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Everything bagel with a normal amount of lox, not sockeye (vile), and coarse salt on the bagel. But is it your favorite? No (your favorite would be a double pastrami burger with chili), but you like it. Zehu.

Hemophobia is a condition, and not something to be embarrassed about.

Sorry you fellows had a bad experience with the cuisine. Sushi rice should be warm or room temperature, not cold.

Also, sushi does not need to have raw fish. One can put almost* anything into a roll of rice and seaweed and call it sushi (kind of like mehshi).

Sashimi is always raw fish (on a bed of rice).

* I say almost, because the mod is certain to ask if you can put a leather boot into the roll, and the answer would be no.

Ben Turah- nischt geshtoigen, nischt gefloigen.

Wow, I can’t remember a discussion about li’l ole me! in the CR for a while! chuckling….

SJS- I remember, you mentioned him a ways back. Still not me, but I’d love to meet him. Invite us both!

Dr. Pepper- not offended. I had you pegged for early to mid thirties (based on the Doctorate and number of kids) but you could be younger. I figure you were teaching for a while and then switch careers, but I didn’t realize until your last post to me (on page 2) how recently you switched.

I solved the monkey riddle by brute force, using a program I wrote in Basic. No, not Visual Basic (didn’t exist then) or Q Basic (ditto), or C Basic (ditto). On sharetime, I might add, so the efficiency of your solution might have been nice, but alas- I am no mathematician.

smartcookie, if you were a statistician, you’d be absolutely right. But let’s not forgot the famous phrase, “Probability does not exist” (I know, it’s supposed to be all capitalized). I ain’t never been nobody’s li’l girl.

Ben Turah- nischt geshtoigen, nischt gefloiggen.

charlie-

You’re sorry?! I’m offended that you apologized. But I see you haven’t lost your touch as the official CR ego booster 🙂

As far as the wagon goes, I’m kind of enjoying how much of a mystery its become. Funny, because I didn’t intend it to be. However, I found out a tidbit about the wagon that makes me think I might see it again tomorrow. I’ll let everyone know….

oomis-

I am not stating that I do not think second-hand smoke is deadly- I most definitely do. But the studies have not proved that yet, so it is not incontrovertible.

You continue to quote from Gedolim of the past who were opposed to Zionism and the establishment of the State

Does he? If so, there are plenty to quote from. But I only noticed him referring to Hirsch, who did not oppose them in the manner RSRH is representing.

For anyone who likes to point out that their parent who smokes is a tzaddik in all other ways, and I totally believe you, substitute alchohol for the smoking addiction. No matter how wonderful that parent may have been all your life, would you defend alcoholism the same way?

But oomis, in all fairness- smoking is not mind-altering. Alcoholism is. An alcoholic parent is impaired in a way that a smoking parent is not.

I’m taught not to condem, but to empathize

Care to practice that here, too?

Dr. Pepper is the closest a person here has come to outing me so far. If he had only figured out the wagon in time….

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I don’t know what you are talking about. All that was removed was a short reference to another poster as googling all his information.

My apologies. I was mistaken, as the reference I mentioned was indeed not edited.

Mine is that people will make up a substitute word when they can’t think of “inexplicable”.

Mod, I am not sure I understand why the point about the kibbutzim was edited. I can name at least 2 and give citations to verify their existence.

I don’t know what you are talking about. All that was removed was a short reference to another poster as googling all his information.

Ben Turah,

Hirsch was not in favor of establishing a Jewish State. On the contrary, he may have believed that living in exile was beneficial to the goals of fulfilling Torah as a member of “this world”. My point was that in no way is that austritt.

Also, I doubt that one such as yourself (not well versed in the Hirschian philosophy) would be able to discern the finer points to be found in his writings. If you want to study his writings and get back to me, I’d be happy to discuss them with you.

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I think you (RSRH) need to delve a bit more deeply into the writings of your leader and his prominent followers. Zionismus would be an easy place to start researching Hirsch’s feelings on the subject. Also, one of the 19 letters is on the subject. Certainly at no point did he or his followers declare austritt against the Zionists; the battle against the Zionists was entirely different from the battle against Reform.

The Zionist movement was (and is) ideologically indifferent to religion, as opposed to the Reform movement which is a religious movement. The animosity of Zionists against the Jewish religion stems from the disagreement that religion has anything to do with being a Jew. To Zionists, a Jew is only from a nationalistic or racial point of view. Consequentially, the religious Jews who oppose this belief are in turn scorned for undermining the Zionists.

As many have called them, the German Orthodox Jews are zionists against Zionism. There were even religious kibbutzim from Germany.

Exercise restraint in applying the austritt philosophy.

RSRH- please refer us to where Rabbiner Hirsch declared austritt on Zionists.

Smoking is different from drinking (alcohol) and eating fatty foods in that the latter 2 can be consumed in moderation with no ill effect. But with smoking there is no “golden mean” for two reasons- it is not a controllable habit (i.e. no one is able to smoke only 1 or 2 cigarette a day after a while) and also because even moderate smoking poses severe health risks.

If someone needs to smoke, at least switch to a pipe or cigar. No tar and no deep inhaling, it’s not good but it’s better.

Poster, use double sided tape and stick it on the vinyl window, not the wall. Then, use a warm iron over the plastic (make sure it’s the thick kind, not the cheap kind) to smooth out creases. It may take practice.

Getting Federal tax credits this time of year is a good idea, because you can get the rebate pretty soon after you’ve spent the money (as opposed to doing something in January and waiting a year). Just make sure it’s a refundable credit- I have no idea.

What boggles my mind is why people here are planting suspicion into this aishes chayil’s head. I really don’t know any proper way to express my reaction to you, you home wreckers. You are responsible for creating a serious problem that probably does not exist.

oomis, are you suggesting that squeezing a rubber ducky can help adults learn how to swim? Or was that the same typo (capital s) 3 times in a row?

rescue37 & ronsr,

Thank you. I can see how the advantages depend on your situation. For example, a person who is not used to the noises might consider steam a big disadvantage. Or someone with children might appreciate having lower temperature heat source.

My comments on steam are also anecdotal and not scientific- but my entire Methuselain life I have had steam.

– Why do you say steam needs two pipes? There is only ONE connection to the radiator, as opposed to hot water radiators which require 2.

– New steam boilers have automatic refill technology, so no need to refill manually.

– How in the world does hot water travel to the 2nd or 3rd floor without a pump? I never knew this was possible.

The noise doesn’t bother me, I find it welcome. And I’ve been told that steam can be cheaper than hot water, so it seems like the answer is different depending on who you ask (and what he is trying to sell :))

rescue37-

Can you say why you are recommending pressurized hot water system over steam?

My perspective is that steam is

1) safer- the heat rises naturally, and not by means of a pump. Returns to the boiler naturally as well (gravity). The pump is an added component and a potentially volatile one at that.

2) easier to maintain- no need to bleed the system and each radiator

3) uses less water- a couple of gallons total

4) at least as efficient (cost wise)

Now if you were talking about a water system without radiators, i.e. radiant floor heating then I’d agree that a water system has advantages. Specifically, that since the water in the pipes is heated to a lower temperature (100-105 degrees instead of 160-180 for water radiator), it can be modified to use geothermals. But the cost of laying radiant floor tubing is enormous.

popa-

I see what you mean about being serious more often than most people would give you credit for.

200 hours billable is probably a lot more than 200 hours total. Otherwise, I’d agree that 200 hours OT is not much – only 10% more than a 9-5 job.