http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...lrlAgD99A0ULO0

(Pasted for your dining pleasure)

Retired chairman of Oscar Mayer Foods dead at 95
10 hours ago

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Oscar G. Mayer, retired chairman of the Wisconsin-
based meat processing company that bears his name, has died at the age
of 95.

Mayer's wife, Geraldine, said he died of old age Monday age at Hospice
Care in Fitchburg.

He was the third Oscar Mayer in the family that founded Oscar Mayer
Foods, which was once the largest private employer in Madison. His
grandfather, Oscar F. Mayer, died in 1955 and his father, Oscar G.
Mayer Sr., died in 1965.

Mayer retired as chairman of the board in 1977 at age 62 soon after
the company recorded its first $1 billion year. The company was later
sold to General Foods and is now a business unit of Kraft.

Mayer's first wife, Rosalie, died in 1998. He married Geraldine
Fitzpatrick in 1999.

On 2009-07-08, marc rosen wrote:

Retired chairman of Oscar Mayer Foods dead at 95
10 hours ago

More meaningful in what way? Providing the world with unidentifiable
meat products even more popular than Spam?

Hey, they could resurrect him by recycling him into a pkg of "meat" bologna.

nb

notbob wrote:
On 2009-07-08, marc rosen wrote:

Retired chairman of Oscar Mayer Foods dead at 95
10 hours ago

More meaningful in what way? Providing the world with unidentifiable
meat products even more popular than Spam?

Hey, they could resurrect him by recycling him into a pkg of "meat" bologna.

nb


Hmmm. Maybe baloney isn't so bad after all. Think I'll go eat a corn dog.

On Jul 8, 9:49*am, marc rosen wrote:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...wV8YuhkhSq4yGa...

(Pasted for your dining pleasure)

Retired chairman of Oscar Mayer Foods dead at 95
10 hours ago

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Oscar G. Mayer, retired chairman of the Wisconsin-
based meat processing company that bears his name, has died at the age
of 95.

Mayer's wife, Geraldine, said he died of old age Monday age at Hospice
Care in Fitchburg.

He was the third Oscar Mayer in the family that founded Oscar Mayer
Foods, which was once the largest private employer in Madison. His
grandfather, Oscar F. Mayer, died in 1955 and his father, Oscar G.
Mayer Sr., died in 1965.

Mayer retired as chairman of the board in 1977 at age 62 soon after
the company recorded its first $1 billion year. The company was later
sold to General Foods and is now a business unit of Kraft.

Mayer's first wife, Rosalie, died in 1998. He married Geraldine
Fitzpatrick in 1999.

We can expect quite a price when the Barrett - Jackson people auction
off the Wienermobile!!

here is someone else whose life had more meaning than mj:


http://www.leconcombre.com/concpost/...d_e_neuman.jpg



Regards,

Tom Watson
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/

Tom Watson wrote:
here is someone else whose life had more meaning than mj:


http://www.leconcombre.com/concpost/...d_e_neuman.jpg

I'd find it hard to come up with someone whose life had LESS meaning
that Jacksons. He was a pointless excuse for a human being. I'm glad
he's dead. Took too damn long to happen.

On Jul 8, 5:29*pm, Tom Watson wrote:
here is someone else whose life had more meaning than mj:

http://www.leconcombre.com/concpost/...d_e_neuman.jpg

Regards,

Tom Watsonhttp://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/

What, Me Worry?
Marc (who is turning this on topic because
he finally bought "hisself" and Oneida system today. Unit gets
shipped next week and I will be so thrilled to hook it up. )

Tom Watson wrote:
here is someone else whose life had more meaning than mj:


http://www.leconcombre.com/concpost/...d_e_neuman.jpg

My childhood hero! Boy, it sure has been a long time since I've read a
Mad magazine... I read them religiously for years!
--
See Nad. See Nad go. Go Nad!
To reply, eat the taco.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboyee/

On Jul 8, 11:14*pm, Steve Turner
wrote:
Tom Watson wrote:
here is someone else whose life had more meaning than mj:

http://www.leconcombre.com/concpost/...d_e_neuman.jpg

My childhood hero! *Boy, it sure has been a long time since I've read a
Mad magazine... *I read them religiously for years!


That explains a few things..EG (No offense intended, btw.)

