Servicing a furnace
Melba's Jammin'
Sedgwick in Bloomington? Just need an inspection and tune-up for a
Lennox furnace.
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it out. And check this, too: <http://www.kare11.com/news/
newsatfour/newsatfour_article.aspx?storyid=823232&catid=323>
Jules
> Anyone have any experience with either Gopher Heating in Savage
Hmm, my wife's ex just changed his cell phone number and it shows up on
our caller ID as Gopher Heating.
Probably just an issue with the phone company not updating records yet -
but if not, suggest you avoid the company like the plague ;-)
cheers
J.
John A. Weeks III
Melba's Jammin' <barbsc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Anyone have any experience with either Gopher Heating in Savage or
> Sedgwick in Bloomington? Just need an inspection and tune-up for a
> Lennox furnace.
I have had great luck with Metro Air from Prior Lake. I have
had them out 3 times in 10 years. First was to do a recall on
my A/C unit. Second was to replace a failed blower motor. And
a few weeks ago, they fixed my A/C unit and did a furnace tune
up. Charged me $90 to fix the A/C unit (it has some leaks and
needed to be soldered in a few places), and did a furnace tune-up
for $60. I thought that was very reasonable, and they were out
the next day.
-john-
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Mike O'Brien
> I have had great luck with Metro Air from Prior Lake. I have
> had them out 3 times in 10 years. First was to do a recall on
> my A/C unit. Second was to replace a failed blower motor. And
> a few weeks ago, they fixed my A/C unit and did a furnace tune
> up. Charged me $90 to fix the A/C unit (it has some leaks and
> needed to be soldered in a few places), and did a furnace tune-up
> for $60. I thought that was very reasonable, and they were out
> the next day.
they only stayed one night? ;>
John A. Weeks III
Yes, there was a lot of soldering to be done. 8-)
AnnE
wrote:
> Anyone have any experience with either Gopher Heating in Savage or
> Sedgwick in Bloomington? Just need an inspection and tune-up for a
> Lennox furnace.
>
> --
> it out. And check this, too: <http://www.kare11.com/news/
> newsatfour/newsatfour_article.aspx?storyid=823232&catid=323>
We have a Lennox and we use Sedgwick but not sure where they come
from. Been very satisfied.
AnnE
Melba's Jammin'
<e346fd1a-cc75-41fd...@b15g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>,
AnnE <austina...@gmail.com> wrote:
They'll be here this afternoon. SO ironically, about 4-5 hours *after
we'd made the appointment to have the furnace tuned up for winter*, the
thing stopped working. Arrggh! We left the fireplace in the basement
on and threw another blanket on the bed and were fine.
I'm thinking about firing up the oven to bake some cookies. Might
should have to give the tech some. :-)
Cross fingers that the furnace can be resuscitated.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller - Yes, I Can! blog - check
Doug McIntyre
>They'll be here this afternoon. SO ironically, about 4-5 hours *after
>we'd made the appointment to have the furnace tuned up for winter*, the
>thing stopped working. Arrggh! We left the fireplace in the basement
>on and threw another blanket on the bed and were fine.
>I'm thinking about firing up the oven to bake some cookies. Might
>should have to give the tech some. :-)
>Cross fingers that the furnace can be resuscitated.
There's very little in the furance, that they almost always can be
resuscitated fairly easily. Replacement is mostly justified that with
them lasting so long, the newer ones are much more energy efficient,
that they could pay for themselves in some # of years.
Not that I haven't had my share of techs that have taken longer than
theys hould have tuning things up for me.. :(
Melba's Jammin'
Doug McIntyre <mer...@geeks.org> wrote:
I've got chocolate chip cookies in and out of the oven as we speak.
I'll have "a few" for him when he leaves. I don't feel like making
brownies today because I have to make them on Friday.
Mike O'Brien
> I've got chocolate chip cookies in and out of the oven as we speak.
> I'll have "a few" for him when he leaves. I don't feel like making
> brownies today because I have to make them on Friday.
one can never have too many brownies...
