On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 03:43:13 GMT, Puester > wrote:

>Damsel wrote:
>> On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 03:13:29 GMT, Puester > wrote:
>>
>>>gloria p
>>>whose drab grey is getting greyer by the day
>>
>> Do they still sell bluing for hair, like they do for laundry? It
>> counteracts some of the yellow.
>>
>> Carol
>
>That was an after-shampoo rinse that brought aobut the term
>"blue-haired old ladies"

And they all wore flowered dresses and little hats with kind of a fishnet
veil on them.

>My mom and her friends used to use that 40 years ago.
>For some it produced blue hair, others lavender, kind of
>like that woman on "Are You Being served?"

I'm not familiar with "Are You Being Served."

What ever happened to the henna rage?

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

On Sun 23 Jan 2005 08:10:26p, Dee Randall wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Wayne, will you post the url to your picture, please. You are one of my
> favorite posters and of course, I'd love to see what other posters are
> talking about.

Dee, I wish I could oblige, but I have no recent pictures of myself at all
and none posted on my webpage. The only picture on my webpage are of my
kitties! You are welcome to look at them, however...

http://groups.msn.com/WaynesGang/shoebox.msnw

I can tell you that several people at work tell me I remind them of Frank
Bialek, one of the designers on Trading Spaces on HGTV. I only see a vague
resemblance, however.

> Happy Birthday, Wayne. Each birthday you have after age 60 is truly a
> gift.
> Dee

Thanks, Dee!

Wayne

On 24 Jan 2005 04:12:19 GMT, Wayne Boatwright > wrote:

> I wish I could oblige, but I have no recent pictures of myself at all
>and none posted on my webpage. The only picture on my webpage are of my
>kitties! You are welcome to look at them, however...
>
>http://groups.msn.com/WaynesGang/shoebox.msnw

When can we expect pictures of your lovely self? You know I'm going to dog
you mercilessly until you provide a photo, dammit!

Huggles,
Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

Lots of diets recommend people eat before going to a party.. so you fill up
on things like carrot and celery sticks, and not fattening food.
But, in your case, it doesn't sound the same. I mean, they knew you were
serving a meal, so that still doesn't make sense. Ok.. I'm rambling via the
keyboard, hoping I could figure out why.. and I still haven't. They were
just clueless.
lucy

"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun 23 Jan 2005 01:32:05p, Steve Calvin called across the abyss...
>
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>> Michel Boucher wrote:
>>>
>>>>Last night we had the party for my wife's 50th.
>>>
>>> Happy Birthday to your wife!
>>>
>>>
>>>>What we got were silly excuses like "We didn't want you to go to any
>>>>trouble" or "We didn't want to impose on you". Do people not
>>>>understand that when you're invited to come eat, that means bring an
>>>>appetite?
>>>>
>>>>Sheesh...
>>>
>>>
>>> Yep, that's a little nutty. If I'm invited for dinner I sure wouldn't
>>> eat before I arrived. I mean, come on! It's free food! The only
>>> thing I can think of is they are afraid of your cooking (and I have no
>>> idea why they would be).
>>>
>>> Jill
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Echoing the congrats to your wife. I hope that she's over the trama. ;-)
>> I hit 51 this year and even when I turned 50 it didn't bother me.
>>
>> I wondered the same thing Jill but I couldn't understand why that would
>> be either.
>>
>
> I'm turning 60 tomorrow, and I've been thinking for months that I would be
> upset, but surprisingly I'm not. My thoughts have kinda turned to, "wow,
> I'm gonna be 60, maybe that's a good thing". Turning 50 did bother me a
> little, though.
>
> Wayne

Damsel wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 03:43:13 GMT, Puester >
> wrote:
>
>> Damsel wrote:
>>> On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 03:13:29 GMT, Puester
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> gloria p
>>>> whose drab grey is getting greyer by the day
>>>
>>> Do they still sell bluing for hair, like they do for laundry? It
>>> counteracts some of the yellow.
>>>
>>> Carol
>>
>> That was an after-shampoo rinse that brought aobut the term
>> "blue-haired old ladies"
>
> And they all wore flowered dresses and little hats with kind of a
> fishnet veil on them.
>
>> My mom and her friends used to use that 40 years ago.
>> For some it produced blue hair, others lavender, kind of
>> like that woman on "Are You Being served?"
>
> I'm not familiar with "Are You Being Served."
>
> What ever happened to the henna rage?
>
> Carol

