"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:27:59 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:19:08 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin
>><[email protected]>
>>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>>
>> ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:17:06 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
>> ...
>> ... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:32:22 +0530, in rec.travel.europe, "grusl"
>> ... ><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked
>> like this:
>> ... >
>> ... > ...
>> ... > ... "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> ... > ... news:[email protected]...
>> ... > ... > On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:34:32 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
>> ... > ... >
>> ... > ... > burgers
>> ... > ... > ice cream
>> ... > ...
>> ... > ... Tres exotique
>> ... >
>> ... >*European* street food - why does it have to be "exotique"?
>> ...
>> ... because exotic means foreign?
>>
>>This is Europe. Everything is foreign! - for the moment.
>
> Hence George's comment.
>
> Do you need inverting?
> --

Are you suggesting Magda needs new batteries?

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:28:11 +0200, Tim C. <[email protected]> wrote:

>Following up to Martin <[email protected]> :
>
>>On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:17:06 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:32:22 +0530, in rec.travel.europe, "grusl"
>>><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>>>
>>> ...
>>> ... "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> ... news:[email protected]...
>>> ... > On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:34:32 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
>>> ... >
>>> ... > burgers
>>> ... > ice cream
>>> ...
>>> ... Tres exotique
>>>
>>>*European* street food - why does it have to be "exotique"?
>>
>>because exotic means foreign?
>
>Then it's all exotic.
>
>Kebabs exotic just about everywhere,
>currywurst exotic in France,
>crêpes exotic in Germany.
>And good food exotic in the UK.

Nah good British food can't be exotic.

Do you get Gordon Ramsay in your part of the world?
--

Martin

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:31:29 +0200, Tim C. <[email protected]> wrote:

>Following up to The Reid <[email protected]> :
>
>>On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:18:10 +0200, Tim C. <[email protected]>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Nobody here has a ginger beer plant, of course.
>>
>>isn't that just yeast?
>
>ah, no.
>A "real" ginger beer plant is a mixture of some yeasts and other, I think
>bacteria, and possibly a protozoan or two.
>You can get the correct strains from a bio lab in Germany (or you could),
>at extortionate prices and probably after being vetted by the US Homeland
>Security twits.

See the quote from the BBC website. I suspect a German bio lab is conning it;s
customers. How come food containing the word bio in it's name is so often aimed
at the gullible?
--

Martin

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:57:25 +0530, "grusl" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected].. .
>> On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:35:55 +0530, "grusl" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>We have something called an inverter that gives us 4-5 hours with two
>>>laptops and a couple of lights. We lose about 2-4 hours a day, staggered
>>>from morning to evening. I work at home so it affects me more. If I'm on a
>>>deadline I sometimes work through the night, when there's few blackouts.
>>
>> and post here too :-)
>> --
>
>Well, er, yeah. It's a lonely life sometimes out here in the hardship
>regions. And the inverter is indeed a battery bank - a man comes around and
>fills it up with distilled water every few months.

We ran an IBM360 indirectly via a battery bank. It smoothed out power
fluctuations that used to crash our Honeywell computers. This was in 3rd world
NL.
--

Martin

"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:31:29 +0200, Tim C. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Following up to The Reid <[email protected]> :
>>
>>>On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:18:10 +0200, Tim C. <[email protected]>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>Nobody here has a ginger beer plant, of course.
>>>
>>>isn't that just yeast?
>>
>>ah, no.
>>A "real" ginger beer plant is a mixture of some yeasts and other, I think
>>bacteria, and possibly a protozoan or two.
>>You can get the correct strains from a bio lab in Germany (or you could),
>>at extortionate prices and probably after being vetted by the US Homeland
>>Security twits.
>
> See the quote from the BBC website. I suspect a German bio lab is conning
> it;s
> customers. How come food containing the word bio in it's name is so often
> aimed
> at the gullible?
> --

We had a ginger beer plant growing up too. I remember raisins were involved
in the starter - and it was a particular number. Seven, or five. I loved
ginger beer but -- like sausages -- don't watch the process. I recall either
parent squeezing what looked like baby shit out of a grubby wet nappy. I
suppose it was actually cheesecloth or muslin or some other product that's
as vanished as isinglass.

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:59:52 +0530, "grusl" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected].. .
>> On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:38:08 GMT, "William Black"
>> <[email protected]>
>>
>> Did I mention the French woman, that one of my colleague's knew, who
>> didn't
>> believe in conventional medicine, refused to be vaccinated and as a result
>> died
>> of a tropical disease, whilst on holiday in India?
>
>Such behaviour is reported if not regularly then occasionally. Usually with
>either the word "medevac" or the words "relatives accompanied the body" in
>the article.

This woman worked for CNES, the French national space centre. You'd think a
scientist would know better.
--

Martin

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:01:19 +0530, "grusl" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Magda" <magda@eu> wrote in message
>news:[email protected].. .
>
>> Marvelous people don't maim their children so they can beg more
>> "efficiently".
>>
>
>Oh, my fave, it's the Stereotypes R Us show, every week on r.t.e.

