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    Terrie,
    
      The same way >M< gets whipped cream into a shoe :-))
    
    Rich
    

    
    
    hehehehehe  Good one Rich.  Is that what you'd
    change the industry standard to also? :*)
    
    
    Terrie
    

Well, I've seen both done, and it's different than getting the centers in
the chocolate covered cherries (you don't want the REAL answer, do you? 8^)

You first have to get a nice fluffy donut and hold it firmly.

Then you aim your stiff applicator, properly centered and firmly insert it.

After it's inserted to the proper depth, you pump a couple of times and the
proper amount of filling remains when you withdraw.

Now for donuts you... 8^)

(choco-cherries is a bit more disgusting)

The really good part about it is that you WANT to get it done in just one
pump!

>The really good part about it is that you WANT to get it done in just one
pump!


Oh my...why would you want to get this done so quickly CM?  Take the time slowly
and do it right!!

I imagine the moderators aren't watching you now!

;->
Lola

    
    
    Terrie,
    
       And I thought >M< was the industry standard !  Now if the filling
    was being hand held, you'd be the serious competition :-))
    
    Rich
    

    Rich,

	It's the stiff applicator that's hand held!

    Lola
    

    
    
    Lola,
    
      You'd know more about that than I would since your the process
    person in here !
    
    Rich
    

    
    (I'm DIEING HERE!)  :*)
    
    
    CM, that is the funniest thing I have read in a very very very long time!
    :*)  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
    
    
    I do agree with Lola.  Take your time, do it right.  AIM for perfection.
    If it takes 100 pumps with the stiff applicator, who cares, as long as 
    it's done with care and perfection. :*)
    
    
    Terrie
    

    I tried that procedure, and I only managed to fill one donut all night.
    
    Dave�
    
    

Dave,

Quality, not quantity is what's important!!

Rich, come on over and I'll show you how the process works!! ;->

Lola    
    

    
    
    
    Dave....buddy
    
    
    me thinks you need a new applicator!
    
    
    TIME TO FILL THE DONUTS!!!
    
    
    Chris

    
    	Hmmmmm, what DO they mean by this???
    
    	hehehehe
    
    	>M<

    
    
    Hey >M<, the dress I have on today has these really great shoulder
    pads.  Care to borrow them?  :*)
    
    
    
    
    Terrire
    

    Hey, it was a large donut, and I had to take lots of long strokes, and
    at the end, lots of short ones.... 
    
    Just fill the donut hole.
    
    
    Dave�
    
    

    
    
    
    
    If your located where alot of these friends are then it must have been
    
    
    	a BOSTON CREAM donut!
    
    
    Chris

Gee, do I dare...

sure!

Now if you're filling crullers you need to be very careful in insertion and
make sure you get it all the way in before you start pumping. You also need
to continue pumping through the removal process so as to uniformly fill the
cruller. It's also a different grasp to hold it in position due to the
elongated shape and the deeper insertion. I believe a different applicator
is used but you might accomplish the same thing with a tip extension as long
as it's properly secured. You can tell when you've pumped enough and it's
time for removal due to the firmness you can feel while gripping it. If you
pump too much it will burst all over and you need to waste time cleaning up
instead of filling the next one in line.

Terrie... you want just one pump because you need to do ALL the donuts or
you have disatisfied customers. You want to satisfy them all so they'll keep
coming... um... back, yeah, that's it... coming back.

You also have to be careful inserting or you might damage the applicator and
it won't work properly and you won't be able to fill any at all and nobody
will be satisfied.

    
    
    
    Shall I ever live this down?  And shall I ever get all the coffee
    out of my keyboard from reading .16?  :*)   BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
    
    
    
    
    Terrie
    

Now, once you've worked filling donuts for a while and perfected your
technique, you're ready to work on the more delicate pastries, creme horns.
Now the technique is very similar but you work with a hand applicator and
gently insert it and squeeze at the base. No pumping is generally necessary.
The other big difference is that you need to do both ends on these and it is
considered good form to let it ooze out the ends in full view. These
generally take more time but less work and if you don't do them right you
have too eat your mistakes

    
    
    I think I need to go home now.........
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    <THUD>
    :*)
    Terrie
    

What was the question?

