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Skriven 2011-11-16 18:13:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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 ML> So Malaysia isn't trying to outdo its sister anymore?
 ML> Codesharing with AF/KL is not exactly, as you imply,
 ML> protecting brand integrity.
 GJ> I got the impression that Malaysian was still trying hard, but
 GJ> Singapore was better organised, particularly in airport related
 GJ> activities.  Singapore is slick.  Malaysian muddles.

I've only flown in biz on Malaysia; have flown all classes
of SQ. In C, MH was at least as good as SQ, with the added
plus that the flight attendants really seem to like their
jobs and do the subservient thing just so, whereas on SQ
they all appear to be looking for sugar daddies. And
perhaps most important, the MH lounge serves appropriately
spiced beef rendang and chicken curry. I admit that the
Silver Kris food selection is wider and with booze.

 GJ> Qantas is now offering free flights to NZ and domestically to try to
 GJ> persuade disillusioned patrons to return to "Australia's Own Airline".

Will you be taking advantage of any such offers?
 
 ML> That I know nothing about. I'd have thought that having an
 ML> Australian speech therapist would be rather like hiring a
 ML> personal trainer from Burger King.
 GJ> The King had an uncontrollable stammer, which made it impossible for
 GJ> him to give inspiring speeches before and during WW2.  The Australian,
 GJ> Lionel Logue, taught him to overcome that handicap.  A recent movie,
 GJ> on that subject, "The King's Speech" won 7 British Academy Awards.

It won four real Academy Awards as well. In 2007, The Departed
won four likewise, and I didn't see that one either, nor do I
believe that the Massachusetts State Police had one all-knowing
mobster infiltrated into it.

 ML> Does anyone know the balance between costs and revenues of
 ML> Hollywood vs. Buckingham Palace?

Tax Payer Treasure Hunt claims the Monarchy's ratio is
USD128M/300M for a net profit of $172M. According to the
sources I have seen, Hollywood barely nets anything. So
a big win for the Brits. Of course, it is in the interest
of the Monarchy to show a profit, whereas the movie studios
would do well to do the opposite.

 GJ> It is likely that someone, somewhere, has, to prove a point.

I like the last comma there and how its absence would completely
change the focus of the sentence.

 GJ> Housing planners these days recommend higher population density, with
 GJ> workers living closer to their work places.  You and other Americans
 GJ> (and Australians) are becoming increasingly aware of the limitations
 GJ> of personal mobility vehicles

Some of us have always known.

 GJ> quick and easy to get around such cities as Singapore, Warsaw, Prague
 GJ> and Budapest, as thanks to somewhat repressive past regimes they have
 GJ> largely escaped the plague of universal private ownership of cars.

Another factor is that much of the infrastructure had to be
replanned and rebuilt after WWII. Sometimes good things come
of bad, as with Beethoven.

Mose's apple-beet muffins
cat: untested, probably ok, vegetarian, vegan, way too healthy
yield: 1 batch

1 egg (or vegan egg substitute such as Ener-G egg replacer)
1/8 c pumpkin
1/8 c canola oil
1/2 ts vanilla
1/4 ts lemon juice
1 ts molasses
1 ts white vinegar
1/2 c sugar
1/2 c canned beets, finely grated
1 c apples, chopped
Fist-full of dried cranberries
1/4 c wheat pastry flour
1/3 c oats
1/4 c coconut flakes
1/4 ts baking soda
1/8 ts baking powder
1 pn salt
1/2 ts cinnamon
1/4 ts nutmeg
1 ds ginger to taste

Preheat oven to 350F.

Grease muffin tin with butter (or spray with oil). You may
also use paper liners.

In a large bowl, combine first 11 ingredients.

In another bowl, whisk together dry ingredients.

Add the dry to the wet and stir with a rubber spatula to
JUST combine. Fill muffin cups 1/2 to 3/4 full and bake
for 12-15 min.

attributed to Schrute Beet Farms
(see tinyurl.com/schrutehoot)
via makemethod on opensourcefood.com
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