Obsolete Technology ...

Date:	26 Feb 2008 00:02:36 -0000
From:	delta_flyers@yahoogroups.com
To:	delta_flyers@yahoogroups.com
Subject:	[delta_flyers] Digest Number 1577

Messages In This Digest (25 Messages)

 

16a.  Re: The march of technology

Posted by: "J. R. Madden" jrmaddog@yahoo.com   jrmaddog Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:29 pm (PST)

Rotary phones exist in my HOUSE!

Two of them, in fact.

Yours from the past,
J.R.

Re: The march of technology Posted by: "Karen M." kdm042@yahoo. com kdm042 Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:47 am (PST)

 

Not all of the skills they list are truly obsolete. Rotary
phones still exist in a few places. (We saw one last night in a
movie set in Mexico.)

Karen D. Morton, P.E.
Senior Control Systems Engineer

16b. Re: The march of technology

Posted by: "Scotty" eagle707@bellsouth.net   cmdrpowers Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:44 pm (PST)

I had a nightmare a couple of nights ago in which I was desparately attempting to dial a rotary phone before something bad happened. I recall waiting impatiently for each number to cycle. Don't know what the bad thing was, but I suspect it was the phone!

8-)

Scotty
"Takeoff is optional, landing is mandatory."
----- Original Message -----
From: J. R. Madden
To: delta_flyers@ yahoogroups. com
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 2:29 PM
Subject: [delta_flyers] Re: The march of technology

Rotary phones exist in my HOUSE!

Two of them, in fact.

Yours from the past,
J.R.

Re: The march of technology
Posted by: "Karen M." kdm042@yahoo. com kdm042
Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:47 am (PST)
Not all of the skills they list are truly obsolete. Rotary
phones still exist in a few places. (We saw one last night in a
movie set in Mexico.)

Karen D. Morton, P.E.
Senior Control Systems Engineer

 

16c. Re: The march of technology

Posted by: "Frank Schiavo" cccfranks@yahoo.com   cccfranks Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:53 pm (PST)

--- In delta_flyers@ yahoogroups. com, "J. R. Madden" <jrmaddog@.. .>
wrote:
>
> Rotary phones exist in my HOUSE!
>
> Two of them, in fact.
>
> Yours from the past,
> J.R.
>
>
And people tell me I'm weird because I'd like to get a slide-ruler for
our new house.

 

16d. Re: The march of technology

Posted by: "Frank Schiavo" cccfranks@yahoo.com   cccfranks Mon Feb 25, 2008 2:05 pm (PST)

--- In delta_flyers@ yahoogroups. com, "Frank Schiavo" <cccfranks@. ..>
wrote:
>
> --- In delta_flyers@ yahoogroups. com, "J. R. Madden" <jrmaddog@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Rotary phones exist in my HOUSE!
> >
> > Two of them, in fact.
> >
> > Yours from the past,
> > J.R.
> >
> >
> And people tell me I'm weird because I'd like to get a slide-ruler
for
> our new house.
>
I'm just glad to know others like having old-tech around.


16e. Re: The march of technology

Posted by: "alcore@uurth.com" alcore@uurth.com   alcorenilth Mon Feb 25, 2008 2:39 pm (PST)

Message From "Frank Schiavo" <cccfranks@yahoo. com> on Mon, February 25,
2008 4:05 pm:
> To: delta_flyers@ yahoogroups. com
> --- In delta_flyers@ yahoogroups. com, "Frank Schiavo" <cccfranks@. ..>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In delta_flyers@ yahoogroups. com, "J. R. Madden" <jrmaddog@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Rotary phones exist in my HOUSE!
> > >
> > > Two of them, in fact.
> > >
> > > Yours from the past,
> > > J.R.
> > >
> > And people tell me I'm weird because I'd like to get a slide-ruler
> > for our new house.
> >
> I'm just glad to know others like having old-tech around.

I have a slide rule on display in my living room bookshelf.

I also have a complete architectural/ structural drafting tools set.

I used to have a rotary phone (on display) as well, but I don't think I
do anymore.

I used to practice using hookflash to dial rotary phone pulses. It's a
useful trick if you ever need to dial 911 and the dial is broken.

Gene

Continental.com/magazine February 2008

 

http://magazine.continental.com/200802-go-eat

 

Taste of Hallelujah Family-owned Juban’s puts a Louisiana spin on classic French flavors

For a quarter century, Juban’s (3739 Perkins Road, 225.346.8422; jubans.com) has been taking the Creole-influenced flavors of the Big Easy and giving them a Baton Rouge flair. Along the way, it’s developed a large local and regional following, as well as one of the most original dishes you’re bound to stumble across anywhere — the Hallelujah Crab. This flash-fried soft-shell crab is served stuffed with crawfish, shrimp, and crabmeat and topped with a creolaise sauce. The dish gets its name because the crab’s claws are thrown skyward, ready to embrace a soon-to-be-satisfied diner.

