Well, lovely non-cooking Lucy really had us going didn't she? She said she
has a Phd, but she never answered as to what; her answer was that that she
had an MD in general surgery. (say what?!)

IMHO, ditzy Lucy just ran a number on this newsgroup. Dang, I fell for it.
What about y'all?

Pam

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 07:53:26 GMT, "Ed Grabau and Pam Jacoby" <pjjehg
@frontiernet.net> wrote:

>Well, lovely non-cooking Lucy really had us going didn't she? She said she
>has a Phd, but she never answered as to what; her answer was that that she
>had an MD in general surgery. (say what?!)

I missed that one! LOL!

>IMHO, ditzy Lucy just ran a number on this newsgroup. Dang, I fell for it.
>What about y'all?

I think that "Lucy" is intelligent, possibly well-educated, but definitely
a troll and troublemaker. I think you need more sleep, Pam.

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

Pam wrote:

> IMHO, ditzy Lucy just ran a number on this newsgroup. Dang, I fell for
> it. What about y'all?

How about we all get back to talking about COOKING? Here, I'll start:

Two boxes of Harry & David's "Royal Riviera" pears showed up on my doorstep
today. They're firmer than I expected them to be. Although I know they'll
soften over the next week or so, I want to cook with some of them now. I
*used* to have a recipe for ribs with pears, but I never made it, and now I
can't find the recipe.

Any suggestions on what to do with these while they're still crunchy?
They're pretty big, about as big as a softball, and I've got lots of them.
(I'm going to give some to my girlfriend, but she'll probably only eat one
or two.)

Bob

On Sun 30 Jan 2005 12:53:26a, Ed Grabau and Pam Jacoby wrote in
rec.food.cooking:

> Well, lovely non-cooking Lucy really had us going didn't she? She said
> she has a Phd, but she never answered as to what; her answer was that
> that she had an MD in general surgery. (say what?!)
>
> IMHO, ditzy Lucy just ran a number on this newsgroup. Dang, I fell for
> it. What about y'all?
>
> Pam

I wouldn't know. Lucy became a celebrated member of my killfile after her
2nd post.

Wayne

"Wayne Boatwright wrote in message
> On Sun 30 Jan 2005 12:53:26a, Ed Grabau and Pam Jacoby wrote in
> rec.food.cooking:
>
>> Well, lovely non-cooking Lucy really had us going didn't she? She said
>> she has a Phd, but she never answered as to what; her answer was that
>> that she had an MD in general surgery. (say what?!)
>>
>> IMHO, ditzy Lucy just ran a number on this newsgroup. Dang, I fell for
>> it. What about y'all?
>>
>> Pam
>
> I wouldn't know. Lucy became a celebrated member of my killfile after her
> 2nd post.
>
> Wayne
>

Dang, I feel so used, know what I mean? Obviously, I've not been abused
enough! Seriously, why did you all play along with that piece of c&*p?

I'm just asking for my own edification. I've not been posting for some
years, and I need to be brought up to date so I don't continue to act like
an idiot.

OK, I'll probably act like an idiot generally. I'd just like to have a
chance---ya, know!?

Pam

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 09:37:18 GMT, "Ed Grabau and Pam Jacoby" <pjjehg
@frontiernet.net> wrote:

>Dang, I feel so used, know what I mean? Obviously, I've not been abused
>enough! Seriously, why did you all play along with that piece of c&*p?
>
>I'm just asking for my own edification. I've not been posting for some
>years, and I need to be brought up to date so I don't continue to act like
>an idiot.
>
>OK, I'll probably act like an idiot generally. I'd just like to have a
>chance---ya, know!?

It took me awhile, too. It's okay. Everyone has their own special point
of no return. You just have a bigger heart than some of us.

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

Ed Grabau and Pam Jacoby wrote:
> "Wayne Boatwright wrote in message
> > On Sun 30 Jan 2005 12:53:26a, Ed Grabau and Pam Jacoby wrote in
> > rec.food.cooking:

> >>
> >> IMHO, ditzy Lucy just ran a number on this newsgroup. Dang, I
fell for
> >> it. What about y'all?
> >>
> >> Dang, I feel so used, know what I mean? Obviously, I've not been
abused
> enough! Seriously, why did you all play along with that piece of
c&*p?
>

I don't post much at all so it wasn't difficult not to respond to Lucy.
:-)
Seriously, tho, I suspected Lucy was a troll from the first post.
Underlying her posts were a pretty fierce hostility and what struck me
as a deliberate attempt to mock and antagonize regular rfc posters. I
guess my general posture is "wait and see" if someone, male or female,
swashbuckles into the newsgroup.

