It's like people of all persuasions wrapping themselves in
the George Washington banner. Doesn't matter what the guy
actually thought, just that he is an icon. The reality has
little or nothing to do with it. I admit that in Frederick's,
there were some parallels, but it is silly to ascribe beliefs
of one's adoptive descendants to an unknowing ancestor.
There's no indication (to take two examples from Drew Pearson)
that John Birch would have endorsed the John Birch Society
or W.E.B. Du Bois the Du Bois Club.

Indeed. And people, even icons, being human and complex, to say nothing
of being contradictory at times, there is always some aspect that just
about anyone might grab onto and run with...

And as so many people operate on the basis of
slogans and labels, there are significant dangers.

Those messages would be easier to answer if
the algorithm were set to do the splitting at
a more manageable (say) 70 or 80 lines. In
Ruth's case, it seems that she self-limits to
a certain number, and the program's rule is
maybe 10 or 20 lines less, so we end up with a
message with the gist of the conversation and
another message consisting of a paragraph or two.
I don't know what the easiest or best fix is,
otherwise I'd suggest it.

Dunno if she's really self-limiting,,, I'm not sure what the point
program editor's limit is, it seems to be about 120, maybe 110, lines,
so I try to not let my messages to her go more than 100 lines, so she

It seems the 100 guideline doesn't have to
be strictly applied, but significantly over
that can cause the arbitrarily split messages
to be difficult to follow.

has room to add the reply... When hers do split, I've on occasion moved
stuff from the first part into the reply to the second part, so that
things still make sense... Otherwise, I just try to keep things under
200 lines, wherever... and will manually break a reply message at some reasonable place, sense-wise, to make two messages out of it, if I can't otherwise prune it down and still make sense... :)

I've been known to do similar gyrations,
sometimes snipping and pasting in a different
order to make a runon message into two more
manageable ones (hopefully not altering the
context too much).

I'll agree that cellphones have evolved into something much less satisfactory to me, too... I much prefer to talk face to face rather
than phone, but sometimes the phone is a good substitute, and
occasionally a better choice, depending on the situation itself... some counseling situations are better from the phone, although you lose out
on the body language interaction....

But it's worthwhile not to have to invest in body armor.

It can be... ;)

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Title: Chunky Ham Stew
Categories: Cyberealm, Soups, Low-fat, Low-cal
Yield: 6 servings

1 md Onion [chopped]
2 Celery stalks [sliced]
2 Carrots [sliced]
4 c Chicken broth (low sodium)
2 c ARMOUR Lower Salt Ham
[cut into ÿ" cubes]
1 c Frozen peas
2 tb Corn starch

1) In a dutch oven, combine onion, celery, carrots, broth, ham &
seasonings... Cover and cook over med-high heat for 20 min. or `til
carrots are almost tender, then stir in the peas...

2) Mix ÿ cup water and then corn starch and add to the stew. Stir
constantly `til stew thickens... and if desired garnish with celery...

Calroies... 131 Cholesterol... 19mg Fat... 3g Sodium... 410mg

From the All New Diet Cookbook and Fred Goslin on Cyberealm Bbs, home
of KookNet, in Watertown NY, (315) 786-1120

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Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 07-30-18 05:34 <=-

It's like people of all persuasions wrapping themselves in
the George Washington banner. Doesn't matter what the guy
actually thought, just that he is an icon. The reality has
little or nothing to do with it. I admit that in Frederick's,
there were some parallels, but it is silly to ascribe beliefs
of one's adoptive descendants to an unknowing ancestor.
There's no indication (to take two examples from Drew Pearson)
that John Birch would have endorsed the John Birch Society
or W.E.B. Du Bois the Du Bois Club.

Indeed. And people, even icons, being human and complex, to say nothing
of being contradictory at times, there is always some aspect that just
about anyone might grab onto and run with...

And as so many people operate on the basis of
slogans and labels, there are significant dangers.

Sad but true...

Those messages would be easier to answer if
the algorithm were set to do the splitting at
a more manageable (say) 70 or 80 lines. In
Ruth's case, it seems that she self-limits to
a certain number, and the program's rule is
maybe 10 or 20 lines less, so we end up with a
message with the gist of the conversation and
another message consisting of a paragraph or two.
I don't know what the easiest or best fix is,
otherwise I'd suggest it.

Dunno if she's really self-limiting,,, I'm not sure what the point
program editor's limit is, it seems to be about 120, maybe 110, lines,
so I try to not let my messages to her go more than 100 lines, so she

It seems the 100 guideline doesn't have to
be strictly applied, but significantly over
that can cause the arbitrarily split messages
to be difficult to follow.

I'm not strict on the 100... a few more lines do seem to be ok, still,
but I figure that's a good number to aim for... and less than that is definitely going to be ok... ;)

has room to add the reply... When hers do split, I've on occasion moved stuff from the first part into the reply to the second part, so that
things still make sense... Otherwise, I just try to keep things under
200 lines, wherever... and will manually break a reply message at some reasonable place, sense-wise, to make two messages out of it, if I can't otherwise prune it down and still make sense... :)

I've been known to do similar gyrations,
sometimes snipping and pasting in a different
order to make a runon message into two more
manageable ones (hopefully not altering the
context too much).

I guess we're just natural editors... (G)

ttyl neb

... She ate so many clams that her stomach rose and fell with the tide.

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