Miriam Juban, one of the restaurant’s three co-owners, says the Hallelujah Crab is a symbol of Juban’s fun and embracing atmosphere. But the dish almost ended up with a less appetizing name. “We were going to call it Touchdown Crab at first because it has its arms in the air,” she recalls. “A neighbor came over and tasted it and said the name was wrong. He said, ‘That thing’s saying hallelujah.’”

The restaurant has been a family affair since its founding in 1983. Juban says they started up because they felt there was a hole in the local dining scene. “No one was copying the New Orleans food,” she explains. One of the great validations of what Juban’s has accomplished, she adds, is that it has become a favorite of savvy diners from New Orleans who have moved to Baton Rouge.

Chef Terry McDonner says the key to what makes Juban’s successful and different is taking French cuisine and incorporating foods and techniques particular to Louisiana. “We’ve always done the béarnaise sauces, the bordelaise, the hollandaise. We just keep tuning it and tuning it to be sure we’re ahead of the next restaurant,” McDonner says.

To go with its heralded crab dish, Juban’s offers a number of authentic Louisiana dishes. Miriam Juban is most proud of the smoked chicken, duck, and andouille sausage gumbo, as well as several seafood dishes. McDonner lists the lamb among his favorites, adding that he relishes the idea of taking common foods and giving them an upscale twist.

Juban’s has grown considerably, starting as a 5,000-square-foot bistro and more than doubling its space to 13,000 square feet over the years. The restaurant has also benefited from its location close to Interstate 10 in a town that has seen tremendous growth.

“We have the well-heeled travelers here quite often,” Juban says. “They may have eaten in Tokyo yesterday, Baton Rouge today, and Mobile tomorrow.[Baton Rouge] is part of the Energy Corridor and it brings in some very savvy travelers.”

Juban says the key is to keep all visitors coming back. “We always want to pay attention to our diners and try to make them our friends.”

— Rob Holbert

Getting There: Continental offers daily nonstop service to Baton Rouge from its hub in Houston.

Five to Try

1

Beauregard Gallery & Bistro. 715 Europe St., 225.383.1932. Grilled tuna and shrimp remoulade are among the favorites at this great out-of-the-way lunch spot in downtown Baton Rouge.

2

Mestizo. 2323 Acadian Thruway, 225.387.2699. Mestizo’s menu is an intriguing collision of Mexican cuisine and Louisiana flavor, with selections like crawfish burritos and crab enchiladas.

3

DiGiulio Brothers. 2903 Perkins Road, 225.383.4203. This small, comfortable Italian spot has all the bases covered when it comes to the food Mama would make.

4

Hawks Nest Restaurant. 3015 Westfork Drive, 225.291.4422. This is the place in Baton Rouge to get a delicious hamburger and fries.

5

Maison Lacour. 11025 N. Harrell’s Ferry Road, 225.275.3755. Nothing says Louisiana like French food, and this cozy little cottage delivers a fine selection of traditional French cuisine.

— R.H.

Southern-style Eating

1

Ralph & Kacoo’s. 6110 Bluebonnet Road, Baton Rouge 225.766.2113. This is seafood with a Cajun flair that will let you know you’re in Louisiana.

2

The Chimes. 3357 Highland Road, Baton Rouge 225.383.1754. Right off the LSU campus, the Chimes is a Baton Rouge institution that serves up Louisiana comfort food, including dishes like alligator, crabmeat-stuffed mushrooms, and crabmeat-stuffed jalapeños.

3

The Little Village. 453 Lafayette St., Baton Rouge 225.218.6685. This quaint Italian bistro offers an intimate experience and traditional Italian cuisine. Everyone raves about the bread too.

4

Drusilla Seafood Restaurant. 3482 Drusilla Lane, Suite D, Baton Rouge 225.923.0896. Also known for its great steaks, this upscale seafood spot serves up po’ boys and fried dishes too. Voted one of Baton Rouge’s best business lunch spots.

5

Kamado’s. 4612 Bennington Ave., Baton Rouge 225.928.3888. Kamado’s slices and dices sushi and sashimi in a comfortable atmosphere and also does tabletop grilling.

— Elaine Glusac

 

 

http://magazine.continental.com/200802-go-drink

Creole Cocktails Cocktails and southern culture mix it up at Avoyelles

Avoyelles has a history as colorful and mysterious as Louisiana itself. This cavernous upstairs bar in Baton Rouge used to be the tailoring and mending room for Joan Eddy’s Dress Shop back in the early 20th century. You can almost see rows and rows of foot-powered sewing machines and steam pressers, and seamstresses nipping and tucking away, cinching waists and fluffing up flounces.

