USMB Coffee Shop IV

[Ringel05]

Corn to the Europeans and American Colonists was grain, specifically wheat, rye, barley and oats. Maize or Indian corn was always designated as maize or Indian corn, we didn't drop the Indian designation until after the War of 1812.
Americans, Canadians and Australians are the only ones who call Indian corn simply corn almost everyone else knows it as maize.
Corn was defined as any grain coming from an ear, wheat ears, rye ears, barley ears, oat ears maize ears and was generally referring to any local grain crop. In England wheat was corn, in Scotland oats were corn because those were the staple grains for each region. Flours back then were different also, what we know of as pastry flour was called English flour because it was so refined.

When I lived in Germany, corn (as Americans define it) was considered feed for livestock and not for human consumption. I got a laugh when a couple I knew gleaned a few ears from a corn field and were shocked how tough and unpalatable it was. There is a difference between the sweet corn we put on the table and feed corn for animals.

Farmers here in the states grow their feed corn around the parameter and the sweet corn in the middle because most people will not go into the center of the huge field after the good corn and most people haven't a clue there's any difference.

Not surprising. I've met way too many people who thought chicken and beef originated in Styrofoam containers in the supermarket. Seriously.

It's like the father trying to teach his 5 year old daughter, asks her where milk comes from, she points at the refrigerator. He responds by telling her "no it comes from cows", she adamantly shakes her head and says "uh, uh, it comes from the figerater".......

Speaking of children sometimes I wish we would have had some, that way when they came of age I could engage them in legal domestic child labor....... Do the dishes, take out the trash, vacuum, dust, sweep, shovel snow.........

Corn to the Europeans and American Colonists was grain, specifically wheat, rye, barley and oats. Maize or Indian corn was always designated as maize or Indian corn, we didn't drop the Indian designation until after the War of 1812.
Americans, Canadians and Australians are the only ones who call Indian corn simply corn almost everyone else knows it as maize.
Corn was defined as any grain coming from an ear, wheat ears, rye ears, barley ears, oat ears maize ears and was generally referring to any local grain crop. In England wheat was corn, in Scotland oats were corn because those were the staple grains for each region. Flours back then were different also, what we know of as pastry flour was called English flour because it was so refined.

When I lived in Germany, corn (as Americans define it) was considered feed for livestock and not for human consumption. I got a laugh when a couple I knew gleaned a few ears from a corn field and were shocked how tough and unpalatable it was. There is a difference between the sweet corn we put on the table and feed corn for animals.

Farmers here in the states grow their feed corn around the parameter and the sweet corn in the middle because most people will not go into the center of the huge field after the good corn and most people haven't a clue there's any difference.

Not surprising. I've met way too many people who thought chicken and beef originated in Styrofoam containers in the supermarket. Seriously.

It's like the father trying to teach his 5 year old daughter, asks her where milk comes from, she points at the refrigerator. He responds by telling her "no it comes from cows", she adamantly shakes her head and says "uh, uh, it comes from the figerater".......

Speaking of children sometimes I wish we would have had some, that way when they came of age I could engage them in legal domestic child labor....... Do the dishes, take out the trash, vacuum, dust, sweep, shovel snow.........

There really is no other reason to have children, is there?

Wouldn't know, we had cats.......

 

[mdk]

Good afternoon everyone! I hope everyone is having a great day this far. I plan spending most of the day stripping the varnish and sanding down a great antique table I recently purchased. I am leaning heavily towards a walnut stain with accents of Bombay mahogany.

 

[Foxfyre]

Good afternoon everyone! I hope everyone is having a great day this far. I plan spending most of the day stripping the varnish and sanding down a great antique table I recently purchased. I am leaning heavily towards a walnut stain with accents of Bombay mahogany.

Oh my. I used to LOVE to do stuff like that. Be sure to take a before pic and after pic and share.

 

[Foxfyre]

Okay I just installed Adblock Plus for IE and I'm currently using IE. And the ads are still there. Do you have to turn on the Adblock program in some way? I agree that some of them are borderline pornographic and it is embarassing when those show up when I'm showing my elderly aunt or somebody like that something on the computer.

 

[mdk]

Good afternoon everyone! I hope everyone is having a great day this far. I plan spending most of the day stripping the varnish and sanding down a great antique table I recently purchased. I am leaning heavily towards a walnut stain with accents of Bombay mahogany.

Oh my. I used to LOVE to do stuff like that. Be sure to take a before pic and after pic and share.

Will do. I tend to try and restore a couple pieces every winter. A week ago I finished a beautiful table for the 3rd floor that will be used mainly for board games. These projects keep me busy during these chilly winter months.

 

[Foxfyre]

Also, I do wonder if we are cutting off our noses to spite our faces when we block the ads that keep the internet free?

 

[Foxfyre]

Good afternoon everyone! I hope everyone is having a great day this far. I plan spending most of the day stripping the varnish and sanding down a great antique table I recently purchased. I am leaning heavily towards a walnut stain with accents of Bombay mahogany.

Oh my. I used to LOVE to do stuff like that. Be sure to take a before pic and after pic and share.

