latest flame."

In article >,
"> wrote:

> Ummmmmm, the lyric is "Marie's the name of his latest flame."

Really? That makes way more sense ;-) After ds1 said above thread that
"The melody and lyrics are integral to each other", I started thinking
poorly and unfortunately.
Did you know that the lyrics of "You Ain't Nothing but a Hound Dog" can
be sung perfectly to the melody of "Amazing Grace"? Try it! There are
pauses and stretches, but it's all there. Don't practice in church.
And a happy Fourth to all. Fireworks ended in Reno/Sparks about fifteen
minutes ago. I could hear them from the house.

leo