Mac

On Sun 30 Jan 2005 06:00:40p, wrote in rec.food.cooking:

>
> Ed Grabau and Pam Jacoby wrote:
>> "Wayne Boatwright wrote in message
>> > On Sun 30 Jan 2005 12:53:26a, Ed Grabau and Pam Jacoby wrote in
>> > rec.food.cooking:
>
>> >>
>> >> IMHO, ditzy Lucy just ran a number on this newsgroup. Dang, I fell
>> >> for it. What about y'all?
>> >>
>> >> Dang, I feel so used, know what I mean? Obviously, I've not been
>> >> abused enough! Seriously, why did you all play along with that
>> >> piece of c&*p?
>>
>
> I don't post much at all so it wasn't difficult not to respond to Lucy.
>:-)
> Seriously, tho, I suspected Lucy was a troll from the first post.
> Underlying her posts were a pretty fierce hostility and what struck me
> as a deliberate attempt to mock and antagonize regular rfc posters. I
> guess my general posture is "wait and see" if someone, male or female,
> swashbuckles into the newsgroup.
>
> Mac

It immediately seemed odd to me that a new poster would literally flood the
newsgroup with posts and replies, neither knowing anyone here nor caring to
become acquainted. It struck me as diarrhea of the mouth.

Wayne

On 31 Jan 2005 01:56:05 GMT, Wayne Boatwright > wrote:


>It immediately seemed odd to me that a new poster would literally flood the
>newsgroup with posts and replies, neither knowing anyone here nor caring to
>become acquainted. It struck me as diarrhea of the mouth.
>
>Wayne

Did you ever read _The Laszlo Letters_? There are certain parallels.

modom

"Dallas is a rich man with a death wish in his eyes."
-- Jimmie Dale Gilmore

"Ed Grabau and Pam Jacoby" <pjjehg @frontiernet.net> wrote in message
...
> Well, lovely non-cooking Lucy really had us going didn't she? She said
> she has a Phd, but she never answered as to what; her answer was that that
> she had an MD in general surgery. (say what?!)
>
> IMHO, ditzy Lucy just ran a number on this newsgroup. Dang, I fell for
> it. What about y'all?

For whatever reason, she set off my troll warning from her first post. I
can't
put my finger on it, I just watched to see if I was wrong. Whatcha gonna
do,
you have to take people at face value sometimes, it's not your fault. But I
did miss the Phd thing.

nancy

In article >, "Ed Grabau and Pam
Jacoby" <pjjehg @frontiernet.net> wrote:

> Well, lovely non-cooking Lucy really had us going didn't she? She
> said she has a Phd, but she never answered as to what; her answer was
> that that she had an MD in general surgery. (say what?!)
>
> IMHO, ditzy Lucy just ran a number on this newsgroup. Dang, I fell
> for it. What about y'all?

>
> Pam

I believed it for a while. My antenna flew up when it didn't know what
a pound sign is. They lit up when it talked about posting for some huge
number ofyears. I'm thinking that its attitude about posting any way it
jolly well pleases just didn't jibe with posting for a bunch of years.

Re the MD thing: Are you sure, Pam. She said, "It is really quite
pathetic that- a gal with a post graduate degree cannot seem to get
three simple dishes -all done at the same time! ". I said Rob has a
PhD in Engineering. I said she should approach the whole cooking thing
the way she approached getting a Master's Degree. She said, "Medicine,
from UAMS. General surgery. Yes, I'm an Arkansan, -and a cut-up.
(Pun intended). " I wouldn't let it break a blister on me -- general
surgery - ri-i-i-ight. Those quotes are not necessarily in order and
I may have missed what you're saying she said.)

I hope it won the bet it had with whomever. I was hoping one of the
geeks on board could come up with some identification.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Winter Carnival ice sculpture pics
added 1-30-05.
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.

Melba's Jammin' > wrote in news:thisisbogus-
:

>
> I believed it for a while. My antenna flew up when it didn't know what
> a pound sign is.

Barb, was that the reference to the # sign? The only reason I know that's a
pound sign was that I read it on here <g - does that mean I'll send your
antennae flying too??>, though I'm not in the USA. I may have already asked
this at sometime over the years, but if so I can't remember. Is this usage
widespread across the US, or is it regional? Is it in current use - e.g. at
shops etc.? Just curious.

I've never seen any symbol used here to denote pounds. Of course labelling
etc. is in metric. However, even in old recipes I've always just seen "lb"
used.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

Rhonda Anderson wrote:

> I've never seen any symbol used here to denote pounds.