Mixed up with the over generalising bunch. :-)

"All Frenchmen are meths drinkers"
--

Martin

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:16:09 +0530, "grusl" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected].. .
>> On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:27:59 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:19:08 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin
>>><[email protected]>
>>>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>>>
>>> ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:17:06 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
>>> ...
>>> ... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:32:22 +0530, in rec.travel.europe, "grusl"
>>> ... ><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked
>>> like this:
>>> ... >
>>> ... > ...
>>> ... > ... "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> ... > ... news:[email protected]...
>>> ... > ... > On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:34:32 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
>>> ... > ... >
>>> ... > ... > burgers
>>> ... > ... > ice cream
>>> ... > ...
>>> ... > ... Tres exotique
>>> ... >
>>> ... >*European* street food - why does it have to be "exotique"?
>>> ...
>>> ... because exotic means foreign?
>>>
>>>This is Europe. Everything is foreign! - for the moment.
>>
>> Hence George's comment.
>>
>> Do you need inverting?
>> --
>
>Are you suggesting Magda needs new batteries?

Maybe needs an Indian to top her up?
--

Martin

"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:59:52 +0530, "grusl" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]. ..
>>> On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:38:08 GMT, "William Black"
>>> <[email protected]>
>>>
>>> Did I mention the French woman, that one of my colleague's knew, who
>>> didn't
>>> believe in conventional medicine, refused to be vaccinated and as a
>>> result
>>> died
>>> of a tropical disease, whilst on holiday in India?
>>
>>Such behaviour is reported if not regularly then occasionally. Usually
>>with
>>either the word "medevac" or the words "relatives accompanied the body" in
>>the article.
>
> This woman worked for CNES, the French national space centre. You'd think
> a
> scientist would know better.

Bangalore is a charming oasis ordinary street life and vast quantities of
traditional healing compounds like Kingfisher stuck in the middle of the
various spiritual woo woo bits of southern India. We get a lot of
natural-fibre clad folks from the so-called first world off to see Sai Baba
or Ravi Shankar (the non-sitarist) or wallow in their ayurvedic mud. You'd
be surprised by their occupations and education etc. It doesn't seem to
correlate with susceptibility to the latest New Age stuff. Not that I'm
judgemental or nuffink

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore

"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:01:19 +0530, "grusl" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Magda" <magda@eu> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]. ..
>>
>>> Marvelous people don't maim their children so they can beg more
>>> "efficiently".
>>>
>>
>>Oh, my fave, it's the Stereotypes R Us show, every week on r.t.e.
>
> Mixed up with the over generalising bunch. :-)
>
> "All Frenchmen are meths drinkers"
> --
It's very hard to drink meths while overturning and burning a car.

Unless you're driving.

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:24:51 +0530, "grusl" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected].. .
>> On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:31:29 +0200, Tim C. <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>Following up to The Reid <[email protected]> :
>>>
>>>>On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:18:10 +0200, Tim C. <[email protected]>
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Nobody here has a ginger beer plant, of course.
>>>>
>>>>isn't that just yeast?
>>>
>>>ah, no.
>>>A "real" ginger beer plant is a mixture of some yeasts and other, I think
>>>bacteria, and possibly a protozoan or two.
>>>You can get the correct strains from a bio lab in Germany (or you could),
>>>at extortionate prices and probably after being vetted by the US Homeland
>>>Security twits.
>>
>> See the quote from the BBC website. I suspect a German bio lab is conning
>> it;s
>> customers. How come food containing the word bio in it's name is so often
>> aimed
>> at the gullible?
>> --
>
>We had a ginger beer plant growing up too. I remember raisins were involved
>in the starter - and it was a particular number. Seven, or five. I loved
>ginger beer but -- like sausages -- don't watch the process. I recall either
>parent squeezing what looked like baby shit out of a grubby wet nappy. I
>suppose it was actually cheesecloth or muslin or some other product that's
>as vanished as isinglass.

I have vague recollections of jam jars of baby crap stored in the cupboard under
the stairs.

You can buy similar looking jars of vegetables in NL.

Years ago I kept a dinghy in winter in the yard of a retired Dutchman who
before the war had made a fortune exporting carboys of salted vegetables ( in
WET brine no doubt :-) ) to UK. I often wondered who bought them.He thought
shipping companies fed their crews with them
--

