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Skriven 2008-03-10 21:37:09 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
Ärende: TEACHING ANGER MGT 80310
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 -=> Quoting Michael Loo to Glen Jamieson <=-

 ML> 1. I doubt that I've ever cited Grolier, or ever would.

 ML> You know, what is regarded as light-hearted banter down under
 ML> often appears to be insult almost worthy of pistols at dawn
 ML> up over. I don't mind it so much unless, as here, your factoids
 ML> are so diametrically opposed to the truth as to be defamatory.

As one of my misunderstood and misjudged, Public Servant, presumed
ancestors once said (in Latin), "What is truth?".

 ML> You're the one who cites Grolier, after all. I tend to cite the
 ML> NED (OED), Sko, and various Larousse, especially the Gastronomique
 ML> - none of these particularly USAn.

I do have the COD, Webster and Collins, and about 8 other non-English
language ones. I defer to your Larousse et Ce for culinary references.

I could quote Kevin, but out of consideration for the fine
sensibilities of my USAn friends, I won't.  [Bows, gracefully.]
 
 ML> 3. Proto-Sino-Tibetan isn't antique Chinese any more than
 ML> Indo-European is antique English.
 GJ> So what would be?
 ML> Antique Chinese.

"Proto-" = First, or original.  Someone would have spoken it, long ago,
in antiquity - or such was my interpretation of the meaning of the word.

 ML> That has been suggested, believe it or not.
 GJ> If you say so, of course I believe it.  (Innocent look)
 ML> I wish you and the Hanschka would get over those innocent looks,
 ML> too. Sometimes that "returned unopened" trick of Ford's could
 ML> go to good use, if I could manage to figure out how to do it.

I'm sure Burt would be happy to show you.  He is a very helpful chap.

Did you see where one of Branson's 747s recently flew internationally
with one engine running exclusively on biodiesel derived from cooking
oil?  In Syracuse, NY, on the shores of Lake Onondaga, out Burt's way,
Robert Congel's Destiny USA has begun building what is intended to be
"the nation's largest sustainable shopping, hotel and event
destination".  The 70 items of equipment working on the project are all
using 100% biodiesel, except in winter, when it gells.

It is good to see major industrialists motivated towards wider use of
renewable fuels.  There may yet be hope for the future.

I do like to give credit where credit is due.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: My Stuff (Non-Alcoholic)
 Categories: Lazy
      Yield: 1 Big servin
 
    1/2 md Onion, sliced
      4 oz Mushrooms (sm can sliced)
           -reserve liquid
    1/4 lb Roughly of ground hamburg
    1/2    Package of dry gravy mix
    1/2 c  Mushroom liquid plus water
           -some frozen green peas
      6 oz RED Zinfandel (not white)
 
  Dump onions, and beef into a large frying pan and cook until beef is
  browned. Make the mushroom liquid up to 1/2 cup with water, and add
  to the pan. Then add the mushrooms and the dry gravy powder. Cook and
  stir a little until it thickens some.
  
  Cover and let sit on the magic burner, at about 180 F.   Just before
  eating, throw in a handful of peas, for color. (I used to 'brown' the
  mushrooms with the hamburg, but Shirley says it was a waste of time.)
  
  Go drink the wine at the computer, watch the news, etc.. When you are
  ready to eat (My Stuff was ready at the end of the last paragraph)
  make a serving of instant potatoes and three slices of nice brown
  toast.  Put the potatoes and *two* slices of toast on a big plate.
  Put about 2/3 to 3/4 of the My Stuff on top. Refill wine glass.
  
  When the toast is gone, and the potatoes are about 2/3 gone, get the
  last slice of toast and put the rest of the My Stuff on the toast,
  and on  the potatoes to warm them up.
  
  My Stuff can sit on the magic burner (A controlled temperature
  burner) for hours if you want. It just gets better. Remember to turn
  off the magic burner.
  
  Recipe By Burt Ford. U/L to cooking 09/94 2/95 8/95 6/97 12/97 4/98
  3/00 07/02 09/05 02/07.
 
MMMMM
 

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