Food Network?

On 8 Mar 2011 21:34:30 GMT, notbob wrote:

Not sure what you mean. The voice quality was clear.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
On 3/9/2011 10:53 PM, sf wrote:
Mostly for taking public money and claiming not to be be biased.

People of one political inclination seem to believe they are
intellectually superior and cannot see in shades of gray so it is their
way or nothing and the other 70% of the folks in the country are
obviously stupid.

I know dozens of folks who are involved with the Tea party who are well
educated thoughtful considerate people and racism is the furthest thing
from their mind.
 
Dan Abel wrote:

Apparently there is. I don't know since I have never done sat TV, I'm in
a different cable system and I only do cable modem (which my work pays
for).
 
On Mar 6, 8:54?pm, "Julie Bove" wrote:

I have DirecTV, and since they upgraded their satellites, inclement
weather is rarely an issue. They changed my two dishes (one for
regular channels and one for local channels) to a single dish a couple
years ago, to reflect the fact that their main satellite was at its
end-point, and they had to launch a new one, and only once has the TV
been affected - by an ice storm.

N.
 
On Mar 10, 6:56?am, sf wrote:

Sure. And 30 years ago, most of the great foreign dishes that
Americans enjoy today, were almost unknown here. One of the main
things that I expect from a food network is to expose me to as many
different and wonderful foods as possible, and to teach me where to
get them and/or how to cook them.

Devoting one show per year to baking cupcakes seems reasonable.
Making 10 shows per week on the same subject is excessive to me.

Baked potatoes are also very popular in America, but I don't see any
sense in creating a daily "Baked Potato" TV show dedicated to
different ways of baking potatoes.

The same goes for the "Ace of Cakes" show that also dominates Food
Network's schedule. While it is nice for the Food Network to diversify
itself into the "arts and crafts" area, watching the same artist day
in and day out seems absurd to me. Especially if this artist is no
Picasso or Rodin.
 
On 3/10/2011 10:45 PM, Ostap Bender wrote:

I was just remembering that I ate my first pizza about 50 years ago. It
was either in Seattle or San Francisco. I remember being entranced by
the chef spinning the disk of dough in the air.
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James Silverton, Potomac

"Not": obvious change in "Reply To"
 
On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:45:49 -0800 (PST), Ostap Bender
wrote:


If your point is that you don't like the cupcake shows, you're
preaching to the choir. As far as the Food Network philosophy, it's
to address the food viewers are likely to cook and consume at home.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
On Wed, 9 Mar 2011 21:59:31 +0000 (UTC), Doug Freyburger
wrote:


Even $150 is three times what it's worth. :( What happened to the
days of unlimited internet plus newsgroups for $19.95? Okay, it was
dial up, but I managed very well with tabbed browsing and an internet
answering machine.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
Re: [email protected]

notbob wrote:


Didn't you read upstream? He described his wannabe vigilante friend this way
"who understands the reality that since you
can't carry a cop so you may need to act:"
Presuming George wasn't lying, I do indeed have information about what was
in his mind. So it's you who doesn't know what you're talking about, or in
this case, failed to read about. That description tells me he is carrying
because he has vigilante tendencies.

Hey, it's not as if this sort of character can't be found in every community
in the country.

Again, context. CCW permits are fine, provided a legitimate need is
established and the local context is reasonable for it. Look at NYC. It's a
crime. with mandatory prison time for the first offense. And there's a damn
good reason for it. Yet we still saw a wealthy NFL player with the world at
his fingertips who thought it was cool to impress his posse by carrying a
handgun into a bar, and shot himself in the leg, luckily not killing anyone
innocent. Now he's locked up where he beloings. He is the poster boy for why
it is illegal in NYC... there are just too many people and the risks too
great to allowed untrained, unpurposed people to tote handguns around under
their clothes. There are a lot of horrendously stupid, thoughtless people
out there. You can't just hand them CCWs in crowded areas.

I hear Plaxico is due to be released and wants back in the NFL. I vote for
him being too stupid to play.
 
On Wed, 9 Mar 2011 01:15:52 +0000 (UTC), Nad R
wrote:


I don't have GPS, although I'd like one someday.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
On 3/10/2011 3:35 AM, Goomba wrote:

Thats the problem. Whatever propaganda machine created that idea only
has the keep on saying it and everyone will believe it method on their
side. Too bad someone hasn't stepped forward with actual evidence of
this imagined vast racist behavior.
 
On Mar 10, 3:44?pm, "Nunya Bidnits" wrote:

Whenever I write something political that really nails the topic,
folks on the Right won't reply. I got on here tonight for the sole
reason of seeing if anyone replied to that one post. While it's nice
seeing an affirmation, I already know that there are other smart
people like you who get it. I had hoped that someone like George
would challenge what I wrote. I'll go all the way to the mat with
anyone who supports the Tea Party agenda, but not a one of them is
willing to meet the challenge. Not on Facebook, not on Usenet, no one
will engage in a debate that follows the rules of reason, stating
premises and following the rules of logic. I don't flatter myself
with thinking that I'm such a clever rhetorician that I can win an
argument where I'm not correct, and yet folks who both disagree with
me and dislike me (and I'm disliked even by many who agree with me
about political economy) won't risk taking the argument all the way.
I wish that someone would think, "I'm going to put that asshole Bonobo
in his place," and act on it, but even though I'm probably the most
disliked regular on this NG, no one will go for it. Why is that?

--Bryan
 
The Cook wrote:

Don't you have a library card? I tried a kindle, I found it very
annoying, I can't enjoy reading a book off a screen, to me it's as
annoying as watching a film with subtitles... and the kindle doesn't
work well in bright light, outdoors it strains my eyes. And most
books are also available for free on CD... you don't even need to
read... the book will read to you while at your PC, or driving your
automobile, or while doing house work, or while cooking, it's a great
timesaver... I've enjoyed quite a few books recently that I never
would have gotten to otherwise. I prefer reading a real book but I
don't always have all day to sit and read, however if I made the time
I'd much rather read a book than a kindle. I'll admit it took me a
little while getting used to listening to being read to but now I'm
hooked because it's such a tremendous time saver. I have a CD player
in my tractor cab, this summer I intend to pass all those idle hours
of mowing going through book after book.
 
On 3/6/2011 3:40 PM, Kent wrote:



They were terrific but they wouldn't be "pretty" enough for today's TV.
And I'm old enough to have seen those shows the first time around. ;-)

gloria p
 
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