Oh dear, that was in the 70's. We are showing our age here

Jill (used to use henna as an "all natural product" - guess I thought I was
helping the environment or some such crap, at age 18)

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Sun 23 Jan 2005 06:58:56p, Michel Boucher wrote in
> rec.food.cooking:
>
>> Wayne Boatwright > wrote in
>> :
>>
>>> I'm turning 60 tomorrow, and I've been thinking for months that I
>>> would be upset, but surprisingly I'm not.
>>
>> Congratulations. I was upset when I turned 30, but so far at no
>> other major milestone.
>
> Thank you, Michel! It's funny, I actually looked forward to turning
> 30...couldn't wait to get out of my twenties! Don't ask me why, I
> never figured it out. In retrospect, however, I enjoyed my thirties
> more than any other decade so far.
>
I enjoyed the hell out of my 30's but am also enjoying my 40's. Only time
will tell about my 50's and 60's. Birthdays have never bothered me. The
only time I was concerned about them was when it came to being legal to
drink... which flip-flopped all over the place. When I was 18 it was legal;
when I was 19 it wasn't but they grandfathered some of us in. By the time
they switched the age to 21 I was over the age limit and no longer cared.

Happy birthday, Wayne! Have a glass of wine on me!

Jill

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Sun 23 Jan 2005 01:32:05p, Steve Calvin called across the
> abyss...

>
> I'm turning 60 tomorrow, and I've been thinking for months that I
> would be upset, but surprisingly I'm not. My thoughts have kinda
> turned to, "wow, I'm gonna be 60, maybe that's a good thing".
> Turning 50 did bother me a little, though.
>
> Wayne


Dear Wayne, Happy 60th Birthday and many, many more. May today be
filled with joy, good food and love and may health and happiness be
yours now and in the future.

Thank you for the pictures of you and your cats. You sure do not look
your age, unless you aged greatly in the last two years. Your cats
look like beloved and pampered members of your family. You sure take
good care of them.

Hugs, Margaret

On Mon 24 Jan 2005 05:34:28a, jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Sun 23 Jan 2005 06:58:56p, Michel Boucher wrote in
>> rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>> Wayne Boatwright > wrote in
>>> :
>>>
>>>> I'm turning 60 tomorrow, and I've been thinking for months that I
>>>> would be upset, but surprisingly I'm not.
>>>
>>> Congratulations. I was upset when I turned 30, but so far at no
>>> other major milestone.
>>
>> Thank you, Michel! It's funny, I actually looked forward to turning
>> 30...couldn't wait to get out of my twenties! Don't ask me why, I
>> never figured it out. In retrospect, however, I enjoyed my thirties
>> more than any other decade so far.
>>
> I enjoyed the hell out of my 30's but am also enjoying my 40's. Only
> time will tell about my 50's and 60's. Birthdays have never bothered
> me. The only time I was concerned about them was when it came to being
> legal to drink... which flip-flopped all over the place. When I was 18
> it was legal; when I was 19 it wasn't but they grandfathered some of us
> in. By the time they switched the age to 21 I was over the age limit
> and no longer cared.
>
> Happy birthday, Wayne! Have a glass of wine on me!
>
> Jill

Thank you, Jill!

Wayne

On Mon 24 Jan 2005 05:49:11a, Margaret Suran wrote in rec.food.cooking:

>
>
> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Sun 23 Jan 2005 01:32:05p, Steve Calvin called across the abyss...
>
>>
>> I'm turning 60 tomorrow, and I've been thinking for months that I
>> would be upset, but surprisingly I'm not. My thoughts have kinda
>> turned to, "wow, I'm gonna be 60, maybe that's a good thing".
>> Turning 50 did bother me a little, though.
>>
>> Wayne
>
>
> Dear Wayne, Happy 60th Birthday and many, many more. May today be
> filled with joy, good food and love and may health and happiness be
> yours now and in the future.

Thank you, Margaret, for such kind good wishes!

> Thank you for the pictures of you and your cats. You sure do not look
> your age, unless you aged greatly in the last two years. Your cats
> look like beloved and pampered members of your family. You sure take
> good care of them.

Thank you, again. Actually, I look pretty much the same, but I think I'm
about 5 pounds heavier. I had gained some weight, but went to Weight
Watchers and have lost most of what I gained.

Yes, our cats are very much loved and papered, and well cared for, and
they're very loving in return.

