Technical writing, web content, newsletter and much more.

I have many skills bu my writing skills are superb. I have wroked in Web Development for many years and encountered the need for original content or at least rewriting of content to make it a better expereince for the reader. There are several companies I currently write monthly newsletters for and I have written over 70 academic articles as a staff writer Helium Dot Com.

Sean DeHoney
sean@farpoint-systems.com
http://farpoint-systems.com

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Sean DeHoney wrote:
> I have many skills bu my writing skills are superb.
Proofing skills, questionable.
> I have wroked ...
Dyslexia possible.

Good joke, but I think I'd save it for April first, and
cross post to fewer groups.

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In article
,
mbstevens wrote:

> Sean DeHoney wrote:
> > I have many skills bu my writing skills are superb.
> Proofing skills, questionable.
> > I have wroked ...
> Dyslexia possible.
>
> Good joke, but I think I'd save it for April first, and
> cross post to fewer groups.

Talking about jokes and dyslexia, mb, did you hear about the
dyslexic man who walked into a bra?

--
dorayme

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dorayme wrote:
> In article
> ,
> mbstevens wrote:
>
>> Sean DeHoney wrote:
>>> I have many skills bu my writing skills are superb.
>> Proofing skills, questionable.
>>> I have wroked ...
>> Dyslexia possible.
>>
>> Good joke, but I think I'd save it for April first, and
>> cross post to fewer groups.
>
> Talking about jokes and dyslexia, mb, did you hear about the
> dyslexic man who walked into a bra?
>
That would be the CEO of SCO Group, with a penguin on his head.
Bratender says, "What can I get you?"
Penguin says, "I'll have a dark beer and some Compound W for this wart
on my ass."

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In article
,
mbstevens wrote:

> dorayme wrote:
> > In article
> > ,
> > mbstevens wrote:
> >
> >> Sean DeHoney wrote:
> >>> I have many skills bu my writing skills are superb.
> >> Proofing skills, questionable.
> >>> I have wroked ...
> >> Dyslexia possible.
> >>
> >> Good joke, but I think I'd save it for April first, and
> >> cross post to fewer groups.
> >
> > Talking about jokes and dyslexia, mb, did you hear about the
> > dyslexic man who walked into a bra?
> >
> That would be the CEO of SCO Group, with a penguin on his head.
> Bratender says, "What can I get you?"
> Penguin says, "I'll have a dark beer and some Compound W for this wart
> on my ass."

!

--
dorayme

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On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 05:10:09 GMT dorayme scribed:

>> Good joke, but I think I'd save it for April first, and
>> cross post to fewer groups.
>
> Talking about jokes and dyslexia, mb, did you hear about the
> dyslexic man who walked into a bra?

Must've been at ITT.

--
Neredbojias

A hearty, healthy,
Living body
Will vomit, spit,
And oft go potty.

- Burma Shave

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Neredbojias wrote:
>> Doreme:
>> Talking about jokes and dyslexia, mb, did you hear about the
>> dyslexic man who walked into a bra?
>
> Must've been at ITT.
>
Must have been a DD if it was a walk-in.

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On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 06:15:22 GMT mbstevens scribed:

> Neredbojias wrote:
>>> Doreme:
>>> Talking about jokes and dyslexia, mb, did you hear about the
>>> dyslexic man who walked into a bra?
>>
>> Must've been at ITT.
>>
> Must have been a DD if it was a walk-in.

Well at least there was some decent padding.

--
Neredbojias

A hearty, healthy,
Living body
Will vomit, spit,
And oft go potty.

- Burma Shave

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Sean DeHoney wrote:

> I have many skills bu my writing skills are superb.

Enough said.

--
Blinky
Killfiling all posts from Google Groups
Details: http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html

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"Blinky the Shark" wrote in message
news:Xns996449855E0Abnooz@maryann.blinkynet.net...
> Sean DeHoney wrote:
>
>> I have many skills bu my writing skills are superb.
>
> Enough said.
>

....definitely eloquent :))))

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On Jul 5, 2:39 am, Neredbojias wrote:
> >>> Talking about jokes and dyslexia, mb, did you hear about the
> >>> dyslexic man who walked into a bra?
> >> Must've been at ITT.
> > Must have been a DD if it was a walk-in.
> Well at least there was some decent padding.

For crying out loud someone say "ba-da-bing..." and put this thread to
death...

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On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:54:34 +1000, asdf writ:

> "Blinky the Shark" wrote in message
> news:Xns996449855E0Abnooz@maryann.blinkynet.net...
>> Sean DeHoney wrote:
>>
>>> I have many skills bu my writing skills are superb.
>>
>> Enough said.
>>
>
> ...definitely eloquent :))))

Yes, very well pu.

