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.

Interesting - your area seems to be a battlefield among the
three German discount supermarkets, and with the opening of
Wegmans, life is going to be even more interesting, though
good for you. Trader Joe's and Aldi are subsidiaries of Aldi
Nord and Aldi Sud respectively, long-term family frenemies,
with Lidl the main competitor in the discount grocery niche
in Europe. We shall see what we shall see.

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.

Sad to relate, for a substantial number of people, the
unhappy ones predominate, either through their bad luck
or their bad attitude or an incapacity to cope. I've known
some who have suffered from that condition; a few have
died from it.

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 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!

I've been exposed to Hep A.

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)

Some of our cities have successfully instituted victory
gardens, community gardens, and the like.

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.

A parlor trick of mine in my childhood (well, 20s) was to weigh
things by hand in the 50 to 80 gram range (mostly violin and
viola bows, but food as well) within a gram. Now my discrimination
is probably more like within an ounce.

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Title: Eiergerstensuppe (Egg-Dough Drop Soup)
Categories: Soups, Pasta, German
Servings: 4

100 g Plain breadcrumbs (approx. 3
-1/2 oz)
2 Eggs
50 g Butter (3 1/2 Tbsp)
A bit of salt
1 tb (level) ground nutmeg
Meat broth

Melt the butter in a soup pot, then add the breadcrumbs, eggs, salt, and
nutmeg. Stir well. Slowly add the required amount of warm (but not hot)
broth, and keep stirring until the mixture comes to a boil.

Adjust seasoning and serve immediately.

Serves 4.

From: D'SCHWAEBISCH' KUCHE' by Aegidius Kolb and Leonhard Lidel,
Allgaeuer
Zeitungsverlag, Kempten. 1976. (Translation/Conversion: Karin Brewer)
Posted by: Karin Brewer, Cooking Echo, 8/92

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Hi Michael,

Interesting this, as while the companies were run by the

original > ML> brothers, there was a gentlemen's agreement carving up territories, > ML> 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.

Interesting - your area seems to be a battlefield among the
three German discount supermarkets, and with the opening of
Wegmans, life is going to be even more interesting, though

They must think there's a heavy concentration of Germans in the area. Seriously, it's most likely because of the presence of some top rated
schools (Duke, UNC, NC State) as well as a good number of lesser ones
plus the Research Triangle. That's as good a guess as any as to why
we're getting all the stores.

good for you. Trader Joe's and Aldi are subsidiaries of Aldi
Nord and Aldi Sud respectively, long-term family frenemies,
with Lidl the main competitor in the discount grocery niche
in Europe. We shall see what we shall see.

We'll see what the lasting power is of the various ones. I think
Wegman's is going to put a major hurt on some of the lesser stores, and somewhat less, but still an impact, on the others.

A lot of life is better if it isn't particularly

memorable. > ML> > 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.

Sad to relate, for a substantial number of people, the
unhappy ones predominate, either through their bad luck
or their bad attitude or an incapacity to cope. I've known
some who have suffered from that condition; a few have
died from it.

Not good for them or your friendships but some people just don't want
help, can't accept it or otherwise can't cope.

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 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 > ML> I recall, which means that we can receive from about 50%.
O-, the > ML> "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!

I've been exposed to Hep A.

But not contracted it. We've been out of Europe long enough that any
chance of getting mad cow are long past--can't convince the Red Cross of
that tho. If we (all who were in Europe in the danger time) could/would
donate, they wouldn't have many shortages.

I looked it up, and Berlin is 20% greenspace, with New York

(both > ML> Manhattan and the city as a whole) coming in at about
half that. > ML> 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)

Some of our cities have successfully instituted victory
gardens, community gardens, and the like.

Success in small areas but not much of an impact over the larger part of
the city. Not yet, anyway.

Considering that eggs are a good reference (if you have

standard > ML> 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.

A parlor trick of mine in my childhood (well, 20s) was to weigh
things by hand in the 50 to 80 gram range (mostly violin and
viola bows, but food as well) within a gram. Now my discrimination
is probably more like within an ounce.

I'm not sure how fine a weight discriminaation I have; mine is more of a
color one.

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