Gosh, have the Christmas Carols of my youth become that passé? "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping on your nose, Yuletide carols being sung by a choir, And folks dressed up like Eskimos...."
Made famous here in the USA in the 50's by Nat King Cole... Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thom LaCosta Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 5:14 AM To: Fred (FL) Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [OT] Re: [Elecraft] English On Sat, 9 Jun 2007, Fred (FL) wrote: > or a limp piece of horse hide string. Then > my buddies - watch out. They eat some kind > of "chestnuts" in downtown New York City, > in steaming hot carts - must be another type? Yep...most likely imported from Italy...they are sweet. Every now and again my mother cons me into making chestnut flour for her...makes marvelous pastry. Many cultures use chestnuts for food....I bought a pound of Korean chestnuts last year...they were gigantic compared to the Italian ones. Thom,EIEIO Email, Internet, Electronic Information Officer www.baltimorehon.com/ Home of the Baltimore Lexicon www.tlchost.net/hosting/ Web Hosting as low as 3.49/month _ _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com