--
"Because all you of Earth are idiots!"
¯`·..·¯`·-> freemont© <-·¯`·..·¯

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On Jul 5, 6:10 am, dorayme wrote:
> In article
> ,
>
> mbstevens wrote:
> > Sean DeHoney wrote:
> > > I have many skills bu my writing skills are superb.
> > Proofing skills, questionable.
> > > I have wroked ...
> > Dyslexia possible.
>
> > Good joke, but I think I'd save it for April first, and
> > cross post to fewer groups.
>
> Talking about jokes and dyslexia, mb, did you hear about the
> dyslexic man who walked into a bra?
>
> --
> dorayme

Do you pick on other disabilities too? Because it's such an attractive
trait.

xM
(who is dyslexic)

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On Jul 5, 8:22 am, SpaceGirl wrote:
> > > > I have wroked ...
> > > Dyslexia possible.
> > Talking about jokes and dyslexia, mb, did you hear about the
> > dyslexic man who walked into a bra?
> Do you pick on other disabilities too? Because it's such an attractive
> trait.

Are you really that thin skinned that a joke about dyslexia makes you
angry? THIS is what political correctness has become.My "feelings"
have been hurt.... You said something mean... Give me a break.

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On Jul 5, 2:19 pm, Travis Newbury wrote:
> On Jul 5, 8:22 am, SpaceGirl wrote:
>
> > > > > I have wroked ...
> > > > Dyslexia possible.
> > > Talking about jokes and dyslexia, mb, did you hear about the
> > > dyslexic man who walked into a bra?
> > Do you pick on other disabilities too? Because it's such an attractive
> > trait.
>
> Are you really that thin skinned that a joke about dyslexia makes you
> angry? THIS is what political correctness has become.My "feelings"
> have been hurt.... You said something mean... Give me a break.

:) nah, doesn't bother me much, but I'm not the only one reading here
and these sort of "jokes" are a little distasteful. Growing up with
dyslexia was NOT nice, so, forgive me for being a little irritated
when someone thinks it's a funny subject!

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On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:13:23 GMT Travis Newbury scribed:

> On Jul 5, 2:39 am, Neredbojias wrote:
>> >>> Talking about jokes and dyslexia, mb, did you hear about the
>> >>> dyslexic man who walked into a bra?
>> >> Must've been at ITT.
>> > Must have been a DD if it was a walk-in.
>> Well at least there was some decent padding.
>
> For crying out loud someone say "ba-da-bing..." and put this thread to
> death...

Okay. Ba-ding-ba, bwana.

--
Neredbojias

A hearty, healthy,
Living body
Will vomit, spit,
And oft go potty.

- Burma Shave

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On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:22:15 GMT SpaceGirl scribed:

>> > > I have many skills bu my writing skills are superb.
>> > Proofing skills, questionable.
>> > > I have wroked ...
>> > Dyslexia possible.
>>
>> > Good joke, but I think I'd save it for April first, and
>> > cross post to fewer groups.
>>
>> Talking about jokes and dyslexia, mb, did you hear about the
>> dyslexic man who walked into a bra?
>>
>> --
>> dorayme
>
> Do you pick on other disabilities too? Because it's such an attractive
> trait.
>
> xM
> (who is dyslexic)

She was born mean. Not like me, the epitome of decorum.

However, thinking back over the past several months, you're not exactly a
rose yourself, girlie.

--
Neredbojias

A hearty, healthy,
Living body
Will vomit, spit,
And oft go potty.

- Burma Shave

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In article
<1183638135.417722.166590@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
SpaceGirl wrote:

> On Jul 5, 6:10 am, dorayme wrote:

> > Talking about jokes and dyslexia, mb, did you hear about the
> > dyslexic man who walked into a bra?

> Do you pick on other disabilities too? Because it's such an attractive
> trait.
>
> xM
> (who is dyslexic)

Sorry if it caused you or others offence. (No, I don't 'pick on'
disabilities. This one just came up, genre joke, puns and ...
anyway, who am I to defend it?).

--
dorayme

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On Jul 5, 5:09 pm, Neredbojias wrote:

> However, thinking back over the past several months, you're not exactly a
> rose yourself, girlie.

Me? I'm all sweetness and light *pout* just ask my mum!

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On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:59:17 GMT SpaceGirl scribed:

> On Jul 5, 5:09 pm, Neredbojias wrote:
>
>> However, thinking back over the past several months, you're not
>> exactly a rose yourself, girlie.
>
> Me? I'm all sweetness and light *pout* just ask my mum!

I have to apologize. I went back over the last year-and-a-half of your
alt.html posts via Google Groups and found nothing very crass at all. Oh,
you called Jukka a twit, but I'm sure he's been called worse than that. I
must've been thinking of some other female.

Anyway, I suspect dorayme has a cold or something. She hasn't been up to
her usual standards of irascibility lately. Buonasera.

--
Neredbojias

A hearty, healthy,
Living body
Will vomit, spit,
And oft go potty.

- Burma Shave

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On Jul 5, 9:33 am, SpaceGirl wrote:
> > Are you really that thin skinned that a joke about dyslexia makes you
> > angry? THIS is what political correctness has become.My "feelings"
> > have been hurt.... You said something mean... Give me a break.
> :) nah, doesn't bother me much, but I'm not the only one reading here
> and these sort of "jokes" are a little distasteful. Growing up with
> dyslexia was NOT nice, so, forgive me for being a little irritated
> when someone thinks it's a funny subject!

But it IS a funny subject. Distasteful? Maybe, but funny none the
less. I feel a mini-rant coming on...


