On Thu 01 Sep 2005 11:07:26p, Dee Randall wrote in rec.food.cooking:

>
> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Thu 01 Sep 2005 09:45:25p, Dee Randall wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>>>
>>> "-L." > wrote in message
>>> oups.com...
>>>>
>>>> Roberta wrote:
>>>>> Out of curiousity (and totally serious not sarcastic) what is a
>>>>> Vegan lifestyle? I thought vegan a definition of a type of diet.
>>>>>
>>>>> Roberta (in VA)
>>>>
>>>> Conscious choice not to use fur, leather, wool, silk, beeswax, etc.
>>>>
>>>> -L.
>>>
>>> I've heard about fur and leather. (I don't buy fur, but sometimes
>>> leather.) But wool? Is this because of the sheep getting cold? I've
>>> been in China and seem them thar' worms in the silk factory. What's
>>> this about not to use silk? Beeswax, how does this hurt the bees?
>>>
>>> I think Vegans and PETA have taken a hit, because of some of the
>>> things that others can't understand, and possibly that is the reason
>>> that people react so strongly to the word, "vegetarian" and "vegan."
>>> One has to be prepared for this reaction if one claims to be a
>>> vegan/vegetarian.
>>> I came to the realization a number of years ago that some people
>>> react
>>> to the word, "artist" almost as strongly. I suppose I react to people
>>> with nobs on their tongues and rings in their noses and have my own
>>> prejudices about tattoes. Dee Dee
>>
>> Uh-oh... I'm in trouble!
>>
>> --
>> Wayne Boatwright *¿*
>
> Tattooes, tongue knobs, rings in nose?
> Well -- which is it?
> My f-i-l (80 this month) about fell on the floor when I said a few weeks
> ago that I wouldn't mind if my DH had a pony tail. But f-i-l has a
> tattoe. I've never scorned him for it. He's scorned me for being an
> artist. Nobs and nose rings, no. Tattoes, well ----
> Are you still in trouble?
> Dee Dee

hehehe! Not any more. Tattooed at 48 during mid-life crisis. :-)

Some of my best friends have been artists.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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