Regards,
Mike O'Brien
life is full of choices. choices have consequences
Jules
> "Melba's Jammin'" <barbsc...@earthlink.net> wrote
>
>> I've got chocolate chip cookies in and out of the oven as we speak.
>> I'll have "a few" for him when he leaves. I don't feel like making
>> brownies today because I have to make them on Friday.
>
> one can never have too many brownies...
I suspect there comes a point where there are storage issues - and beyond
that, where the enormous piles are in outright danger of collapse,
resulting inevitably in suffocation.
Wonder if brownies make good insulators? They might be useful for keeping
heating bills down if you line your house walls with them during MN
Winters.
Now I'm hungry, dammit.
catpandaddy
"Jules" <jules.rich...@remove.this.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2009.10.13...@remove.this.gmail.com...
> On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:34:04 -0500, Mike O'Brien wrote:
>
>> "Melba's Jammin'" <barbsc...@earthlink.net> wrote
>>
>>> I've got chocolate chip cookies in and out of the oven as we speak.
>>> I'll have "a few" for him when he leaves. I don't feel like making
>>> brownies today because I have to make them on Friday.
>>
>> one can never have too many brownies...
>
> I suspect there comes a point where there are storage issues - and beyond
> that, where the enormous piles are in outright danger of collapse,
> resulting inevitably in suffocation.
Of course, if they are "special brownies", just eating them will continue to
give you the munchies!
Mike O'Brien
> Of course, if they are "special brownies", just eating them will continue
> to give you the munchies!
is there any other kind?
catpandaddy
"Mike O'Brien" <mikeo...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:hb33j4$71j$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
Well, the "special brownies" contain something you don't just want the kids
getting into.
Mike O'Brien
>>> Of course, if they are "special brownies", just eating them will
>>> continue to give you the munchies!
>> is there any other kind?
> Well, the "special brownies" contain something you don't just want the
> kids getting into.
my "kids" are all over 21. ;>
AnnE
wrote:
> In article
> <e346fd1a-cc75-41fd-8c75-f8aad506f...@b15g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>,
>
>
>
>
>
> AnnE <austinanne2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Oct 11, 12:23 pm, Melba's Jammin' <barbschal...@earthlink.net>
> > wrote:
> > > Anyone have any experience with either Gopher Heating in Savage or
> > > Sedgwick in Bloomington? Just need an inspection and tune-up for a
> > > Lennox furnace.
>
> > > --
> > > blog - check
> > > it out. And check this, too: <http://www.kare11.com/news/
> > > newsatfour/newsatfour_article.aspx?storyid=823232&catid=323>
>
> > We have a Lennox and we use Sedgwick but not sure where they come
> > from. Been very satisfied.
>
> > AnnE
>
> They'll be here this afternoon. SO ironically, about 4-5 hours *after
> we'd made the appointment to have the furnace tuned up for winter*, the
> thing stopped working. Arrggh! We left the fireplace in the basement
> on and threw another blanket on the bed and were fine.
>
> I'm thinking about firing up the oven to bake some cookies. Might
> should have to give the tech some. :-)
>
> Cross fingers that the furnace can be resuscitated.
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJhttp://web.me.com/barbschaller- Yes, I Can! blog - check
> it out. And check this, too: <http://www.kare11.com/news/
>
> - Show quoted text -
And the report of your furnace is..........................?
Good for you on your choc chip cookies. I have to make some
tomorrow. Do you use nuts in them and if so, what kind? I have one
daughter who likes nuts and the other one doesn't but I can never
which one. <g>
AnnE
Melba's Jammin'
<b6b83333-ec65-4de4...@j39g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>,
AnnE <austina...@gmail.com> wrote:
Furnace filter was so choked that there wasn't air for combustion. I'm
thinking that "somebody" didn't think to check or change the filter
after the bathroom remodelings this summer. It was remarkably clogged.
Furnace works fine now.
Cookies need a little almond extract, IMO. And I used kosher salt and
could have used a little more of that, too. YMMV. AND I used a cup of
Crisco along with the 1/2 cup of butter�sosumi. (I was shy on butter.)
