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From: David Kennedy on 1 Apr 2010 06:48 Peter Ceresole wrote: > David Kennedy<davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > >>> They are superb cooks. >> >> They would improve immeasurably if they chose to use the Aga rather than >> just having it for show. > > Of course they *use* it. In the same way that in the mountains they use > a wood-burning range. But they need a proper cooker *as well*. How quaint. Still, electricity does have a certain charm... -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: David Kennedy on 1 Apr 2010 06:50 Pd wrote: > Tim Streater<timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: > >> Can you define "proper cooker" in this context ? > > Same as "proper computer" means a Windows PC. > Well said that man. -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: David Kennedy on 1 Apr 2010 06:51 J. J. Lodder wrote: > David Kennedy<davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > >> Peter Ceresole wrote: >>> >>> No, but plenty of my friends have. The ones that are good cooks have all >>> bought proper cookers as well- they had to. >> >> Not if they actually were good cooks... >> >> Maybe they just need to read the instruction manual. > > It's quite simple really: > AGAs are good only for British cooking. > > And not even the Brits can take that anymore, > > Jan > Another parroted pile of trite old tosh without thought or knowledge Jan. This is, after all, a Scandinavian design... -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: Chris Ridd on 1 Apr 2010 06:55 On 2010-04-01 11:47:22 +0100, Peter Ceresole said: > Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >> My dad used a touchscreen Lifebook for a while, and then traded the 9" >> one up to a 12". They're geeky toys, and barely practical - not small >> enough to be pocketable, small enough to be fiddly to work with, >> particularly the mousing. I'd be quite astonished if PeterC's s-i-l >> didn't hate it after five minutes. > > I wasn't thinking of a touchscreen device, but a Netbook with a > keyboard. All the netbooks I've seen have had fiddly little keyboards. They're all gathering dust. -- Chris
From: Sak Wathanasin on 1 Apr 2010 06:52
In article <1jg82j2.163q2sv12l62cpN%peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: > BUT... I hate music on the move- it spoils the music and spoils the > move. Infinitely preferable to being forced to listen to some teenager yacking on the phone to his/her mates. Without the iPhone, I'd be spending time in HMP for "phone rage". And the iPhone makes queuing bearable; I always seem to pick the slowest moving one... -- Sak Wathanasin Network Analysis Limited http://www.network-analysis.ltd.uk |