Alfa
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Perhaps ol' Mal has been a bit tetchy here...but this in response to yet another remarkable and fascinating contribution from Teamed Up which, to be honest, really is worthy of comment.
Can I make a suggestion to the moderators/regulators/alligators/little blue people ....
How about a 'Teamed Up' thread ?
The woman is by far the the most prolific poster on the whole gamut of forums so surely she deserves some recognition ?
People could while endless happy hours away trying to decipher her enormously enjoyable offerings without having to search through all the forums for them ?
I for one would be happy to set aside time which I currently spend on a little light quantum physics to have a stab at this new discipline !
Looking forward to it !
Alfa.
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AVG has
>no problems when scanning nor
>does Ad-aware or Spybot. Any
>suggestions what to do?
Please, I know some
>folks have a deep seated
>hatred of AOL so let
>me not have unlocked the
>flood gates on that but
>any constructive advice will be
>gratefully received.........John frustrated in Dept
>79
John,
The best constructive advice I can give is GET RID OF AOL !
Sorry, but there it is !
No way round it....no easy fix....no magic formula.
AOL IS the problem !
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>Thank goodness for alcohol,
Good girl Olive !
I think it should be compulsory !
Alfa.
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What a fascinating thread this promises to be !
Alfa.
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Jaybee,
You have a golden opportunity here to rid yourself of just about the most God-awful piece of rubbish you can put on your computer.
Ditch AOL and move on !
(It might take you a while to clear their junk from your registry but it will be worth it - trust me - I'm a systems engineer !!!)
Alfa.
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Hi TU,
Who (or what program) says you are being attacked ?
You mention Spybot but this is a (very good) spyware tracking/removing programme which is a good thing.
Have you got this installed on your PC ?
Phoenix and I are on the web almost constantly and we don't suffer the problems that other posters seem to be plagued with (spam, junk mail, dodgy mail, viruses etc.).
If you set yourself up properly you shouldn't have problems.
We run PC's with either Windows XP or 2000 on a network and don't (won't) have broadband.(Not until it's as cheap as dial-up - we don't download large music or video files so speed isn't an issue).
All Pc's are behind firewalls (XP or Zonealarm) and all have AVG anti virus programmes (both the free and pro versions).
Wouldn't touch Norton or McAfee - too intrusive.
We also have Spybot on all PC's.
If you regularly do your PC housework (clearing cache,regularly updating software, de-fragging etc) your machine should be sweet.
We don't get viruses or hacker infiltration (we do get probed from time to time of course but the firewalls sort that).
3 Golden rules for me:
1.Don't clog your HDD with useless crap and if you must have useless crap put it on it's own partition.
2.Get as much RAM as you can.Don't get obsessed with processor speed - get memory !! (I'm doing this on Phoenix' 900Mhz AMD Duron and it's about twice as fast as a 2600Mhz Intel I worked on yesterday - It's got lots of RAM !!!).
3.Do your PC housework !!!! Stay clean !!
Happy surfing....
Alfa.
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Of course you can buy them anywhere, anytime - just like in the Uk.
Thanks for another absorbing reply to a posting TU - I don't understand a word of it but it's fascinating just the same.
If you were an artist you would surely be Munch, non ?
Regards,
Alfa.
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Try them with duck, guinea fowl or pigeon breasts.
A bit of (properly home made) madeira sauce, dauphinoise potatoes (or plain boiled Jersey Royals if it's not too late in the season) a few green leaves and a bottle of Chateau Beaucastel C de P and you will find out that there is a God after all !
Makes me hungry just talking about it !
Alternatively:
About half a dozen with a glass of bubbly for breakfast............sublime !!!
Enjoy.
Alfa.
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Adrian,
You'll find what you want in Vannes - only about 25 mins from Baud and with shops for every budget.
Go at lunch time - no parking charges from 12 to 2 and it's always worth eating at Le Sinagot (just inside the arch leading off the 'front'.)
Their seafood is sublime !
Where are you, by the way ?
Phoenix (Jude) and I have a hovel in Pont-Augan ; in fact she's over there now leaving me with the cat for company !!!
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Do yourself a favour John - uninstall AOL and in the future avoid it at all costs.
It is a truly horrible piece of intrusive software.
If you carry on with it - it will control your PC and the way you do things on it.
Nasty stuff !
Don't be sucked in by the Mickey Mouse 'great for the family' approach - this is malware at it's worst.
(You've probably realised that I don't like it !).
I won't have it on any PC's I administer.
Alfa.
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Thanks Susie,
Looks delicious - will let you know !
Regards,
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I don't eat foie gras much but I'd like to know : what is the difference between:
Foie gras entier
Ballotine de foie gras
Bloc de foie gras
Pate de foie gras
I don't want to embarrass myself at a gathering of our French neighbours and I know there will be some of you that are very knowledgable in these things.!
Thanks in advance.
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Schott's food and drink miscellany (an excellent read) suggests:
THE BIG EGG.
"Break two dozen eggs and seperate the whites from the yolks.
Tie the yolks in a pig's bladder, boil them hard and remove them.
In a larger pig's bladder: Place the whites - into the midst of the whites place the set yolks and tie the bladder tight.
Boil the whole until the whites set and then remove from the water.
Serve the monster egg on a bed of spinach."
Sounds great, doesn't it ?
