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Have you had your marble today?
I watched an episode of Modern Marvels on the hisory channel all about
marble. Mining, cutting, carving, everything you'd ever want to know about marble. One annecdote from a marble company spokesman said when you take an antacid pill, you're eating marble. Calcium carbonate! I thought WHAT? But it's true. Sea shells (a limestone of a sort) and almost entirely calcium carbonate collected to form marble over thousands of years. So when you take a calcium supplement or need a Tums to neutralic stomach acid, you're eating marble dust! Visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_carbonate and click on the Uses link. Who'da thunk! Andy |
Have you had your marble today?
"Andy" <q> wrote in message ... >I watched an episode of Modern Marvels on the hisory channel all about > marble. Mining, cutting, carving, everything you'd ever want to know > about marble. > > One annecdote from a marble company spokesman said when you take an > antacid pill, you're eating marble. Calcium carbonate! I thought WHAT? > But it's true. > > Sea shells (a limestone of a sort) and almost entirely calcium carbonate > collected to form marble over thousands of years. > > So when you take a calcium supplement or need a Tums to neutralic stomach > acid, you're eating marble dust! > > Visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_carbonate and click on the > Uses link. > > Who'da thunk! > > Andy > Go eat dirt, Andy. Dee Dee |
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On Mon 15 May 2006 11:51:21a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Dee
Randall? > > "Andy" <q> wrote in message ... >>I watched an episode of Modern Marvels on the hisory channel all about >> marble. Mining, cutting, carving, everything you'd ever want to know >> about marble. >> >> One annecdote from a marble company spokesman said when you take an >> antacid pill, you're eating marble. Calcium carbonate! I thought WHAT? >> But it's true. >> >> Sea shells (a limestone of a sort) and almost entirely calcium >> carbonate collected to form marble over thousands of years. >> >> So when you take a calcium supplement or need a Tums to neutralic >> stomach acid, you're eating marble dust! >> >> Visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_carbonate and click on the >> Uses link. >> >> Who'da thunk! >> >> Andy >> > Go eat dirt, Andy. > Dee Dee Have you lost your marble, Dee? :-) Speaking of "marbles"... My grandfather never had glass marbles to play with as a child. He had a leather pouch full of various colored "marbles" made from real marble. He would let me play with them when I was a kid. -- Wayne Boatwright __________________________________________________ ___________ "How can a nation be great if it's bread taste like Kleenex?" Julia Child |
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"Dee Randall" > wrote in
: > > "Andy" <q> wrote in message > ... >>I watched an episode of Modern Marvels on the hisory channel all about >> marble. Mining, cutting, carving, everything you'd ever want to know >> about marble. >> >> One annecdote from a marble company spokesman said when you take an >> antacid pill, you're eating marble. Calcium carbonate! I thought >> WHAT? But it's true. >> >> Sea shells (a limestone of a sort) and almost entirely calcium >> carbonate collected to form marble over thousands of years. >> >> So when you take a calcium supplement or need a Tums to neutralic >> stomach acid, you're eating marble dust! >> >> Visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_carbonate and click on >> the Uses link. >> >> Who'da thunk! >> >> Andy >> > Go eat dirt, Andy. > Dee Dee Dee Dee, I'm working on it. Gramma told me (in my youth) "You gotta eat a pound of dirt before you die!" Her way of saying you'll never get sparkling clean food most of the time. That or don't complain?!? Andy |
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Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in
28.19: > Speaking of "marbles"... My grandfather never had glass marbles to > play with as a child. He had a leather pouch full of various colored > "marbles" made from real marble. He would let me play with them when > I was a kid. Wayne, Not quite your "MIB" marbles!!! :))) You HAVE seen the movie I hope? Still cool of your grandfather. Where did they go? Andy |
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On Mon 15 May 2006 01:19:21p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Andy?
> Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in > 28.19: > >> Speaking of "marbles"... My grandfather never had glass marbles to >> play with as a child. He had a leather pouch full of various colored >> "marbles" made from real marble. He would let me play with them when >> I was a kid. > > > Wayne, > > Not quite your "MIB" marbles!!! :))) You HAVE seen the movie I hope? Uh, no, can't say that I have.:-( > Still cool of your grandfather. Where did they go? > > Andy > He left them to my uncle, his own son, who still has them. -- Wayne Boatwright __________________________________________________ ___________ "How can a nation be great if it's bread taste like Kleenex?" Julia Child |
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Wayne Boatwright wrote
He left them to my uncle, his own son, who still has them. RATS!!! Andy |
Have you had your marble today?
On Mon 15 May 2006 01:31:36p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Andy?
> Wayne Boatwright wrote > > > He left them to my uncle, his own son, who still has them. > > > RATS!!! LOL! That's exactly what I said when i asked "who got the marbles?", and learned the answer. -- Wayne Boatwright __________________________________________________ ___________ "How can a nation be great if it's bread taste like Kleenex?" Julia Child |
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"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message 28.19... > On Mon 15 May 2006 11:51:21a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Dee > Randall? > >> >> "Andy" <q> wrote in message ... >>>I watched an episode of Modern Marvels on the hisory channel all about >>> marble. Mining, cutting, carving, everything you'd ever want to know >>> about marble. >>> >>> One annecdote from a marble company spokesman said when you take an >>> antacid pill, you're eating marble. Calcium carbonate! I thought WHAT? >>> But it's true. >>> >>> Sea shells (a limestone of a sort) and almost entirely calcium >>> carbonate collected to form marble over thousands of years. >>> >>> So when you take a calcium supplement or need a Tums to neutralic >>> stomach acid, you're eating marble dust! >>> >>> Visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_carbonate and click on the >>> Uses link. >>> >>> Who'da thunk! >>> >>> Andy >>> >> Go eat dirt, Andy. >> Dee Dee > > Have you lost your marble, Dee? :-) So darned funny!!!! I need a laugh today. Our umpeenth estimate for heat pump today -- 2 hours dropped again -- so far no written-up contracts. Do they think we've lost our marbles?? > > Speaking of "marbles"... My grandfather never had glass marbles to play > with as a child. He had a leather pouch full of various colored "marbles" > made from real marble. He would let me play with them when I was a kid. > > > Wayne Boatwright I'll bet those were treasured possessions of grandfather's. I just went upstairs to look for the container of marbles that DH brought home -- don't know whose they were -- can't find them now, but I think I'm going to take a picture of them to put with our other thingies passed down. What became of your grandfather's marbles? Do you know? Dee Dee |
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Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in
28.19: > On Mon 15 May 2006 01:31:36p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Andy? > >> Wayne Boatwright wrote >> >> >> He left them to my uncle, his own son, who still has them. >> >> >> RATS!!! > > LOL! That's exactly what I said when i asked "who got the marbles?", > and learned the answer. When was the last time you saw your Unc and asked about them or saw them? Are you in line to inherit them or make a request while at the same time wishing him a long life, naturally. ;) I gifted an old friend of the family an agate (marbles) set of billiard (pool) balls. See-thru, except with the numbers in "wavy flag colored stripes" inside. My gift was a tease, because he'd come over and run the table and complain about not having enough room in his house for a pool table. I gave him an incentive to move! :))) Andy |
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"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message 28.19... > On Mon 15 May 2006 01:31:36p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Andy? > >> Wayne Boatwright wrote >> >> >> He left them to my uncle, his own son, who still has them. >> >> >> RATS!!! > > LOL! That's exactly what I said when i asked "who got the marbles?", and > learned the answer. > > -- > > Wayne Boatwright LOL! That's exactly what I said when I asked "Who got the Indian arrowheads? and learned the answer. Well -- I got some, but they had been picked over. That's where they got the term, 'picking order.' Ooops -- 'pecking' order. Dee Dee |