Otherwise, they're pretty good. :-) See my notes below.
Chocolate Chip Cookies - Gold Medal Flour recipe
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recipe By: General Mills
Yield: About 6 dozen cookies
1-1/2 cups butter or maragarine softened
1-1/4 cups granulated sugar
1-1/4 cups packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
4 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 cups coarsely chopped nuts, optional
Heat oven to 350�F.
In large bowl beat butter, sugars, vanilla and eggs on medium speed or
with spoon until light and fluffy. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt
(dough will be stiff). Stir in chocolate chips.
On ungreased cookie sheet, drop dough by tablespoofuls or #40 cookie/ice
cream scoop 2 inches apart. Flatten slightly.
BAke 11-13 minutes or until light brown (centers will be soft). Cool
1-2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.
Notes:
Gold Medal flour bag 2-8-2008. Finally made a batch 10-13-2009.
Almost more chips than dough. Toasted pecan halves and broke them in
half. 11 minutes at 360� (my oven's off a titch).
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller - Yes, I Can! blog - check
Melba's Jammin'
Cute little boy who fixed the furnace appreciated the cookies. He'll be
back in a month to do the rest of the maintenance check and I teased
him with the promise of jam. I am shameless and transparent.
AnnE
>
> Notes:
> Gold Medal flour bag 2-8-2008. Finally made a batch 10-13-2009.
> Almost more chips than dough. Toasted pecan halves and broke them in
> half. 11 minutes at 360° (my oven's off a titch).
Good grief, where'd ya have that bag of flour? Musta been at the
local food shelf, eh?
And you served those cookies to the furnace guy? He'll probably have
flour bugs to contend with for the next several weeks. lol
Yeah, I add too many chips to my cookies too. And I
need to toast the pecans, I do believe.
AnnE youse is a good woman tho
Melba's Jammin'
<6cc46f28-655e-4e98...@z34g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>,
AnnE <austina...@gmail.com> wrote:
Say what? Uh, 2-8-2008 is when I entered the recipe into my files, not
when I bought the flour I used. You goof.
You brought up food shelf use. I donate regularly to what's now the
Eagan Resource Center and I'm blessed to not need its services for
myself and my family. BTW, my favorite thing to buy and donate is
fresh produce�items that are often eliminated from the grocery cart when
money's tight. A couple weeks ago when Cub had 5# bags of potatoes for
88 cents with a coupon, I convinced <okay, so I bribed him with
brownies> him to sell me a dozen bags at that price, without the coupon.
I'm shameless and transparent.
And then there are the avocadoes. . . .
The ERC will have fed, by the end of this year, more than 17,000 people
in 2009. It serves about 400 families per month.
Gotta get my oil changed � brownies for my mechanic are out of the oven
and will still be warm when I get to Inver Grove Honda.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller - Yes, I Can! blog - new posts added
10-14-2009
Melba's Jammin'
> BARB!!!
WHAT??? <lol>
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller - Yes, I Can! blog - new posts 10-13-2009
AnnE
wrote:
> In article
> <6cc46f28-655e-4e98-8604-d6a13d7b6...@z34g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>,> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJhttp://web.me.com/barbschaller- Yes, I Can! blog - new posts 10-13-2009
I had my Snickerdoodle cookies out of the oven by 6:30 this morning.
8 dozen!!! Kiddies are coming this weekend.
AnnE
AnnE
wrote:
> In article
> <6cc46f28-655e-4e98-8604-d6a13d7b6...@z34g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>,
>
>
>
>
>
> AnnE <austinanne2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > BARB!!!
>
> > > Notes:
> > > Gold Medal flour bag 2-8-2008. Finally made a batch 10-13-2009.
> > > Almost more chips than dough. Toasted pecan halves and broke them in
> > > half. 11 minutes at 360° (my oven's off a titch).
>
> > Good grief, where'd ya have that bag of flour? Musta been at the
> > local food shelf, eh?
> > And you served those cookies to the furnace guy? He'll probably have
> > flour bugs to contend with for the next several weeks. lol
>
> > Yeah, I add too many chips to my cookies too. And I
> > need to toast the pecans, I do believe.
