Rachael Ray reminds me of that energetic, perky girl in high school
who relentessly organizes all the parties and pep rallies and believes
she is in the bestest class surrounded by the bestest of friends, and
then gets crushed in her senior year when she finally realizes
everyone secretly hates her.

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:10:12 -0400, Saul Saje wrote:

> Rachael Ray reminds me of that energetic, perky girl in high school
> who relentessly organizes all the parties and pep rallies and believes
> she is in the bestest class surrounded by the bestest of friends, and
> then gets crushed in her senior year when she finally realizes
> everyone secretly hates her.


I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!



YummO

jay, after taking an infinite amount of time, finally, on 20 Aug 2006,
typed out:

> I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!


Jay,

Took the words right out of my mouth.

But if she doesn't cut back on the amphetamines or cocaine or whatever,
she'll be the Wretched Wrachael Wray in a couple years, imho,

Andy

Andy wrote:
> jay, after taking an infinite amount of time, finally, on 20 Aug 2006,
> typed out:
>
> > I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
>
>
> Jay,
>
> Took the words right out of my mouth.
>
> But if she doesn't cut back on the amphetamines or cocaine or whatever,
> she'll be the Wretched Wrachael Wray in a couple years, imho,

Her looks and personality have changed a great deal in recent years.
And her voice -- it's gotten so raspy.

, after taking an infinite amount of time, finally, on 20 Aug 2006, typed
out:

>
> Andy wrote:
>> jay, after taking an infinite amount of time, finally, on 20 Aug 2006,
>> typed out:
>>
>> > I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
>>
>>
>> Jay,
>>
>> Took the words right out of my mouth.
>>
>> But if she doesn't cut back on the amphetamines or cocaine or
whatever,
>> she'll be the Wretched Wrachael Wray in a couple years, imho,
>
> Her looks and personality have changed a great deal in recent years.
> And her voice -- it's gotten so raspy.


Is she a chain smoker too???

Andy

Andy wrote:
> , after taking an infinite amount of time, finally, on 20 Aug 2006, typed
> out:
>
> >
> > Andy wrote:
> >> jay, after taking an infinite amount of time, finally, on 20 Aug 2006,
> >> typed out:
> >>
> >> > I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
> >>
> >>
> >> Jay,
> >>
> >> Took the words right out of my mouth.
> >>
> >> But if she doesn't cut back on the amphetamines or cocaine or
> whatever,
> >> she'll be the Wretched Wrachael Wray in a couple years, imho,
> >
> > Her looks and personality have changed a great deal in recent years.
> > And her voice -- it's gotten so raspy.
>
>
> Is she a chain smoker too???

Not that I know of. However, the raspy voice is often a symptom of
other things...some of which you mentioned.

Andy wrote on 9/20/2006:

> Is she a chain smoker too???

I have seen it reported that she smokes. The article didn't say how
much.

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:02:21 -0500, Andy wrote:

> jay, after taking an infinite amount of time, finally, on 20 Aug 2006,
> typed out:
>
>> I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
>
>
> Jay,
>
> Took the words right out of my mouth.
>
> But if she doesn't cut back on the amphetamines or cocaine or whatever,
> she'll be the Wretched Wrachael Wray in a couple years, imho,
>
> Andy

She is a bit wound up. She is not a "chef" by any means but really does
not claim to be one and most of the food network "chefs" with exceptions
are entertainers. I have never cooked any recipe I have seen on ANY of
the food network shows but am entertained by some of them.

Andy wrote:
>
> But if she doesn't cut back on the amphetamines or cocaine or whatever,
> she'll be the Wretched Wrachael Wray in a couple years, imho,

Or the Wicked Witch of the Whisk!

In article >,
says...
> I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
>
>

History is full of people making a lot of money by pandering to poor
taste. I lost what little respect I had for RR when she did one of her
shows on 3 local restaurants (central North Carolina). I am familiar
with 2 of them, one is horrid and the other is at best mediocre. She
oohed and aahed and orgasmed over them both. Pul-lease!


--
Peter Aitken
Visit my recipe and kitchen myths pages at www.pgacon.com/cooking.htm

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:54:23 +0000, Peter A wrote:

> In article >,
> says...
>> I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
>>
>>
>
> History is full of people making a lot of money by pandering to poor
> taste. I lost what little respect I had for RR when she did one of her
> shows on 3 local restaurants (central North Carolina). I am familiar
> with 2 of them, one is horrid and the other is at best mediocre. She
> oohed and aahed and orgasmed over them both. Pul-lease!