I'm a huge fan of Don Martin's characters. The FRRRAPP, FWWERRRP
types. Those were great!
Who can forget this:
http://www.donmartinshrine.com/gallery/g3_robin.jpg

Robatoy wrote:
On Jul 8, 11:14 pm, Steve Turner
wrote:
Tom Watson wrote:
here is someone else whose life had more meaning than mj:
http://www.leconcombre.com/concpost/...d_e_neuman.jpg
My childhood hero! Boy, it sure has been a long time since I've read a
Mad magazine... I read them religiously for years!


That explains a few things..EG (No offense intended, btw.)

I'm a huge fan of Don Martin's characters. The FRRRAPP, FWWERRRP
types. Those were great!
Who can forget this:
http://www.donmartinshrine.com/gallery/g3_robin.jpg

DAWK! Don Martin was the greatest - Fonebone! I also loved the little
cartoons in the margins drawn by Sergio Aragones. Ah, the memories!

--
Any given amount of traffic flow, no matter how
sparse, will expand to fill all available lanes.
To reply, eat the taco.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboyee/

On Jul 8, 11:43*pm, Steve Turner
wrote:
Robatoy wrote:
On Jul 8, 11:14 pm, Steve Turner
wrote:
Tom Watson wrote:
here is someone else whose life had more meaning than mj:
http://www.leconcombre.com/concpost/...d_e_neuman.jpg
My childhood hero! *Boy, it sure has been a long time since I've read a
Mad magazine... *I read them religiously for years!

That explains a few things..EG (No offense intended, btw.)

I'm a huge fan of Don Martin's characters. The FRRRAPP, FWWERRRP
types. Those were great!
Who can forget this:
http://www.donmartinshrine.com/gallery/g3_robin.jpg

DAWK! *Don Martin was the greatest - Fonebone! *I also loved the little
cartoons in the margins drawn by Sergio Aragones. *Ah, the memories!

--
Any given amount of traffic flow, no matter how
sparse, will expand to fill all available lanes.
To reply, eat the taco.http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboyee/

Who can ever get past this one:

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...oy/g4_duck.jpg

marc rosen wrote:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...lrlAgD99A0ULO0

Mayer retired as chairman of the board in 1977 at age 62 soon after
the company recorded its first $1 billion year. The company was later
sold to General Foods and is now a business unit of Kraft.

Mayer's first wife, Rosalie, died in 1998. He married Geraldine
Fitzpatrick in 1999.

Wonder how old Geraldine might be?

Wonder if/how long he was bonking Geraldine before Rosy cashed in.

Wonder how happy the rest of the family was when the old coot re-married
at 85?

Wonder if he had some tight pre-nups?

Wonder if they'll hold up in court?

Wonder why I picture Geraldine as a 30-40 year old bombshell of a
"secretary"

Wonder why I even wonder all this crap?

--
Jack
Using FREE News Server: http://www.eternal-september.org/
http://jbstein.com

On Jul 9, 4:18*pm, Jack Stein wrote:
marc rosen wrote:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...wV8YuhkhSq4yGa...
Mayer retired as chairman of the board in 1977 at age 62 soon after
the company recorded its first $1 billion year. The company was later
sold to General Foods and is now a business unit of Kraft.

Mayer's first wife, Rosalie, died in 1998. He married Geraldine
Fitzpatrick in 1999.

Wonder how old Geraldine might be?

Wonder if/how long he was bonking Geraldine before Rosy cashed in.

Wonder how happy the rest of the family was when the old coot re-married
at 85?

Wonder if he had some tight pre-nups?

Wonder if they'll hold up in court?

Wonder why I picture Geraldine as a 30-40 year old bombshell of a
"secretary"

Wonder why I even wonder all this crap?

--
Jack
Using FREE News Server:http://www.eternal-september.org/http://jbstein.com

Because hotdogs are wonderful food?

On Jul 9, 4:48*pm, marc rosen wrote:
On Jul 9, 4:18*pm, Jack Stein wrote:





marc rosen wrote:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...wV8YuhkhSq4yGa....
Mayer retired as chairman of the board in 1977 at age 62 soon after
the company recorded its first $1 billion year. The company was later
sold to General Foods and is now a business unit of Kraft.

