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Pumpkins in the USA
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David Hare-Scott wrote: On Fri, 27 May 2011 09:59:40 -0700, Billy wrote: In article , Jim Elbrecht wrote: Jim Elbrecht wrote: -snip- The Sugar Baby pumpkins that I used to grow for pies were a 60-70 day crop- unlike the big ones that are 120+. I can't find "Sugar Baby" -- but further thought & a bit of poking around makes me think these were more like 90 day pumpkins. I planted them 2nd week of June & first frost was usually mid-Sept. This page has a bunch of pumpkin varieties and mentions the vine, which reminded me that these things I used to grow were 'bush' pumpkins. Jim Thanks for the search. Typing "Sugar Baby" into Google was quite titillating ;O) We have an productive cumquat tree. My wife went googling "cumquat jam". You do get some recipes but not all are to do with boiling fruit with sugar. David DAVID, WHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA?!! Ah, there, that feels better ;O) Anyway, I'm always ready to give it a go, so I typed "cumquat jam" into Google, and all I got was boiling fruit with sugar:O( However when I type in "Sugar Baby", I get http://www.seekingarrangement.com/ "Seeking Arrangement", The Guide to Mutually Beneficial Relationships ;O) http://www.sugarbaby4u.com/How-Men-C...ingly-Beautifu l-SugarBaby.php Who are you interested in meeting? I Want Sugar Daddy I Want Sugar Baby Strictly Sugar Daddy Serious Relationship I want a Gay Sugar Daddy I want a Baby Boy ect., etc. --- Not a pumpkin in sight. The up-side is that with any luck that should occupy Shelly for awhile. By coincidence, I turned on the radio and got: http://www.democracynow.org/2011/5/27/eli_pariser_on_the_filter_bubble Eli Pariser on "The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You" The internet is increasingly becoming an echo chamber in which websites tailor information according to the preferences they detect in each viewer. When some users search the word "Egypt," they may get the latest news about the revolution, others might only see search results about Egyptian vacations. The top 50 websites collect an average of 64 bits of personal information each time we visit--and then custom-design their sites to conform to our perceived preferences. What impact will this online filtering have on the future of democracy? We speak to Eli Pariser, author of The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You. "Take news about the war in Afghanistan. When you talk to people who run news websites, they'll tell you stories about the war in Afghanistan don't perform very well. They don't get a lot of clicks. People don't flock to them. And yet, this is arguably one of the most important issues facing the country," says Pariser. "But it will never make it through these filters. And especially on Facebook this is a problem, because the way that information is transmitted on Facebook is with the 'like' button. And the 'like' button, it has a very particular valence. It's easy to click 'like' on 'I just ran a marathon' or 'I baked a really awesome cake.' It's very hard to click 'like' on 'war in Afghanistan enters its 10th year.'" --- AMY GOODMAN: So, this may surprise people. Two of us sitting here, me and Juan, if we went online, the two of us, and put into Google "Eli Pariser"-- ELI PARISER: Right. AMY GOODMAN:--we actually might come up with a wholly different set of finds, a totally different set of links, of search results. ELI PARISER: That's right. I was surprised. I didn't know that that was, you know, how it was working, until I stumbled across a little blog post on Google's blog that said "personalized search for everyone." And as it turns out, for the last several years, there is no standard Google. There's no sort of "this is the link that is the best link." It's the best link for you. And the definition of what the best link for you is, is the thing that you're the most likely to click. So, it's not necessarily what you need to know; it's what you want to know, what you're most likely to click. (cont.) --- Obviously, David, you are leading a dissolute life behind that facade of being the gentleman gardener. Soooo, what other sites have you found ;O)? -- - Billy Mad dog Republicans to the right. Democratic spider webs to the left. True conservatives, and liberals not to be found anywhere in the phantasmagoria of the American political landscape. America is not broke. The country is awash in wealth and cash. It's just that it's not in your hands. It has been transferred, in the greatest heist in history, from the workers and consumers to the banks and the portfolios of the uber-rich. http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/.../michael-moore /michael-moore-says-400-americans-have-more-wealth-/ |
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Pumpkins in the USA
