Silliness So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? - Page 614

LazyScot · 11-06-2009, 06:00 PM

Sounds like what is sold in the UK as the "Nicer Dicer"...

desertgrandma · 11-06-2009, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by DMcCunney

It is: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...ct_id=10575906

"The Ronco Veg-O-Matic! It rices! It slices! It dices!

But wait! There's more! If you act now, we'll send you, absolutely free..."

There's about about the ad pitches that became legendary, too: http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/...02/june/ronco/
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Dennis

yep, I'm a witness!!! I watched those tv ads when I was around 14? Ages and ages ago.........

LazyScot · 11-06-2009, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

The computer issues are why there haven't been very many Red posts...I'll get back. I'll really, really, work on it....(Hmmm... How can I work in a Ronco Veg-o-matic? Quite a two Pearl problem...)

.... somewhat frustrated with the computer, and currently out of ammunition, he did what any sane computer victim would do - he fed it to the Ronco Veg-o-matic.

desertgrandma · 11-06-2009, 06:07 PM

Enjoying the aroma of a cottage pie in the oven. I used to call it shepards pie, but then was told that was made with lamb. Ick.

hamburger, cooked with onion and crushed tomatoes til all liquid is absorbed, later of corn, then layer of mashed potatoes and topped with shredded cheese.

Popped into a hot over for just a few minutes.......served with a salad and warm rolls w/butter.........dinner!

Been on a cooking jag lately. Or maybe more truthfully......and eating jag.

zelda_pinwheel · 11-06-2009, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

They were really really real. I have seen one. Ralph Sir Edward. (Of course, I was a little tyke at the time....)

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

yep, I'm a witness!!! I watched those tv ads when I was around 14? Ages and ages ago.........

...or so you'd like me to believe !!

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Originally Posted by DMcCunney

It is: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...ct_id=10575906

"The Ronco Veg-O-Matic! It rices! It slices! It dices!

But wait! There's more! If you act now, we'll send you, absolutely free..."

There's about about the ad pitches that became legendary, too: http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/...02/june/ronco/
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Dennis

see, now how can anyone believe that's real ? it has "caricature" written all over it. in giant, red, "snacker of nations"-style letters.

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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

The computer issues are why there haven't been very many Red posts...I'll get back. I'll really, really, work on it....(Hmmm... How can I work in a Ronco Veg-o-matic? Quite a two Pearl problem...)

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Originally Posted by LazyScot

.... somewhat frustrated with the computer, and currently out of ammunition, he did what any sane computer victim would do - he fed it to the Ronco Veg-o-matic.

brilliant.

DMcCunney · 11-06-2009, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Hey, your not Jeff Atwood are you?

BOb

Nope.
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Dennis

pilotbob · 11-06-2009, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

I want to get off this ridiculous treadmill...But I want to keep what I've got already, circa 2002-3. And I can't. Instead I have to keep feeding the troll. And swapping new bugs for the old ones.

Why? BTW: Linux runs great on that type of hardware.

BOb

kazbates · 11-06-2009, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Enjoying the aroma of a cottage pie in the oven. I used to call it shepards pie, but then was told that was made with lamb. Ick.

hamburger, cooked with onion and crushed tomatoes til all liquid is absorbed, later of corn, then layer of mashed potatoes and topped with shredded cheese.

Popped into a hot over for just a few minutes.......served with a salad and warm rolls w/butter.........dinner!

Been on a cooking jag lately. Or maybe more truthfully......and eating jag.

If my daughter Shannon were to read your post, she would be hoping a jet and heading out your way to help you eat it!!

She loves Shepard's pie (well, Cottage, I guess). There is an Irish restaurant/pub here that serves Shepard's pie and Shannon gets cravings for it every now and then. I've yold her she needs to learn to cook it herself, but she says that's what restaurants are for. She better find a better paying job or she's going to starve when she finally moves out.

I've tried to get her to learn to cook but she likes to be "creative" in the kitchen and following a recipe is just too boring. God help whoever she invites to dinner one day.

I've been cooking a lot lately, too. Not because I want to but because the hubby has been complaining that we're eating out too much. Some people are never happy!

desertgrandma · 11-06-2009, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by kazbates

If my daughter Shannon were to read your post, she would be hoping a jet and heading out your way to help you eat it!!

Bring her on! I made a huge casserole dish of it, and it was delish. She loves Shepard's pie (well, Cottage, I guess). There is an Irish restaurant/pub here that serves Shepard's pie and Shannon gets cravings for it every now and then. I've yold her she needs to learn to cook it herself, but she says that's what restaurants are for. She better find a better paying job or she's going to starve when she finally moves out.

