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Skriven 2006-04-24 12:10:40 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
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 -=> Quoting Michael Loo to Glen Jamieson <=-

 ML> Early photographs would be
 GJ> more revealing of true proportions.  As regards the calorific intake
 GJ> of the general populace, that was high, but the calorific output was
 GJ> also much higher than now.
 ML> Early photographs of the prosperous show them to be about
 ML> as fat as you'd expect from the portraiture. Early photographs

The early photos I have seen here don't reveal many obese early
Australians, even prosperous ones, perhaps because they had to work
very hard to become prosperous, rather than merely inheriting
prosperity from British "old family".

 GJ> On thinking about it, the ferry company would have saved the cost of a
 GJ> voyage every day that that occurred.  Sneaky!  Meanwhile, the queue of
 GJ> trucks and passengers running to the published time-table increases.
 ML> The ferry company would have to do the ploy once on each end,
 ML> though, lest there be too many boats on one side and too few
 ML> on the other at the end of the day.

Ah, but if you start with 2 ferries, operating simultaneously from
both islands.... double sneaky!
 
 ML> I wonder how avid. He had an interesting reputation with the ladies.
 GJ> He was notoriously weak at resisting their advances.  First wife
 ML> "Weak at resisting their advances" is a bit of an understatement.
 ML> It is my understanding that he would wander drunkenly to the
 ML> prettiest young thing in sight and ask her "can I [two more
 ML> words]," and an astonishing proportion of the pretty young
 ML> things were amenable. This was the testimony, anyhow, of one of
 ML> the (admiring male) escorts assigned to Thomas on one of his
 ML> poetry tours in America.

From what I have read, this technique was quite successful in America,
where he found the young "ladies" unusually receptive to his not very
subtle propositions.   In England and Wales, his wife, Caitlin had
something of a moderating effect.
 
 GJ> longitudinal axis, or at a slight angle to it.  If the velocity of the
 GJ> car was known, and the gouge angle measured carefully,  the
 GJ> approximate distance of the launcher from the line of travel of the
 GJ> car could be calculated.
 ML> All these questions were asked, but another unknown is precisely
 ML> where the impact took place (which would point to from which back
 ML> yard the launching originated).

From that, I can presume that the longitudinal axis of the gouge was
at an angle to that of the car, and thus an anonymus back (or front,
depending on which way the house faced) yard being the most likely
launch site.

If the archetypical Windows "Help" writer was asked, he would say that
the impact took place on the left side of the hood of the Mazda....

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Yard-Long Bean Adobo - Sitaw Adobo
 Categories: Mains, Adobo, Filipino
      Yield: 4 servings
 
      1    Bundle yard-long beans
      1 md Onion, sliced
      3    Cloves garlic, minced
           3 TB vegetable oil
    1/4 c  White vinegar
    1/4 c  Soy sauce
      2    Bay leaves
    1/2 ts Whole black peppercorns
 
  Yard-long beans really can grow to 3 feet in length, although they are
  usually picked when about 18 inches long. Related to black-eyed peas,
  they taste and look like green beans. If long beans are unavailable
  even in Asian supermarkets, substitute green beans.
  
  Trim and cut the beans into 3-inch lengths (about 3 cups). Using a
  non-aluminum 4-quart pan, saute the onion and garlic in the oil for 2
  to 3 minutes, or until the onions are translucent. Add the beans,
  vinegar, soy sauce, bay leaves, and peppercorns. Bring to a boil,
  then lower the heat, cover, and simmer for 4 to 5 minutes, or until
  the beans are tender. Add a tablespoon or two of water, if needed, to
  prevent scorching. Remove the bay leaves and serve hot.
  
  From: FINE FILIPINO FOOD By: KAREN HULENE BARTELL ISBM: 0 7818 0964 9
  SCANNED BY: KEVIN JCJD SYMONS/SEPTEMBER 2004
 
MMMMM
 

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