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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 8:20:50 PM

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I wonder how much 70k cans is worth.....

$800, according to the article, but i am not sure when they cashed them in. Might be worth more now - perhaps they shoulda hung onto them!!

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 8:22:21 PM

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ITALIAN! BLECH!!

Hey! Don't knock the Italians!!

Nothing against the Italians its pasta I don't like.

"You are what you eat!"

might explain a little bit about world war II performance. The Italian army fought about like a limp noodle.

They just don't like loud noises! This explains their past glory (i.e. - before invention of gunpowder.)

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 8:22:56 PM

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I wonder how much 70k cans is worth.....

$800, according to the article, but i am not sure when they cashed them in. Might be worth more now - perhaps they shoulda hung onto them!!

So how many cases of beer will that buy? (I'm not a beer drinker so I have no clue.)

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 8:27:58 PM

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I wonder how much 70k cans is worth.....

$800, according to the article, but i am not sure when they cashed them in. Might be worth more now - perhaps they shoulda hung onto them!!

So how many cases of beer will that buy? (I'm not a beer drinker so I have no clue.)

Well, you could probably get a deal with that quantity - maybe $5 per 6 pack = 160 6- packs , or 40 cases (24 per case).

i'm guessing that $800 got used for cleaning up the apartment (and they probably needed more than that!) Apparently, the apartment is also doing well now (no real signs of its former trauma.)

EDIT: If you bought in cases, and waited until Sam's has a special, you might be able to double the amounts...

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 9:43:16 PM

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Nik you heathen.

Yorkshire Pud is great.

Sheppards Pie kicks arse too.

In all seriousness English Food is probably 6th on my list behind:

Italian
Indian
Thai
Chinese
Mexican

ITALIAN! BLECH!!

Best foods are:
1. Mexican
2. Southwestern (Mexican/Western US mix)
3. Western US (Steak, potatos, fresh green veggies)
4. Chinese
5. US Seafood

How could you not like Itailan?

1. Italian
2. Steak
3. Chineese
4. More Italian
5. Greek/ Middle Eastern

Mexican comes is just above starvation and just after rancid meat.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 9:45:32 PM

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Mexican comes is just above starvation and just after rancid meat.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 9:48:00 PM

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I do like nachos and quasidillias so I can't bash Mexiacn too much. Some of their meat dishes remind me of Alpo so I rarely am in the mood for it.

Wife is from Southern California so she loves the stuff.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 9:52:11 PM

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Mexican comes is just above starvation and just after rancid meat.

This coming from a coyote? i thought they survived on the last item...

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 9:57:13 PM

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This one lives on pasta and pizza.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 9:59:54 PM

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This one lives on pasta and pizza.

Mmm, pizza. Pizza party at our house tomorrow in honor of my kids surviving another year of school. Or is it me surviving another year of my kids school.......

All are invited. Sorry, pick up only.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 10:02:17 PM

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I know how to get to Columbus, OH. Spent time in London (academy not the State Prison there).

Near by? What toppings on the pies?

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 10:14:15 PM

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Mainly cheese. Kids don't realize what they're missing.

I know where E. Brunswick is too. My mother-in-law lives in Toms River. Been there 1-2 times a year for the past 26 years. Lived there for a bit too. I'm also going to Ft. Dix for a 2 week TDY in Aug.

Edit: Why on earth would you want to go to London?

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 10:15:41 PM

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Bump - to get above the evil thread...

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 10:21:01 PM

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I'm surprised no one mentioned the news today. I got dragged into work at 4 am partly because of it.

I'm well into my second day of work today.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 10:22:32 PM

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Few people in the US have ever had real Mexican food. Nachos and quesadillas are *not* Mexican. I've made some real, authentic Mexican dishes and they were very good. But they don't show up on menus much.

1. Mexican
2. Thai/Vietnamese
3. Indian
4. Italian
5. American South

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 10:23:29 PM

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You mean that Zarqawi got nailed? One down, 50000 to go.....

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 10:25:02 PM

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5. American South

South American beef. Mmmm. Some of the best steak I've ever had. Don't know why and don't really want to know why.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 10:46:27 PM

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How could you not like Itailan?

1. Italian
2. Steak
3. Chineese
4. More Italian
5. Greek/ Middle Eastern

Mexican comes is just above starvation and just after rancid meat.

Italian (at least American Italian) is way to heavy and unhealthy. Lots of pasta (100% white bread carbs) served with lots of sauce (mostly fatty) and cheese (yet more fat).

Italian I do like includes Minnestroni soup or has lots of roasted vegetables.

Mexican, and I do mean real mexican, not enchalidas or tacos from Jose's Taco Shack, is delicious. Lot's of grilled steak or pork with roasted vegetables and best of all roasted green chiles. Yum! It's paricularly good with cold cerveza

I do like greek though. I had forgotten about it. In Denver we have an excellent all night Greek diner. Double yum!

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 10:47:32 PM

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This one lives on pasta and pizza.

