Youtube comments of CuteCatFaith (@CuteCatFaith).

  1. Uprated, shared.  My favorite movie, though of course there are other favorites.  This one has religion or spirituality, horses, food, music, dancing, a foreign language for me, period attire, an impossible love or situation, no happy ending.  Stephane is amazing.  I've seen so many of her movies and never saw her miss.  Second wife of Chabrol.  Lots of humorous looks at human behavior in this one.  For me, cooking is an act of love and meditation.  Greetings from France via Italy and the USA.
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  2. I guess ... they don't like female personality???  I do.
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  3. Don't watch, then.
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  4. I kept thinking that the food market at the beginning with all the ethnicities reminded me so much of the West Side Market in Cleveland, Ohio USA.  I was born in Cleveland in '57 to a working poor family, and our rare trips to this faraway market (we had become East Siders) was a thrill.  If we'd saved the pennies, we could get a Sacher torte!  Pierogies!  Free range meats!  Kirby cucumbers for making our own pickles!  Goat milk!  But the city, the country, was sliding ... I left Ohio totally in '77 and the States in '94.  It had just become untenable.  Good comment ... sad ...
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  5. Perhaps, but it didn't teach you manners, apparently.
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  6. This is just about as bad as it gets.  It's deranged, and reminds me of why I left the USA 21 years ago, quietly and legally.  I was this lone wolf saying to people this is crazy and got ridiculed heavily. 
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  7. I like this one.  I'm pretty new to MUNCHIES so haven't seen the old stuff.  It's often so, so fun to dress up for music and go nuts with it when young.  Pig blood is very popular in France, and locally, I can buy a big bottle of it fresh and in this household, we like black boudin, blood sausages, either bland or Créole, spicy.  Almost everyone who eats pork will eat those and if they don't know what they are, I don't tell 'em.  I'm sure I would have been glad to at least try all the foods shown here.  That goopy soup with oysters and stuff looked really fine.  Uprated.
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  8. Jon Gardner You are judgmental.
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  9. I really liked eating Middle Eastern foods in the Mid-East!  I am fairly adventurous (went all alone) but at first, I thought, I don't know ... but by Day Two, I found myself so attached to them, to so many things, and what music!  It's a bit hard to describe unless you know someone who has been at least somewhere there and avoided hotel food (I can't stand that!).  The climates, fresh products and methods really make sense to your senses.  Uprated.
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  10. I loved keeping a kosher home for 12 years in a marriage.  I learned everything I could.  I still cook kosher recipes fairly often.  Uprated.
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  11. I found out about all this around '80. It's very nice and she's a kind woman!
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  12. I found the bull culture around Arles, France very interesting.  The bulls are a smallish black breed with big horns.  They live at free range -- there are signs up warning drivers, and the villages have signs up reminding that the appearance of a bull might happpen.  The Camargue horses also live free range.  I think the bullfighting season is October.  Traditionally, the bulls are not spiked or killed.  Colored strings are tied to their horns and the objective is to pluck off the strings.  They want to pick the most agile, smart and strong bulls because it raises their market value for breeding.  After a fight the bull returns to pasture with its higher rating.  Unfortunately, in the huge arena in Arles which looks like the Colosseum in Rome (and is Roman) audiences seem to want blood.  You can go to local farm and village events to see riding and bull demonstrations.  Bull meat tastes good and has to be flash seared.  So eventually, the animals are killed for meat, hides and other parts.  Hey, in the Roman theatre nearby, people had sex and got murdered in the performances.  Bloodlust, really.  Back in the day, a thumbs up meant "kill" and a thumbs down meant "spare the life."
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  13. I was pleased I got so quickly attached to Turkish foods.  You guys have amazing condiments, yogurts, too.  I really liked the basic salads with no vinegars and the red tea.  Wonderful pop music -- such fun surprises!!
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  14. kenny black It is not easy when you are in the same place and they get violent.
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  15. Friends, family and contacts in the United States have ridiculed me (and worse) for over two decades for living as I do in Europe.  They "pity" me for not having gadgets and frills.  I got a new lease on life and wouldn't exchange this for anything.  Some have come to visit and actually, some freak out.  They just cannot handle all the quiet, peace, polite human contact, nature, culture, and quality of life.  Others just blossom here and find they have little anxiety, stress, and have pleasure in little things such as walking, eating, waking up refreshed, et c.  Invariably, many ask to smoke even if they are not smokers!  (I try to warn them not to -- Paris has a bad climate.)  Our country places in Brittany BLEW AN OLD FRIEND'S MIND!  He loved meeting the peasant relatives and seeing all the Roman roads, megaliths, vipers, birds of prey, horses, et c.
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  16. Your fault.
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  17. I liked this, uprated it.  Shared it.  I enjoyed my one visit to Mexico, decades ago, Yucatan.  I found this very educational.  Greetings from France via the USA!
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  18. Very French.  I speak from experience.  A meal is like a love affair here in France.
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  19. "palate"
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  20. Angrybaek Who there has money??
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  21. Yeah, I suppose when an exit is needed ...
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  22. When I got sober, I was pretty shaky for the whole rest of the year, months and months.  I really had to take it easy.  When I see photos of myself, I really look feeble.  By the next year, I was getting around okay.  It depends.
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  23. Uprated.  These are so much work.  I remember my maternal grandmother made wonderful things such as this.  When someone takes the time to carefully do all the steps, pay attention and use the best ingredients they can get, you can never forget the experience.
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  24. Horse meat really is fantastic.  I love horses and drink horse milk and use horse milk toiletries, but I do eat horse sometimes.
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  25. Alexander Farax Maybe I can put some yolks on them, to aid in my vision!  Yoke =/= yolk.  That's a poke, son ...
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  26. You started looking at one year of age??
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  27. Hm ... I thought she did very well and remained very focused.
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  28. I moved to France long ago from the States and learned to eat slowly, "less is more," and it's quality, not quantity.  If you eat on a regular schedule, it's nicely served even in a modest setting, and you do courses, no matter how humble, your health improves, the weight comes off, and the objective is that you are never, ever hungry at the end of the meal.  You learn to savor food.  My guests here from the USA kept shoveling in junk they were buying and gobbling things down without even tasting them.  After we set a good example and they tried what WE eat, one guy, black guy from NYC and AZ, said, "This cheese is OUTRAGEOUS!"  The flavor is the focus here, and you're supposed to have your fill, and you can take more plain bread, more cheese, and fresh fruit near the end of lunch and dinner, even everyday, if you need it, so you learn not to panic -- you're going to get enough.  "Why can't I have another bite?"  The more, more, more, more is better American thing is not for me any longer.  :)
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  29. Pigs are smarter than dogs and avoid shit when they can.  Go and have a chicken or an egg!
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  30. The hammams are wonderful.  We do have them around where I live in France and the Pacha one near me is the largest in France and only for women, always.  It's a day of Paradise.  They are superb in Turkey and I loved my two hours in a mixed one there.  Even the little ones can be great, they don't mess around, you get looked after and all fixed up, you emerge good for weeks, just feeling refreshed.  :)
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  31. Kzoo771 No.  I'm not doing anything wrong.  If any channeler has a problem with me, they either block me or correct me.  Why are you swearing at me and insulting me?  I don't think my comments are generally offtopic, hateful, picking on others.  You're a bully and very rude.  Go away. 
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  32. Stupid, a waste of time, and wonderful!  Uprated.  Very fun.
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  33. lennygel666 How nasty.  If you wonder if I'm Jewish, I'm not.  But that's hateful talk.
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  34. I studied in Italy. I am American and live in France. I was just in the Occitane region of the Southeast and they freely state, they like to use their hands, Italian style.
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  35. Hey, this American guy was visiting me here in France and wanted me to see a clip of his "friend" who had the fastest battery-operated motorcycle on record.  I said, "That's stupid.  You don't need to 'go fast' on a motorcycle."  Sure enough, in the clip, the guy wiped out and is now paralyzed.  I said to my visitor, "Oh, great, think of the cost and he's wrecked himself for something so pointless!  This is horrible.  You really think this is great?  That's stupid."  He looked stunned, hadn't thought of it that way, and kind of had to agree.  Really, it was shocking!  That fool made himself a burden who will suffer horribly!  For nothing!!
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  36. They essentially killed their kid.
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  37. I actually had a young gay woman this past year ask me what to do, and I said, shut up with your parents.  You can last a few more years, not worth it to tell those screwheads.  It's very sad, but some have to stay in the closet for at least awhile.  Family can be the worst.
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  38. It isn't high-functioning autism.  It is a developmental disability, is genetic, kicks in within hours of conception.  The classification has been changed and it's no longer in the autism category.  Autism seems to set in after birth and is related to something toxic, such as a vaccine, or other outside thing after birth.  Asperger's is usually passed from father to son, but does occur in females.  Sometimes called "idiot-savants," which is not correct.  They tend to be focused on a passion, such as the history of one thing, and can cite incredible detail about it.  They find it hard to establish and maintain relationships, are highly biddable.  Have a hard time functioning fully, may have speech quirks, be loquacious, can absolutely work but need a constantly structured environment.  The absence of ability to pick up on social cues is apparent.  Often extremely clumsy.  Frequently have little or no conception of time, so require supervision.  Tend to talk at people rather to them, problems with empathy.  Vulnerable, as they are not usually hard to take advantage of.  May appear intelligent or bright, can fake it frequently for a time.  Have problems with certain things, such as sounds, textures, it's a processing problem.  Easy victims.  Many people say they've been diagnosed with autism and actually it's Asperger's, which is not autism.  Hope this helps.
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  39. Hey, they don't even know where communism comes from or why they might hate it.
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  40. I must have missed the Peking duck.
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  41. It looks like a good dish to me.
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  42. Nice to see my East Village pal Ann Magnuson in here! Cute clip. I sure remember this time. I was a young teen in the Rust Belt in '73!
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  43. ***** I'm not sure but I think being against usury really flies in the face of traditional Western banking, so is a no-no. I think it's sad but hilarious Alabama recently outlawed Sharia law.  Just wait until the precious metals investors get a hold of that!  A culture which favors asset-backed currency such as gold-backed stuff has now been outlawed in that state.  I live among Muslims and I must say, generally they are pretty cool.  I'm not for or against them, however.  Just observe stuff.
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  44. hany259 Oh, who cares?  I've pounced on a few females in my time.  Give me a man any day or night, but a cute chick, yeah, baby, into bed, you're gonna get tied up with my sheer stockings and I'm gonna make you moan, "Don't ... stop ... "  Ha ha ha ha ha!  Lesbians rock.  The more overt they are, well, the braver.  It isn't easy for them.
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  45. Uprated.  I'm not surprised this is good.  Many cheeses go well with sweet cream dessert things -- tiramisu comes to mind.  Also, I think of gorgonzola cheese on a dry biscuit with organic French honey from herbal or forest environments.  In the latter case, the sweetness of the honey works beautifully with the gorgonzola -- an Italian blue cheese.  Roquefort cheese, just a little bit, makes an amazing tarte/quiche with homemade puff pastry -- it also has anchovies in it.  All that creamy butter in the slowly hand-rolled and folded-all morning puff pastry crust, chilled again and again, and a very light cream and egg mixture makes tarte/quiche perfection.  You need so little cheese, too!  She's my kind of "crazy." 
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  46. They are supposed to be that way.  Study sumo.  Its history.
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  47. The season is only for about a week.
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  48. If you use the "cc" function you can see subtitles.  There is an anotation in the clip at the beginning advising of this -- you just have to read that.
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  49. Uprated.  I LOVED the North of England, and the South of Scotland!  I was FINE with the food in both countries, since 1980, many times, mostly for pleasure but a little bit for work.  I just stuck to local specialties and game.  No problem!  Crab fishing by boat is horribly hard and dangerous.  Seafood and shellfish, any sea or water products, in fact, are generally way too toxic to eat or too stressed to harvest, however, so I reluctantly avoid them.  (But do not exclude them.  Depends.)  The parmo is, at this point, after living in France so long from the USA via Italy, too gloopy for me likely, but I certainly would try it!  I really like doing some British and Scottish dishes here, making my own pastry, getting the gnarly supplies and cooking them all down.  Fun clip.  I think the North of England is a bit like the North of France, which has a bad reputation.  Undeserved.  I can really recommend the Northeast of England as a visit destination.  Go look, study the history, behave, and try some things!  Very fun clip, thank you.
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  50. He's disgusting -- and I don't care.  Uprated.  Pretty sure I know where the first place in Venice, is -- the San Toma quarter, some of the best-priced and most wonderful food.  I'd have been sick on most of this food but it would have been an honor to at least taste it all!  At least a little taste.  Very fun.  I've tried to explain to my fellow Americans that until you have Italian food in Italy, French food in France, et c., you may be getting something fine, elsewhere, but IT'S NOT THE SAME.  Thanks for this.
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  51. Most cops I knew in NYC had no problem with the crime going on, they just wanted their slice.
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  52. When people say, "God bless you," when you sneeze, that is from Saint Gregory.  He was unable to perform last rites for all the people dying of plague, so when he heard them sneeze, he said that as a quickie benediction, because a sneeze meant you'd probably be dead within three days, maximum.  Plague still breaks out periodically.
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  53. ***** I think Islam may be picked on a lot cuz they are against usury.
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  54. Neat!  I loved a pork bbq.  They don't eat bbq in France where I live now.
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  55. One of the reasons I don't eat the beef tartare here in France is that I'm not nuts about their presentation of it.  This method looks better.  We like it served French style with horse meat, however, the egg yolk right on the meat in an indentation, and you put chopped onion, a pickle, a few capers, et c. around on the side of the plate.  Usually the condiments offered (and this is easy to make and do at home) are Tabasco sauce, Worcestershire sauce if it can be found, mustard, horse radish maybe, and I've seen oil offered.  The bread is on the side.  It's considered to have a raw meat meal at least seasonally here very healthy.  Fun to garnish with a radish, et c.  Oh, I've also seen lemon juice as a condiment.  The diner can pick the mix they want to bite at, a little at a time, with nibbles of bread.  I like raw meat meals once in awhile.  This chef does a nice job, and adding a dash of cognac looks good.  Uprated.
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  56. Surprisingly original!  I often use dried spices and herbs, and she's right, the fresh ones raise things a floor or two. 
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  57. Good clip, uprated, shared.  The Dakota was, indeed, pretty impressive as a locale.
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  58. Lamb, veal, pork, ox ... tongue is always welcome here in France.  This is a new twist on it, for me.  Thanks.
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  59. Uprated, shared.  Another interesting one.  Hormonal problems, fibroids = soya.  I can't handle it, unfortunately.  Lots of stuff in this one.  Here in France, a lot of stuff like the "cupping" is at least partially covered by basic universal health care.  Mésothérapie, acupuncture, homeopathy, sophrologie, lymphatic drainage, physical therapy, chiropractors who use pressure points on the neck to give you the feeling of a long weekend vacation of rest, and plenty of Asiatic doctors who tend to be excellent.  I've taken friends visiting from the States around to have eye checks and glasses, dental care, et c.  Enough about France, I like it here.  Again, I would have had at least a bite of everything shown here, even the tofu.  I agree with what you said at the end, very much -- one culture is not better than another, just it's own thing.  I studied Chinese herbology decades ago, formally, and still refer to my materials.  Just cleared up a tooth abcess in two days, will just go next week to a regular dentist for a classic check.  Very informative despite the rudeness often, ha ha ha!  Thank you.  You are what you are, Mr. Huang.  Salute!
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  60. Well, I won't eat margarine or soy but this looked nice and it's a cute episode.  Uprated.
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  61. ***** In the sumo lifestyle you have to get up to eat during the night, even.  Required.  This old art was done as a way for lords to show off and have competitions for entertainment.  Their sponsorship of the hefty sumo wrestlers was a sign of prestige.
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  62. I'd eat this, I'd eat the ants.
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  63. How did he get in there?  This is bogus.  Amsterdam has primary responsibility.
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  64. Oscar Eliasson For shame.  Calling me by your mother's name.
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  65. I think it was clear he only objects to big splashy to-dos.  I don't see how you didn't hear that.
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  66. ABC bought the old name and a TV show is being developed.  Rather than take these off, they are renamed and posted on a different channel, okay?  It's been explained!!
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  67. Legs there is funny and sweet.  I loved asking for a finnan haddie in a tiny place there.  Really, I liked everything in Scotland -- even the dour people sometimes.  I hope to get to the Orkney Islands before I become sawdust.  I hear some people hate them, but most I know found them a delightful, educational SHOCK.  My kind of fun!  Love from France via elsewhere and the USA.  Uprated.
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  68. You might like Scott Rea's channel.  "Britain's Best Butcher of 1990," and he does Brit food (lots of game and fish) with a French soul.  Has lots of butchering demonstrations up.  I've been able to do things I never dreamed I could.  I have very small hands and am not strong. 
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  69. ***** Those degrees are not exportable, so I don't know.
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  70. I visited Turkey recently and had harems and eunuchs explained to me. I think I might send a video response to this about polyandry. I am an American woman living in France.
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  71. Me neither, I appreciate it.
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  72. In France, parents are legally required to house, clothe and feed there children in perpetuity.  It tends to make them think more about reproduction.  The stipend for each child, which is not means-tested, stops when the child is 18, but the parent's responsibility carries on.  Spouses can be provided for but don't inherit -- offspring do.
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  73. My French spouse forced me to watch some documentaries some years ago and to visit one of his family member's industrial farms (which is quite nice, modern and humane by many standards, but yeow!).  I got the message.  Reducing meat, sticking to free range, organic, equitable, local, seasonal ... in fact, it's the cheaper option here in France for the most part.  I used to sometimes get a free range organic turkey on order in the States.  Turkeys go for 70 to 100 USD equivalent here in France but they prefer goose and other things anyway.  Scott Rea has a great recent clip up of what lovelieness can come of an ordinary turkey, however, and I recommend his channel.  Enjoy, and do go hunting or fishing once and kill and process it ALL yourself!  :)
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  74. Uprated.  Lovely special meal.
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  75. In ancient Rome, thumbs up meant "death," thumbs down meant "spare 'em."
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  76. Sarge Rho This is false -- it's been found not to be so.
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  77. Fun!  Uprated.  I always liked to cook in the USA and learned in Italy, where I studied.  I've been in France for 21 years, and actually landed a job as a chef's assistant in Paris on a short-term contract.  Wow, that chef was nasty, but I shut up, obeyed and learned a lot.  "Tripéries" are popular here in France and I live in Saint-Denis on the border of Paris and people are poor a lot of them, so the "tripes" vendors in the huge greenmarket here three times a week (one of the largest in Europe) are always thronged.  I love "tripes" (offal) and nailed Tripes à la Môde de Caen my second try.  He's right, it is more work.  If you do it right, the stuff tastes amazing.  Ask any Soul Food afficionado!  Chitlins here are "andouilles" and "andouillettes," and so on.  I have done half a suckling pig in a way I learned from Sardinians in Italy, splitting it with another woman right there in the greenmarket here.  Stuffed lamb hearts, I'll try anything!  A lot of this stuff has to be cooked all day, cooled, chilled, then continued next day so it can bloom.  I miss a North American cocktail and I think this is a winning combination!  Never been to Thailand but any Thai dish I had, however inauthentic, was wonderful.  You're SUPPOSED to take a long time with this, and then scent the aromas, eat slowly, chew, talk, think ... taste.  Uni (sea urchin) is a bit weird but I like seeing it here fresh and alive in January and look forward to doing it Inch'Allah (ha ha!).  Italians love it as a seasonal treat, too.  I really like the presentation in the dishes shown here, and the thoughtful zaniness.  It all seems to ought to work, to me.  I'm also one of the few people I know who likes any caviar or fish eggs.  Wonderful, colorful clip.  Thank you so much!  "Bon continuation!"
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  78. I was all over Sammy's Roumanian in NYC.  I covered the waterfront.  I covered the Lower East Side and other parts.  Good for these people -- this is very smart.  This appeals to Eastern Europeans, and all orientals generally.  NYers, deli lovers, you name it, they have so many bases covered.  Greetings from Paris, France.  No good pickles nor bagels.  No pies or bbq and so on.  So it goes.  There are other fish to fry.  xo  Uprated.
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  79. They like charcoal ice cream and raw horse meat ice cream in Japan ... greetings from France via the USA (my 20-year anniversary today of immigrating).  Even simple weekday French lunches and dinners end with cheese or better still, a modest cheese platter.  You start with the mildest cheese and nibble a bit, perhaps on a little plain bread, then go for a medium strong cheese, then end with the strongest one, such as a blue cheese.  There is always fresh fruit twice a day -- every home has an ongoing fruit bowl -- the four o'clock snack at work or home is often a small fruit.  You share at work and it's convivial to share your fruit.  (And less calories.)  They might then have yogurt or actually a pastry (specially for Sunday lunch), even with the strong cheese flavor lingering on the palate, possibly.  Try a bit of gorgonzola cheese on a dry biscuit with a dribble of fine honey over it.  Wonderful!  And watch your language, please.  Class dismissed.
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  80. Would you rather the old ones be deleted or unavailable?  ABC bought the Fresh off the Boat name.  They had to rebrand and put these on MUNCHIES.  Sheesh.  It's been said a thousand times here in the past couple of months.  I hadn't seen these, so I appreciate them.  The world is not out there to entertain Your Lordship.  We are not your lackies.
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  81. Fun channel, good video!  I am American and live in France, 20 years now, and did a short term contract as a chef's assistant in Paris.  Fun!  Hard work.  I learned a lot.  We rent furnished flats and houses on vacation so I can cook.  I want to buy the local fare and try to serve it.  I loved seeing their appreciation of a good cheese.  I never really understood dairy products in the USA.  This chef's dishes are really cute, and look like nice combinations.  I enjoyed my honeymoon for the first marriage in SF, though it was a very gay city in '80 and the gays were openly hostile to the straights.  The straights were so beleaguered, they were snippy.  But the food was wonderful, and I loved all the types of oysters driving up to Bodega Bay.  Too bad all seafood and river food is so toxic now.  Great ladies' night out.  Uprated.
