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anyone have a recipe for the curry sauce?

. . .at our favorite Indian place in West Hartford CT. As we sat down I realized that the ambient music was a whistle. An Irish whistle. Playing decidedly Irish music. I pointed out to Tyghre that I wasn't expecting to hear 'Kerry Dancers' in 'Taste of India'. That was followed by more Irish tunes, ...

I 'learned' to juggle walnuts in college while sitting under a footbridge. It kept my tosses from going too high. Then I managed about 15 tosses with balls before my concentration wavered. But my favorite are scarves. Three silk hankies. Instead of tossing them you pull them up in the air and let th...

If you're in a technical field, a year can be too much to overcome, unless you get proactive about using the time well. Take a course (even online or in a 'new horizons' sort of setting), do something to fill your portfolio, and realize that there are a lot of people out there in your situation, and...

Its OCTOBER people! What is wrong with you?? You should have had a stash in the bowl two weeks ago!

Quakers DO have birthdays, just like everyone else. They're just not interested in the celebration part.

Happy Birthday, Jack.

Candy corn is one of my favorite treats! I seem to be the only person in the candy corn eating population who has always recognized the standard variety as being honey flavored, tip to stern. The only reason the white is stiffer is because it is smaller and therefore has a higher carnuba wax percent...

Sounds like a Twilight Zone episode.

Sorry to hear about your flock and Watermelon. I'm very fond of budgies too. This sounds like what was being called 'megabacteria' back when I worked for an avian vet. Hard to culture, easy to pass from bird to bird by regurgitative feeding, and rife in the really big breeding facilities. It was pre...

I'm with Jack on this one. I'm not an uber-consumer, have one coffee maker (for many years -- it brews, and holds it at a good temp without scalding) never owned an iPod, and tend to keep my cars for years. My house is full of things that give me great pleasure, save me time, and keep me reasonably ...

The Wednesday night session of Hartford CT has been moved to a wonderful venue near the convention center. The Arch Street Tavern has been a Hartford institution for 25 years, and has welcomed the session with open arms. Close to 3 dozen musicians showed up last night to inaugurate our new weekly ho...

the goose looks like a toulouse cross

I swab out my wooden whistles, and run a cloth over them on the outside with a bit of almond oil every so often. My brass whistles I let age for years, then go the other direction and decide to polish them up nice and pretty for a few months, then let them get old and patinaed for a few more years. ...

I would have my name and address, the recipients title and address, and no salutation, go straight to the body of the letter. If I felt absolutely required to put in a salutation, it would be along the lines of To the Chair of the Whatever Committee: or I'm also comfy with Dear Sir or Madam. If the ...

Hi Benbrad! a really fine, utterly affordable instrument is the Syn whistle. I think they run about $45 The Sweetheart Pro, and other wooden and/or non-massed produced whistles , are high end because of the attention put into it by a handful of talented artisans who deserve adequate compensation for...