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George Shirley
Mar 19, 2013, 10:27:28 AM3/19/13
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I know a lot of you use the subject software and I'm looking at
replacing my old Mastercook 7 with something newer and better. Anyone
have a favorite they would like to share.
When my old computer fried I lost the hard drive with my financial data
and my cook book. Recovered all of it through a local guru on computers
but am now putting backups on a stand alone drive to avoid future
mistakes. It hurts when you lose hundreds if not thousands of recipes
that have been painstakingly typed in over several years. Old ones from
family members going back three or four generations.
I guess if I live long enough I will learn that electronics aren't
forever. <G>
Note: We're about finished building the raised bed gardens. We have one
that is four feet by sixteen feet and two that are four feet by eight
feet. The long one is twelve inches deep, the other two are six inches
deep. Our planting medium is a mixture of vermiculite, peat moss, and
mixed compost. The mixture contains one third of each of the above. We
will be planting the spring garden tomorrow. Our four blueberry plants,
planted last month, are now covered with tiny berries. We despaired of
having bees but honey bees, mason and orchard bees, and bumble bees have
been coming to the plants. Hurray for Ma Nature!
George
replacing my old Mastercook 7 with something newer and better. Anyone
have a favorite they would like to share.
When my old computer fried I lost the hard drive with my financial data
and my cook book. Recovered all of it through a local guru on computers
but am now putting backups on a stand alone drive to avoid future
mistakes. It hurts when you lose hundreds if not thousands of recipes
that have been painstakingly typed in over several years. Old ones from
family members going back three or four generations.
I guess if I live long enough I will learn that electronics aren't
forever. <G>
Note: We're about finished building the raised bed gardens. We have one
that is four feet by sixteen feet and two that are four feet by eight
feet. The long one is twelve inches deep, the other two are six inches
deep. Our planting medium is a mixture of vermiculite, peat moss, and
mixed compost. The mixture contains one third of each of the above. We
will be planting the spring garden tomorrow. Our four blueberry plants,
planted last month, are now covered with tiny berries. We despaired of
having bees but honey bees, mason and orchard bees, and bumble bees have
been coming to the plants. Hurray for Ma Nature!
George
Ross@home
Mar 20, 2013, 10:35:24 AM3/20/13
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On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:27:28 -0500, George Shirley <gms2...@att.net>
wrote:
>I know a lot of you use the subject software and I'm looking at
>replacing my old Mastercook 7 with something newer and better. Anyone
>have a favorite they would like to share.
>
>When my old computer fried I lost the hard drive with my financial data
>and my cook book. Recovered all of it through a local guru on computers
>but am now putting backups on a stand alone drive to avoid future
>mistakes. It hurts when you lose hundreds if not thousands of recipes
>that have been painstakingly typed in over several years. Old ones from
>family members going back three or four generations.
>
>I guess if I live long enough I will learn that electronics aren't
>forever. <G>
Hi George,
I've been using Now You're Cooking! for many years and find it quite
satisfactory. It's shareware that you can try free for 60 days from
this site: http://www.ffts.com/
As far as your MC recipes are concerned, this is from the NYC FAQ:
"Export your recipes from Mastercook using the .mxp export format. NYC
will import MC�s .mxp format directly using File� Import Recipes"
Years ago I also used Big Oven. At some point, after I purchased the
program, they figured they had a large enough bunch of captive users
so they switched to a subscription service at $1.99 a month or $19.99
per year. That ended my Big Oven days. I'm not about to pay anyone ad
infinitum just for a place on MY computer to store MY recipes.
Ross.
Southern Ontario, Canada
wrote:
>I know a lot of you use the subject software and I'm looking at
>replacing my old Mastercook 7 with something newer and better. Anyone
>have a favorite they would like to share.
>
>When my old computer fried I lost the hard drive with my financial data
>and my cook book. Recovered all of it through a local guru on computers
>but am now putting backups on a stand alone drive to avoid future
>mistakes. It hurts when you lose hundreds if not thousands of recipes
>that have been painstakingly typed in over several years. Old ones from
>family members going back three or four generations.