£

HTH, :-)
Bob

zxcvbob > wrote in :

> Rhonda Anderson wrote:
>
>> I've never seen any symbol used here to denote pounds.
>
> £
>
> HTH, :-)
> Bob

Very funny, smartypants <g>


Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

In article >, Rhonda
Anderson > wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' > wrote in news:thisisbogus-
> :
>
> >
> > I believed it for a while. My antenna flew up when it didn't know
> > what a pound sign is.
>
> Barb, was that the reference to the # sign? The only reason I know
> that's a pound sign was that I read it on here <g - does that mean
> I'll send your antennae flying too??>, though I'm not in the USA. I
> may have already asked this at sometime over the years, but if so I
> can't remember. Is this usage widespread across the US, or is it
> regional? Is it in current use - e.g. at shops etc.? Just curious.
>
> I've never seen any symbol used here to denote pounds. Of course
> labelling etc. is in metric. However, even in old recipes I've always
> just seen "lb" used.

> Rhonda Anderson
> Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

Rhonda, when I call my bank -- or darned near anyplace else that uses an
automated phone system -- the instructions for navigating the system
will almost always include "followed by the pound sign". It's onall the
phones. Sorry, luv, but it is inconceivable to me that it doesn't know
what a pound sign is. Does not compute.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Winter Carnival ice sculpture pics
added 1-30-05.
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.

I missed something -- the threads got too long. What decided everybody
that "Lucy" was troll, not just an exuberant, arrogant MD as claimed?
What was this about the Ph.D?

Ob Food:

The birthday party for the 5 year old went off well, although we had
too much food. (This isn't a problem). I made potato salad from
scratch, using a recipe. I'm out of practice with potato salad and
wanted to get it right - always did it by instinct before, but the last
time I made American style potato salad was sometime in the 80s. Adding
mustard to the mayo was presented as an option in the recipe, and in
the frenzy I just forgot it. Missed the flavor. Hubby asked why not add
it in after but you really have to get a small bit of mustard well
mixed into the large quantity of mayo. It was still pretty darned good
potato salad. Think I'll get me some right now.

COld cuts were hormone & antibiotic free roast turkey, roast beef and
ham. (Thank you, Niman Ranch and Diestel!) Also a large selection of
cheeses. My dad brought tabbouli and a new dip that's like baba
ghanoush but made with cauliflower, not eggplant. The dip was a big
hit, even with the picky 3 year old. I'll try to get a recipe.
One of the moms is Indian and brought an enormous tray, basically a
foil roasting pan, filled with a lovely saffron rice that had peas,
carrots, tiny chilis, cumin seed and other flavorings. She assured me
we could freeze the leftovers, which we did after distributing
quantities to all the relatives. MIL made green goddess and blue cheese
dips for the mounds of crudites. I served up vegetarian chili beans
adapted from a Deborah Madison recipe - these were extraneous, really,
but folks took lots home. Grandma made applesauce cake with cream
cheese icing, Marion Cunningham recipe. In all, a simple but delicious
and variegated menu.

Leila

On 30 Jan 2005 21:04:24 -0800, "Leila" > wrote:

>I made potato salad from
>scratch, using a recipe. I'm out of practice with potato salad and
>wanted to get it right - always did it by instinct before, but the last
>time I made American style potato salad was sometime in the 80s.

My memory isn't what it used to be, and there are a lot of things I just
toss together. A few years ago, I decided to put my "little of this and
little of that" stuff into bona fide recipe formats in MasterCook. This
includes vegetable beef soup, dilled potato salad, even tuna sandwiches. I
want to make sure that if I'm first to kick off, Crash can still make "my"
food. It also helps me already, because I'm not always able to remember
how I accomplished things in the past.

Does anyone else do this?

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

On 30 Jan 2005 21:04:24 -0800, "Leila"
> wrote:

> What decided everybody
> that "Lucy" was troll, not just an exuberant, arrogant MD as claimed?
> What was this about the Ph.D?

Jeeze, you read a lot more "Lucy" than than I did... I
didn't read she claimed to be a surgeon - I only read when
someone else said she claimed it.

sf

Melba's Jammin' > wrote in
:

> In article >, Rhonda
> Anderson > wrote:
>

>> I've never seen any symbol used here to denote pounds. Of course
>> labelling etc. is in metric. However, even in old recipes I've always
>> just seen "lb" used.
>
>> Rhonda Anderson
>> Cranebrook, NSW, Australia
>
> Rhonda, when I call my bank -- or darned near anyplace else that uses
> an automated phone system -- the instructions for navigating the
> system will almost always include "followed by the pound sign". It's
> onall the phones. Sorry, luv, but it is inconceivable to me that it
> doesn't know what a pound sign is. Does not compute.

Aah, now I can see why you would expect someone in the US to know that
was a pound sign. Here, the automated phone systems say "followed by the
hash key". That's the only name I've ever heard that key/symbol called
by.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

Rhonda Anderson > wrote in
.5:

> Aah, now I can see why you would expect someone in the US to know
> that was a pound sign. Here, the automated phone systems say
> "followed by the hash key". That's the only name I've ever heard
> that key/symbol called by.
>
> Rhonda Anderson
> Cranebrook, NSW, Australia
>
>

In America the # (Octothorpe) is the shift 3 key combo. In the UK the
shift 3 key combo is the stylized L pound symbol (£). Octothorpe isn't a
comfortable or well known word, hence the name pound sign was invented.
Then somebody said " pound sign ? I guess it's short for lb".

