Me

[judith lea]

I used to post on UK Food and Drink but I see that group doesn't exist any more as a cooking group. I have lurked on here for some years and enjoyed it. I then joined Facebook and a cooking group there and out of interest took another look in here and see the group is thriving. I see some names I remember, Hi Ophelia, I remember you gave some good advice of bread making. I am still cooking and still learning and, of course, having things that don't always turn out well, for example, yesterday I made a Beurre Citron to serve with Salmon en Croute, it separated, this drives me mad as sometimes its fine and others not, so I don't make it if guests are coming. The same with mayonnaise, I believe I must be heavy handed or something, each is easy to make and I don't have a clue what I am doing wrong.

[jmcquown]

On 5/21/2020 9:31 AM, judith lea wrote:
> I used to post on UK Food and Drink but I see that group doesn't exist any more as a cooking group. I have lurked on here for some years and enjoyed it. I then joined Facebook and a cooking group there and out of interest took another look in here and see the group is thriving. I see some names I remember, Hi Ophelia, I remember you gave some good advice of bread making. I am still cooking and still learning and, of course, having things that don't always turn out well, for example, yesterday I made a Beurre Citron to serve with Salmon en Croute, it separated, this drives me mad as sometimes its fine and others not, so I don't make it if guests are coming. The same with mayonnaise, I believe I must be heavy handed or something, each is easy to make and I don't have a clue what I am doing wrong.
>

Welcome! :)

Jill

[Ophelia]

"judith lea" wrote in message
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===

Hi Judith:)))) Lovely to see you posting again:))) You will find a lot of
'stuff' here that is not about cooking but keep an eye out:)) There is
some cooking here:)))

Please share your cooking here:) Some of us will appreciate it, especially
me:)))

Best always O :))))





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[Taxed and Spent]

On 5/21/2020 6:31 AM, judith lea wrote:
> I used to post on UK Food and Drink but I see that group doesn't exist any more as a cooking group. I have lurked on here for some years and enjoyed it. I then joined Facebook and a cooking group there and out of interest took another look in here and see the group is thriving. I see some names I remember, Hi Ophelia, I remember you gave some good advice of bread making. I am still cooking and still learning and, of course, having things that don't always turn out well, for example, yesterday I made a Beurre Citron to serve with Salmon en Croute, it separated, this drives me mad as sometimes its fine and others not, so I don't make it if guests are coming. The same with mayonnaise, I believe I must be heavy handed or something, each is easy to make and I don't have a clue what I am doing wrong.
>

If you use some cornstarch in your butter sauce, I doubt your guests
could tell.

Why did it break - kept too warm?

[S Viemeister]

On 5/21/2020 2:31 PM, judith lea wrote:
> I used to post on UK Food and Drink but I see that group doesn't exist any more as a cooking group. I have lurked on here for some years and enjoyed it. I then joined Facebook and a cooking group there and out of interest took another look in here and see the group is thriving. I see some names I remember, Hi Ophelia, I remember you gave some good advice of bread making. I am still cooking and still learning and, of course, having things that don't always turn out well, for example, yesterday I made a Beurre Citron to serve with Salmon en Croute, it separated, this drives me mad as sometimes its fine and others not, so I don't make it if guests are coming. The same with mayonnaise, I believe I must be heavy handed or something, each is easy to make and I don't have a clue what I am doing wrong.
>

Hello, Judith!

[dsi1]

On Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 3:31:06 AM UTC-10, me wrote:
> I used to post on UK Food and Drink but I see that group doesn't exist any more as a cooking group. I have lurked on here for some years and enjoyed it. I then joined Facebook and a cooking group there and out of interest took another look in here and see the group is thriving. I see some names I remember, Hi Ophelia, I remember you gave some good advice of bread making. I am still cooking and still learning and, of course, having things that don't always turn out well, for example, yesterday I made a Beurre Citron to serve with Salmon en Croute, it separated, this drives me mad as sometimes its fine and others not, so I don't make it if guests are coming. The same with mayonnaise, I believe I must be heavy handed or something, each is easy to make and I don't have a clue what I am doing wrong.