Different tastes is what makes a market place. If I listed products that
were targeted at what I think is poor taste, the list would be long enough
to wrap around Wall Street. The American auto industry would be at the
top of the list. Rachael Ray is just a young girl with a howto
entertainment show that is pretty successful.. good for her!

I mean flip the channel and you will get Dancing with the
Stars..AHAHAHAHAHAHA

"jay" > wrote

> top of the list. Rachael Ray is just a young girl with a howto
> entertainment show that is pretty successful.. good for her!

Just curious, how old do you have to be before you're not
a young girl any longer? Or is it relative.

nancy

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 13:52:51 -0400, Monmouth Internet Newsgroups wrote:

>
> "jay" > wrote
>
>> top of the list. Rachael Ray is just a young girl with a howto
>> entertainment show that is pretty successful.. good for her!
>
> Just curious, how old do you have to be before you're not
> a young girl any longer? Or is it relative.
>
> nancy

Definately relative. She looks good.. and younger than her age to me.

>Just curious, how old do you have to be before you're not
>a young girl any longer? Or is it relative.

In Rachael's case, it's when you have to quit calling it "baby fat"
and just say "chunky."

jay wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:54:23 +0000, Peter A wrote:
>
>
>>In article >,
>>says...
>>
>>>I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
>>>
>>>
>>
>>History is full of people making a lot of money by pandering to poor
>>taste. I lost what little respect I had for RR when she did one of her
>>shows on 3 local restaurants (central North Carolina). I am familiar
>>with 2 of them, one is horrid and the other is at best mediocre. She
>>oohed and aahed and orgasmed over them both. Pul-lease!
>
>
> Different tastes is what makes a market place. If I listed products that
> were targeted at what I think is poor taste, the list would be long enough
> to wrap around Wall Street. The American auto industry would be at the
> top of the list. Rachael Ray is just a young girl with a howto
> entertainment show that is pretty successful.. good for her!
>
> I mean flip the channel and you will get Dancing with the
> Stars..AHAHAHAHAHAHA
Don't get me wrong, I really like RR, but a 'young girl'? C'mon! :-)

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:56:41 -0700, Jim Davis wrote:

> jay wrote:
>> On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:54:23 +0000, Peter A wrote:
>>
>>
>>>In article >,
>>>says...
>>>
>>>>I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>History is full of people making a lot of money by pandering to poor
>>>taste. I lost what little respect I had for RR when she did one of her
>>>shows on 3 local restaurants (central North Carolina). I am familiar
>>>with 2 of them, one is horrid and the other is at best mediocre. She
>>>oohed and aahed and orgasmed over them both. Pul-lease!
>>
>>
>> Different tastes is what makes a market place. If I listed products that
>> were targeted at what I think is poor taste, the list would be long enough
>> to wrap around Wall Street. The American auto industry would be at the
>> top of the list. Rachael Ray is just a young girl with a howto
>> entertainment show that is pretty successful.. good for her!
>>
>> I mean flip the channel and you will get Dancing with the
>> Stars..AHAHAHAHAHAHA
> Don't get me wrong, I really like RR, but a 'young girl'? C'mon! :-)

Ok.. she was born in 1968.. so she is a middle age woman carring a LARGE
bag of money.. <G> She still looks good to me.

jay wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:54:23 +0000, Peter A wrote:

> Rachael Ray is just a young girl with a howto
> entertainment show that is pretty successful.. good for her!
>

I like her attitude too. "I don't leave the house unless they pay me",
so she works hard and then she totally relaxes.

Peter A wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
> > I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
> >
> >
>
> History is full of people making a lot of money by pandering to poor
> taste. I lost what little respect I had for RR when she did one of her
> shows on 3 local restaurants (central North Carolina). I am familiar
> with 2 of them, one is horrid and the other is at best mediocre. She
> oohed and aahed and orgasmed over them both. Pul-lease!
>

If it was for the $40 a Day show, the ones you prefer probably didn't
fit in the budget.

sf, after taking an infinite amount of time, finally, on 20 Aug 2006,
typed out:

>
> Peter A wrote:
>> In article >,

>> says...
>> > I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
>> >
>> >
>>
>> History is full of people making a lot of money by pandering to poor
>> taste. I lost what little respect I had for RR when she did one of her
>> shows on 3 local restaurants (central North Carolina). I am familiar
>> with 2 of them, one is horrid and the other is at best mediocre. She
>> oohed and aahed and orgasmed over them both. Pul-lease!
>>
>
> If it was for the $40 a Day show, the ones you prefer probably didn't
> fit in the budget.


sf,

While true, how often do folks travel on vacation on a low budjet of $40
a day?!?