> Hugs, Margaret

Cheers,
Wayne

On 24 Jan 2005 01:59:45 GMT, Wayne Boatwright >
wrote:

> My mother was a natural light blonde. When her hair changed it actually
> looked like a platinum blonde. Very pretty.


My grandmother was a natural platinum blonde too! In fact,
she was so light that her friends called her Snow White when
she was a little girl. LOL. You probably guessed this part
already - she went from blonde to white and I didn't even
notice (we lived next door, so I saw her every day).

sf

On 23 Jan 2005 21:01:33 GMT, Wayne Boatwright > wrote:

>I'm turning 60 tomorrow, and I've been thinking for months that I would be
>upset, but surprisingly I'm not. My thoughts have kinda turned to, "wow,
>I'm gonna be 60, maybe that's a good thing". Turning 50 did bother me a
>little, though.
>
My age doesn't bother me - now, my *kids'* age is another thing. I
cannot possibly be old enough to have kids in their thirties!!!

OTOH, I married so young, we had the wedding reception at Chuck E.
Cheese <veg>

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA


"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

"Goomba38" > wrote in message
...
> Steve Calvin wrote:
>
>
>> awww, hell. I started turning grey in my 20's. I attribute it to gettin'
>> hooked up with women. :-D
>
> I got my first gray hair at age 16. Thankfully it was just a fluke? I tend
> to look younger than my years alredy.
> Goomba
>===================

I was 18. Mine however, was not a fluke. So a couple times a year I enter
a time machine and visit my hair when I was only 17.

Cyndi Slicksilver

Rick & Cyndi wrote:

> I was 18. Mine however, was not a fluke. So a couple times a year I enter
> a time machine and visit my hair when I was only 17.
>
> Cyndi Slicksilver

I'm sort of torn. I can barely get my brows waxed
on with any regularity.. if I start to get gray
and started coloring, i'd probably have too many
days or weeks that i'm overdue for that coloring
touch up. How long does a coloring job last? How
natural does it look/ Maybe I'll look
distinguished with salt and pepper?? I guess I
have a few years yet to wonder?
Goomba

Steve Calvin wrote:
> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Sun 23 Jan 2005 05:11:37p, Steve Calvin wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks, Steve! I think I've pretty much felt that way about
>> birthdays ever since I turned 38 or 39, but the big 5-0 hit a little
>> hard. Since then it hasn't bothered me either, so I'll just be glad
>> to be 60. Cheers,
>> Wayne
>
> I thought that 50 may bother me although 40 didn't phase me at all. 50
> came and went and... I just kind of thought "eh, what was the big
> deal all about?"
>
> No matter, have a good day.


I never could wait to be 40 because I was hoping I'd finally have my life on
track by then. It's slowly appearing to be true and I'm so close. Bring on
40 so the 50 can be even better!

kili

Damsel wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 20:58:18 -0500, Steve Calvin
> > wrote:
>
>> awww, hell. I started turning grey in my 20's. I attribute it to
>> gettin' hooked up with women. :-D
>
> Crash blames me for his gray hair, too.
>
>> Now, when I had a beard it was a serious example of multi-colored
>> hair. I'm talkin' red, black, grey, white, you name it. It'd
>> probably be all white now. I may find out next fall and see if I
>> can play Santa. ;-)
>
> Hey! If you were a cat, you'd be a calico! <g>
>
> Carol

TFM's beard makes him a calico as well. He keeps accusing me of bringing
white out in the middle of the night and touching up a few more hairs each
day.

kili

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:00:06 +1100, Michael O'Donnell
> wrote:


>My wife made sure she snacked before going out when she was
>breastfeeding. Sometimes the baby would call her away from the table,
>and she didn't want anyone to have to 'wait' for her to 'catch up'. It
>was just how she felt. She also didn't want to 'catch up eat' when
>everyone else was done.

Well, I became *very* adept at eating with one hand when I had babies
:-) (my SO would cut my meat for me). Never missed a meal!

