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Skriven 2010-04-14 14:50:00 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
Ärende: FAR AWAY 52 00414
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 -=> Quoting Michael Loo to Glen Jamieson <=-

 GJ> The smaller tubes are cosier and more fun, although in a 3 seater

 ML> I am uncomfortable in the little guys except when I'm in
 ML> the co-pilot seat, which has happened a couple times.

The right hand seat is normally more comfortable than the one(s) in
the back, but you have to be careful not to obstruct all those
duplicate controls which keep waggling about.  If you like, you can
pretend that you are actually flying the plane, and echo the pilot as
he goes through his pre-takeoff/landing check list.

 ML> Tomorrow, I am in a "little" 66-seater followed by a
 ML> 253-seater. I will be happier in the latter, I think.

The catering tends to be only marginal in the smaller commuter planes.
 
 GJ> Vienna and places to the East on 13th May.  If you change your mind, I
 GJ> will be returning on 5th June.  Alternatively, if I am not at home, I
 GJ> am sure Kevin would be happy to provide his usual classy
 GJ> accommodation. 

 ML> Attacked by randy chickens and savage Craigs, perhaps not.

The chickens and the Craig have gone, to be replaced by an abusive
rainbow lorikeet which flies around the house and occasionally drinks
or bathes in Kevin's mug of rough red.
 
 -=> Glen Jamieson said to Ruth Haffly <=-
 
 GJ> I would expect clouds of smoke, so it would be better not to be in the
 GJ> kitchen when cleaning the oven.  And the smoke alarms would be
 GJ> deafening!  Then the vacuum cleaner would help clean up the ashes once

 ML> You have too little faith in the engineers who designed the
 ML> self-cleaning ovens. The door shuts airtight, so the smoke
 ML> remains largely confined inside (there is usually a vent
 ML> someplace that doesn't ever close completely) until it's
 ML> baked out to CO2 and H2O. Without the interlock, I imagine
 ML> that one would have to disable the smoke alarms and perhaps
 ML> sit in the kitchen near the oven after cranking the heat to
 ML> maximum, ready to jump up at any time and manually turn off
 ML> the thing. Also, if you have a window in the oven, that
 ML> probably should be protected with a couple layers of foil
 ML> or something like that. H'm, maybe not such a great idea.

Now who hasn't got faith in design engineers?!!

From what Ruth said, the secret seems to be a vent connecting the oven
to the outside world, and a fan to extract the fumes and smoke.  The
window would have to be of a very heat-resisting glass.  As I like
violent devices that make smoke, heat, noise and flash, I would like
to crank one of those ovens to the maximum and observe.
 
 -=> Glen Jamieson said to Bill Swisher <=-
 
 BS> Honorable, adj.:

 GJ> I have noticed that it is some of the least honorable mortals -
 GJ> politicians - who use that word most when addressing each other.

 ML> They also have a highly developed sense of irony, methinks.

They have got beyond irony, and now accept the word as a parliamentary
form of degrading abuse.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Brown Rice Royal
 Categories: Side dish
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
      2 c  Sliced fresh mushrooms
    1/2 c  Finely chopped green onions
           -- including tops
      1 tb Vegetable oil
      3 c  Cooked brown rice
           -- cooked in beef broth
 
  Cook mushrooms and onions in oil until tender.  Add rice.  Toss
  lightly. Heat thoroughly.
  
  Each serving provides: * 119 calories * 2.7 g. protein * 2.7 g. fat *
  20.8 g. carbohydrate * 292 mg. sodium * 0 mg. cholesterol
  
  Source: Brown Rice Reprinted with permission from The USA Rice Council
  Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias
 
MMMMM
 

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