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  82. Pasha spark Yes, try giving birth in the Western world.  Snip snip, cut cut.  Yo soy testigo.  So what?  It isn't personal.  If we're in the wilds and a bear is hungry, it will eat us.  It is not personal.  If we want to eat the bear or have sport with it, it isn't personal.
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  83. Oscar Eliasson I am not on social networks.  Strong language is uncalled for.  I will be here if I please.
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  84. I don't.
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  85. Zach Harter I know, I'm from Cleveland, which went bankrupt in '75 after largely burning in the '60s.  Moving to the Lower East Side of NYC in the late '70s was scary, but I tried to buy the Christadora House, which was only 60k USD!!  People thought I was NUTS!!  There were other properties up for grabs and I was so frustrated not to have any money or connections.  The few I knew who could get money were terrified of that place.  So many young people such as myself had fled the Rust Belt for NYC, where at least you could go to or finish college and find "a job" and kind of try to survive.  (It was hell!!)  When I bought an abandoned place in Saint-Denis, France for cash in '94, people thought I was INSANE!  But I love it here -- it's better than NYC, and I can walk into Paris!  The very same day I closed on this place, the same place upstairs sold for DOUBLE THE MONEY.  Now, I couldn't even rent here, let alone buy.  If it's a place where many, many languages are spoken daily and you have a lot of students and young people from all walks of life, it's at least going to be lively.  There is often a chance it will develop.  When you have places such as NYC where most people share horrible, buggy, dark, run-down apartments, they will likely go out to clubs and restaurants and will need services, transportation, et c.  No one wants to "stay home" much in such places.  When I see places where people can "cocoon" and "burrow," there's always a stagnation.  At least, an inherent one.  I don't mind seeing lively, trendy places pop up as long as they are mindful of their trash and noise and quality of life issues and stuff. 
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  86. Dmetal23 Ha ha ha ha!!!  Remember what people said about JFK??
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  87. onraj9mm Shall I unsub? 
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  88. Rachel Khoo is not a great slicer, either.  So what?
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  89. He's brave, he just plays and sings with that guitar, it's great! 
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  90. It seems silly now, but the rare gift of a sweet treat was quite the thrill in much of the world.  I'm 57 and of poor family in the USA and was delighted with simple candies as a child, on holidays.  I think there is a clip up of one of the only places left in the USA which makes ribbon candies, which thrilled me no end as a girl.  The machine for that is complex and the labor heavy.  I was delighted also with simple, crude rock candy on a string.  Looks as though a basic stick of rock is pretty practical.
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  91. I always check the captions or whatever for help with subtitling or explanations.  A lot of people put them there, you just have to try.
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  92. ***** I remember when it was 50% for the wealthy, until Reagan was elected.  It was actually worn as a badge of pride and all the ones who were rich I met were glad to pay -- they just went and made MORE money!  Here in France, it could be considered at 75% for the rich, but that's not the whole picture, as you have to quantify in other factors, such as the quality of life they get for it, et c.  One benefit, the stipend for each child, is not means-tested, and very few rich want to leave France, despite what the media may say.  People die to GET here, few want to LEAVE here.  France is far from perfect, however.  If you're very poor here, you are free from income tax but if you insist on luxuries, the VAT will get you, and everyone must pay an "inhabitation tax," and a TV tax, and so on.  The middle classes even get a sliding scale, and if you watch what you spend on, you can keep the VAT bite down.  Poor, working and middle classes here qualify for excellent subsidized housing.  It isn't dreadful, generally -- people long to get into an HLM.  I've lived through five major recessions in my life, on two continents, and started to see the American middle class whupped starting in the early '70s.  I hear you on your points.  When working poor and middle classes are crushed, that's a house of cards.
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  93. marc ogee The strong language is inappropriate.  It's fine you don't like raw stuff.  I can't help but think you'd have been lost amongst the Mongols, hee hee hee!
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  94. ***** I hear ya. My last employer found out the hard way over nine years not to mess with an American Pennsy Dutch person here in France.  Nine years.  We are as tenacious as heck and I became an elected employee delegate for eight years, volunteer, to improve the bad conditions.  So, yeah, you upset us, and for myself, I wouldn't get violent but I'd be the thorn in the side.  I see lots of Muslim crap going on but it seems kind of dysfunctional family stuff, truly.  I was quite impressed with Muslims in Turkey in 2010.  Extremely moderate.  Those were just the ones I met, however. Yeah, can you believe what Alabama has done?  That is retarded. 
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  95. It's hard for me to abstain, here in France.  So much very acceptable wine is so cheap!
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  96. woofalot13 Their introduction, also cats, was a disaster in Australia ...
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  97. La Dolce Vita Yeah, when I went to Italy to study in '81 I was surprised that ordering chicken in a restaurant cost so much.  I found out, however, that they value the free range birds and they order the dish for special occasions.  Families might have a roasted chicken once a month to share there. 
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  98. Once a culture or civilization gets into food big time, you know they're in some form of death throes/collapse/decay.  When people use buzzwords such as "hipster," you're sure of it; however, food markets with stalls for "little vendors" are as old as the hills, and where I live outside of Paris, we kind of stay stuck because our market is one of the largest in Europe and dates back to the Dark Ages.  And yes, I think they pretty much are.
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  99. The colors shouldn't matter.  It was a heinous act.
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  100. Terribly cute, and uprated.  Fish are stressed, overfished and toxic, ditto shellfish, but I would eat this like a total hypocrite!  Fish farming is a no-no -- BUT I WOULD EAT THIS!!!!!  I loved ramps in the States.  I am in France now permanently, and we do love our eggs sunnyside up, super soft.  Brilliant to use nasturtiums -- almost the whole plant is edible.  Petals, leaves, even roots, in theory.  Wonderful, thank you for the demonstration.
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  101. Indomitable They wouldn't eat it.  A grillade, yes, but it isn't the same.  They don't understand the sweet/sour thing.  Well, they do in Alsace.  They want for food flavors to stay very pure and hate spicy food, too.  There are some seasonal and regional exceptions.  They will not eat hot corn.  I've been a chef's assistant here in Paris.  Around where I live in Saint-Denis, which speaks 80 languages a day, some will eat food in the Antilles way, but like once a year.  I've been here 20 years.  They also don't like heavy sauces.  Lyon is famous for them but that is an exception.  No, sweet and sour they do not like here.  Alsace is over by Germany so there is a potential appreciation of sweet/savory mix.  There are four sacred foods in France:  bread, wine, meat and cheese.  They don't even like cooked cheese -- yes, there are some dishes with cooked cheese but every lunch, every dinner ends with a cheese platter and fresh fruit -- they want a selection of cheese, unadulterated.  They want it plain.  There are exceptions for some recipes.  I was a cook in the USA and my offerings over here from the US were flops -- they couldn't or wouldn't eat, say, a casserole.  They detest chili con carne.  Ethnics, who are not French, who are of different origins here, yeah they will eat different stuff.  I was really surprised by the actual daily French diet and what they consider good!  I do understand it, however.  They like to buy organic, from farms, and there are, for example, master cheese inspectors.  GMOs are illegal here.  I know, it is maddening!  No, no bbq here.  There is a specialty chef in Paris you can hire to do it for you as a caterer for American bbq.  I miss bbq, but there you go. 
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  102. ***** I didn't use the f word once.   
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  103. They did.
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  104. Beautiful place.  I enjoyed my visit very much recently.
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  105. redflamelcd I found Scotland preferable to England ... but that's just me.  I am crazy about Iceland, too.  I know what you mean about cities.  I lived for 17 years in NYC -- the first two in Manhattan.  Not for me.  Good luck!  If you make it to Scotland, you'll need good boots and very sturdy woolen attire, which you can certainly find there.  :)
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  106. ***** Have you been married?  Long term?  It's an inherently flawed construct.  One of the partners will change, or both will change, or worse, NEITHER will change.  These realities and likelihoods can be properly considered and planned for, however.  Marriage is primarily biological and economic in nature.  In relationships of every type, humans use one another.  Friendships, employment, parenthood, marriage, commerce, et c.
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  107. Hey, they probably think "baby carrots" in a plastic bag are okay.  feh
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  108. I've always said, the way to a man's heart is through his ribcage.
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  109. Idiot.
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  110. ***** I just traveled a year ago to research and confirm this.  It was fun.
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  111. Frank Bennett The coffee shops of Amsterdam closed a few years ago.  You need to be a resident and registered to buy marijuana.  It created kind of a secondary, black market.  Dumb they did that! 
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  112. She reminds me a bit of a Sarah Wiener series about food on French public TV recently.  She's from Austria and speaks adequate French.  She went around the country in a VW and spent days in places, learning dishes, throwing her own pots for the cooking, my picky Parisian spouse actually insisted we watch.  I liked it, and some was pretty intense.  Watching the kugelhopf nutty lady baker who deals with it as exact science was wild!  (Actually, that episode helped me be more serious about my own kugelhopf!)  I like Charlet just fine.  I call her Legs.
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  113. He's going over to TV and they are reuploading these to preserve them, with a new name, to avoid legal hassles cuz someone else bought the name.
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  114. SteelCity 412 I don't think most Americans have two nickles to rub together.  None I know do, and the few who do are stingy. 
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  115. I was homeless three times in the USA.  My parents showed me the door when I was 18, was the first.  The next two were due to divorce.  I never qualified for benefits or help, and my child died as a result.  I got fed up and expatriated when I was 37.  Over here in France, it depends on where you live.  I am outside Paris and this is traditionally the birthplace of communism and still communist.  Generally.  When shanty towns go up, they quickly get clean water and sanitary facilities brought in, but a lot of these people are here illegally and are actually a crime problem.  It just cost us about 1000 USD to replace a missing stolen part from our car here -- it turned out to be the shantytown people here illegally in my area and they put their kids up to it, to crawl under cars and saw things out.  There's no easy solution, and I've been on a waiting list since 2008 to get subsidized housing, which is typical (my spouse wants me out of here).  My quality of life is way better over here in France, however, than it was in the USA, that is for sure, and it's sad never to see your friends, family or country again but I had to go.  Legally, of course.
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  116. Mew [Jacob/PwnAzn] Hi, dog!  :)  No, they are not sure about the vaccines, but I do know a man whose perfectly normal kids, two of them, immediately became autistic after vaccination.  He had discussed it with his wife and was opposed to it, but she wanted it, so they did it, and they are both really, severely autistic and need CONSTANT care.  It really seems likely to be linked with toxicity.  It's just exploded in many countries, especially ones with fluoridated tap water.  Please don't swear at me or be rude, it isn't necessary.  You can always contradict me, but please be polite. 
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  117. SWay Kills I do understand your points.  I was a consultant for nine years to the Haute Authorité de Santé, a blood organization and an organ transplant organization here in France.  The Authorité used to the the French Health Ministry.  I've lectured at universities and also been selected and paid to speak to groups of doctors and nurses here in France.  I'm a former research assistant, too, in the States, and did formal studies in statistics.  I've also been an analyst and understand flawed studies and potential flaws in statistics.  I do.  Have a good day!
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  118. It has to do with the replacement of the shell time and all crabs do it, unless they are hermit crabs which borrow discarded shells to live in and just move on if they get too big.  In NYC, soft shell crabs were only available for a very short season, I recall.  All the local crabs they could get from that region were going through their seasonal shell-change, or most of them were.
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  119. I learned to make these in the USA and my spouse here in France likes them sometimes.  I enjoyed Jewish life in the past.  Uprated.
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  120. Poor Victor.  What a sad face.
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  121. PhuckHue2 You can't be serious.  You know nothing about the sumo diet and lifestyle, obviously.
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  122. Uprated.  Funny, because in NYC for years I always kept champagne, little breads for toast, quality butter, a few hardboiled eggs, Perrier, lemons and caviar ... for breakfast, especially!  I didn't know a little onion could be good, too.  I quite like it sometimes.  I did find that if it stains your teeth black, it's just inferior fish eggs, dyed.  I'm okay with lumpfish eggs, however -- it doesn't have to be the fancy stuff.  Not everyone likes this, for sure.
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  123. eMpo021 Pretty much most countries are shitty.  Does that make it okay to mess with them?
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  124. I guess it shows an a-hole on the loose.  I kind of like it.
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  125. ***** As a former NYer and as a current Parisian, that's funny!  I'm not denying it.  The next visitor here from the States who breaks something they don't understand how to use in my home is lunchmeat, ha ha ha ha!!
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  126. He's a Kurd.
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  127. Actually, that kind of a glaze is ideal for a terrific pork chop.  Greetings from France via the USA and Italy.
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  128. Uprated.  Until one has hunted, killed and processed an animal, or killed and processed a captive animal, we don't really grasp the whole thing.  I think only once is necessary to see what it is.  Personally, I feel that water creatures are sentient, feel pain, et c.  Octopi have a full range of emotions, for example.  Hey, even common flies sleep an average of 12 hours per day, and have REM, so they might dream.  I'm worse:  I feel trees, plants and the very ELEMENTS are sentient!  I was reluctantly glad my spouse made me watch a movie on industrial poultry, as he'd get annoyed when I'd buy supermarket chicken.  It really changed our lifestyle a few years ago.  Interesting clip, thanks.
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  129. Lonnie Dobbins III I'm specifically recalling prime time ads by the ILGWU, "Made In the USA."  You are right, perhaps we'd already been sold down the river, yes, could be.
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  130. Good, and shared, but I take issue with the moderator calling 9/11 "terrorist attack(s)." 
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  131. This is interesting.  Uprated.  I'd try this stuff, sure.
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  132. ***** People ruin everything.
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  133. I have a weakness for onion rings.  I had some good ones in Ohio!  I ought to avoid gluten, I know that, so this looks fun!  I used to adore these with any kind of lemonade, since a girl.  I didn't find many good ones in NYC and am now in France where they aren't known, but I cook daily, as cooking from scratch saves us money and is generally healthier.  I don't deep fry much but sometimes, it's a treat!  Thanks so much, uprated, will probably shared.  Fried mushrooms were also sinful fun.  I know I can get these ingredients.  I am frying broccoli tonight with garlic and Montbeliard sausage and oven roasting diced potatoes with thyme.  These with a simple salad will be fine.   Wonderful clip, fun channel!
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  134. chicksonket I had a business associate here in France a few years back.  He and his beloved bride planned a honeymoon on the Orkney Islands and then Florence, Italy.  They actually found Orkey Islands so full of interesting, ancient, fascinating things, they DELAYED going to Florence (which is wonderful -- I studied there).  He talked a lot about the Orkney Islands.  He knew I love Iceland and had a good visit to Scotland so long ago, and he said, "Try to get to the Orkney Islands."  I am trying to persuade this French spouse -- he adored Iceland.  We'll see!  I never keep it far from my thoughts:  xoxo
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  135. Pleasant surprise to hear a Satie composition at the end.  I don't find any of this food appealing but this was interesting, thank you.
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  136. ReezyC Sorry, my life is ebbing away and I have a lot of free time.  I apologize to you and everyone. 
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  137. La bouffe est souvent SUPERBE ici à Paris!  Merci.
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  138. Very messed up.  Quite real in a messed up way.  I saw that blender being filled and I thought, oh, no!  Sure enough ... I will remember the moment when I do tomorrow's gazpacho.  eeek
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  139. Don Blair I know ... I try to explain this to Americans and I tend to get the Crystal Gaze.  (I was born in the USA.)  (I'm European now.)
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  140. Many Europeans, Scandinavians and Asiatics eat raw meat.
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  141. Hey, try Brussels, Belgium!  You can see a hot babe there from behind and when she turns around, you just about get a heart attack!  I dunno what's going on there, but I am not the only one who has noticed this!  Go figure.  If you want to see some gorgeous women, try Turkey.  Very sweet and graceful -- most of them, anyway.  I am female and not gay, not that it matters.  I run from Turkish men with moustaches, but they have some amazing females there.  yeow
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  142. Try Scott Rea's excellent channel.  He's my go-to.
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  143. Be well. Remember, for most of the world, recreation is sitting staring into space. I learned that here in France & thought it was super zany at first. I find it really relaxing and didn't get online at home until '07. Everyone here has to use polite, formal address -- for example, if a cop bothers you at home at night, that is illegal, & if s/he addresses you informally, they are sanctioned. I like that your home is your castle here and even if they have a warrant there are hours to knock.
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  144. The Elimination Diet in the JUICING FOR LIFE book in the '80s helped me identify food intolerances -- lost 50 lbs so easily. So I kept going and tried to change what I put in and on me. Last year I lost over 70 lbs, am near ideal weight, & after a lifetime of quite serious health problems, I'm pretty ok & take practically no meds, ever. I'm gluten intolerant, & have found that toiletries & harsh cleaners also cause problems. I like the Kniepp Method -- cold water. Boosts the immune system.
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  145. What a dumb comment.  Why don't you just put a sign on your back, "MOTIVE AT PLAY?" 
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  146. He grew hemp.  May have smoked a bit in his fishy Piscean way.  :)
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  147. Uprated, likely to share.  What he said reminded me of the intensity I felt in Iceland.  All the dark, cold, snow, ice, danger, morosity gives sharp contrast to the joy of art, the pleasure of still being alive, any warmth or sun or mild times, color, scents, touch, it sharpens you.  I enjoyed smoked puffin there. 
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  148. Max Avila I'm looking for clips by him of France.  I really was ill a lot my first six months here!  The tap water has a lot of limescale (I had the same problem as a student in Italy -- takes time to adjust).  I found the diet in France heavy on meat, fat, salt and sugar.  It was hard to learn to "eat French," slowly, thoughtfully, on time, no snacks, small portions, little or no beverage with food, et c.  I have a terrible weakness for the dry cider here, which is at 12% alcohol content (the sweet has only about 4%).  You can go nuts with the wine here and it's easy to drink too much!!  Brittany actually is not known for cheeses, due to its climate, but it IS known for "the best butter in the world."  The soil is poor, the climate harsh, the people traditionally poor and working often with the sea and subsistence farming.  If you get there, try to stick to local foods.  They may seem very limited (I suppose they are, if they are local and seasonal) but this is not a French culture -- it is Celtic -- and French was not required to be used in Breton public schools until 1936.  I recommend Quimper, at the tip of Brittany.  There is an international airport not far away, and you get Celtic and French culture there (people do still speak Breton), the architecture is superb, the culture lively (universities are there, a good sign), there are canals, the sea is nearby, lots of water around, and you can get the most traditional with the most edgy and trendy there.  Quimper has "something for all ages."  If you then want to go to Paris or anywhere else, there is the TGV train (book in advance for best rates).  The "party cars" for socializing and first class really are not necessary -- if you ask for a second class "quiet" car they are fine, and you can enjoy the bar area (take your own food and drink, discreetly, however -- they often run out of their overpriced fare).  Brittany is highly favored by many French (and savvy others) for visits and vacation, because it usually costs way less and is very welcoming to families, travelers and yes, gourmets!  It's huge, bigger than Normandy, and we still hope to visit the wild island of Ouessant, way out there beyond the tip and often cut off by bad seas for a week at a time.  Breton food is very different from all other French food.  I think I've been pretty much all over Brittany in the past 20 years, and there is an area inland or by the water to suit you.  I recommend a three-week visit if you can manage that.  If you want to contact me for ideas, I have a website noted on all my clips and there's a contact point.  (I am retired and don't do guiding anymore for declared money.)  If you want to try some Breton recipes in the meantime, I like the Susan Hermann Loomis book FRENCH FARMHOUSE COOKING.  It is designed for Americans but works for anyone who is English-speaking.  This is one of my go-to books for French "real" cooking.  On a budget, even.  She limits the anecdotes, but they are charming.  Anyone can cook with French flair and authenticity with her book.  Kenavo!  (This is both hello and goodbye in Breton.)  :) 
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  149. Shared, uprated.
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  150. Uprated.  Absolutely wonderful.  I will remember that for cauliflower, too.  Thank you.
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  151. Rubbish.
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  152. Xavier Toussaint No argument with that!  And really, the farming methods seem smart and appropriate.
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  153. Huge Turkish presence in Deutschland since the early '70s ...
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  154. ***** You've been able to get it in Amsterdam for decades ...  
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  155. It almost makes you grasp why it was forbidden to keep a Bible at home until Evangelical movements in the 19th c., in general.  It's kind of like, let them run with the God-ball and look what you get!!
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  156. True -- it's the water, et c.  You can get something to eat in one place in the world and not be able to replicate it elsewhere.  You can get really, really close, but it won't be the same as being there.  The first time I had Italian food in Italy, I flipped, et c.
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  157. Uprated.  Looks nice!  It's easy to chill a proper glass by just setting it carefully in the freezer for a short time.  Makes a difference!  Good insights, really.  Greetings from France via the USA.
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  158. Indomitable Oh, absolutely!  We eat raw horse meat with raw egg for lunch, ha ha ha ha ha!! 
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  159. Really pretty.  I would eat that.  Hello to Brooklyn, my home for 15 years!  Uprated.
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  160. I dunno ... these are bringing back wonderful memories to me of one of my marriages ... and I still use my kosher Jewish cookbook all the time.  My cakes and pastries are not the fancy type but no one seems to complain!  :)
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  161. If you ever see it, you will never, ever forget it until the Great Forgetting ...
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  162. "No," not "nah."  (I am teasing you -- good comment in a way ... )  I was born in '57, poor, white, sickly (foetal alcohol syndrome, then a vaccine), female -- statistically the worst things to be in the USA.  I had no idea, which is probably a good thing.  I was so naive and obtuse, when I got tired of having no coat, no food and being shown the door at 18, endured five years of vagabondage and have been homeless three times in my life on two continents, it's just as well I didn't realize my own limitations.  Greetings from France via the USA (Ohio).  Good luck, Ben.