Nathalie in Switzerland

Goomba38 wrote:
> Rick & Cyndi wrote:
>
>> I was 18. Mine however, was not a fluke. So a couple times a year
>> I enter a time machine and visit my hair when I was only 17.
>>
>> Cyndi Slicksilver
>
> I'm sort of torn. I can barely get my brows waxed
> on with any regularity.. if I start to get gray
> and started coloring, i'd probably have too many
> days or weeks that i'm overdue for that coloring
> touch up. How long does a coloring job last? How
> natural does it look/ Maybe I'll look
> distinguished with salt and pepper?? I guess I
> have a few years yet to wonder?
> Goomba

Take a look at Heather Locklear and then ask how does it look? Lasts about
6 weeks and I should have bought stock in Loreal when I was in my 30's and
discovered my first ugly government-desk looking grey temples.

Jill (who also waxes her own eyebrows)

Jill (who also waxes her own eyebrows)


OOUCH!

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:20:02 -0600, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>Take a look at Heather Locklear and then ask how does it look? Lasts about
>6 weeks and I should have bought stock in Loreal when I was in my 30's and
>discovered my first ugly government-desk looking grey temples.

Yeah, why is it that when men have gray temples, they look distinguished,
and when women have them, they just look old? Something is amiss here.

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

"Goomba38" > wrote in message
...
> Rick & Cyndi wrote:
>
>> I was 18. Mine however, was not a fluke. So a couple times a year I
>> enter a time machine and visit my hair when I was only 17.
>>
>> Cyndi Slicksilver
>
> I'm sort of torn. I can barely get my brows waxed on with any regularity..
> if I start to get gray and started coloring, i'd probably have too many
> days or weeks that i'm overdue for that coloring touch up. How long does a
> coloring job last? How natural does it look/ Maybe I'll look distinguished
> with salt and pepper?? I guess I have a few years yet to wonder?
> Goomba
>===============

It depends, it depends, and it depends. Presuming you use a #3 (Permanent
color) - its lasting effects are affected by your water type and how often
you wash your hair. When I was younger, lived in the St. Louis area and
didn't gray as quickly - a good bottle of 'stuff' could keep me colored for
about 4 1/2 months. These days I'm lucky to have it last 2 months. Of
course, one of the pros of having naturally blue-black hair is that as it
silvers, the gray blends in rather well initially... that is until all color
is about gone from the temple area. I think my gray (silver) looks nice -
but the rest of me doesn't look or act like I should be as gray as my hair
is (without color). Does that make sense?

Cyndi

Sheldon wrote:
> Jill (who also waxes her own eyebrows)
>
>
> OOUCH!

LOL It's not that bad - I don't use a hot wax formula

Jill

"Goomba38" > wrote in message

> How long does a coloring job last? How natural does it look/ Maybe I'll
> look distinguished with salt and pepper?? I guess I have a few years yet
> to wonder?
> Goomba
>


I hope you do. S & P can be very nice, especially if you have a more silver
look that dull gray. From a man's perspective, when we were kids we thought
25 was old and anyone with gray hair had to be at least a grandmother, maybe
100 years old. Now that I' 59, I can look at a 50yo+ woman with some gray
and say "she's cute" and mean it. Some women (and men) look old with gray,
but many look very distinguished. If you have very dark or black hair, you
will prob ably look hideous with a cheap dye job that can be spotted 100
yards away. If you have light or medium hair, it may look very natural.
PLEASE, keep it up because nothing looks worst than a few inches of gray and
mousy brown hair on an otherwise nice colored rest of the hair.

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> "Goomba38" > wrote in message
>
>
>>How long does a coloring job last? How natural does it look/ Maybe I'll
>>look distinguished with salt and pepper?? I guess I have a few years yet
>>to wonder?
>>Goomba
>>
>
>
>
> I hope you do. S & P can be very nice, especially if you have a more silver
> look that dull gray. From a man's perspective, when we were kids we thought
> 25 was old and anyone with gray hair had to be at least a grandmother, maybe
> 100 years old. Now that I' 59, I can look at a 50yo+ woman with some gray
> and say "she's cute" and mean it. Some women (and men) look old with gray,
> but many look very distinguished. If you have very dark or black hair, you
> will prob ably look hideous with a cheap dye job that can be spotted 100
> yards away. If you have light or medium hair, it may look very natural.
> PLEASE, keep it up because nothing looks worst than a few inches of gray and
> mousy brown hair on an otherwise nice colored rest of the hair.
>
>
My father grayed beautifully. He's one of those
tall, dark Italians and very distinguished
looking. As he grayed it looked great. Now his
hair is a lovely silvery white. Men get all the
breaks. LOL
I know what you mean about being a kid and
thinking anyone 25 is ancient. Of course I always
went for older men, so appreciated that mature 25
year old by the time I was 16 <beg>.
As for being 46, I think I can still pass as
attractive? But I wanna turn in my 55 year old
husband on two 27 year olds now <wink!>
Goomba

