tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post1998399103688387086..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Bastille Day, France, National Characteristics, Personality Types....and Chocolate Cake.Twilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-39694381228682223222013-07-15T21:10:21.380-05:002013-07-15T21:10:21.380-05:00Thanks for the shout out. :)Thanks for the shout out. :)Reannonhttp://www.takenbythewind.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-82385203820755188392013-07-14T14:14:10.715-05:002013-07-14T14:14:10.715-05:00Oops, missed it. Thanks for reminding us.Oops, missed it. Thanks for reminding us.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-47635973228945070672013-07-14T14:04:23.172-05:002013-07-14T14:04:23.172-05:00mike ~~ Flim-flam probably results from overdoses ...mike ~~ Flim-flam probably results from overdoses of Neptune. ;-) Or maybe those French genes have a habit of showing up in unexpected places!<br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-27602325917396093002013-07-14T12:19:13.661-05:002013-07-14T12:19:13.661-05:00Just read your Irvine post...he's deceptive, t...Just read your Irvine post...he's deceptive, too! Or flim-flam, as anyjazz said. And you noted that our U.S. leader is of the flim-flam variety. Maybe "deceptive" is a human stereotype applicable to all nationalities. (S)he who flim-flams the most wins the most...they serve gourmet factory-frozen food for big $, star in TV shows, and run entire nations. Deception may be the secret to success.mike (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-40587203951640193182013-07-14T11:58:58.381-05:002013-07-14T11:58:58.381-05:00mike ~~ Well, well, well! There's a turn-up f...mike ~~ Well, well, well! There's a turn-up for the books! We need to send chef Robert Irvine over there with his <i>Restaurant Impossible</i> team to sort 'em out.<br />I occasionally catch the show on TV's Food Channel. Robert Irvine hates, hates, hates frozen food to be served in restaurants!<br /><br />Right - deceptive will be borne in mind as an addition to known French national characteristics then.<br />:-)<br /><br />My old post about Irvine and Restaurant Impossible:<br /><br />http://twilightstarsong.blogspot.com/2011/09/mondays-make-over-maestro-robert-irvine.htmlTwilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-69657377761154366312013-07-14T09:42:40.388-05:002013-07-14T09:42:40.388-05:00To the French stereotype, you can now add "de...To the French stereotype, you can now add "deceptive":<br /><br />"In a survey conducted for the National Union of Hotel, Restaurant and Cafe Operators, a third of French restaurants acknowledged serving such factory-frozen products to clients. Restaurant owners estimated that the real number is substantially higher, as many chefs were embarrassed to admit the short cuts that, in effect, hoodwink their customers."<br /><br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/french-restaurants-acknowledge-serving-factory-frozen-food/2013/07/09/9857b69a-dda2-11e2-b797-cbd4cb13f9c6_print.html<br /><br />Those badsters...mike (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-79275398705917993652013-07-13T12:32:37.268-05:002013-07-13T12:32:37.268-05:00There do appear to be broad similarities, not nece...There do appear to be broad similarities, not necessarily in the USA, but around the world. I think it'll take the US a while to catch up. <br /><br />I've thought for a while that 2025, when Pluto moves into Aquarius, Neptune into Aries and Uranus into Gemini things will start to happen on a big scale. Opened the ephemeris at September 2025 and I see that all three outers are at 1 degree of those signs.<br /><br />I really, really want to be around to watch what happens then - but it'll take luck and holding steady on the health front, but it's not entirely out of the question. :-)<br /><br />Choccy cake is my favourite, or used to be. I avoid what's generally available here like the plague.....far too sweet and greasy. Grandma's cake was paler in colour than the dark brown version generally seen, more like milk chocolate, and somehow the texture was much sturdier than the soft squishiness found nowadays. Sometimes she'd top it with melted milk chocolate and put butter-cream (real butter + icing sugar) filling in the middle; sometimes white icing sugar on top. Dribbles on keyboard..... <br /><br />Those personality tests are questionable - just a bit of fun, not to be taken seriously. It depends on the questions one is asked....and they can be heavily slanted.....as in opinion polls.<br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-56735339999035450012013-07-13T10:08:56.537-05:002013-07-13T10:08:56.537-05:00Pluto was in Capricorn from 1762 until 1778, then ...Pluto was in Capricorn from 1762 until 1778, then into Aquarius, which brought a need for liberty and equality after the reign of oppression (to the guillotine and off with their heads!). Our current Pluto in Capricorn has a lot of similarity to the last cycle.<br /><br />Yummm (let them eat cake!)...Bastille cake...I want it now. And I agree, Twilight, only if it's non-commercial and high-quality. I prefer my own chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting.<br /><br />Personality tests I don't need. That's why I enjoy astrology...it accounts for an infinite array of personality types...no need to be stereotyped.mikenoreply@blogger.com