Terrie... I didn't always work interfacing hardware and software with a user
friendly GUI interface...

I have MANY talents 8^)

    
    Hey Terrie you asked for it, you're not leaving yet!!
    A
    

    I think I broke my applicator on the last cream horn, I squeezed the
    base WAY too HARD...
    
    
    Dave�
    
    

    
    
    So, whatayasay someone picks the question for tomorrow?  :*)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    (Evasive is my middle name!)
    
    :*)
    

    
    
    Oh, one last comment......
    
    Dave dear, you'd think with so many years of practice
    you'd have learned how to do it right by now!  Need
    some lessons?  :*)
    
    
    
    
    little ol' me
    :*)
    

Dave, Dave, Dave...

It takes rhythm to keep up with the demand. You need to pace yourself and
try not to go too fast. Slow and steady wins the race.

    Terrie,
    
    If you are teaching, yes, YES, I want some lessons.
    
    
    Jim,
    
    Sometimes it pays not to be an expert.... 8-)'s
    
    Dave�
    
    

    
    
    
    HOLLY!!!!!  Oh mods!  Where are you?!?!?!  What have I gotten
    myself into here?????   :*)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    God, I love this place!  :*)
    
    ME!
    :*)
    

    
    
    
    Dave!
    
    
    you do one donut and you break your applicator!!!
    
    for shame!!!
    
    
    on the bright side..maybe you'll get some tutoring out of it!!
    
    
    Chris
    :)

	Good string. Tell me fella's, how would you fill a bow-tie?

;*)

chico

    Sorry Chico... I'll leave filling bow-ties to one of the ladies 8^)
    
    Now after you've filled an eclair you need to smear chocolate all down
    the top to finish it off... It's tough not licking your fingers

    
    
    
    Ok, new question for the day, and let's try to give Holly a break this
    time.  :*)  Be good folkies. :*)
    
    
    
    Today's question is......
    
    
    If you could choose the character of a song to actually BE, and live
    the life depicted in that song, who would you choose?
    Would it be Little Willy?  How about Run around Sue?  Lola?
    
    
    I'd be Lebelle Jene'
    
    
    Terrie
    

    Yes people, PLEASE be good .. CM, you were on the VERY edge there! (-:
    
    What character would I be?  hmmm... How about the guy in "hotel
    California" .. sounds pretty weird! (-:
    
    Holly
    

    
    A good question. This requires careful thought.. Very careful
    thought. I'll answer later, Terrie just came in for break.:)
    

	Tough question...especially when the radio is playing!

	Hmmm, Helen Reddy in I am woman?    


	Or Carol King ...natural woman...

	Or Billy Joel...Piano man

	Or I don't know who but the song is "I love how you love me"

	So many characters to choose, so little time!

	Lola  as in "Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets"

    "three of a perfect pair"
    
    Seref

    I'd be the one riding in the desert... 
    
    
    "I've been through the desert on a horse with no name!"
    
    Dave�
    
    

	I'd be the guy packin' my bags for the Misty Mountain....:)

	
Misty Mountain Hop...Led Zeppelin



chico

    
    
    
    I would be the Dream lover in Maria Carey's song Dream Lover.
    
    good E'nuff for moi!
    
    
    Chris

    I have a video performance of Maria Carey here..and she sings that song
    on it too.. 
    
    Don
    *8-)

    
    
    Luv dat tune!!!
    
    
    She's a great performer!
    
    Chris

    Re .41
    
    Good singer too!
    