>
> > AnnE youse is a good woman tho
>
> Say what? Uh, 2-8-2008 is when I entered the recipe into my files, not
> when I bought the flour I used. You goof.
I guess it was the word "finally". And gosh, you stated
GM flour bag 2-8-2008, what was I s'posed to think??
>
> You brought up food shelf use. I donate regularly to what's now the
> Eagan Resource Center and I'm blessed to not need its services for
> myself and my family. BTW, my favorite thing to buy and donate is
> fresh produce‹items that are often eliminated from the grocery cart when
> money's tight. A couple weeks ago when Cub had 5# bags of potatoes for
> 88 cents with a coupon, I convinced <okay, so I bribed him with
> brownies> him to sell me a dozen bags at that price, without the coupon.
> I'm shameless and transparent.
That's great. I buy those $5.00 bags a lot. But you've given me
ideas about doing more for our local ICA. When the farmers' market
was in Minnetonka, the vendors gave their leftover produce to them.
One time the gal in charge said they had over 200# of stuff.
> And then there are the avocadoes. . . .
Yes? What about the avos?
> The ERC will have fed, by the end of this year, more than 17,000 people
> in 2009. It serves about 400 families per month.
>
> Gotta get my oil changed ‹ brownies for my mechanic are out of the oven
> and will still be warm when I get to Inver Grove Honda.
Ah, woman, you are just too good to your servants. <g>
AnnE
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJhttp://web.me.com/barbschaller- Yes, I Can! blog - new posts added
> 10-14-2009- Hide quoted text -
Mike H
>
> There's very little in the furance, that they almost always can be
> resuscitated fairly easily. Replacement is mostly justified that with
> them lasting so long, the newer ones are much more energy efficient,
> that they could pay for themselves in some # of years.
They may be able to pay for themselves, but often times when a furnace
fails, it's not been a planned for expense. Depending on the existing
system and if you have A/c as well, a new furnace and install can be
over $8000. Quite a chunk out of the budget all at once.
A few years ago I had to fix my furnace myself as the local company
estimated $2k to fix mine pushing me to buy a new unit. Well at -16
temps in January on a Friday night, I felt a bit up against a wall and
got the impression they knew that and might be taking some advantage.
In the end it cost about $180 to fix myself and about 4 hours driving
around on a Sunday and getting lucky.
Two things I learned from that experience. #1 - don't feel like you
have to decide right away. You can rent temporary electric heating
units from a rental place to give you time to get competitive bids for
such work. #2 - set aside part of your monthly budget for replacement
of big items that fail. I should have learned that last one sooner.
Jules
> I had my Snickerdoodle cookies out of the oven by 6:30 this morning.
> 8 dozen!!! Kiddies are coming this weekend.
It's Thursday! How is 8 dozen of anything home-baked supposed to last
until the weekend? :-)
Lutsen Lumberjack
wrote:
>
> Cute little boy who fixed the furnace appreciated the cookies. He'll be
> back in a month to do the rest of the maintenance check and I teased
> him with the promise of jam. I am shameless and transparent.
Did you ever stop to think that the furnace fixer who is on sabbatical
may also be a Usenet regular on sabbatical? (Sorry to disappoint you,
it wasn't me, but the idea is still rather amusing that yours truly
was the one to have enjoyed your cookies!)
Doc O'Leary
Melba's Jammin' <barbsc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Cute little boy who fixed the furnace appreciated the cookies. He'll be
> back in a month to do the rest of the maintenance check and I teased
> him with the promise of jam. I am shameless and transparent.
It's OK. Men are feebleminded. We like shameless and transparent.
--
My personal UDP list: 127.0.0.1, localhost, googlegroups.com, ono.com,
and probably your server, too.
AnnE
wrote:
<g> Well, they'll be here tonight, that should last. I give lots
away too.
AnnE
AnnE
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> And the report of your furnace is..........................?