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"Dee Randall" > wrote: > Well -- I got some, but they had been picked over. That's where they got the > term, 'picking order.' > Ooops -- 'pecking' order. Am I missing a joke? Pecking order comes from how chickens (and other poultry) sort out their rank. They do it by pecking. Regards, Ranee Remove do not & spam to e-mail me. "She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13 http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/ http://talesfromthekitchen.blogspot.com/ |
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On Mon 15 May 2006 01:50:32p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Dee
Randall? > > "Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message > 28.19... >> On Mon 15 May 2006 11:51:21a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Dee >> Randall? >> >>> >>> "Andy" <q> wrote in message >>> ... >>>>I watched an episode of Modern Marvels on the hisory channel all about >>>> marble. Mining, cutting, carving, everything you'd ever want to know >>>> about marble. >>>> >>>> One annecdote from a marble company spokesman said when you take an >>>> antacid pill, you're eating marble. Calcium carbonate! I thought >>>> WHAT? But it's true. >>>> >>>> Sea shells (a limestone of a sort) and almost entirely calcium >>>> carbonate collected to form marble over thousands of years. >>>> >>>> So when you take a calcium supplement or need a Tums to neutralic >>>> stomach acid, you're eating marble dust! > >>>> >>>> Visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_carbonate and click on >>>> the Uses link. >>>> >>>> Who'da thunk! >>>> >>>> Andy >>>> >>> Go eat dirt, Andy. >>> Dee Dee >> >> Have you lost your marble, Dee? :-) > > So darned funny!!!! I need a laugh today. > Our umpeenth estimate for heat pump today -- 2 hours dropped again -- so > far no written-up contracts. Do they think we've lost our marbles?? >> >> Speaking of "marbles"... My grandfather never had glass marbles to >> play with as a child. He had a leather pouch full of various colored >> "marbles" made from real marble. He would let me play with them when I >> was a kid. >> > >> Wayne Boatwright > > I'll bet those were treasured possessions of grandfather's. I just went > upstairs to look for the container of marbles that DH brought home -- > don't know whose they were -- can't find them now, but I think I'm going > to take a picture of them to put with our other thingies passed down. > What became of your grandfather's marbles? Do you know? > Dee Dee It's often "whatever the traffic will bear". :-( -- Wayne Boatwright __________________________________________________ ___________ "How can a nation be great if it's bread taste like Kleenex?" Julia Child |
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On Mon 15 May 2006 01:59:51p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Andy?
> Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in > 28.19: > >> On Mon 15 May 2006 01:31:36p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Andy? >> >>> Wayne Boatwright wrote >>> >>> >>> He left them to my uncle, his own son, who still has them. >>> >>> >>> RATS!!! >> >> LOL! That's exactly what I said when i asked "who got the marbles?", >> and learned the answer. > > > When was the last time you saw your Unc and asked about them or saw them? > Are you in line to inherit them or make a request while at the same time > wishing him a long life, naturally. ;) It's been several years, but he has three sons, and I'm sure that they will go to one of them. > I gifted an old friend of the family an agate (marbles) set of billiard > (pool) balls. See-thru, except with the numbers in "wavy flag colored > stripes" inside. I bet those were sharp looking! > My gift was a tease, because he'd come over and run the table and > complain about not having enough room in his house for a pool table. I > gave him an incentive to move! :))) So, did he? -- Wayne Boatwright __________________________________________________ ___________ "How can a nation be great if it's bread taste like Kleenex?" Julia Child |
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On Mon 15 May 2006 02:12:54p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Dee
Randall? > > "Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message > 28.19... >> On Mon 15 May 2006 01:31:36p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Andy? >> >>> Wayne Boatwright wrote >>> >>> >>> He left them to my uncle, his own son, who still has them. >>> >>> >>> RATS!!! >> >> LOL! That's exactly what I said when i asked "who got the marbles?", >> and learned the answer. >> >> -- >> >> Wayne Boatwright > > LOL! That's exactly what I said when I asked "Who got the Indian > arrowheads? and learned the answer. > Well -- I got some, but they had been picked over. That's where they got > the term, 'picking order.' > Ooops -- 'pecking' order. > Dee Dee I was an only child, the first grandchild, and the first grandson. I often got my "pick" of many things, but not always. -- Wayne Boatwright __________________________________________________ ___________ "How can a nation be great if it's bread taste like Kleenex?" Julia Child |
