Strange things you're not used to

[TBoneTX 45,291]

ugh...d'ya know why most o the southern diet is fried food? ...they really have no excuse for continuing with the artery clogging greasiness...

Them's fightin' words, li'l darlin', si man, eh. Take care that no one challenges you to an atherosclerotic duel -- fried chicken at 10 paces, and may the most hyperlipidemic win, si man (burrrrrp).

Waitresses in country-cookin' restaurants routinely greet diners with "Woodjew lahk a stenosis or an occlusion with that order, hunneh-chahl?"

[Jeraly 4]

my plumeria is doing ok I think - I thought I was killing it but it seems ok now it dropped a couple of leaves - now the top leaves are green and look healthy but aren't really getting any bigger...

Texans, being diverse, would immediately feed your plant with moose-droppings, eh man.

Perhaps a kindly Texan would like to send me some..?

Living in Palm Springs we have plenty of Mexicans but that appears to be most of the diversity unless you are including... "lifestyle choices"

[StillThePrettiest 3]

a GREAT hot weather dish is cous cous - doesn't need to be boiled, just to be covered in boiling water for five minutes

and of course you can flavour the water with anything from chicken stock to garlic...

some noodles are the same...

strange thing I'm not used to: all the radio stations here are #######

they have the same seven songs on rotation all the time, and have dumb names, and I can't find ANYTHING I like

[Krikit 1,164]

strange thing I'm not used to: all the radio stations here are #######

they have the same seven songs on rotation all the time, and have dumb names, and I can't find ANYTHING I like

OMG, it took me forever to find some decent stations. My "favourite" station plays nothing but Billy Joel and Elton John. It's ENDLESS. But I keep listening to it because they have very few commercials, no news (that I've ever heard) with great songs interspersed throughout. When I can't take it anymore I play my own CD's.

[StillThePrettiest 3]

I've been streaming Triple J over the internet, from Australia

pretty weird to be going about my business in a house in the Houston 'burbs, while hearing the time in Aus, and the temperatures around the country (it's a national station), and Aussie news... it's great

and the music is the best EVER

of course, that only works for home... still haven't found anything half way decent for the car

I would like to point out to them that U2, the Police, Alanis Morrisette, et al, ALL RECORDED MORE THAN TWO SONGS :angry:

[TBoneTX 45,291]

Perhaps a kindly Texan would like to send me some..?

Meese (plural of moose) are indigenous to Canadia, eh man. Perhaps a kindly Canadiana can be helpful.

Living in Palm Springs we have plenty of Mexicans

Congratulations to Palm Springs on its diversity, si man!

[TBoneTX 45,291]

a GREAT hot weather dish is cous cous - doesn't need to be boiled, just to be covered in boiling water for five minutes

Or, set out on a Texas sidewalk for that long during summer...

strange thing I'm not used to: all the radio stations here are #######

Where is "here" -- the Houston 'burbs? (We, the T-Bone, are in Sugar Land, a 'burb, si man.) Listen to the Mexicano stations for really good music, except for those that play that silly stuff with the accordions, yuck man.

Best radio station in the U.S. is available for those living or traveling in the lower Rio Grande Valley (Texas, si man) -- the Harlingen/McAllen/Brownsville area: 98.5 FM, or "nueve-ocho-punto-cinco." Good, good good Mexicano stuff. Interestingly, in that geographical area, a scan of all radio stations (AM, FM1, FM2) reveals that MOST are Spanish-language rather than English, si man. This implies (ahem, harrumph) DIVERSITY, si man.

[Jeraly 4]

a GREAT hot weather dish is cous cous - doesn't need to be boiled, just to be covered in boiling water for five minutes

and of course you can flavour the water with anything from chicken stock to garlic...

some noodles are the same...

I love couscous Thing is, Jeremy hates it Very annoying - I love how you can eat it hot or cold as well - in fact we have some in our cupboard Mmmm I want couscous now... maybe it will go well with fish...