I can't make mayo either. I used to make it just fine until 20 years ago. Since then, my mayo has been nayo. My theory is that I insulted a gypsy and she laid the evil eye on my ass. As far as gypsy curses goes, it's not too bad.

[cshenk]

Hi Judith! Fellow baker I see! Glad to meet you!

Carol, in Virginia Beach VA (USA)

[jmcquown]

Indeed! All the bakers should say hello.

Judith doesn't know me but other RFC regulars know I really suck at
making pastry. I don't bake my own bread. Oh, I have in the past and
was pretty darn good at it. Thing is, I don't eat enough bread to be
bothered making. Pastry wasn't something I was ever good at.

I've never tried salmon en croute. I love Beef Wellington! Haven't had
that in years and yes, it was at a restaurant. I'd have to buy frozen
puff pastry to make it at home. Did I mention I'm really bad at making
pastry? LOL

Jill

[graham]

I can guarantee that you'd make perfect pastry if you weigh the
ingredients. Also, use pastry flour rather than All-Purpose.

[Thomas]

Why does 'me' come up as me?

[Dave Smith]

Don't feel bad. Many TV chefs recommend using the commercially made
frozen puff pastry.

[Dave Smith]

I always thought that it was the way you worked the pastry,... not too
much.

[Lucretia Borgia]

I never had much success until the advent of the Cuisinart Food
Processor.

[dsi1]

On Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 12:47:50 PM UTC-10, Thomas wrote:
> Why does 'me' come up as me?

That would be because you're using Google Groups. Your posts that you read while logged in are identified as "me." Confusing, ain't it?

[cshenk]

Me too on pastry. Just not interested in making it, even the non-sweet
sorts. Thats the rare breadish 'buy at the store' product for me
(pastry shells). The other main 2 I buy premade are crackers and
occasional jewish rye (the Jewish rye is a sort of sourdough version
from a local baker).

[jmcquown]

Doesn't really matter. I'm not interested in baking. I'm glad some
people enjoy it but it would be a waste of ingredients and my heart
would not be in it.

Jill

[jmcquown]

I don't feel bad about it at all. In fact, even though the en croute
method has been mentioned it's been at least 30 years since I tasted
Beef Wellington. Not something I'd really consider replicating at home,
because, again, I'm not really interested in making pastry dough. This
is one of the things I'd gladly pay a good restaurant to do. Or, if
making it at home, yep, frozen puff pastry.

Jill

[Dave Smith]

i made it a couple times years ago.... more than 40 years ago. I think
that the next time I have it will be at a restaurant. I have a much
simpler and tasty salmon in pastry dish. It uses phyllo dough

[jmcquown]

I'd buy frozen phyllo sheets, too. Same thing if I wanted to make
Spanikopita. Love that stuff! But, I'm not planning to buy puff pastry
or phyllo dough any time soon. I'll leave those things and the en
croute dishes to restaurants and other people. :)

Jill

[Daniel]

On 5/21/20 6:31 AM, judith lea wrote:
> I used to post on UK Food and Drink but I see that group doesn't exist any more as a cooking group. I have lurked on here for some years and enjoyed it. I then joined Facebook and a cooking group there and out of interest took another look in here and see the group is thriving. I see some names I remember, Hi Ophelia, I remember you gave some good advice of bread making. I am still cooking and still learning and, of course, having things that don't always turn out well, for example, yesterday I made a Beurre Citron to serve with Salmon en Croute, it separated, this drives me mad as sometimes its fine and others not, so I don't make it if guests are coming. The same with mayonnaise, I believe I must be heavy handed or something, each is easy to make and I don't have a clue what I am doing wrong.
>

Welcome. I do my fair share of lurking as well.

Tonight's dinner was leftover tacos.

Made peanut butter cookies from homemade peanut butter (roasted the
peanuts, added oil, etc). We watched a documentary after dinner and now
I'm vegging while reading messages.

Good to make your acquaintance.

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Daniel

Visit me at: gopher://gcpp.world

[Ophelia]

"Daniel" wrote in message news:m1JxG.108859$gN7....@fx03.iad...