    
    Don
    *8-)

    
    Don't waste your inspirations; we're all "NOBODY'S HERO"es/ins in Rush's
    last album.                                                  
     

    Hi All! Home recovering from the weekend and figured I'd check in and
    see if I got set hidden. Sorry for walking so close to the edge, Holly,
    but everything I wrote is correct for the question of how you make
    donuts. I spent some time in a bakery. You guys/gals just have dirty
    minds (which is why I had so much fun with it).
    
    The new question will take some thought if I'm going to do more than go
    for a cheap laugh. See y'all tomorrow!
    
    CM

Hmm, for today's question...for those who celebrate Thanksgving, what are your
plans for this year?

Steve's Aunt and Uncle will be taking us all to the NCO club over at Westover
Air Force base.  Dad will be joining us.  usually we spend it with my sister,
but last year started rotating families.  My sister's sister in law has been 
very gracious, inviting us to join them every other year, but it's better for us
to rotate between Steve's family, and my sisters.

Lola

All the relatives are too far away to join us so we'll be staying home and
making the preperation a family project. No schedules to keep, no traffic,
plenty of leftovers 8^)

	Going to go to my outlaws house and eat, then off to my grandparents
house for more chow, and then back home to pass out....:)

    
    
    
    Alan and I are having a nice quiet candle light dinner ALONE!  Everyone
    is rather upset with us for this, but I don't care.  I need some time
    alone with my husband before I start to forget what it's like.
    
    
    
    
    
    Terrie
    

    
    
    	who cares about everyone else terrie....it's you and yours that
    count. enjoy yerself...
    
    
    chico

    This is the first year in over 21 years (since I got married) that my
    family is alone. I'm looking forward to it. My wife, two boys (my
    oldest is flying in from college this evening), me and the turkey. It
    will be great. 
    
    I have checked, who are the lions playing this year?
    
    ...Tom

>    I have checked, who are the lions playing this year?
    
The Christians! It's a classic match up!

    
    
    
    
    >I have checked, who are the lions playing this year?
    
    
      They are playing Buffalo,
    
      Dallas is playing Greenbay (in case you didn't check that one too)
    
    
    iceman

    Yes, I still have a difficult time getting my wife to schedule
    Thanksgiving dinner between the two games.
    
    By the way, I think the Lions will tear them to pieces, in the Lions
    vs. Christians game.
    
    Will anybody be around on Friday? I will be at work (7:00-3:30 MST) and 
    will probably need somebody to talk to, so I don't go crazy writing
    this very large process.
    
    ...Tom

	Tamey and I were by ourselves for Thanksgiving this year...mom went to
	my sisters and we didn't want to go!!!

	OK, Plan #1:  Go out for Chinese food and then to a movie

		SCRATCH THAT!!

	    Plan #2:  Go get take-out chinese food and rent videos..

		SCRATCH THAT!!!

	    Plan #3:  Make a Turkey sandwich and watch PAY-PER-VIEW

		SCRATCH THAT!!!

	    Plan #4:  Call out for home-deliver PIZZA and watch a movie on TV...

		SCRATCH THAT!!!

	Final Plan #5:  Left over Spaghetti and sitcoms....


	Hey, it was what WE wanted to do that counted!!!


	HUGS to all!!!


	>M< 

    
    
    Ok, new question for the day....
    
    If Thanksgiving dinner could be absolutely whatever you wanted it to
    be, what would you choose?
    
    
    Me...I'd have  Bacon and black olive pizza, bannana fritters,
    cottage cheese with french dressing on it, ho-ho's, hazelnut coffee,
    and celery filled with penut butter.
    
