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Skriven 2011-05-10 23:42:00 av JIM WELLER (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av SEAN DENNIS
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 SD> I have seen people who are busy texting while walking down the
 SD> sidewalk walk head-first into a streetlamp and knock themselves out. 
 SD> Texting is good and has its place but unfortunately, it seems in the US
 SD> that people have lost their common sense and forgotten there is a time
 SD> and place for everything.

I see that kind of behavior occasionally here but it's not rampant.

 SD> Paying for texting is actually a huge ripoff, even if it's cheap,
 SD> since SMS simply runs on a normally unused sideband of the main carrier
 SD> signal.  There was a big whoop-de-doo about it here and a lot of the
 SD> major carriers cut their prices on texting plans.

I don't mind paying $10 per month for unlimited texting for three
people (me, Roslind and for a long time Neekha) especially if it
keeps my other minutes down.

 SD> My main beef is these rather boorish
 SD> teenagers who can't do anything BUT text and jabber 24/7

They are easy to ignore.

Neekha uses hers a lot, even during recess and lunch hour at school
but the phone stays in the locker with the ringer off during
classes, a rule that is strictly enforced. I'm glad she has one. It
made things like picking her up after school so much easier or
finding her if she was 15 minutes past curfew. She got her first
phone when she was 8.

 SD> I'm also reminded of a line from the very short-lived "That 80's Show"
 SD> on Fox. There was a scene of one of the main characters calling from a
 SD> "brick" and exclaiming "...and it's only $8 a minute!!!".

My first one was a very expensive brick and air time was 65 cents a
minute plus a monthly fee. But even then I appreciated it as better
than a pager or nothing at all. 

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     Title: About Chinese Stir Fried Sticky Rice Cakes (Nian Gao)
Categories: Chinese, Holiday, Noodles, Info
  Servings: 1 text file

           Sticky Rice Cake Noodles 
           (Nian Gao)

Nian Gao is normally eaten for Chinese New Year, as it signifies
good fortune for the coming year. "Nian" means year and "gao" means
high,  translating loosely to "every year, may you reach higher and
higher."

Nian Gao can also mean sticky rice cakes that are fried in egg
(savory) or fried with sugar (sweet). In the Shanghainese and Korean
version of nian gao they take the glutinous rice cakes, cut them
into ovals 2 inches long, 1 inch wide, and stir fry them like
noodles.

You can find these rice cake noodles at Asian markets, either dried
form (in the dried noodle section), frozen or in the refrigerated
noodle section. Frozen rice cake noodles keep well in the freezer.
They have to be soaked for 2 hours up to overnight in water.
Purchase either the Korean or Chinese version, they are the same.

Notes on the sticky rice cakes:

The rice cakes should be gluten-free, but please check the
packaging.

If dried - soak in water at room temperature overnight or up to 2
days

If frozen - defrost then soak in water at room temperature for 2
hours up to overnight

If fresh (in refrigerated section) - soak 2 hours in water at room
temperature up to overnight


  From: Jaden Hair                      
 
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Cheers

YK Jim


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