The reason it is funny is because it effects so many people. That's
what makes something funny. You must be able to relate to it in order
to find it humorus.

When Ellen DeGeneres came out of the closet on her TV show and
anounced she was gay it opened a huge door for the type of humor they
could use on the show. Or so they thought. Ellen could now openly
include gay humor. However, her show's demographics were not made up
of Gay people. Her audience was your average middle class family.
The audience was relating to Ellen's _Social Class_ based humor and
not her _Sexuality_ humor.

When they made the switch from social class based humor to gay humor
the audience could no longer realter to the humor, it was no longer
funny to them, and they looked elsewhere for their tv humor. Ellen
then went off the air.

If you can not personally relate, it is not funny. This is also why a
fart joke is universally funny. EVERYONE can relate to it. There is
not a human alive that does not have a funny fart joke, that makes
everyone laugh when ever they tell it.


So in reality the fact that someone jokes about something, no matter
how they make fun of it, is actually showing the subject respect
because everyone that laughs can relate to what they are laughing at.

Whoa, no more for me...

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On Jul 5, 6:00 pm, dorayme wrote:
> Sorry if it caused you or others offence. (No, I don't 'pick on'
> disabilities. This one just came up, genre joke, puns and ...
> anyway, who am I to defend it?).

Oh please tell me you didn't really write that. A dignity angel has
just died...

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"Travis Newbury" wrote in message
news:1183715548.962389.166510@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 5, 9:33 am, SpaceGirl wrote:

> This is also why a
> fart joke is universally funny. EVERYONE can relate to it.

Do you pick on those who suffer from chronic flatulence? Just because it's
funny to stand next to them in a lift telling fart jokes?








--
Richard.

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On Jul 6, 6:34 am, "rf" wrote:
> Do you pick on those who suffer from chronic flatulence? Just because it's
> funny to stand next to them in a lift telling fart jokes?

Actually I like farting in a lift...

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"Travis Newbury" wrote in message
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> On Jul 6, 6:34 am, "rf" wrote:
>> Do you pick on those who suffer from chronic flatulence? Just because
>> it's
>> funny to stand next to them in a lift telling fart jokes?
>
> Actually I like farting in a lift...

Only works if {people in lift} > 2.

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On Jul 6, 7:26 am, "rf" wrote:
> >> Do you pick on those who suffer from chronic flatulence? Just because
> >> it's
> >> funny to stand next to them in a lift telling fart jokes?
> > Actually I like farting in a lift...
> Only works if {people in lift} > 2.

I laugh at my own jokes...

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Scripsit Neredbojias:

> Anyway, I suspect dorayme has a cold or something. She hasn't been
> up to her usual standards of irascibility lately. Buonasera.

Is dorayme a she? How do you know? (And please tell me why I care.)

This is yet another case against using nicknames. Anybody interested in the
sex of a well-behaving Usenaut can trivially figure it out from his or her
first name, using some minimal web browsing. Alternatively, people can jump
into conclusions, like assuming every name ending with -a to be female.

And knowing the sex _is_ essential when referring to a person when we use a
logically inferior language like the Germano-Romanic-nonsensic bastard
called "English".

--
Jukka K. Korpela ("Yucca")
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/

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Jukka K. Korpela schreef:
> Scripsit Neredbojias:
>
>> Anyway, I suspect dorayme has a cold or something. She hasn't been
>> up to her usual standards of irascibility lately. Buonasera.
>
> Is dorayme a she? How do you know? (And please tell me why I care.)
>
> And knowing the sex _is_ essential when referring to a person when we
> use a logically inferior language like the Germano-Romanic-nonsensic
> bastard called "English".
>

But: do we know if a Martian 'she' is the same as a human 'she'?

And while we're on this subject: can Martians catch a cold?

Rob

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On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:35:24 GMT Jukka K. Korpela scribed:

> Scripsit Neredbojias:
>
>> Anyway, I suspect dorayme has a cold or something. She hasn't been
>> up to her usual standards of irascibility lately. Buonasera.
>
> Is dorayme a she? How do you know? (And please tell me why I care.)

Not so much by the pseudonym but by the content and wording of the
plentiful postings she has left on the newsgroup do I know that dorayme
is a female. It's a virtual certainty. Simply put, men and women
personally-communicate in distinct manners, and an astute, observant
individual, like a good cryptologist, can discern many things from just
perusing the text. Of course, one may emulate a member of the opposite
sex in an attempt at deception, but such ruses are usually fault-ridden
and unveiled in no overlong amount of time.

As to why you would care, I do not know. Perhaps you were affected by
her palpable plaintiveness or cherubic chutpah.

> This is yet another case against using nicknames. Anybody interested
> in the sex of a well-behaving Usenaut can trivially figure it out from
> his or her first name, using some minimal web browsing. Alternatively,
> people can jump into conclusions, like assuming every name ending with
> -a to be female.

I don't entirely disagree with your judgment here and for years used my
real name when posting online. However, there is a place for nicknames
if they are not overwhelmingly abused, and I doubt that anyone would
consider "Neredbojias" a skirt. Additionally, many names such as "Bret",
"Bobby", "Chris", "Drew", "Jamie", "Lee", "Leslie", "Pat",
"Xoloitzquintle", and "Sue" will not provide much of a clue in
determining the sex of the so-named individual.