Daniel

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It's a long time since I have seen Judith and it is lovely to see her
posting:))))

Please keep posting, Judith :)))

[me]

thank you

[me]

Hi O, good to see you again! I love cooking, as you know. I stopped cooking a few years back when Edward was dying, I fed him invalid food and ate convenience food, I was too tired to cook. Sadly Edward died of cancer, at home, where he wanted to be. I then left France and sold the house. I live in The Cotswolds now and am back to cooking, every day and thoroughly enjoying it

[me]

I dunno, I wonder was it butter to liquid was uneven, if I knew I could stop doing it! I didn't think of using cornflour.

[me]

Hi, lovely to see you here, a familiar face.

[me]

Hi Carol

[me]

Hi Jill, I cannot make pastry, I have to buy it. I have tried many times, by the time I roll it out it looks like a jigsaw.

[me]

On Thursday, 21 May 2020 23:47:50 UTC+1, Thomas wrote:
> Why does 'me' come up as me?

Because I am me Judith

[me]

I love salmon, spinach en croute

[me]

Hi Daniel, I was enjoying your post until I got to the peanut butter bit, shudder .................

[me]

I will thank you, it looks a nice group.

[Gary]

Ophelia wrote:
>
> It's a long time since I have seen Judith and it is lovely to see her
> posting:))))
>
> Please keep posting, Judith :)))

And don't forget to "speak softly, and carry a big stick"
while in RFC country. heh heh

[Gary]

jmcquown wrote:
>
> On 5/21/2020 3:52 PM, cshenk wrote:
> > judith lea wrote:
> >
> >> I used to post on UK Food and Drink but I see that group doesn't
> >> exist any more as a cooking group. I have lurked on here for some
> >> years and enjoyed it. I then joined Facebook and a cooking group
> >> there and out of interest took another look in here and see the group
> >> is thriving. I see some names I remember, Hi Ophelia, I remember you
> >> gave some good advice of bread making. I am still cooking and still
> >> learning and, of course, having things that don't always turn out
> >> well, for example, yesterday I made a Beurre Citron to serve with
> >> Salmon en Croute, it separated, this drives me mad as sometimes its
> >> fine and others not, so I don't make it if guests are coming. The
> >> same with mayonnaise, I believe I must be heavy handed or something,
> >> each is easy to make and I don't have a clue what I am doing wrong.
> >
> > Hi Judith! Fellow baker I see! Glad to meet you!
> >
> > Carol, in Virginia Beach VA (USA)
> >
> Indeed! All the bakers should say hello.


> Judith doesn't know me but other RFC regulars know I really suck

But we still accept you and love you, Jill, even if you
*are* the mean princess here.

(lighten up folks. I couldn't pass that one up) ;-D

[Ophelia]

"me" wrote in message
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==

Not perfect, but you will find out who to ignore:)))))

[Ophelia]

"Gary" wrote in message news:5EC7B955...@att.net...

==

lol Judith is no fool:))))

[Ophelia]

"me" wrote in message
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lol I am with you on that one:)))

[Sheldon Martin]

On Fri, 22 May 2020 00:17:47 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

I don't like pie crust so I never eat pies... only pie crust I enjoy
is made with craham cracker crumbs.

[me]

????? I always speak softly!!!

[me]

I have found out that the only way to survive in a newsgroup when someone is trolling or just being plain nasty is to ignore it and I do. It took me a long time to disassociate myself from wounding comments, they simply don't exist these days, I am in control not the abuser.

[Gary]

me wrote:

>
> Ophelia wrote:
> > Please keep posting, Judith :)))

> I will thank you, it looks a nice group.

heh heh I love that joke! Welcome Judith.