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  163. The income taxes for the lowest paid of French workers were waived a few years ago and it's just been decided to not only continue the waiver, but to give them additional tax breaks.  It's seen as a way to help those who are indeed working, just earning peanuts -- no income tax at all.
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  164. Yes, I saw it go back -- and a big piece of his head also went onto the back of the car.  That's what she was doing -- going onto the trunk to scoop it up.  Dutiful wife -- I worked with her years later.  Most Americans don't even know of her suicide!
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  165. Yes, that was dreadful.  I uprated your comment.
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  166. That's the core of Jewish humor.  It's very self-deprecating.  They like to complain a lot, too, but it is with a fondness.
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  167. On the oxen.
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  168. Yeah ... the white is very good beaten into alcohol, such as very cold dry white vermouth.  It's strained through cracked ice and is an old-fashioned cocktail.  People don't perceive there is a goopy egg white in there - it's frothy.
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  169. No US pre-nuptial is watertight.  I worked in US matrimonial law.  Lawyers love them because they charge a lot for them.  A lot.
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  170. "Garde Manger" is a great name.  People, that is a French cabinet or cupboard, large or small, fairly open or pretty closed, and subs for a fridge.  Traditionally, the French do not have refrigerators.  If in a city or town they shop daily or often, and if rural, they likely know how to store their produce, meats, et c. for up to a year, naturally.  The garde manger keeps the kitty cat or vermin away from your paté and cheese and stuff.  Things will keep in there for a little while.  You find a lot of French with maybe only a tiny fridge but possibly a small freezer unit, separately.  I've seen country folk and some city folk here who have cabinets over all their kitchen appliances -- they really don't want to see those machines when they are not in use.
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  171. Nice demonstration of the grilling.  I just wince when I see people flipping almost ANYTHING over and over (toughens it, such as pancakes) and pressing down on burgers!  You're going to get dry and tough like that -- same as presalting red meat.  I'm not sure if this would be my thing or not, but I'd try it!  Looks very convivial, as he says!  Must uprate this, good tips!  :)
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  172. Vulgar, as usual, but funny, and interesting.  Uprated.  This guy on YT has Parkinson's, and he's Balinese, in the USA.  Loves surfing.  Was still well enough to do it about a year ago, and he and his wife saved and took their child to Bali so he could surf.  The wife adores chewing betel nuts but got so sick, they had to stop the trip immediately and repatriate.  Bummer, huh?  He didn't say much, but I could tell he was crushed.  All that money, and probably his last chance ...  I would have tried one of those garnished sausages, absolutely.  I will remember that and try something like that, vaguely, here in France.  Thank you.
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  173. TrajanaFortis Reihan is trying to do the best he can, I think.  I really have no problem with Tracy.  What do you want her to do, jump into another persona?  She is the interviewee.
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  174. It's good!
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  175. Shared, uprated.
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  176. I'm not nuts about people who have never hunted or fished a creature, killed it, and processed it fully, then cooked it fully, at least once.  It's essential.  One time, and your whole perspective changes.  About the animal smells -- out by our place in the country in Brittany, France, a nearby farmer neighbor has a big turkey raising hangar.  Stinky!  Free range pigs are much appreciated in France, and they love it and are generally smarter than dogs, and cleaner, too, on their own.  I kept buying industrial meats (and eggs) and my French spouse put his foot down and made me look at a documentary, and we went to visit his cousin and their industrial pig and veal farm.  Even with their modern facilities and their experience with old-ways animal husbandry, it was quite an eye-opener.  We took an American friend who was kind of stunned.  I won't even drink cow milk anymore unless it's raw, organic, free range.  (I prefer goat or horse milk, anyway.)  I enjoyed New York City for 17 years and like Paris even better.  Huge mix.  I like learning other cultures, and have no specific bone to pick with, say, Muslims.  That'd be like saying I don't like redheads or something.  It does depend, as it does, for me, with, say, dogs!  I don't like them all.  Nicely presented with a polite and enthusiastic lady.  Food is a tenuous but fun way to "travel" a bit.  Uprated.
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  177. It's creepy.  My French spouse was forced by his mother to kiss his dead great aunt in her coffin, a Breton and French traditon, though he cried.  He became obsessed with death and has never been okay since.  The mother is a sadist. 
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  178. I think you're right but I only learned a little Portuguese.  Here in France, "crême anglaise" is a sweet, creamy, eggy liquid used on a plate on which perhaps a piece of dessert cake is placed, and "sauce anglaise" is Worcestershire sauce (and is often hard to find in France).
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  179. I immediately thought, "Organ harvesting."  I fear all those people on that Malaysian plane might have ended up harvested.
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  180. Paris is harder than NYC.  But I loved NYC for 17 years.
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  181. Ichu Pichu All I know is what I saw and experienced being born in the USA in 1957.  It wasn't good, so I left when I was 37.  My first years as an expat were very hard, but that's how it is for immigrants.  My new life is completely removed from the life I had in the USA.  It's as though I was transported to another planet.
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  182. Jews can break kosher rules if they are sick.  Pork is felt to be nutritious, so if you're extremely sick and weak, you can definitely have, say, a nice won ton soup or something.
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  183. 2011super Did I spell it incorrectly?  It was funny, among my practicing Jewish inlaws, many of them loved pepperoni pizza.  Pork and cheese, right there.  I just teased them and they laughed, too.
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  184. Uprated.  My parents in the States would forage for morels.  My French spouse and I tried summer truffles this year in Provence and found them overrated, but we usually have some fresh mushrooms every week or two.  I did learn how to use them and it's a bit complex.  The truffles.  It's wrong to sneak food or animals around the world. 
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  185. Or eat a poppy seed roll.  Anyway, it is not cost-effective.  Personally, if I knew of a dole cheat who was also banging drugs a lot, I'd be mad.  At some point, they'd have to be tested, too, if I fussed and ratted them out.
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  186. Deante Frazier It's been reclassified.  It is not autism.  It's a developmental disability.
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  187. Angelwings7deutschen No it is not.
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  188. KaennC That's true.  I'd eat a bite, absolutely.  People insist it's good.  I believe them.  They like salted caramel here in France.  If we're on vacation and spot a specialty shop, I often get some ice cream with "caramel beurre salé."  It's a solid sender.  The simple "tin roof" American sundae with vanilla soft serve, hot fudge and lots and lots of salty, salty roasted hot peanuts on top is beloved by many.  "Sweet and savory" is not everyone's bag, I know.  (Sweet/sour.)  I'm half Pennsy Dutch, so I dig it!!  xo
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  189. To preserve them.  There was a problem with the old name as ABC owns it now.  Best to repost on MUNCHIES and then at least they are still up.  A regular TV show is happening.  I'm overseas and don't even own a TV, but I think that could be good.
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  190. Hey, look what happened in the USA in the Great Depression.  Everything got hunted and fished out.  I have some amazing photos and stories from my families there, struggling to survive.  No hunting seasons were respected, poaching was constant.  Greetings from France via the USA.
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  191. Uprated.  I loved Cumberland, and Cumberland Hot Pot is my favorite UK dish to make here in France.  Greetings from a wandering American!
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  192. I've had some of my banal clips ripped.  People haven't even checked with me or credited me.  The little "watermark" is a good idea.
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  193. That is, essentially, corn soaked in lye and then processed.  Americans tend to like mushy things. Grits are sold in various forms in the USA and are either white or yellow, depending on the corn.  They are more popular in the Southern part of the country, and are served savory usually, not sweet.  Lye is deadly, and American corn is all GMO or GMO contaminated and highly unfit to eat or use, so there you go.
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  194. DaemoniumCC No, but I have a pal in Istanbul, from the USA, who decided a decade ago to learn the language and go live and work there.  (He's in Uska Daar these days.)  I went alone to Ege and at first thougt, oh, no, what have I done?  But a couple of days I was getting more and more attached to stuff there.  I understand the East is different, it's an enormous country, and generally much misunderstood.  :) 
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  195. Well ... people tend to wreck perfectly okay relationships.  Very few stick with them and can give up their ego.
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  196. Legs, the protagonist, is great!  I recommend a touristic visit to Scotland and hope to return.  Stick with the great landscapes, there's plenty of history, and try the local specialties and game.  Don't be discouraged if you can't understand the answers to your questions.  I carried a little notebook and pencil!  Try to listen to the people and observe them.  It's fun!  Uprated, thank you.
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  197. I like it -- indicates the fat:  "This ... is a party."
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  198. Fun!  I am gluten intolerant so often to chow mai fon -- fine rice noodles.  Buckwheat noodles can be nice, too.  Ramen ... yes, fine in a pinch!  Uprated.
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  199. MusingsofaJay Ben, oui, ça se peut!  Tout les Asiatiques sont les bienvenues ici, en génèrale, j'ai trouvé.  Vite assimilé, et ils triment!  Les Chinois, et les Français, très tetus et radins!  Et le porc, et les tripéries sont primordials.
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  200. MusingsofaJay I wouldn't say Paris is dirty, per se.  Saint-Denis is grungy.  The air is foul in Paris.  Your plan sounds good.  It does take time to make connections in France.  For everyone!  The expat and student community here, like that, do have ideas and possible contacts, but I find that stuff is always about 20% costlier.  Even settled here, married, owning a domicile, it took me 13 months of constant searching to find a real job here.  It's smart to stay here for a year continuously.  Also, two to three visits in a year is a good idea.  Gives you some ideas, some contacts.  Even if a place likes you very much, they may not need you AT THAT TIME.  It's up to you to keep polite contact and be available, and keep looking into it in general.  I call it "the warm body" theory.  I've gotten jobs where ever because I was the warm body they needed and at least reasonably fit the profile.  All work here is by contract and there is a trial period for you and for them.  It's actually a good thing!  No one here, whether they like you or not, will inform you about the Code du Travail or the Convention Collective, so you have to do that yourself.  Different legal system, different banking, et c.  If you travel for training, it can be expensive, depending on from where, but season passes can make it much more reasonable.  It's also tiring but if you are motivated and it's just for a year, likely you can do it. 
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  201. ***** A lot of people here pick on you, and I don't know you, but I think they are not reading what you are typing and are just hurling epithets.  The old rule of thumb for NYC was "one year."  Once you got even a day past the one-year point, it was said you have the "right" to call yourself a "New Yorker."  (I left in '94 and don't know the US really at all anymore, let alone NYC.)  I didn't grow up in great surroundings in the dying Rust Belt of the USA (born in the '50s).  I must say, immigrants or "different" neighbors who were new were met and supported immediately by their neighbors.  They might need help with the language, getting work, sorting out stuff.  Why was this done?  We didn't "like" them (necessarily).  But we didn't want them to be a problem or a burden.  NYC took the same attitude in the '80s.  There were signs up in the subways in various languages about getting work permits.  It was very clear these were not "green cards" or anything but a work permit, and all you had to do was show up downtown, pay a low fee, prove you arrived in the country legally, and the same day you'd get something to carry around and show to potential employers that they could actually hire you legally.  The infrastructure in NYC was a disaster, and the city had nearly gone bankrupt in the '70s.  These work permit people were needed for the "horrible" work, the boring stuff, the dangerous stuff, and right away, they were producing revenues.  It took a decade, but things did improve at least infrastructure-wise.  I was there -- I saw this happen.  I'm not saying this method would work again -- this was only for NYC, back then.  But as far as I am concerned, or was, those people were "NYers" a day after their first year there.  I was glad to be able to buy fresh produce and not have to walk a shaky plank over a huge ditch up First Avenue downtown.  No guard rails, nothing.  Long, smelly walk to the subway -- blood on the sidewalks.  Coolest years in hell, ha ha ha!!
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  202. evil999 Are you kidding?  She's nice!
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  203. Uprated, shared.  Brings back memories ... oops!  I mean, stuff I read ... !!
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  204. I think Weekhawken could be considered just as scary, too, really.  And ... Journal Square in Jersey City.  Hoboken would be a pretty bad threat, I agree.  eeeek
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  205. bukueOner Why not just starve or sterilize them?
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  206. tobiasss111 I think's she's fine, too. 
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  207. Yeah, more MOUNTAIN DEW and BIG RED chewing gum, too!!!
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  208. Stupid, wasteful, self-indulgent and wonderful.  Really, I'd have likely loved it!  Uprated.
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  209. Hey, there are some countries where if you are born into wealth and never work because you don't have to, you are largely exempt from taxes and still qualify for non-means-tested social benefits.  There are countries where married women without a marriage contract are mere chattel and if they screw up a bit of the household money even, it's grounds for divorce with no alimony due.  You'd be surprised at which countries these are, and also 99% of the world's views on date rape.  Some of what you might think are the most civilized and advanced countries have this stuff going on.
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  210. Decadent.
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  211. ZimFreak137 Yeah, the drink doesn't interest me but I could see why some would like it.  You could adapt a cereal to suit you, also.  Kids tend to know about infused milk -- it was fun to leave fruit or stuff in it awhile and then sip and enjoy the milk.  If it's superb cow, goat or horse milk (and only superb milk is worth having), I'd probably just prefer it plain, but hey, the 4 o'clock break drink I do know I like ... could be this ... sometimes ...  
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  212. I have an old friend who did a movie long ago with Mel Gibson.  I asked her what he's like and she just said, "Well ... he's no Rhodes scholar."
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  213. Uprated.  Wonderful!
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  214. Is she a sporting girl, sporting girl, know what I mean, sporting girl, eh, eh?  :)
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  215. Pasha spark Yes, they ought to be sat in front of TVs for a long time and be subjected to wifi and petroleum products on and in their bodies.  Oh, no, wait ... that's barbaric.  Maybe they should hug and kiss the birds first, at least?
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  216. Uprated, shared.  Good!
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  217. I completely agree with you.  I know not to bother with the clip if I'm not in the mood for him, however.  I seem to like at least aspects of all of these.  If anyone acts like that around me, I just quietly leave, that's all.
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  218. Oscar Eliasson Not with me, you won't.  This channel is not blocked for children to see.  Shame on you.
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  219. I'm from Cleveland, which has slipped since WWII, and really, visiting friends in and around Detroit from the '60s on was often pretty unpleasant.  These "Rust Belt" cities may not be for you.  My beef with Cleveland ("The Mistake by the Lake") was the crummy attitudes, and the weather was foul.  I was best off to just leave the area and then Ohio altogether at 18 and then 20 -- better for me to skedaddle than to stick around and gripe.  Greetings from France via Italy and NYC.  :)
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  220. Maybe, but I wouldn't mind seeing an AMERICAN DESPOT episode.  That is a dish invented by Robert Poss in NYC.  It's Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, original type, dotted with peas and with a whole bunch of hot sauce dumped over it so it turns all red.  You get hiccups in ten seconds but it's unforgettable.  One of my fave American "sleazemeals." 
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  221. Lonnie Dobbins III I just don't think Americans took it seriously. 
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  222. Xavier Toussaint Ben, je suis nulle!
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  223. Eh, there are some super-rotten females out there.  People ruin everything.  I did know a female-to-male sex change and it was successful.  He has carried on in construction and no one is the wiser.  The world of "male privilege" was incredible and shocking to him.  He'd had no idea it was that bad.  He documented and published it under a pseudomyn.  Right on.
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  224. fmlAllthetime I'm in very poor health and the end is near.
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  225. fmlAllthetime You put a question mark, dear.  That indicates you were unsure about the response I gave you when you posted the question mark to me.  Did you forget, already?  Do you have a single-digit IQ?  Is having your questions answered hard for you? 
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  226. Piffydaily I hear you.  I do sometimes delete or edit them.  If I am out of line, and kick on anyone, I at least apologize.  I don't see why the person has a problem with my commenting often.  I also uprate everything I like and tend to share.  I really hesitate to use strong language on clips.  Thank you for the useful comment.  I bothered someone here and I'm not clear why.  I'm ... not clear on what I did to annoy someone here.  xo from over here in Europe via the USA!
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  227. I always want local game and specialties.  I avoid the familiar and want what is seasonal, fresh, and from right there.  I've always liked all types of venison, and helped a grandfather dress a deer he'd had the right to shoot on a culling lottery he paid for.  He taught me to fish and I like bow and arrow hunting and fishing. 
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  228. Eh, donuts.  I kind of miss the American ones, here in France.  Not impossible to find, but not the same bad stuff.  Which are such fun.  :)
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  229. Really fun clip!  Sorry for triple posting.  Hilarious guy, can't say I approve of him entirely, but I can absolute relate.  I'm so lucky to have been kicked out at 18 and have been as many places as I have, studied and worked in so many countries, and be, finally, expat American.  The lamb really brought back memories:  one Egyptian guy in Paris who did wood-fire lamb chops ... well, as our host here says, "A cure for AIDS!"  I recall being a bit freaked out by the food in Turkey, but by day three, I was in!  In Turkey, often, in the smallest villages, in the brightly lit, clean and tacky places where families were happily chowing down in the evening, I was NEVER disappointed.  Italy, get outta here, studying there was wonderful, making so many friends I still visit there, learning the language, and learning cooking.  The UK, Scotland, Iceland, Mexico, Martinique, Belgium, (mixed feelings on Dutch food in The Netherlands), Switzerland, all of France for 21 years (chef's assistant), on and on ... and get outta here with African foods and "Arab" foods!  Indian!  Asiatic!  I learned to make souse from scratch at home this past Winter.  Cooked a whole pig's head!  Oh, and nothing wrong with some of the American dishes I so fondly recall (half Pennsy Dutch).  Super-fun channel.  Easy uprate.  Shared.  Bless.  Greetings from Paris.
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  230. Aw, that's cute!  The guy said he had "pelle di pollo," chicken-skin!  Goose bumps.  Cute expression in Italian.  God, what accents!  One thing that's good about the South in Italy is they don't care if you don't conjugate your verbs correctly, ha ha!  Looks really good, thanks!  I saw a quail egg in there!  (I eat two raw ones daily to purify.)  Greetings from France!  I go insane with the food here, too.  It gets seriously good!
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  231. onraj9mm Never seems to hurt.  Just the idiots attached to them.
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  232. I grew up with some Greek-American family friends in Ohio and enjoyed them, and in NYC, I was treated to a tasting lunch in Astoria, NY by a classmate.  Greek business person, was in my study group.  Varied food, quite light.  Everything was fine!  I am in Paris, now, and have had some experience with Orthodox Christians.  (Different types.)  Uprated, thanks.
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  233. KingDennisJensen I don't think you read my message -- I said that although I find him gross, I don't care.  I still like the clips.  Okay? 
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  234. It can, but that's usually the most dull.
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  235. Why not?  Maybe some walnuts for that bitter edge.  Anything like that!
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  236. Everyone, whether they eat meat or wear leather or not, should hunt or fish or both at least once, kill and process the catch, at least once.  It gives you a reverence for life and you think about where everything comes from.  How was your fruit grown, picked, transported, processed?  Who did it?  Was the animal or fish farmed?  Where was the leather tanned?  What was the impact?  How many horse hooves have I seen in movies?  And so on.
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  237. Many of us haven't seen them, and they renamed them and moved them over here.  I think a TV show is being planned.  I don't know, but I enjoyed this one.
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  238. omegazthebadass It was kind of funny.  I had a short-term work assignment in The Netherlands, not far from Germany.  We were in an office complex, shared space.  It was nice, with bike paths and cows around.  It had a tidy, orderly parking lot.  In the center were some conveniences such as cash machines, some postal stuff, and a central subsidized cantine.  The Dutch were very pleasant, punctual, friendly and efficient at work.  They knocked off on time and rode away for their private lives but put in a full day's work!  Lunches were bad, however.  There were various gloops to choose from, often sweet and sour (which I like) and strangely shiny and non-descript.  There was no texture, no crunch.  I am an adventurous eater, or was, but there was no joy in this.  I really understand why this form of cooking existed and persists.  In the North of France, approaching Walloon and Flemish worlds, some traditional dishes are still gloopy and made with beer, et c.  It was nourishing, and only one hot meal per day was the norm in much of Europe and the UK throughout history.  Things had to be boiled for hours to be sanitary.  Babies, the infirm, people with no teeth, all had to be able to eat from one pot.  Dutch food tends to be too heavy for me.  :)
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  239. CANOLA???!!!!
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  240. A good butcher is a joy.
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  241. Drty Porcelain Sorry, can't use Amazon.  They never did pay me royalties for my last book.
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  242. Listen to the clip again.
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  243. It's spelled "lose."  Just stay quiet.  You are still young and kids have no rights.
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  244. Idiot people raping nature.
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  245. omg, you, too??  The old title was sold to ABC.  For TV development.  Would you rather these be deleted?  They put a new title and moved them to a different, related channel, and are reuploading them.  Sheesh.  THIS HAS BEEN EXPLAINED HERE!  Okay?!
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  246. When I saw Clinton playing the sax on TV, I expatriated.  From over here, when I saw Obama doing a groovy dance move on TV, I decided never to return.
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  247. Shades of the Borscht Belt.  It's supposed to be ghastly.  Jewish joke:  Two elderly ladies at a resort in the Catskills were at dinner.  "The food is terrible here."  "And so little of it!"
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  248. ALA DASH A lot of people don't get Jewish humor.  They actually know quite a bit of it, but when it's done in the form of high parody, they may have nothing to connect it to.  So it just looks tacky to them, which likely it is supposed to.
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  249. mOnK27640 It was just a suggestion, sheesh.
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  250. Ha ha ha!!  I had a coworker I didn't like.  I'd purposely buy a donut WITH SPRINKLES and set it out on my desk.  She'd eye it and ask if she could have it.  I always said yes.  Wow, did she ever have a big butt, hee hee hee hee!!!