I've been streaming Triple J over the internet, from Australia

pretty weird to be going about my business in a house in the Houston 'burbs, while hearing the time in Aus, and the temperatures around the country (it's a national station), and Aussie news... it's great

and the music is the best EVER

of course, that only works for home... still haven't found anything half way decent for the car

I would like to point out to them that U2, the Police, Alanis Morrisette, et al, ALL RECORDED MORE THAN TWO SONGS :angry:

Ok - call me naive, but then I never really thought about it - I never realised that Australia had a national station - I assumed that it being such a large country would be the same as the US and have regional ones with crappy coverage I used to listed to Radio 1 in the UK because it had no adverts. Some of the shows were a bit ropey but you can't have it all Here it is amazing - we have a good old dance in the car when we are travelling to AZ because we get very little other than Mexican stations Here we listen to KCal - lots of poodle-perm inspiring soft rock... hmmm

Can't wait til I get some speakers for my puter

[StillThePrettiest 3]

cous cous goes REALLY well with fish

when I make it, I cook the fish in foil, in the oven, with lemon juice, olive oil, a bit of soy sauce and loads of garlic... and then make the cous cous with chicken stock, a tiny bit of butter, and garlic, and stir in fresh chopped parsley right before serving it up

Triple J is a bit of an anomaly - it's the 'youth' branch of the ABC, which is the Aus equivalent to the BBC, and should by rights be a lot more staid and restricted than it is... but it's just ace; they play loads of Australian music, but also just a healthy dose of good stuff, wherever it's from; they remember that there are loads of small towns and isolated areas across the country, and try to do things that include them... virtually all the new music I've gotten into over the last ten years I've first heard of through JJJ

[Jeraly 4]

Like Lovers Electric? (Who are touring Aus right now - or were at least )

[Reba 2]

I think every American radio station shares programming directors, and shares their records and then just FedExs them out every other day or so.

I have the same problem with the stations I can get here, they all suck, and I'm in my car for a grand total of maybe 20 minutes per day, and believe it or not, I have on more than one occasion heard the same song 3 times in one day. And most of the time, its not even a recent song ugh...I need a satelite radio, but we're waiting to buy one until the FCC makes up its mind about Serius and XM, or until one goes bankrupt, whichever comes first

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

Commercial radio in this country has pretty much sucked since the early 90s. The radio stations I grew up with in Detroit in the 70s and 80s was amazing but they've been completely homogenized into bland formats now. LA radio is currently pretty good though.

[StillThePrettiest 3]

Like Lovers Electric? (Who are touring Aus right now - or were at least )

do you get their email updates?

I tried to see them playing live while I was in Aus... unfortunately they were stiffed by the pub where they were supposed to be on, so moved the gig to another location - and I and my friends arrived about five minutes after they all left

oh well... David and Eden were both at our pre-wedding party, the night before we left Aus, so I saw them then... and I sat them at the same table as an ex-student of mine - the only one I've kept up with, who is GORGEOUS in every single way, and an actor - and now they're all great friends and hang out together

their album is being launched in Aus this week, by the way... I HOPE it does well; it deserves to

[Jeraly 4]

Like Lovers Electric? (Who are touring Aus right now - or were at least )

do you get their email updates?

I tried to see them playing live while I was in Aus... unfortunately they were stiffed by the pub where they were supposed to be on, so moved the gig to another location - and I and my friends arrived about five minutes after they all left

oh well... David and Eden were both at our pre-wedding party, the night before we left Aus, so I saw them then... and I sat them at the same table as an ex-student of mine - the only one I've kept up with, who is GORGEOUS in every single way, and an actor - and now they're all great friends and hang out together

their album is being launched in Aus this week, by the way... I HOPE it does well; it deserves to

Oh you name dropper you!! They have a facebook group that I have joined AND I managed to get the album for 5 quid (stupid no pound sign ) download ages ago so know all the words to all the songs - now they just need to do a gig out here in Palm Springs or nearby

And yeah - I get their e-mail updates I like that they don't hammer you with a ton of useless information every day

[TBoneTX 45,291]

Hmmmph. My inestimable wit is being ignored. The solution to such is to stuff one's face until one is about to be sick. Being out of mooseburgers, I will seek some fried pollo. Hmmmph.

Regarding radio stations, some of the rap/hip-hop stations actually aren't bad. Some of what's played is screaming or wailing, but some of the rest can be pretty good (for that musical genre).

Two sentences without a punchline... I must be sick.