[cshenk]

graham wrote:

> On 2020-05-21 2:16 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> > On 5/21/2020 3:52 PM, cshenk wrote:

> > > judith lea wrote:
> > >
> > > > I used to post on UK Food and Drink but I see that group doesn't
> > > > exist any more as a cooking group.  I have lurked on here for
> > > > some years and enjoyed it.  I then joined Facebook and a
> > > > cooking group there and out of interest took another look in
> > > > here and see the group is thriving.  I see some names I
> > > > remember, Hi Ophelia, I remember you gave some good advice of
> > > > bread making.  I am still cooking and still learning and, of
> > > > course, having things that don't always turn out well, for
> > > > example, yesterday I made a Beurre Citron to serve with Salmon
> > > > en Croute, it separated, this drives me mad as sometimes its
> > > > fine and others not, so I don't make it if guests are coming. 
> > > > The same with mayonnaise, I believe I must be heavy handed or
> > > > something, each is easy to make and I don't have a clue what I
> > > > am doing wrong.
> > >

> > > Hi Judith!  Fellow baker I see!  Glad to meet you!
> > >
> > > Carol, in Virginia Beach VA (USA)
> > >
> > Indeed!  All the bakers should say hello.
> >

> > Judith doesn't know me but other RFC regulars know I really suck at
> > making pastry.  I don't bake my own bread.  Oh, I have in the past
> > and was pretty darn good at it.  Thing is, I don't eat enough
> > bread to be bothered making.  Pastry wasn't something I was ever
> > good at.
> >
> > I've never tried salmon en croute.  I love Beef Wellington! 
> > Haven't had that in years and yes, it was at a restaurant.  I'd
> > have to buy frozen puff pastry to make it at home.  Did I mention
> > I'm really bad at making pastry? LOL
> >
> > Jill

> I can guarantee that you'd make perfect pastry if you weigh the
> ingredients. Also, use pastry flour rather than All-Purpose.

Somehow, it just doesn't excite me to make pastry. I am sorry but we do
few sweets here other than Apple pie gluttony as my apples come in (I
have 2 apple trees and a prolific crop).

Anyways, baked 4 more loaves of bread today (given for free) for folks
not getting paid at all or seriously reduced hours.

I have lost count now but it's probably something like 120 loaves now?
This weekend will make another 10-16 or so. The Zoji is holding strong
under the load.

These are 1/2 a 2lb bread machine recipe (so they are called). Made in
dough mode then split to 2 fairly even portions.

I'm just having fun and helping folks offset the grocery bill by some
3-4$. There are lots of folks doing little bits like me.

[graham]

I make a lot of pastry during the xmas season for tarts etc.
The last few weeks I have made a lot of cookies for my son's family and
also dinner rolls and hamburger buns.
After weighing myself this morning, I will not be making any bread for
myself for a while:-(

[Ophelia]

"me" wrote in message
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On Thursday, 21 May 2020 23:47:50 UTC+1, Thomas wrote:
> Why does 'me' come up as me?

Because I am me Judith

==

She most certainly is:))

[cshenk]

Hi Judith! So I am new to you and you are new to me. Tell me what you
make? I am a scratch cook for the most part. Breads too (but not
pastries).

[cshenk]

Hi Daniel, I see you from time to time!

[Ophelia]

"me" wrote in message
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:)))))

[Ophelia]

"me" wrote in message
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Hi O, good to see you again! I love cooking, as you know. I stopped
cooking a few years back when Edward was dying, I fed him invalid food and
ate convenience food, I was too tired to cook. Sadly Edward died of cancer,
at home, where he wanted to be. I then left France and sold the house. I
live in The Cotswolds now and am back to cooking, every day and thoroughly
enjoying it

===

I am so sorry to hear about Edward:(((

It is good to know you are back! Hopefully you will enjoy your cooking
here:))) I know you love to cook so I hope I can hear about what you are
cooking now:)

Keep posting and I will enjoy reading :))

[Dave Smith]

On 2020-05-22 3:18 p.m., cshenk wrote:
> graham wrote:

>> I can guarantee that you'd make perfect pastry if you weigh the
>> ingredients. Also, use pastry flour rather than All-Purpose.
>
> Somehow, it just doesn't excite me to make pastry. I am sorry but we do
> few sweets here other than Apple pie gluttony as my apples come in (I
> have 2 apple trees and a prolific crop).

