• It is Groundhog Day

    From Ed P@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 2 11:11:17 2024
    It is Groundhog Day. Anyone have a good recipe for them?

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  • From Dave Smith@21:1/5 to itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net on Fri Feb 2 12:41:38 2024
    On 2024-02-02 12:19 p.m., itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net wrote:
    On Friday, February 2, 2024 at 10:11:26 AM UTC-6, Ed P wrote:

    It is Groundhog Day. Anyone have a good recipe for them?

    When a classmate moved to rural West Virginia her husband would hunt
    them and if I remember correctly she said she would roast a hind quarter
    in the oven. They're like rabbits in that they're vegetarian and eat grass.

    Let us know how your dinner turns out!!


    When I was a teen my best friend's family moved to a 45 acre farm. They
    boarded cattle and the nieghbours on both sides had horses. We were
    encouraged to hunt ground hogs. You could go a farm and ask permission
    to hunt and they would sometimes give you a box of bullets.

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to bryangsimmons@gmail.com on Sat Feb 3 06:05:13 2024
    On Fri, 2 Feb 2024 12:24:55 -0600, BryanGSimmons
    <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 2/2/2024 10:11 AM, Ed P wrote:
    It is Groundhog Day.  Anyone have a good recipe for them?

    "Come on grandpa getcher dog.
    Goin' up the holler to catch a groundhog."

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F8dOA5j5U4

    Them Dullards ain't no literary geniuses.

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  • From Dave Smith@21:1/5 to Ed P on Fri Feb 2 17:13:11 2024
    On 2024-02-02 11:11 a.m., Ed P wrote:
    It is Groundhog Day.  Anyone have a good recipe for them?

    I had to chuckle last night when I was reviewing the satellite TV
    schedule and saw that AMC was airing Groundhog Day back to back to back
    to back........

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  • From Dave Smith@21:1/5 to jmcquown on Fri Feb 2 17:33:35 2024
    On 2024-02-02 5:17 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
    On 2/2/2024 5:13 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
    On 2024-02-02 11:11 a.m., Ed P wrote:
    It is Groundhog Day.  Anyone have a good recipe for them?

    I had to chuckle last night when I was reviewing the satellite TV
    schedule and saw that AMC was airing Groundhog Day back to back to
    back to back........

    It seems they do that every year.  The movie wasn't all that funny to
    begin with.


    I can appreciate that there is a little bit of humor to doing that....
    maybe once. I can't see their customers being very happy about it. They
    pay for programming, not for a stupid joke,

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  • From jmcquown@21:1/5 to Dave Smith on Fri Feb 2 17:17:25 2024
    On 2/2/2024 5:13 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
    On 2024-02-02 11:11 a.m., Ed P wrote:
    It is Groundhog Day.  Anyone have a good recipe for them?

    I had to chuckle last night when I was reviewing the satellite TV
    schedule and saw that AMC was airing Groundhog Day back to back to back
    to back........

    It seems they do that every year. The movie wasn't all that funny to
    begin with.

    Jill

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  • From Ned Ryerson@21:1/5 to jmcquown on Fri Feb 2 20:47:08 2024
    On Fri, 2 Feb 2024 17:17:25 -0500, jmcquown wrote:

    On 2/2/2024 5:13 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

    I had to chuckle last night when I was reviewing the satellite TV
    schedule and saw that AMC was airing Groundhog Day back to back to back
    to back........

    It seems they do that every year. The movie wasn't all that funny to
    begin with.


    How DARE you diss the movie "Groundhog's Day". Hrmpf!

    -nr

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to All on Sat Feb 3 14:20:32 2024
    On Fri, 2 Feb 2024 20:47:08 -0600, Ned Ryerson <nedr@gmail.compost>
    wrote:

    On Fri, 2 Feb 2024 17:17:25 -0500, jmcquown wrote:

    On 2/2/2024 5:13 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

    I had to chuckle last night when I was reviewing the satellite TV
    schedule and saw that AMC was airing Groundhog Day back to back to back
    to back........

    It seems they do that every year. The movie wasn't all that funny to
    begin with.


    How DARE you diss the movie "Groundhog's Day". Hrmpf!

    How DARE you get the title of the movie wrong!

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  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to Dave Smith on Sat Feb 3 08:57:46 2024
    On 2/2/2024 5:33 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
    On 2024-02-02 5:17 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
    On 2/2/2024 5:13 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
    On 2024-02-02 11:11 a.m., Ed P wrote:
    It is Groundhog Day. Anyone have a good recipe for them?

    Also known as "Whistlepigs".

    I had to chuckle last night when I was reviewing the satellite TV
    schedule and saw that AMC was airing Groundhog Day back to back to
    back to back........

    It seems they do that every year. The movie wasn't all that funny to
    begin with.

