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pilotbob · 09-17-2010, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

I agree with her about the cover! That's the main reason I got one for my kindle.

My DroidX fits just right in the palm of my hand with index and little fingers on each side...no cover needed.

I don't have a problem with it... it's her Kindle. I just figured.... you know.. use it for more than 5 minutes before you decide you can't hold it.

BOb

CazMar · 09-17-2010, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

What do you do with the oranges [he asks, as someone who has mad jam/conserve/marmalade from his sister's excess mandarins]?

Cheers,
Marc

It's actually quite disgusting (no! not that!). I make juice out of them then sit there and eat all the yummy fruit left on the skins, getting covered in orange juice at the same time. They are obviously very fresh oranges and very sweet, but sometimes we do make marmalade out of them (if I don't eat them all first).

montsnmags · 09-17-2010, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by CazMar

It's actually quite disgusting (no! not that!). I make juice out of them then sit there and eat all the yummy fruit left on the skins, getting covered in orange juice at the same time. They are obviously very fresh oranges and very sweet, but sometimes we do make marmalade out of them (if I don't eat them all first).

My sister cut down her mandarin tree. I'm not sure why, but at least she still has the navels and the lemonades (I could append "citrus trees" to the ends of these, but it tickles me so not to). The jam I made was really easy, turned out to be a sort of mild marmalade or an "adult" conserve. I got the recipe from a nice blog...the link's around here somewhere, if anyone's interested?

Cheers,
Marc

desertgrandma · 09-17-2010, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by CazMar

It's actually quite disgusting (no! not that!). I make juice out of them then sit there and eat all the yummy fruit left on the skins, getting covered in orange juice at the same time. They are obviously very fresh oranges and very sweet, but sometimes we do make marmalade out of them (if I don't eat them all first).

I do that too!!

kennyc · 09-17-2010, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

I don't have a problem with it... it's her Kindle. I just figured.... you know.. use it for more than 5 minutes before you decide you can't hold it.

BOb

Well there's that. I like the cover as well because it just felt like I had/have more of a grip on the reader and I sure don't want to drop it on the tiles or concrete.

montsnmags · 09-17-2010, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

I do that too!!

If you use one of those spinning, pulpless, juicer-machines, I find it nice with a small piece of fresh ginger root (for me, about half the size of the last knuckle of your thumb when juicing for two). The ginger cuts the sour acidity of the oranges slightly, with its own zing added.

Cheers,
Marc

desertgrandma · 09-17-2010, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

If you use one of those spinning, pulpless, juicer-machines, I find it nice with a small piece of fresh ginger root (for me, about half the size of the last knuckle of your thumb when juicing for two). The ginger cuts the sour acidity of the oranges slightly, with its own zing added.

Cheers,
Marc

Nope. I'm an old fashion "manual" juicer kind of girl. Just plot the half orange on the thingy and grind grind grind......

recluse · 09-17-2010, 08:06 PM

Why are oranges oranges?
Seems like they kind of dropped the ball when they named them.
Smacks of laziness and a severe lack of imagination.
I call them "feldmans".
They kinda look like feldmans, you know?

Music&Mayhem · 09-17-2010, 08:43 PM

I'm trying to decide what movie to see this weekend. Yeah, I know, I should be reading, but I'll read tonight. The Boston Globe reviewed 4 movies that I'm dying to see. The Town (a crime thriller set in Bawston).

The Disappearance of Alice Creed, a kidnapping thriller.

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle, [don't laugh, it's an Asian remake of the Coen brother's Blood Simple, the creepiest noir film ever] about a nasty old noodle shop owner whose wife is, well, kanoodling with the young noodle master.

Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno, a documentary about Clouzot directing his movie Inferno, falling madly in love with sexy Romy Schneider, having a heart attack and so on and so on

And I can only see them on Sunday, because tomorrow I'm going to a John Coltrane Tribute concert.

Sigh. It's so nice to have all these wicked choices.