    
    Terrie
    

    I'd have jelly donuts that I made myself 8^)

    
    
    
    re -2
    
    
    Terrie..your either a nutbar or pregnant or both!! :)))
    
    
    re -1
    
    
    Not with the donuts again? :)))
    
    Chris
    :)
      

    

    	Hmmmm...I'd have:

    	Ham
    	piles of Mashed Potatoes and gravy
    	homemade cinnamon-raisin bread with *real* butter
    	strawberry cheesecake and tapioca pudding with coolwhip


    chico
                                         

WHAT? No creamhorns? And I took all this time to make them... You know it takes
quite a bit of work... you need to... (go back and read the original 8^)

On the way in I heard a Dunkin Donuts commercial on the radio where they talk
about their Duo deal. You get coffee and a donut... You KNOW how to make the
donut, Did I ever describe making coffee? 8^)

First you get some good beans and then you put them in the roaster and get them
good and hot until they're all nice and warm and brown. Then you take them out
and grind them. You need to take care and grind them JUST to the point where
they're the right coarseness and then you're ready to get cooking. Always use
the proper filter. Things are just heating up and it lets loose and you get a
hot stream flowing and just as it's drip, drip, drip, finishing, you pour a cup.

(Diet Coke is so much easier 8^)

    I was once served a dish called `Cangerou' at a fine Italian
    restaurant.
    
    Have you ANY idea what it is??
    
    (I know.)
    
    Don
    *8-)

    Was it jumping around all over the place?
    
    Jackie

    Re .61
    
    Jackie,
    
    You worked it out!!
    
    Yes.. it was a plate of Kangaroo meat..
    
    It's fairly common here now.. tastes like venison.
    
    Don
    *8-)

    How can people in Australia each poor ol' Skippy.... 
    
    I could never do it.... just think.. the kanga who your eating may have
    one day saved your life! 
    
    
    :->
    
    Rick.

    Re .63
    
    Skippy the bush cangerou!!!!
    
    Don
    *8-)

    What did you do with joey???

    
    
    They ate him!  ATE HIM I SAY!  
    
    
    
    :*)
    Terrie
    

Re .65
    

    >What did you do with joey???
    
    ..well they had this Pate de Joey Cangerou for an entree....
    
    Don
    *;-)

    
    
    set up for ---->

    
    
    SNARF!

    
    
    You snarfed, now you must think up the next 
    'question for the day' Chris
    
    
    
    Terrie
    :*)
    

    
    
    
    O.k..new question..
    
    
    if you had a million dollars...
    
    what would you do?
    
    
    me, If I had a million dollars, I'ld by me a K car a nice reliant 
    automobile! :))
    
    Chris
    :)

    Re .71
    
    If I had a million dollars I'd upgrade my home VT220.
    
    Don
    *8-)

    
    
    
    what would you do with the other 1,999,999.45 ? :)))))))
    
    
    Chris
    :)

Re .73
        
    
    
    >what would you do with the other 1,999,999.45 ? :)))))))
    
    
    1. I'd buy a genuine alligator skin case for my VT220 replacement.
    
    2. I'd buy a power cord for my new VT220 replacement.
    
    3. I'd buy a raffle ticket in next month's 1-million dollar draw..
    
    
    ..and if I win that, together with the unspent remainder of my 1st
    million dollar win, I could possibly almost afford..
    
    
    	.. a maintenance contract for my VT220 replacement.
    
    
    Don
    *8-)   

    Re .74
    
    I was only joking, Chris..
    
    
    ..I'd settle for a goanna skin case.
    
    Really I would..    
    
    Don
    *8-)

    
    
    
    What about the lambourghini?
    
    or all the people starving in mississippi? :))
    
    
    don't tell me.... let them get their own vt220's huh? :))))
    
    Chris
    :)

    RE .76
    
    Chris,
    
    I'd start up the Lamborghini Yellow Cab Company down in Mississippi.
    
    
    Don
    *8-)

    Re .77
    
    Chris,
    
    	   Can one fit a VT220 in a Lamborghini Diablo??
    
    Don
    *8-)

    
    
    
    for 210k , I'm sure they'ld fit one specially for you! :)))
    
    Chris
    :)

    Do you remember the Lamborghini Miura of some years ago??
    
