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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Jan 10, 2007 - 10:06am PT
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I use a lot of tumeric for cooking, but I had never heard of its healing properties.
And there is a plant called the "Curry tree" which provides the ingredient "curry leaves" for some Indian cooking... the plant is Murraya koenigii (syn. Bergera koenigii, Chalcas koenigii). Most "curry powders" are a mixture of spices not including curry leaves (a rather smal leaf compared to Bay leaf, you usually use many in a dish) the distinct color of curry powder is from Tumeric.
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Jan 10, 2007 - 10:24am PT
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"Lots and lots of chocolate milk, gallons a day dude" - James
I heard milk calcium doesn't get absorbed very well by the body. I'm sticking with the collard greens and corn tortillas...anyway, milk makes my stomach hurt - I think I'm lactose intolerant or something.
I also know at "neck fusion 101" they tell ya to stay away from caffeine - it prevents absorption of calcium....
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maculated
Trad climber
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 10, 2007 - 11:52am PT
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Good tip on the rice! I have a whole bag I need to 'get rid of' so maybe I'll go for it.
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James
climber
A tent in the redwoods
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Jan 10, 2007 - 01:58pm PT
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John,
I was too hungover to go to Neck Fusion 101 but chocolate milk worked for me. It's also a healthy part of any dirtbag diet. A liter of chocolate milk in the morning is $1.19 and fits well in the Zone diet with its 40:30:30 ratio of carbohydrates to fat to protein. Too bad you're lactose intolerant. The brown stuff is rocket fuel.
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Wild Bill
climber
Ca
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Jan 10, 2007 - 02:07pm PT
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I see that LEB is back. LEB, did you know "laughing gas" as we now know it is the usual propellant in canned whipped cream?
(Please let me know if this pic is clogging things up and I'll remove it - it's kinda big).
WB
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scuffy b
climber
The town that Nature forgot to hate
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Jan 10, 2007 - 08:48pm PT
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eKat,
Are you saying that sittin on my butt all day talking to people
on the phone is gonna make my Butt Big?
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TradIsGood
Happy and Healthy climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Jan 10, 2007 - 10:15pm PT
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It's:
tuRmeric, DamnIt!
eKat
Hey, do you really mind the occasional malapriapism?
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Jan 10, 2007 - 10:23pm PT
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Isn't a malaprop when a person accidentally substitutes an incorrect word? Tumeric, so far as I know, isn't an actual word. So....not a malaprop, but a simple mispelling.
As for vitamins, spices, aspirin and Advil....I don't use any of that stuff. Nope, and hopefully won't be starting to any time soon. So far, so good, with an occassional dose of aspirin (or similar) for a headache or first day cramps. That's all the medicinal stuff I've taken for.....at least 10 years. Oh yeah, I did try that zink on a q-tip in the nostril when I had a cold a few times.
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TradIsGood
Happy and Healthy climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Jan 10, 2007 - 10:27pm PT
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Happie, you are of course right in your analysis of malaprOpisms...
haha.
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TradIsGood
Happy and Healthy climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Jan 10, 2007 - 11:06pm PT
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eKat - you're killing me! Of all people, I thought you would get it!
From L. malus, bad...
You can guess the rest.
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maculated
Trad climber
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 11, 2007 - 12:47am PT
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Hey! I read the play that Mrs. Malaprop came from!
http://www.bibliomania.com/0/6/284/2000/frameset.html
Some original malapropisms from the horse's mouth (thanks Wikipedia):
From The Rivals
* "He's as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile." (i.e., alligator)
* "He is the very pineapple of politeness." (i.e., pinnacle)
* "If I reprehend any thing in this world, it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice derangement of epitaphs!" (i.e., apprehend, vernacular, arrangement, epithets)
* "Why killing's the matter! Why murder's the matter! But he can give you the perpendiculars." (i.e., particulars, from a scene in Horrible Histories)
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
St. Looney
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Jan 11, 2007 - 10:25am PT
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Mac: A woman I used to work with was an unwitting master of those and just plain made up words. OMG, we used to keep a list of these things - hilarious.Some examples:
I got a new door at home with beleveled glass.
The security gate was made of strong roth iron.
I hit the medium in the car on the way to work today.
Callie, you need to gain some weight, you look emancipated.
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TradIsGood
Happy and Healthy climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Jan 11, 2007 - 11:20am PT
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It was a joke. You noted the misspelling of "turmeric". As near as I can tell she always misspells "than" as well. In fact, she may simply not be aware of the word.
So since it was not really a malapropism, I figured that malapropism should be misspelled (in a funny way).
I leave it to the reader's imagination to make sense of a "bad priapism".
Apologies to Mr. Sheridan. :-)
Usually I do not explain my jokes.
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TradIsGood
Happy and Healthy climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Jan 11, 2007 - 11:54am PT
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ok - glad we got that straight.
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