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  251. SoundSoCollective Hey, I've had so many visitors to my home here in France since the early '90s from the USA and they pulled rude faces but then ate me out of house and home. 
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  252. ***** True.  Some pulled pork dishes remind me of this.
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  253. Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!  I had this nasty coworker who is tall, fat and has greasy hair.  She always had costly diet food for lunch.  I enjoyed watching her eat that junk.
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  254. ImSoPeeved Yes, anything labeled "diet" or "light" or "lite" is to be avoided, I've found.  That's a mean-spirited observation on my part about the coworker, but really, she turned out to be vicious.  People buy "diet plans" and "diet foods" and truly don't seem to see they're just being sold stuff.  I went on a diet which was horribly boring for five months and lost a great deal of weight.  It was kind of just cucumber slices with vinegar on them and stuff, but it was all just normal food, I had to prepare it myself, it was very cheap.  Just a boring diet, not a biggie.  In nine years of working with her, she never got any thinner.  Oh, well, hope springs eternal, y'know?
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  255. Kai Demal It's clearly indicated in an anotation, too.
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  256. I though the character called "Beef" in that dreadful movie, PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE, was based on Jobriath.
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  257. Hear hear. Greetings from Paris.
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  258. loki2240 I haven't found that to be true and I am not Amish but I am Pennsy Dutch.  We kids are free from age 18 to 20 and can either go back or stay away, no blame on us.
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  259. Fyer Western Turkey.  That's as far as I got.  Really, my stomach was not sure at first.  I thought, huh??  Quickly, I loved the spices, amazing yogurt and condiments, excellent grilled stuff, red tea, terrific breads and sweets, a lot.  :)
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  260. Fyer Yes, I know.  I was alone and am disabled so that was the best I could do four years ago.  I am getting old!  xo
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  261. Disgusting, and funny.  I was only in Scotland once, in 1980.  Pleasure, and business, in the South.  I loved it.  I've always wanted to go back.  I liked the food very much and just had local specialties and game.  Uprated, but really, disgusting, ha ha ha ha!!
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  262. I think people have a problem with the amount, that's all.  It's not logical and it's unfair.  That's like saying, almost, that an overweight person who fairly wins a sundae ought not to have it cuz they are already fat enough.  I worked for 22 years declared in the USA and believe me, in Wall Street, you get pregnant and you kiss your career goodbye.  Ditto over here in Europe for any "important" jobs.  I remember talking to a very nice French man of Spanish ancestry (spoke no Spanish, though) who was mystified that his wife's career got lopped off because she had their two children.  "She's a much better and more capable manager than I," he muttered, bewildered.  "It's not fair," I said to him.  "No, it isn't," he replied.  We agreed.  Nice man, very frank with me.  I was forced to give up a career I loved for my first marriage in the USA.  "Why work, I'm rich!"  (K-Mart Corporation.)  I eventually gave in.  For all of his hell, I left quietly and got 8k USD.  I was homeless, jobless in a horrible recession, he hadn't paid my basic health insurance, I didn't even have a bed.  Nothing.  I didn't want to end up feeding the fish so I just stayed away.  Second spouse, 12 years of that BS and I owed him alimony in that state.  Incredible.  I said, take it all and sign this waver.  House I bought and paid for, car paid for, bank accounts, my stuff, I need the mattress and a few thousand.  I left, left the country.  He kept demanding money and attention and stalked me over here in Europe.  He meant business, too.  There was nothing to be done for either of these.  Oh, I have an inoperable hernia from a c-section, child did not survive.  1 billion is way less than half of his total net worth.  So what?  You don't know the reasons for the divorce.  Anyway, it was judged.
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  263. Their skin and organs may have been harvested or they were sold as slaves. 
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  264. Blayer PointduJour You might want to look into my Slovenian relatives in the Cleveland, Ohio area.  I don't even recall their name, but the clevelandmarko channel can direct you.  My Parisian spouse quit drinking well over a decade ago, but he was an absolute wine snob, and he was thrilled with that wine on a visit to my family in Ohio.  He felt it compared with the lower tier types of French wines just fine, and I recall I found it highly, highly affordable.  The regions just South of Lake Erie are great for vines.  The weather is horrible, the people are horrible, but hey.  I went nuts over the wines of the North Fork of Long Island, New York.  You will likely have to bite the bullet when you find something you like, and buy a case at a time.  I relied heavily on Astor Wines in NYC back in the day.  I could get a human on the phone to help me select my orders, and even though I lived in Brooklyn most of my time in NYC, I could get in on their weekly Brooklyn delivery.  I think when an economy is busy, wine prices can be quite reasonable.  It's just a theory.  I am in my sixth decade, and have lived, worked and studied in four countries.  The poorer the population is, the more any vices will tend to cost.  Despite what I hear from the sour grapes crowd in the USA, France is doing fine -- not everywhere, but in and around Paris, things have been gangbusters since 2010.  The recession was hell in 2009, you could hear a pin drop, but it was very, very, very short term.  A lot of people in France have a NICOLAS in their town, city or village.  This is a "caviste."  You can arrange for cases of wine and any specialty alcohols they have, but they also have these cheapies from family vineyards, general label, and it's about 2 USD per bottle.  PointduJour means daybreak, right?  xo  bises
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  265. Blayer PointduJour I know it to mean "daybreak."  "Pont" is bridge, "point" is a period in grammar or some other things.  I knew some really nice Haitians in NYC.  Very hard-working.  There are some pretty funny names for people among blacks, in French.  A flower or a month is a man's name, such as Hyacinthe or Violet, or Avril, and Dieudonné is a fun one, "God-given."  Aimé (Amy) is also a man's name in French ("beloved").  A lot of people in the South of the USA have French names and they don't know why.  They are probably descendants of French child slaves.  Any unaccompanied child was seized until about 1800 (a little before).  The parents or guardians had to show up and pay the fine, or the kid was sent overseas "to propagate the French race."  This was highly lucrative for the régime(s).  They either got the fees, or the price on a kid for free labor.  I have an ancestor in the USA who was named "Favorite."  He wasn't the favorite at all, she just had a lot of children, and that was the easiest birth, so he was "Favorite William."  How did you end up with "Blayer?"
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  266. Blayer PointduJour Wow!  Well, I think your family name means daybreak.  French is a tricky language, and a lot of things, I understand in reverse!  I think they are saying one thing, but they are saying the opposite.  I always have to verify everything.  At least I've been able to teach lots of students over here tricks for working in English, how to stay calm, how to ask for verification, et c.  Blayer is a nice name! 
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  267. Decades ago, I found it hard to cook, but I just didn't know better.  Almost everyone, here in France where I immigrated to from the USA, eats rabbit in some form at least once in awhile.  I think you'd like the Scott Rea channel here on YT.  The different parts of the rabbit (or hare, a different animal) cook differently and that requires consideration. 
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  268. Anthony Bourdain Well ... chicken and venison are problematic, true ... rabbit can be fine.
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  269. alexandre do Just not all the pieces at once, saddle last and quickest.
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  270. Lots like us!  I tell you, my "German blood" can be a curse in the bedroom!  I seem to want sex daily -- gets worse over the decades.  I hear a lot of us are like that.  We consider it healthy and necessary.  I do have apple cheeks, however.  Genetic.
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  271. Uprated.  Well, I'm impressed, he's terrific!  I've always heard about puddings, which I know can be sweet or savory.  This would not fly with my French spouse, but I know it's good, I've been there, yes the stuff usually looks strange.  The Italians do a version of an English trifle, which are also a dumped mess, but fantastic, called a "Zuppa Anglese" if I remember correctly.  "English Soup."  Theirs is a gloop also, but you know that in advance, and it's wonderful.  It's their version of a trifle.  The fully meat puddings, I'd certainly try them.  Apparently, a pudding is very loved in the UK and marks a special occasion. 
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  272. Shared, uprated.  Interesting and quite good.
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  273. Hey, a Rom was just lynched right by where we live here in France.  He was suspected for burglaries and come people hung him!  He is in a coma.
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  274. warren rice "you're"
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  275. Xavier Toussaint I knew this would be a provocative post.  Really, I applaud their ancient, correct methods but I've been in the Yucatan, long ago, and the food -- and the life -- was terrible.
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  276. Hey, they ought to ban battery turkeys, too.  Can you imagine the fuss??
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  277. La Dolce Vita I know!  Can you imagine if Americans had to buy free range, equitable turkeys for Thanksgiving?  They cost 50 to 100 USD equivalent here in France!  Well, that'd get 'em thinking.
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  278. I'm watching this again!  Italy is fantastic.  I've never been South of Rome but I'm sure the South and Sicilia have wonderful things.  I studied in Firenze and have friends around Lucca and Pisa and we visit as often as we can, and we also enjoyed a long vacation in Venezia, which I already knew very well.  I like to stay in room five at the Hotel Carpaccio, which is on the Grand Canal.  It's in the old Terraced Palace and it's funny, when you phone, they deny they are a hotel, then it's full, then they quote you a high price, then you have to argue them down and say no, I know you're a hotel, I've stayed there six times, I want room five, please!  The food is excellent in Italy, and I just bought an award winning oil in a port in Hyères, France.  It was expensive but great to have back here in Paris.  Not all the "small mill" oils are good, I bought one in Gordes my spouse didn't like, but a good vendor has a way for you to taste and smell it and usually you can visit their mill.  I like the clandestine restaurants in Italy.  I was taken to one way up on a mountain by an old castle near Lucca and Pisa.  A Sardinian family was expecting us, you have to phone.  For something like 20 euros each, we had great Sardinian wine, olives and appetizers, homemade ravioli and a roast suckling pig garnished with radishes.  It was all fantastic, and I speak Italian and learned some Sardinian, which is really pretty.  The food is awesome here in France and I've worked as a chef's assistant here in Paris, but really, Italian food is special.  I really recommend a visit to Italy.  You'll be hooked on the food so fast it's scary -- you'll realize you had no actual idea what Italian food is! 
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  279. Josh Cook Ha ha ha ha!!!  :)
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  280. Germanmusicnerd89 Eh, I lectured history here in Europe after leaving the USA.  It really is a sure sign of the last days of an empire, et c.  Really.  I hear you.  I was a chef's assistant in Paris on a half-year contract and found it fascinating, have written two cooking columns, cooked for pay in the USA, such as it was, once as a live-in servant, and even still do sloppy, unedited cooking and market haul, sometimes even restaurant clips on my two channels here and Dailymotion.  I love Europe's food culture, and the fact that so many French still don't even have refrigerators doesn't surprise me.  Often, if they do have them, they hide them behind cabinets!  They'd rather use a garde-manger, maybe have a small freezer, wrap, store and cure things themselves, even in cities, and shop daily for fresh stuff.  It's still the tradition.  It is my understanding from many of my German coworkers and clients here over the years that many German households still have someone there to be the hausfrau whether male or female, things may really close by the end of the day Friday until Monday morning (depends on where you are), so the shopping and errands have to be done during the week, during the day.  Some small places in France still are closed entirely on weekends or only open until noon sharp on Saturdays, then BOOM!  WEEKEND!  Good luck if you want tobacco, alcohol, bread, a DVD, a newspaper, anything, hee hee hee!  I'm half Pennsy Dutch, half Slovenian, so yeah, I get it.  I've been right on the border of Deutschland so many times and worked in Heerlen, The Netherlands.  I love Alsace.  I'd like to at least visit Heidelberg, and I have American friends long-term in Berlin.  xoxo
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  281. ***** 42 years of declared labor on two continents, yeah, I'm pretty burned out!  I'm retired now, disabled due to work accident and pregnancy (child died), and I work online investing for a living.  Mea culpa.
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  282. As I've said for decades, get some "Arabs" and "Jews" together arguing and get them to quit by tossing a super excellent falafel to one side and ALL will lunge for it and be distracted.  They pretty much eat the same stuff. 
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  283. Funny!  Very honest!  I love Ghent, Belgium.  It's costly but they do have lots of vending machines.  They are NOT as useful as the ones shown here.  You need coins and it's not cheap, but they really are convenient.  The areas are also lit and you get to know where they are.  Total fail here and a mess -- real life.  :)
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  284. Yeah.  To them, I say, "Feh."
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  285. scott bryant Someone here in France just had a court case thrown out because they didn't feel any government had to the right to determine what is moral and what is not.  That was accepted by the court.
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  286. They eat cats there, too.  I live in France, where we eat horses.  Rabbits.  A lot of stuff.  So it goes. 
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  287. Please provide for your final expenses and have a living will if that is legal where you are.  Do not die intestate.  You cannot be just burned and dumped in large parts of the world, too, I point out.
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  288. ***** That is excellent!  When survivors don't have to worry about bills, they can be there, one hopes, out of desire to BE THERE.  I will never forget a Breton country French funeral in 1995, August, where I FIRST met my inlaws. Three days of pagan rituals mixed with Christianity, and grandma dead at home to be visited for three days!  Lots of Druidic stuff, herbs, a priest, holy water, like sitting Shiva, et c. Right afterwards, I honed my French by listening to them complain about funeral costs, which really are not very flexible in this country.  She also didn't fit out the door and had to be lifted out of the window, relatives cannot be pallbearers, et c. here.  To her credit, she had not only arranged all her final expenses out of a minuscule, miserable peasant farmer income out of a lifetime as an early widow with many kids, but she left a small amount of extra cash to be given as small gifts.  This was utterly commendable.  The actual grief at her passing was still there, but there were no headaches other than the loss of the person. 
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  289. ***** Yes, in aboriginal Australian culture, their names can never be mentioned again, and I recall another culture where the widow must put on a mask for six months, cannot speak, and no one can talk to her.  I also know of another culture where the bereaved are not allowed to bathe, cut hair or change clothes for one year and they become filthy outcasts.
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  290. Tommy Latham I remember at the French funeral for the grandmother matriarch I never met, a priest giving the eulogy was disapproved of by the family afterward because he said that the deceased had had health problems and had become reliant on others to care for her.  This raised some indignation.  I thought, well, as far as I can tell, the old woman was barely ambulatory in her last years and she lived with one of her sons and his wife, so what?  It struck me as odd that such a small thing would be a bone of contention for family.  Also, apparently her own sister had not been informed of her death nor invited to the long funeral, as she was old and in a nursing home and they either thought it would disturb her or they didn't want to bother with schlepping her over to the village.  That, I think, was an error in judgment.  When family members would die, the other family members had a habit of just not telling anyone, which did strike me as weird.  That family hasn't acknowledged me since 2010 so today I am sending the remaining ones a cheerful French "January card" to remind them I am, indeed, still here, and they can kiss my American ass, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!
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  291. Tommy Latham Ha ha ha ha!  I'd have to send them to Belgium for "French fries," Ohio for the French dressing, and to the Caribbean for "French toast," but yeah, ha ha ha ha ha!!
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  292. Those are probably her ashes mixed with others.  Not a big deal.
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  293. Most of the world is horrible for people and worse if you are also female.
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  294. greg humiston They were having their period.  It happens monthly to chicks pre-menopausal.
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  295. Hoagie Boy Hoagies are nice.
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  296. Uprated again.  Food pranks are nasty.  Very true about all the possessions and obligations.  It was hard for me to move to a new country and culture and have so little, but life is still simple and pretty easy to manage (usually).  Goodbye to a lot of American stress and anxiety.
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  297. He'd probably like quinoa.
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  298. Sam Fawaz Absolutely.  The famous cholesterol study in the '80s used only powdered, industrially raised eggs.  Ask a French peasant about eggs being unhealthy and they'll laugh!  They eat one a day, often. 
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  299. Ha ha ha ha!!  I was born in the USA in the fifties.  The only time I got a Coke was at Nana's, as she spoiled us.  She also had SLIM JIMS in her fridge, and wow, did they go great with Coke!  What is IN a Slim Jim is scary, but we were little kids who essentially grasped that.  We knew we were washing them down with crap-soda.  IT WAS FUN!  :)
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  300. I like Dani Luv!  Uprated.
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  301. ***** Nope.  Couldn't handle the USA anymore.  But I lived in Brooklyn for 15 years, loved it, didn't like Manhattan for 2 years.  Me 'n' my ghost, Sophie Brisman.  I have a clip up about all that.  Hello, Phantom!  Sophie died there just before I got the place.  She was very protective of me so drove everyone else nuts there, including neighbors!  I just told her to cut it out.  She was quite a prankster and could be destructive if she wanted to.  BONDAGE MODEL IN A HAUNTED APARTMENT is up and running.  All true, and I show the evidence and tell the tale.  She stayed there, it's cool.  :)
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  302. Thanks, Leather Daddy!  Those bizarre candies are indeed fun.  Cool demonstration and presentation!  Greetings from France.  Uprated.
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  303. I got the subtitles to run by using the "cc" option.
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  304. I used to order from a place in Manhattan called CAVIARTERIA.  They were in small jars, different types, with explanations of what they were and what to eat them with or whatever.  They shipped all over the USA and it made a fun gift (my late mother in Ohio was thrilled) and they'd messenger over your order in Manhattan.  There was quite a big difference.  I am okay with various roe and lumpfish eggs, too.  You either like it or ya don't.
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  305. KingDennisJensen Too bad it's all too toxic to eat anymore. 
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  306. Me too.
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  307. Ha ha ha ha!  I have a hard time taking men with earrings seriously, too!  Really!
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  308. Uprated.
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  309. Eh, you're in with the others looking only at the amount and not the circumstances.  I hope you don't do jury duty.
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  310. Eh, it was probably shocked and not in its deep water place, and might not have survived.  I would have considered regifting it.  Many animals and fish, birds, are so traumatized by being caught, they just fall off.
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  311. paucceri Yes, there are also a lot of superstitions about boats, ships, water, the sea, et c.  Some things are considered highly inauspicious.  Last year I read a rather long piece on some of them, and also, the cost and trouble you have to go to to rename a vessel.  Otherwise, the sea will not recognize her and will reclaim her quickly.  If the TITANIC was, indeed, her sister ship, badly damaged in a mishap, then refitted, and disguised, not only was their structural damage, but the new, fake, cheating ship was doomed, if you believe superstition.  At the very least, it's pretty rude to do what he did, in and of itself.  At least to document it.
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  312. paucceri Easy for you to research and look up.  If you buy a boat and change the name, follow the protocol.
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  313. ***** Et tu, Brute!  :)
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  314. Schmecks, I bet!  Soon that sandwich will be all!  (I'm half Pennsy Dutch.)  :)
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  315. Creative!
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  316. He's been doing this since the seventies I know of.
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  317. Tristan Scott Lack of lucidity.  Senility.
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  318. I'm going to try to get my French husband to look for this at our library here in France.  We love documentaries and he found the USA quite interesting.
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  319. Yeah, tell that to Madonna.  She'd have agreed.
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  320. Very fun, uprated.  Not for me, but hey.  Greetings from Paris.
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  321. adam torres Probably, today.  I was born in '57 and had to cook for my brother of 4, alone, when I was 8.  I always had to cook, clean, know how to iron, sew, fix things, garden, this was in a city, yet in Ohio.  I had to keep highest marks in school.  I was shown the door at 18 and said, go succeed.
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  322. yuck
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  323. Shared, uprated.  Octopi have a full range of emotions and are highly intelligent.  But yes, I eat them.
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  324. Hey, my first husband considered that.  Would have been a bad bad move.  At least he did get word to me years later when he'd heard a hit was out on me.  (A NYC employer.)  I said thanks via the messenger and confronted the employer with this, laughing.  I said, carefull, oh, and I think I'll sue you.  I did it twice.  Won.  My lawyer was disappeared.  I made them give me the cash in public when payment came due.  You really don't want to be involved in conspiracy to commit murder.  Not a good idea at all.  Even if nothing overtly bad bounces back on you, the quieter stuff can be pretty scary.  yo soy testigo
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  325. Fun!  I recommend the Scott Rea channel on YT.  Uprated, shared. 
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  326. I thought so, too.
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  327. Strange androgynous guy!  Too much plastic in his life, maybe.  I always found pig ears inedible, but I figured out they have to be WELL COOKED.  One of the most delicious things I tasted as a girl in Ohio in the '60s was a fried Spam our neighbors made.  It was a greasy mess.  It looked HORRIBLE.  But it was super-edible!  So, there ya go. 
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  328. ***** Only if you speak French with that tongue, and it had better be fluent, Jack.
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  329. Ha ha ha!  Canada is the Mexico of the North.  Hee hee hee hee!  Just being nasty.
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  330. WessCNY That's fine!  I was chatting with a doctor here in France (I am from the USA) (a long time in NYS) and he noted that recently, the French he knows who went to live in Canada didn't stay long.  They came back to France.  But hey, that doesn't necessarily mean much.  That's just who he meets through his practice.
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  331. az0963818 Hey, it's worse!!  I'm a French citizen now!!  ;)
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  332. I was one of the first members of NORML.  I bought another for my best friend in school.  (She wouldn't wear her bracelet, however.)  Thompson was into some nefarious stuff, and I don't approve of pot anymore, but this is interesting.
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  333. At the one minute thirty point, I have that very same kind of table, just in brighter colors.  I found mine in the trash in Brooklyn in the early '90s.  Those are very handy, tend to extend, have drawers, and were done in the USA in the '30s.  The simulation of marquetry on plain metal was seen as a cheaper fakeout than doing wood inlay and all.  Once hard times improved, many people threw those tables out!  These are very useful, sturdy, easy to clean.  If you find one, buy it!  At the very least these are reliable.  :)
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  334. ***** They're really great tables and are extendable.  The fake marquetry was seen as cheap looking to people when things got better so a lot of the old tables got pitched.  You found a nice one, I love the muted colors on the top! 
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  335. Uprated, shared.
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  336. I looked at that and thought, "Actually, no way would I eat that."
