(and 3 > year old sister) started watching "Sesame Street" and "Mr. Roger's
Neighborhood". Never really got into other PBS kid's shows.
I seldom watched either of those but occasionally did
You never raisled children so had no cause to be exposed to them on a
regular basis.
Most of the time I'm thankful for that.
On the rare ccasion maybe not so much.
see the commercial knockoff The Muppet Show, which
was pretty frankly adult-oriented (not pornographic,
just for the immature at heart, not in age).
That was one of our favorites, the old version anyway. They tried
bringing it back on tv a few years ago, with Piggy as a talk show host.
It was a dud, don't think it lasted more than 4 episodes before it was
yanked off the air.
Miss Piggy was not the most sympathetic
character, after all, but Kermit had got
enough exposure already no doubt, so a change
might have been in order.
With hosts like that, I'd turn the show off fast. Did see a short article in one of the recent back papers that some picker found the original Aerosmith tour van. Not into that group but somebody may
make a > lot of money with it.
It was no worse than any other kind of TV host
combination. Captain Antiquariangaroo was actually
kind of witty. Now that I think of it, the
Now that you can appreciate it, it's gone.
I appreciated it as much as ever when it aired,
not enough of course to be a regular viewer.
hostess was named Dana something - the first time
I recall ever encountering that as a female name.
That's one of those names that can be used for either a boy or a girl.
My high school class had 3 Lynns in it, all male, but I've heard it used quite often as a female name.
Fashions. I've met one male Lynn and one
male Lyn (short for Lyndon, and yes, named
after the Texas politician).
I think they are to some extent. Some friends in HI took stuff down
to > Honolulu when ARS came (around 2005/6) to town but didn't get picked to > be on the show. Guess their stuff wasn't that interesting. Well, you don't want everyday stuff on your
roster - you want something that someone paid
$5 for that's worth 5000 or perhaps something
that someone paid $5000 for that's worth 5.
I think they try to go for the most impressive items brought to that particular "try out" time, especially if there's a relation to the area
where they are filming. It would be interesting to find the value of
some of our stuff but easier to take it to a local appraiser than stand
in line at an ARS taping.
Perhaps if one doesn't trust the local experts?
Or wants some kind of notoriety.
That would bore me silly. Of course, many are
not captivated by some fat bald guy eating
strange stuff on the air.
I'd rather watch the former than the latter. I've seen a few
"Picker" > shows--they can turn up some of the oddest things in the least likely > places..................
For me the fat guy wins every time, though what he
represents as odd sometimes I see as commonplace.
Some things are indeed odd, others are very common to the local area.
The pickers take the oddest things back to their base and sell
them--always a sucker waiting to buy that odd piece of whatever to
decorate their house. (G)
I've seen a fair number of festaurants [reread
this and decided to let the typo stand] whose
decorators used that kind of stuff as well.
To be passed on to the next genreation who thinks "why in the world
did > they buy this?". We've dealt with some of it in settling my parents'
estates.
Keep it for 100 years and maybe the sale will
pay for the storage costs.
Things like their first rent check (dated 3 days after they got married)
kind of stuff is not valuable to anybody. OTOH, old baptismal
certificates may be, at least to historians.
There are degrees to everything. In several hundred
years, even the rent check might be museum fodder.
I'd be barbecuing meat rather than puffing away
at a smelly cylinder.
Given the choice, I would too--if I had some protection from the
smoke.
Some people think that way about tobacco as well,
hence waterpipes and hookahs.
I'm still not into any form of tobacco smoke. Doubt if it would add any
sort of edible flavor to smoking meats, especially cigarette smoke since
it has so many chemical additives.
Answer: yes. There was a brief vogue for tobacco-smoked
food; and remember too that as with other things, there
are all-natural preservative-free tobacco products.
Michael nixed the idea of a taste off at the picnic. I understand,
as > I'd rather have the home made over the canned. I knew it was
Read's but > just blanked on the spelling. Had gotten some Reid's cinnamon life
savers a couple of days before....................
If anyone else wants to invest the buck or two
for a can, far be it from me to discourage its
opening. Far be it from me to encourage such
irresponsible behavior, either.
I won't spend the money for the canned stuff, but maybe use the money to
buy ingredients to do my usual version.
As intimated, if anyone wants to, it would be
maybe 50c worth of entertainment for a buck, and
I wouldn't discourage anyone from it.
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Title: Warmer Kartoffelsalat (Hot Potato Salad)
Categories: Salads, Vegetables, German
Yield: 4 servings
3 ea Potatoes;Med,Boiled In Skins 3 ea Bacon; Slices
1/4 c Onion; Chopped 1 tb Unbleached Flour
2 ts Sugar 3/4 ts Salt
1/4 ts Celery Seeds 1/4 ts Pepper
3/8 c ;Water 2 1/2 tb Vinegar
Peel potatoes and slice paper thin. Saute bacon slowly in a frypan, then
drain on paper towels. Saute onion in bacon fat until golden brown.
Blend
in flour, sugar, salt, celery seeds, and pepper. Cook over low heat,
stirring until smooth and bubbly. Remove from heat. Stir in water and
vinegar. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil for 1 minute.
Carefully stir in the potatoes and crumbled bacon bits. Remove from
heat,
cover and let stand until ready to serve. Source unknown
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