Today, Avoyelles (333 Third St., 225.381.9385; avoyellescafe.com) is probably the best gathering place in Louisiana’s state capital for a great drink, Creole cooking, a game on the TV, or a view of the parade of commerce floating up and down the Mississippi River. The clothing store’s original red oak floor, restored of course, is still underfoot and also part of the back bar. Wood columns, well-seasoned brick walls, and plaster form the unpretentious backdrop for a whopping 9,200 square feet of airy space under 14-foot ceilings. That’s not counting the outdoor deck facing the river.

“We’re an old–New Orleans atmosphere right on the 50-yard line of the downtown Baton Rouge entertainment district,” beams Jay Dykes, an electrical contractor who bought Avoyelles 10 years ago and has refashioned it into more than just a bar. The first floor, where the frocks and gowns were once sold, is now Avoyelle’s Café, where the prices are so low, you’ll wonder if they’re 20 years out of date. Where else can you get a dish like the Alligator Bayou Teche — a blackened or fried “tender cut of gator” seasoned with Creole honey mustard — for $8?

Let’s go upstairs, where drinks are served on top of a 35-foot-long bar crafted out of sinker cypress from a tree rescued from the Louisiana swamps. All the knots, scars, and grain remain intact beneath a coat of varnish and add to the local lore. Dykes and his main mixologist, Erik Adams (in photo), wisely haven’t gone over the libational edge with “real gatorade” or crawfish cocktails. But there’s no shortage of imagination. The Avoyelles Sunset is a potent blend of Sailor Jay and Malibu rums, triple sec, pineapple juice, and grenadine, $7.50. Enjoy one on the deck late in the afternoon for maximum return on your reasonable investment. Adams also makes what he calls a Creole Cosmo, using the more expensive Stoli Orange and Cointreau along with the de rigueur cranberry juice and splash of lime juice, $7.50. Other inspirations: the calorie-packed Mississippi Martini, which is a beyond-the-pale potion made with Stoli Vanil, Godiva and Baileys liqueurs, and chocolate syrup, also $7.50.

Thanks to Dykes’ deft hand, Avoyelles has somehow managed to avoid becoming a Louisiana State University hangout. That may be why Kip Holden, Baton Rouge’s mayor, drinks a Budweiser here now and then, and locals say you never know whom you’ll run into at Avoyelles. Not long ago actors Beau Bridges and Judd Nelson were here at a cast and crew wrap party for Dirty Politics, a movie partly filmed in Baton Rouge. Says Dykes with a smile, “It’s a comedy about two presidential candidates.”

For anyone who believes in a frugal fiscal policy, Avoyelles is the place to come for bargains in a glass. Weekdays from 4 to 7 p.m., American longneck beers, house wines, and well drinks are $2 apiece. Imports — Heineken, Beck’s, Bass Ale — are $3, and martinis are doubles for the price of a single during those hours. Mike Ederon, a Baton Rouge executive with the Boy Scouts of America and a regular at Avoyelles’ $10 buffet lunch, advises me to try an Abita, brewed down the road in Abita, La., a place said to be hopping with Louisiana flavor and personality. Just like Avoyelles itself.

— Chris Barnett

Getting There: Continental offers daily nonstop service to Baton Rouge from its hub in Houston.

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Date:	Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:44:58 -0800 (PST)
From:	"J. R. Madden" <jrmaddog@yahoo.com>
Subject:	Re: Calongne flyer rec'd ...
To:	"Emily Tiller" <emily@calongneforcongress.com>
CC:	"Grant Smith" <grant_smith@albemarle.com>, "Smiley Anders" smiley@theadvocate.com;

 

Ms. Tiller,

 

I have read & re-read your response (which I very much appreciate receiving) concerning a point in Ms. Calongne's platform addressing requirements for U.S. citizenship.  Unfortunately, it would appear that the document we received in the mail from Ms. Calongne's campaign, when compared with your response, does not match.

 

Either Ms. Calongne believes standards do not exist and need to be in place (her flyer) or she believes the standard that exists need to be enforced (your response).

 

If Ms. Calongne feels "standards may currently exist in the immigration and naturalization requirements [but] they are clearly not being enforced or taken serious enough", I would appreciate a documented example of an instance wherein said standards were not being enforced or were not being taken serious enough.  In the case of not being "taken serious enough", I would ask an additional explanation as to the basis for deciding the level of not-having-been-taken-seriously-enoughness of the documented instance.  If such an example is not supplied, I will have to conclude there is no basis for the claim of "not being enforced."