Martin

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:31:38 +0530, "grusl" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected].. .
>> On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:59:52 +0530, "grusl" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>news:[email protected] ...
>>>> On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:38:08 GMT, "William Black"
>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>>
>>>> Did I mention the French woman, that one of my colleague's knew, who
>>>> didn't
>>>> believe in conventional medicine, refused to be vaccinated and as a
>>>> result
>>>> died
>>>> of a tropical disease, whilst on holiday in India?
>>>
>>>Such behaviour is reported if not regularly then occasionally. Usually
>>>with
>>>either the word "medevac" or the words "relatives accompanied the body" in
>>>the article.
>>
>> This woman worked for CNES, the French national space centre. You'd think
>> a
>> scientist would know better.
>
>Bangalore is a charming oasis ordinary street life and vast quantities of
>traditional healing compounds like Kingfisher stuck in the middle of the
>various spiritual woo woo bits of southern India. We get a lot of
>natural-fibre clad folks from the so-called first world off to see Sai Baba
>or Ravi Shankar (the non-sitarist) or wallow in their ayurvedic mud. You'd
>be surprised by their occupations and education etc. It doesn't seem to
>correlate with susceptibility to the latest New Age stuff. Not that I'm
>judgemental or nuffink

I have the feeling that quack medicine is more popular than conventional
medicine in some parts of Europe. My daughter who works for the NHS has some
scary stories.
--

Martin

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:32:57 +0530, "grusl" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected].. .
>> On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:01:19 +0530, "grusl" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Magda" <magda@eu> wrote in message
>>>news:[email protected] ...
>>>
>>>> Marvelous people don't maim their children so they can beg more
>>>> "efficiently".
>>>>
>>>
>>>Oh, my fave, it's the Stereotypes R Us show, every week on r.t.e.
>>
>> Mixed up with the over generalising bunch. :-)
>>
>> "All Frenchmen are meths drinkers"
>> --
>It's very hard to drink meths while overturning and burning a car.
>
>Unless you're driving.

Somebody on another group has just made a post about how all Frenchmen are
permanently pissed. This clashes with my experience of French engineers, who
wouldn't drink anything with alcohol at lunch and whose idea of a piss up was a
couple of fizzy beers. I did have some success changing the drinking habits a
group of French engineers visiting Munich, I got them hooked on Ayinger beer
--

Martin

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:44:14 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:27:59 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
...
... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:19:08 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... >
... > ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:17:06 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
... > ...
... > ... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:32:22 +0530, in rec.travel.europe, "grusl"
... > ... ><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... > ... >
... > ... > ...
... > ... > ... "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
... > ... > ... news:[email protected]...
... > ... > ... > On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:34:32 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
... > ... > ... >
... > ... > ... > burgers
... > ... > ... > ice cream
... > ... > ...
... > ... > ... Tres exotique
... > ... >
... > ... >*European* street food - why does it have to be "exotique"?
... > ...
... > ... because exotic means foreign?
... >
... >This is Europe. Everything is foreign! - for the moment.
...
... Hence George's comment.
...
... Do you need inverting?

You didn't hear the tone. When one says "très exotique" it means it's NOT "exotique" at
all.

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:45:22 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:28:51 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
...
... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:19:55 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... >
... > ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:18:03 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
... > ...
... > ... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:03:23 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
... > ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... > ... >
... > ... > ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:38:08 GMT, "William Black" <[email protected]>
... > ... > ... wrote:
... > ... > ...
... > ... > ... >
... > ... > ... >"Magda" <magda@eu> wrote in message
... > ... > ... >news:[email protected].. .
... > ... > ... >> On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:32:03 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin
... > ... > ... >> <[email protected]>
... > ... > ... >> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... > ... > ... >>
... > ... > ... >> ... On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:20:01 GMT, "William Black"
... > ... > ... >> <[email protected]>
... > ... > ... >> ... wrote:
... > ... > ... >> ...
... > ... > ... >> ... >
... > ... > ... >> ... >"Deeply Filled Mortician" <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu>
... > ... > ... >> wrote
... > ... > ... >> ... >in message news:[email protected]...
... > ... > ... >> ... >
... > ... > ... >> ... >> I would have employed another lackey to supervise his toilet
... > ... > ... >> hygiene.
... > ... > ... >> ... >
... > ... > ... >> ... >Why bother?
... > ... > ... >> ... >
... > ... > ... >> ... >India is dust ridden.
... > ... > ... >> ... >
... > ... > ... >> ... >About 25% of the dust in the cities is estimated to be dried shit.
... > ... > ... >> ...
... > ... > ... >> ... We don't wish to know what the other 75% is.
... > ... > ... >>
... > ... > ... >> I know enough to never go there. Thank you, guys.
... > ... > ... >>
... > ... > ... >
... > ... > ... >You should
... > ... > ... >
... > ... > ... >It's endlessly fascinating, endlessly terrifying, endlessly entertaining
... > ... > ... >and the weather is digital, it's either wonderful or hostile and the people
... > ... > ... >are marvelous.
... > ... > ...
... > ... > ... Did I mention the French woman, that one of my colleague's knew, who didn't
... > ... > ... believe in conventional medicine, refused to be vaccinated and as a result died
... > ... > ... of a tropical disease, whilst on holiday in India?
... > ... >
... > ... >Darwin in action!! )
... > ...
... > ... I like your positive attitude to quack medicine :-)
... >
... >I saw "Idiocracy" the other day. Highly recommended!
...
... I think they used to employ me, they paid well too. Maybe a symptom?
...
... :-)

A film.