> And knowing the sex _is_ essential when referring to a person when we
> use a logically inferior language like the Germano-Romanic-nonsensic
> bastard called "English".

Some sexual differentiation exists in any language. Still, I metely
concur with the latter part of your "rantetta" and am very glad that us
Americans had the wherewithall to rectify such means of verbal
intercourse as we inherited from the promulgating gibbering island
nation.

--
Neredbojias

Q: Do you speak Turkish?
A: Gobble gobble, dude.

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In article
<1183715548.962389.166510@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com>,
Travis Newbury wrote:

I feel a mini-rant coming on...
>
>
> The reason it is funny is because it effects so many people. That's
> what makes so
....
> If you can not personally relate, it is not funny. This is also why a
> fart joke is universally funny. EVERYONE can relate to it. There is
> not a human alive that does not have a funny fart joke, can relate to what they are laughing at.
>
> Whoa, no more for me...

O Travis, this is an html/css technical group, please close your
mini-rants; use . Supply a url if needed and continue
to bottom post.

I really do not like the types of jokes you refer to as I think
they are a bit common, I have pretensions and mean to keep them.



--
dorayme

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In article
<1183716047.312019.283990@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
Travis Newbury wrote:

> On Jul 5, 6:00 pm, dorayme wrote:
> > Sorry if it caused you or others offence. (No, I don't 'pick on'
> > disabilities. This one just came up, genre joke, puns and ...
> > anyway, who am I to defend it?).
>
> Oh please tell me you didn't really write that. A dignity angel has
> just died...

I meant it as a courtesy to a spacer travelling lady who has been
a guest to my home planet. I knew it would cause you pain Travis.
But it is a sort of pain that will have no lasting effect, a
cringe with embarrassment on behalf of someone sort of pain. You
will not need to go to a shrink to be rid of your pain. You will
do what I do in such a case: have a stiff scotch.

--
dorayme

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In article
<1183722739.481274.44050@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com>,
Travis Newbury wrote:

> On Jul 6, 7:26 am, "rf" wrote:
> > >> Do you pick on those who suffer from chronic flatulence? Just because
> > >> it's
> > >> funny to stand next to them in a lift telling fart jokes?
> > > Actually I like farting in a lift...
> > Only works if {people in lift} > 2.
>
> I laugh at my own jokes...

I think there is a more disgusting reason.

--
dorayme

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In article <19uji.187574$Yk6.140212@reader1.news.saunalahti.fi>,
"Jukka K. Korpela" wrote:

> Scripsit Neredbojias:
>
> > Anyway, I suspect dorayme has a cold or something. She hasn't been
> > up to her usual standards of irascibility lately. Buonasera.
>
> Is dorayme a she? How do you know? (And please tell me why I care.)
>
> This is yet another case against using nicknames. Anybody interested in the
> sex of a well-behaving Usenaut can trivially figure it out from his or her
> first name, using some minimal web browsing. Alternatively, people can jump
> into conclusions, like assuming every name ending with -a to be female.

.... but... but... my name ends in an "e". Where does that leave
my sexuality?

--
dorayme

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In article
,
Neredbojias wrote:

> Not so much by the pseudonym but by the content and wording of the
> plentiful postings she has left on the newsgroup do I know that dorayme
> is a female. It's a virtual certainty. Simply put, men and women
> personally-communicate in distinct manners, and an astute, observant
> individual, like a good cryptologist, can discern many things from just
> perusing the text. Of course, one may emulate a member of the opposite
> sex in an attempt at deception, but such ruses are usually fault-ridden
> and unveiled in no overlong amount of time.

What a load of coswallop, Boji! I have never emulated any such
thing, nor struck any kind of sexual pose that is not inherent in
my nature. There is no "personal-communications" concept; for
starters, it does not have a hyphen in it. And you are astute,
observant and somewhat like a good cryptologist? I was going to
go and read the headlines, have a nice breakfast in the winter
sun on my front porch but I have now decided I am in no fit state
to hold a spoon, my body being too gripped by paroxysms of
laughter.

Pity... I was looking forward to my latest hobby, my home made
yogurt... anyone wanting to know how to make it, I have developed
the neatest method...

--
dorayme

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dorayme wrote:

> Pity... I was looking forward to my latest hobby, my home made
> yogurt... anyone wanting to know how to make it, I have developed
> the neatest method...

I'd ask ... but I am totally terrified.

--
Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net
http://mozilla.edmullen.net
http://abington.edmullen.net

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In article <5sKdnUYMPuZxbRPbnZ2dnUVZ_i2dnZ2d@comcast.com>,
Ed Mullen wrote:

> dorayme wrote:
>
> > Pity... I was looking forward to my latest hobby, my home made
> > yogurt... anyone wanting to know how to make it, I have developed
> > the neatest method...
>
> I'd ask ... but I am totally terrified.


I am so pleased you asked Ed! Here is the secret, the jar inside
the vacuum is my own discovery (so much less messy!):

http://tinyurl.com/ywvlg5

There are finesses but that will do for now.

Nothing frightening at all.

