"William Hershman" > wrote in message
news:F0v0c.5792$ko6.86470@attbi_s02...
> It seems like it's been almost a year since I've read this newsgroup.
> Surprisingly (?) not much has changed. Jon Ball is still around, keeps
the
> locals honest.
> Where's Mr Falafel and his incredible recipe collection? And how about
the
> lady who argued with Jon? I forget her name, but she had some kind of
soap
> opera with a guy who I think was named Ichhe, or something. Can someone
get
> me caught up?

Rick's still calling everyone "Killer" and I've seen Mr. Falafel posting a
lot of recipes. He helped
me find a manioc soup recipe a few weeks ago that was pretty good.

I see mostly the same people hanging around that were here a year ago.

-Rubystars

William Hershman wrote:

> It seems like it's been almost a year since I've read this newsgroup.

How about last August 24?

> Surprisingly (?) not much has changed. Jon Ball is still around, keeps the
> locals honest.

Hi, Bill.

> Where's Mr Falafel and his incredible recipe collection?

Jon Lindsay? I think some copyright lawyers roughed
him up for plagiarizing several thousand vegetarian
recipes from published, copyrighted cookbooks.

> And how about the
> lady who argued with Jon? I forget her name, but she had some kind of soap
> opera with a guy who I think was named Ichhe, or something.

Ah ha ha ha ha ha! You mean Nikitta Riber, named by
her plodding communist parents after the plodding
shoe-banger.
http://www.zootle.net/afda/cgi/bio.cgi?nikitta-riber
She's still around; last posted mid January. Her tame
3-week hump-fest with that Swedish pig 'ichimusai' or
somesuch, the grisly details of which nauseated dozens
in a.f.v. for a while, ended long ago. I guess the
porking must have seemed pretty good to her, because
she pulled up stakes and moved from Denmark to Sweden
for it.

> Can someone get me caught up?

How's that?

William Hershman wrote:
> It seems like it's been almost a year since I've read this newsgroup.
> Surprisingly (?) not much has changed. Jon Ball is still around, keeps the
> locals honest.
> Where's Mr Falafel and his incredible recipe collection? And how about the
> lady who argued with Jon? I forget her name, but she had some kind of soap
> opera with a guy who I think was named Ichhe, or something. Can someone get
> me caught up?

I know Jon did a good job of getting you up to speed, but I just saw this from
Nikitta on another veg group (she was told to ask Jon Lindsay a question) :

I've unsubscribed from alt.food.vegan due to the many trolls there...

Good riddance.

usual suspect wrote:

> William Hershman wrote:
>
>> It seems like it's been almost a year since I've read this newsgroup.
>> Surprisingly (?) not much has changed. Jon Ball is still around,
>> keeps the
>> locals honest.
>> Where's Mr Falafel and his incredible recipe collection? And how
>> about the
>> lady who argued with Jon? I forget her name, but she had some kind of
>> soap
>> opera with a guy who I think was named Ichhe, or something. Can
>> someone get
>> me caught up?
>
>
> I know Jon did a good job of getting you up to speed, but I just saw
> this from Nikitta on another veg group (she was told to ask Jon Lindsay
> a question) :
>
> I've unsubscribed from alt.food.vegan due to the many trolls there...
>
> Good riddance.

Yep. She was the exemplar of the whiny "vegan" who
simply couldn't handle having her unfounded moral
smugness challenged. Her complaints about "trolls"
were risible.

Jonathan Ball wrote:
>>> It seems like it's been almost a year since I've read this newsgroup.
>>> Surprisingly (?) not much has changed. Jon Ball is still around,
>>> keeps the
>>> locals honest.
>>> Where's Mr Falafel and his incredible recipe collection? And how
>>> about the
>>> lady who argued with Jon? I forget her name, but she had some kind
>>> of soap
>>> opera with a guy who I think was named Ichhe, or something. Can
>>> someone get
>>> me caught up?
>>
>> I know Jon did a good job of getting you up to speed, but I just saw
>> this from Nikitta on another veg group (she was told to ask Jon
>> Lindsay a question) :
>>
>> I've unsubscribed from alt.food.vegan due to the many trolls there...
>>
>> Good riddance.
>
> Yep. She was the exemplar of the whiny "vegan" who simply couldn't
> handle having her unfounded moral smugness challenged. Her complaints
> about "trolls" were risible.