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  337. Horrible, but a good clip, well done, have to uprate and share it.  I remember in NYC, at the NE corner of East Tenth Street and First Avenue, there was until surprisingly recently a place featuring bear-baiting!  There were dog-against-rat places, with tons of dogs and rats buried in the cellar, raw boxing, McGurk's Suicide Hall, all kinds of stuff.  I could see the remnants of some of it in the '70s and was able to get into some of the places and see the old ceilings, fixtures, wow!  I recall on Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) at 24th Street I think it was, there was a building where I noticed an elaborate inscription up high, chiseled in, indicating a place with an arrow.  It was a famous bordello.  I recommend the book LOW LIFE by Luc Santé. 
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  338. valhala56 xoxo!!
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  339. Well, I live in France and much of Europe eats horses, rabbits, et c.  Stray dogs and cats do get grabbed, but I think they're mostly stripped for their fur.  They can certainly be eaten, if that's what you want or need to do.  I think it's a choice and matter of conscience.
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  340. I think they said Petticoat Market.  Anyway, there's a sign for the location in the clip, just pause and look.  Wembley, I doubt.
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  341. Lew Mobey They really don't.  They may rotate among a few markets per week or month, but their space is arranged, with permit, and paid for, so there they stay.  I'd look up the name of his special sauce and see if there's a contact point for details.  Vendors are not there seven days per week and you have to know their hours.  Use your noodle -- you can probably find him!  Have fun at the game!!
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  342. gingerchristies How nice of you!  I hope that person going to visit for an event does try to get there and pack some of that stuff away for the game and to take back!  I'd sure love to get at least a couple of those mad sauces.  One I'd try and it'd probably make me sick (bad health) but I'd be tickled to try it anyway, and then I'd still have another to give as an informed gift!  Good game food and post-game food is "an essential," hee hee hee hee hee!!!!!  :)
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  343. Sean Wood Thank you!  I was darned sure this man had something like that going! 
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  344. Social Evolution All are breakable in Anglo-Saxon law.  I've worked in American family law.  Anything in an Anglo-Saxon legal system in such a poor language as English is not "solid."  In fact, the US Constitution has problems, not that it's been applied since 1933 when the UCC took over.  In the US, I do know, contracts are made to be broken. 
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  345. Social Evolution The Constitution has not really applied since 1933.  The UCC does.
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  346. This dish is usually deplorable.  He did a good job.  This one is so hard to get right, I personally don't bother.  I was a chef's assistant in Paris, France and she cheated big time.  I made the mistake of eating one, once.  yecch
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  347. There was one place in Brooklyn, NY which ruined me for all other bagels.  They had that big pot, as seen here, a big thing.  I loved a paper bag of assorted fresh bagels from there.  I do mean fresh.  The bag would absorb any residual grease and kept them nice for days, closed up.  Pumpernickel was my favorite there -- defies description.  Except for Yonah Shimmel & Daughters bagels and knishes on East Houston Street in Manhattan, I skipped all the rest, and I don't even bother with them here in Paris.  I'm gluten-intolerant, but I didn't care.  That was food fit for a king.  I never knew what a bagel or knish could be until I had a Shimmel.
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  348. Shame on those parents.  My spouse told me after five years of marriage that he disliked his cousin because when he was a young teen and the cousin was over 21, the cousin abused him sexually, repeatedly.  My spouse's father actually SAW this happening once and turned on his heels, denied he'd ever seen it! When I discussed this with his parents, their only concern was that their only child might be gay.  This is called the Double Betrayal and he hated them since, me, he gave up his friends, he closed down, he is a robot now.  21 years into this marriage, this is a ghost man.
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  349. jms Yes.  For some reason I found acupuncture in the USA and France terribly painful, but the first time I had it, it really helped move a flu along.  I understood what they are going for.  Pressure points are useful, and I like curing my own headaches or migraines in minutes myself, alone, and quieting a fussy baby or kid in a meltdown.  I see people doing all the wrong things.  I found a chiropractor here in France who does an eight-minute touching using the weight of your head, and I only had to pay 15 euros extra myself.  Worth it, as it felt like a long, restful four-day vacation weekend.  I mentioned it to some pals and same as with me, first try, they were clear and rested.  I learned long ago how to feel where a person's chi is blocked.  I don't even have to ask them to undress or actually touch them.  Never fails.  I don't advise how to resolve it, ever, but they consult and I hear, yup, they feel better, easy to help.  It's very painful and confusing when you're blocked somehow.  I actually learned about pressure points from a Native American. 
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  350. Raw garlic is toxic.  Lots of people cannot handle it.
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  351. I agree.  A sure recipe is golden, but hey, the ingredients will vary in ... vibe, somehow.  So an awareness of what's going on with them is essential.  Greetings from Paris!
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  352. Fumfig I've been a chef's assistant here in Paris, France and have cooked a lot in life.  When margarine has gotten on my hands, for example, the only thing which got it off was an equivalent of DAWN detergent.  I wonder how human bodies get rid of that?  Soy messes with hormonal levels and creates fibroids.  Its cultivation has really messed with ecosystems.  Cutting down all those rain forests and other fragile places to grow soy just doesn't sit well with me. Just because a gazillion people have eaten and eat something doesn't mean I want to eat it, too. Finding out what actually goes into what we eat, wear and put on us can be a shock.  You might not be ready to know.
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  353. Fumfig I could agree with that.  Cow milk as it's generally sold is bad news.  I have goat or organic horse milk some times during the year.  Also, raw quail eggs.
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  354. Fumfig Those famous anti-egg studies in the eighties were lobbied, and they only used powdered, industrially raised eggs.  You don't know that?
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  355. Fun, but street racing is messed up! 
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  356. Jacc Trippa Um, I am housebound with an inoperable hernia from the c-section.  And the child did not survive.  This was in wedlock.
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  357. aappierce It's usually done by machines now, but someone still has to scrape, deal with trash, and clean up.  The machines have to be looked after and all and things kept sanitary.  Hey, I'm a wife -- a piece of furniture.  I hear you. 
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  358. Mike J I've always been amazed ... I never mind the scrubbing parts.  Heck, I'm getting paid. 
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  359. It looks gross and I've lost my taste for it, generally, but it's part of my upbringing in the USA.  My first fiancé liked a pig's knuckle.  It was only a dollar five at the Odessa on Avenue A in NYC in the late seventies.  I'd definitely sample anything shown here, however.  Looks like tacky, beery fun.  Greetings from France.  Oh, I want to say, that being of Germanic extraction is kind of embarrassing to me -- even when underweight, I never looked "skinny," and I have "apple cheeks," an annoying complexion feature.  Sorry, starting to get very off-topic.  Cool clip, uprated, thanks.
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  360. Vaclav Kuchar Yes, actually, a lot of French food is like that.  Pork is a staple food here and they really don't much like spice, nor sweet-and-sour.  A lot of stuff is very plain and basic.  I know the way stuff looks shouldn't affect us that much, but really gloopy brown stuff ... takes some effort!  :)
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  361. Fun!  When I had about a dollar, I could buy BIGOS at a Polish restaurant in the Lower East Side of NYC in the late seventies.  Cabbage, apples, pork, some onion ... I'm Pennsy Dutch and from Ohio and this looks like "food that really schmecks."  Men seem to like sausage and bacon a lot.  Greetings from France.
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  362. Looks nice!  (I am gluten-intolerant, no beer for me.  No alcohol anymore, either, for that matter, ha ha!)  I liked a bull-shot in NYC.  Mike at Morgen's East in Manhattan made nice ones in the '80s.  Sort of a bloody bull -- lots of very strong beef bullion, a little tomato juice, and a strong liquor.  (Don't recall which.)  It could be treated as a Bloody Mary, with a touch of horseradish, a touch of hot sauce, a touch of Worcestershire sauce, a nice fresh lime wedge, even some celery.  The Bloody Mary was named for the heiress to the Wanamaker Department Store by Astor Place in Manhattan.  Drink killed her young, but she would ask for that, and her name was Mary.  She drank with Ted Healy, who also died drink-related, was from Manhattan, and is known for The Three Stooges.  Apparently, Mary was quite nice. 
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  363. fedemonsalve Well, my health no longer allows for alcohol, but thanks for that advice.  Beer ... I had some nice ones around the world.  Made me sneeze violently!  One of the last ones I had, I shocked my French inlaws.  We'd been on an outing in sweltering Summer heat and took a break at a pleasant woodland terrace which served drinks, to cool off a bit.  I asked for a glass of cool water, no ice, the way most Europeans like it, fine, and a "demi", which is just a half-liter or so of domestic French beer.  The French can be snippy about women drinking.  A Ricard or a Suze or a sirop and water might be better regarded.  But dang it, I wanted a super cold beer!  (Egad beer is good in Belgium.)  For a lady to sip a demi in France in heat ... it is not unseemly.  But when it came, I asked for a salt shaker, salted it (foamed up) and chugged it!!  THEY WERE HORRIFIED!  I tell you, that tasted MARVELOUS.  No regrets!!  I have been very polite and circumspect with three sets of inlaws, in the States and Europe, and sometimes, you just gotta do what you gotta do!  xo from Ohio, NYC and Paris.
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  364. ***** Not a good idea to operate machinery on weed.  Nor do anything requiring good coordination.  Some people do not tolerate marijuana.  Some people, it makes them sleepy, depressed, nauseous.  I've seen this.  Some others get paranoid on it.  I knew one guy who smoked a little then stabbed his father 100 or so times for no reason.  The father survived, but mutilated, his life ruined.  The son, in prison and with psychiatric evaluation, has no idea why smoking a little pot did that to him.  He agrees, it was without cause.  I smoked for years but if I overdid it, I noticed a strange chillblain type thing on my front ankles.  I found another frequent smoker, male, who had the exact same thing happen to him.  He had been smoking a lot, too.  As soon as we cut back, the problem cleared up, never to return in either of us.  I quit permanently over 20 years ago.  Too expensive.  Demotivating.  Altered my judgment.  Not badly, but I noted it.  I do love hemp oil and use it here in France inside and out.  I'm interested in the tincture of cannabis now legal in Belgium for medical purposes -- no way to get high off it.  Everyone I knew in the pot business in the States was involved with organized crime, the scary stuff.  They were also vehemently against legalization, because it would kill their cash cow.  They often colluded to push prices up.  It just wasn't worth it anymore.  I did find it nice, but it made me lazy, hungry, lusty.  :)
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  365. Frank Bennett Doesn't look like it!  My gal pal here in Paris worked in a coffee shop for two years in Amsterdam.  Unfortunately, she found that for her, the pot did lead to hard drugs and she realized, I HAVE TO LEAVE NOW!  We laugh about it.  That's never supposed to happen!  She only has a little champagne at Christmas and New Year's and is fine now!  That's just her, however.  She is from the UK and prefers the Continent, so she's here now and created and set up her own business in France.  The coffee shops were super nice.  That was the only place you were supposed to smoke, or at home, but I found those shops on a long visit very cool, I'd say, I'm pretty much a non-smoker at this point, I just want something light, what do you suggest?  They'd show me the book, with page after page of samples of little bags of pot, hash, seeds, as you liked.  They also had them for sale ready-rolled, which was handy!  Amsterdam is nice!  There is something there for everyone, most likely, even, still!  I have one old friend still there, and another good acquaintance right nearby.  I recommend Utrecht, also.  It's incredible, but book early, it's in high demand!  I am a former sex worker in the States and my French spouse had stayed awhile in Amsterdam and had a blast there, he bought his only tattoo and had Hanky Panky do it, he loved the museums, architecture, walking, canals, boating, and the Red Light District, he once went for four in a row!  He said everything was nice, clean in the registered places, you be clear what you want, be polite, everything is good.  Street hookers, watch out.  The Tippelzone didn't work out and is gone.  Good shopping, foods of the world, I enjoyed the tramway, it's just fine.  I'm sure it's really hurt their tourism there to close the coffee shops!  Now, you have to deal with dealers, who wants that??  Be careful about the weather when you go.  It's super cold in the Winter and July and August are NEVER for Europe and Scandinavia, it's unbearably hot and crowded and EXPENSIVE!  Here in France we go early season, may, and late season, September, twice a year and we have done vacations at other odd times of the year in Alsace, Rome and so on but we researched the weather to be informed.  Yeah, good luck after college.  I got two degrees in the sciences, with honors, and I can't really say it did me any good jobwise, in fact it was sometimes a problem, but I worked my way through, no debt, and enjoyed the studies despite the pressure, so fine!  Amsterdam is likely still a good tourist destination, anyway.  Just don't expect to smoke there!  I was there in early November, cold but not at all uncomfortable.  I think it was a five day long weekend, very stretched out.  No idea where to suggest for legal smoking, left the USA 21 years ago, quit smoking EONS ago.  Study hard!  xo
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  366. Dexter Morgan "You're," and kindly refrain from strong language.  Thank you.
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  367. AnsticePalo I know, how dumb was that?  I knew a family in NYC.  One family member worked with the city -- "garbage man" kind of thing.  All the confiscated drugs were incinerated.  The workers duly threw them in, per orders, yet then plucked some from the top of the pile.  Technically, it had been correctly placed in the incinerator.  But they could yank some out and they quickly had a dealing business going on.  Here's the sad part:  many became urban pot growers.  They were DEAD SET against legalization.  They didn't want their cash cows killed.  I got new friends.
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  368. AnsticePalo I think either bring on huge problems, and wow do I know it personally! 
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  369. AnsticePalo Really.  And I hear you.  I grew up in a very cold house and only the kitchen and right in front of the fireplace were warm.  Tiny water heater, had to wait and take turns.  Ohio.  blecch!  In the Lower East Side, NYC, in the late '70s, proper heating and hot water were not required of slumlords.  Time for the pot of cold water on the gas stove, oven running, burners going!  One day it was so cold inside, the water had frozen so bad in the toilet in that cold-water flat, it cracked the toilet!!!  I hope this young man can be stronger from this and that people can learn from this.  This clip is pretty educational!  If you have a criminal record in France ... even your distant relatives may not be able to get the jobs they apply for, also if anyone is in debt trouble.  Kids who commit crimes are usually taken from the parents and not given back (often) -- and they cannot ever get certain jobs, even basic ones, ever.  I actually know some abused adults (as children) who were in foster care here in France, even one in a full orphanage all her young life, and the foster care people said it was good and it was just worse if they were returned home!  The orphanage lady, I have a clip up named GILBERTE you might like!  xoxoxoxoxo
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  370. He's wild and totally honest, yay!
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  371. Depressing America ... humans ...
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  372. That's how it is in Greece.  If you don't have 800 euros and have a kid there, they will keep the kid or deny you access to the hospital.  Some people are registering the kids as their kids to get them covered, which is a legal nightmare as they don't have the correct name and family.  My kid died in the USA for lack of healthcare.  I expatriated.  People who go to the USA are stupid, I think.  It's a gulag.
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  373. RenovatioJuris My spouse has worked for FedEx for over a decade, and his pal there is Greek and goes over there all the time for family.  So, my spouse hears stuff.  I lost a baby in the USA for not having the money for prenatal care, and I tried to give it up for adoption but because the courts had misplaced our papers the divorce was delayed, and the abusive spouse had a say in it, even though we'd been legally separated for years and it wasn't his child.  I don't provide links, sorry.  I'm not making this stuff up, however. 
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  374. RenovatioJuris Thank you for the response.  Maybe the guy is lying?? I did a clip recently on a French healthcare scam.  I do two channels and don't recall where I posted it, but it's very recent. This guy from the Ivory Coast, in his 50s, has AIDS and has been receiving care here for years and has a subsidized apartment and benefits.  Apparently, he set up a network and got hundreds of illegal immigrants in lying and saying they have AIDS, too!  And they don't!  This is going to amount to millions of euros in cost and it's been going on for years.  A doctor in Paris was involved, and others.  It's an example of someone ruining it for others who might have a claim to care here and is very sad. I got liver cancer in 2007 and was told I'm inoperable, but they sent me to a nice place to die.  I used the Kneipp Method to heal myself in 2008.  I have no problem with euthanasia being legally here (almost a decade now, most doctors don't even know about it but I have seen it done once in a public hospital and also had a business client whose mother was "put down" a few years ago from here, Laotian woman) and I don't think money should just be thrown at everyone.  I worked for decades in the legal profession in the USA and then here in France, and what the laws say is generally not reality.  I've met corrupt judges, lax clerks and crooked attorneys.  I think your viewpoint is a bit obtuse, but really, thanks again for the kind response.
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  375. ***** That is one of the few Christian thoughts I actually agree with. Love is sinful.  It puts us in a selfish bubble with the love-object and we can have our morals fall away:  "I will KILL to defend my kids," et c.  Only love of the Divine, which is actually to love ourselves and the divinity in us, is non-sinful.  I realize this seems extreme, however. 
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  376. kay jay Grans women?  Women who belong to grandma?  Boy bodies are "outwardly?"  You make no sense, sorry.  Good luck.
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  377. kay jay That could be, but I am disabled from prescription meds, so I am biased.  I had the hormone thing as a girl and now my liver is trashed. 
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  378. kay jay I was born with foetal alcohol syndrome and was androgynous, and my immune system was compromised at age five by a polio vaccine (and I got polio anyway) and then I got put on Cortisone for a decade, which totally scrambled me.  I was often mistaken for my brother and got his hand me down clothes and this went on until I was 19.  I was unable to have children.
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  379. kay jay That could be.  I got extra estrogen for a few years on medical advice and it really messed me up, but really, that was 30 years ago.
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  380. kay jay That is for sure.  My parents felt they owned me and they made all these messed up decisions about my health, but really, they were inveterate potheads going back to the fifties, so there you go.
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  381. We go nuts here when our African neighbors do this at home.  It really stinks.
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  382. Not everyone is constricted to observe Ramadan, such as if they are ill or really don't want to.  Yes, however, during sun they should be given pure water to rinse their mouths with and spit out neatly.  Beyond that, I suppose they must be force fed when there is no sun?  They probably shouldn't be in there long, however.
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  383. Wow, that black guy is UGLY!  I'd be angry if you peed publicly around me, too, and dogs drive me bananas.  Men, carry an empty Pringle's or tennis ball can, sheesh!  Do that in your vehicle!  I'm on diuretics, I understand, but UGH!!  What a horrible place.  I always remember Detroit and most environs as bad, going back to the sixties.  That burger reminds me of the GEORGE SPECIAL sold at the Corral Drive-in on Arlington Street in Akron, Ohio.  Quality burger with ham and other stuff on it.  I didn't like it, but I didn't mind trying.  There were some nice foods in the Midwest. 
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  384. Miguel Fiero Cleveland, Ohio was dreadful.  I was glad to be shown the door at 18 and made it out of the Rust Belt at 20.  I hear you!  Terrible place.
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  385. Interesting.  Uprated.
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  386. Ha ha ha!  Don't visit France!
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  387. Horrible boors.
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  388. A lot of Brits like and want that.
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  389. dave hathaway Oh, please.  Do it yourself if you must, but shut up.
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  390. Yes, that's it.
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  391. aecawec sdcasdc I don't think I'm an idiot, but if you want to call me one, finey fine.  Good luck.
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  392. I won't even be around a microwave oven (or a portable phone, they're on the same hertz frequencies) let alone eat anything which has been "nuked."  The first time someone showed me how "easy" it was to scramble an egg in a microwave oven, I was shocked.  They thought that was good!  I might as well have been eating hot air -- or fast food!
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  393. My 17 years in NYC ... not all good by any means, but I wouldn't trade 'em!  Happy new year! 
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  394. I passed as a Jew in NYC for 12 years at my second husband's request.  I heard the funniest, racist, bigoted stuff!  Humans are inherently like that, I've found.  Humans of every stripe.  It's all over.
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  395. I got very interesting in these screwheads while growing up in Ohio.  By the seventies, when I was a teen, I was able to observe Rex Humbard et al.  I'd sit fascinated by "Christian TV," such as it was, and had very close friends who had worked for these people and even been their neighbors.  One had parents who'd bought the pink Cadillac of Maude Aimée Humbard she'd gotten in the fifties, already, a hoarde of retirees were ripped off for a non-existent retirement community, an unfinished tower was mournful in the Rust Belt, and a scary looking son constantly got busted for having sex with underage females in the congregation on the stage in the arena.  A friend of a friend in high school had a juvie pal who found God and then fell asleep under Humbard's rising mechanical stage and got crushed to death.  The eulogie was ironic -- "At least he found God after causing so much human death and destruction!"  (He had been a mad bomber.)  I saw "The Starlight Trio" sing on TV on a religious show.  Three women with blank stares and their hands held constantly up, like puppets.  In tacky dresses, with what looked like wigs on.  They looked like bassett hounds. 
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  396. Reminds me of why I was delighted to get a good price on a very, very white tile kitchen floor.  I either have to clean it a LOT or I'd let it become like a dinosaur back.  I keep a lot of walls white, too.  I'm a slob and if I can't see the dirt, I forget about it.  I think this video is funny!!  :)  He really "wrecked this mess!"
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  397. Uprated.  That looks GROSS.  I would definitely eat that.  I miss American deli.  Great stuff here in France (bad pickles) but American deli is its own thang.  Love from Paris.  (We do have better mustard here.  So frustrating, ha ha ha!!)
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  398. I really liked Scotland and found the food just wonderful!  I stuck to local specialties and game and it was a really different place.
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  399. I don't think most men have seen such a thing.  If it exists, it seems to have been hidden from a lot of them.
