This is just incredible -- the co-"oink"-ee-dink-al timing of it ... I was invited JUST YESTERDAY to a piggie roast in June -- alas I'll be in Israel and...
Hey all, I'm forwarding this exchange between John Nadzam and myself ... start at the bottom and read up. I formally welcome John to our group. John, if you...
Caye, cooking in a pit sounds like what the Maoris natives of New Zealand call a hungi.Cooking in a pit but covered. Bad luck you are going to miss it but...
I think it'll either be covered in banana leaves or burlap wrap -- so sort of an Island or Hawaiian version -- anyhow, if I get a video I'll share. I'll...
Caye.. Here in Florida when I was younger and my friends lived on ranches.... we would have a hog roast.. dig a pit.. get the coals going then place the hog...
Yes, the pig roast I went to out in Colorado had a small piggie, maybe 100lbs, but plenty for our gathering of about 50 people. A far cry from the 600lb hogs...
skeeter
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May 1, 2008 10:27 pm
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Hi Everyone! I'm a 70 year old neophyte in posting group messages, so please bear with me. Here's a great tasting and easy to prepare recipe for stewed...
My Yahoo Mail Address is: johnnadzam@... Sorry about that.....still learning. JJN ... From: johnnadzam To: Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May...
I don't know whether it is fact or perception but it seemed when other countries switched to the Euro, prices went through the roof. I can't help but believe...
My mother used to make the same thing when I was a kid. She added an egg to the meat to help "bind" it. I've made it myself. In fact, I'm still using the...
skeeter
fbican@...
May 3, 2008 1:45 am
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... Perception. Data have shown consistently that inflation attributable to "euro rounding" was 0.2%-0.3% in all of the countries that adopted the euro in the...
this sounds really, really good!? i'd be tempted to try it out in the slow cooker!! ... From: johnnadzam <jjrail@...> To: Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com ...
Martin, Ron, et al.... There's an old saying that "Perceptions can be reality" but in the case of the change to the Euro, perceptions are just perceptions....
... Thanks for the reminder, Paul. ... Rightly so, I'd say, Ron, when they were talking about their purchasing power. Statistics have shown it's been dropping...
Yes, perceptions are perception and the perception when Australia changed to decimal currency A$ ( way back in 1966, my God I am getting old) that prices went...
... Thanks for the examples, Nick. People are capable of projecting such perceptions on other creatures, too. After Switzerland first adopted daylight saving...
Ahh, shaded of change. I remember a bit of hte same complaining when the US changed booze sales from fifths (English units) to metric (750ml). I was on Skype...
For what it's worth, though somewhat unrelated, there was a push on here in the USA 30-some years ago to switch from the English measurement system to the...
skeeter
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May 3, 2008 6:26 pm
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... Thanks, Ron. It was refreshing to see no blame on the euro for that. Since the collapse of communism, not only that part of the continent, but also...
... As to Slovakia, here are a few price-to-salary comparisons -- how much a given item cost a Slovak with the average income in 2007 by comparison to the same...
"The American laborers' average purchasing power has been mostly oscillating rather than rising for about three decades now." I was watching the news last...
skeeter
fbican@...
May 4, 2008 10:37 am
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... Yes, Skeeter, that's part of the difference between the European and American societies that I mentioned. That ratio has traditionally been 1:10 to 1:20...
Hi - I am a new member. I am looking for information on Lehocky family. My grandfather: Martin Lehocky, grandmother Eva Lehocky (nee Chovan). Eva was from...
... family. My grandfather: Martin Lehocky, grandmother Eva Lehocky (nee Chovan). Eva was from northern Slovakia, Liptova Kakova. They were born in 1870's...
Check them out! I'll try to post more of the outside next week. In the meantime, I'm going to visit a local town here in Texas to try to take in some...
Wow, Russ, very cool -- never quite seen furniture finishes like those on that hutch or chest of drawers, very interesting. Caye ... From: Russell McCoy...
Russell... Interesting photos. Maybe I wasn't paying attention to your earlier posts, but how is it that you are in Slovakia, Japan and Africa at the same...
Hi, Caye! Now that I know what you like, I'll try to put more pictures of the interior on the site. Russ http://travldawrld.blogspot.com/ ... those on that...
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