CazMar · 09-17-2010, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Nope. I'm an old fashion "manual" juicer kind of girl. Just plot the half orange on the thingy and grind grind grind......

Yep - and you can't eat all the yummy left over bits if you use a machine, hand juicers are best, not to mention the good exercise! Part of the fun of growing fruit in your own back yard is the more "hands-on" approach to eating it. You have to pick it and get it out of its "container". The grape vines are best - just wander past and pick them off as you go!

newfiekat · 09-17-2010, 09:12 PM

Im waiting for my Kobo to arrive...and researching the best ways to get some books....free

kindlekitten · 09-17-2010, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by CazMar

Eating my breakfast! OK, I'm in a different time zone to most of you. I have just been out to pick the last oranges off my tree and am now contemplating cleaning out the shed - and this time actually doing it at not being distracted by (1) my Kobo, (2) reading my email, or indeed any other activity which has more appeal than shed cleaning (covers a lot of territory).

welcome to the Llounge! I don't see a lot of hope for the cleaning of the shed in your near future

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Originally Posted by recluse

Why are oranges oranges?
Seems like they kind of dropped the ball when they named them.
Smacks of laziness and a severe lack of imagination.
I call them "feldmans".
They kinda look like feldmans, you know?

as in Marty?

recluse · 09-17-2010, 09:25 PM

No, as in feldmans.
You ask some weird questions.

phenomshel · 09-17-2010, 11:53 PM

Are feldmans anything like clementines?

recluse · 09-18-2010, 12:21 AM

Feldmans are oranges that I renamed feldmans because calling oranges "oranges" is just ridiculous.
Clementines are not.
Usually.
Unless you really want them to be.
But that would be your problem.
Probably.
Unless you didn't want it to be.
Then oranges are feldmans,
clementines are clementines,
and I forget why you started this in the first place.
My guess would be you're a closet sadist.

09-17-2010, 08:43 PM	#22254
Music&Mayhem Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 501724 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Boston area Device: Kindle	Right now I'm trying to decide ... I'm trying to decide what movie to see this weekend. Yeah, I know, I should be reading, but I'll read tonight. The Boston Globe reviewed 4 movies that I'm dying to see. The Town (a crime thriller set in Bawston). The Disappearance of Alice Creed, a kidnapping thriller. A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle, [don't laugh, it's an Asian remake of the Coen brother's Blood Simple, the creepiest noir film ever] about a nasty old noodle shop owner whose wife is, well, kanoodling with the young noodle master. Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno, a documentary about Clouzot directing his movie Inferno, falling madly in love with sexy Romy Schneider, having a heart attack and so on and so on And I can only see them on Sunday, because tomorrow I'm going to a John Coltrane Tribute concert. Sigh. It's so nice to have all these wicked choices.

09-17-2010, 08:06 PM	#22253
recluse Banned Posts: 3,724 Karma: 535488 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: the Mortuary Device: Kindle 2	Why are oranges oranges? Seems like they kind of dropped the ball when they named them. Smacks of laziness and a severe lack of imagination. I call them "feldmans". They kinda look like feldmans, you know?

09-17-2010, 09:12 PM	#22256
newfiekat Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Newfoundland Device: Kobo	Im waiting for my Kobo to arrive...and researching the best ways to get some books....free

09-17-2010, 09:25 PM	#22258
recluse Banned Posts: 3,724 Karma: 535488 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: the Mortuary Device: Kindle 2	No, as in feldmans. You ask some weird questions.

09-17-2010, 11:53 PM	#22259
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Are feldmans anything like clementines?

09-18-2010, 12:21 AM	#22260
recluse Banned Posts: 3,724 Karma: 535488 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: the Mortuary Device: Kindle 2	Feldmans are oranges that I renamed feldmans because calling oranges "oranges" is just ridiculous. Clementines are not. Usually. Unless you really want them to be. But that would be your problem. Probably. Unless you didn't want it to be. Then oranges are feldmans, clementines are clementines, and I forget why you started this in the first place. My guess would be you're a closet sadist.