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17808. Macnas - 12/13/2005 7:02:58 PM Well, my missus says its the best dessert you can make without having to cook anything.
Although, I do find the part where you boil the tin of condensed milk to be a bit nervewracking. 17809. Magoseph - 12/13/2005 7:13:06 PM For Ms. No:
 17810. Macnas - 12/13/2005 7:16:33 PM Looks like a cross between a flowerpot and an ashtray. 17811. Macnas - 12/13/2005 7:17:01 PM Forgive me, I don't mean to be mean. 17812. thoughtful - 12/13/2005 7:20:44 PM Funny you should say that mac, as choc chips rarely figure into my cooking. I rarely bake any more and when I do it's usually to make healthier bkfst foods to go with our full-sized bkfsts, e.g., we made orange-currant scones with whole wheat flour this weekend.
And when i have an excuse to bake, it's usually for the summer picnics at my uncle's who hates chocolate.
So this is a real treat for me to be able to express my choc-loving inner self. 17813. Macnas - 12/13/2005 7:24:25 PM Ah I know that girl. I'm only codding. I read your posts in the health thread, I know how careful you are of your diet. 17814. thoughtful - 12/13/2005 7:28:00 PM yeah but if i'm so careful then how come i have 10 lbs to lose and don't know where it came from! Damn! 17815. Macnas - 12/13/2005 7:28:01 PM Anyways, I'm away home, before I really annoy someone.
See yez tomorrow. 17816. thoughtful - 12/13/2005 7:29:09 PM my gf and i used to bake like crazy after schoool. one year we got together and mades tons of xmas cookies. Another time we got together and spent 2 days making napoleons from scratch.
boy was that yummy! 17817. thoughtful - 12/13/2005 7:29:40 PM adios mac 17818. Magoseph - 12/13/2005 7:35:38 PM My diet is very tame and is a never-ending series of tofu, salmon, fresh fruit and vegetables, cooked cereals, yogurt, eggs and home cooked- breads. So, I enjoy looking at a big mess of gooey chocolate, “fruit confits”, and sinful pastry once in a while and so does Ms. No, dear Mac. 17819. Magoseph - 12/13/2005 7:36:20 PM Too late, he's gone. 17820. arkymalarky - 12/14/2005 1:35:43 AM Hope you have a great trip and a wonderful holiday, Snow! 17821. arkymalarky - 12/14/2005 1:44:54 AM I'm skipping a party Friday night and I'm committed to a family reception on the 27th, but I don't think we're going to do anything for NYE this year. I'm pretty booked for the Christmas break editing a book my dad wrote about the Korean War. I'm trying to look ahead to finishing graduate school because I've got such a full schedule planned so I can be done within a year and a half while working full time. Then I'll be the Christmas Party Queen. 17822. Ms. No - 12/14/2005 7:37:44 AM I'm swamped editing at the moment as well. I'm working on a piece by an author whose first language is not English. That said, his English is better than a lot of native speakers I've edited for, but it's still nerve-wracking. He has a lot of trouble with at, on, over, to, for, from etc. I've also noticed a tendency to put adjectives in weird order. Rather than saying a long white beard, he'll say a white long beard. So, it's a lot of technical work before I even get to plot and character and flow, but if I weren't so pressed for time lately I'd be enjoying it quite a bit.
17823. Magoseph - 12/14/2005 1:14:07 PM I have a lot in common with this author because I’m still having a lot of trouble with at, on, over, to, for, from etc. and the proper order of adjectives, but I have noticed that people who grew up bilingual usually do not.
Hello, Mac and Pelle! 17824. Magoseph - 12/14/2005 5:00:35 PM 
Bonjour, ici Paris!
17825. thoughtful - 12/14/2005 6:21:23 PM C'est tres jolie! 17826. Ms. No - 12/14/2005 6:34:19 PM Mags,
I was thinking about what small bit of French I still remember and trying to recall if I ever knew the difference between "on" and "over". I mean, yes, there's sur and plus de, but if one were to say "Jump over the table" in English, that doesn't really translate to "plus de table" in French, right? That would mean something else or nothing at all I'm guessing. And sur le table is another thing entirely.
So I can see how incredibly confusing it is. And how do you explain to someone that you get "in" a car, but "on" a bus and there's no easily determined reason for the difference? It's just something you have to know. 17827. PelleNilsson - 12/14/2005 7:11:47 PM We have a weekly radio program where linguists answer questions about oddities and other things in Swedish. The other week they talked about prepositions and the answer to the question "Is there any language in which prepositions are not a problem?" was "Yes, in languages which don't have them". And they noted, as you did, Ms No, that in many cases there are no rules or logical explanations for the current usage.
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