On Wed 26 Jan 2005 05:47:34a, Michael O'Donnell wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> In article Nathalie Chiva savoured the salmon then said
>> On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:00:06 +1100, Michael O'Donnell
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>> >My wife made sure she snacked before going out when she was
>> >breastfeeding. Sometimes the baby would call her away from the table,
>> >and she didn't want anyone to have to 'wait' for her to 'catch up'. It
>> >was just how she felt. She also didn't want to 'catch up eat' when
>> >everyone else was done.
>>
>> Well, I became *very* adept at eating with one hand when I had babies
>> :-) (my SO would cut my meat for me). Never missed a meal!
>
> She got me to do that too ( apparently I don't cut pieces dainty enough
> though ... but preferred not to breastfeed at the table ( with
> guests, she didn't mind in front of just me )
>
>
> Mick

It's apparently a cultural and social thing. In the US it was practically
unheard of to breast feed in public during the 1950s-1970s, and probably
considered out of place. From purely observation, I don't find it all that
common even now.

Wayne

Wayne Boatwright wrote in message ...
>On Wed 26 Jan 2005 05:47:34a, Michael O'Donnell wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> In article Nathalie Chiva savoured the salmon then said
>>> On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:00:06 +1100, Michael O'Donnell
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> >My wife made sure she snacked before going out when she was
>>> >breastfeeding. Sometimes the baby would call her away from the table,
>>> >and she didn't want anyone to have to 'wait' for her to 'catch up'. It
>>> >was just how she felt. She also didn't want to 'catch up eat' when
>>> >everyone else was done.
>>>
>>> Well, I became *very* adept at eating with one hand when I had babies
>>> :-) (my SO would cut my meat for me). Never missed a meal!
>>
>> She got me to do that too ( apparently I don't cut pieces dainty enough
>> though ... but preferred not to breastfeed at the table ( with
>> guests, she didn't mind in front of just me )
>>
>>
>> Mick
>
>It's apparently a cultural and social thing. In the US it was practically
>unheard of to breast feed in public during the 1950s-1970s, and probably
>considered out of place. From purely observation, I don't find it all that
>common even now.
>
>
there is a woman who shops where i work who nurses her baby in a sling while
she shops sometimes. one of my coworkers calls her "the crazy breast-feeding
lady". i think its great that she doesnt deprive her child of his meal
because of others hang-ups. (she is as modest as one can be when nursing).
we had a great conversation about making sauerkraut the other week

--
saerah

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On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 23:47:34 +1100, Michael O'Donnell
> wrote:

>In article Nathalie Chiva savoured the salmon then said
>> On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:00:06 +1100, Michael O'Donnell
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>> >My wife made sure she snacked before going out when she was
>> >breastfeeding. Sometimes the baby would call her away from the table,
>> >and she didn't want anyone to have to 'wait' for her to 'catch up'. It
>> >was just how she felt. She also didn't want to 'catch up eat' when
>> >everyone else was done.
>>
>> Well, I became *very* adept at eating with one hand when I had babies
>> :-) (my SO would cut my meat for me). Never missed a meal!
>
>She got me to do that too ( apparently I don't cut pieces dainty enough
>though ... but preferred not to breastfeed at the table ( with
>guests, she didn't mind in front of just me )

Ah, the puritanical streak ;-) I never minded - there nothing to see
anyway!

Nathalie in Switzerland

In article >,
Michel Boucher > wrote:

> Last night we had the party for my wife's 50th. She had invited 18
> persons to drop in and eat supper. I took the day off on Friday to
> get and cook food ahead of time. I bought two large stuffed turkey
> breasts, total about 8 kg from the local organic butcher and cooked
> them ahead of time so I could have a leisurely afternoon of wargaming
> on Saturday before the 5 o'clock invitation.
>
> When I got home, I made a nice risotto with leeks and organic
> vegetable broth, the best risotto I ever made and my wife is at this
> moment eating the last remaining morsels of it. We laid out Oka and
> a Saint-Morgon with cheese crackers, lox with cream cheese and sliced
> baguettes (whole wheat and white), bottles of red and white wine,
> mineral water, a carrot salad, a fruit tray. The turkey was sliced
> and served cold with the stuffing.
>
> It seemed to suit people who had elsewhere to be in the evening to
> come early. But what irked me was that a few of the guests had (for
> some unknown reason) decided to eat supper before coming.
> Consequently, we are left with a completely turkey breast who had
> been left untouched.
>
> And before anybody suggests it, we're not talking about special needs
> or religious or social dietary requirements. Those were all
> considered in the choice of food.
>
> What we got were silly excuses like "We didn't want you to go to any
> trouble" or "We didn't want to impose on you". Do people not
> understand that when you're invited to come eat, that means bring an
> appetite?
>
> Sheesh...