 

If Ms. Calongne's platform is one that calls for current laws of the U.S. government to be enforced, I strongly believe that is what the wording on her flyer should represent rather than an implication that such laws do not exist.  If a candidate's literature does not accurately present the views of the candidate, how is a voter such as myself supposed to understand the candidate's positions?

 

Yours truly,

J. R. Maddnen

 

Emily Tiller <emily@calongneforcongress.com> wrote:

Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:57:50 -0600
From: "Emily Tiller" <emily@calongneforcongress.com> 
To: "J. R. Madden" <jrmaddog@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Calongne flyer rec'd ...

Our intention was not to reduce the requirements at all. Laurinda fully believes that anyone applying for citizenship be required to write English as well as read, speak and understand English. Laurinda has this point in her platform because she believes that while these standards may currentlyexist in the immigration and naturalization requirements, they are clearly not being enforced or taken serious enough.

 

Thank you for your concern!

 

On 2/10/08, J. R. Madden <jrmaddog@yahoo.com> wrote:

Ms. Tiller,

 

On 09 February 2008, we received a flyer from "Calongne for Congress" stating two points which are, I assume, from Ms. Calongne's platform.  The second reads "require that applicants for U.S. citizenship speak, read and understand English."

 

From U.S. government website http://www.uscis.gov/, I note the following:

 

Language
Applicants for naturalization must be able to read, write, speak, and understand words in ordinary usage in the English language. Applicants exempt from this requirement are those who on the date of filing:

• have been residing in the United States subsequent to a lawful admission for permanent residence for periods totaling 15 years or more and are over 55 years of age;
• have been residing in the United States subsequent to a lawful admission for permanent residence for periods totaling 20 years or more and are over 50 years of age; or
• have a medically determinable physical or mental impairment, where the impairment affects the applicant's ability to learn English.

Apparently, the current requirements for U.S. citizenship would be reduced under your proposal as "write" would no longer be required.

 

I would appreciate hearing Ms. Calongne's reason to reduce the requirements for U.S. citizenship.

 

Yours truly,

J. R. Madden

 

7515 Sheringham Avenue

Baton Rouge, LA  70808-5762

225.266.6196 cell

 

 

 

--
Emily Tiller
Campaign Manager
Calongne for Congress
225-571-0109

Tags: Curmudgeon, Politics, Calongne

Ray Bradbury phone interview

At the Baton Rouge Big Read Kickoff, Saturday, 09 February 2008, Beth Courtney, President of LPB, interviewed Ray Bradbury by phone.  The call was set up by Clay Fourrier, LPB Executive Producer, in conjunction with Mr. Bradbury's daughter.

Some of the points I recall (Sorry, I forgot to take notes.  Clay Fourrier contributed the last two items.) follow:

Bradbury is 87 years old and using a wheelchair so travel is just about out of the question.

There is current discussions underway about a re-make of the movie Fahrenheit 451.

Bradbury considers Fahrenheit 451 to be his only work of "science fiction."  All the rest of his works he classifies "science fantasy."

He was self-educated through use of the public libraries to which he had access. 

He began writing Fahrenheit 451 at a local library that would rent a small room with a typewriter for 10 cents for thirty minutes (I think that was the rate).  Therefore, he loaded his pocket with dimes and headed there to work.  He would collect various books from the shelves for research and, in nine days, had finished his manuscript.

Bradbury is excited about Fahrenheit 451 soon to be published in the Egyptian language.  It is to be released in Alexandria where the library was burned 5000 years ago.

Bradbury has recently had a new collection of short stories  published.  One is entitled We'll Always Have Paris, about ... wait for it ... Paris - because that’s where he and his wife went every year for twenty years.

-30-

 

Tags: Bradbury, interview, Big Read

Bud Light & Jackie Moon

Bud Light Jackie Moon Commercial - Aired during Superbowl XLII: Bud Light Jackie Moon TV Commercial

Bud Light Jackie Moon Commercial - Internet: Bud Light Jackie Moon Commercial

Semi-Pro: The Movie Trailer Semi-Pro: The Trailer

This one was definitely a shock.

Richard John Carnoske AKA "Bud"
Carnoske, Richard John Tuesday, January 29, 2008.  Dear father of Robert and Angela Carnoske; dear husband of Leonor Carnoske; dear brother, brother-in-law, uncle, cousin and friend. Services: Funeral Service and burial will be held on Friday, February 1, 2008 at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery at 2:15 p.m.   A GEBKEN-BENZ Service. Published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1/31/2008 - 2/1/2008.