(A bit OT I guess is this:

Notice how, a little surprisingly, the numbers appear in an
unordered list? This was a typo which I left in ... should be

. It comes about because the li items are given
list-style-type instructions.)

--
dorayme

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On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 00:15:24 GMT dorayme scribed:

> In article
> ,
> Neredbojias wrote:
>
>> Not so much by the pseudonym but by the content and wording of the
>> plentiful postings she has left on the newsgroup do I know that
>> dorayme is a female. It's a virtual certainty. Simply put, men and
>> women personally-communicate in distinct manners, and an astute,
>> observant individual, like a good cryptologist, can discern many
>> things from just perusing the text. Of course, one may emulate a
>> member of the opposite sex in an attempt at deception, but such ruses
>> are usually fault-ridden and unveiled in no overlong amount of time.
>
> What a load of coswallop, Boji! I have never emulated any such
> thing, nor struck any kind of sexual pose that is not inherent in
> my nature. There is no "personal-communications" concept; for
> starters, it does not have a hyphen in it. And you are astute,
> observant and somewhat like a good cryptologist? I was going to
> go and read the headlines, have a nice breakfast in the winter
> sun on my front porch but I have now decided I am in no fit state
> to hold a spoon, my body being too gripped by paroxysms of
> laughter.

I stand by my original statement. And I suggest you read it again. I
never said you emulated anything nor "struck" a sexual pose.
Furthermore, "personally-communicate" is not the same entity as
"personal communications".

> Pity... I was looking forward to my latest hobby, my home made
> yogurt... anyone wanting to know how to make it, I have developed
> the neatest method...

Yogurt is just a bunch of little bugs.

--
Neredbojias

Q: Do you speak Turkish?
A: Gobble gobble, dude.

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In article
,
Neredbojias wrote:

> I stand by my original statement. And I suggest you read it again. I
> never said you emulated anything

Relax, Boji, you know how upset you get. I was just pulling your
chain.

--
dorayme

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On 2007-07-07, dorayme wrote:
> In article <5sKdnUYMPuZxbRPbnZ2dnUVZ_i2dnZ2d@comcast.com>,
> Ed Mullen wrote:
>
>> dorayme wrote:
>>
>> > Pity... I was looking forward to my latest hobby, my home made
>> > yogurt... anyone wanting to know how to make it, I have developed
>> > the neatest method...
>>
>> I'd ask ... but I am totally terrified.
>
>
> I am so pleased you asked Ed! Here is the secret, the jar inside
> the vacuum is my own discovery (so much less messy!):
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ywvlg5

Why not use proper milk instead of powdered/skimmed?

> There are finesses but that will do for now.
>
> Nothing frightening at all.

The only other modification I would suggest is only use the retail plain
yoghurt the first time. After that re-seed with a bit of what you made
the previous time, which is easily achieved by simply not washing out
the jar. Then you get the fun of following the evolution of your own
species.

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In article ,
Ben C wrote:

> On 2007-07-07, dorayme wrote:
> > In article <5sKdnUYMPuZxbRPbnZ2dnUVZ_i2dnZ2d@comcast.com>,
> > Ed Mullen wrote:
> >
> >> dorayme wrote:
> >>
> >> > Pity... I was looking forward to my latest hobby, my home made
> >> > yogurt... anyone wanting to know how to make it, I have developed
> >> > the neatest method...
> >>
> >> I'd ask ... but I am totally terrified.
> >
> >
> > I am so pleased you asked Ed! Here is the secret, the jar inside
> > the vacuum is my own discovery (so much less messy!):
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/ywvlg5
>
> Why not use proper milk instead of powdered/skimmed?
>

Because it is not thick enough. I used to do this and added a
little gelatin to the matured yogurt. Too much messing about and
(no surprise) a slightly different feel and taste.

The other reason is this: ever boiled up milk? It is full of
dangers, you have to watch it like a hawk, it sticks to the pan
and there is actual washing up! The thing about my latest
discovery, is zero washing up.. Powdered makes it simple because
you just boil the water as for a cup of tea.

> The only other modification I would suggest is only use the retail plain
> yoghurt the first time. After that re-seed with a bit of what you made
> the previous time, which is easily achieved by simply not washing out
> the jar. Then you get the fun of following the evolution of your own
> species.

This is what I used to do and it does not work well. Sure it is
fine for the 2nd batch but trouble strikes soon enough.
Contamination! You hoe into the yogurt day after day and soon it
will get degraded and pass on off cultures... Here is a
refinement: if you don't buy just a special culture, buy most
(not all) any yogurt and put a good bit of it or all of it in a
very clean or best a sterilised jar and use this as a store only
for making yogurt, being very careful to use priste sterilised or
very clean spoon to mine its content form time to time.

.... refinement from auntie dorayme's kitchen. Enjoy.

