On Tue, 05 Dec 2017 18:32:26 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:

wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On Monday, December 4, 2017 at 4:20:32 PM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
>> > wrote in message
>> > ...
>> >
>> > On Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 3:23:15 PM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
>> > > wrote in message
>> > > ...
>> > >
>> > > On Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 12:51:29 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith
>> > > wrote:
>> > > > On 2017-12-03 10:31 AM, Gary wrote:
>> > > > > Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> > > > > >
>> > > > >> It would be interesting to know how you went about browning
>> > > > the >> sausage.
>> > > > >> What was the burner setting?
>> > > > >> Did you add oil to the pan? If so, how much?
>> > > > >> How long were the sausages in the pan?
>> > > > >> Did you leave the room while they were browning?
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Bottom line, he screwed it up. If his room got all smoky, he
>> > > > > cooked them on too high heat rather than simmer on low heat
>> > > > > until browned. He failed. Take him out and shoot him at dawn.
>> > > > > No more sausage cooking for that darn fellow! :-D
>> > > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > It should be refreshing to have someone who asks for help and
>> > > > and tries to follow the advice given before rejecting it.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Sarcasm eh? Well Dave, I followed the instructions but not
>> > > explicitly. I fouled up as Gary says. Take me out and blow my
>> > > head off. Or tie me to the
>> > > rack and torture me in Vincent Price or Boris Karloff fashion. I
>> > > am an honest guy, Dave - I admit I screwed up. Furthermore I
>> > > knew I would screw up even before it happened. I saw into the
>> > > future and I saw the truth. I am a prophet, not a cook.
>> > >
>> > > ==
>> > >
>> > > <g>
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk
>> >
>> >
>> > I am not up on cyber speak. Does <g> stand for 'groan' or 'good',
>> > or what? I'd like to know. Thanks.
>> >
>> > TJ
>> >
>> > <g> = grin
>>
>>
>> Thanks, I really didn't know. I guess grin is somewhere between
>> groan and good, one of those "can go either way" type deals. Kind of
>> middle of the road, can be interpreted lots of different ways. "Hey
>> man, I wasn't laughing at you, I was just grinning." Or, "Yo, back
>> up, I wasn't sneering at you, that was just a grin." Grin: a cop
>> out for moderates. Hah hah hah
>
>Naw. Grins are always good. A +1 or a <g> or <grin> are always good on
>agreeing with you or at least liking what you said.

One of the dwarf's chinky waiter toothy grins <||||||>. heheheh