Well, for what it's worth, I sometimes eat before I go to someone's
house. The reason is that I'm, to put it bluntly, not the thinnest
person. I'm also still in progress with a weight-loss diet - but, there
are certain people who expect a "weight-loss diet" to mean "eating
nothing at all, but what I tell you to eat." When I go to those
peoples' homes, I usually eat a salad with some protein at home, so that
I can pick at my food at their house, and appear properly contrite for
my physical condition. It's what's expected.

I'm sure that's not the case with you and your guests - but it's
possible some of them have gotten into the habit to appear to not eat at
all - that's not something I do, but I definitely know which of my
obligation-visits will result in my feeling horrid about myself unless I
decline all food or just pick. Heavens forfend that a fat person should
eat, even if they're eating healthfully.

--
Nancy Howells (don't forget to switch it, and replace the to send mail).

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 17:45:34 -0600, Damsel >
wrote:

>
>I'm turning 50 this summer, and have stopped dying my hair so I'll look the
>part when the time comes. <G>
>
>Carol

one of my spouse equivalents was prematurely gray. her thought on
dyeing it was 'are you kidding? i earned every one of these gray
hairs, and i'm going to keep them.'

your pal,
blake

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:08:09 -0500, Goomba38 >
wrote:

>Steve Calvin wrote:
>
>
>> awww, hell. I started turning grey in my 20's. I attribute it to
>> gettin' hooked up with women. :-D
>
>I got my first gray hair at age 16. Thankfully it
>was just a fluke? I tend to look younger than my
>years alredy.
>Goomba

i had two friends at college, one of whom started to go gray, the
other to go bald in high school. they were drinking whiskey in bars
at age 16.

your pal,
blake

On Sun 30 Jan 2005 05:47:30a, blake murphy wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:08:09 -0500, Goomba38 >
> wrote:
>
>>Steve Calvin wrote:
>>
>>
>>> awww, hell. I started turning grey in my 20's. I attribute it to
>>> gettin' hooked up with women. :-D
>>
>>I got my first gray hair at age 16. Thankfully it
>>was just a fluke? I tend to look younger than my
>>years alredy.
>>Goomba
>
> i had two friends at college, one of whom started to go gray, the
> other to go bald in high school. they were drinking whiskey in bars
> at age 16.
>
> your pal,
> blake
>

That's probably the reason.

Wayne

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Sun 30 Jan 2005 05:47:30a, blake murphy wrote in
> rec.food.cooking:
>>
>> i had two friends at college, one of whom started to go
>> gray, the other to go bald in high school. they were
>> drinking whiskey in bars at age 16.
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>>
>
> That's probably the reason.
>
> Wayne

You don't think heredity had anything to do with it?

BOB
snipping is a wonderful thing

I just had to mention this about dinner guests since it was my most bizarre
experience at the time.

I was a new-comer to Louisiana and I had invited an older lady (older to me at
that time, she must have been about 50), to my apt. in New Orleans, LA and had
gone all out with the local dishes, etc. Thought I would really make her day
having a one-on-one lunch to make her feel special. I had cooked for days.
Well, believe it or not, she showed up on time, but with a bunch of plastic
containers saying she didn't have time to stay, but she could take it with her.
Remembering my manners, I graciously filled her containers and off she went.
I was left open-jawed, staring at my fancy luncheon table.

I then spent about 40 more years in this area of SW Louisiana and have made my
peace with how everyone takes "a plate home, so I don't have to cook later,"
or "Joe couldn't make it, so I'll take a plate home for him," mentality. They
make sure you don't have any left-overs. Of course, everywhere I go to eat,
they urge plates of leftover food so I have enough for a few days, too, even if
I don't want it and refuse. They think I am just being polite.

