Sylvia--Yes.
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19Did you have a job as a child?
by compound complex ingreetings, long-time workers:.
if you worked outside the home at an early age,.
2) what did you get paid?.
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Do You Really Trust The Police?
by minimus inin the local paper there are 2 different towns that are dealing with possible police misconduct.
one situation involves thousands of dollars worth of pot stolen from the police locker where the drugs were supposed to be safe.
now the feds and state are involved in finding out who was responsible for the theft.
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VIII
Living in the metro Chicago area and reading the Chicago Tribune daily one becomes numb to the stories of police misconduct.
That said, we have Drew Peterson, the officer who is under arrest for being a suspect in the killing of wives #3 and #4. (He was an officer of the Bolingbrook police, a south suburb).
We were recently hit from the rear at a red light. Seemed pretty simple. I took photos and we waited for the police. They came and did an "Exchange of Information" and did not issue a ticket to the 18 year-old kid who hit us. (I was not driving).
The officer told the kid, "Yes, you hit them. I see the marks. the light was red, you took your foot off the gas and went into them. However, there are not injuries since you were only going a few miles per hour."
I had no idea what could happen next.
We got all the insurance info on the kid and filed a claim. They said the kid is claiming we were in reverse at a red light and backed up into him.
WTF???!!!
So, they won't agree to pay until they get ahold of the officer and he says "Yes, the kid drove forward into them, they did not back up and were not in reverse".
Problem, this happened on the weekend and the cop works weekends and nights. We have tried for weeks to reach him.
Bottom line? Always get a ticket on the other person and never just do an exchange of information.
So, I found out that the cops (at least in this town) don't write tickets because they might have to go to court or might testify.
Do I trust them? Not totally.
They are human and bound to f^ck up.
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Tilapia aka St. Peter's Fish
by snowbird inwe had some delicious sauteed tilapia today.
i know tilapia is called st. peter's fish, but i thought this was due to their abundance in the sea of galilee where peter did most of his fishing.. i checked wikipedia and looked what i found:.
certain species of tilapia are sometimes called "st. peter's fish".
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VIII
Big Tex, how does she blacken it? I blacken just about every fish I eat.
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Did you have a job as a child?
by compound complex ingreetings, long-time workers:.
if you worked outside the home at an early age,.
2) what did you get paid?.
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VIII
1) What did you do?
I was a babysitter for worldy families in our area.
2) What did you get paid?
$1.00 per hour.
3) Did your family need the money or was it all your own?
It was all mine, but, I was expected to purchase my own school supplies and/or clothing. I couldn't use it for toys.
4) How old where you when you started working?
11. I babysat for 3 different families who had 2-3 kids and needed someone to watch their kids on Friday or Saturday nights when they went out to dinner or a movie. I would do it, happily because I got out of our house and I got to watch TV and play games with other kids! It was a dream come true!! I was expected to wash all the dishes but I was used to doing that at home, so it was easy and quick. I could have that done in minutes, no matter how many they left.
I did that until my real job at age 15 in a shop.
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Tilapia aka St. Peter's Fish
by snowbird inwe had some delicious sauteed tilapia today.
i know tilapia is called st. peter's fish, but i thought this was due to their abundance in the sea of galilee where peter did most of his fishing.. i checked wikipedia and looked what i found:.
certain species of tilapia are sometimes called "st. peter's fish".
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VIII
Ewww!! I always check now. Vegetables from other countries, canned stuff from who knows where!
Anything we eat from China and I put it back.
I love Trader Joes.
Aldi I go to for the prices. Quality is iffy. Sometimes it is incredible and other times it sucks. Usually it is very good.
Factoid? Trader Joes is now owned by the company that owns Aldi.
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Tilapia aka St. Peter's Fish
by snowbird inwe had some delicious sauteed tilapia today.
i know tilapia is called st. peter's fish, but i thought this was due to their abundance in the sea of galilee where peter did most of his fishing.. i checked wikipedia and looked what i found:.
certain species of tilapia are sometimes called "st. peter's fish".
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VIII
Hi Sylvia! Great thread title.
I've been buying lots of wild salmon at Trader Joes and when I can find it, at Aldi's. Aldi's has great prices and if you can stand the experience, the products are worth the adventure of the store. And bring your own bags!