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Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in
28.19: > On Mon 15 May 2006 01:59:51p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Andy? > >> Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in >> 28.19: >> >>> On Mon 15 May 2006 01:31:36p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it >>> Andy? >>> >>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote >>>> >>>> >>>> He left them to my uncle, his own son, who still has them. >>>> >>>> >>>> RATS!!! >>> >>> LOL! That's exactly what I said when i asked "who got the >>> marbles?", and learned the answer. >> >> >> When was the last time you saw your Unc and asked about them or saw >> them? Are you in line to inherit them or make a request while at the >> same time wishing him a long life, naturally. ;) > > It's been several years, but he has three sons, and I'm sure that they > will go to one of them. > >> I gifted an old friend of the family an agate (marbles) set of >> billiard (pool) balls. See-thru, except with the numbers in "wavy >> flag colored stripes" inside. > > I bet those were sharp looking! > >> My gift was a tease, because he'd come over and run the table and >> complain about not having enough room in his house for a pool table. >> I gave him an incentive to move! :))) > > So, did he? After my divorce, I haven't a clue! But I imagine with his brilliance, he probably has. And has them on display behind glass on the wall, next to his table. But I'm just guessing. Andy |
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On Mon 15 May 2006 07:30:01p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it L, not -L?
> > On 15-May-2006, Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote: > >> Speaking of "marbles"... My grandfather never had glass marbles to >> play with as a child. He had a leather pouch full of various colored >> "marbles" made from real marble. He would let me play with them when I >> was a kid. >> >> -- >> >> Wayne Boatwright > > I still have a bunch of my father's marbles (circa 1925); rather than > marble or glass, these are made from fired clay. They were originally > painted in bright colors, but have lost most if not all their paint over > the years. Isn't it wonderful having a family momento like that? Those sound cool! > Of course, all this talk of marble has made me realize - I have never > baked a marbled rye. I think I'll go look for a recipe; maybe even take > a trip down memory lane with the clay marbles with the marbled rye > rises. I've always liked the way marble rye looks, but any that I've ever bought has always been much too dry. Rye is one of my favorite breads. -- Wayne Boatwright __________________________________________________ ___________ "How can a nation be great if it's bread taste like Kleenex?" Julia Child |
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"L, not -L" > wrote in message ... > > I still have a bunch of my father's marbles (circa 1925); rather than marble > or glass, these are made from fired clay. They were originally painted in > bright colors, but have lost most if not all their paint over the years. Consider yourself fortunate. I, too, once had a fine collection, but like so many others of my generation - including many who also post here - I have regrettably lost my marbles. Bob M. |
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On Tue 16 May 2006 10:49:49a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Bob Myers?
> > "L, not -L" > wrote in message > ... >> >> I still have a bunch of my father's marbles (circa 1925); rather than >> marble or glass, these are made from fired clay. They were originally >> painted in bright colors, but have lost most if not all their paint over >> the years. > > Consider yourself fortunate. I, too, once had a fine collection, > but like so many others of my generation - including many who > also post here - I have regrettably lost my marbles. > > Bob M. <smile> -- Wayne Boatwright __________________________________________________ ___________ "How can a nation be great if it's bread taste like Kleenex?" Julia Child |
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"Bob Myers" > wrote > Consider yourself fortunate. I, too, once had a fine collection, > but like so many others of my generation - including many who > also post here - I have regrettably lost my marbles. Hey, I have my marbles, but I keep them in a box downstairs where no one notices them. nancy |
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On Tue 16 May 2006 12:01:20p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Nancy Young?