    (For those who don't remember, sit yourself down and watch that great
    Michael Caine movie of many years ago - `The Italian Job'. The movie
    opens with wonderful footage of a Lamborghini Miura snaking its way
    through some mountains.)
    
    Well, there was ONE of those Lamborghini Miuras here in Melbourne - the
    ONLY one in the whole of Australia at the time. Unfortunately, the
    lovely beastie was totally wrecked not far from where I live when its
    rather pretentious owner left the Beach Road in it at a great rate of
    knots. 
    
    Things like that make me wanna cry!
    
    Don
    *8-O

    
    
    If I had a million dollars, I'd quit my job, buy a nice big house for
    alan and I and the kids.  I buy my parents a house in Florida, and I'd
    give Hamp some money to move his family out of Worcester.
    
    
    
    
    Terrie
    

    What a Friend!  What a Friend!  ;->
    
    

    
    
    	If I had a million bucks I'd buy up about 1,000acres in Rutland,
    built a huge log home, and start a shooting school. I'd be one happy
    camper....;*)
    
    
    jim

    
    
    
    YOu mean you'ld shoot the load on the cabin? :)))
    
    Chris
    :)

    
    
    	that'd be a heck of a cabin!
    
    
    :*)

    
    
    	hey, I didn't do that! Someone else is lurking....and they're a mod
    even! :*)
    
    

    
    Perhaps!
    
    :-)
    
    Jackie

    
    
    
    I can tell by the English on that spin who that was :))))
    
    Chris
    :O

    
    
    Back to the topic at hand... :*)
    
    Is there an Easter Bunny?  Support your answer with data.... :*)
    
    
    
    
    Terrie
    

    
    Of course there's an Easter Bunny..in fact there's more than
    one...loads of them world-wide making all those chocolate goodies for
    us.  Of course Cheif Bunny has taught his offspring well over the
    years. 
    
    How else would that little trail of eggs find its way throughout whichever 
    house we happen to be staying in over Easter?
    
    
    Jackie 

The toughest part was teaching them to cluck 8^)

    
    Well, they had to learn 'cluck' to be able to negotiate a good deal
    with the Easter chicks! 
    
    Jackie :-)
    

    We aren't using the bunny as the symbol of Easter in Australia this
    year.
    
    We've opted for the `bilby', a small Australian thingie that looks like
    a big rabbit ..has mega-long ears.. and they're growing extinct so it
    was thought that this might help alert the general public to the plight
    of the bilby.
    
    The shops are all full of chocolate bilbys.
    
    Don
    *8-)
    

    Yup, there's Two easter bunnies making lots of chocolates for the good
    little boys and girls..
    
    
    
    Their names are Ann and Holly!  haha!
    
    H

Ann's "burrow" smells wonderful, too! 8^)

Jackie, 

The Cadbury company makes Easter eggs of chocolate that are "anatomically
correct" and the bunnies on their USA ads go cluck, cluck, CLUCK before getting
off the nest full of product.

(didn't know if the ads played over there but that was the reason for training
the US ones)

CluckingMan

The answer is: Yes, there is an Easter Bunny.
At least one bunny, because..... I saw 'em. ;)

It was about 1965, I was not even in school yet, when I got up
early on Easter Sunday.... in order to SEE the Easter Bunny.
You know, nasty little children in Germany always try to
unsolve mysteries that their parents make up for them...
Anyways, I got up early to figure out WHO really puts the
chocolates in my Easter nest (in Germany you places nests
outside and they are filled overnight). So I went outside,
hiding. All nests were empty yet, my family still happily
sleeping. Then..... I saw HIM. Yup, the Easter Bunny itself
came from the fields adjacent to our house, entered the
garden, ran around on the grass, sniffed the air.... and
was gone again.
Well, well, I was pretty embaressed, because the Easter Bunny
had sniffed that I was hiding to watch him and went away without
leaving any chocolate behind. I even felt terrible, because
later in the morning I had to admit and confess to my little
brother,,,, WHY there was nothing in his nest.....

