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don groves
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 3:17 am
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In article <fju4415m43phugc9m60vb0o07sd8itn8a0@4ax.com>, Charles
Riggs at chriggs@éircom.net hath writ:
| Quote: | On 23 Mar 2005 14:53:15 -0800, R H Draney <dadoctah@spamcop.net
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the Omrud filted:
The picking up of rice krispies or raisons or baked beans is
excellent practice for improving hand/eye coordination of the
toddler. So it doesn't matter where they are deposited.
At what point do you you expect to put him on chopsticks?...
The earlier the better. I was told by a group of Japanese diners that
when a person becomes skilled enough to pick up a piece of flat
writing paper with his chopsticks, his chopstick advancement is as far
as it can go -- practice makes perfect, to coin another phrase.
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I thought it was catching a fly in mid-air with chopsticks.
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Tony Cooper
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 4:23 am
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On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:48:24 +0200, "Father Ignatius"
<FatherIgnatius@ANTISPAMananzi.co.za> wrote:
| Quote: | "Linz" <spam@lindsayendell.co.uk> wrote in message
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pointing at his sister very insistently. My colleague offered him a
pair of trainer chopsticks which he picked up and used to feed
WTF can "trainer chopsticks" possibly be?
One has a bowl at the end, and the other has tines. Your fortune is |
written down the side of each.
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R H Draney
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 4:34 am
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Tony Cooper filted:
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On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:48:24 +0200, "Father Ignatius"
FatherIgnatius@ANTISPAMananzi.co.za> wrote:
WTF can "trainer chopsticks" possibly be?
One has a bowl at the end, and the other has tines. Your fortune is
written down the side of each.
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One is reminded of Hawkeye Pierce explaining to Radar O'Reilly what a "training
bra" is: it's just like the regular kind, but it has two little wheels in the
back....
More seriously, the newspaper today carried a picture of these, from the fine
folks at Crate & Barrel:
http://www.cb2.com/family.aspx?c=224&f=1349&q=chopsticks&fromLocation=Search
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Areff
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 5:23 am
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R H Draney wrote:
| Quote: | One is reminded of Hawkeye Pierce explaining to Radar O'Reilly what a "training
bra" is: it's just like the regular kind, but it has two little wheels in the
back....
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Wow, I actually heard the canned laughter there!
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the Omrud
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 5:55 am
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Linz had it:
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"the Omrud" <usenet.omrud@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1cabf97ea2d019d798976f@news.ntlworld.com...
Linz had it:
Here, too. I can't stand the stuff, but a cup of oats and a pint
of milk make five portions of porridge for YoungBloke during the
week. At weekends he plays with a bowl of rice krispies, picking
them up one by one and dropping them over the side of the
highchair.
I have been in Edinburgh for 24 hours, where I breakfasted on toast
and Weetabix.
No fry-up?
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Holiday Inn Express, Leith - "continental breakfast" included. They
don't do "cooked".
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Andrew Gwilliam
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 6:06 am
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On 24 Mar 2005 13:34:20 -0800, R H Draney wrote:
| Quote: | Tony Cooper filted:
On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:48:24 +0200, "Father Ignatius"
FatherIgnatius@ANTISPAMananzi.co.za> wrote:
WTF can "trainer chopsticks" possibly be?
One has a bowl at the end, and the other has tines. Your fortune is
written down the side of each.
One is reminded of Hawkeye Pierce explaining to Radar O'Reilly what a "training
bra" is: it's just like the regular kind, but it has two little wheels in the
back....
More seriously, the newspaper today carried a picture of these, from the fine
folks at Crate & Barrel:
http://www.cb2.com/family.aspx?c=224&f=1349&q=chopsticks&fromLocation=Search
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That page refers to them as "clothespin" chopsticks, where I would have
said "clothes peg". Straightforward left/right pondiality?
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Andrew Gwilliam
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 6:09 am
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On 24 Mar 2005 22:23:59 GMT, Areff wrote:
| Quote: | R H Draney wrote:
One is reminded of Hawkeye Pierce explaining to Radar O'Reilly what a "training
bra" is: it's just like the regular kind, but it has two little wheels in the
back....
Wow, I actually heard the canned laughter there!
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I'm sure this will have come up on a.u.e. before, but I was bitterly
disappointed to discover that BBC's showing of MASH without the laughter
track was not the practice of others, even within the UK. And since Aunty
never shows it anymore, I can no longer watch it.
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the Omrud
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 6:11 am
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Andrew Gwilliam had it:
| Quote: | On 24 Mar 2005 22:23:59 GMT, Areff wrote:
R H Draney wrote:
One is reminded of Hawkeye Pierce explaining to Radar O'Reilly what a "training
bra" is: it's just like the regular kind, but it has two little wheels in the
back....
Wow, I actually heard the canned laughter there!
I'm sure this will have come up on a.u.e. before, but I was bitterly
disappointed to discover that BBC's showing of MASH without the laughter
track was not the practice of others, even within the UK. And since Aunty
never shows it anymore, I can no longer watch it.
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Yes, we have discussed it before. Although MASH is shown daily on
Paramount, I also cannot watch it.
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Andrew Gwilliam
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 6:24 am
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On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 23:11:43 GMT, the Omrud wrote:
| Quote: | Andrew Gwilliam had it:
On 24 Mar 2005 22:23:59 GMT, Areff wrote:
R H Draney wrote:
One is reminded of Hawkeye Pierce explaining to Radar O'Reilly what a "training
bra" is: it's just like the regular kind, but it has two little wheels in the
back....
Wow, I actually heard the canned laughter there!
I'm sure this will have come up on a.u.e. before, but I was bitterly
disappointed to discover that BBC's showing of MASH without the laughter
track was not the practice of others, even within the UK. And since Aunty
never shows it anymore, I can no longer watch it.
