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 DD> The second day things became a muddle and nothing worked right. Janis
 DD> tried to toss the packet by hand and it all went up the spout.

 NB> And that's when the three times all ended up in Controversial...

 DD> So, I brute forced things over to Chowda (where I still have an
 DD> account on his non-broadband BBS). And there they lay. Which is,
 DD> now that I think back, the reason that Chowda was never going to
 DD> be one of my regular stops - due to the wonky catch-as-catch-can
 DD> tossing of posts to the rest of FIDO.

 NB> He didn't used to be so irregular tossing... maybe it's yet another
 NB> little date-related buglet left in v4 to be found out... there was
 NB> another spell, ages ago, where messages didn't go out for a while, but
 NB> that got fixed...

 NB> I enjoyed having a regular Scrabble game going there, though... of the
 NB> other two I've been playing, one seems to have vanished into thin air,
 NB> and the other now only shows up about once a month... just fast enough
 NB> for her turn not to be automatically passed to me...

Maybe I'll come by and give you a whirl.
 
 DD> I miss Sean's Outpost - I hope he gets his problems solved and gets up
 DD> and running again.

 NB> Twould be nice... all around... :)

I worry about the lad. Dunno why, I've never met him except on-line. But,
still, he seems a nice enough sort.
 
 DD>> I'll wait until next Sunday before re-posting on another BBS. Which,
 DD>> of course, will be the signal for the Chowdah packet to re-appear.
 DD>> Bv)=

 NB>> Probably.  ;)   One of these days, if I get some time, I might try
 NB>> sending a message or two from Chowda, just to test the propagation...
 NB>> it used to work for me... but maybe there's something screwy going
 NB>> on...?

You will have seen that I re-posted them from Doc's this morning. Clearly
labelled as "Re-post" so as to avoid confusion in case the set from Chowdah
ever makes it through Fido's alimentary canal. 
 
 DD> As I said above propagation of outbound posts is the reason I quit
 DD> using Chowda to post. He seems to get all the inbound stuff. But, the
 DD> other reason is that the 38k connect speed just seems so draggy and
 DD> slow. Says the guy whose first modem was a 110 baud acoustic coupled
 DD> antique (even then) hooked to a TRaSh-80 8-bit machine.

 NB> Doesn't seem all that draggy to me, but then, I haven't got a superfast
 NB> computer here to work from, and I think at least some of the other
 NB> bbses I call aren't all that fast either...

I have to use tel-net as there are exactly NO local BBSes - whether I am on the
Amiga or the DOS box. And I went to DSL broadband back in Y2K before cable
modem was available to me. And then about the time I was going to switch
$cumCa$t took over the local reliable, dependable, reasonable cable outfit ....
which put paid to that wise and clever plan. I do business with them as much as
I do with China-Mart. Even so it seems weird to get a 38K connect speed
(typical at Chowdah).

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: James Beard's Manhattan Clam Chowder
 Categories: Soups, Seafood, Vegetables, Herbs, Pork
      Yield: 1 quart

     36 md Shucked Cherrystone clams; 
           - abt 2 to 3 cups w/liquid
    1/2 c  Chopped onion
    1/2 c  Green bell pepper
      2 cl Garlic; minced
      4 sl (thick) bacon; fried crisp
           - coarse crumbled (reserve
           - the fat)
     16 oz Can stewed tomatoes
    1/2 c  Cooked rice
    1/2 ts Thyme
    1/4 ts Oregano
           Salt & fresh ground pepper

  "The biggest rift among chowder fans is the one between
  the New England school and the school that prefers the
  radically different version known as Manhattan clam
  chowder. It may have come to fame in New York, but it is
  definitely a soup of Italian or Greek heritage. It can be
  quite good or really horrible, depending on how well it is
  made. Although many diners and restaurants serve Manhattan
  clam chowder full of potatoes, this recipe ignores them
  and is much more delicate and interesting as a
  consequence."

  Strain the clams and reserve the liquid. With a sharp
  knife, finely chop the clams and set them aside.

  Saute the onion, green pepper, and garlic in 3 tablespoons
  bacon fat over low heat until tender but not browned.

  Add the reserved clam liquid, tomatoes, rice, thyme,
  oregano, and salt and pepper to taste. Simmer 5 minutes.

  Just before serving, add the chopped clams and bring to a
  boil. Remove from the heat and sprinkle with the crumbled
  bacon and chopped parsley.

  Makes 1 quart

  Source: The Armchair James Beard by John Ferrone (Editor)

  From: http://www.recipelink.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

... A soup so thick you could shake its hand and stroll with it before dinner. 
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