Mayer's first wife, Rosalie, died in 1998. He married Geraldine
Fitzpatrick in 1999.

Wonder how old Geraldine might be?

Wonder if/how long he was bonking Geraldine before Rosy cashed in.

Wonder how happy the rest of the family was when the old coot re-married
at 85?

Wonder if he had some tight pre-nups?

Wonder if they'll hold up in court?

Wonder why I picture Geraldine as a 30-40 year old bombshell of a
"secretary"

Wonder why I even wonder all this crap?

--
Jack
Using FREE News Server:http://www.eternal-september.org/http://jbstein.com

Because hotdogs are wonderful food?

Angela runs a Heart & Stroke Prevention Unit at the local hospitals.
Until I met her, I loved hot-dogs. I even knew then that they were
made from pig lips, ears, nose and foreskins. That didn't bother
me...but the frickin' salt!!!! and the FAT!!!
Still, when in Toronto..those street vendors ... that aroma... that
mild sauerkraut..*drools*

Robatoy wrote:
On Jul 9, 4:48 pm, marc rosen wrote:
On Jul 9, 4:18 pm, Jack Stein wrote:





marc rosen wrote:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...wV8YuhkhSq4yGa...
Mayer retired as chairman of the board in 1977 at age 62 soon after
the company recorded its first $1 billion year. The company was later
sold to General Foods and is now a business unit of Kraft.
Mayer's first wife, Rosalie, died in 1998. He married Geraldine
Fitzpatrick in 1999.
Wonder how old Geraldine might be?
Wonder if/how long he was bonking Geraldine before Rosy cashed in.
Wonder how happy the rest of the family was when the old coot re-married
at 85?
Wonder if he had some tight pre-nups?
Wonder if they'll hold up in court?
Wonder why I picture Geraldine as a 30-40 year old bombshell of a
"secretary"
Wonder why I even wonder all this crap?
--
Jack
Using FREE News Server:http://www.eternal-september.org/http://jbstein.com
Because hotdogs are wonderful food?

Angela runs a Heart & Stroke Prevention Unit at the local hospitals.
Until I met her, I loved hot-dogs. I even knew then that they were
made from pig lips, ears, nose and foreskins. That didn't bother
me...but the frickin' salt!!!! and the FAT!!!
Still, when in Toronto..those street vendors ... that aroma... that
mild sauerkraut..*drools*

Those are good, although I usually get the sausage, but the sauerkraut
is a must.

Of course now, there are just piles of Miller all over the place.

--
Froz...

On Jul 9, 6:51*pm, FrozenNorth
wrote:
Robatoy wrote:
On Jul 9, 4:48 pm, marc rosen wrote:
On Jul 9, 4:18 pm, Jack Stein wrote:

marc rosen wrote:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...wV8YuhkhSq4yGa....
Mayer retired as chairman of the board in 1977 at age 62 soon after
the company recorded its first $1 billion year. The company was later
sold to General Foods and is now a business unit of Kraft.
Mayer's first wife, Rosalie, died in 1998. He married Geraldine
Fitzpatrick in 1999.
Wonder how old Geraldine might be?
Wonder if/how long he was bonking Geraldine before Rosy cashed in.
Wonder how happy the rest of the family was when the old coot re-married
at 85?
Wonder if he had some tight pre-nups?
Wonder if they'll hold up in court?
Wonder why I picture Geraldine as a 30-40 year old bombshell of a
"secretary"
Wonder why I even wonder all this crap?
--
Jack
Using FREE News Server:http://www.eternal-september.org/http://jbstein.com
Because hotdogs are wonderful food?

Angela runs a Heart & Stroke Prevention Unit at the local hospitals.
Until I met her, I loved hot-dogs. I even knew then that they were
made from pig lips, ears, nose and foreskins. That didn't bother
me...but the frickin' salt!!!! and the FAT!!!
Still, when in Toronto..those street vendors ... that aroma... that
mild sauerkraut..*drools*

Those are good, although I usually get the sausage, but the sauerkraut
is a must.

Of course now, there are just piles of Miller all over the place.

--
Froz...

I hope the wind doesn't turn....

"FrozenNorth" wrote:

Those are good, although I usually get the sausage, but the
sauerkraut is a must.

In Cleveland, the street vendors ply their wares by selling "Polish
Boys".