    I can appreciate that there is a little bit of humor to doing that....
    maybe once. I can't see their customers being very happy about it. They
    pay for programming, not for a stupid joke,

    It must be working out, because they do this every year on Groundhog
    day. I remember that from when I lived in a house with cable TV years
    ago. IIRC, one channel played the movie "Christmas Story" on loop for
    24 hours on Christmas day, every year. They probably still do. I'd
    watch it, once, when convenient.

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  • From songbird@21:1/5 to Michael Trew on Sat Feb 3 11:13:54 2024
    Michael Trew wrote:
    ...
    It must be working out, because they do this every year on Groundhog
    day. I remember that from when I lived in a house with cable TV years
    ago. IIRC, one channel played the movie "Christmas Story" on loop for
    24 hours on Christmas day, every year. They probably still do.

    yes. it's still a fun movie, but at least i don't
    have to worry about missing anything...


    I'd
    watch it, once, when convenient.

    it's on and people are watching it i'll watch it with them but
    i don't need to see it again and again.


    songbird

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  • From Dave Smith@21:1/5 to songbird on Sat Feb 3 12:39:15 2024
    On 2024-02-03 11:13 a.m., songbird wrote:
    Michael Trew wrote:
    ...

    I'd
    watch it, once, when convenient.

    it's on and people are watching it i'll watch it with them but
    i don't need to see it again and again.



    It seems a little odd to me that a specialty station would do that. I
    thought that most satellite and cable receivers these days had recording functions. If someone wanted to watch it at another time they could
    simply record it and view at their leisure. That is what I do with most
    of the stuff I watch on TV these days. I look through the schedule to
    see what is going to be on over the next few days and record them. It
    works great for TV shows because I can FF through the commercials, and
    for movies that I am interested in. Sometimes when I a channel surfing I
    come across a movie that looks interesting so I can go to the search
    menu to find when it will be airing again and program it to tape it on
    the next airing. There are a few shows that I like and I set it to
    record new episodes. FWIW, this week I set it to record the new episodes
    of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

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  • From Cindy Hamilton@21:1/5 to Dave Smith on Sat Feb 3 17:59:58 2024
    On 2024-02-03, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
    On 2024-02-03 11:13 a.m., songbird wrote:
    Michael Trew wrote:
    ...

    I'd
    watch it, once, when convenient.

    it's on and people are watching it i'll watch it with them but
    i don't need to see it again and again.



    It seems a little odd to me that a specialty station would do that.

    They're not a specialty station. In any event, it's a gimmick. They're
    trying to get people who are idly channel-surfing to stop and watch.

    People are lazy, Dave.

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    Cindy Hamilton

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  • From Dave Smith@21:1/5 to All on Sat Feb 3 14:51:19 2024
    On 2024-02-03 1:34 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
    On Friday, February 2, 2024 at 4:47:15 PM UTC-10, Ned Ryerson wrote:

    It seems they do that every year. The movie wasn't all that funny to
    begin with.
    How DARE you diss the movie "Groundhog's Day". Hrmpf!

    -nr

    It's a popular plot device.

    https://www.thewrap.com/groundhog-day-movies-repeat-same-day-over/


    I would say that it is a little more than a plot device. It is the plot.

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  • From Ed P@21:1/5 to Cindy Hamilton on Sat Feb 3 16:48:06 2024
    On 2/3/2024 12:59 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
    On 2024-02-03, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
    On 2024-02-03 11:13 a.m., songbird wrote:
    Michael Trew wrote:
    ...

    I'd
    watch it, once, when convenient.

    it's on and people are watching it i'll watch it with them but
    i don't need to see it again and again.



    It seems a little odd to me that a specialty station would do that.

    They're not a specialty station. In any event, it's a gimmick. They're trying to get people who are idly channel-surfing to stop and watch.

    People are lazy, Dave.


    I bet there are a handful of people that will watch it every time it
    shows too. Make some more popcorn, it is on again.

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  • From Leonard Blaisdell@21:1/5 to Dave Smith on Sat Feb 3 22:15:00 2024
    On 2024-02-03, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

    It seems a little odd to me that a specialty station would do that. I
    thought that most satellite and cable receivers these days had recording functions. If someone wanted to watch it at another time they could
    simply record it and view at their leisure. That is what I do with most
    of the stuff I watch on TV these days. I look through the schedule to
    see what is going to be on over the next few days and record them. It
    works great for TV shows because I can FF through the commercials, and
    for movies that I am interested in. Sometimes when I a channel surfing I
    come across a movie that looks interesting so I can go to the search
    menu to find when it will be airing again and program it to tape it on
    the next airing. There are a few shows that I like and I set it to
    record new episodes. FWIW, this week I set it to record the new episodes
    of Curb Your Enthusiasm.


    The major U.S. stations will be releasing their "Fall" schedule in the
    coming weeks. I miss "The Rookie", "Young Sheldon" and a few others.
    All I've been watching is C&I (aka Murder Porn) for the last six months.
    The good news is that with my short term memory shot, I can watch the
    same show two weeks later and think, "Hey, this is new!"

