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Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight"

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From djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Subject Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight"
Message-ID <p7905D.uEq@kithrup.com> (permalink)
Date 2018-04-15 22:36 +0000
References <paqodd$rcu$1@dont-email.me> <paudcc$rdl$1@dont-email.me> <XnsA8C4EBC6E79DEmelchizedek@216.166.97.131> <1b1sfg42lj.fsf@pfeifferfamily.net>
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In article <1b1sfg42lj.fsf@pfeifferfamily.net>,
Joe Pfeiffer  <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote:
>Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote in
>> news:paudcc$rdl$1@dont-email.me: 
>>
>>> On 4/13/2018 9:57 PM, Sjouke Burry wrote:
>>>> On 13-4-2018 22:53, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>> On 4/13/2018 2:41 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>>> In article <paqr2g$d52$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>>>> Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 4/13/2018 12:33 PM, Chrysi Cat wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 4/13/2018 11:12 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>>>>>> xkcd, "turkish deslight"
>>>>>>>>>      https://xkcd.com/1980/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Yup, Cinnebons is much better for bribery.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Lynn
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'll grant the traditional version, tasting of rosewater and
>>>>>>>> maybe almond, wouldn't be great. But the old-time Christmas treat
>>>>>>>> "Aplets and Cotlets" are basically turkish delight with the
>>>>>>>> rosewater replaced by apricot or apple, and *they're* delicious,
>>>>>>>> so it's not the concept, 
>>>>>>>>  it's the traditional execution. Well, and possibly also that
>>>>>>>>  people 
>>>>>>>> are annoyed by having to hold something covered on every surface
>>>>>>>> by confectioners' sugar :-P 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No freaking almonds !  I am allergic to them !
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What a pity.  I practically live on them.  I'm about to eat Greek
>>>>>> yogurt, blueberries, and almonds for lunch, because that's one of
>>>>>> the small set of edibles that don't set my blood sugar soaring. 
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, we all have our crosses to bear as we age.  I am not suppose
>>>>> to eat blueberries since their high vitamin K content plays havoc
>>>>> with my blood thinners.  But, I love blueberries !
>>>>>
>>>>> Lynn
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Switch to PRADAXA.(dabigatran etexilaat).
>>>> No dependence any more on vitamin K.
>>> 
>>> I actually was on Pradaxa for three years.  Then my cardiologist told
>>> me to read the article in the Houston Press by the ER doc.  Basically,
>>> it takes three days to get Pradaxa out of your system and one bag of
>>> whole blood to get Warfarin out of your system.  You pays your money
>>> and takes your chances !
>>>  
>>> http://www.houstonpress.com/news/pradaxa-patients-cant-stop-the-bleedin
>>> g-6594403 
>>
>> Its wierd to me to hear of Warfarin being used as a medicine - I've
>> always thought of it as rat poison.
>
>I've got a friend with an artificial heart valve who refers to it as his
>rat poison.

Well, you've gotta keep those rats from taking over your
circulatory system!

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com

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xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-13 12:12 -0500
  Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-13 12:15 -0500
    Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-13 19:31 +0000
      Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-04-14 04:16 -0700
        Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-14 15:12 +0000
          Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" mcdowell_ag@sky.com - 2018-04-14 10:09 -0700
        Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Johnny1A <johnny1a.again@gmail.com> - 2018-04-23 20:17 -0700
      Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Johnny1A <johnny1a.again@gmail.com> - 2018-04-23 21:04 -0700
        Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-24 04:25 +0000
  Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-04-13 10:31 -0700
    Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" T Guy <tim.bateman1961@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 06:41 -0700
      Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" T Guy <tim.bateman1961@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 06:48 -0700
  Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Chrysi Cat <Chrysicat@gmail.com> - 2018-04-13 11:33 -0600
    Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-04-13 17:53 +0000
      Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-13 19:40 +0000
    Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-13 12:57 -0500
      Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-13 19:41 +0000
        Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-13 15:53 -0500
          Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-13 21:20 +0000
            Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-13 17:23 -0500
              Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-14 00:20 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com> - 2018-04-15 02:28 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-15 02:52 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 23:14 -0500
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-15 05:06 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-04-15 01:55 -0500
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2018-04-15 11:32 -0500
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-04-15 05:17 -0600
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com> - 2018-04-15 12:59 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-15 15:03 +0000
          Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Sjouke Burry <burrynulnulfour@ppllaanneett.nnll> - 2018-04-14 04:57 +0200
            Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Chris Buckley <alan@sabir.com> - 2018-04-14 14:26 +0000
            Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 21:23 -0500
            Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 21:27 -0500
              Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 22:10 -0500
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" peterwezeman@hotmail.com - 2018-04-14 20:47 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 23:21 -0500
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-04-15 05:23 -0600
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 23:18 -0500
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-15 05:07 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-04-15 01:57 -0500
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-15 15:05 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-04-15 14:22 -0600
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Johnny1A <johnny1a.again@gmail.com> - 2018-04-23 21:01 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2018-04-15 14:49 -0600
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-15 22:36 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-04-19 04:11 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-04-19 04:55 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Johnny1A <johnny1a.again@gmail.com> - 2018-04-23 20:55 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-19 13:27 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-04-19 09:50 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-19 20:09 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-04-20 23:43 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-04-20 16:48 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-04-20 20:20 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-04-21 00:40 -0500
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-21 00:10 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-05-05 14:12 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-04-19 10:30 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-04-19 04:46 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Johnny1A <johnny1a.again@gmail.com> - 2018-04-23 20:21 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-24 04:27 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-04-23 23:11 -0600
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-04-24 05:14 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2018-04-23 22:21 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-24 13:33 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-04-24 08:21 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-24 15:56 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-04-24 19:05 -0600
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-25 03:59 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-04-24 21:54 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-24 14:38 -0500
    Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-13 19:38 +0000
  Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" T Guy <tim.bateman1961@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 06:39 -0700

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