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  400. Erik Johannessen Yeah, I moved from the USA to Europe long ago and different cultures have different etiquette, for sure.  For me, a lot of it is basic hygiene and manners.  I live in a culture now where anyone who works is a "worker" and valid, there aren't, generally, professions which are seen as "better," and poverty is okay as long as an effort is made to improve and the poor are honest.  I got very tired of telling American male friends, good friends for years and years, what a handkerchief is (and I bought a lot of them for them), how to say "please" and "thank you," and how to go through some very superficial rituals (such as remembering an anniversary) at least shallowly so they could get it over with.  I'm glad I still have American male friends à la distance, and one I consider like a brother or better, but really, most of them, well, they can be okay as friends but no way would I want to be involved with them -- they are clueless!  I really feel for American males who get held to high standards by nasty females, I must say.  That really stinks!
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  401. Erik Johannessen Well, some people like someone who is "exotic," of a different culture, of a different age, et c.  I did know an American guy for years and he was openly nuts about me but very nice about it, quite proper.  He is not good looking but it didn't matter, as he was so smart and funny, a hard worker, he had good manners, et c.  He asked me to marry him.  I was delighted but had to tell him that I didn't love him and I didn't think I could, but I wished I could as he was fine!  This was done in private and I am glad I wasn't evasive or sneaky and that I was very, very sincere in my appreciation of his qualities.  It's not as though I never met a cool American man!  My Parisian spouse absolutely did not want a serious relationship with a French female his age.  He felt he had nothing in common with them, which was actually accurate on his part.  He wanted an older woman from another culture, someone who could speak French and who'd be willing to live here, but not one of his "peers."  I did warn him, "Be careful -- you're going to have an older wife!"  It depends on what we value and are looking for.  I've read that women will pick a mate who is GENETICALLY like her father yet who smells nothing like him!  Weird science, eh??
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  402. Erik Johannessen Yes, I agree.  In most cultures, men have the upper hand.  I'm the "low maintenance type" female so it is hard for me to understand what some of my "sisters" are up to.  I don't feel that many women understand that males are generally really different from them!  I feel males are the weaker sex but they just need slightly different spaces, different handling.  It can cause resentment, because males have "male privilege" a heck of a lot.  I knew a woman who became a man surgically and it was a success and their construction career continued, and I heard a lot of inside stuff which was pretty sad and which applied in a lot of the world.  I have a clip up on polyandry you might like.
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  403. Erik Johannessen They do not have the same pain level tolerance women do and they don't live as long.  They are not as productive as female workers are.  Embryoes start as female and the male thing sets in after some months, not at first.  Males are like a mutation, ha ha ha!!  Really, you have only to look at, say, traditional Viking culture or, say, Jewish culture.  Among the Vikings, the wife would get the key to the coffer to wear on her belt for life, and she'd have to raise the kids, deal with the animals, plant, build, do family business, and protect the home while the spouse was away, often permanently, to hunt, gather, explore, et c.  Among Jews, the wife is the boss and men just go to work and turn over their pay, and to keep them out of saloons, they are sent off to pray, which is not considered very important as an activity among Jews.  Men don't bond for life, generally, as women do, or at least not in the same way.  They tend to seek "strange pussy" once "their" female has born them a child.  They often need highly structured environments and a lot of looking after.  They will tend to get violent and not be diplomatic, to seek peace.  They tend to be likelier to kill and maim than females.  They're often like puppies wearing lead helmets.  They MUST CHASE THAT CAR, and when things go wrong, bump, bump, thump, thump and then they want a female to rush out and coo over them, "Oh, poor puppy, are you okay?"  Answer:  OF COURSE THEY ARE OKAY.  THEY ARE WEARING LEAD HELMETS.
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  404. Erik Johannessen Okay, whatever that is!  So it goes!!
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  405. Johan Eichmann You may have to do some research yourself, get hard copy of the findings, and share it with doctors.  I had to do that over here in France to end a long depression of ten years.  (I am American-born.)  I found something unusual we could try, I got them the documentation in French, was specific about what I felt would work, and they all agreed, yes, short term under supervision, I could try it.  Bingo!  Gone in two days, completely gone in two weeks (apparently, 2% of the population will respond to that and are otherwise treatment-resistent).  My usual treatment stopped by the end of the six weeks we'd all agreed on.  I knew a guy for decades with Asperger's, undiagnosed until he was in his late 50s.  Very sad.  He really had it, too, BIG TIME.  He'd suffered all his life and also did damage, inadvertently.  Didn't have a mean bone in his body.  He kept INSISTING he was okay.  He just COULD NOT SEE IT!  I really hope you can sort it out with them.  Don't give up, please.  Hit the books!
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  406. ploglo13 Well ... I have a response here you might want to read with two examples.  It was dramatic and disastrous.
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  407. d'Rivm Wempozv No, it's real bacon.  Do you know what is in that candy bacon??  You want to eat THAT??!
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  408. d'Rivm Wempozv I'm 57.  Shame on you.  Foul language is not called for.  I will leave.  If you seek to censor me, finey fine.
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  409. Yaarvis1 Salt activates things such as baking powder.  All salt does for humans in flavor is stimulate saliva.  It "makes" things taste better because our saliva flows more and begins to analyze and digest it faster.  Not big on chemistry, are you?  Salt draws the liquid from things; hence, vegetables we wish to drain and sweat, salt draws out acids and juices.  Salt should never be used on red meats, as it toughens them -- draws out the blood.  This might be desirable, as in koshering, or in making beef jerky, et c.  Human needs for salt are real, but a single olive per day is enough for most adults, unless the weather is extreme or there is great exertion.  "Soda pop" is heavy on salt -- does soda really really quench your thirst, or do you "need" more?  Salt "makes sweets taste sweeter" due to the saliva increase.  Again, it's needed in the development of doughs, batters and certain ingredients.  Class dismissed.
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  410. Mitchell Stump You must be scintillating in person, I must say.  What repartee!
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  411. Yaarvis1 Then why are people on salt-free diets forbidden to drink soda?  Have you looked at the sodium content on a label?  And what are the "five basic tastes?"
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  412. Yaarvis1 Thank you.  What is umami, please? 
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  413. Yaarvis1 Interesting!  Thanks for the response.  I was going to posit that it might be "neutral" taste, which can be very good on its own, if you can still smell things -- without the olfactory sensation, eating becomes gross.
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  414. Well, this is too much info.  I do live in France now and they expect people to have sex, it's okay to be close in public and obviously enamored generally, but they also have a discreet side and the "cinq à sept" is considered very proper.  She really has dreadful teeth.  I am lucky to have gotten six passionate years with this French husband before he got bored with me.  Men usually do.  If she's very wet, she's probably also fertile, and ought to be super careful.  I am a former sex worker and was able to keep everything very clean and safe.  It was good for me, I was too inhibited and inexperienced.  I did uprate this but I think I'll skip this series.
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  415. Could be.  There's quite a good book on this story, which will be enough for me.
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  416. Hey, most people don't get it.  They might go see a Woody Allen movie or something and say it was good, but they totally do not grasp the Jewish humor universe.  Years ago I saw a public TV special in the USA on Jewish humor -- in the eighties, I think.  They had all these famous Jewish comedians talk about the craft and the history, and it was very informative and often poignant.  I end up explaining a lot of stuff to my current spouse here in Europe -- he really likes American stuff and asks a lot of questions.  Sometimes I have a Jewish object or book I can show him to illustrate stuff.  I like the Dani Luv stuff.  It reminds me of some entertainment I saw in the USA which really ... defied description, ha ha ha!!
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  417. I've known otherwise.  Most people want a beer or something and to cry in it, I've found.
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  418. metodex That's pretty much what it is.  It comes in very yellow or whiter form.  I find it tricky to cook and my spouse has little or no interest in it, so I don't do it, but it is typical of the North of Italy, say, Bergamo comes to mind, and once cooked, it can be chilled and then later sliced and heated up or fried and be quite a nice little side dish.  I've only found the French to use it sometimes in the Southeast, mixed in with a cassoulet.  My late father in law here in France did know what cornbread is when I made some and served it hot and fresh, but he remembered an impoverished childhood and they'd had to eat that and milk from their goat, so it brought back bad memories.  Corn is sometimes served vinaigrette here in France, but not often.  My French mother in law had it as a first course for farm relatives and they said, this is good, what is this yellow stuff?  She said, "You grow it!  It's corn!"  Idiots.
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  419. Uprated, widely shared.  I called this crash, too, and have the experience to know.  The names I got called!  Fools. 
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  420. Tyler H Sumo wrestlers were status symbols for lords of old Japan.  Being able to keep them and have them compete was akin to owning racehorces and such.  A heavy diet was a sign of luxury and opulence in starving times. 
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  421. Salpeteroxid A lot of "health info" is lobbied stuff.  Milk actually leaches calcium OUT of us, and so on!
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  422. King Z True, and I'm glad you saw a documentary.  While bulking up initially, they may be required to get up and eat rice during the night, then go back to sleep.  Many cultures do not actually count calories.  France tends to be like that.  Hey, many people think chicken has less fat.  It has more than veal!  The luxury of being sponsored, showing status for the lord patrons, being fed a lot, learning agility and discipline, must have been quite enviable in the old days.  Overall, it does not seem great to be so bulky, but my French spouse and I took the time to learn and were happy to watch some Sumo competitions we could see.  We could see how fast, hard and ritualized it is.  I recommend a Japanese movie called, I think, FACES.  It is not very old, really.  About the young guy who becomes a ritual funeral man, and how he is stigmatized and his wife has problems with it when she finds out, and yet, he does it beautifully and it brings great peace to the bereaved and dignity to the deceased, no matter their station in life.  Fantastic, powerful movie.  We were just about knocked flat by that one!  eeek  Best regards.
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  423. Tobias Zimmermann Also because of the complex tradition of sumos and their patrons. 
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  424. Tobias Zimmermann Just don't have alcohol, ever, or aspirin substitute, or you'll get pancreatitis.  Smart to ease in.  A sudden change ... hard for the body to take.
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  425. Mark P Not so ... there is a substance in saliva, genetically passed on, which causes problems digesting rice, carbs, et c.  These families have a history of obesity, no matter what.  This is fact, published in France.  They should eat darn little of what they cannot process, as it doesn't pass quickly and they aren't even getting much nutrition from it.
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  426. ***** Many people lack a saliva element which enables them to process and gain nutrients from "slow carbohydrates," such as rice.  These tend to fail diets and be from overweight families.  It's a genetic factor.  The "slow carbohydrates" aren't even really nourishing them much.  I live in a country where being overweight is frowned upon.  The origins of sumo are a bit unclear and undocumented, but primarily, prize fighters had the luxury of excessive food and weight and were prizes for lords to game and compete with.  Status symbols, and entertainment.  Not all necessarily bad, like what's known as the "geisha" (or geiko) culture.  It just is what it is.
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  427. Daniel W That's a point.  Gout is bloody heck.
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  428. Not until people have two nickels to rub together.
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  429. She said it's black bread, but whatever.
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  430. iiOcBx I was thinking that, myself ... I sort of wonder how fermented products are categorized, too.  Well, I refuse to eat margarine and I sure won't eat soy, and life without honey, I wouldn't be thrilled with.  It is their choice, however, I say good for them if that's what they want to do.
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  431. ***** Thank you for this clarification.
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  432. A little at a time, keep it moving, have the ice bath ready.
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  433. Constantin Peters I got a proper sealer cork and a bottle lasted all week.  It felt very naughty but I really liked it!  :)
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  434. Chinese pork buns can be amazing, I found decades ago in NYC.  I enjoyed talking to the older woman in there doing the cooking in that hole in the wall when it was slow.  Her English was very bad but she happily showed me what she made for her children and family, such as cakes and things.  All in a big wok.  I've had some Chinese-American friends and coworkers and some clients, too, and it was interesting to hear what they valued and how they thought.  I enjoyed ALL my Chinese university students here in France where I've lectured.  Outstanding. 
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  435. Well, you could subtract centuries and centuries and say they were planning advance, I guess ...
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  436. The guest is crazy.  In the 1890s, the tax on the rich was about 90%.  It was about sixty per cent. in the '30s, and was about 50% until about 1980 when Reagan was elected.  Hello??  I was there for the seventies stuff.  Adult.  Americans are GENERALLY taxed lower than most other countries.  I stress GENERALLY, okay?  Pretty good clip, thanks. 
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  437. I got a hardcover copy of this book on the subject ASAP.  Very interesting and I've read it a few times. 
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  438. duh
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  439. I'd be sick as all get-out but I'd want one, too!  He really sticks to the knitting.
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  440. Matt Lohkamp Hee hee hee!  I actually learned that one in IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE in my MBA program in NYC in the '80s!  They felt it was a solid trait of winning companies.  This man has his thing down, people like it, HE likes it, that is beautiful.  And, free-range pork is awesome.  As he says, happy pigs ...  
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  441. You know, I often unsub for that reason even though I really like the channel.  I just drop in and check what they've posted and say hi. 
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  442. Thanks, I detest this in general but these look really good.  Yeah, people will pick on your appearance and voice, but heck, that is not relevent -- this is a recipe clip, and this looks very good!  The big ones are always so gloopy.  It seems like a waste of good feta cheese.  This looks like a bit of work but it's a good method and all ... so uprated. 
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  443. I can really understand your view.  It may seem cold, but cost-effectiveness does have to be considered.  I recall a college pal in NYC -- I met him again years later at a job.  He was a long-term temp there.  We met outside the job and this was a guy who didn't even have a beer let alone smoke a cigarette or do drugs.  (He was not on benefits, btw.)  He told me about a banking job he didn't even actually want.  He'd been hired and told to show up in a month.  But first, a drug test was needed.  He didn't like it, but he took it.  He went to work on Day One a month later and they told him he'd failed and would not be retained.  He was incensed.  He said, why did you waste my time?  I want another test.  They refused.  It was an employment at will state, so he was screwed.  I had avoided drugs testing all along in the USA and never agreed to it, and in my new country I have refused it, also.  In my new country, even if you are fully disabled, benefits are not for life and come up for review every few years.  It's not a free ride, benefits are slim and accepting them is considered shameful here.  The legal system makes parents responsible for feeding, clothing and housing their kids for life, it is in perpetuity.  If someone is a dole cheat and actually is some druggie, I say get them some help but yeah that behavior is not acceptable, I do not like it. 
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  444. DrunkVegan I left the USA in '94 and things did vary from state to state, I recall.  Thanks for the info.  I had my US Soc Sec disability process fail over 15 years of trying because they kept losing my dossiers.  22 years over there of declared work for nothing.  So it goes.
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  445. Uprated.
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  446. Uprated.
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  447. His story strikes me as half what I recall, what one direct witness told me (she did collect a piece of his head, dutifully) but I saw his head go back, also.  Have you looked into Oswald?  He was doing a lot of costly, inexplicable things.  Govt patsy.
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  448. Pretty!  Looks like fun to eat, absolutely!  Uprated.
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  449. Apple pie is Prussian in origin, also.  I think it's wonderful stuff, all this.
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  450. AE OE So do the Brits.  What they've done with music is scary.  They mimic it and raise the barre!  They make it their own!  It is horrible.
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  451. Uprated, shared.  Very good!
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  452. Fun!  We had a General Strike in France here in '95 for six weeks.  (I do have a clip up about this on one of my two channels here.)  I couldn't get to work, followed the procedure, and was at home, of course not paid, and people DIED during that.  I went to a local hypermarché and got 1/4 of a sheep at a good price, all cut up into various stuff.  For the next month, I read all my cookbooks about mutton and made so many different things.  (It has to be twice-cooked to get the yellow fat off.)  My spouse was dealing with anorexia and bulimia so wouldn't eat, but I really did some nice things with it, recipes from many countries.  Some complex.  One I tried involved a week-long marinade at room temperature with a light covering and keeping all the meat submerged, or it would spoil.  I was amazed -- it worked!  I do make game dishes also, and try to process the fish or animal myself.  This looks fine, and the trap line system seems very good.  Animals on roads and rails who die are sad, and it's dangerous.  We have a lot of wild boar here, and if you hit one, say goodbye to your vehicle, and you could die.  There are places which have free range bulls, horses, lots of different types of deer here, and near Paris, there are wallabies!  No one knows how they got there, but they are prolific now and it's kind of funny to see the alert signs, but really, decades ago in the States it was late at night, very dark, and a big deer crossed in front of the car I had been asked to move from one place to another.  I took it as a good sign, opened the window, turned up the radio, to avoid being asleep at the wheel after a long day of work in the heat.  I've been a passenger in the car and a HUGE animal passes in front and the driver DOES NOT SEE IT!  Incredible.  I had this happen twice with my spouse -- a deer, and then there was a car stopped in the wrong place on a highway and he was going to plow right into it!  Egad.  Thank you so much, shared and uprated.
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  453. Uprated.  I get good ideas from this clip already.  I always make ribs when we're on vacation, but have to eat them alone, as the French don't like ribs and don't like bbq, I find.  The last furnished house we rented had a fine electric carving knife.  I'd never used one but figured it out and wow, they make great ribrack slicers!  I do make duck abobo Filipino style here in France, and this, they do like, very much.  (I don't know who wouldn't, as long as they eat poultry!)  I could use French citronnade in this.  (It's delicious and not a soda.)  What a good channel.  Thank you very much and thanks to this chef.
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  454. 789french5 Well, I beg to differ.  I believe a tasting menu is shown.  Tiny bits.  People here know what that means.  We like to TASTE food here, and some of these ... have you had the "amuse bouche" to start the meal?  It is in a shot glass!  (often)  I think they've chosen to eat in courses, try different things.  It's like canapés ... you're not supposed to fill up on them, jeez louise!!  Delicate little bits!  eeeek bon sang
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  455. Steven Vajj Well, you should probably stick with McFood, then.  You'll be happier.  Being full after every meal really isn't advisable, you know.
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  456. The reasonable feminists, and they do and have exist/existed, are aware of male stuff and don't want to be unfair to them at all.
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  457. ChristianIce Maybe I should have typed, "reasonable people who are also feminist."
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  458. MusingsofaJay Non, c'est bon, je suis de langue maternelle anglaise, ce n'est pas facile!  Je crois que vous trouverez du travail ici si vous êtes ici légalement et correctement et si vous trouvez le "droit au travail," ou si vous devenez citoyenne française.  Votre français est déjà bon.  Paris, c'est complexe et il faut de l'argent.  Mais, je vous jure, les asiatiques sont beaucoup apprécié ici en génèrale.  Les français, mêmes xenophobes, sont très habitués.  Ils n'ont pas peur.  Attention:  le mariage avec un français vous donne uniquement le DROIT au travail!  C'est tout!  Avec le mariage en france, IL FAUT UN CONTRAT DE MARIAGE.  Je suis triste témoine!  Autrement, vous êtes un meuble, ou pire.  Si vous avez une domicile stable ici, si vous avez le tampon sur votre passeporte quand vous arrivez ici (essentiel!!!!) et si vous êtes ici en légalité, vous pouvez gagnez un compte banquaire, peut-être avec votre petit employeur pour votre "petit boulout" quand vous serai élève ici (je crois que 10 heures du travail par semaine sont accordés), et vous pouvez demandez immédiatement d'être citoyenne, mais c'est dur!  Département Seine-Saint-Denis, c'est l'enfer!!!!  Je l'ai fais!  C'est vraiment chouette ici mais aussi le reste de France est suberbe et beaucoup est plus facile que Paris et très intéressant.  TRAVELAUTEURS ici sur YouTube a fait un entretien téléphonique avec moi vers février 2014 et c'est sur sa chaîne, 40+ minutes en anglais, au sujet d'immigration vers Paris (je suis née aux Etats-Unis) et j'ai deux chaînes ici sur YouTube, ainsi que Dailymotion.  Beaucoup au sujet du travail, la vie ici, et c.  Je serai contente si vous restez en contacte avec moi.  J'ai un site Internet personnel et je suis assez facile à joindre.  Ciao!
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  459. MusingsofaJay I wish to add I just checked the "translation" of my French and it isn't very good.  I say that Paris is EXPENSIVE and that Seine-Saint-Denis can be okay to live in, but to apply for citizenship is hell in it, because it is the most populous département in all the Paris/Great Paris region, and you have to apply in the region in which you are domiciled.  I started in Val de Marne département but moved to Seine-Saint-Denis and they lied and refused to transfer my dossier so I had to start all over again and pay all over again for certified translations and everything.  I do not recommend entering France as a student hoping to work enough to live on or stay very long.  I've never seen it really work out, or it was hell.  I do encourage people to apply for work visas for a year at a time, because they are tedious and do cost something but then you do not have to worry, you can be here legally and no hassle, you can work, it is authorized.  You might like "La Petite Couronne," which is all the near-suburbs and towns of Paris and usually has fairly good access to Paris via public transportation.  Ivry-sur-Seine is hugely Asiatic, too.  They are connected by tramway now, it's great, and the buses here are fantastic.  I am totally used to them.  You don't have to live right in Paris to enjoy it.  I could actually walk into Paris were I in better health, from my apartment in Saint-Denis.  They say the suburbs are nasty, but it depends, and I know three nasty areas of Paris I won't even drive through!  So, there you go.  Good luck!
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  460. MusingsofaJay Yes, I am from Cleveland, Ohio and it was dirty and so was NYC where I lived for 17 years.  To be an intern here ("stagiare") pays about 350 euros per month, taxable I think, but you are likely to get half your public transport half-paid by the employer, and may also get lunch vouchers, which you pay a bit for and the employer shares the cost.  It's essentially slave labor, but you can definitely gain experience in this way, and it's considered valid experience here.  If you are strong enough to endure study abroad plus work, and not flip out as most seem to do, it will likely hugely enrich your life and give you more options.  I loved studies in Italy long ago, and looked into work there, and found out it's not the greatest country to work in.  I did a lot of research, made friends, applied for stuff and enquired.  Great to be in Italy if you don't have to work!  You will get a million miles ahead of most Americans with French pastry training.  I had lots of cooking jobs in the USA and it was handy!  I was a chef's assistant here, too.  :)
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  461. MusingsofaJay You said it.  Sounds as though you have a level-headed approach.  bises!
