Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Aidan Kehoe Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:46:26 +0100 Message-ID: <87v7edu859.fsf@parhasard.net> References: <1rsjtwr.9h8wo7a6jjujN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10q2o7j$nr7l$1@news1.tnib.de> <1rsostx.1fumdje1pdrftiN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <1rsoqz0.19zzbh71ebfb7bN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <18a11176d0ed8bfb$1717$2710841$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <10q9dle$u3sq$1@dont-email.me> <18a11e5c3372a392$492$2653793$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <10qatq5$1arse$6@dont-email.me> <10qauv2$1gh74$1@dont-email.me> <10qbsi0$1qtth$1@dont-email.me> <10qc71d$1silm$27@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="952445"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.101 (Gnus v5.10.10) XEmacs/21.5-b36 (Linux-aarch64) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Q9CZQzE+3IxgFNGMf5VjWOhfOSE= sha1:wxtcviCxJqlOzeBqMNl6skowzAg= X-User-ID: eJwFwQERADEIAzBLK9BuyHk48C/hE7qgviEquNz1MuskpkeWdse1PGoIVfoeA/agpLcO+QMR+RAT Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84591 alt.usage.english:1141549 Ar an naoú lá is fiche de mí Márta, scríobh The Natural Philosopher: > On 29/03/2026 21:34, Tony Cooper wrote: > > [..] I have never seen a recipe call for a "heaping" or "rounded" unit. > > I have. In Mrs Beetons book of household management. It's only 150 years old > > "INGREDIENTS.--4 lbs. of shin of beef, or 4 lbs. of knuckle of veal, > or 2 lbs. of each; any bones, trimmings of poultry, or fresh meat, 1/2 a > lb. of lean bacon or ham, 2 oz. of butter, 2 large onions, each stuck > with 3 cloves; 1 turnip, 3 carrots, 1/2 a leek, 1 head of celery, 2 oz. > of salt, 1/2 a teaspoonful of whole pepper, 1 large blade of mace, 1 > small bunch of savoury herbs, 4 quarts and 1/2 pint of cold water." Is she feeding a platoon? -- ‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out / How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’ (C. Moore)