• 146 overflowxn, oddities cotd

    From MICHAEL LOO@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Friday, October 25, 2019 21:09:50
    Scholars, supported by underlings? (G)
    Well, yeah, but the underlings themselves have a
    culture, which seems to be a potential subject for
    study, and some of the roles morph into professions of
    their own. Q.V. hospital and university administrators.
    Going round and round in circles then.

    The falcon cannot hear the falconer, more like.

    Undoubtedly so. A hunter/gatherer converted to a factory line worker would be one of many who did not understand the "why" of it all.
    I figure that even people well into the process may
    not see the big picture.
    Probably so. OTOH, you'll have people that see it and try to figure out
    a way to get out of the cycle. Some may do so successfully, others will

    There are those who would claim that that's our role in life.

    stay in the same role forever.

    Most most probably do.

    I hope that place keeps living up to its reputation.
    If the first 3 weeks have been any indicator, it's a permanent plant in
    the area. Enough people from areas served by Wegman's now living in this
    area will keep it going.

    If the buzz can continue, and the local management doesn't
    give in to the temptation of cutting corners (I'm not certain
    how close corporate oversight will be as the distance grows
    from the headquarters).

    I wasn't meaning you necessarily, but perhaps the Observer
    or someone like that.
    They might, or one of the local tv stations might.
    It's as likely to be news as any of the news.
    See my note to Nancy about the price comparing. They didn't take into
    account sales, house brands, etc which probably would have lowered
    totals more so. Now they need to do a follow up rating of various
    store's house brands. (G)

    Price comparisons aren't supposed to take into account sales,
    house brands, etc. Comparisons of house brands would have to
    take more factors into account, such as product quality, which
    takes a simple rough guide into something far more complex and
    probably not great bang for the buck.

    presumably making money at it.
    I earn my pin money by sewing.
    I don't have an ATM card and thus don't get pin money!
    But let, say, Sean speak up on the subject.
    OK with me. Figured you might catch the sewing/pin relationship tho.

    Did. Tried to match one for one pun for pun.

    Source: what my mother did in the 1950s and '60s
    My mom's stewed tomato recipe:
    Send child to cellar to get a quart jar of home canned tomatoes. Heat contents of said jar to boiling. Set table (or have child do so) to
    include small bowl (only at Dad's place, for his tomatoes), serve in
    larger bowl. Serves 7--2 adults, 5 children of various ages.
    Source: what my mom did in 50s thru early 70s. Mid to late 70s fewer
    served as children left home for various reasons but Mom continued to
    can tomatoes until about 2008. For all I know, there might still be some
    jars on the shelves in the cellar.

    I'd try them if they were offered.

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    Title: Vegetable Burger Soup
    Categories: Soups
    Servings: 1

    1/2 lb Ground beef 1 pk (10-oz) frozen mixed
    2 c Water Vegetables
    1 cn (16-oz) stewed tomatos 1/4 c Dry onion soup mix
    1 cn (8-oz) tomato sauce 1 ts Sugar

    In large saucepan, brown ground beef. Drain off excess fat. Stir in
    water,
    stewed tomatos, tomato sauce, vegetables, onion soup mix and sugar. Bring
    to boiling. Cook and simmer 20 minutes. Source unknown

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to MICHAEL LOO on Saturday, October 26, 2019 15:55:59
    Hi Michael,

    Scholars, supported by underlings? (G)
    Well, yeah, but the underlings themselves have a
    culture, which seems to be a potential subject for
    study, and some of the roles morph into professions of
    their own. Q.V. hospital and university administrators.
    Going round and round in circles then.

    The falcon cannot hear the falconer, more like.

    Quite possible.

    Undoubtedly so. A hunter/gatherer converted to a factory line
    worker > ML> > would be one of many who did not understand the "why"
    of it all. > ML> I figure that even people well into the process may
    not see the big picture.
    Probably so. OTOH, you'll have people that see it and try to figure
    out > a way to get out of the cycle. Some may do so successfully,
    others will

    There are those who would claim that that's our role in life.

    Some may think so, probably not the majority of people.

    stay in the same role forever.

    Most most probably do.

    Undoubtedly.

    I hope that place keeps living up to its reputation.
    If the first 3 weeks have been any indicator, it's a permanent plant
    in > the area. Enough people from areas served by Wegman's now living
    in this > area will keep it going.

    If the buzz can continue, and the local management doesn't
    give in to the temptation of cutting corners (I'm not certain
    how close corporate oversight will be as the distance grows
    from the headquarters).

    I'm sure Wegman's thought thru all of that before they started expanding
    out of the greater Rochester area. There's probably training schools for
    all levels of workers, from stockers to cashiers to the specialty shop
    workers to the upper levels of administration.

    I wasn't meaning you necessarily, but perhaps the
    Observer > ML> > ML> or someone like that.
    They might, or one of the local tv stations might.
    It's as likely to be news as any of the news.
    See my note to Nancy about the price comparing. They didn't take
    into > account sales, house brands, etc which probably would have
    lowered
    totals more so. Now they need to do a follow up rating of various store's house brands. (G)

    Price comparisons aren't supposed to take into account sales,
    house brands, etc. Comparisons of house brands would have to
    take more factors into account, such as product quality, which
    takes a simple rough guide into something far more complex and
    probably not great bang for the buck.

    A lot of time/money spent on something with little to show for it in the
    end.

    presumably making money at it.
    I earn my pin money by sewing.
    I don't have an ATM card and thus don't get pin money!
    But let, say, Sean speak up on the subject.
    OK with me. Figured you might catch the sewing/pin relationship tho.

    Did. Tried to match one for one pun for pun.

    I wasn't sure what the refernce to Sean was.

    Source: what my mother did in the 1950s and '60s
    My mom's stewed tomato recipe:
    Send child to cellar to get a quart jar of home canned tomatoes.
    Heat > contents of said jar to boiling. Set table (or have child do
    so) to
    include small bowl (only at Dad's place, for his tomatoes), serve in larger bowl. Serves 7--2 adults, 5 children of various ages.
    Source: what my mom did in 50s thru early 70s. Mid to late 70s fewer served as children left home for various reasons but Mom continued
    to > can tomatoes until about 2008. For all I know, there might still
    be some > jars on the shelves in the cellar.

    I'd try them if they were offered.

    We had no choice in the matter--eat them! They always ran into the
    mashed potatoes and meat, making a mess of everything. We were never
    allowed to have a separate bowl for them as Dad did, never knew why but
    it would have been neater. But, we survived that part of childhood
    also.

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    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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