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On 2007-07-07, dorayme wrote:
> In article ,
> Ben C wrote:
>
>> On 2007-07-07, dorayme wrote:
>> > In article <5sKdnUYMPuZxbRPbnZ2dnUVZ_i2dnZ2d@comcast.com>,
>> > Ed Mullen wrote:
>> >
>> >> dorayme wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Pity... I was looking forward to my latest hobby, my home made
>> >> > yogurt... anyone wanting to know how to make it, I have developed
>> >> > the neatest method...
>> >>
>> >> I'd ask ... but I am totally terrified.
>> >
>> >
>> > I am so pleased you asked Ed! Here is the secret, the jar inside
>> > the vacuum is my own discovery (so much less messy!):
>> >
>> > http://tinyurl.com/ywvlg5
>>
>> Why not use proper milk instead of powdered/skimmed?
>>
>
> Because it is not thick enough. I used to do this and added a
> little gelatin to the matured yogurt. Too much messing about and
> (no surprise) a slightly different feel and taste.

True it is not that thick. But I just took a leaf out of Mr Korpela's
book and stopped wanting that.

[...]
>> The only other modification I would suggest is only use the retail plain
>> yoghurt the first time. After that re-seed with a bit of what you made
>> the previous time, which is easily achieved by simply not washing out
>> the jar. Then you get the fun of following the evolution of your own
>> species.
>
> This is what I used to do and it does not work well. Sure it is
> fine for the 2nd batch but trouble strikes soon enough.
> Contamination! You hoe into the yogurt day after day and soon it
> will get degraded and pass on off cultures...

That does happen, it's true, then it's time to start again.

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In article ,
Ben C wrote:

> > Because it is not thick enough. I used to do this and added a
> > little gelatin to the matured yogurt. Too much messing about and
> > (no surprise) a slightly different feel and taste.
>
> True it is not that thick. But I just took a leaf out of Mr Korpela's
> book and stopped wanting that.
>
If you live on a farm or have a cow, not wanting thicker and
embracing hard work with the pans is perhaps the way to go. On
the other hand, if you have a cow, you can use the cream. Perhaps
Farmer Joe would like to come in at this point?

> [...]
> >> The only other modification I would suggest is only use the retail plain
> >> yoghurt the first time. After that re-seed with a bit of what you made
> >> the previous time, which is easily achieved by simply not washing out
> >> the jar. Then you get the fun of following the evolution of your own
> >> species.
> >
> > This is what I used to do and it does not work well. Sure it is
> > fine for the 2nd batch but trouble strikes soon enough.
> > Contamination! You hoe into the yogurt day after day and soon it
> > will get degraded and pass on off cultures...
>
> That does happen, it's true, then it's time to start again.

Well, put it this way, I did not like the way things evolved last
time I did this. And after a couple of not altogether pleasant
batches, I reasoned that it is too hard to know in advance which
should be the last batch and better to avoid the problem
altogether (like absolutely positioned footers in tricky
surroundings). I waste less my way in the long run. But true,
your way is more adventuresome and I do admire risky kitchen
behaviour. The dorayme kitchen is just plain and simple, all css
is turned off, the better to get to grips with the content.

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On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:52:40 GMT dorayme scribed:

> In article
> ,
> Neredbojias wrote:
>
>> I stand by my original statement. And I suggest you read it again. I
>> never said you emulated anything
>
> Relax, Boji, you know how upset you get. I was just pulling your
> chain.

Well, I suppose I could get to like that...

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On 2007-07-07, dorayme wrote:
> In article ,
> Ben C wrote:
>
>> > Because it is not thick enough. I used to do this and added a
>> > little gelatin to the matured yogurt. Too much messing about and
>> > (no surprise) a slightly different feel and taste.
>>
>> True it is not that thick. But I just took a leaf out of Mr Korpela's
>> book and stopped wanting that.
>>
> If you live on a farm or have a cow, not wanting thicker and
> embracing hard work with the pans is perhaps the way to go.

I always used to use the microwave. My reasoning is the yoghurt
bacterium is probably weedier than most of the other 99% of known germs
in one's kitchen and you can't expect it to compete in a fair fight. So
I thought if you boil the milk up in the microwave, and then leave it
there to cool down to about 40 degrees _without opening the door_ then
it's in practically a sterile environment since any other bugs in there
have just been microwaved.

Then of course you whip it out, dose it, and shove it into the thermos.

Not sure if microwave radiation actually does destroy airborne bacteria
but you'd think it might, after all they are basically made of water.

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In article ,
Ben C wrote:

> On 2007-07-07, dorayme wrote:
> > In article ,
> > Ben C wrote:
> >
> >> > Because it is not thick enough. I used to do this and added a
> >> > little gelatin to the matured yogurt. Too much messing about and
> >> > (no surprise) a slightly different feel and taste.
> >>
> >> True it is not that thick. But I just took a leaf out of Mr Korpela's
> >> book and stopped wanting that.
> >>
> > If you live on a farm or have a cow, not wanting thicker and
> > embracing hard work with the pans is perhaps the way to go.
>
> I always used to use the microwave. My reasoning is the yoghurt
> bacterium is probably weedier than most of the other 99% of known germs
> in one's kitchen and you can't expect it to compete in a fair fight. So
> I thought if you boil the milk up in the microwave, and then leave it
> there to cool down to about 40 degrees _without opening the door_ then
> it's in practically a sterile environment since any other bugs in there
> have just been microwaved.
>
> Then of course you whip it out, dose it, and shove it into the thermos.
>
> Not sure if microwave radiation actually does destroy airborne bacteria
> but you'd think it might, after all they are basically made of water.

