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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Citizen Winston Smith <sss@example.de> Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Boiled Green Peanuts Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2024 10:23:21 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 121 Message-ID: <vgg8m8$2684l$73@dont-email.me> References: <vevpjn$3pc39$1@dont-email.me> <vf0i8b$3ua07$1@dont-email.me> <vf0qvv$3vm4f$2@dont-email.me> <vf113d$n7r$1@dont-email.me> <vf11ts$3vm4f$3@dont-email.me> <98822881-54c4-fc2e-8cbd-b7c6e65670ea@example.net> <vf6co5$134r2$1@dont-email.me> <fd325e94-363c-8c7f-0139-e31410023bb9@example.net> <e6b1f2d134b7415c9a5ba2fc4a6b8b6f@www.novabbs.org> <lokonhFdpe9U1@mid.individual.net> <22af6ee7dec3d07bd4a105f982f09bf5@www.novabbs.org> <771e6722-d9ae-a6a7-c678-0b24c0b450f9@example.net> <vg5qfc$3spq6$16@dont-email.me> <16541860-56b8-b93f-67be-559ff140f22a@example.net> <vg8ela$f49o$14@dont-email.me> <3391881b-40ca-ca40-31a8-c2396042118c@example.net> <vg91af$j6cl$1@dont-email.me> <4bda19c8-ed67-20a3-a0c8-a2b757427f7c@example.net> <vgauf3$10ulb$10@dont-email.me> <8fe9b44e-a809-2d36-c181-426b99ccae02@example.net> <vgdh2p$1j9la$6@dont-email.me> <2e8df61b-4f43-ef54-2e71-2fe6bed8775d@example.net> <vge43j$1nfe1$4@dont-email.me> <9a2cacc4-b472-8af9-c799-67c8d9c26b77@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 18:23:20 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="263b37c7ec93e282ba538b19543932af"; logging-data="2302101"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/rogiOF/0lBQdRfHurBVqTbfLyueaV5B8=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:Z90zS5EmBof6oltu/FMzkZFgbtE= In-Reply-To: <9a2cacc4-b472-8af9-c799-67c8d9c26b77@example.net> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 5805 On 11/6/2024 10:17 AM, D wrote: > > > On Tue, 5 Nov 2024, Citizen Winston Smith wrote: > >>>> You are delightfully out of step with your surroundings, in a very >>>> confident manner. >>> >>> Oh definitely! Since my company is small, I cannot run where the big >>> guys are running. So by looking where no one else is looking I secure >>> nice margins and happy customers. =) >> >> You are a true fisher of men. > > Fishing can teach us a lot about life, and I find that the lessons I've > learned are very much applicable to business life. > Patience, timing, strategy, the weather...yes... >>> Possibly, but it would depend on with what area of the US you compare. >>> I've been to areas in the US where I had to run over highways and it was >>> impossible to walk anywhere or to impossible to find a bus. >>> >>> I've lived in Chicago which was pretty good and very similar to european >>> standards. >>> >>> And cities somewhere in between. >> >> True enough, but we need to have some hope of improvement and your >> nation could have been it as a model. > > I think if you took sweden in the 1920s to 1950s it would be a pretty > good template. I'd say it was the golden age of the country. At least you have that to reboot to, like a disk image. >> Oh well, back to the ruthlessly efficient Swiss... > > Now there we have a template if any! I was very impressed with the > country when I lived there for a year, and I think there are many things > about it that really should be considered in most other countries. Agreed. >>>>> They seemed suspiciously positive! Can such positive people be >>>>> trusted? >>>>> ;) >>>> >>>> Yes, and you can also trust this even more cheerful couple: >>>> >>>> https://youtu.be/Ax2NxgUXFW4 >>> >>> This will be tomorrow evenings show. Now the wife is hooked on train >>> videos and can talk of nothing else. Her challenge now is to find which >>> line or lines to choose. >> >> Aw, that's very sweet. I am glad any of these are useful to you. > > Very useful, thank you very much! > >> A bit off topic, but have you ever watched this adventurous >> off-roading gal? >> >> https://www.youtube.com/@evazubeck > > Never seen. She rocks. > >> My thinking being that perhaps you two might want to rent an RV or >> camper. >> >> Plenty of opportunities for that, albeit you lose some backroad mobility. > > Campers are not her cup of tea, but we'll see. Our neighbours in spain > really recommended us to go to Jackson hole for a nice nature trip, so > maybe a vehicle upgrade might be necessary there? To horseback. But a sound recommendation. And for a place to stay: https://www.gtlc.com/lodges/jenny-lake-lodge You will luxuriate in one of their cabins, I hope. >>> Again the comparison. Compared with airline and airport food it looks >>> absolutely awesome! >>> >>> The only time I had better food on airlines is when I fly business, but >>> I only do that when I need to fly longer than 4-5 hours which is, very >>> thankfully, only when the wife drags me on some vacation trip to remote >>> and distant lands. >> >> As a plus you will also not gain weight on anything they serve... > > Very much true! > >>>> But for real luxury there is Canada's Rocky Mountaineer - now that >>>> is world class, for whatever that means. >>>> >>>> Or even their standard Via: >>>> >>>> https://youtu.be/G9Xh95FO0i4?t=734 >>> >>> Impressive! I'm almost tempted to believe that if there is one thing >>> socialism actually does manage, its decent trains. ;) >> >> I am with you on that only because reality has made it so. >> >> Choices...lose a large military expenditure and it can trickle down >> elsewhere... > > True! It is so overdue!