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Skriven 2008-01-03 12:51:34 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
Ärende: ODDS AND ENDS 623 80103
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 -=> Quoting Michael Loo to Glen Jamieson <=-

 GJ> As I have been incommunicado for 3 weeks in WA, msgs have been
 GJ> accumulating enormously.  I d/loaded 5 batches of 200 msgs each, with

 ML> I discover that my personal mail is way down: toyed with the
 ML> idea that someone has hacked my ID and is reading messages
 ML> under my name and thus resetting the pointers but rejected

If the pointers were thusly re-set, you would miss all the non-personal
mail as well.  Then you would probably notice previously unread
subjects being referred to.  My own personal uploads disappeared for a
while into "lost messages" box somewhere east of Adelaide.  Naturally I
suspected ASIO and/or the CIA, but they refused to admit or deny
involvement.  Eventually my contributions were allowed to continue on
their accustomed path to the Americas.

 ML> that possibility as too sensible. I guess I'll just have to
 ML> write more.

Another solution would be to be more controversal in your writings.
You have been writing some excellent reports, which have been duly
appreciated, but normally there is nothing in them to arouse the
brace of Daves to climb onto their respective soap-boxes.
 
 GJ> Wasn't there a famous Chinese painter who deliberately included a tiny
 GJ> mistake in his paintings so that the viewer could have the
 GJ> satisfaction of finding a fault that the great man had missed.

 ML> It's actually an Islamic custom, practiced in all arts but
 ML> most notably in carpetweaving: an imperfection is left in or
 ML> introduced into each piece, so as to avoid lese majeste and
 ML> all the horrid things that come therefrom.

That sounds logical.  My school teacher probably mis-informed me.
 
 GJ> You may have noticed that I tend to leave a mistake in a similar
 GJ> manner to the great Chinese artist; sometimes more than one.  You found
 GJ> the one in the above posting, of course.

 ML> Perhaps you leave one per glass of rough red ...

Not in the morning, if you don't mind!  Nothing heavier than bubbly for
breakfast.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Champagne Mustard I -From: Ron Ackermann
 Categories: Spreads, Sauces, Internet
      Yield: 1 Servings
 
      3 tb Spice- yellow mustard seeds
           ;fine ground
      2 tb Spice- mustard powder
  1 1/2 tb Honey
      1 ts Salt
    1/3 c  Wine- champagne
           ;or sparking wine
      2 ts Sugar
 
  This is a great way to use up the dregs of a champagne or wine.  Or
  do, as I am sure Kay would approve, open a bottle of champagne to
  make the mustard and reap the rewards of not wasting what's left! *:)
  Any white sparkling wine will work and the mustard should be mixed by
  hand to "preserve" the bubbles.
  
  From: Ron Ackermann <ron<@>ackermann.org.> U/L 'COOKING' FEBRUARY Y2K
 
MMMMM
 

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