Big bun cradling a piece of Kielbasa and smothered in sauerkraut with
mustard.

Lew

On Jul 9, 8:56*pm, "Lew Hodgett" wrote:
[snipped for effect]



Big bun cradling a piece of Kielbasa and smothered in sauerkraut with
mustard.



Oh.. wait!! This is NOT the Palin thread...

On Jul 9, 5:56*pm, "Lew Hodgett" wrote:
"FrozenNorth" wrote:
Those are good, although I usually get the sausage, but the
sauerkraut is a must.

In Cleveland, the street vendors ply their wares by selling "Polish
Boys".

Big bun cradling a piece of Kielbasa and smothered in sauerkraut with
mustard.

Here we get caribou and bison smokies, yum. And relatively more
healthy. The sauerkraut is good for you and anyway I am not convinced
about the salt is bad for you business: there is a genuine scientific
controversy there, unlike climate change or evolution. See
http://heartdisease.about.com/cs/hyp...a/saltwars.htm

Luigi

"Luigi Zanasi" wrote:

Here we get caribou and bison smokies, yum.

I don't know about the caribou but will definitely pass on the bison.

Don't know which is more dry and tasteless, bison or turkey.

The sauerkraut is good for you and anyway I am not convinced
about the salt is bad for you business: there is a genuine scientific
controversy there, unlike climate change or evolution.

I'm with you, for years avoided salt like the plague, then started
watching Emeril and the dishes he was preparing reminded me of my
youth.

No way you could prepare those dishes without salt and fresh cracked
black pepper, and as the man says, "Pork fat rules".

BTW, blood pressure is in the 120/70 area most days.

Lew

On Jul 9, 8:24*pm, "Lew Hodgett" wrote:
"Luigi Zanasi" wrote:
Here we get caribou and bison smokies, yum.

I don't know about the caribou but will definitely pass on the bison.

Don't know which is more dry and tasteless, bison or turkey.

Turkey, definitely. Bison can be extremely variable from tough & dry
to absolutely superb, almost as good as moose. But the smokies are
probably 50% pork fat, so you don't need to worry about them being
dry.

The sauerkraut is good for you and anyway I am not convinced
about the salt is bad for you business: there is a genuine scientific
controversy there, unlike climate change or evolution.

I'm with you, for years avoided salt like the plague, then started
watching Emeril and the dishes he was preparing reminded me of my
youth.

No way you could prepare those dishes without salt and fresh cracked
black pepper, and as the man says, "Pork fat rules".

And butter. Sniff. :-( Luckily they haven't cut out the olive oil &
vino after my heart attack.

BTW, blood pressure is in the 120/70 area most days.

Lucky man! Must be all that sailing, or maybe sniffing epoxy? ;-)

Luigi

"Luigi Zanasi" wrote:

Turkey, definitely. Bison can be extremely variable from tough & dry
to absolutely superb, almost as good as moose. But the smokies are
probably 50% pork fat, so you don't need to worry about them being
dry.

Stopped at an art festival in Wyoming and had a bison burger.

It was BAD.

And butter. Sniff. :-( Luckily they haven't cut out the olive oil &
vino after my heart attack.

I use a lot of bacon, which I dice and render till crispy, then pour
off the bacon grease and replace with olive oil.

Lucky man! Must be all that sailing, or maybe sniffing epoxy? ;-)


Naw, as a sailor, think BEER, the lubricant of life.

Lew

On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:24:44 GMT, "Lew Hodgett"
wrote:

I don't know about the caribou but will definitely pass on the bison.

Don't know which is more dry and tasteless, bison or turkey.

Lew, you're more than welcome to pass the bison my way!

All I can figure is that it must have been either the cut or the way
it was prepared. The bison steaks and roasts that I've encountered has
been much like beef, both in preparation and, except for being a
little richer and sweeter, in taste.

But, we are in total agreement on the turkey. To paraphrase Will
Rogers, I've never met a turkey that I liked.



Tom Veatch
Wichita, KS
USA

"Tom Veatch" wrote:

All I can figure is that it must have been either the cut or the way
it was prepared.

It was a burger, totally tasteless.

Maybe if they had added a can of Pace Plicate sauce, might have made a
passable sloppy joe.

