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From: Brian on 16 Jun 2010 18:16 On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:38:08 +0200, Martin <martin(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >On 16/06/10 16:26, erilar wrote: >> In article <87rnrcFn3bU1(a)mid.individual.net>, >> Tom P <werotizy(a)freent.dd> wrote: >> >>> I never understood what the appeal was in >>> eating piles of gigantic white asparagus stalks. >> >> Not even with "raw ham" and drenched in butter? >> > >We eat them wrapped in "raw" ham and with a white sauce here. What is raw ham? Fresh as opposed to cured?
From: d4g4h4 on 16 Jun 2010 18:39 erilar <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote: > In article <1jk59ms.1c2wwcjgk1b86N%d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk>, > d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: > > after I said > > > News videos? I > > > almost never watch them. I get my moving news on TV. And if I wanted > > > to watch something like that, I'd be much more likely to use my laptop. > > > > Why? The ipad is lighter and more portable, and with a screen size not > > so far away from that of most laptops. If the ipad's manufacturers > > actually bothered to support flash, it would be a pretty good > > alternative to a computer for many people. I would have bought one for > > my mum, for instance. > > She'd probably love it anyway 8-) No, my laptop screen is about > twice the size of the iPad and I can multitask here. I just noticed > today that it also loads youtube videos faster. So you do watch videos on your iPad. I think it would be nice to watch any online video on the device, rather than those that Apple decide you can. > Is that the flash thing? Which loads faster? My macbook loads the videos faster than the ipod. -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009)
From: John Karl on 16 Jun 2010 19:20 On 6/16/10 11:36 AM, Martin wrote: > On 16/06/10 18:34, george wrote: >> On Jun 16, 3:33 pm, "Erick T. Barkhuis"<erick.use-...(a)ardane.c.o.m> >> wrote: >>> george: >>> >>>> Reminds me of my German wife always telling me not to eat any berries >>>> in the forest in Germany as the foxes pee on them and this carries >>>> some type of "near fatal (?)" disease!!! >>> >>> That must be something local, here. >>> In the German village where I live, people keep constantly reminding me >>> to only pick wild berries that grow at least one meter high, otherwise >>> [the fox story]. I have no clue whether or not there's some truth about >>> that claim, though. >>> >>> -- >>> Erick >> >> I just asked my wife about this. She claims it is the fox tape worm. > > Also a risk of catching rabies "tolwort" Actually, Tollwut.
From: Martin on 17 Jun 2010 03:45 On 17/06/10 01:20, John Karl wrote: > On 6/16/10 11:36 AM, Martin wrote: >> On 16/06/10 18:34, george wrote: >>> On Jun 16, 3:33 pm, "Erick T. Barkhuis"<erick.use-...(a)ardane.c.o.m> >>> wrote: >>>> george: >>>> >>>>> Reminds me of my German wife always telling me not to eat any berries >>>>> in the forest in Germany as the foxes pee on them and this carries >>>>> some type of "near fatal (?)" disease!!! >>>> >>>> That must be something local, here. >>>> In the German village where I live, people keep constantly reminding me >>>> to only pick wild berries that grow at least one meter high, otherwise >>>> [the fox story]. I have no clue whether or not there's some truth about >>>> that claim, though. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Erick >>> >>> I just asked my wife about this. She claims it is the fox tape worm. >> >> Also a risk of catching rabies "tolwort" > > Actually, Tollwut. > Of course. There used to be signs with a bat symbol warning about "Wild tollwut" in Bavarian forests. Maybe there still are.
From: Martin on 17 Jun 2010 04:29
On 17/06/10 09:45, Martin wrote: > On 17/06/10 01:20, John Karl wrote: >> On 6/16/10 11:36 AM, Martin wrote: >>> On 16/06/10 18:34, george wrote: >>>> On Jun 16, 3:33 pm, "Erick T. Barkhuis"<erick.use-...(a)ardane.c.o.m> >>>> wrote: >>>>> george: >>>>> >>>>>> Reminds me of my German wife always telling me not to eat any berries >>>>>> in the forest in Germany as the foxes pee on them and this carries >>>>>> some type of "near fatal (?)" disease!!! >>>>> >>>>> That must be something local, here. >>>>> In the German village where I live, people keep constantly reminding me >>>>> to only pick wild berries that grow at least one meter high, otherwise >>>>> [the fox story]. I have no clue whether or not there's some truth about >>>>> that claim, though. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Erick >>>> >>>> I just asked my wife about this. She claims it is the fox tape worm. >>> >>> Also a risk of catching rabies "tolwort" >> >> Actually, Tollwut. >> > > Of course. There used to be signs with a bat symbol warning about "Wild > tollwut" in Bavarian forests. Maybe there still are. This sort seems to be more common http://www.absperr-schilder-technik.de/q,Wildtollwut?PHPSESSID=49167fb841f136d9c57d545933084b00 |