Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Snidely Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 01:36:11 -0700 Organization: Dis One Lines: 24 Message-ID: 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> <87v7edu859.fsf@parhasard.net> Reply-To: snidely.too@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:36:17 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5a127798ce1a337216e5aed0a31bbf18"; logging-data="2418003"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18hBbTydVVnmAKcSNdMaZ+milGa/SbZ5kY=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:5lVo8xFR+cr7xOaCC9B7KurxKMM= X-Newsreader: MesNews/1.08.06.00-gb X-ICQ: 543516788 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84601 alt.usage.english:1141560 Aidan Kehoe pounded on thar keyboard to tell us > 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? Nah, just a squad of trenchermen. /dps -- "I am not given to exaggeration, and when I say a thing I mean it" _Roughing It_, Mark Twain