Lew

On Jul 9, 9:31*pm, Luigi Zanasi wrote:
On Jul 9, 5:56*pm, "Lew Hodgett" wrote:

"FrozenNorth" wrote:
Those are good, although I usually get the sausage, but the
sauerkraut is a must.

In Cleveland, the street vendors ply their wares by selling "Polish
Boys".

Big bun cradling a piece of Kielbasa and smothered in sauerkraut with
mustard.

Here we get caribou and bison smokies, yum. And relatively more
healthy. The sauerkraut is good for you and anyway I am not convinced
about the salt is bad for you business: there is a genuine scientific
controversy there, unlike climate change or evolution. Seehttp://heartdisease.about.com/cs/hypertension/a/saltwars.htm

Luigi

Good article. Thanks for sharing. It does cast a different light on
the salt's influence on our bodies, but the bottom line is still the
same–stay the hell away from that stuff as much as you can but don't
go nuts doing it.
One of Angela's friends, a rehab nurse, lets out those GASPs when I
sprinkle a wee bit of salt on either a fresh tomato or an egg... she
reacts almost as if I tied off my arm with surgical tubing then banged
a 10cc fit of Chine White into my veins.

It is all about moderation and balance and keeping an eye on those
mass-production-convenience-food *******s who do much better selling
you salt than actual meat/flour etc.
We are basic animals when it comes to our craving for salt and fat, in
fact, that's how we got here. It is when we introduced processed foods
and started messing with dairy products and bleaching flour that's
when we started getting vapour-lock and blowing veins in our heads.
The stats prove it.

Annnnd, it is not the 6-pack of beer that is killing people, it's the
horse-cock sausages and potato chips.... and of course pickled eggs,
but that's more an environmental issue.

In article , "Lew Hodgett" wrote:

Don't know which is more dry and tasteless, bison or turkey.

Then you've never had either one properly prepared. I've had bison several
times in restaurants, and I find it just as juicy as beef, and more flavorful.
Turkey cooked in a conventional oven *is* frequently very dry, but I haven't
eaten turkey cooked that way for thirty years -- not since I learned you can
cook them in a microwave. Takes about an hour and a half to cook a
fifteen-pound bird with stuffing. Moist, juicy... MMMMM!

marc rosen wrote:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...lrlAgD99A0ULO0

(Pasted for your dining pleasure)

Retired chairman of Oscar Mayer Foods dead at 95
10 hours ago

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Oscar G. Mayer, retired chairman of the
Wisconsin-
based meat processing company that bears his name, has died at the age
of 95.

[...]

In January of 2002 - right after 9/11 - a man was detected trying to slip a
"destructive device" (a "Ninja Star") aboard an aircraft at the Sky Harbor
airport in Phoenix. Preliminary investigation revealed that this gentleman
was responsible for bringing down 34 aircraft with the loss of life of
everybody aboard!

His name was Joe Foss.

Joe was the former governor of South Dakota, brigadier general in the
National Guard, for 24 years host of the TV program "American Sportsman,"
president of the American Football League, and former Executive Director of
the National Rifle Association. In fact, he had just left a board of
director's meeting of the NRA and was on his way to the U.S. Military
Academy at West Point to deliver a guest lecture on patriotism.

The "Ninja Star" he was carrying? It was the Medal of Honor given him by
Franklin Roosevelt for downing 23 Japanese aircraft during the battle of
Guadalcanal.

When told he could, nevertheless, board his aircraft if he simply discarded
this potential weapon ("In the pot, pops!"), Joe is reported to have said:
"You've done ****ed with the wrong Marine, sonny!"

The only thing that could have made this more ironic would have been it
happening at Joe's hometown airport in Sioux Falls. The name of that airport
is "Joe Foss Field."

"Robatoy" wrote:

Annnnd, it is not the 6-pack of beer that is killing people, it's the
horse-cock sausages ......


Haven't heard that expression since the mid 70s.

Lew

On Jul 10, 1:12*pm, "Lew Hodgett" wrote:
"Robatoy" wrote:
Annnnd, it is not the 6-pack of beer that is killing people, it's the

horse-cock sausages ......

Haven't heard that expression since the mid 70s.

Lew

I guess that goes back to the days when there was a 'Men"s side to the
pub. And draught was still 12oz.
The little woman was always happy to see Her Man come home with a
belly full of draught, horse-cocks and pickled eggs.
Nothing like a Dutch Oven... Bophal style.