You might kill some bugs. If you zapped 1 litre with 5 Mwatts
then most likely you would kill lots of bugs by shaking the crap
out of them. Very high levels have been used to sterilise media.
In a domestic MW oven I don't know.

Anyway, about MW, I did and do use them a bit when I am feeling
cautious. After pouring boiling water into the jar as described
with the milk powder, the temp, of course, drops to the 80's.
Sometimes I then stick the jar with a bit of plastic wrap in the
MV, get a bright torch focussed onto the top of the jar and let
it roll. The water quickly boils and sends the white mass
bubbling up and you must quickly turn off. I do this a few times
and then whip it out, put fresh wrapper on top and leave to cool.

The problem with your using the MW to heat from scratch and then
cool is controlling the boil so it does not go everywhere and
knowing when it gets down to the 40s without contamination.

I do recommend my recent discovery to you (the algorithm at
with some pictures now), the key
ingredient being the jar in the flask idea. I regard this
discovery as being in the same league in its own way as Kekule's
discovery by way of a dream of the molecular structure of
benzene.

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On 2007-07-08, dorayme wrote:
[...]
> Anyway, about MW, I did and do use them a bit when I am feeling
> cautious. After pouring boiling water into the jar as described
> with the milk powder, the temp, of course, drops to the 80's.
> Sometimes I then stick the jar with a bit of plastic wrap in the
> MV, get a bright torch focussed onto the top of the jar and let
> it roll. The water quickly boils and sends the white mass
> bubbling up and you must quickly turn off. I do this a few times
> and then whip it out, put fresh wrapper on top and leave to cool.
>
> The problem with your using the MW to heat from scratch and then
> cool is controlling the boil so it does not go everywhere

Once you've figured out how long it takes it always takes about the same
time, although you do still need to keep an eye on it during the last
few seconds.

> and knowing when it gets down to the 40s without contamination.

I don't have a thermometer so that's all guesswork anyway. There again
once you have an idea of how long it takes to cool down by about the
right amount you just always leave it for that long.

> I do recommend my recent discovery to you (the algorithm at
> with some pictures now), the key
> ingredient being the jar in the flask idea. I regard this
> discovery as being in the same league in its own way as Kekule's
> discovery by way of a dream of the molecular structure of
> benzene.

Yes that is a clever idea, in particular because you can seal it all up
from contamination while it's still hot and not have to open the jar
again.

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In article ,
Ben C wrote:

> > The problem with your using the MW to heat from scratch and then
> > cool is controlling the boil so it does not go everywhere
>
> Once you've figured out how long it takes it always takes about the same
> time, although you do still need to keep an eye on it during the last
> few seconds.
>
> > and knowing when it gets down to the 40s without contamination.
>
> I don't have a thermometer so that's all guesswork anyway. There again
> once you have an idea of how long it takes to cool down by about the
> right amount you just always leave it for that long.

All this is fair enough. I like your practice. I do the points in
the distributor of my car like so, ie. by natural senses. When
things go wrong, I go all formal and get the feeler gauge and the
timing light and like that...

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dorayme writes:

> All this is fair enough. I like your practice. I do the points in
> the distributor of my car like so, ie. by natural senses.

Points? Distributor? What kind of museum piece are you driving? :-)

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In article ,
Sherm Pendley wrote:

> dorayme writes:
>
> > All this is fair enough. I like your practice. I do the points in
> > the distributor of my car like so, ie. by natural senses.
>
> Points? Distributor? What kind of museum piece are you driving? :-)

I knew it! You young modern things! At least I can fix my own car
this way, who can roll their own with the latest?

Does a Ford XY mean anything to you? 1971. (What sort of car is
this, I hear you ask. The sort that makes me drill holes in the
floor so that the rain can drain out when it leaks because I am
fed up of putting newspapers there to act as sponges).

Points are contacts that are mechanically opened and let shut by
a cam that runs off the engine, the contact fires the spark plugs
in an

sort of a way and the spark is distributed to the
cylinders depending further on the
of the leads (each

being quite dumb to the other... but boy o boy, the engine only
likes one particular arrangement)

Look out soon for an uncle Ford XY page soon to compliment the
aunt cooking tips one.

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dorayme writes:

> In article ,
> Sherm Pendley wrote:
>
>> dorayme writes:
>>
>> > All this is fair enough. I like your practice. I do the points in
>> > the distributor of my car like so, ie. by natural senses.
>>
>> Points? Distributor? What kind of museum piece are you driving? :-)
>
> I knew it! You young modern things! At least I can fix my own car
> this way, who can roll their own with the latest?
>
> Does a Ford XY mean anything to you?

Nope - I've heard of Ford, of course, but never heard of an XY model.

> Points are contacts

Oh, I know what points are - I'm older than you think. :-) I'm just suprised
that anyone's still driving a car that has 'em.

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Sherm Pendley wrote:

> > Does a Ford XY mean anything to you?
>
> Nope - I've heard of Ford, of course, but never heard of an XY model.

It is the most collected car in Australia. One went for about
$800,000 recently. Mostly owned by investors too scared to drive
them. Mine is worth $3.90 and is happily driven and left anywhere.