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  462. ***** That's how it goes!!  I'm originally from Ohio USA!  No shame in that.  I'm proud I got out at 20, however, and braved NYC alone, then after 17 years, Paris for over 20.  Hello to the Londoner!!  :)
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  463. ***** Yes, and it's laborious!!  :)
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  464. Tammc09 The rule for NYC is/was "one day over one year and you're a NYer."  (Just not a "native NYer.")   I was there for 17 years.  I owned my domicile there, as I do here in Paris, over 20 years now, and worked declared 42 years on two continents.  I left Ohio for good at 20.  I'm a "Buckeye" only in origin.  My French inlaws were/are from the country, but "climbed to Paris," as the French say, as teens and had their careers here.  They retired to within hundreds of yards from where they were born "on the farm" yet were/are always referred to as "the Parisians."  (Maddens/maddened them.)  (They are/were "enfants du pays" -- locals.)  My mother in law's family has been there since before 1500 in that one place in Brittany.  She is still "La Parisisienne."  They do that, here.  You can be third-generation Greek, French going back say a hundred years, and you'll always be referred to as "le/la grecque."  It really isn't fair but it's just words and names.  Please do not presume to tell me about my "rights."  It's only your judgment. 
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  465. Tammc09 We are not under Anglo-Saxon law here.  I do not have my married name -- I forever have my maiden name (but can style myself with the married name, as long as I specify the maiden name for administrative purposes).  I'm French now, so how they slot me me in is most pertinent for me.  You can't be buried where you want here -- you have to be domiciled there, own property there, or get rare permission.  (You can plan and buy in advance, but again, have to be "of there" in some way legally valid here.)  I am still "the American" in France, which bothers me, but it's just their way.  Legally, I am of Ile-de-France -- Paris and its immediate environs.  Misfit females historically become parisiennes.  Chanel, Dietrich, Collette, and so on.  We qualify quickly and are left alone as long as we can "dance the minuet," as I call it.  Some, such as Baker, Baldwin and Simone choose a French domicile and are thus French.  It does depend on your citizenship, your domicile, but again, it is a different legal system from the USA.  Were I to call myself anything but a "dionysienne" here would be considered strange and incorrect.  (My home is in Saint-Denis, just north of Montmartre, Paris.)  If asked or it's required, I specify that I come from "l'amérique profond" (sp?).  I can also say that, "Je suis aussi new yorkaise."  But that's just something to add, if I care to respond.
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  466. Tammc09 I answered you AFTER Phantom did.  Anyway, be well.
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  467. Tammc09 In Australia and the UK, it means Jell-O gelatin-type stuff!  Sorry, butting in.
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  468. Tammc09 I always considered myself an immigrant, kind of, to the USA, sort of.  I am European.  Not indigenous.  Some family in the colonies in the 18th c., farmers, but hey.  Others around 1900 from Slovenia.
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  469. evil999 I've lived, traveled, worked and studied all over the world, in many cultures.  I'm not terribly judgmental. 
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  470. DjGhost718 AF???
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  471. It is.  We eat raw horse meat in my country, a lot of raw fresh stuff.
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  472. ***** I have a clip up, RAW HORSE MEAT FOR LUNCH.  In fact, we had horse meat here yesterday and eating some raw each season at least is recommended for the health here, generally.
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  473. ***** Because you mentioned horse meat to me in your comment before this one, that's why.  duh
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  474. I made a comment here that octopi are very intelligent, yes.  I like to eat them but yes, they have a full range of emotions.
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  475. Set it to "watch later" or get out your notebook and pen.  And feel better soon.  I had to fast for 12 hours yesterday, no food OR water, for a nasty, scary test.  Doo doo happens!  :)
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  476. Vegans might taste good!
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  477. Kasper Sørensen I don't think a lot of people are willing to accept that plants are sentient.
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  478. Well, you can always go have a shark sandwich (McDonald's filet-o-fish).
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  479. July weddings are inauscpicious.  One of the reasons the audiences for ROMEO & JULIET grasped that it was a tragedy was the give-away hint that they were married in July.  I've been really selective about weddings I've attended or participated in over six decades.  There've been maybe half a dozen.  Weddings are stupid.  The concepts of marital monogomy and "for life" relationships are crazy.  Not doable.
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  480. The North Fork is terrific.  I looked at homes on Shelter Island and really liked the North Fork.  This was 25 years ago. 
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  481. I really had a hard time understanding him!
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  482. Favorited, shared, uprated.
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  483. ABC bought the title for TV so in order to save these, they have the new title and are being placed here.
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  484. Not my thing, but really nice demonstration.  They still make and serve Americanos here in France.  Also sell them ready made, actually not horribly bad.  Good explanations of "why."  Thanks.  Uprated.
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  485. Shades of the Borscht Belt!  I like him, too.
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  486. I am in France now and children born here of one or both parents not French are not French.  The child can decide at 18 which citizenship it prefers.  It isn't automatic.  I had to go through years of trials to become French, as an American.  My life in the USA was untenable.  It has been quite a journey and a trial.
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  487. civilian That's very interesting.  I still know Americans with no Soc Sec number, and neither of my parents had birth certificates.  My own American birth certificate was incomplete -- I guess they were busy and didn't feel the time and stuff was important.  It drove the French nuts and I really couldn't make them grasp such a thing. 
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  488. I don't feel too bad about eating an animal which is not endangered.  Interesting look from that woman at the dog meat meal table to the presenter. 
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  489. I enjoyed this.  It's nutso, but so what?  Uprated.
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  490. Uprated.
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  491. You deserved it -- Original Sin is yours!  Sin R Us!
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  492. We're all devo!
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  493. Patrick McStarsky That photo is of me.  I had a more current one up, but it got blipped away during a structural change.  I work as a private investor these days and am online a big chunk of the day.  If you think I'm kinda weird, you may not know many people who worked for a total of 42 years, declared, on two continents, who are retired, and who earn via investing for themselves, writing, doing radio, sometimes consulting, et c.  Do you seek to censor me?  To judge me?
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  494. Bob Smith I am not your lackey.
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  495. Patrick McStarsky I've been here since '08.  I will not be abused anywhere.  That's just a personal credo.  Been there, done that. 
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  496. Patrick McStarsky If I'm offended, I won't tolerate anyone telling me I shouldn't be.  If I am, that's all -- I am.
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  497. Patrick McStarsky What???  I am not your lackey.  I am not your puppet.  I don't give details if you pull the string.  If you want to pick my brain, ask for a proper introduction and get over here.
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  498. Patrick McStarsky You might not understand long-term European marriages.  Nor my position.  Which remains unaltered.
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  499. Patrick McStarsky You persist.  If you want to reach me, my website has a contact point.  There, you can tell me all about yourself, and I can reciprocate.  European marriages do differ from, say, American ones, enormously.  For one thing, it's not the same legal system.
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  500. Bob Smith A lot of males get very affronted by me.
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  501. Patrick McStarsky Haven't seen your e-mail yet ...
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  502. In many cultures, white means death.
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  503. Oh, great, Gulf seafood and American GMO corn mush.  Yecch.
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  504. A good sendoff!  My parents in the USA lied to me and told me they had everything planned.  I should have left the old man in the fridge and not paid for his final crap.  Liars.
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  505. My great uncle gave the whole farm and everything to the Church of Jesus Christ when he blew his head off.
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  506. My husband here in Paris has a cousin, mixed blood, who was a skateboard star and had sponsors.  He immediately went to drugs and blew it all.  I started skateboarding in the USA around 1965.  I don't know why people think this sort of thing will be a longterm career.  I enjoyed NYC for 17 years and promoted a zine called DON'T SKATE when I did NYC radio. 
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  507. ***** Sorry, but I'm in my sixth decade and really, if I just leave and don't fuss, I think that is polite and best.  I'm not phony and don't want to mess things up.  I won't pretend to approve if I don't.  It doesn't hurt anyone if I just quietly leave!  To do so without making a scene, saying anything, just moving on, what's the problem?   
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  508. TomDoesGames Thanks, it's no skin off anyone's teeth if I just quietly excuse myself, leave and don't complain or fuss or anything.  If they are having a good time, fine!  I just might not play those reindeer games, that's all.   
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  509. strobo lazer I said "conceited?"  Wow, messed up if I did.  I wouldn't use that word for him, no. 
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  510. Oscar Eliasson I'm 57.
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  511. Christen Stephansen There you go again ... addressing me as you would your mother, and using one of her names.
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  512. Yeah, looked that way!
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  513. ***** Well, I've heard about Mexico, but yeah, I have no proof.  I haven't been there in decades.
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  514. Because some sort of digital device was used and it was uploaded onto a platform.  Thus, it exists.  I doubt it uses any videotape, however.
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  515. aBossyJellyfish I got out of this, "Don't get shitfaced," which I find valid.  You wouldn't like my channels here or on Dailymotion!  :)
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  516. Interesting, thanks!  Uprated.
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  517. They will and they are (selling out).  Federaljacktube just did a long podcast radio thing on this.  Commercializing.
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  518. I guess they could always be fed Nutri-Loaf and pure water ...
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  519. Hey, even buffets in the Middle East really don't work for all dishes.  A lot of stuff you have to wait a few minutes for so it's freshly made.  But I know what you mean.  Most cuisines do not transport well.  There can be some wonderful good, close imitations, however!
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  520. zhengbq Yes, many foods do not hold well kept warm a long time.  Or even cold or cool -- some just are fragile. 
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  521. Justin Yau I'm not surprised.  I live in a highly mixed area just beyond the Paris, France border, and the ethnic buffet places get booked for an evening way in advance for annual events, such as a wedding, a retirement, a communion, et c.  As long as the place is good quality and some parking can be arranged nearby, I haven't seen many of these places actually fail.  Of course, most of them are open other times for walk-ins.  Dining out can be pretty costly in France, even at modest levels, but people have a really different attitude toward it.  A lot of people may only dine out once a month or once per season, even.  I think I'd be more than willing to shell out for this Persian buffet shown here.  This looks superb and I like to linger over special meals.
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  522. yeow
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  523. Ashes Mandalay Good, you can read. If you feel I'm condescending, finey fine.
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  524. Ashes Mandalay I haven't told anyone to shut up.  I keep saying okay, finey fine.
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  525. Salpeteroxid There used to be heavy industry there.  Foundries, factories, et c.  It was all in serious trouble by the early '70s with the first Oil Shock but wasn't looking good even then.  I saw some of the last vestiges of the early 20th c. (I was born in the '50s).  Cleveland was America's fifth-largest city at the beginning of the 20th c. 
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  526. Tensions I'm appalled Buckeyes have been choosing Columbus for so long now!  That was a dreadful place in the '70s.  Well, things do change.  More people left Ohio than any other State when I was there.  When I moved to NYC, I kept bumping into people I'd just seen in Cleveland 2-3 weeks before!  (We weren't really happy to see one another!)
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  527. Bobby Uttcrumbs I recommend the documentary here for free, 1977 COOLEST YEAR IN HELL.  That was my home.  Those were my friends and neighbors.  It's US recent past, also.
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  528. It started in the eighties big time and Americans did not "buy American," so they got their just desserts.
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  529. Gnarly, but interesting.  Uprated.
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  530. I do see it here in France in places which sell "Asian" products.  I find the ingredients in them gnarly so I try to actually make my own condiments, but hey, I am not always up for it.  I say, don't feel bad if you buy a condiment ready-made, just take it easy and think about what you're eating.  Good luck!
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  531. Are you a journalist?
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  532. Tj Andersen If you are not a journalist, how can you judge?  I am a journalist and have been since '75.  It is relevent. 
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  533. Tj Andersen Your comment was unqualified.  I'm not saying it's invalid.  Unqualified.
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  534. Tj Andersen My point is that you certainly are obtuse.
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  535. Tj Andersen The obtuse do fail to see.
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  536. ***** Well, that at least is an on-point answer, thank you.  I did require vetting in order to get my press passes and wire service activity access, on three continents.  Thank you for your opinion, your view.
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  537. Rui Nation So be it.  My choice to be in twat-land.
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  538. walterbennetsen Fine.  I don't understand your statement, but fine.  I don't need to.  Be well.
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  539. Rui Nation Ha ha ha ha ha!!  My stuff is up on YT and Dailymotion, stuff for the past four years!!!  Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!  If you want to see my CV (it's in French, but you'll recognize the years and names and titles), send me yours and I'll send you mine.  Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!
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  540. Aaron Chartier You don't have to finish your journalism studies and get a diploma to work as a journalist -- particularly abroad.  Diplomas and professional certifications, licenses, do not export.  Not for doctors, nurses, electricians, accountants, engineers, et c.  You can obtain an equivalency but it still isn't accepted -- you have to learn the new language, the legal system, the administration, the methods, and obtain further certification in the new country.  You can legally be an unpaid intern abroad for awhile.  In some places.  If you're a teacher in one country, okay, but it doesn't transfer (easily) to another country.  (I know -- I was a registered representative in the USA -- I could work in European and Asian "Wall Street" but wasn't registered -- I've been a visiting professor at university level in Europe, et c.  I had full citizenship in the new country, however, and was capable in the new language, had a good CV in their language, et c.)  I did fine studying journalism formally but couldn't see why I ought to finish for the diploma, since I was already working, and I really didn't get much out of the classes.  I got honors grades, but so what?  So, I started in the USA at age 18, 19.  In order for me to work in Europe, I can now, because I am a full EU citizen.  My pay level in France will be limited, however, by my level of FRENCH education.  That is how France works.  You need a two-year diploma here to be a real restaurant worker, waiter, day care employee, et c.  They do find it good if you have experience elsewhere -- very good -- but you're not fully up to speed until THEY say so.  If you'd like to hear me on Radio France from '13, the clip is up on Dailymotion under LisaFalour, from about February or March of '13.  I decided to post that one -- it was funny, I thought, and France voted it the program they'd like to hear rebroadcast out of all the others on Radio France for Christmas in '13.  It's in French, but that's me.  I insist, you do not need a diploma to be a journalist, to be affiliated with a wire service, to freelance, et c.  You do need a work permit in order to do serious, declared work.
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  541. josh h Well, maybe I'm an idiot, retired journalist and you are right.  If you want to e-mail your CV, I'll e-mail you mine.  I also have a lot of clips up showing my published articles and other published materials since the '70s, here on YT.  I'm also an author, a publisher and a contributing editor.  I was nominated for The Pushcart Prize.  If that's BS, yes, okay.
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  542. roger supernova I'm not sure there's any solution.
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  543. szymborski11 We're all devo!
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  544. Roxanne J. Baril-Bédard I cannot help but correct your grammar.  It's "more important," not "more importantly."  A lot of people do that and it's incorrect.  You are confusing an adjective with an adverb and misplacing them.  You'll need perfect diction and grammar for communications.
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  545. Watching again, to finish the clip I didn't have time for.  This brings back some happy memories. 
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  546. Yuck, no way will I eat canola, nor soy!  Soy messes up your hormones and causes fibroids, and canola is just wrong on so many different levels.  This could be useful for survival food, however.  Yecch, I got out of the USA to get away from their garbage food.  Greetings from France.  Yeep!
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  547. fmlAllthetime Death.
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  548. fmlAllthetime I am near death.  I did not say you were near death.
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  549. Sad!
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  550. FuCkImRiCh German was the USA's second language in the 19th c., but people die.  It is so annoying when that happens.  Unless it's my mother.  That was good.
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  551. ***** Sometimes, the caption feature works fine, too.
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  552. ***** I know.  The businesses I worked in kept money in two places.  Plenty to give up if shaken down or robbed, but not all in one place.  If it came to that, they just gave it up.
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  553. ***** Agreed.  Even when negotiating for a cash deal, it's best to show up with the amount you'd actually prefer to pay, which is less, and say that's all you could raise.  If there is negotiation, you can then reluctantly pull out some more from elsewhere and say, this is for my bills this season!  And the rest is in a third place.  I was mugged in NYC on my birthday in '81.  Subway mugging.  I'd happened to have 400 USD in my handbag.  Apparently (I was unconscious) they were delighted and took that, threw the bag in a trash can nearby and I got it back within 24 hours from the police, including a bag of weed, which they didn't care about!  I was annoyed to lose the cash, and normally did not carry that amount but I was on my way to settle some bills in cash on a special day, so really, I just accepted it.  Besides a bruised face and being locked out of my apartment for awhile (some transit cops helped me break in via a fire escape!) I just chalked it up to education.
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  554. Oh, don't feel bad you were scared first time up on a horse.  They can feel it, so don't be scared, but without introduction and work on the ground, it's normal.  Good to be watched over.  I've been riding all my life, three styles, and if I feel I absolutely cannot handle a horse, really, I get off and walk all the way back or ask to trade with someone.  Not worth it -- could hurt the horse. 
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  555. Matty is a rude slob but he is what he is!  That's okay by me.  Thanks, good clip.
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  556. Kzoo771 Um, me?  What the heck is a crawler in the asses, anyway?
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  557. Keukeu45 You'd have to get past my very jealous Parisian husband.  bises!  I don't know who this rude fool is, but if a channel has a problem with me, they block me or at least ask me to quit.  That doesn't even happen much. 
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  558. If it isn't home made or in a proper place, you really ... could be very disappointed.  I enjoy cooking it sometimes. 
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  559. PrimeConsciousness Please, no more of my father, mother or mothers in law, ha ha ha ha!!!
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  560. katanamaker Ca se peut ...
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  561. Yes, I think New York state is still under "community property" laws and half gets given.  At least, in theory.  Equal parts.
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  562. I watch American msm as an expat and it's all seemed to be lies to me since 2012, fully.  It's nuts.
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  563. DrunkVegan Your channel name is funny!
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  564. DrunkVegan Ha ha ha ha!!  My other channel name is slobomotion, and my spouse created that in 2007 but then immediately got bored with YT, so I took it over.  This channel name, cutcatfaith, was created by an American woman who was coming over here to France in 2009 to marry a Parisian guy, but she immediately messed up her marriage and life here and dropped me.  I thought, oh, well, it's a channel name, whatever.  About a year later she threatened me to take it all down and it bordered on blackmail.  Idiot American woman, in over her head from California.  Oh, well! Funny story, on your part!
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  565. I used to love the pork buns from a hole in the wall around '80-'81 near Madison and 34th Street (used to be kind of a sleazy area), NYC.  The lady in there spoke poor English but she showed me what she was cooking for her family there and those pork buns, she made from scratch and said they were allowed to eat them and pretty much everything in that tiny place, since she was supervising what went in.  Egad those pork buns were perfect. 
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  566. jonesbunny What is your damage?  I am dealing with multiple organ failure here, I have a lot of time on my hands, sheesh.  Eff you!
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  567. Uprated, shared.
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  568. uck
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  569. Fun!  Decades ago, not in the country I live in now a long time, I got into the demi-monde, shall we say.  I was the weirdo who always kept a straight job, et c.  It actually wasn't a temptation to go full-time.  I saw what was happening and made sure I didn't actually KNOW any specifics.  This is a good interview and funny but grim.  Uprated.
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  570. For me ... one food I find it hard to stop eating is fresh linguini with fresh clams.  "vongole"  Italian.  Spaghetti with white clam sauce, or linguini.  It's maddening.
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  571. If people have Borderline Personality Disorder, they also tend to abuse things and will fail rehab EVERY TIME.  Really sad, her mother says "Oxy-Cotton."  Stupid.  Well, the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, even though I think she wasn't the biological mother of Alexis, if I understood that correctly.  People don't realize, once they've had a substance abuse habit, no one can ever really trust them again.  They might love them and forgive them, but forget about the trust; people would be insane to do that, anyway.  I struggle to stay sober off alcohol and I come from a long line of alcoholics on BOTH sides of the family.  I was even born with foetal alcohol syndrome, which wasn't diagnosed until in my 40s, here in Europe.  It causes all kinds of problems for the kid when pregnant women drink, even a little.  I wish her luck.  People don't realize, once they've lost their health, you can't get it back, a lot of the damage is irreversible.  Very good documentary clip, thank you.  Uprated.
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  572. Just have your final expenses looked after and DO NOT DIE INTESTATE or they will curse you.
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  573. That breakfast looked wonderful.  Uprated.
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  574. KingDennisJensen I accept, of course.  Just because I find Action over the top doesn't mean I don't find the clips valid and amusing.  I'd thought I said that.  Anyway, thanks.
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  575. Val_I_Ross Over the decades, my American whiteness has gotten me backlash from this kind of hateful nonsense.  I wasn't "helped" by any of this sad crap.  I don't see how anyone could be, now that I think of it.
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  576. GRiMHOLD They may have touched an onion, too.  That'll do it EVERY TIME.
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  577. It likely is, yes.  Gloopy!
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  578. Well, community property laws in the USA are something you might want to look into, and it certainly varies from state to state.  I got nothing from two American divorces in NYS because the spouses claimed alimony.  Their lying, infidelity, unwillingness to work ... that was my bad judgment, but I did know the law -- I'd worked in it later on.  Heaven help a divorcée in my new country.  Or any female seeking basic child support, slim as it's decreed to be here.  Could be you're not seeing the forest for the trees with this one ...
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  579. Funny!!  I use a knifepoint of horseradish, by the way.  Mary, heiress to the Wanamaker Department Store fortune near Astor Place in Manhattan, died of drink and this drink was named for her.  Everyone has a story about this one, and a bad one is FOUL!  Puts you off drinking, which is a good thing, in and of itself!  :)
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  580. I've always found funerals interesting and have attended in various cultures and countries.  I have some clips up on this on YT and Dailymotion and just went to zeeklytv.  In my own American family, the bodies were just disposed of, not seen, and it was a party, though a thoughtful one.  I am in Europe now and have traveled to see catacombs and ossuaries, et c.  I enjoy talking to Africans and have learned a lot.  I enjoyed Jewish funerals even though they were sad.  I felt that thoughtful wakes were very good in the USA, there was concern for the bereaved, food, money and aid were given, and, oh, I sold life insurance and long term care and disability policies in the USA, where I also did estate planning, with a legal background, and that was really good stuff FOR MYSELF.  I helped people.  Good clip -- thank you.  Uprated.