On Jul 10, 10:52*am, Robatoy wrote:
I guess that goes back to the days when there was a 'Men"s side to the
pub. And draught was still 12oz.

We didn't have a men's side in taverns in Quebec. Women were simply
not allowed. And draft came in 12oz. glasses @ 10 cents each & you
would get 2 or 4, ordered by putting up 2 or 4 fingers. So a quarter
would get you 24 oz. as you did have to tip the waiter a nickel if you
ever expected to drink in that tavern again.

This came to an end when the PQ created Brasseries so women could buy
draft beer too and taverns eventually all converted by putting in a
women's can.

Luigi

On Jul 10, 2:06*pm, Luigi Zanasi wrote:
On Jul 10, 10:52*am, Robatoy wrote:

I guess that goes back to the days when there was a 'Men"s side to the
pub. And draught was still 12oz.

We didn't have a men's side in taverns in Quebec. Women were simply
not allowed. *And draft came in 12oz. glasses @ 10 cents each & you
would get 2 or 4, ordered by putting up 2 or 4 fingers. So a quarter
would get you 24 oz. as you did have to tip the waiter a nickel if you
ever expected to drink in that tavern again.

This came to an end when the PQ created Brasseries so women could buy
draft beer too and taverns eventually all converted by putting in a
women's can.

Luigi

That tipping procedure was explained to me in Val d'Or.... in no
uncertain terms.

On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:45:59 -0500, "HeyBub"
wrote:

marc rosen wrote:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...lrlAgD99A0ULO0

(Pasted for your dining pleasure)

Retired chairman of Oscar Mayer Foods dead at 95
10 hours ago

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Oscar G. Mayer, retired chairman of the
Wisconsin-
based meat processing company that bears his name, has died at the age
of 95.

[...]

In January of 2002 - right after 9/11 - a man was detected trying to slip a
"destructive device" (a "Ninja Star") aboard an aircraft at the Sky Harbor
airport in Phoenix. Preliminary investigation revealed that this gentleman
was responsible for bringing down 34 aircraft with the loss of life of
everybody aboard!

His name was Joe Foss.

Joe was the former governor of South Dakota, brigadier general in the
National Guard, for 24 years host of the TV program "American Sportsman,"
president of the American Football League, and former Executive Director of
the National Rifle Association. In fact, he had just left a board of
director's meeting of the NRA and was on his way to the U.S. Military
Academy at West Point to deliver a guest lecture on patriotism.

The "Ninja Star" he was carrying? It was the Medal of Honor given him by
Franklin Roosevelt for downing 23 Japanese aircraft during the battle of
Guadalcanal.

When told he could, nevertheless, board his aircraft if he simply discarded
this potential weapon ("In the pot, pops!"), Joe is reported to have said:
"You've done ****ed with the wrong Marine, sonny!"

The only thing that could have made this more ironic would have been it
happening at Joe's hometown airport in Sioux Falls. The name of that airport
is "Joe Foss Field."



To save everyone the obvious trip to Snopes.

They report it as True.


http://www.snopes.com/military/medal.asp


Regards,

Tom Watson
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/

On Jul 10, 12:06*pm, Robatoy wrote:
On Jul 10, 2:06*pm, Luigi Zanasi wrote:



On Jul 10, 10:52*am, Robatoy wrote:

I guess that goes back to the days when there was a 'Men"s side to the
pub. And draught was still 12oz.

We didn't have a men's side in taverns in Quebec. Women were simply
not allowed. *And draft came in 12oz. glasses @ 10 cents each & you
would get 2 or 4, ordered by putting up 2 or 4 fingers. So a quarter
would get you 24 oz. as you did have to tip the waiter a nickel if you
ever expected to drink in that tavern again.

This came to an end when the PQ created Brasseries so women could buy
draft beer too and taverns eventually all converted by putting in a
women's can.

Luigi

That tipping procedure was explained to me in Val d'Or.... in no
uncertain terms.

Well you know what they say in Florida: What's the difference between
a Canadian and a canoe. The canoe tips.

On the other hand, we tend to tip like crazy in Cuba & give people a
bunch of stuff like the clothes of our back. I had to explain that to
fellow Brit & Italian tourists in our all inclusive resort. Go figure.