Yes, we have discussed it before. Although MASH is shown daily on
Paramount, I also cannot watch it.
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I believe that the DVDs have the option to not have it, at least for the R2
sets. I'm not sure that I'd ever be bothered to buy them though.
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TsuiDF
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 6:53 am
Post subject: Re: Goodies from America [UTF8] |
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Thank you so much for the suggestions. Today every bakery I passed had
such a long line I had no chance to interrogate them in any of the
languages offered. But I am noting the phrases on my grocery list and
will carry it around until the product (or the 'but madame,no one in
the country ever eats such a thing' answer) turns up.
cheers
Stephanie
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don groves
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 7:28 am
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In article <424347f4$0$38043$bed64819@news.gradwell.net>, Andrew
Gwilliam at bottomless_pit@southernskies.co.uk hath writ:
| Quote: | On 24 Mar 2005 13:34:20 -0800, R H Draney wrote:
Tony Cooper filted:
On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:48:24 +0200, "Father Ignatius"
FatherIgnatius@ANTISPAMananzi.co.za> wrote:
WTF can "trainer chopsticks" possibly be?
One has a bowl at the end, and the other has tines. Your fortune is
written down the side of each.
One is reminded of Hawkeye Pierce explaining to Radar O'Reilly what a "training
bra" is: it's just like the regular kind, but it has two little wheels in the
back....
More seriously, the newspaper today carried a picture of these, from the fine
folks at Crate & Barrel:
http://www.cb2.com/family.aspx?c=224&f=1349&q=chopsticks&fromLocation=Search
That page refers to them as "clothespin" chopsticks, where I would have
said "clothes peg". Straightforward left/right pondiality?
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Must be. A clothes "peg" for me would not have the spring, just
a slot which jams the jammies to the line.
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Aaron Davies
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:20 am
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don groves <dgroves@domain.net(seesigfordomain)> wrote:
| Quote: | In article <424347f4$0$38043$bed64819@news.gradwell.net>, Andrew
Gwilliam at bottomless_pit@southernskies.co.uk hath writ:
On 24 Mar 2005 13:34:20 -0800, R H Draney wrote:
Tony Cooper filted:
On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:48:24 +0200, "Father Ignatius"
FatherIgnatius@ANTISPAMananzi.co.za> wrote:
WTF can "trainer chopsticks" possibly be?
One has a bowl at the end, and the other has tines. Your fortune is
written down the side of each.
One is reminded of Hawkeye Pierce explaining to Radar O'Reilly what a
"training bra" is: it's just like the regular kind, but it has two
little wheels in the back....
More seriously, the newspaper today carried a picture of these, from
the fine folks at Crate & Barrel:
http://www.cb2.com/family.aspx?c=224&f=1349&q=chopsticks&fromLocation=
Search
That page refers to them as "clothespin" chopsticks, where I would have
said "clothes peg". Straightforward left/right pondiality?
Must be. A clothes "peg" for me would not have the spring, just
a slot which jams the jammies to the line.
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Ditto, more or less. For me, a clothespin could be either, but a peg
would only be the springless sort.
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Aaron Davies
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Laura F. Spira
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:22 am
Post subject: Breakfast boink [was Re: Goodies from America] |
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Harvey Van Sickle wrote:
| Quote: | On 24 Mar 2005, Laura F. Spira wrote
Harvey Van Sickle wrote:
On 23 Mar 2005, Mike Page wrote
It depends on what you think is the lesser of two evils cold
toast or soggy toast.
Oh, no contest: cold toast is *way* worse than soggy toast. Way
way way way way way worse.
That's assuming, of course, that the toast's been buttered hot.
Buttering toast when it's cold is....pointless. If it's cold,
one can but throw it in the bin....
Harvey, you and I would get on well at breakfast. Unless, of
course, you eat black pudding or kippers....
We'd get on perfectly, as we clearly agree on what is/isn't an
abomination.
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All of this breakfast discussion reminds me that we vaguely discussed a
May Day boink in Oxford. This could mean a very early start to hear the
singers on Magdalen Tower at dawn, followed by breakfast. Or a more
conventional lunch time meeting.
Comments?
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Laura
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Charles Riggs
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 4:17 pm
Post subject: Re: Breakfast boink [was Re: Goodies from America] |
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On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 06:45:56 +0000, "Laura F. Spira"
<laura@DRAGONspira.fsbusiness.co.uk> wrote:
| Quote: | All of this breakfast discussion reminds me that we vaguely discussed a
May Day boink in Oxford. This could mean a very early start to hear the
singers on Magdalen Tower at dawn, followed by breakfast. Or a more
conventional lunch time meeting.
Comments?
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Can boinkers to the Tower sing along? |
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Mike Lyle
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 7:52 pm
Post subject: Re: Breakfast boink [was Re: Goodies from America] |
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Charles Riggs wrote:
| Quote: | On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 06:45:56 +0000, "Laura F. Spira"
laura@DRAGONspira.fsbusiness.co.uk> wrote:
All of this breakfast discussion reminds me that we vaguely
discussed a May Day boink in Oxford. This could mean a very early
start to hear the singers on Magdalen Tower at dawn, followed by
breakfast. Or a more conventional lunch time meeting.
Comments?
Can boinkers to the Tower sing along?
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How's your Latin bel canto? If you want to practise, the words are
at:
http://www.magd.ox.ac.uk/history/cc_hymnus.shtml
and the beautiful tune, _Hymnus Eucharisticus_, is at No 328 in _The
English Hymnal_. Must be on line somewhere.
But you'd probably get pushed in the river: audience participation is
déconseillé, as the musical experience is ethereal from a hundred and
fifty feet up.
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Mike. |
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