I can't say that it excites me to make pastry, but I love pies and I
find pastry making to be a really simple task. I have the recipe in my
head and the muscle memory from having made many pies and tarts.

> I'm just having fun and helping folks offset the grocery bill by some
> 3-4$. There are lots of folks doing little bits like me.

This situation has to be tough on a lot of people. Now that the take
out order business has been worked out we have ordered a number of meals
from some of the local restaurants. Last week we got fish and chips
from one of our favourite places and I was really impressed. It was so
much better than the stuff from the Lion's club and from the Legion.


They have a good system. You call and they tell you what time it will be
ready. Last week my wife was there a few minutes early for the 6:20
pickup. She was home by 6:25 and the fish and the fries were both hot
and crispy.

AMAOF she is on her way there tonight to pick up supper. I am a little
disappointed because I had wanted to try their curry chicken but they
don't have that at this time, just fish and chips or macaroni and cheese.

AAMOF fact my wife just went out to pick up dinner there.

[Thomas]

Wow. Talk about screwing with Google posters.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

It's showing up as ME as that's how she set up her Gmail address:
From: me <lepin...@gmail.com>. If she wanted her name to show up as
Judith it would show up as From: Judith <lepin...@gmail.com).

You could set a Gmail account to show as Thomas the Tank if you wanted.

[jmcquown]

Nobody actually cares about anyone's user name unless they start
constantly nymshifting to jump out of filters.

Jill

[jmcquown]

Thanks for clarifying. I thought you made the puff pastry for the
salmon en croute. I've tried, but unlike Dave I don't care much about
making pies or pastry. I occasionally make quiche but I buy frozen pie
crusts.

In my lifetime I've made some very good loaves of bread from scratch,
different types with recipes handed down from my grandmothers. But I
live alone and I really don't eat enough bread to bother with the
kneading and rolling and folding and rising. I don't own a bread
machine for the same reason. Bread and rolls from the grocery store
bakery bread work fine for my needs.

Jill

[Bruce]

On Fri, 22 May 2020 20:40:22 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

You filter people?

[Hank Rogers]

Isn't that like asking Popeye if he eats diks?

[Thomas]

On Friday, May 22, 2020 at 8:05:11 PM UTC-4, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
> On Friday, May 22, 2020 at 6:21:30 PM UTC-5, Thomas wrote:
> >
> a Gmail account to show as Thomas the Tank if you wanted.

Even though I am Thomas, I do not see the word Thomas.
I see the word Me on all posts I make. Judith is Me and so am I.
When I see Me I think I posted it.

[Gary]

Thomas wrote:
>
> Even though I am Thomas, I do not see the word Thomas.
> I see the word Me on all posts I make. Judith is Me and so am I.
> When I see Me I think I posted it.

If you are talking about posts here to RFC, what I see is
"Thomas <cano...@gmail.com>"

and for Judith, I see
"judith lea <lepin...@gmail.com>"

This "Me" thing must be an in-house gmail screwup.

[Bruce]

An in-house Google Groups screw up? In that case, dsi1 can explain why
it's not dumb programming but a brilliant feature.

[Gary]

Bruce wrote:

>
> Gary wrote:
> >This "Me" thing must be an in-house gmail screwup.
>
> An in-house Google Groups screw up? In that case, dsi1 can explain why
> it's not dumb programming but a brilliant feature.

heh heh No doubt there's some good theory going on there.

G'day Bruce. Or should I now say G'night to you? :)

[me]

It is indeed a brilliant feature. It allows one to easily see which posts are self-written. OTOH, if one picks their user name as "me" while using Google Groups, that's what gets displayed as the poster. You'd think that Google wouldn't allow that user name to be used. I mean, that's just asking for trouble!