She really amused me when she complained so bitterly against my calling other
vegans "liberals" and "leftists" only to admit she was pretty liberal herself. I
have to make a confession. I think the first time I ever laughed at one of your
posts was this reply to Nikitta's mangofruit dilemma (http://snipurl.com/4v11):

From: Jonathan Ball (...)
Subject: I have a ripe mangofruit
Newsgroups: alt.food.vegan
Date: 2002-04-24 09:27:03 PST

Change your undergarments.

That was a classic, Mr Ball.

usual suspect wrote:

> Jonathan Ball wrote:
>
>>>> It seems like it's been almost a year since I've read this newsgroup.
>>>> Surprisingly (?) not much has changed. Jon Ball is still around,
>>>> keeps the
>>>> locals honest.
>>>> Where's Mr Falafel and his incredible recipe collection? And how
>>>> about the
>>>> lady who argued with Jon? I forget her name, but she had some kind
>>>> of soap
>>>> opera with a guy who I think was named Ichhe, or something. Can
>>>> someone get
>>>> me caught up?
>>>
>>>
>>> I know Jon did a good job of getting you up to speed, but I just saw
>>> this from Nikitta on another veg group (she was told to ask Jon
>>> Lindsay a question) :
>>>
>>> I've unsubscribed from alt.food.vegan due to the many trolls
>>> there...
>>>
>>> Good riddance.
>>
>>
>> Yep. She was the exemplar of the whiny "vegan" who simply couldn't
>> handle having her unfounded moral smugness challenged. Her complaints
>> about "trolls" were risible.
>
>
> She really amused me when she complained so bitterly against my calling
> other vegans "liberals" and "leftists" only to admit she was pretty
> liberal herself. I have to make a confession. I think the first time I
> ever laughed at one of your posts was this reply to Nikitta's mangofruit
> dilemma (http://snipurl.com/4v11):
>
> From: Jonathan Ball (...)
> Subject: I have a ripe mangofruit
> Newsgroups: alt.food.vegan
> Date: 2002-04-24 09:27:03 PST
>
> Change your undergarments.
>
> That was a classic, Mr Ball.

Ah, I had forgotten that one. I think it's unseemly to
laugh at one's own material, but I admit to having
enjoyed a good dirty chuckle when I posted that, and I
enjoyed it again just now (the post, not the
long-rotten mangofruit.)

"Jonathan Ball" > wrote in message
hlink.net...
> usual suspect wrote:
>
> > Jonathan Ball wrote:
> >
> >>>> It seems like it's been almost a year since I've read this newsgroup.
> >>>> Surprisingly (?) not much has changed. Jon Ball is still around,
> >>>> keeps the
> >>>> locals honest.
> >>>> Where's Mr Falafel and his incredible recipe collection? And how
> >>>> about the
> >>>> lady who argued with Jon? I forget her name, but she had some kind
> >>>> of soap
> >>>> opera with a guy who I think was named Ichhe, or something. Can
> >>>> someone get
> >>>> me caught up?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I know Jon did a good job of getting you up to speed, but I just saw
> >>> this from Nikitta on another veg group (she was told to ask Jon
> >>> Lindsay a question) :
> >>>
> >>> I've unsubscribed from alt.food.vegan due to the many trolls
> >>> there...
> >>>
> >>> Good riddance.
> >>
> >>
> >> Yep. She was the exemplar of the whiny "vegan" who simply couldn't
> >> handle having her unfounded moral smugness challenged. Her complaints
> >> about "trolls" were risible.
> >
> >
> > She really amused me when she complained so bitterly against my calling
> > other vegans "liberals" and "leftists" only to admit she was pretty
> > liberal herself. I have to make a confession. I think the first time I
> > ever laughed at one of your posts was this reply to Nikitta's mangofruit
> > dilemma (http://snipurl.com/4v11):
> >
> > From: Jonathan Ball (...)
> > Subject: I have a ripe mangofruit
> > Newsgroups: alt.food.vegan
> > Date: 2002-04-24 09:27:03 PST
> >
> > Change your undergarments.
> >
> > That was a classic, Mr Ball.
>
> Ah, I had forgotten that one. I think it's unseemly to
> laugh at one's own material, but I admit to having
> enjoyed a good dirty chuckle when I posted that, and I
> enjoyed it again just now (the post, not the
> long-rotten mangofruit.)
>


Great job catching me up. Thanks to all. And there's nothing wrong with a
little chuckle at one's own joke, Jon. A little.
So, I guess not much really HAS changed. It's comforting to know that I
didn't adversely effect anything. It was sh!t either way. Moral smugness
sure can ruin a good exchange of recipes, can't it?