>
> Good for you on your choc chip cookies. I have to make some
> tomorrow. Do you use nuts in them and if so, what kind? I have one
> daughter who likes nuts and the other one doesn't but I can never
> which one. <g>
>
>
> - Show quoted text -
Hey, what happened to my word.........Remember??? That's strange. I
always check my posts before they get sent. lol
AnnE who made snickerdoodles instead
Melba's Jammin'
<c17f44c3-a19c-4667...@a32g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
AnnE <austina...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 15, 8:12 am, Melba's Jammin' <barbschal...@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> > In article
> > <6cc46f28-655e-4e98-8604-d6a13d7b6...@z34g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > AnnE <austinanne2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > BARB!!!
> >
> > > > Notes:
> > > > Gold Medal flour bag 2-8-2008. Finally made a batch 10-13-2009.
> > > > Almost more chips than dough. Toasted pecan halves and broke them in
> > > > half. 11 minutes at 360° (my oven's off a titch).
> >
> > > Good grief, where'd ya have that bag of flour? Musta been at the
> > > local food shelf, eh?
> > Say what? Uh, 2-8-2008 is when I entered the recipe into my files, not
> > when I bought the flour I used. You goof.
>
> I guess it was the word "finally". And gosh, you stated
> GM flour bag 2-8-2008, what was I s'posed to think??
I don't know. It was clear enough to me. :-) I always try to notate
when and where I got a recipe and when I've made it for the first time,
at least. You don't have lots of recipes around that sound good but
that you've never made? Huh!
> > You brought up food shelf use. I donate regularly to what's now the
> > Eagan Resource Center and I'm blessed to not need its services for
> > myself and my family. BTW, my favorite thing to buy and donate is
> > fresh produce‹items that are often eliminated from the grocery cart when
> > money's tight. A couple weeks ago when Cub had 5# bags of potatoes for
> > 88 cents with a coupon, I convinced <okay, so I bribed him with
> > brownies> him to sell me a dozen bags at that price, without the coupon.
> > I'm shameless and transparent.
>
> That's great. I buy those $5.00 bags a lot. But you've given me
> ideas about doing more for our local ICA. When the farmers' market
> was in Minnetonka, the vendors gave their leftover produce to them.
> One time the gal in charge said they had over 200# of stuff.
Great!
> > And then there are the avocadoes. . . .
> Yes? What about the avos?
Only that when they're relatively cheap (a dollar each or less), I buy
maybe 20-30 of them for the foodshelf, too. I laughed when I told my
neighbor about my avocado purchase and she looked at me like I was
dumber'n a stump: "They won't keep very long!!" Well, 1) actually, they
will if they're not ripe when I buy them, and 2) they'll be gone in a
day. Maybe 40-50 families come each day the shelf is open – twice a
week, afternoon and evening times. It's an interesting process and I am
grateful I've never needed to use it.
> > Gotta get my oil changed ‹ brownies for my mechanic are out of the oven
> > and will still be warm when I get to Inver Grove Honda.
>
> Ah, woman, you are just too good to your servants. <g>
>
> AnnE
Heh! I freak out at the thought of unreliable transportation and I
want to keep the folks at Inver Grove Honda happy with me. I
appreciate their excellent work and always want to be on good terms with
them.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller - Yes, I Can! blog - check
Melba's Jammin'
<201980bb-d953-4269...@o10g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
Lutsen Lumberjack <lutsenlu...@gmail.com> wrote:
1 - I did not stop to consider that;
2 - It wouldn't have bothered me a bit if you'd been the one if you know
what you're doing;
3 - A few cookies for you is just a token of appreciation for your
entertainment value here, doncha know. :-)
You're probably a pushover for a daughter and posting here is your
practice for being curmudgeonly if she ever brings a guy home she's
serious about and you need to scare him off.
WDS
> In article <barbschaller-0DAE...@news.iphouse.com>,
> Melba's Jammin' <barbsc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> Cute little boy who fixed the furnace appreciated the cookies. He'll be
>> back in a month to do the rest of the maintenance check and I teased
>> him with the promise of jam. I am shameless and transparent.
>
> It's OK. Men are feebleminded. We like shameless and transparent.
Especially with FREE YUMMY FOOD!