>
>I guess if I live long enough I will learn that electronics aren't
>forever. <G>
I've been using Now You're Cooking! for many years and find it quite
satisfactory. It's shareware that you can try free for 60 days from
this site: http://www.ffts.com/
As far as your MC recipes are concerned, this is from the NYC FAQ:
"Export your recipes from Mastercook using the .mxp export format. NYC
will import MC�s .mxp format directly using File� Import Recipes"
Years ago I also used Big Oven. At some point, after I purchased the
program, they figured they had a large enough bunch of captive users
so they switched to a subscription service at $1.99 a month or $19.99
per year. That ended my Big Oven days. I'm not about to pay anyone ad
infinitum just for a place on MY computer to store MY recipes.
Ross.
Southern Ontario, Canada
George Shirley
Mar 20, 2013, 11:12:12 AM3/20/13
to
On 3/20/2013 9:35 AM, Ross@home wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:27:28 -0500, George Shirley <gms2...@att.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I know a lot of you use the subject software and I'm looking at
>> replacing my old Mastercook 7 with something newer and better. Anyone
>> have a favorite they would like to share.
>>
>> When my old computer fried I lost the hard drive with my financial data
>> and my cook book. Recovered all of it through a local guru on computers
>> but am now putting backups on a stand alone drive to avoid future
>> mistakes. It hurts when you lose hundreds if not thousands of recipes
>> that have been painstakingly typed in over several years. Old ones from
>> family members going back three or four generations.
>>
>> I guess if I live long enough I will learn that electronics aren't
>> forever. <G>
>
> Hi George,
>
> I've been using Now You're Cooking! for many years and find it quite
> satisfactory. It's shareware that you can try free for 60 days from
> this site: http://www.ffts.com/
> As far as your MC recipes are concerned, this is from the NYC FAQ:
>
> "Export your recipes from Mastercook using the .mxp export format. NYC
> will import MC�s .mxp format directly using File� Import Recipes"
> On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:27:28 -0500, George Shirley <gms2...@att.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I know a lot of you use the subject software and I'm looking at
>> replacing my old Mastercook 7 with something newer and better. Anyone
>> have a favorite they would like to share.
>>
>> When my old computer fried I lost the hard drive with my financial data
>> and my cook book. Recovered all of it through a local guru on computers
>> but am now putting backups on a stand alone drive to avoid future
>> mistakes. It hurts when you lose hundreds if not thousands of recipes
>> that have been painstakingly typed in over several years. Old ones from
>> family members going back three or four generations.
>>
>> I guess if I live long enough I will learn that electronics aren't
>> forever. <G>
>
> Hi George,
>
> I've been using Now You're Cooking! for many years and find it quite
> satisfactory. It's shareware that you can try free for 60 days from
> this site: http://www.ffts.com/
> As far as your MC recipes are concerned, this is from the NYC FAQ:
>
> "Export your recipes from Mastercook using the .mxp export format. NYC
>
> Years ago I also used Big Oven. At some point, after I purchased the
> program, they figured they had a large enough bunch of captive users
> so they switched to a subscription service at $1.99 a month or $19.99
> per year. That ended my Big Oven days. I'm not about to pay anyone ad
> infinitum just for a place on MY computer to store MY recipes.
>
> Ross.
> Southern Ontario, Canada
>
I was never really happy with MC7, had some bugs in the software that
> Years ago I also used Big Oven. At some point, after I purchased the
> program, they figured they had a large enough bunch of captive users
> so they switched to a subscription service at $1.99 a month or $19.99
> per year. That ended my Big Oven days. I'm not about to pay anyone ad
> infinitum just for a place on MY computer to store MY recipes.
>
> Ross.
> Southern Ontario, Canada
>
made it hard to import a recipe. Therefore I'm not sad that it is gone.
I do miss the recipes though and will have those recovered. I reckon
after that I will pass the old CPU on to one of the great grands,
probably the eldest, she is starting to want to learn to cook. Just
remembered I have an old flat screen monitor, keyboard and mouse she can
have too. Have to round them up out of the scrap electronics box.