Luigi

On Jul 10, 2:06*pm, Luigi Zanasi wrote:
On Jul 10, 10:52*am, Robatoy wrote:

I guess that goes back to the days when there was a 'Men"s side to the
pub. And draught was still 12oz.

We didn't have a men's side in taverns in Quebec. Women were simply
not allowed. *And draft came in 12oz. glasses @ 10 cents each & you
would get 2 or 4, ordered by putting up 2 or 4 fingers. So a quarter
would get you 24 oz. as you did have to tip the waiter a nickel if you
ever expected to drink in that tavern again.

This came to an end when the PQ created Brasseries so women could buy
draft beer too and taverns eventually all converted by putting in a
women's can.

Luigi

....and here I thought there was only ONE hole in the ground.. kinda
like a unisex ****oir/dumpoir...

Tom Watson wrote:

To save everyone the obvious trip to Snopes.

They report it as True.


http://www.snopes.com/military/medal.asp



The President of the United States
in the name of The Congress
takes pleasure in presenting the

Medal of Honor

to

FOSS, JOSEPH JACOB

Rank and organization: Captain, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve...

Entered service at: South Dakota. Born: 17 April 1 915, Sioux Falls, South
Dakota.

Citation:

For outstanding heroism and courage above and beyond the call of duty as
executive officer of Marine Fighting Squadron 121, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing,
at Guadalcanal. Engaging in almost daily combat with the enemy from 9
October to 19 November 1942, Capt. Foss personally shot down 23 Japanese
planes and damaged others so severely that their destruction was extremely
probable...

/s/Franklin D. Roosevelt

HeyBub wrote:
Tom Watson wrote:

To save everyone the obvious trip to Snopes.

They report it as True.


http://www.snopes.com/military/medal.asp



The President of the United States
in the name of The Congress
takes pleasure in presenting the

Medal of Honor

to

FOSS, JOSEPH JACOB

Rank and organization: Captain, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve...

Entered service at: South Dakota. Born: 17 April 1 915, Sioux Falls,
South Dakota.

Citation:

For outstanding heroism and courage above and beyond the call of duty
as executive officer of Marine Fighting Squadron 121, 1st Marine
Aircraft Wing, at Guadalcanal. Engaging in almost daily combat with
the enemy from 9 October to 19 November 1942, Capt. Foss personally
shot down 23 Japanese planes and damaged others so severely that
their destruction was extremely probable...

These particular security guards should lose their jobs for stupidity above
and beyond the bounds of imagination.

"J. Clarke" wrote in message
These particular security guards should lose their jobs for stupidity
above
and beyond the bounds of imagination.

I'd be hesitant to blame them. I'm sure they were hired for having the exact
same rigid qualifications that someone decided were necessary for that
position. Place the blame on someone higher up the food chain.

On Jul 11, 10:59*am, Jack Stein wrote:
Robatoy wrote:
We are basic animals when it comes to our craving for salt and fat, in
fact, that's how we got here. It is when we introduced processed foods
and started messing with dairy products and bleaching flour that's
when we started getting vapour-lock and blowing veins in our heads.
The stats prove it.

I think the stats prove when all this crap was introduced, our life
expectancy increased by 40 years or so...

We can thank modern medicine for that, not our diet. Simple things
like insulin, antibiotics, defibrillators, ambulances, training....but
you knew that.
Our life expectancy increased IN SPITE of our diet. Imagine if we took
care of ourselves.

Robatoy wrote:

We are basic animals when it comes to our craving for salt and fat, in
fact, that's how we got here. It is when we introduced processed foods
and started messing with dairy products and bleaching flour that's
when we started getting vapour-lock and blowing veins in our heads.
The stats prove it.

I think the stats prove when all this crap was introduced, our life
expectancy increased by 40 years or so...

Annnnd, it is not the 6-pack of beer that is killing people, it's the
horse-cock sausages and potato chips.... and of course pickled eggs,
but that's more an environmental issue.

I think living too damn long is what is killing people...

As for salt, your body is mostly salt water.... 2/3 salt water... wait,
that might be the earth? Anyway, I know your body is salty, last time I
sweated too much, it tasted salty... Has that changed?
--
Jack
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