The show's a joke.

Andy

"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> sf, after taking an infinite amount of time, finally, on 20 Aug 2006,
> typed out:
>
> >
> > Peter A wrote:
> >> In article >,
>
> >> says...
> >> > I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> History is full of people making a lot of money by pandering to poor
> >> taste. I lost what little respect I had for RR when she did one of her
> >> shows on 3 local restaurants (central North Carolina). I am familiar
> >> with 2 of them, one is horrid and the other is at best mediocre. She
> >> oohed and aahed and orgasmed over them both. Pul-lease!
> >>
> >
> > If it was for the $40 a Day show, the ones you prefer probably didn't
> > fit in the budget.
>
>
> sf,
>
> While true, how often do folks travel on vacation on a low budjet of $40
> a day?!?
>
> The show's a joke.
>
> Andy


A lot of the time my hub and I eat for about that when we're on vacation
....depending on where we are. We love real ethnice restaurants and they
tend to be very inexpensive. We like "dives" at home too. Well, our town
is not known to be rife with fancy restaurants so we frequent our own
special haunts. They're long on food and we love the atmosphere but it's
definitely mom n' pop.

helen

Andy wrote:
> sf, after taking an infinite amount of time, finally, on 20 Aug 2006,
> typed out:
>
> >
> > If it was for the $40 a Day show, the ones you prefer probably didn't
> > fit in the budget.
>
>
> sf,
>
> While true, how often do folks travel on vacation on a low budjet of $40
> a day?!?
>
> The show's a joke.
>
$40 a day per person for food? If you watch the bottom line, you can
do it... that's why she's got the show and you don't. LOL We don't
think like that anymore, I know.

Andy <q> writes:
>While true, how often do folks travel on vacation on a low budjet of $40
>a day?!?

I wouldn't claim to be representative, but for me, $40/day/person would be
$160/day while traveling. Only in unusual circumstances do I seek to exceed
that.

"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> sf, after taking an infinite amount of time, finally, on 20 Aug 2006,
> typed out:
>
>>
>> Peter A wrote:
>>> In article >,
>
>>> says...
>>> > I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>> History is full of people making a lot of money by pandering to poor
>>> taste. I lost what little respect I had for RR when she did one of her
>>> shows on 3 local restaurants (central North Carolina). I am familiar
>>> with 2 of them, one is horrid and the other is at best mediocre. She
>>> oohed and aahed and orgasmed over them both. Pul-lease!
>>>
>>
>> If it was for the $40 a Day show, the ones you prefer probably didn't
>> fit in the budget.
>
>
> sf,
>
> While true, how often do folks travel on vacation on a low budjet of $40
> a day?!?
>
> The show's a joke.
>
> Andy
============

I'd say we average $ 40 - 45 a day for the three of us, when on vacation.
We may go substantially over for 1 day of the trip but try to stay under
that for the remainder of it.
--
Cyndi (again)

On 2006-08-20, Peter A > wrote:

> shows on 3 local restaurants (central North Carolina). I am familiar
> with 2 of them, one is horrid and the other is at best mediocre. She
> oohed and aahed and orgasmed over them both. Pul-lease!

If they weren't very good, why were they picked? How does that work?

nb

"Peter A" > wrote

> History is full of people making a lot of money by pandering to poor
> taste. I lost what little respect I had for RR when she did one of her
> shows on 3 local restaurants (central North Carolina). I am familiar
> with 2 of them, one is horrid and the other is at best mediocre.

I remember you said that. It's her one show I did watch after I had
to give up the 30 minute thing. Thing is, I didn't actually think I'd go
to any of the places she mentioned. I just liked to see where she went.
It's apparent you can't take her recommendations seriously.

nancy

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:54:23 GMT, Peter A >
wrote:

>In article >,
>says...
>> I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
>>
>>
>
>History is full of people making a lot of money by pandering to poor
>taste. I lost what little respect I had for RR when she did one of her
>shows on 3 local restaurants (central North Carolina). I am familiar
>with 2 of them, one is horrid and the other is at best mediocre. She
>oohed and aahed and orgasmed over them both. Pul-lease!

I'm from central NC originally, , where were the restaurants?

Peter A wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
> > I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
> >
> >
>
> History is full of people making a lot of money by pandering to poor
> taste. I lost what little respect I had for RR when she did one of her
> shows on 3 local restaurants (central North Carolina). I am familiar
> with 2 of them, one is horrid and the other is at best mediocre. She
> oohed and aahed and orgasmed over them both. Pul-lease!

