• 989 overflowxn, oddities cotd

    From MICHAEL LOO@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Friday, September 20, 2019 06:05:18
    How similar to the American Aldi?
    The feel seems similar, but then I've been to
    American Aldi only a time or two. I'm more in
    TJ's territory and more of a TJ's person.
    There's an Aldi in WF, should you care to check it out. We'll go there
    as a convenience, rather than making the trip to Raleigh. That said, we
    may be going to TJ's more often with the Wegman's opening up in 11 days.
    The Wegman's plaza is right by the TJ's plaza and a block or so from
    Costco.

    Interesting this, as while the companies were run by the original
    brothers, there was a gentlemen's agreement carving up territories,
    but it looks as if in your area the amity has been breached.

    very forgettable ones. But, that could probably be said about
    most > ML> any > adventure. (G)
    One actually counts on a good percentage of
    forgettable ones.
    And, what may be memorable to one person, might be forgettable to someone else on the same adventure.
    A lot of life is better if it isn't particularly memorable.
    Basically, yes.

    As all memories are not happy ones, no matter how hard
    we try.

    It happens, like it or not. (G)
    I've met a bunch of geniuses and a bunch of crazies. The
    overlap in my experience is zero.
    I think there might be a bit of overlap there. Maybe it's just
    perception but haven't some geniuses been thought of as crazy at times, especially before their genius was recognised as such?

    Sure, but the percentage is vanishingly low. As I said, in
    my experience zero overlap.

    We're the third commonest group; the vast majority are the
    first two, but five types are rarer than ours, and about
    half the blood supply is transfusible to us.
    Had to remember my high school biology there. I've donated blood several times--always been appreciated because they prefer a same type match. (I
    can also fill the bag fast.) Never have had the need for a transfusion
    but Steve was given a couple of units when he had his jaw surgery
    problems.

    We're the 8 percent, if you will. We cannot give to AB+, A+, or
    negatives. We can receive from any O or any B but no A or AB, as
    I recall, which means that we can receive from about 50%. O-, the
    "universal donor," is the most prized type.

    New York is 10% park land, so that's not to sniff at.
    Some of the European cities may do better - Berlin,
    which I love, is likely more, but Munich, which I also
    love, is likely less. Paris, which I'm not that fond
    of, definitely has less.
    I saw a good bit of green (peersonal, guided tour of the city) in Munich
    when I visited my cousin there. Of course he knew where to go to
    highlight the green. (G) Never been to France so can't say anything
    about Paris.

    I looked it up, and Berlin is 20% greenspace, with New York (both
    Manhattan and the city as a whole) coming in at about half that.
    If I were to be in charge of rebuilding a city after a bombing,
    I'd go for maximum green as well.

    Plume's Marmalade Tart
    2 If your eggs are large or very small, weigh them
    (shell and all) and use the same weight of sugar and
    butter as egg.
    Some of my German cook book recipies have pastry ingreedients measured
    in egg weights.

    Considering that eggs are a good reference (if you have standard
    chicken breeds), that makes sense.

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.00

    Title: Applesauce Bread
    Categories: Cyberealm, Bread, Machine
    Yield: 1 loaf

    1/2 c Apple juice
    2/3 c Applesauce
    1/2 c Grated apple
    1 pn Nutmeg
    1/2 ts Cinnamon
    4 T Sugar
    1/2 ts Salt
    1 1/2 T Nonfat dry milk
    3/4 c Whole wheat flour
    2 1/4 c Better for bread flour
    1 1/2 ts Dry yeast
    1 T Margarine

    1. Add ingredients to pan in order listed.
    2. If your machine calls for dry ingredients firts, invert the
    order of ingredients.
    3. Program for bread or regular setting.
    4. Push start.
    5. Remove bread about 4 hours later.
    6. Recipe makes one large (3 cup flour) loaf.
    Out of "366 Low-Fat-Name-Brand Recipes" cookbook.
    Typed by Brigitte Sealing

    MMMMM
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to MICHAEL LOO on Saturday, September 21, 2019 20:14:17
    Hi Michael,

    There's an Aldi in WF, should you care to check it out. We'll go
    there > as a convenience, rather than making the trip to Raleigh. That said, we > may be going to TJ's more often with the Wegman's opening
    up in 11 days. > The Wegman's plaza is right by the TJ's plaza and a
    block or so from
    Costco.

    Interesting this, as while the companies were run by the original brothers, there was a gentlemen's agreement carving up territories,
    but it looks as if in your area the amity has been breached.

    I'm not sure how we got all 3--Aldi, Lidl and TJ. They've all moved to
    the Raleigh area in the last 10 years.

    very forgettable ones. But, that could probably be
    said about > ML> most > ML> any > adventure. (G)
    One actually counts on a good percentage of
    forgettable ones.
    And, what may be memorable to one person, might be
    forgettable to > ML> > someone else on the same adventure.
    A lot of life is better if it isn't particularly memorable.
    Basically, yes.

    As all memories are not happy ones, no matter how hard
    we try.

    T'would be impossible to have all memories happy, or unhappy. Life just
    gives us a mix, like it or not.


    It happens, like it or not. (G)
    I've met a bunch of geniuses and a bunch of crazies. The
    overlap in my experience is zero.
    I think there might be a bit of overlap there. Maybe it's just perception but haven't some geniuses been thought of as crazy at
    times, > especially before their genius was recognised as such?

    Sure, but the percentage is vanishingly low. As I said, in
    my experience zero overlap.

    I couldn't come up with any specific percentages but have probably seen
    a good number of one, the other and maybe some both along the way.


    We're the third commonest group; the vast majority are the
    first two, but five types are rarer than ours, and about
    half the blood supply is transfusible to us.
    Had to remember my high school biology there. I've donated blood
    several > times--always been appreciated because they prefer a same
    type match. (I > can also fill the bag fast.) Never have had the need
    for a transfusion > but Steve was given a couple of units when he had
    his jaw surgery
    problems.

    We're the 8 percent, if you will. We cannot give to AB+, A+, or
    negatives. We can receive from any O or any B but no A or AB, as
    I recall, which means that we can receive from about 50%. O-, the "universal donor," is the most prized type.

    I can't donate any more--Red Cross said that if you lived in Europe
    during the late 80s/90s, you couldn't give. They were afraid of mad cow,
    and now a good number of us who fell under that are considered too old
    to donate. Bummer!

    New York is 10% park land, so that's not to sniff at.
    Some of the European cities may do better - Berlin,
    which I love, is likely more, but Munich, which I also
    love, is likely less. Paris, which I'm not that fond
    of, definitely has less.
    I saw a good bit of green (peersonal, guided tour of the city) in
    Munich > when I visited my cousin there. Of course he knew where to go
    to
    highlight the green. (G) Never been to France so can't say anything about Paris.

    I looked it up, and Berlin is 20% greenspace, with New York (both Manhattan and the city as a whole) coming in at about half that.
    If I were to be in charge of rebuilding a city after a bombing,
    I'd go for maximum green as well.

    Smart idea--you could grow your own veggies, graze small animals, etc
    all within city limits. (G)


    Plume's Marmalade Tart
    2 If your eggs are large or very small, weigh them
    (shell and all) and use the same weight of sugar and
    butter as egg.
    Some of my German cook book recipies have pastry ingreedients
    measured > in egg weights.

    Considering that eggs are a good reference (if you have standard
    chicken breeds), that makes sense.

    And a scale that is accurate down to grams. We've even got a scale that
    weighs in less than one gram amounts.

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    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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