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Skriven 2010-08-20 08:36:00 av Dave Drum (44098.cooking)
     Kommentar till en text av Glen Jamieson (44049.cooking)
Ärende: Ned Ludd BEING CUT-OFF
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-=> Glen Jamieson wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 JW> something is wonky. There has been very little traffic
 DD> I have noticed that we are in the Dog Days of August.
 JW> Today's download had a reasonable volume and a large number of
 JW> participants but Australia seems to be cut off again. In email,
 JW> Glen says he has received nothing at all in four days.

 DD> I seem to recall Glen saying that he has acquired a broadband
 DD> connection. I know Greg Mayman has and he is even tighter with a
 DD> farthing than Brother Jamieson.  Bv)=

 GJ> I do indeed have broadband, but use that for online reading of emails
 GJ> and listening to Fado music, not BBSing.

 DD> If we can convince him to learn to telnet into one of the myriad of
 DD> BBSes which carry the Cooking Echo or to use his browser to log-in
 DD> to Docs's or FidoTel and set up an account there is no reason
 DD> for him to be "cut-off" just because his beloved TPG bbs has gone
 DD> walkabout.

 GJ> TPG is the ISP for the broadband and my mobile phone.  For BBSing I
 GJ> use the local dial-up service provided by Kevin's somewhat odd friend,
 GJ> Brian Wormald.  That allows me to download stuff and reply to it in my
 GJ> own time, bit by bit.  All done by menu; none of this new-fangled
 GJ> "mouse" operation!  Anyway, from what I have read, even your USAn
 GJ> telnet connections are less than 100% reliable.

Uuuuuhhhhh, Glen, don't look now but telnet as merely in internet capable
version of your dial-up modem software. You download a message packet and
dismember it in your "own time, bit by bit." 
 
If you are connected to the internet telnet is 100% reliable - assuming that
the BBS you are trying to log onto is up and running on the net. And assuming
that you have the native wit to enter the address properly.

Other components - such as hubs, etc. may fall down and cut off an individual
BBS, area, or zone. Which is why it is nice to have alternative means to keep
your light from being buried under caterpiggles.
 
Also why I grab a packet from Doc's and FidoTel as well as the telnet packet
from Holodeck. It lets me check propagation of messages and allows alternate
posting routes should something slip or break - as it seems to do with some
regularity ... especially on the long Pacific routes to get to Oz.  Bv)= 
 
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Creeping Caterpillar Cupcakes
 Categories: Live!, Cakes, Snacks, Desserts
      Yield: 24 servings

      2 c  Sifted cake flour
      2 ts Baking powder
    1/4 ts Salt
    1/2 c  Unsalted butter; softened
           - room temp
      1 c  Sugar
      3 lg Eggs
      1 ts Vanilla
      3 oz Unsweetened chocolate;
           - melted
    1/2 c  Milk

MMMMM-------------------------FROSTING------------------------------
      3 c  Prepared white frosting
           +=TINTED WITH=+
           Green, yellow, purple or
           - orange food colouring
           Tinted coconut; green,
           - yellow, purple or orange

MMMMM-----------------------DECORATION------------------------------
           Licorice shoe strings;
           - variety of colours) 
           Round candies for eyes or
           - spots
 
  Preheat oven to 375øF/190øC. Line 24 cup muffin tins with
  paper liners. In a large bowl whisk together the cake
  flour, baking powder and salt. In a stand-alone mixer or
  using a handheld electric mixer cream the butter and sugar
  until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing
  thoroughly after each addition. Add the vanilla and beat to
  combine. If making chocolate cake add the cooled, melted
  chocolate and mix well, then add in milk. Gradually add the
  flour mixture into the butter mixture and mix until just
  combined. Pour the batter into the prepared tins and bake
  for 20 minutes. Cool completely.
 
  Frost the cupcakes with the tinted frosting and sprinkle
  with tinted coconut for a fuzzy caterpillar. Arrange them
  in a curving pattern on top of a large cutting board or
  piece of cardboard covered with foil. Snip licorice into
  short lengths to form antennae and legs. Place round
  candies for eyes and mouth. If desired, round candies can
  be placed on cupcakes for a spotted caterpillar.
 
  Yield: 24 cupcakes
 
  Recipe By: Cooking Live Show #CL8861

  From: http://www.recipesource.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

ENJOY!!!

From Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
Home of YAHOOOOAHHHH Hot Sauce & Hardin Cider 

 

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