We have a cable connection in the kitchen of all places. I think I will
get one of those computers built into a monitor and set it up in there
so I can just read my recipes off the monitor.
We received an inch of rain last night, everything is greening up. The
new blueberry plants are covered with berries and they're still
blooming. Luckily there are a few species of wild bees nearby. We're
being visited by honey, orchard, mason, and bumble bees, all busy
hovering over anything with pollen.
Thanks for the tip Ross, have looked at NYC online, will go ahead and
order it now.
George
The Cook
Mar 31, 2013, 3:48:21 PM3/31/13
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On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:12:12 -0500, George Shirley <gms2...@att.net>
I am up to MasterCook 11 and like it. I don't have a problem using it
to import recipes. Occasionally there will be a problem especially
from sites that don't want you to copy. I go back to MC 3. If Now
You're Cooking doesn't suit, try MC 11.
--
Susan N.
"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)
wrote:
>On 3/20/2013 9:35 AM, Ross@home wrote:
>> On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:27:28 -0500, George Shirley <gms2...@att.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I know a lot of you use the subject software and I'm looking at
>>> replacing my old Mastercook 7 with something newer and better. Anyone
>>> have a favorite they would like to share.
>>>
>>> When my old computer fried I lost the hard drive with my financial data
>>> and my cook book. Recovered all of it through a local guru on computers
>>> but am now putting backups on a stand alone drive to avoid future
>>> mistakes. It hurts when you lose hundreds if not thousands of recipes
>>> that have been painstakingly typed in over several years. Old ones from
>>> family members going back three or four generations.
>>>
>>> I guess if I live long enough I will learn that electronics aren't
>>> forever. <G>
>>
>> Hi George,
>>
>> I've been using Now You're Cooking! for many years and find it quite
>> satisfactory. It's shareware that you can try free for 60 days from
>> this site: http://www.ffts.com/
>> As far as your MC recipes are concerned, this is from the NYC FAQ:
>>
>> "Export your recipes from Mastercook using the .mxp export format. NYC
>> will import MC’s .mxp format directly using File… Import Recipes"
>On 3/20/2013 9:35 AM, Ross@home wrote:
>> On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:27:28 -0500, George Shirley <gms2...@att.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I know a lot of you use the subject software and I'm looking at
>>> replacing my old Mastercook 7 with something newer and better. Anyone
>>> have a favorite they would like to share.
>>>
>>> When my old computer fried I lost the hard drive with my financial data
>>> and my cook book. Recovered all of it through a local guru on computers
>>> but am now putting backups on a stand alone drive to avoid future
>>> mistakes. It hurts when you lose hundreds if not thousands of recipes
>>> that have been painstakingly typed in over several years. Old ones from
>>> family members going back three or four generations.
>>>
>>> I guess if I live long enough I will learn that electronics aren't
>>> forever. <G>
>>
>> Hi George,
>>
>> I've been using Now You're Cooking! for many years and find it quite
>> satisfactory. It's shareware that you can try free for 60 days from
>> this site: http://www.ffts.com/
>> As far as your MC recipes are concerned, this is from the NYC FAQ:
>>
>> "Export your recipes from Mastercook using the .mxp export format. NYC
to import recipes. Occasionally there will be a problem especially
from sites that don't want you to copy. I go back to MC 3. If Now
You're Cooking doesn't suit, try MC 11.
--
Susan N.
"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)
Zikelladave
Apr 3, 2013, 10:53:29 AM4/3/13
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Hello all members,
You are an expatriate living in the Cook Islands, or you used to work
and live in the Cook Islands.
Share your expat experience
How would you describe life in the Cook Islands?
Has it been complicated to settle down, to find a job, and an
accommodation?
Is it complicated to make friends in the Cook Islands?
What would you recommend to people who would like to live in the Cook
Islands?
Thanks in advance for your participation
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Bass...@nowhere.com
Apr 6, 2013, 11:53:33 AM4/6/13
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Hello, I am running M/c 5 at present. Will M/C 11 save my old recipes when
I upgrade? John
I upgrade? John
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