(I made the stuff in the last sentence up.)

--
No Bread Crumbs were hurt in the making of this Meal.
Type 2 Diabetic 1AC 5.6mmol or 101mg/dl
Continuing to be Manitoban

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 05:25:14 GMT, Rhonda Anderson
> wrote:

>
> Aah, now I can see why you would expect someone in the US to know that
> was a pound sign. Here, the automated phone systems say "followed by the
> hash key". That's the only name I've ever heard that key/symbol called
> by.

We call it a "hash" mark too. It depends on the situation.

sf

"Rhonda Anderson" > wrote in message
.5...
> Melba's Jammin' > wrote in news:thisisbogus-
> :
>
>>
>> I believed it for a while. My antenna flew up when it didn't know what
>> a pound sign is.
>
> Barb, was that the reference to the # sign? The only reason I know that's
> a
> pound sign was that I read it on here <g - does that mean I'll send your
> antennae flying too??>, though I'm not in the USA. I may have already
> asked
> this at sometime over the years, but if so I can't remember. Is this usage
> widespread across the US, or is it regional? Is it in current use - e.g.
> at
> shops etc.? Just curious.
>
> I've never seen any symbol used here to denote pounds. Of course labelling
> etc. is in metric. However, even in old recipes I've always just seen "lb"
> used.
>

£ for money
lbs for weight

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 03:11:54 GMT, Rhonda Anderson
> wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' > wrote in news:thisisbogus-
> :
>
> >
> > I believed it for a while. My antenna flew up when it didn't know what
> > a pound sign is.
>
> Barb, was that the reference to the # sign? The only reason I know that's a
> pound sign was that I read it on here <g - does that mean I'll send your
> antennae flying too??>, though I'm not in the USA. I may have already asked
> this at sometime over the years, but if so I can't remember. Is this usage
> widespread across the US, or is it regional? Is it in current use - e.g. at
> shops etc.? Just curious.
>
> I've never seen any symbol used here to denote pounds. Of course labelling
> etc. is in metric. However, even in old recipes I've always just seen "lb"
> used.
>
> Rhonda Anderson
> Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

Welcome to America!

We use # to denote pound... which is weight not money. I
can also steer you to a second grade math unit (by a major
educational publisher) that teaches #.



sf

Rhonda Anderson wrote:
> Melba's Jammin' > wrote in
> news:thisisbogus-
> :
>
>>
>> I believed it for a while. My antenna flew up when it
>> didn't know what a pound sign is.
>
> Barb, was that the reference to the # sign? The only
> reason I know that's a pound sign was that I read it on
> here <g - does that mean I'll send your antennae flying
> too??>, though I'm not in the USA. I may have already
> asked this at sometime over the years, but if so I can't
> remember. Is this usage widespread across the US, or is
> it regional? Is it in current use - e.g. at shops etc.?
> Just curious.
>
> I've never seen any symbol used here to denote pounds. Of
> course labelling etc. is in metric. However, even in old
> recipes I've always just seen "lb" used.
>
> Rhonda Anderson
> Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

Just as a reference the "official" name of that symbol is the octothorpe.
Here's a description: http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-oct1.htm

Try that at your next trivia party.

--
Pete Romfh, Telecom Geek & Amateur Gourmet.
promfh at hal dash pc dot org

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 07:53:26 GMT, "Ed Grabau and Pam Jacoby" <pjjehg
@frontiernet.net> wrote:

> Well, lovely non-cooking Lucy really had us going didn't she?

Nope. She landed in my kf early on. She essentially stated that anyone who
takes the time to put together a good meal is lacking something in life. IME,
good food & drink, shared with good company, is one of the many pleasures of
life. Here's hoping Lucy will learn this as she approaches adulthood.

> She said she has a Phd, but she never answered as to what; her answer was
> that that she had an MD in general surgery. (say what?!)

Red flag. Whenever a noob starts in with his/her supposed level of education,
put-downs of others are sure to follow. Even more amusing, said noob will
usually write at an elementary level, and exhibit childishly rebellious
behavior when politely advised of certain protocols -- in this case, why
top-posting is inappropriate. Lucy, obviously, is not a product of higher
education.

Kinda reminds me of "Laura - the Happy Wife" (and I'd append 'Lyman' to that)
who also became belligerent over something similar, and declared herself an
engineer who knew so much more that the rest of us. When an actual software
engineer responded, she was outta here.

> IMHO, ditzy Lucy just ran a number on this newsgroup. Dang, I fell for it.
> What about y'all?

Please don't be so hard on yourself. You were just trying to be a good netizen.
It is appreciated.