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  581. Excuse me, I owed my second husband in the USA alimony.  Over 20 years ago.  ahem
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  582. DUKEisALIVE She seems to and it was a 25-year marriage.
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  583. Some people have preferences.  If I'm going to have a martini, American or UK style as I had them there, I may be choosy about what they're made with, the temperature of the alcohols, type of glass, et c.  I definitely won't hassle a mixologist, however:  that's rude.  I think he said "bruise a liquor," btw.
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  584. ***** Yes, Wencher-not.  I have a very old English language cookbook from what is now the UK -- early, early 19th c.  There is talk of "bruising" cherry pits in the processing of making cherry brandy.  I think in this case, however, since these are solid objects, it really meant putting strong weight on them to begin to damage them, so they'd yield more essence.  Right about the gin.  Not my drink, but I've had it shown to me how the oils must swirl correctly atop a properly made martini with gin treated correctly.  I must say, one of the best martinis I ever had WAS gin and was way up in Northumberland, nearly in Scotland, at a manor house in the country with accommodations, dining and a small, bright, serious cocktail area for imbibing "at the correct hour."  It was a Tanqueray martini and that lady did me proud.  YEOW!!!  I watched her and it did take a good minute or so.  WHOOOOOOOO!!!  :)  Greetings from France via the USA.
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  585. I found them good (usually).  Also most of the men like that.
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  586. bill swedan Oh, of course, direct correlation.  That unfortunate teacher surely may have been reincarnated somehow, eh?  Sure.
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  587. I saw a documentary in France about a young man whose strict Japanese father orders him to complete sumo school (2 years of incredible physical tests) and he quits right at the end, although he did well, and the father had said never come back if you don't finish and succeed, so he was outcast.  It teaches about the history, the practice, and why it is the way it is.  I recommend you look for it.
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  588. Yes, they are starting out low and staying there.
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  589. Ha ha ha!  You ought to see some Dutch foods!  (Some of the more traditional and mundane ones are downright ... weird.)
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  590. omegazthebadass Eh, well.  You'd be gagging living next door to my African neighbors when they make "smokies" in their kitchen with a window next to our main bedroom window!  I was fine in The Netherlands as long as I steered clear of the traditional Dutch food, hee hee hee!!  xo
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  591. omegazthebadass Yes, it smells as though they are frying or cooking chickens with the guts in and feathers on, on a burning tire, with hot peppers thrown over.  I just talked last Friday with my lady pal from the Ivory Coast and she chuckled and said yeah, it's disgusting, but they gotta have it and they chop it up and cook the heck out of it.  The next time the neighbors do this, after years of enduring it for a few days at a time, I will take over my big, good rotating fan and say, please leave your kitchen window closed, it's right next to our two bedrooms, borrow this super fan, pull the smoke and odor out into your living room and open THOSE WINDOWS or quit doing this!  I just can't take it anymore, and it takes days to air out and clean our rooms.  I prep, cook and eat all kinds of funky things so I'm not going to point a finger, but really, in an apartment building, hey!  :)
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  592. ***** Yeah, canola is vile, so is corn oil.   
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  593. ***** Heck, no, I eat raw horse meat, raw quail eggs, et c.  Join my two channels if you like!  Love ambergris, but wouldn't eat a whale.  I also do Dailymption.  xoxo 
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  594. *****...???
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  595. Autistic Crybaby Thank you for the thoughtful reply.  I've worked in the food industry and canola oil is a pretty new product -- only about 30 years old.  Based on what I know about it, it's gnarly.
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  596. Uprated, shared.  Very nice!  A peek.  I like to those pretty long dresses the ladies wear.  I enjoyed what I knew of Arirang in NYC and here in Paris.  I hear they suppress women, but I don't know personally.
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  597. Delta Tau Delta hired me as their house cook for the evening meal in the seventies.  I worked like a fiend and they NEVER PAID ME.  Obviously, they advertised for local cooks and stiffed them -- I heard they did this again and again in Kent, Ohio USA.  They just kept the slaves short term and then denied any arrangement.
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  598. Kevin Roemer Yeah, thanks.  They carried this on for years in Kent, Ohio.  I found two others unpaid for work done.  They liked my cooking just fine, too.  I just didn't deserve to be ripped off that way.  It's just a slave-labor scam.  It's ignoble.
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  599. Hey, I hear you.  I won't go near a microwave oven.  Or wifi.  Or portable phones, TVs, blow dryers, clothes dryers, or anyplace with a lot of light pollution.  yecch   Hey, these people probably want to smear some more petroleum product cremes on themselves, too.  feh
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  600. Bryson Suen Not with wifi.
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  601. HexStickman (A. Mirage) I liked Jewish funerals.  No flowers, a washed body wrapped in linen only and naked, a box without metal nails, put into the ground.  A week of sitting quietly with depravation for the bereaved, sad and solemn.  Then, we carry on.
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  602. Tell 'em the tail is known as the Pope's Nose in NYC delis.  Tell 'em most countries don't do the wishbones but they are a traditional building material in the UK for hanging roof slates.  Then, tell them you'll break their legs off and hit them over the heads with them if they don't quit squabbling.
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  603. This is a very brave man.  I'm an American and live abroad with a new citizenship, and it was quite a journey.  I also applaud him for being gay so long ago.
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  604. *****
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  605. ***** Thanks for pointing out to me the message I thought I'd lost and couldn't find posted not-ready.  I've had too many "who tf are you's?!" on YT since '08 so I try to be proactive.  But ... about once a month I seem to make a bad keyboard move, and BLIP!!  :)
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  606. SuperiorRobyn Even BATHING in fluoridated tap water is nuts.
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  607. Rebuilt Gearbox Horrible, eh?  I don't know what I'd eat or drink were I back in the USA.  GMO corn gave me immediate, severe asthma-like symptoms.  I'd tried some samples from one of our clients in NYC, SARATOGA CHIPS, and had that reaction immediately.  I told the boss and found out that the client knew this, didn't care, was getting rich.  Yes, for table salt in the USA, I think I heard decades ago not to use it, to use sea salt, et c.  I barely use it at all here in France -- my spouse doesn't like salt -- I'm not supposed to eat it -- but if it's really necessary chemically for a recipe, I use sea salt or hand-raked sea salt ("fleur de sel").  Took me years to clear up those asthma-like symptoms -- went to Iceland, that did the trick.  sigh
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  608. finfan7 Your comment was not addressed to me.  I agree with some of your points, and not others, necessarily ... if you want me to elaborate, let me know and I can try to get back to it. 
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  609. Have you ever been married?  Alimony can apply to males, you know that, right?  In the USA?
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  610. M Theory Enthusiast For what I suffered in three marriages a billion wouldn't have been out of line by much.  Seriously.  My health was destroyed, my children died, careers wrecked, country lost, families lost, homeless twice, diplomas useless in this new country, still have nightmares from 30+ years ago and physical scars.
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  611. M Theory Enthusiast None of my children lived.  Due to family breakups and problems, I have been cut off from my inlaws three times -- all of them.  Period.  I had allowed myself to put down full emotional roots for this last one -- 21 years.  I am truly devasted and each year gets sadder than the last, not being able to say goodbye, not to go to funerals even, nothing, it's horrible.  Children are only part of the equation.  I couldn't even visit my two houses in Brittany, my lands and forests, for the past five years.  Sold and that was that, no contents (of mine) considered for me, no way for closure.  Everyone seems upset by the dollar amount in this one!  That is not seeing the forest for the trees.  We don't see the judgment decision.  People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.  You may have only a modest life, but what if?  I am not a litigious person but really, I give judgment on this case wide berth indeed.  There WERE family ties involved in this case, from what little I have heard.  What, only a living child makes anyone valid?  Are you that shallow?  Those are my thoughts you asked for.
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  612. M Theory Enthusiast You DID say, "Thoughts?"  Don't ask if you don't want to know. 
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  613. M Theory Enthusiast Sorry, you should have specified that.  No way I could have known.  Please, you made me feel bad about the "novel."  You asked, I responded.
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  614. dakotagau That's a bit personal.  I have not killed nor eaten any human.  The f-work offends me.  If you want to know something, don't throw obscenities at me.  Do you talk to your mother with that mouth?
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  615. Institutional cooking can be very interesting, actually.  Uprated.  Interesting clip.  Thank you.
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  616. It's interesting.  I haven't owned a TV for well over 20 years, and only owned one for 15 years before, in the States.  (I live in Europe now.)  I have no portable phone, no wifi, no microwave oven, and only got online at home in '07.  I feel better than I ever felt in the USA.  I've been able to get the work and creative endeavours done as I never could there, and I have no anxiety or sadness.
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  617. John Squattingson Off-point.  Please do not obfuscate.
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  618. John Squattingson Oh, and what, pray, am I lying about?  Please be specific.  That's quite an accusation.  "you're," nor "your" 
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  619. John Squattingson I'm not sure which claim you speak of.  You have not been specific twice now.  I asked, what am I lying about, and since you don't specify, I wonder, do you mean, how am I posting this?  I said your question is off-point.
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  620. Chad Nelson I avoided those things in the USA, too.  But the USA became untenable for me.  When your child dies, it's a dealbreaker.
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  621. John Morris Oh, well.  So it goes.  Yak hair makes nice wigs!  ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE has some on Blanchett and Hiddleston.  Yak-free you are! 
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  622. Glitched Link omg
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  623. Ultra80s Most of the Americans I knew loved that junk.  I got rid of my TV when I expatriated and haven't missed it.  I remember Bush Daddy talking about the NEW WORLD ORDER and I thought, wtf??  His astonishment over supermarket price scanners was "priceless," and his inability to answer the question, "How much does a gallon of milk generally cost?" were sad.  Bush Baby wasn't elected, you know, but this was reported only just a bit before 9/11 and then Americans seemed to blow it off.  Don't worry, Americans are so dumb they'll get another Bush as president.
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  624. This is an old story in the USA.  I think California was one of the first community property states and New York became another.  A lot of this has been in place for half a century. 
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  625. Ekejiuba Ogbuagu Yes, it also made sense when women didn't even have the right to vote, and when only white males who owned over a certain amount of land could vote, too.
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  626. ***** Hey, in 2009 I decided to give away all of my own revenues to help Americans and in 2010 I expanded my offer to relocate Americans to France beyond my family, who'd ridiculed me in early 2008 and they ignored me and even sent some insults my way.  No one wanted to come except for one guy, this black drifter who turned out to have Asperger's Syndrome and he was a juggernaut of destruction here and he went back two months later even though I'd found him a good, easy job and a nice place to live in Paris.  He cost me about 20k euros.  Well, off he went and I haven't heard from him since, plus I got a lot of insults from his "friends" accusing me of being some kind of bitch.  As a seven year old I couldn't have taken you away legally but yeah, I hear you.  Oh, well, I tried, and my helping ruined my health and subjected me to divorce with no alimony due me, I have no more families, no more friends ... that was for me helping.  Good luck back there, and try to get out before you are 30.  Countries such as Canada won't even take newcomers much if they are one day over 30.  The USA seems to be some kind of gulag to me, behind a Virtual Curtain.
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  627. DuDuHead Yeah, it's like Texans and NYers who'll say they are that before "American." 
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  628. My French spouse thinks I'm batty but when I find some for sale when we are on vacation in places with Brits around, I try to buy some.  It reminds me a bit of the old Heinz 57 sauce, which I found superior to A-1 in the USA. 
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  629. calum ryan Not in France, and it grew difficult in the USA before I left 20 years ago.  It's not necessary -- a good steak, for example, is best left plain, but hey, I did like the stuff anyway!  :)
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  630. I'm gluten intolerant but a few of them, I'd likely have wanted the whole thing anyway, yeah.  Absolutely.
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  631. jonesbunny I don't care what you think and won't be ordered around. 
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  632. Eric Poznanski "Big bottom, big bottom, talk about mud flaps -- my girl's got 'em!" -- Spinal Tap
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  633. I'd slap anyone who ordered this.
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  634. Well, anyone who listens to that stuff ... deserves it.
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  635. You may want a different font option.
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  636. I know, I am in Paris, France and leave this stuff to the professionals, but this sort of thing homemade with care and attention is just wonderful.  :)
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  637. Aviv Cohen If you're accomplished at deep fat frying, which can be dangerous if you don't know what you're doing, these look so, so cute!
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  638. Jon Gardner Some judgment is prudent, with careful consideration, in place.  I find it generally hypocritical, however, and it seems wrong re the Ten Commandments and the Nine Deadly Sins.
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  639. You might like the movie THE JONESES.  It's on YouTube, for now.
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  640. Turandot29 Yes, agreed.  I have won every non-marital legal issue on two continents in my life, at least to settlement point in my favor.  I can crunch numbers and if they got to a correct settlement and I considered total return, of course I accepted when it was finally, finally the right amount.  I am half Pennsy Dutch and we tend to be extremely tenacious.  Years of industry, international travel to keep up with stuff, I am one thorn in the side.  I've never done anything capricious and have kept high moral ground.  Usually the rulings are not FREELY available to the public.  It depends on the country.  They can indeed be interesting to look at.  I was a paralegal on two continents. 
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  641. Lack of a semi-colon? Class dismissed.
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  642. Uprated, shared.
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  643. I wish I knew him personally! He sounds quite fantastic!
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  644. Thank you.
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  645. I am from Ohio and now live in France. To see Celtic clog dancing still done, visit Brittany, and of course, over in the UK. Many square dancing terms come from French, such as doe see doe. (Back to back.) The percussion is supposed to remind us of hoofbeats and is fun and noisy! I resell new and used wooden shoes. I ship everywhere. The fancy ones for ladies are very pretty. There are only two or three "sabotiers" left in France. They were worn here in the country until the '80s.
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  646. The USA is a gulag now.
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  647. Agreed, it was likely something current and very obvious or something upcoming. All these supposed security cameras don't seem to be much good, do they?
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  648. The book YOU CAN'T WIN by Jack Black is always a good read. Might be a little hard to find, but worth the look!
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  649. @206WarEagle I agree. I am from Ohio and am in my 50s now. I live in France where clog dancing is still done, especially in Brittany. I enjoyed father and daughter dance events of this type well into the '70s. Much of my family danced, square dancing often. The clog stuff is more passionate.
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  650. Oh, yes, some movies I really like even if they are just silly but upon a recent re-viewing, I found PARADISE so bad it drove me wild. I used to see Paul Williams on Griffin and am disappointed I cannot appreciate him in a major role, but oh, well. There are several utterly silly, pointless movies I still like anyone but this one, it hasn't grown on me in time. sigh It does happen! xo :)
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  651. Are you serious? Have you lived, worked, studied, even traveled or done a sabbatical abroad? I expatriated nearly 20 years ago & never bother going back "home." It isn't necessary. Not to me, not to most of the world. Do you mean to tell me it's worse in Iceland? Western Turkey? Vanuatu? France? France is worse than the USA? I must be tripping. Living here is a dream come true for me! I wouldn't "run to the USA" for a million USD -- especially since they're not much wanted anymore.
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  652. It wasn't "Islamic immigrants" who largely got destructive, but the events took place during Ramadan and a lot of people, such as Muslims, were out in that Indian Summer for the evening stroll after breaking the fast. Mostly the guilty were responding to copycat instigation using portable phones with screens. Muslims have been here for something like 700 years. You do know that Algeria is not a former colony, right? France is beautiful, I love it here. I hope you visit if you want to! xo
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  653. True, but his friend allegedly took his clothes and skateboard. What, he wouldn't also steal a weapon off the victim? I wonder how anyone gets all their clothes stolen. Violence? You already had them off and someone swiped them? Was he drugged? I just couldn't handle the USA and left long ago. Florida, I found very disturbing. From the Rust Belt to nearly-bankrupt NYC in the late '70s, I never felt at home in my country nor felt any modicum of security.
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  654. I'll agree wholeheartedly: I hear of people on benefits in the States and they have air conditioning, portable phones, TV, they go out to get their hair cut, there's EBT (there are no food stamps here in France), many have clothes dryers, heck, I'm jealous! I don't have those things! (Just joking, I am not jealous but you get the point.) The spy cameras, the Brits figured out how to get shut down & it's easy. There are a lot of clips on that. My best to you!
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  655. I am American and couldn't get healthcare in the States and my children died due to lack of medical support. I am in France now in a loveless marriage and am about to ask my doctor here about surrogates. I will insist. I have effected many changes here in France over the past 20 years. I couldn't get healthcare in the US due to having an insurance policy canceled.
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  656. Yes, I watched some local firefighters purposely burn a few cars so they'd get overtime. They'd gone to the trouble to dress in black, complete with ski masks. Their coworkers were standing right near by with firetrucks, waiting & joking a few minutes while valuable property, such as small trucks for tiny businesses, was destroyed. Some of my neighbors' kids (all white) went downstairs and broke the windows in the Chinese restaurant & burned the interior. Insurance rates shot up here.
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  657. The original French connection was set up by the US govt in '30 to keep out French Communists because they were for workers' rights. It was the FAST AND FURIOUS of its day, an abject flop, our nation was flooded with heroin, and we continue to be brainwashed against Communism. There is a Wikipedia page on this for quick reference if you care to look. It's really shocking. Greetings from Europe where I now live.
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  658. It's good! I recommend people look on the Wikipedia page for the movie THE FRENCH CONNECTION and then click onto the link for the original connection, in 1930. Wiki is full of flaws but it's handy. Uprated. Thanks for posting!
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  659. This is largely what the USA was like in the 1920s. We wrongly think of them as "The Roaring Twenties" but around '94 I read a good book about the Great Depression and what life was like for the average American worker, if they could even find and keep a job cuz there was no protection whatsoever, was a bleak, hopeless grind. I recall my grandparents talking about it. I was born in the '50s and my father was born in '29. Your comment is quite good -- I suggest you look into what I describe.
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  660. Maybe it was invisible?
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  661. I had friends when young who were from East Texas & they loved their State overall but said there were places they just got creeped out in, such as Vider. For this clip, there is always the "surprise" factor -- people really get stupefied & truly CANNOT remember reliable details -- it's happened to me -- but the lack of any security & surveillance cameras even in that general area ... hm ... Someone took a calculated risk or knew it could go "unseen."
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  662. The hunting lobby is powerful here in France and they tend to be binge-drinkers who shoot each other, do not respect restrictions, you find spent cartrdiges in your yard during hunting season ... it's such a drag. Angry blotchy red scowling faces. It's great when they maim and kill one another, but some blockhead went and killed the last wild bear in the country, and her cub starved. "It was in self-defense," his wife declared. Ignore me. Greetings to you in the country of my birth.
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  663. Brilliant guest and host.
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  664. I am American and have been in a long term marriage with a French young man. I need a surrogate.
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  665. Is that a female wine porter? I think you've had enough.
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  666. Clearly too much wine. There ought to be a law.
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  667. Half of the people on the planet have never used a telephone & never will. Do you think that's a huge problem for them, that that bothers them? The EU is a long project which we all knew would take decades & generations to make work. I thought in the '80s it was a good idea & I still do now. Now, let's focus on the environment, cuz that's serious! :)
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  668. It's not going to matter much to China if the US "doesn't pay them back." Most of the world has decoupled from the US -- it's fairly irrelevent at this point. That's not out of hate or anything like that, really -- the US is no longer First World, and if the USD fails, that does not mean other currencies would necessarily all fail. Americans are continuing to think in outmoded ways which were essentially delusional to begin with. Greetings from an American long time abroad.
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  669. Yes, she has a forthright stance.
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  670. 56. I did ask two doctors and it seems to be illegal in France YET prositution is still legal. So I guess I'll have to just hire a prostitute, but it won't be covered by Sécu.
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  671. Yes, uprated your comment. People are in full denial and quite stupid.
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  672. 90% of the handles on shopping carts have traces of human feces on them.
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  673. France now says obese boys hate their mothers. I say it's just too much petroleum products in life, and not enough getting outside to play. But what do I know?
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  674. Mr. Ratner is quite terrific.
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  675. I am sorry.
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  676. Well, ya got me there. An old man here went to prison a few years ago for blasting a couple of unemployed tool shed and vegetable garden raiders in the rural dead of night. Grandpa's aim was true, one dead, the other perp needing new trousers I think ... The elderly man had a string and a bell set up to awaken him in his humble bedroom. Out he went into the night, BOOM! and got the book thrown at him at age 70. Now, that did suck. It did.
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  677. Chinese saying: "If you save a life, you are responsible for it."
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  678. Uprated, favorited and shared. I lived in NY from 1977 until 1994 and thanks to Koch, I more often had heat and hot water. The city was a mess. I must say, it was mostly ordinary citizens who took it back, but he was a great, though imperfect, leader. Human. I knew Anna Carroll, his photographer.
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  679. Valhala has lousy spelling and grammar sometimes but he portrays himself as a troll and is in fact a very smart person. He has a great CV and ribs people, just ignore him if you can. :)
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  680. This one? From '79? Have at me, baby, if you don't like my looks decades ago.
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  681. Oh, the Islam thing again. Not so, but Shariah banking without usury sounds okay by me. Hey, maybe that's what traditional banks are opposed to and that's why Muslims are, once again, boogeymen. Do you know why you are against Communism, BTW? Why you have been conditioned against that? It dates from '30 and our own govt did it to keep workers in the US from having rights. The original French connection! The Fast & Furious of its day! And ... our nation was flooded w heroin!
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