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Skriven 2011-05-05 19:43:00 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Dave Drum
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 GJ> It is interesting that the Saxons, who tended them, called the animals
 GJ> by their names, such as "pig" and "cow", while the more uppity,
 GJ> conquering Normans in their castles, who were more remote from the
 GJ> smelly, messy sources, preferred to call them "pork" and "beef", and
 GJ> so linguistically minimise the association between their food and the
 GJ> farm.  This characteristic has persisted to this day, with the city
 GJ> dwellers in their castles acting like the Normans.

 DD> Not interesting when you consider that the Normans were Froggish folk
 DD> and in the Frog tongue "porc" and "boeuf" are proper animal names. You
 DD> are just be linguistically chauvinistic in favour of the Angles and
 DD> Saxes. 

Not at all.  In fact one of my friends has the surname, "Le Boeuf".  I
was referring more to how the present dichotomy between primary
producers (of pigs, etc) and townsfolk (eaters of pork) has developed.

 GJ> An accountant  has to be precise.  Further to that, today I received
 GJ> another letter from the hospital, listing the costs of the operation
 GJ> in detail, from the DY521 Pinnacle Acetabular Shell - 38 - 80mm,
 GJ> $2758.80, to the Bone Cement with Gentamicin - 40 grams, $473.  After
 GJ> totalling all these items, the Credit Controller informed me that my
 GJ> account had been overpayed, and a cheque of over $1000 was attached.
 GJ> No explanation of why the initial estimate had been so inaccurate.

 DD> A 5% overcharge/overestimate isn't bad. They probably selected
 DD> probable charges from a menu and you particular case was more simple
 DD> than anticipated. Machs Nicht ... enjoy the spiff and spend it
 DD> foolishly as you gad about on your new pin. 

Their reasoning was probably that it would be easier for the hospital
to give back an over-charge than to try to extract extra from me after
the event.  (Just don't tell any of my family that I have that extra.)
 
 GJ>   Now I have heard that Auckland, in NZ has been hit by a
 GJ> tornado, with one dead and many injured.  As if the Kiwis haven't
 GJ> suffered enough!

 DD> Not, however, as badly as the folks in the southern part of the US -
 DD> particularly Alabama. Several hundreds killed and much property
 DD> destroyed.  

From what I have read, they expect seasonal tornados, but NZ normally
doesn't suffer from them.  Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and
tsunamis, yes, but not tornadoes.

 GJ> A car such as yours could be considered as a "collector's item", and
 GJ> valued as such.   In my case, my insurer will be paying for the
 GJ> repairs to the house, and then claiming the cost from the car driver's
 GJ> insurer, unless, as often happens, the two insurance companies have a
 GJ> "knock for knock" agreement, whereby they each pay their own costs.

 DD> That is pretty much what Allstate Insurance learned. In your case -
 DD> the "knock for knock" arrangement may not be in favour of your home
 DD> owner's insuror - as it will undoubtedly cast more to repair your digs
 DD> than to replace the offending automobile -- unless your kitchen was
 DD> done in by a Bentley or Rolls or high end Mercedes.

It was a secondhand Mitsubishi Magna, which the 80 yo driver had
bought only 5 days previously. The structural engineer is due shortly.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Castle Stuffed Peppers
 Categories: Ground, Beef
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
     10    White Castle hamburgers
      3 lg Green peppers
      2    Eggs
    1/4 ts Cumin
    1/4 ts Chili powder
      1    Dash Tabasco (R) sauce
      1    Jar of your favorite salsa
 
  Cut peppers in half lengthwise and core. Chop up hamburgers and mix in
  eggs, chili powder, cumin and Tobasco. Stuff peppers and place in
  baking dish. Top with salsa and cover. Bake at 350 deg F. for 45
  minutes.
  
  Ellen Garvey, Bridgewater, New Jersey
  
  From: Michael Loo                     Date: 09-28-07
 
MMMMM
 

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