Will do. I tend to try and restore a couple pieces every winter. A week ago I finished a beautiful table for the 3rd floor that will be used mainly for board games. These projects keep me busy during these chilly winter months.

Third floor? You live in a mansion?

 

[Ernie S.]

It's Thursday! My one day off. Unfortunately, I have to meet with a representative of the alarm company to go over a proposal to update the security/fire alarm system. Don't want to do it...

But I will.

Max is still getting his daily IV infusions with a heavy duty antibiotic. The wound has healed and it looks from x-rays that the osteomyelitis hasn't progressed in the last 2 weeks.
Another 15 days of daily clinic visits for the IV and that part is over. An x-ray at that point, to be compared with another 14 days later and we'll have an answer.
Normally the intense pain associated with a bone infection is a good indicator of progress, but with Max's inability to feel pain in his left leg, we wait, not so patiently for another month.

My wife has been pain free for a week now and is back to fighting form. She has been working from home most of the week doing end of year book keeping.

I'm SO glad she's able to do that!
I think she can come off the list, but if ya don't mind, Max could use continued prayers and well wishes.

 

[mdk]

Good afternoon everyone! I hope everyone is having a great day this far. I plan spending most of the day stripping the varnish and sanding down a great antique table I recently purchased. I am leaning heavily towards a walnut stain with accents of Bombay mahogany.

Oh my. I used to LOVE to do stuff like that. Be sure to take a before pic and after pic and share.

Will do. I tend to try and restore a couple pieces every winter. A week ago I finished a beautiful table for the 3rd floor that will be used mainly for board games. These projects keep me busy during these chilly winter months.

Third floor? You live in a mansion?

Good heavens no. In Pittsburgh you can get a giant old house for very cheap. My house is 120 years old with hardwood floors and stained glass windows, something I was wanted growing up as a poor kid in the Rust Belt. I decided when I got older I wanted a house larger then I actually needed. We have lots of friends and family that stay with us over the year so I wanted a house with a couple guest bedrooms.

 

[gallantwarrior]

When I lived in Germany, corn (as Americans define it) was considered feed for livestock and not for human consumption. I got a laugh when a couple I knew gleaned a few ears from a corn field and were shocked how tough and unpalatable it was. There is a difference between the sweet corn we put on the table and feed corn for animals.

Farmers here in the states grow their feed corn around the parameter and the sweet corn in the middle because most people will not go into the center of the huge field after the good corn and most people haven't a clue there's any difference.

Not surprising. I've met way too many people who thought chicken and beef originated in Styrofoam containers in the supermarket. Seriously.

It's like the father trying to teach his 5 year old daughter, asks her where milk comes from, she points at the refrigerator. He responds by telling her "no it comes from cows", she adamantly shakes her head and says "uh, uh, it comes from the figerater".......

Speaking of children sometimes I wish we would have had some, that way when they came of age I could engage them in legal domestic child labor....... Do the dishes, take out the trash, vacuum, dust, sweep, shovel snow.........

When I lived in Germany, corn (as Americans define it) was considered feed for livestock and not for human consumption. I got a laugh when a couple I knew gleaned a few ears from a corn field and were shocked how tough and unpalatable it was. There is a difference between the sweet corn we put on the table and feed corn for animals.

Farmers here in the states grow their feed corn around the parameter and the sweet corn in the middle because most people will not go into the center of the huge field after the good corn and most people haven't a clue there's any difference.

Not surprising. I've met way too many people who thought chicken and beef originated in Styrofoam containers in the supermarket. Seriously.

It's like the father trying to teach his 5 year old daughter, asks her where milk comes from, she points at the refrigerator. He responds by telling her "no it comes from cows", she adamantly shakes her head and says "uh, uh, it comes from the figerater".......

Speaking of children sometimes I wish we would have had some, that way when they came of age I could engage them in legal domestic child labor....... Do the dishes, take out the trash, vacuum, dust, sweep, shovel snow.........

There really is no other reason to have children, is there?

Wouldn't know, we had cats.......

Yeah, they aren'T all that helpful.

 

[peach174]

Okay I just installed Adblock Plus for IE and I'm currently using IE. And the ads are still there. Do you have to turn on the Adblock program in some way? I agree that some of them are borderline pornographic and it is embarassing when those show up when I'm showing my elderly aunt or somebody like that something on the computer.

Yes you need to turn it on.
Enable Adblock Plus on Any Version of Internet Explorer TechSplurge
By default AdBlock Plus is not enabled by default. To enable AdBlock Plus after installation just select Manage Addons in the wrench menu. Now just select Adblock Plus and enable it from the entries in Toolbars and Extensions tab in the window

 

[gallantwarrior]

Hello and morning greetings from the not-so-frozen North!
Another couple of days at or above freezing, mostly above. Of course, the roads suck. Lots of sneaky ice and horrible drivers. They keep predicting snow but we got rain, instead. This is getting pretty crazy, this weather!