"Billy" wrote in message ... In article , David Hare-Scott wrote: On Fri, 27 May 2011 09:59:40 -0700, Billy wrote: In article , Jim Elbrecht wrote: Jim Elbrecht wrote: -snip- The Sugar Baby pumpkins that I used to grow for pies were a 60-70 day crop- unlike the big ones that are 120+. I can't find "Sugar Baby" -- but further thought & a bit of poking around makes me think these were more like 90 day pumpkins. I planted them 2nd week of June & first frost was usually mid-Sept. This page has a bunch of pumpkin varieties and mentions the vine, which reminded me that these things I used to grow were 'bush' pumpkins. Jim Thanks for the search. Typing "Sugar Baby" into Google was quite titillating ;O) We have an productive cumquat tree. My wife went googling "cumquat jam". You do get some recipes but not all are to do with boiling fruit with sugar. David DAVID, WHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA?!! Ah, there, that feels better ;O) Anyway, I'm always ready to give it a go, so I typed "cumquat jam" into Google, and all I got was boiling fruit with sugar:O( However when I type in "Sugar Baby", I get http://www.seekingarrangement.com/ "Seeking Arrangement", The Guide to Mutually Beneficial Relationships ;O) http://www.sugarbaby4u.com/How-Men-C...ingly-Beautifu l-SugarBaby.php Who are you interested in meeting? I Want Sugar Daddy I Want Sugar Baby Strictly Sugar Daddy Serious Relationship I want a Gay Sugar Daddy I want a Baby Boy ect., etc. --- Not a pumpkin in sight. Don't even think about Googleing "fudge". The up-side is that with any luck that should occupy Shelly for awhile. By coincidence, I turned on the radio and got: http://www.democracynow.org/2011/5/27/eli_pariser_on_the_filter_bubble Eli Pariser on "The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You" The internet is increasingly becoming an echo chamber in which websites tailor information according to the preferences they detect in each viewer. When some users search the word "Egypt," they may get the latest news about the revolution, others might only see search results about Egyptian vacations. The top 50 websites collect an average of 64 bits of personal information each time we visit--and then custom-design their sites to conform to our perceived preferences. What impact will this online filtering have on the future of democracy? We speak to Eli Pariser, author of The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You. "Take news about the war in Afghanistan. When you talk to people who run news websites, they'll tell you stories about the war in Afghanistan don't perform very well. They don't get a lot of clicks. People don't flock to them. And yet, this is arguably one of the most important issues facing the country," says Pariser. "But it will never make it through these filters. And especially on Facebook this is a problem, because the way that information is transmitted on Facebook is with the 'like' button. And the 'like' button, it has a very particular valence. It's easy to click 'like' on 'I just ran a marathon' or 'I baked a really awesome cake.' It's very hard to click 'like' on 'war in Afghanistan enters its 10th year.'" --- AMY GOODMAN: So, this may surprise people. Two of us sitting here, me and Juan, if we went online, the two of us, and put into Google "Eli Pariser"-- ELI PARISER: Right. AMY GOODMAN:--we actually might come up with a wholly different set of finds, a totally different set of links, of search results. ELI PARISER: That's right. I was surprised. I didn't know that that was, you know, how it was working, until I stumbled across a little blog post on Google's blog that said "personalized search for everyone." And as it turns out, for the last several years, there is no standard Google. There's no sort of "this is the link that is the best link." It's the best link for you. And the definition of what the best link for you is, is the thing that you're the most likely to click. So, it's not necessarily what you need to know; it's what you want to know, what you're most likely to click. (cont.) --- Obviously, David, you are leading a dissolute life behind that facade of being the gentleman gardener. Soooo, what other sites have you found ;O)? -- - Billy Mad dog Republicans to the right. Democratic spider webs to the left. True conservatives, and liberals not to be found anywhere in the phantasmagoria of the American political landscape. America is not broke. The country is awash in wealth and cash. It's just that it's not in your hands. It has been transferred, in the greatest heist in history, from the workers and consumers to the banks and the portfolios of the uber-rich. http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/.../michael-moore /michael-moore-says-400-americans-have-more-wealth-/ |
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Pumpkins in the USA
On Fri, 27 May 2011 16:50:53 -0700, Billy
wrote: In article , David Hare-Scott wrote: On Fri, 27 May 2011 09:59:40 -0700, Billy wrote: In article , Jim Elbrecht wrote: Jim Elbrecht wrote: -snip- The Sugar Baby pumpkins that I used to grow for pies were a 60-70 day crop- unlike the big ones that are 120+. I can't find "Sugar Baby" -- but further thought & a bit of poking around makes me think these were more like 90 day pumpkins. I planted them 2nd week of June & first frost was usually mid-Sept. This page has a bunch of pumpkin varieties and mentions the vine, which reminded me that these things I used to grow were 'bush' pumpkins. Jim Thanks for the search. Typing "Sugar Baby" into Google was quite titillating ;O) We have an productive cumquat tree. My wife went googling "cumquat jam". You do get some recipes but not all are to do with boiling fruit with sugar. David DAVID, WHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA?!! Ah, there, that feels better ;O) I don't. Why did you say that? I don't see the connection. D |