Well, when I got up again later, all the nests were filled and
everybody happy. Great relief!!! What a wise guy the Easter
Bunny is,,, to show me a mirror, to let me find out how ridiculous
I acted.
I never again tried to get a glimpse at any "miraculous beings" again.

;)
Martina_the_one_who_SAW_the_Easter_Bunny

    
    
    There is an easter bunny...and if I were in England next weekend...I'ld
    see her!!
    
    Chris
    :)

    
    Hey CM, when were you in my burrow?
    
    A
    

    I WON'T say a think.. I WON'T SAY A THING!!!  If I did, I'd have to set
    myself hidden.
    
    H

    
    Yeah, you behave Ms. Mod.
    
    A
    
    Oh, there are a few bunnies in my filing cabinet too.
    

I just said it smelled wonderful... 8^)

Only I can get set hidden for compliments 8^)

I didn't say I was "in" it, just that I had "smelled" it!

Jackie! quick! the backup halo...

CandyMan

    
    There is no way you could smell it without being in it.
    
    It's to late for the halo CM!
    
    A
    

I think I'm in "it" now... 8^)

    
    If only you'd have called louder, CM..I might have heard you.
    
    Here's the halo anyway...perhaps you can redeem yourself at a later
    date?   0 :-)
    
    
    Jackie_I_want_to_go_home_but_too_busy
    

REDEEM myself? Nope, what you see is what you get. Pointy little edges and all
)8^}

I'm good when I'm good but when I'm bad, I'm BETTER.

    
    oh well...and there was I hoping for a little more fun!  As long as the
    pointy edges are well balanced with the rounded ones, that sounds fine.
    :-)
    
    Jackie

I will admit to being pointy in the right places and round in some others 8^)

    Jim.. be nice now!!
    
    H

I always thought of myself as nicely a-point-ted 8^)

Can you tell it's friday?

    
    Does anyone know how the Easter "Bunny" ever came about?
    
    Or how we ever started relating a "bunny" with eggs?
    
    Wen
    

    Re .111
    
    We're not using the bunny as the Easter symbol this year. We're using
    the bilby.
    
    Don
    *8-)

I never heard of that creature before. That must be something unique,
only living on this lovely part of our planet down there Down Under,
right????? ;)
My dictionary only knows the word: "bilberry". Does the bilby mainly
live on bilberries?

Martina_illiterate_alien_interested_in_Aussie_fauna
;)

    Re .113
    
    Martina,
    
    	The bilby's a strange little creature .. like a big rabbit with
    huge floppy ears and a long tail ... I don't think they live on
    bilberries.. I don't think there are any bilberries here.. The
    chocolate editions have proved very popular. 
    
    	There is also a lot of chocolate fish made at this time of year
    too.
    
    Don
    *8-)

I have a question to pose to my ::friends

Due to a recent string of mail/notes, the question of 69 came up and one of the
comments/questions was "So who's the 6?"

So, what's your opinion. Which sex is which digit and why. Keep it within the
guidelines of the conference and such but now that someone mentioned it, I'm
having trouble assigning a value to the digits. Just the sort of thing to send
my mind off on a wild goose chase. So I thought I'd share it.

ConfusedMan

    
    	I like the number 9 (perfect square). I'll vote for the male being
    a 9...
    
    chico

    
    
    
    I'm aquarian..and for this astological symbol, the male is assigned
    the 6.
    
    Chris
    :) 

    
    Hey !! I thought that the assignment didn't matter.... 69 looked either
    way is still 69 ... *8)
    
    Ravi.

    
    
    re -1
    
    ahhh but put the 69 on its side and it becomes critical!
    
    Chris
    :)

Well, it's also the ying-yang of it. I'm a Gemini. Do I get two votes??