Yeah. Ray's "reviews" of restaurants are completely useless, because
she has the same reactions -- the rolling of the eyes, the utterance of
"delish!," "wow!" or "yum-o!"; in short, the feigned orgasm -- to
everything (I mean EVERYthing) she puts in her mouth. It's
unbelievable in the sense that no one loves the taste of everything;
and that she sometimes starts her little fake orgasm before she can
possibly have really evaluated what she has just taken a nibble of.
The uselessness of her restaurant appraisals is my most serious
complaint about RR -- although there are plenty of others (e.g., her
Pillsbury Doughboy giggle; her general cartoonishness; or the fact that
she's obviously wired on something stronger than coffee on some of her
more recent shows and TV appearances).

"Peter A" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> says...
>> I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
>>
>>
>
> History is full of people making a lot of money by pandering to poor
> taste. I lost what little respect I had for RR when she did one of her
> shows on 3 local restaurants (central North Carolina). I am familiar
> with 2 of them, one is horrid and the other is at best mediocre. She
> oohed and aahed and orgasmed over them both. Pul-lease!
>
>
> --
> Peter Aitken
> Visit my recipe and kitchen myths pages at www.pgacon.com/cooking.htm
==========
Maybe the restaurants ordered in for her... LOL Or since they knew they
were on TV they stepped it up and then went back to normal after she was
gone.

--
Cyndi (again)

jay wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:10:12 -0400, Saul Saje wrote:
>
> > Rachael Ray reminds me of that energetic, perky girl in high school
> > who relentessly organizes all the parties and pep rallies and believes
> > she is in the bestest class surrounded by the bestest of friends, and
> > then gets crushed in her senior year when she finally realizes
> > everyone secretly hates her.
>
>
> I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!

For all the whining about her that goes on, she's done pretty well for
herself. None of us ever got good enough at anything to have our own TV
shows. She's had three or four.

Christopher Helms wrote:
> jay wrote:
> > On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:10:12 -0400, Saul Saje wrote:
> >
> > > Rachael Ray reminds me of that energetic, perky girl in high school
> > > who relentessly organizes all the parties and pep rallies and believes
> > > she is in the bestest class surrounded by the bestest of friends, and
> > > then gets crushed in her senior year when she finally realizes
> > > everyone secretly hates her.
> >
> >
> > I like her! And she looks great on the way to the BANK!
>
> For all the whining about her that goes on, she's done pretty well for
> herself. None of us ever got good enough at anything to have our own TV
> shows. She's had three or four.

PS: They must be watching or else there would be nothing for them to
complain about. Yes, she's crying all the way to the bank... that's
why her voice is so husky.

While I love RR I keep thinking that in 20 years she will write a memoir
about how she was a suicidal drunk during her TV years.


"Saul Saje" > wrote in message
...
> Rachael Ray reminds me of that energetic, perky girl in high school
> who relentessly organizes all the parties and pep rallies and believes
> she is in the bestest class surrounded by the bestest of friends, and
> then gets crushed in her senior year when she finally realizes
> everyone secretly hates her.

Saul Saje wrote:

> Rachael Ray

Oh jeez, another RR obsessive.

Get a life people.



Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

Saul Saje wrote:
> Rachael Ray reminds me of that energetic, perky girl in high school
> who relentessly organizes all the parties and pep rallies and believes
> she is in the bestest class surrounded by the bestest of friends, and
> then gets crushed in her senior year when she finally realizes
> everyone secretly hates her.


And like high school, it seems that many of the posters' criticisms are
made out of mean-spirited jealousy.

I think she should drop the fake raspy voice. She can turn it on and
off, and it's not cute or sexy.

Then I'd like the Food Network to put on some more serious cooking
programs.
I don't need to watch people jumping around and yelling. I can watch
professional wrestling on other channels.

> wrote

> And like high school, it seems that many of the posters' criticisms are
> made out of mean-spirited jealousy.

Amuses me when people say that. What does she possibly have
that a gazillion other people don't have in far greater quantities, yet
the people you refer to aren't jealous of them.