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Pumpkins in the USA
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David Hare-Scott wrote: On Fri, 27 May 2011 16:50:53 -0700, Billy wrote: In article , David Hare-Scott wrote: On Fri, 27 May 2011 09:59:40 -0700, Billy wrote: In article , Jim Elbrecht wrote: Jim Elbrecht wrote: -snip- The Sugar Baby pumpkins that I used to grow for pies were a 60-70 day crop- unlike the big ones that are 120+. I can't find "Sugar Baby" -- but further thought & a bit of poking around makes me think these were more like 90 day pumpkins. I planted them 2nd week of June & first frost was usually mid-Sept. This page has a bunch of pumpkin varieties and mentions the vine, which reminded me that these things I used to grow were 'bush' pumpkins. Jim Thanks for the search. Typing "Sugar Baby" into Google was quite titillating ;O) We have an productive cumquat tree. My wife went googling "cumquat jam". You do get some recipes but not all are to do with boiling fruit with sugar. David DAVID, WHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA?!! Ah, there, that feels better ;O) I don't. Why did you say that? I don't see the connection. D Do you have any sense of humor? -- - Billy Mad dog Republicans to the right. Democratic spider webs to the left. True conservatives, and liberals not to be found anywhere in the phantasmagoria of the American political landscape. America is not broke. The country is awash in wealth and cash. It's just that it's not in your hands. It has been transferred, in the greatest heist in history, from the workers and consumers to the banks and the portfolios of the uber-rich. http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/.../michael-moore /michael-moore-says-400-americans-have-more-wealth-/ |
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Pumpkins in the USA
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, Billy wrote: In article , David Hare-Scott wrote: On Fri, 27 May 2011 16:50:53 -0700, Billy wrote: In article , David Hare-Scott wrote: On Fri, 27 May 2011 09:59:40 -0700, Billy wrote: In article , Jim Elbrecht wrote: Jim Elbrecht wrote: -snip- The Sugar Baby pumpkins that I used to grow for pies were a 60-70 day crop- unlike the big ones that are 120+. I can't find "Sugar Baby" -- but further thought & a bit of poking around makes me think these were more like 90 day pumpkins. I planted them 2nd week of June & first frost was usually mid-Sept. This page has a bunch of pumpkin varieties and mentions the vine, which reminded me that these things I used to grow were 'bush' pumpkins. Jim Thanks for the search. Typing "Sugar Baby" into Google was quite titillating ;O) We have an productive cumquat tree. My wife went googling "cumquat jam". You do get some recipes but not all are to do with boiling fruit with sugar. David DAVID, WHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA?!! Ah, there, that feels better ;O) I don't. Why did you say that? I don't see the connection. D Do you have any sense of humor? I'm sure that all Americans who read this know that I'm pulling your leg. Do you need that translated? -- - Billy Mad dog Republicans to the right. Democratic spider webs to the left. True conservatives, and liberals not to be found anywhere in the phantasmagoria of the American political landscape. America is not broke. The country is awash in wealth and cash. It's just that it's not in your hands. It has been transferred, in the greatest heist in history, from the workers and consumers to the banks and the portfolios of the uber-rich. http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/.../michael-moore /michael-moore-says-400-americans-have-more-wealth-/ |
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Pumpkins in the USA
On Fri, 27 May 2011 21:48:46 -0700, Billy
wrote: In article , David Hare-Scott wrote: On Fri, 27 May 2011 16:50:53 -0700, Billy wrote: In article , David Hare-Scott wrote: On Fri, 27 May 2011 09:59:40 -0700, Billy wrote: In article , Jim Elbrecht wrote: Jim Elbrecht wrote: -snip- The Sugar Baby pumpkins that I used to grow for pies were a 60-70 day crop- unlike the big ones that are 120+. I can't find "Sugar Baby" -- but further thought & a bit of poking around makes me think these were more like 90 day pumpkins. I planted them 2nd week of June & first frost was usually mid-Sept. This page has a bunch of pumpkin varieties and mentions the vine, which reminded me that these things I used to grow were 'bush' pumpkins. Jim Thanks for the search. Typing "Sugar Baby" into Google was quite titillating ;O) We have an productive cumquat tree. My wife went googling "cumquat jam". You do get some recipes but not all are to do with boiling fruit with sugar. David DAVID, WHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA?!! Ah, there, that feels better ;O) I don't. Why did you say that? I don't see the connection. D Do you have any sense of humor? I still don't get it. Is it an allusion to some sitcom or a local politician perhaps? Never mind. D |
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