 

[Ringel05]

Farmers here in the states grow their feed corn around the parameter and the sweet corn in the middle because most people will not go into the center of the huge field after the good corn and most people haven't a clue there's any difference.

Not surprising. I've met way too many people who thought chicken and beef originated in Styrofoam containers in the supermarket. Seriously.

It's like the father trying to teach his 5 year old daughter, asks her where milk comes from, she points at the refrigerator. He responds by telling her "no it comes from cows", she adamantly shakes her head and says "uh, uh, it comes from the figerater".......

Speaking of children sometimes I wish we would have had some, that way when they came of age I could engage them in legal domestic child labor....... Do the dishes, take out the trash, vacuum, dust, sweep, shovel snow.........

Farmers here in the states grow their feed corn around the parameter and the sweet corn in the middle because most people will not go into the center of the huge field after the good corn and most people haven't a clue there's any difference.

Not surprising. I've met way too many people who thought chicken and beef originated in Styrofoam containers in the supermarket. Seriously.

It's like the father trying to teach his 5 year old daughter, asks her where milk comes from, she points at the refrigerator. He responds by telling her "no it comes from cows", she adamantly shakes her head and says "uh, uh, it comes from the figerater".......

Speaking of children sometimes I wish we would have had some, that way when they came of age I could engage them in legal domestic child labor....... Do the dishes, take out the trash, vacuum, dust, sweep, shovel snow.........

There really is no other reason to have children, is there?

Wouldn't know, we had cats.......

Yeah, they aren'T all that helpful.

Oh I don't know, they add extra "insulation" to blankets, bed covers and clothing........ (they shed), they teach us how to shuffle when they want something..... (getting underfoot), and occasionally they leave presents..... (dead animals and coughed up hairballs).
What more could anyone want........

 

[Foxfyre]

Okay I just installed Adblock Plus for IE and I'm currently using IE. And the ads are still there. Do you have to turn on the Adblock program in some way? I agree that some of them are borderline pornographic and it is embarassing when those show up when I'm showing my elderly aunt or somebody like that something on the computer.

Yes you need to turn it on.
Enable Adblock Plus on Any Version of Internet Explorer TechSplurge
By default AdBlock Plus is not enabled by default. To enable AdBlock Plus after installation just select Manage Addons in the wrench menu. Now just select Adblock Plus and enable it from the entries in Toolbars and Extensions tab in the window

I just checked and it is enabled. So I don't know what else to do. I guess just log out of USMB and go elsehwere when those objectionable ads appear when folks are around. There's an awful lot of them though.

 

[saveliberty]

Crappy platform followed by graphic ads. Adios mi amigos.
For the record. I am not opposed to ads, just the recent ones.

 

[peach174]

Okay I just installed Adblock Plus for IE and I'm currently using IE. And the ads are still there. Do you have to turn on the Adblock program in some way? I agree that some of them are borderline pornographic and it is embarassing when those show up when I'm showing my elderly aunt or somebody like that something on the computer.

Yes you need to turn it on.
Enable Adblock Plus on Any Version of Internet Explorer TechSplurge
By default AdBlock Plus is not enabled by default. To enable AdBlock Plus after installation just select Manage Addons in the wrench menu. Now just select Adblock Plus and enable it from the entries in Toolbars and Extensions tab in the window

I just checked and it is enabled. So I don't know what else to do. I guess just log out of USMB and go elsehwere when those objectionable ads appear when folks are around. There's an awful lot of them though.

Try turning off your computer and then turn it back on.

 

[Valerie]

Okay I just installed Adblock Plus for IE and I'm currently using IE. And the ads are still there. Do you have to turn on the Adblock program in some way? I agree that some of them are borderline pornographic and it is embarassing when those show up when I'm showing my elderly aunt or somebody like that something on the computer.

Yes you need to turn it on.
Enable Adblock Plus on Any Version of Internet Explorer TechSplurge
By default AdBlock Plus is not enabled by default. To enable AdBlock Plus after installation just select Manage Addons in the wrench menu. Now just select Adblock Plus and enable it from the entries in Toolbars and Extensions tab in the window

I just checked and it is enabled. So I don't know what else to do. I guess just log out of USMB and go elsehwere when those objectionable ads appear when folks are around. There's an awful lot of them though.

try mozilla firefox with ad block plus and no scripts script blocker...

whenever you log in 'temporarily allow' usmessage board, but don't allow any of the other scripts here.

set up your browser to clear all cookies and cache every time you close the browser.

 

[Valerie]

Crappy platform followed by graphic ads. Adios mi amigos.
For the record. I am not opposed to ads, just the recent ones.

the creeps are getting their jollies corrupting the scripts..

 

[Pogo]

Crappy platform followed by graphic ads. Adios mi amigos.
For the record. I am not opposed to ads, just the recent ones.

For the record I've seen none of these ads at all. Wouldn't even know anything had happened had I not read comments about them. I've been running AdBlock the whole time (with Firefox), since before the software "up"grade, and have noticed nothing whatsoever.

Heard some say the font got smaller too. I don't see that either.

 

[peach174]

I also have not seen any of them, I don't see any ads at all.