I've tried to get her to learn to cook but she likes to be "creative" in the kitchen and following a recipe is just too boring. God help whoever she invites to dinner one day.

I've been cooking a lot lately, too. Not because I want to but because the hubby has been complaining that we're eating out too much. Some people are never happy!

We've both grown tired of eat out..........and i never learned to cook much more than hamburger helper for years. Now I love to find simple recipes to try.....and feel like I've really accomplished something when they work! Not all do....I can usually tell by my husbands face really quick.

kazbates · 11-06-2009, 09:47 PM

I like to try new things but I want them to be fairly quick and easy. With Ryleigh's activities and homework, the evenings go by pretty quickly so I need dinner to be relatively simple. I found this great magazine (which used to be free but they just sent me a subscription bill

) from Kraft foods called Food & Family which has great quick and easy recipes. I would love to say that I am a gourmet cook who loves to chop and slice and get creative, but I wouldn't want to lie!

Greg Anos · 11-06-2009, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

We've both grown tired of eat out..........and i never learned to cook much more than hamburger helper for years. Now I love to find simple recipes to try.....and feel like I've really accomplished something when they work! Not all do....I can usually tell by my husbands face really quick.

Have you tried my Chicken aux Fines Herbs with Vermecelli and Tossed Salad?

Takes 30 minutes....

Greg Anos · 11-06-2009, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Why? BTW: Linux runs great on that type of hardware.

BOb

BOb, it's like touch-typing. I want to spend my time using the tool, not relearning a new variant every few years, and paying hundreds of dollars for the privilege (sic).

pilotbob · 11-06-2009, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

BOb, it's like touch-typing. I want to spend my time using the tool, not relearning a new variant every few years, and paying hundreds of dollars for the privilege (sic).

Um... you confuse me. Linux is free. and... so is pretty much any software for it... at least your basic productivity software.

If what you had was working so great, why are you trying to upgrade. Once again, I am really confused.

BOb

phenomshel · 11-07-2009, 01:24 AM

Linux isn't that hard to learn, either. I ran it for my main o/s for a year, before going back to Windows. If it's so great, why did you go back? I can hear you thinking... well, two of the software programs I use the most don't have counterparts in Linux that are close enough for me to be comfortable with them, and I never GOT comfortable with the Linux versions and without the Windows versions of those programs.

pilotbob · 11-07-2009, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Linux isn't that hard to learn, either. I ran it for my main o/s for a year, before going back to Windows. If it's so great, why did you go back? I can hear you thinking... well, two of the software programs I use the most don't have counterparts in Linux that are close enough for me to be comfortable with them, and I never GOT comfortable with the Linux versions and without the Windows versions of those programs.

Wow, that's a ringing non-endorsement...

What Windows programs were they may I ask? And when was this?

BOb

11-06-2009, 06:00 PM	#9196
LazyScot DSil Posts: 3,201 Karma: 6895096 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hants, UK Device: Kindle, Cybook	Sounds like what is sold in the UK as the "Nicer Dicer"...

11-06-2009, 06:07 PM	#9199
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Enjoying the aroma of a cottage pie in the oven. I used to call it shepards pie, but then was told that was made with lamb. Ick. hamburger, cooked with onion and crushed tomatoes til all liquid is absorbed, later of corn, then layer of mashed potatoes and topped with shredded cheese. Popped into a hot over for just a few minutes.......served with a salad and warm rolls w/butter.........dinner! Been on a cooking jag lately. Or maybe more truthfully......and eating jag.

11-06-2009, 09:47 PM	#9205
kazbates Wizard Posts: 2,627 Karma: 406616 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Northern Virginia Device: SurfacePro, SurfaceBook 2	I like to try new things but I want them to be fairly quick and easy. With Ryleigh's activities and homework, the evenings go by pretty quickly so I need dinner to be relatively simple. I found this great magazine (which used to be free but they just sent me a subscription bill ) from Kraft foods called Food & Family which has great quick and easy recipes. I would love to say that I am a gourmet cook who loves to chop and slice and get creative, but I wouldn't want to lie!

11-07-2009, 01:24 AM	#9209
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Linux isn't that hard to learn, either. I ran it for my main o/s for a year, before going back to Windows. If it's so great, why did you go back? I can hear you thinking... well, two of the software programs I use the most don't have counterparts in Linux that are close enough for me to be comfortable with them, and I never GOT comfortable with the Linux versions and without the Windows versions of those programs.