> > "Bob Myers" > wrote > >> Consider yourself fortunate. I, too, once had a fine collection, but >> like so many others of my generation - including many who also post >> here - I have regrettably lost my marbles. > > Hey, I have my marbles, but I keep them in a box downstairs > where no one notices them. > > nancy You should probably keep a few near the computer. :-) -- Wayne Boatwright __________________________________________________ ___________ "How can a nation be great if it's bread taste like Kleenex?" Julia Child |
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"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote > On Tue 16 May 2006 12:01:20p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Nancy > Young? >> Hey, I have my marbles, but I keep them in a box downstairs >> where no one notices them. > You should probably keep a few near the computer. :-) (laugh) What, then I'd stand out in this crowd. nancy |
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On Tue 16 May 2006 01:03:37p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Nancy
Young? > > "Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote > >> On Tue 16 May 2006 12:01:20p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Nancy >> Young? > >>> Hey, I have my marbles, but I keep them in a box downstairs where no >>> one notices them. > >> You should probably keep a few near the computer. :-) > > (laugh) What, then I'd stand out in this crowd. > > nancy Well, you do anyway, Nancy. At least in my book. -- Wayne Boatwright __________________________________________________ ___________ "How can a nation be great if it's bread taste like Kleenex?" Julia Child |
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Wayne Boatwright wrote on 16 May 2006 in rec.food.cooking
> I've always liked the way marble rye looks, but any that I've ever > bought has always been much too dry. Rye is one of my favorite > breads. > > -- > > Wayne Boatwright > __________________ Before low carb...4 slices of crusty rye bread lightly toasted and smeared with butter and crunchy peanut butter was me preferred breakfast. -- -Alan |
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Wayne Boatwright wrote on 16 May 2006 in rec.food.cooking
> Well, you do anyway, Nancy. At least in my book. > Watch it! She's mine.... -- -Alan |
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On Tue 16 May 2006 04:19:25p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Mr Libido
Incognito? > Wayne Boatwright wrote on 16 May 2006 in rec.food.cooking > >> I've always liked the way marble rye looks, but any that I've ever >> bought has always been much too dry. Rye is one of my favorite >> breads. >> >> -- >> >> Wayne Boatwright >> __________________ > > Before low carb...4 slices of crusty rye bread lightly toasted and > smeared with butter and crunchy peanut butter was me preferred > breakfast. That's one of my favorites, too. My favorite toast is rye, and you can't hurt anything with crunchy peanut butter. I haven't had any since early January. Speaking of carbs and such, following WW has brought me down 54 pounds since January, and I got my latest lab results yesterday. Total cholesterol is 110, and my a1c is 5.6. I'm pleased! -- Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬ _____________________ |
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On Tue 16 May 2006 04:20:16p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Mr Libido
Incognito? > Wayne Boatwright wrote on 16 May 2006 in rec.food.cooking > >> Well, you do anyway, Nancy. At least in my book. >> > > Watch it! She's mine.... Well, you *could* share! -- Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬ _____________________ |
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Wayne Boatwright wrote on 16 May 2006 in rec.food.cooking
> On Tue 16 May 2006 04:19:25p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Mr Libido > Incognito? > > > Wayne Boatwright wrote on 16 May 2006 in rec.food.cooking > > > >> I've always liked the way marble rye looks, but any that I've ever > >> bought has always been much too dry. Rye is one of my favorite > >> breads. > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Wayne Boatwright > >> __________________ > > > > Before low carb...4 slices of crusty rye bread lightly toasted and > > smeared with butter and crunchy peanut butter was me preferred > > breakfast. > > That's one of my favorites, too. My favorite toast is rye, and you can't > hurt anything with crunchy peanut butter. I haven't had any since early > January. > > Speaking of carbs and such, following WW has brought me down 54 pounds > since January, and I got my latest lab results yesterday. Total > cholesterol is 110, and my a1c is 5.6. I'm pleased! > I'm close to 195 losing close to 70 lbs since August 2004...I cheats a bit so it takes me longer. I don't remember my cholestral...but my a1c is floating between 4.8 and 5.2 mmol. I lost 60 ish lbs my first yr. Now comes the harder 35 lbs. It might take me another yr or two to get to 175 but I'll keep on trying. Doctor wanted me to reach 160 lb but I just laughed at that. She compromised to 175 when I agreed that was a more realistic goal. So my goal is to lose 95 lbs..I have only 20 lbs to lose before I will cheat again. -- -Alan |
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