I should have fins by now.
I've also been grilling it, when the weather allows, on a cedar plank. Really good flavor.
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Tilapia aka St. Peter's Fish
by snowbird inwe had some delicious sauteed tilapia today.
i know tilapia is called st. peter's fish, but i thought this was due to their abundance in the sea of galilee where peter did most of his fishing.. i checked wikipedia and looked what i found:.
certain species of tilapia are sometimes called "st. peter's fish".
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VIII
Farm raised Tilapia is not too good for you. Perhaps you all missed the news last year? Here is the story from US News and World Report:
The wildly popular farm-raised fish known as tilapia may actually harm your heart, thanks to low levels of healthy omega-3 fatty acids and high levels of unhealthy omega-6 fatty acids.
New research suggests the combination could be particularly bad for patients with heart disease, arthritis, asthma and other diseases involving overactive inflammatory responses.
"If you're in a vulnerable population such as a heart disease patient, you need to be very careful with what you're eating, and that includes everything," said senior study author Dr. Floyd H. Chilton, director of Wake Forest Center for Botanical Lipids, in Winston-Salem, N.C. "But when it comes to fish, there's not a more important thing you can do for heart disease than eat the right type of fish or take dietary fish oil. There is evidence that you may harm yourself by eating the wrong kind of fish, and [farmed] tilapia and catfish are the two that fall into that category."
As for suppliers, "the industry needs to improve ways of farming fish," said Katherine Tallmadge, a national spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association. "The whole idea of farming is a great one, but they're feeding the fish food that's inexpensive, so they can keep the price down, and it's having an adverse effect on the nutritional quality of the fish."
Several health groups, including the American Heart Association, recommend eating two servings of fish a week, preferably fatty fish such as salmon. The reason: primarily to increase omega-3 fatty acids.
But no one has really looked at the nutritional effect of an explosion in farmed fish (increasing at an annual rate of 9.2 percent, compared with 1.4 percent for wild fish). In particular, inexpensive tilapia is exploding in popularity.
This study used gas chromatography to analyze the fatty acid composition of 30 widely consumed farmed and wild fish.
Farmed trout and Atlantic salmon had relatively good concentrations of "good" omega-3 fatty acids compared with "bad" omega-6 fatty acids.
Farm-raised tilapia and catfish, on the other hand, had troubling ratios.
Tallmadge recommends looking for wild fish. Wild salmon, even canned wild salmon, has high levels of omega-3s and is an excellent source of protein. "It can be fairly economical," she said. "I buy frozen salmon at Trader Joe's for about $7 a pound, that's $2 a serving."
Concentrate on cold-water fish such as salmon, rainbow trout, sardines, tuna and anchovies, all of which have healthy fats, added Marianne Grant, a health educator with Texas A&M Health Science Centers Coastal Bend Health Education Center, in Corpus Christi.
"In the 1970s, we lost the ability to feed the planet with fish we catch," Chilton said. "Farm-raised fish has to be part of our future, but we must do it correctly. We must feed animals the correct foods. Animals become what we feed them, and we become what we eat as well. The food chain is fairly consistent."
More information
Visit the American Heart Association for more on fish and fatty acids.
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My sister died in a head on collision last night
by Bumble Bee ini still can't believe it.
she was here for the bbq, we had an awesome time, laughing, her telling stories from our childhoods.
i gave her a hug and told her i loved her before she left.
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Dear Bumble Bee, I am very sorry for your loss and you have my deepest sympathy.
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It's Football Time - give a shout out for your team~
by AdaMakawee ini have been a pittsburgh steelers fan since 1970. had a friendly competition then with my dad, he was a dallas fan, and in those days it went back and forth a few times between the teams.. today i just wanted to say..... go steelers.
time to kick some bear patootie!.
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GO BEARS!!!!!
Victory is a beautiful thing!
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Feeling numb... feeling like I did when I first DAed.
by Elsewhere inmy dad recently told all the kids that he has terminal cancer.
he is going to die... could be in a month... could be in a year.. all the kids recently visited my parents over last weekend.
i was allowed to come too due to the "family business" clause in the wts rules.. yesterday i cried... i'm still crying a bit today and am feeling numb.
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I just read this Elsewhere. I am very sorry for you and your family. My thoughts are with you.