Melba's Jammin'
WDS <Bi...@seurer.net> wrote:
Honest to Alex, you guys are so easy! Have you NO self respect?
catpandaddy
"Melba's Jammin'" <barbsc...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:barbschaller-6517...@news.iphouse.com...
> In article <hb85kc$m3f$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> WDS <Bi...@seurer.net> wrote:
>
>> Doc O'Leary wrote:
>> > In article <barbschaller-0DAE...@news.iphouse.com>,
>> > Melba's Jammin' <barbsc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Cute little boy who fixed the furnace appreciated the cookies. He'll
>> >> be
>> >> back in a month to do the rest of the maintenance check and I teased
>> >> him with the promise of jam. I am shameless and transparent.
>> >
>> > It's OK. Men are feebleminded. We like shameless and transparent.
>>
>> Especially with FREE YUMMY FOOD!
>
> Honest to Alex, you guys are so easy! Have you NO self respect?
I left mine back at the Mpls library?
Jules
> Honest to Alex, you guys are so easy! Have you NO self respect?
Traded mine in for free munchies years ago :)
Lutsen Lumberjack
wrote:
I am an Internet "old timer", in that I have been lurking this
newsgroup since 1995. I post based on the inspration of a person named
Farmer Fischer, who was an antagonist here back in the late 1990's. He
now runs a porn site.
There are _a few_ of you who remember the Farmer, no?
WDS
> In article <hb85kc$m3f$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> WDS <Bi...@seurer.net> wrote:
>
>> Doc O'Leary wrote:
>>> In article <barbschaller-0DAE...@news.iphouse.com>,
>>> Melba's Jammin' <barbsc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Cute little boy who fixed the furnace appreciated the cookies. He'll be
>>>> back in a month to do the rest of the maintenance check and I teased
>>>> him with the promise of jam. I am shameless and transparent.
>>> It's OK. Men are feebleminded. We like shameless and transparent.
>> Especially with FREE YUMMY FOOD!
>
> Honest to Alex, you guys are so easy! Have you NO self respect?
When it comes to good food, no. ;-)
Melba's Jammin'
<1d896cf9-a883-433e...@j19g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>,
Lutsen Lumberjack <lutsenlu...@gmail.com> wrote:
Actually, I wrote none of the above.
catpandaddy
"Melba's Jammin'" <barbsc...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:barbschaller-0B73...@news.iphouse.com...
> In article
> <1d896cf9-a883-433e...@j19g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>,
> Lutsen Lumberjack <lutsenlu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Oct 15, 2:11 pm, Melba's Jammin' <barbschal...@earthlink.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I am an Internet "old timer", in that I have been lurking this
>> newsgroup since 1995. I post based on the inspration of a person named
>> Farmer Fischer, who was an antagonist here back in the late 1990's. He
>> now runs a porn site.
>>
>> There are _a few_ of you who remember the Farmer, no?
>
>
> Actually, I wrote none of the above.
That's easy enough to tell, just count the indent brackets.
Lutsen Lumberjack
>
> That's easy enough to tell, just count the indent brackets.- Hide quoted text -
You know how to count?!
Lutsen Lumberjack
wrote:
>
> Actually, I wrote none of the above.
There are 13 cookies in a bakers dozen
Lutsen Lumberjack
>
> That's easy enough to tell, just count the indent brackets.- Hide quoted text -
How many cookies are there in a bankers dozen?
Jules
> How many cookies are there in a bankers dozen?
At least 50, so long as nobody wants to actually see them.
Melba's Jammin'
"catpandaddy" <c...@cat.pan.net> wrote:
??? This is what his post of Fri, Oct 16, 2009 12:48 PM looks like in
NewsWatcher:
"On Oct 15, 2:11�pm, Melba's Jammin' <barbschal...@earthlink.net>
wrote:
I am an Internet "old timer", in that I have been lurking this
newsgroup since 1995. I post based on the inspration of a person named
Farmer Fischer, who was an antagonist here back in the late 1990's. He
now runs a porn site.
There are _a few_ of you who remember the Farmer, no?"