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  • From Leonard Blaisdell@21:1/5 to Dave Smith on Sat Feb 3 22:00:19 2024
    On 2024-02-02, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

    When I was a teen my best friend's family moved to a 45 acre farm. They boarded cattle and the nieghbours on both sides had horses. We were encouraged to hunt ground hogs. You could go a farm and ask permission
    to hunt and they would sometimes give you a box of bullets.


    Ground hog burrows can wreak havoc on livestock legs. That's why
    they supplied the bullets.
    On a different note, my youngest granddaughter turned 21 yesterday.

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  • From Dave Smith@21:1/5 to Leonard Blaisdell on Sat Feb 3 18:05:56 2024
    On 2024-02-03 5:00 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
    On 2024-02-02, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

    When I was a teen my best friend's family moved to a 45 acre farm. They
    boarded cattle and the nieghbours on both sides had horses. We were
    encouraged to hunt ground hogs. You could go a farm and ask permission
    to hunt and they would sometimes give you a box of bullets.


    Ground hog burrows can wreak havoc on livestock legs. That's why
    they supplied the bullets.


    Exactly. We rarely see groundhogs around here and can't shoot rifles
    because it is a little too built up. It was a different matter up
    there. Farms were well spaced out and it was nice and hilly so there was
    always a safe backstop.



    On a different note, my youngest granddaughter turned 21 yesterday.

    Congratulations.

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  • From jmcquown@21:1/5 to Leonard Blaisdell on Sat Feb 3 18:07:36 2024
    On 2/3/2024 5:00 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
    On 2024-02-02, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

    When I was a teen my best friend's family moved to a 45 acre farm. They
    boarded cattle and the nieghbours on both sides had horses. We were
    encouraged to hunt ground hogs. You could go a farm and ask permission
    to hunt and they would sometimes give you a box of bullets.


    Ground hog burrows can wreak havoc on livestock legs. That's why
    they supplied the bullets.
    On a different note, my youngest granddaughter turned 21 yesterday.

    Happy birthday to your granddaughter! Hopefully she didn't shoot a
    groundhog.

    Jill

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  • From Dave Smith@21:1/5 to Leonard Blaisdell on Sat Feb 3 18:17:33 2024
    On 2024-02-03 5:15 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
    On 2024-02-03, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

    It seems a little odd to me that a specialty station would do that. I
    thought that most satellite and cable receivers these days had recording
    functions. If someone wanted to watch it at another time they could
    simply record it and view at their leisure. That is what I do with most
    of the stuff I watch on TV these days. I look through the schedule to
    see what is going to be on over the next few days and record them. It
    works great for TV shows because I can FF through the commercials, and
    for movies that I am interested in. Sometimes when I a channel surfing I
    come across a movie that looks interesting so I can go to the search
    menu to find when it will be airing again and program it to tape it on
    the next airing. There are a few shows that I like and I set it to
    record new episodes. FWIW, this week I set it to record the new episodes
    of Curb Your Enthusiasm.


    The major U.S. stations will be releasing their "Fall" schedule in the
    coming weeks. I miss "The Rookie", "Young Sheldon" and a few others.
    All I've been watching is C&I (aka Murder Porn) for the last six months.
    The good news is that with my short term memory shot, I can watch the
    same show two weeks later and think, "Hey, this is new!"

    Not into any of those. I had been looking forward to the reboot of
    Frasier but I was terribly disappointed in it. I watched the first two
    episodes and that was enough. Kelsey Grammer was okay reprising his lead
    role but the role of the son was a horrible. It's a shame because the
    original show was brilliant. There was great writing and acting. It is
    rare that a spinoff is as good as the original and even rarer that it is
    better than the original.

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to adavid.smith@sympatico.ca on Sun Feb 4 11:12:32 2024
    On Sat, 3 Feb 2024 18:17:33 -0500, Dave Smith
    <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

    On 2024-02-03 5:15 p.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

    The major U.S. stations will be releasing their "Fall" schedule in the
    coming weeks. I miss "The Rookie", "Young Sheldon" and a few others.
    All I've been watching is C&I (aka Murder Porn) for the last six months.
    The good news is that with my short term memory shot, I can watch the
    same show two weeks later and think, "Hey, this is new!"

    Not into any of those. I had been looking forward to the reboot of
    Frasier but I was terribly disappointed in it. I watched the first two >episodes and that was enough. Kelsey Grammer was okay reprising his lead
    role but the role of the son was a horrible. It's a shame because the >original show was brilliant. There was great writing and acting. It is
    rare that a spinoff is as good as the original and even rarer that it is >better than the original.

    Brilliant, he says. Ghe ghe. It was a run of the mill comedy with a
    laughing tape. Lame entertainment for the masses.

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