Explains why he can't catch that Roadrunner.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 10:50:44 PM

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Few people in the US have ever had real Mexican food. Nachos and quesadillas are *not* Mexican. I've made some real, authentic Mexican dishes and they were very good. But they don't show up on menus much.

This is true. As a teen I lived in Northern VA for 4 years. They had like 4 mexican restaraunts in the whole area and the food they served was more like a frozen dinner.

If they change the immigration laws though we may all get the chance to sample Mexican food a lot more often.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 10:56:00 PM

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1. Mexican
2. Thai/Vietnamese
3. Indian
4. Italian
5. American South

South American and American South are both distinct and both can be good. Spending most of my childhood years in southern Texas I got a good deal of southern cooking. I don't care for it for the most part (too much fried food) but peach cobbler is the best.

Also in Denver we have a soul food restatraunt that serves the worlds best peach cobbler a la mode.

Ok, I'm going to eat lunch now because the drool is about to short out my keyboard.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 10:57:00 PM

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Few people in the US have ever had real Mexican food. Nachos and quesadillas are *not* Mexican. I've made some real, authentic Mexican dishes and they were very good. But they don't show up on menus much.

This is true. As a teen I lived in Northern VA for 4 years. They had like 4 mexican restaraunts in the whole area and the food they served was more like a frozen dinner.

If they change the immigration laws though we may all get the chance to sample Mexican food a lot more often.

i dunno - i suspect it depends on who is doing the cooking...

We used to frequent a "real Mexican" restaurant (Dallas area) (no one in the restaurant spoke more than about 10 words of English, i think) - before it went out of business. i can't say it was better than fair.

EDIT: i should add i've eaten at a couple of other "real" Mexican restaurants (people from Mexico who opened restaurants cooking what they knew) and they were quite good.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 11:00:26 PM

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5. American South

South American beef. Mmmm. Some of the best steak I've ever had. Don't know why and don't really want to know why.

No no no no no. Yes, Argentine beef is very good because it is grass fed, free-range beef.

But I was speaking of southern US food. Ya know, smoked pork and brisket, cornbread, blackeyed peas, grits....soul food. Comfort food.

Authentic Italian is very different than what we get in the states (except at very nice restaurants). Simple, fresh and very healthy.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 11:01:13 PM

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i dunno - i suspect it depends on who is doing the cooking...

We used to frequent a "real Mexican" restaurant (Dallas area) (no one in the restaurant spoke more than about 10 words of English, i think) - before it went out of business. i can't say it was better than fair.

A real Mexican restaraunt will have about 1/3 the menu devoted to enchalidas, tacos and burritos, the rest will be "authentic" dishes. Another good way to tell if its "authentic" is by their carnitas. If they offer carnitas more then once a week, chances are its not "authentic" - to cook carnitas right you have to slow roast the pork for 12 hours basting every half an hour = way too much work to do everyday.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 11:03:14 PM

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Mainly cheese. Kids don't realize what they're missing.

I know where E. Brunswick is too. My mother-in-law lives in Toms River. Been there 1-2 times a year for the past 26 years. Lived there for a bit too. I'm also going to Ft. Dix for a 2 week TDY in Aug.

Edit: Why on earth would you want to go to London?

Ohio Peace Officer's Training Academy is located in Beautiful London. Spent 3 weeks there as a student in 91 and 92 and 2 weeks as guest instructor in 94. The nightlife was limited to the K-Mart and the one Chineese Restaruant in town. The nightlife at Dix is not much better. Used to have to go there twice a year to qualify for firearms. It is 10 degrees hotter in the summer and 10 colder in the winter. The mosquitoes (New Jersey's State bird) at Dix are the size of small birds. Bring repellant.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 11:04:40 PM

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If you want to understand Mexican food, this book is the bible:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553057065/002-5232701-6147210?v=glance&n=283155

Get it.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 11:05:27 PM

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i dunno - i suspect it depends on who is doing the cooking...

We used to frequent a "real Mexican" restaurant (Dallas area) (no one in the restaurant spoke more than about 10 words of English, i think) - before it went out of business. i can't say it was better than fair.

A real Mexican restaraunt will have about 1/3 the menu devoted to enchalidas, tacos and burritos, the rest will be "authentic" dishes. Another good way to tell if its "authentic" is by their carnitas. If they offer carnitas more then once a week, chances are its not "authentic" - to cook carnitas right you have to slow roast the pork for 12 hours basting every half an hour = way too much work to do everyday.

If it is not on Taco Bell's menu it is too authentic for me. Same thing with Chineese. The stuff they eat themselves in not meant for consumption by the round eyes. The Americanized stuff is what I like.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 11:06:18 PM

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Not ready for goat's head soup, huh?

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 11:06:24 PM

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If you want to understand Mexican food, this book is the bible:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553057065/002-5232701-6147210?v=glance&n=283155

Get it.

A book written by a Kennedy is the bible for Mexican food? Shouldn't it be Lopez-Sanchez?

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RE: The Thread!!! - 6/8/2006 11:07:14 PM

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She can't help who her daddy was. She's lived in Mexico most of her life.

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