I'd (personally) serve it with a light hollandaise sauce as a thoroughly agreeable breakfast for several people, with a glass or 3 of bubbly !
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A friend of mine (yes, believe it or not Alfa does have some friends) is in need of information regarding the cooking(re-heating,I think) and serving of the ubiquitous Confit de Canard.
I don't buy food in jars (my wife is a superb cook) so I know nothing !
The traditional method would seem to be: scrape off excess fat, roast until crisp and serve with potatoes cooked in the fat.
I must say it sounds delicious.
Any thoughts on this and other ways of serving this apparently classic dish ?
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It's been said before (even by the IT sage Mazan, if my memory serves me well) - avoid AOL at all costs: they are intrusive, unilateral in a lot of their thinking and generally a pain in the behind.
I won't have them on any of my systems!
(Great for kids though- plenty of mickey mouse banality !)
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>I am using AOL, can
>anyone help please
If you are using AOL you are, in my opinion, beyond help until you clean their software (including registry settings) from your PC.
They are aiming for total control (of both Internet service provision globally and your individual PC) so GET RID !
I wouldn't have anything to do with them or their dodgy tactics.
ALFA
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>So that's what they smell like.
> What do they taste
>like?
They have very little taste but a strange snot-like texture - not one I would recommend.
Regrettably; not all French food is a delight and this definitely appears on my list of no-no's, along with the other offender which is boudin noir !
So that's 2 things I don't like about French food then !
(Not quite true...I don't eat frog's legs any more, even though they are delicious ..but that's because I've got soft in my old age !).
This could be an interesting thread .........................
Alfa.
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>Having just bought a house in
>Sarlat in the Dordogne
WHY ? .... IF:
>Unfortunately most
>of the restaurants we have
>found cater mainly for tourists.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm !Perhaps the water's good then ? It certainly can't be the wine !!! (If the food's crap and it's full of tourists why on earth would you want to buy property there ?).
Filthy lucre perhaps ?
A totally bemused Francophile.
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>it is I am going
>to do a sit down
>meal for 30 as I
>am not equipped to cope
>with any more at home.
Christ !
I thought we had a big table (seats 14 - 16 at a push but we struggle with the cutlery round about the 12 mark) .
I never knew people had 30 sets of cutlery.
Naive...or what ?
On the subject in hand:
Buffets, I think, are a peculiarly English thing.
Everyone else in the world eats by courses - the English see the buffet as an excuse for piggery and quite bizarre mixtures of food - witness the extraordinary site on (say) the MV Bretagne overnight crossing Portsmouth to St.Malo in Les Abers restaurant (quite good, as it happens !).
The French will decide whether their 'buffet' starter will be based on fish;meat;vegetables in much the same way as you would choose a starter in a restaurant.They will then put a half dozen prawns on their plate with, perhaps, a little salad and maybe an artichoke or two.
The English (on the other hand and, it must be said,by and large) end up with a plate groaning under the weight of every single item available, even though they wouldn't normally dream of ordering smoked salmon with roast beef with Greek salad with marinated artichokes with langoustines with pate with poached salmon with cheese with every available pasta, salad, dip, sauce, bread ...........
No wonder the French think the English version of 'buffet' is weird !
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I once owned a sandblasting company and would agree that the process might be appropriate in the right hands -
I sandblasted all the painted beams and 4 painted stone fireplaces in our French house with superb results.
HOWEVER: the warning about bricks being (possibly) too soft should be taken seriously but getting a professional to do a test might be expensive (if the test is not good).
A viable , if messy, alternative is good old fashioned paint stripper - nitromors or similar.
A sensible person should be able to use this type of product without damaging the work or themselves if they read the instructions and take sensible precautions.
Ive stripped acres of painted bricks and also furniture (I also owned a furniture/antique restoration company)
Care and thoroughness will pay dividends.
There are stripper products available wherein the solution comes attached to a backing paper - put it on, leave it for the required time, peel it off et voila !.
More expensive but more user friendly than Nitromors.
Its called peelaway (or similar).
Hope this helps and good luck.
If you need more advice put something in my inbox and I'll contact you direct.
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Hi Chrissie,
There is a superb product available in the UK, but only from the manufacturer:
They are W.S. jenkins & Co. Ltd.
Jeco works,
Tariff Road,
Tottenham,
London. N17 0EN. Tel 0208-808-2336
The product is Jenkins single pack acrylic satin floor sealer.
This goes on top of Jenkins shellac base coat.
Their technical department will help you with preparation, application and coverage data.
The finish is superb !
This is a professional product and is easy to apply/maintain/repair.
If you are in the UK and able to organise delivery I can thoroughly recommend this company.
My son is an antique furniture/piano restorer and uses their products all the time and he has recently resurfaced a friends floor using the above - with spectacular results !
Good luck with the staircase.
Alfa.
AOL and another ISP on same machine
in French Satellite TV, French Internet and Telephone
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The dreaded AOL again !
When will people realise that this is awful stuff that will (try to) run their PC.
Combine that with Norton (SYMANTEC) and you've got the equivalent of a McDonalds with Bernard Matthews chicken drummers - sxxxxe !! Norton is far too intrusive.
I'd advise her to jettison both AOL and Norton (AVG anti virus software is the one to have).
Hope her PC gets better.
Alfa.