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dsi1[_15_]

On 6/19/2015 2:17 PM, La Mirada wrote:
> On 6/19/2015 5:09 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On 6/19/2015 12:26 PM, La Mirada wrote:
>>> On 6/19/2015 4:02 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>> On 6/19/2015 11:42 AM, La Mirada wrote:
>>>>> On 6/19/2015 3:38 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>>>> On 6/19/2015 11:23 AM, wrote:
>>>>>>> On Friday, June 19, 2015 at 2:41:18 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Friday, June 19, 2015 at 8:33:48 AM UTC-10, mkr5000 wrote:
>>>>>>>>> There's a nice Asian market near me with live fish and a selection
>>>>>>>>> of fish on ice but I'm a babe in the woods on buying this way. My
>>>>>>>>> concern is safety I guess and wonder where the fish comes from? I
>>>>>>>>> suppose the live fish is from US fish farms? The fish on ice?
>>>>>>>>> Don't
>>>>>>>>> want fish from anything even close to toxic environments. great
>>>>>>>>> prices and variety -- going there today I think to buy something.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I love Asian markets but I'm too scared to buy fish there. Most of
>>>>>>>> them are unfamiliar to me and god know where the heck they came
>>>>>>>> from.
>>>>>>>> OTOH, eating the stuff probably won't kill you - which is my main
>>>>>>>> criteria for choosing foods.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Wait, what? You live on an island in the middle of the Pacific
>>>>>>> Ocean.
>>>>>>> Where *do* you get good seafood from if not local Asian markets?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can get great seafood at the local supermarkets and fishmarkets.
>>>>>> The
>>>>>> Asian markets sell fish for FOB Korean, Samoans, Filipinos,
>>>>>> Vietnamese,
>>>>>> and others. Most of them look like fish you'd catch in a river. The
>>>>>> locals wouldn't know what to do with these products. The only fish
>>>>>> we'd
>>>>>> be familiar with would be tilapia but we hate tilapia!
>>>>>
>>>>> May I sign in and say, right on!
>>>>>
>>>>> It could be the most tasteless trash fish ever to make the big time.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The only problem I have with tilapia is looking at, or eating them.
>>>
>>> Lol, choosing your poisons or not..
>>>
>>>> Otherwise, if folks on the mainland will eat them promiscuously, I will
>>>> be grateful. OTOH, I think that tilapia raised in salt-water might be
>>>> tasty. I'll let you know if I ever find out. :-)
>>>
>>> Give me barracuda any day of the week@!
>>
>> I've had some smoked barracuda - it's good stuff.
>
> Like chikin'!
>
>> I used to have a 67
>> Barracuda - that was good stuff too!
>
>
> Long fast back glass roof, oh yeah...

The fastback was probably the first hatchback in that you could open up
the trunk and fold down the rear seat. Very practical! Too bad I had the
notchback coupe with a regular rear seat and trunk. Oh well, I still
would enjoy driving that car today.