-Barb
catpandaddy
> In article <hbbkak$unm$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> "catpandaddy" <c...@cat.pan.net> wrote:
>
>> "Melba's Jammin'" <barbsc...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>> news:barbschaller-0B73...@news.iphouse.com...
>> > In article
>> > <1d896cf9-a883-433e...@j19g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>,
>> > Lutsen Lumberjack <lutsenlu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Oct 15, 2:11 pm, Melba's Jammin' <barbschal...@earthlink.net>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I am an Internet "old timer", in that I have been lurking this
>> >> newsgroup since 1995. I post based on the inspration of a person named
>> >> Farmer Fischer, who was an antagonist here back in the late 1990's. He
>> >> now runs a porn site.
>> >>
>> >> There are _a few_ of you who remember the Farmer, no?
>> >
>> >
>> > Actually, I wrote none of the above.
>>
>> That's easy enough to tell, just count the indent brackets.
>
>
> ??? This is what his post of Fri, Oct 16, 2009 12:48 PM looks like in
> NewsWatcher:
>
> "On Oct 15, 2:11 pm, Melba's Jammin' <barbschal...@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
> I am an Internet "old timer", in that I have been lurking this
> newsgroup since 1995. I post based on the inspration of a person named
> Farmer Fischer, who was an antagonist here back in the late 1990's. He
> now runs a porn site.
Exactly. There was nothing of what you wrote in there because there weren't
extra indent brackets.
Here is an example of what it MIGHT have looked like with your
quoted material included:
=====================================================================
Lutsen Lumberjack <lutsenlu...@gmail.com> wrote:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
On Oct 15, 2:11 pm, Melba's Jammin' <barbschal...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> 1 - I did not stop to consider that;
> 2 - It wouldn't have bothered me a bit if you'd been the one if you know
> what you're doing;
> 3 - A few cookies for you is just a token of appreciation for your
> entertainment value here, doncha know. :-)
>
> You're probably a pushover for a daughter and posting here is your
> practice for being curmudgeonly if she ever brings a guy home she's
> serious about and you need to scare him off.
I am an Internet "old timer", in that I have been lurking this
newsgroup since 1995. I post based on the inspration of a person named
Farmer Fischer, who was an antagonist here back in the late 1990's. He
now runs a porn site.
There are _a few_ of you who remember the Farmer, no?
=====================================================================
Notice that the quoted "Melba Material" has an extra indent character,
whatever the character may be in your newsreader. Because none of the lines
in the other version had that extra indentation, I knew none of them
contained anything you wrote.
However... /most/ Usenet users typically add an extra line such as "[content
snipped]" at the beginning as a helpful clue, if they delete the entire
quoted text, just to be sure there is no room for misinterpretation.
Melba's Jammin'
"catpandaddy" <c...@cat.pan.net> wrote:
I understand about the brackets. It was the "On Oct 15, 2:11 pm. . . ."
that I took exception to.
catpandaddy
Gotcha. And like I said, that's why smart Usenet posters will put in
something like "<QUOTES TRIMMED>" or "[content snipped]" when they delete
everything wholesale except for the header which is left in to give just
enough context for who the message is in reply to. But what more can you
expect from LL?
Mike O'Brien
> Gotcha. And like I said, that's why smart Usenet posters will put in
> something like "<QUOTES TRIMMED>" or "[content snipped]" when they delete
> everything wholesale except for the header which is left in to give just
> enough context for who the message is in reply to. But what more can you
> expect from LL?
trolls?
catpandaddy
"Mike O'Brien" <mikeo...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:hbhnph$mgn$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
Maybe a garden gnome here and there?
Andy Yee
433e-9502-1...@j19g2000yqk.googlegroups.com:
I knew Farmer Fischer, and you Lutsen, are no Farmer Fischer :)
--
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at the extreme left and the extreme right.
Lutsen Lumberjack
>
> I knew Farmer Fischer, and you Lutsen, are no Farmer Fischer :)
Yes, the Farmer was great -- but it would be unfair to expect expect
_anyone_ to directly match my writing skills.