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On Jul 7, 8:17 pm, dorayme wrote:
> In article ,
> Ben C wrote:
>
> > > Because it is not thick enough.
>
> If you live on a farm or have a cow, not wanting thicker and
> embracing hard work with the pans is perhaps the way to go. On

> . PerhapsFarmerJoewould like to come in at this point?
>
Ob Simpsons: "Don't have a cow, Man"
We used to have goats, but not for milking. I love goats.

I've been rummaging through the kitchen looking for a wide-mouthed
vacuum flask. No luck yet, but when I find it, I'll definately try
this method (with skim milk powder) ... I wonder what an added
spoonful of malted milk powder would do ??

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In article
<1184050535.812657.70920@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
"Joe (GKF)" wrote:

> On Jul 7, 8:17 pm, dorayme wrote:

> > If you live on a farm or have a cow, not wanting thicker and
> > embracing hard work with the pans is perhaps the way to go. On
>
> > Perhaps Farmer Joe would like to come in at this point?
> >

> I've been rummaging through the kitchen looking for a wide-mouthed
> vacuum flask. No luck yet, but when I find it, I'll definately try
> this method (with skim milk powder) ... I wonder what an added
> spoonful of malted milk powder would do ??

One of the reasons I like making it is because sometimes it is
hard to get plain yogurt, everyone wants something extra in it.

In case you missed it, the jar idea is not just to save washing
up, it is to avoid disturbing the finished product too. If you
use a vac and spoon it out into a jar for fridging, you mess it
all up.

Yes, wide vacs are really good. But you can make do without.
There are any number of ways. Small esky, put also a bottle of
hot water inside.

When it is cold, and I want to keep my fermenting home brew
warmer, I use a small incandescent bulb under the tub. Now, home
brew, that is a nice Australian topic mate...

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On 2007-07-10, dorayme wrote:

[...]

> When it is cold, and I want to keep my fermenting home brew
> warmer, I use a small incandescent bulb under the tub. Now, home
> brew, that is a nice Australian topic mate...

Anything else you grow inside under an incandescent bulb? A more
modern Australian topic :-)

Andrew

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In article ,
andrew wrote:

> On 2007-07-10, dorayme wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > When it is cold, and I want to keep my fermenting home brew
> > warmer, I use a small incandescent bulb under the tub. Now, home
> > brew, that is a nice Australian topic mate...
>
> Anything else you grow inside under an incandescent bulb? A more
> modern Australian topic :-)
>

No, that was a topic of the 1970's.

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Gazing into my crystal ball I observed dorayme
writing in news:doraymeRidThis-
E7A3E1.11150309072007@news-vip.optusnet.com.au:

> In article ,
> Sherm Pendley wrote:
>
>> > Does a Ford XY mean anything to you?
>>
>> Nope - I've heard of Ford, of course, but never heard of an XY model.
>
> It is the most collected car in Australia. One went for about
> $800,000 recently. Mostly owned by investors too scared to drive
> them. Mine is worth $3.90 and is happily driven and left anywhere.
>

Pity you can't bring it to Glendale. We're having Cruise Night on the
21st of July - no cars younger than 1973. One year there was a steam car
from 1905 and a muscle car (1969 or so) waiting to leave the show, and
the muscle car was reving its engine in anticipation. When Glendale's
finest gave the ok to leave, the muscle car died (and had to be towed)
and the steam car just kept chugging along.

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Adrienne Boswell wrote:

> Pity you can't bring it to Glendale. We're having Cruise Night on the
> 21st of July - no cars younger than 1973. One year there was a steam car
> from 1905 and a muscle car (1969 or so) waiting to leave the show, and
> the muscle car was reving its engine in anticipation. When Glendale's
> finest gave the ok to leave, the muscle car died (and had to be towed)
> and the steam car just kept chugging along.

Yeah, but look how long it took them to get the boiler up to a usable
level of pressure.


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In article ,
Adrienne Boswell wrote:

> Gazing into my crystal ball I observed dorayme
> writing in news:doraymeRidThis-
> E7A3E1.11150309072007@news-vip.optusnet.com.au:
>
> > In article ,
> > Sherm Pendley wrote:
> >
> >> > Does a Ford XY mean anything to you?
> >>
> >> Nope - I've heard of Ford, of course, but never heard of an XY model.
> >
> > It is the most collected car in Australia. One went for about
> > $800,000 recently. Mostly owned by investors too scared to drive
> > them. Mine is worth $3.90 and is happily driven and left anywhere.
> >
>
> Pity you can't bring it to Glendale. We're having Cruise Night on the
> 21st of July - no cars younger than 1973. One year there was a steam car
> from 1905 and a muscle car (1969 or so) waiting to leave the show, and
> the muscle car was reving its engine in anticipation. When Glendale's
> finest gave the ok to leave, the muscle car died (and had to be towed)
> and the steam car just kept chugging along.

Hmmm... first time I have heard of the term "muscle car". It's
ok, I get it. Somehow, I think my car would be too much of a joke
in any show for me to bear. I can painfully anticipate the
inevitable _open_ derision at any show.

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