Re: how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-04-01 Thread hendrik
On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 12:16:52PM -0800, Hex Star wrote: > Hmm, so in other words, people here on this list find flamewars amusing? Not top-posted ones. Others are occasionally amusing, depending on the wit of the combatants. Seriously, the so-called "flames" in this thread contained some rat

Re: how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-04-01 Thread Hex Star
Hmm, so in other words, people here on this list find flamewars amusing?On 4/1/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 10:10:16PM -0800, Hex Star wrote: > If every question is OK, then how come in the other threads that came up> after this thread was posted to this

Re: how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-04-01 Thread hendrik
On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 10:10:16PM -0800, Hex Star wrote: > If every question is OK, then how come in the other threads that came up > after this thread was posted to this list, many members of this list are > flaming the thread starters? :-/ :-( Presumably because those flames are also of interes

Re: how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-03-31 Thread Hex Star
If every question is OK, then how come in the other threads that came up after this thread was posted to this list, many members of this list are flaming the thread starters? :-/ :-(On 3/31/06, Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 10:25:01PM -0500, Hugo Jackson wrote:

Re: how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-03-31 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 10:25:01PM -0500, Hugo Jackson wrote: > i know this is not a debian specific question, but when choosing Umm ... you are a Debian User are you not? ... and this is the debian-user mailing list ... ipso facto ... any question is ok. > melons should i go by size or feel? I

Re: how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-03-30 Thread Craig M. Houck
a debian-fruitselection list-serve. >> >> > i know this is not a debian specific question, but when choosing >> > melons should i go by size or feel? >> > >> > thanks. >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSC

Re: how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-03-30 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:12:41 -0500 (EST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That would really depend on the size and the feel. > There is aa point of diminishing returns for both. and here---^^ is the encoded answer to your question. chouck obviously goes by size, and likes 'em small. A > And don't for

Re: how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-03-30 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 11:50 -0500, Craig M. Houck wrote: > >I could make an off-color come-back, but I won't... > Your talking about those yellow instead of read watermelon's, > right?!?!?!? Uhhh, yeah. Yeah, that's right. Absolutely, positively I was talking about yellow watermelons. I swear.

Re: how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-03-30 Thread Craig M. Houck
>I could make an off-color come-back, but I won't... Your talking about those yellow instead of read watermelon's, right?!?!?!? RbtBotL Craig - ><> oBU SysAdmin /|\ 607 777 6827 ^ Tot Ziens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-03-30 Thread Glenn Becker
A hollow watermelon? Who wants that? Why, the invaders who are /even now/ on their way to our vulnerable world, mwah hah hah, what /better/ place to hide? "Oh my God. It's full of seeds." - GB +-+ [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNI

Re: how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-03-30 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 10:19 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 10:25:01PM -0500, Hugo Jackson wrote: > > i know this is not a debian specific question, but when choosing > > melons should i go by size or feel? > > > > thanks. > > Can't have Debian users getting food poison

Re: how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-03-30 Thread hendrik
On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 10:25:01PM -0500, Hugo Jackson wrote: > i know this is not a debian specific question, but when choosing > melons should i go by size or feel? > > thanks. Can't have Debian users getting food poisoning from rotten melons. can we? My daughter knock on them with her knuck

RE: how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-03-30 Thread Kerry K. Waldrip
Too funny! What a great way to start my day... :) -Original Message- From: Nick Lidakis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 9:38 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: how to pick fresh fruit. Hugo Jackson wrote: >

Re: how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-03-30 Thread chouck
Brilliant. This brought a large smile to my face. Thanks > Your asking about melons on the Debian mailing list? I think I know why. > You are afraid of Debian. You want answers? You want the truth? You > can't handle the truth!! You can't handle the truth! Son, we live in a > world that has Linux

Re: how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-03-30 Thread chouck
That would really depend on the size and the feel. There is aa point of diminishing returns for both. And don't forget smell. Perhaps more important than size or feel. Colour can also be a consideration. I propose a debian-fruitselection list-serve. > i know this is not a debian specific question

Re: how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-03-29 Thread Dave Thayer
On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 10:25:01PM -0500, Hugo Jackson wrote: > i know this is not a debian specific question, but when choosing > melons should i go by size or feel? > What do you mean, not debian specific? $ apt-cache search melon melon - Mail notifier with configurable icons, xbiff replacemen

Re: how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-03-29 Thread Kevin Mark
On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 10:38:01PM -0500, Nick Lidakis wrote: > Hugo Jackson wrote: > >i know this is not a debian specific question, but when choosing > >melons should i go by size or feel? > > > >thanks. > > > > > Your asking about melons on the Debian mailing list? I think I know why. > You ar

Re: how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-03-29 Thread Daehenoc
/lurk_off Genius, Nick, genius :) /lurk_on Nick Lidakis wrote: > Hugo Jackson wrote: > >> i know this is not a debian specific question, but when choosing >> melons should i go by size or feel? >> >> thanks. >> > Your asking about melons on the Debian mailing list? I think I know why. > You are a

Re: how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-03-29 Thread Nick Lidakis
Hugo Jackson wrote: i know this is not a debian specific question, but when choosing melons should i go by size or feel? thanks. Your asking about melons on the Debian mailing list? I think I know why. You are afraid of Debian. You want answers? You want the truth? You can't handle the trut

Re: how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-03-29 Thread Kent West
Hugo Jackson wrote: i know this is not a debian specific question, but when choosing melons should i go by size or feel? thanks. Melons? Mmm- must...resist...pun... -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-03-29 Thread Ron Johnson
Forgive Hal. I've been making a controversial thesis on a different list, and I think it made him pop a vein. On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 22:55 -0500, Hugo Jackson wrote: > thank you ron. > > >On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 22:35 -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: > >> On Wednesday 29 March 2006 22:25, Hugo Jackson wr

Re: how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-03-29 Thread Hugo Jackson
thank you ron. On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 22:35 -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: On Wednesday 29 March 2006 22:25, Hugo Jackson wrote: > i know this is not a debian specific question, but when choosing > melons should i go by size or feel? Did I miss something? Why are you asking that here when it's

Re: how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-03-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 22:35 -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Wednesday 29 March 2006 22:25, Hugo Jackson wrote: > > i know this is not a debian specific question, but when choosing > > melons should i go by size or feel? > > Did I miss something? > > Why are you asking that here when it's something

Re: how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-03-29 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Wednesday 29 March 2006 22:25, Hugo Jackson wrote: > i know this is not a debian specific question, but when choosing > melons should i go by size or feel? Did I miss something? Why are you asking that here when it's something you can easily Google? I'm being a pain here because within the pa

[OT] Re: how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-03-29 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Hugo Jackson wrote: > i know this is not a debian specific question, but when choosing melons > should i go by size or feel? > > thanks. > > For me, it depends. If I know I will want to eat it in the next day or so, I get the "squishiest" I can find without it being rotten. If it will be a we

how to pick fresh fruit.

2006-03-29 Thread Hugo Jackson
i know this is not a debian specific question, but when choosing melons should i go by size or feel? thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]