Nothing.

nancy

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:23:47 -0400, "Monmouth Internet Newsgroups"
> wrote:

>
> wrote
>
>> And like high school, it seems that many of the posters' criticisms are
>> made out of mean-spirited jealousy.
>
>Amuses me when people say that. What does she possibly have
>that a gazillion other people don't have in far greater quantities, yet
>the people you refer to aren't jealous of them.
>
>Nothing.
>
>nancy

OTOH, it amazes me that people post nasty comments about her (like
this subject). I find Paula Deen's mannerisms and recipes very
unappealing yet I have no need to post any articles detailing what I
think about her on rfc. If I don't change the channel it's my own
fault.

I'm willing to consider that it's not jealousy that drives people
insane over RR, but then, what is the impulse? Sandra Lee at least is
funny

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

"Curly Sue" > wrote

> On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:23:47 -0400, "Monmouth Internet Newsgroups"
> > wrote:

>>Amuses me when people say that. What does she possibly have
>>that a gazillion other people don't have in far greater quantities, yet
>>the people you refer to aren't jealous of them.

> OTOH, it amazes me that people post nasty comments about her (like
> this subject). I find Paula Deen's mannerisms and recipes very
> unappealing yet I have no need to post any articles detailing what I
> think about her on rfc. If I don't change the channel it's my own
> fault.

For myself, it's interesting to me when people notice the same things
that I do.

But I have never said anything nasty about her. I find her far more
watchable in her $40 and travels show. I can't watch 30 minute or
Inside Dish, she's incredibly grating to me in those.

> I'm willing to consider that it's not jealousy that drives people
> insane over RR, but then, what is the impulse? Sandra Lee at least is
> funny

A scream. Same deal, it's funny to me to see if other people notice
the same things.

I think Rachael invites comment in the way that Emeril used to in his
heyday; complete overexposure, you couldn't get away from her at
one point, if you wanted to watch FoodTV. Just a theory. Why do
some people get all the attention, good or bad. It happens.

nancy

Curly Sue wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:23:47 -0400, "Monmouth Internet Newsgroups"
> > wrote:
>
> >
> > wrote
> >
> >> And like high school, it seems that many of the posters' criticisms are
> >> made out of mean-spirited jealousy.
> >
> >Amuses me when people say that. What does she possibly have
> >that a gazillion other people don't have in far greater quantities, yet
> >the people you refer to aren't jealous of them.
> >
> >Nothing.
> >
> >nancy
>
> OTOH, it amazes me that people post nasty comments about her (like
> this subject). I find Paula Deen's mannerisms and recipes very
> unappealing yet I have no need to post any articles detailing what I
> think about her on rfc. If I don't change the channel it's my own
> fault.
>
> I'm willing to consider that it's not jealousy that drives people
> insane over RR, but then, what is the impulse? Sandra Lee at least is
> funny
>
> Sue(tm)
> Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!


RR: She's cute. She's rich and famous. She has 2 tv shows, and she's
starting a third..

Now, show me a "gazillion" more people who have these qualities.

That's why I think you're jealous.

> wrote

> RR: She's cute. She's rich and famous. She has 2 tv shows, and she's
> starting a third..

> Now, show me a "gazillion" more people who have these qualities.
>
> That's why I think you're jealous.

Then you don't know me. Not surprising. I have zero desire to
be famous, have a show, never mind 2 or 3 or 5. And I hand it
to her, she works hard to have those things, and I am not interested
in working that hard any more.

That leaves cute and rich. That's not uncommon.

nancy

wrote:
>
> I think she should drop the fake raspy voice. She can turn it on and
> off, and it's not cute or sexy.
>
Fake?? She can turn it on and off? I haven't noticed that. I think
she sounds like her vocal chords are very strained.... raspy, hoarse.
Hoarseness can have serious beginnings -

Hoarseness: abnormally rough or harsh-sounding voice. It can be caused
by vocal abuse (overuse is one way to abuse your vocal chords) and
other disorders such as gastroesophageal reflux, thyroid problems, or
trauma to the larynx (voice box).

A thyroid problem (hypo) could explain her weight issue too.

sf wrote:
> wrote:
> >
> > I think she should drop the fake raspy voice. She can turn it on and
> > off, and it's not cute or sexy.
> >
> Fake?? She can turn it on and off? I haven't noticed that. I think
> she sounds like her vocal chords are very strained.... raspy, hoarse.
> Hoarseness can have serious beginnings -
>
> Hoarseness: abnormally rough or harsh-sounding voice. It can be caused
> by vocal abuse (overuse is one way to abuse your vocal chords) and
> other disorders such as gastroesophageal reflux, thyroid problems, or
> trauma to the larynx (voice box).
>
> A thyroid problem (hypo) could explain her weight issue too.


Please. She smokes like a 1968 Dodge. That explains the voice.