[Cindy Hamilton]

On Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 12:09:33 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> On Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 2:05:07 AM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
> > On Sat, 23 May 2020 07:40:30 -0400, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:
> >
> > >Thomas wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Even though I am Thomas, I do not see the word Thomas.
> > >> I see the word Me on all posts I make. Judith is Me and so am I.
> > >> When I see Me I think I posted it.
> > >
> > >If you are talking about posts here to RFC, what I see is
> > > "Thomas <cano...@gmail.com>"
> > >
> > > and for Judith, I see
> > > "judith lea <lepin...@gmail.com>"
> > >
> > >This "Me" thing must be an in-house gmail screwup.
> >
> > An in-house Google Groups screw up? In that case, dsi1 can explain why
> > it's not dumb programming but a brilliant feature.
>
> It is indeed a brilliant feature. It allows one to easily see which posts are self-written.

Because Google Groups users are incapable of recognizing their own user name?

Cindy Hamilton

[GM]

I use GG and I always know what I've written...and yes, I don't understand his "point"...or mayhaps I am just "brilliant"...

;-D

--
Best
Greg

[dsi1]

Mostly, it's because most people don't think of themselves in the third person but I'm having serious doubts about you.

[Bruce]

It was 10:30 PM here when you wrote that.

[Bruce]

On Sat, 23 May 2020 09:09:29 -0700 (PDT), me <dsi...@hawaiiantel.net>
wrote:

I understood it said "me", not because that's the name you gave
yourself, but because it's you. So that everybody sees "me" instead of
their chosen name.

[Bruce]

But now they think that their user name is "me".

[Thomas]

On Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 1:01:49 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:

> But now they think that their user name is "me".

True. I forgot I was Thomas because I see Me, you see Thomas.
Now I see Me twice.

[Bruce]

On Sat, 23 May 2020 11:38:41 -0700 (PDT), Thomas <cano...@gmail.com>
wrote:

Don't forget you're also you.

[cshenk]

Works well for you! Us, we never ate out much so don't miss it that
much. I do note we are losing weight a bit over it though. Not much
but I dropped 2 lbs in the last 3 months. Trying to gain them back ;-)

[cshenk]

Agreed.

[Dave Smith]

I have long maintained that anyone who is constantly nymshifting to get
around the filters they know they are in are throwing in the towel and
admitting that they are total assholes.

[Ophelia]

"Bruce" wrote in message news:j0sicftvvusuro91b...@4ax.com...

===

LOL Judith has really got you all going:)) She is a lovely lady
btw:))))))

She is learning to cook more and I hope she gets what she needs:))

[Bruce]

On Sun, 24 May 2020 09:59:46 +0100, "Ophelia" <oph...@elsinore.me.uk>
wrote:

>
>
>"Bruce" wrote in message news:j0sicftvvusuro91b...@4ax.com...
>
>On Sat, 23 May 2020 11:38:41 -0700 (PDT), Thomas <cano...@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 1:01:49 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
>>
>>> But now they think that their user name is "me".
>>
>>True. I forgot I was Thomas because I see Me, you see Thomas.
>>Now I see Me twice.
>
>Don't forget you're also you.
>
>===
>
> LOL Judith has really got you all going:)) She is a lovely lady
>btw:))))))
>
> She is learning to cook more and I hope she gets what she needs:))

I'm sure she came to the right place :)

[Ophelia]

"Bruce" wrote in message news:ieekcf9q2qht76qu1...@4ax.com...

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<g>

[Lucretia Borgia]

On Sun, 24 May 2020 09:59:46 +0100, "Ophelia" <oph...@elsinore.me.uk>
wrote:

>
>

>"Bruce" wrote in message news:j0sicftvvusuro91b...@4ax.com...
>
>On Sat, 23 May 2020 11:38:41 -0700 (PDT), Thomas <cano...@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 1:01:49 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
>>
>>> But now they think that their user name is "me".
>>
>>True. I forgot I was Thomas because I see Me, you see Thomas.
>>Now I see Me twice.
>
>Don't forget you're also you.
>
>===
>
> LOL Judith has really got you all going:)) She is a lovely lady
>btw:))))))
>
> She is learning to cook more and I hope she gets what she needs:))

Hopefully she is careful about having a 'friend' like you - I wonder
how long before you stab her in the back ?

[Dave Smith]

You gotta wonder when someone shows up here referencing Ohfeelme.

[cshenk]

+1