I've discovered a whole different cultural attitude for food in my circles of
friends here than anywhere else I have lived. Any meal is casual; there is no
true sit-down time. Eating starts when one person finally gets up the nerve to
ramble over and get a plate, usually starting with the most pressed man who
wants to get back home to doing whatever work he was involved in. Eating goes
on and on for most of the day or afternoon as does the drinking. It evolves
into socializing and card playing with such games as Red-Ass.

I think I have died and gone to heaven. I haven't had to go to a fancy
sit-down supper for at least 30 years. And, yup, I get plates and containers of
food all the time which are returned filled up with stuff that I have cooked
and which saves them having to make lunch on that day.

I must have good Karma. On top of that I get to taste food from the best Cajun
cooks in the world. I now know how to cook at least 20 different versions of
every Cajun dish. I now know that even if I don't care that much for Boudin
(liver, pork and rice sausage), I adore my friend Hazel's Boudin. Mom
Bernedette makes the best Dirty-Rice and Gingerbread Cake. Mom Babin makes the
best Smothered Rabbit. Hazel also makes the best Chicken-Sausage Gumbo, etc.
Ain't life grand?

Henrietta

>From: blake murphy

>i had two friends at college, one of whom started to go gray, the
>other to go bald in high school. they were drinking whiskey in bars
>at age 16.
>
>your pal,
>blake

My brothers started drinking, smoking and other such delights in their preteens
and they still have all their hair which didn't go gray until late in life
(it's hereditary, and that includes the drinking). I'm one of 13 kids and only
5 girls (none of us girls are bald yet). I started out with white hair as a
child, ash-blonde in my twenties, and then with every kid I had my hair got
darker. I now have white, gray and blonde hair mix and I'm in my late sixties.

How many bald, homeless men have you seen?

Henrietta

On Sun 30 Jan 2005 10:37:55a, BOB wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Sun 30 Jan 2005 05:47:30a, blake murphy wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>
>>> i had two friends at college, one of whom started to go
>>> gray, the other to go bald in high school. they were
>>> drinking whiskey in bars at age 16.
>>>
>>> your pal,
>>> blake
>>>
>>
>> That's probably the reason.
>>
>> Wayne
>
> You don't think heredity had anything to do with it?

Dunno, did their fathers drink whiskey at age 16?

> BOB
> snipping is a wonderful thing

That's what the Mohels think!

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:43:14 GMT, blake murphy >
wrote:

>On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 17:45:34 -0600, Damsel >
>wrote:
>
>>I'm turning 50 this summer, and have stopped dying my hair so I'll look the
>>part when the time comes. <G>
>
>one of my spouse equivalents was prematurely gray. her thought on
>dyeing it was 'are you kidding? i earned every one of these gray
>hairs, and i'm going to keep them.'

It was always my intention to gray naturally. Then those stiff, unruly
gray hairs started popping up. There literally weren't enough of them for
the effect to look good. It just looked sloppy. Scanning my root zone, it
now appears that I've got a fairly decent salt-and-pepper thing going, so
I'm growing it out.

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:37:55 -0500, " BOB" > wrote:

>Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Sun 30 Jan 2005 05:47:30a, blake murphy wrote in
>> rec.food.cooking:
>>>
>>> i had two friends at college, one of whom started to go
>>> gray, the other to go bald in high school. they were
>>> drinking whiskey in bars at age 16.
>>>
>>> your pal,
>>> blake
>>>
>>
>> That's probably the reason.
>>
>> Wayne
>
>You don't think heredity had anything to do with it?
>
>BOB

yeah, their dads were similar to them as far as hair went.

your pal,
blake

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 15:05:32 -0600, Damsel >
wrote:

>On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:43:14 GMT, blake murphy >
>wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 17:45:34 -0600, Damsel >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>I'm turning 50 this summer, and have stopped dying my hair so I'll look the
>>>part when the time comes. <G>
>>
>>one of my spouse equivalents was prematurely gray. her thought on
>>dyeing it was 'are you kidding? i earned every one of these gray
>>hairs, and i'm going to keep them.'
>
>It was always my intention to gray naturally. Then those stiff, unruly
>gray hairs started popping up. There literally weren't enough of them for
>the effect to look good. It just looked sloppy. Scanning my root zone, it
>now appears that I've got a fairly decent salt-and-pepper thing going, so
>I'm growing it out.
>
>Carol

wail with it, dams. (i know you will even without my advice.)

your pal,
blake