Re: Alcohol and neuron function (was: The Mercies of The Vatican)

2004-08-24 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 04:49:19AM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: Just noticed that the cal command line command and iCal (the GUI calendar program on Mac OS X) start to disagree around the 1752 Gregorian Reformation :) Going backwards that is. Oops... I think that iCal is probably not

Re: Alcohol and neuron function (was: The Mercies of The Vatican)

2004-08-24 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 05:40:23AM -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 04:49:19AM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: Just noticed that the cal command line command and iCal (the GUI calendar program on Mac OS X) start to disagree around the 1752 Gregorian Reformation :) Going

Re: Alcohol and neuron function (was: The Mercies of The Vatican)

2004-08-24 Thread Alberto Monteiro
William T Goodall wrote: Just noticed that the cal command line command and iCal (the GUI calendar program on Mac OS X) start to disagree around the 1752 Gregorian Reformation :) Going backwards that is. Oops... It's a horrible annoyance, isn't it? They should _at least_ use the locale

Re: Alcohol and neuron function (was: The Mercies of The Vatican)

2004-08-24 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Erik Reuter wrote: Didn't notice the -p option the first time. Here are ncal's assumed switching dates on the ncal version on my Linux box: I have a crude version of cal, with just a fixed idiot date for the switch :-( BE Belgium1582-12-14 LN Latin -05-31 Cool! I

Re: Alcohol and neuron function (was: The Mercies of The Vatican)

2004-08-24 Thread Ray Ludenia
Erik Reuter wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 05:40:23AM -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 04:49:19AM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: Just noticed that the cal command line command and iCal (the GUI calendar program on Mac OS X) start to disagree around the 1752 Gregorian

Re: Alcohol and neuron function (was: The Mercies of The Vatican)

2004-08-24 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 10:20:47AM +, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: Didn't notice the -p option the first time. Here are ncal's assumed switching dates on the ncal version on my Linux box: I have a crude version of cal, with just a fixed idiot date for the switch :-(

Re: Alcohol and neuron function (was: The Mercies of The Vatican)

2004-08-24 Thread Deborah Harrell
Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the second message I've gotten from Dan M. dated Saturday, August 23rd of 1980. Is something weird going on? snip Ah-ha! So I _did_ get Dan's posts, but as they were at the earliest end of the line (456 messages in my inbox), I didn't see

Alcohol and neuron function (was: The Mercies of The Vatican)

2004-08-23 Thread Deborah Harrell
Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [I wrote:] From a modern medical standpoint, children drinking alcohol is detrimental, as alcohol is a neurotoxin; developing brains are more vulnerable than adult brainsBut from a survival standpoint, it was sensible to for all to drink

Re: Alcohol and neuron function (was: The Mercies of The Vatican)

2004-08-23 Thread William T Goodall
On 23 Aug 1980, at 8:46 pm, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 2:28 PM Subject: Alcohol and neuron function (was: The Mercies of The Vatican) various extracts (like

Re: Alcohol and neuron function (was: The Mercies of The Vatican)

2004-08-23 Thread Julia Randolph
On Sat, 23 Aug 1980 14:46:27 -0500, Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 2:28 PM Subject: Alcohol and neuron function (was: The Mercies of The

Re: Alcohol and neuron function (was: The Mercies of The Vatican)

2004-08-23 Thread Julia Randolph
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 21:35:19 +0100, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 23 Aug 1980, at 8:46 pm, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 2:28 PM

Re: Alcohol and neuron function (was: The Mercies of The Vatican)

2004-08-23 Thread Dave Land
On Aug 23, 2004, at 2:44 PM, Julia Randolph wrote: It's used in miniscule quantities in recipes, at least in comparison with other ingredients. Even if you buy a huge bottle at the warehouse club (say, something on the order of a liter or so), you're still not using a lot in comparison with what

Re: Alcohol and neuron function (was: The Mercies of The Vatican)

2004-08-23 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Aug 23, 2004, at 2:33 PM, Julia Randolph wrote: But if you're making a large batch of cookies with several pounds of ingredients, and only a couple of tablespoons of vanilla extract, the remaining alcohol will be quite diluted by the rest of the ingredients. Indeed -- one could say that the

Re: Alcohol and neuron function (was: The Mercies of The Vatican)

2004-08-23 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 5:43 PM Subject: Re: Alcohol and neuron function (was: The Mercies of The Vatican) The alcohol in Vanilla Extract is, at least in the USA, legal requirement:

Re: Alcohol and neuron function (was: The Mercies of The Vatican)

2004-08-23 Thread Deborah Harrell
Julia Randolph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip And I believe that while some of the alcohol cooks out, not all of it does. Since ethanol boils at 78.3oC, and most baked goods are cooked above ~300oF, pretty much all of it will vaporize off. OTOH, if you're making a rum sauce and keep it over

Re: Alcohol and neuron function (was: The Mercies of The Vatican)

2004-08-23 Thread Gautam Mukunda
This is the second message I've gotten from Dan M. dated Saturday, August 23rd of 1980. Is something weird going on? --- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23,

Re: Alcohol and neuron function (was: The Mercies of The Vatican)

2004-08-23 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 9:49 PM Subject: Re: Alcohol and neuron function (was: The Mercies of The Vatican) This is the second message I've gotten from Dan M. dated Saturday,

Re: Alcohol and neuron function (was: The Mercies of The Vatican)

2004-08-23 Thread Julia Thompson
Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 9:49 PM Subject: Re: Alcohol and neuron function (was: The Mercies of The Vatican) This is the second message I've gotten from

Re: Alcohol and neuron function (was: The Mercies of The Vatican)

2004-08-23 Thread William T Goodall
On 24 Aug 2004, at 3:57 am, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the second message I've gotten from Dan M. dated Saturday, August 23rd of 1980. Is something weird going on? I set my clock back trying to find the day of the week an old

Re: Alcohol and neuron function (was: The Mercies of The Vatican)

2004-08-23 Thread William T Goodall
On 24 Aug 2004, at 3:58 am, Julia Thompson wrote: Dan Minette wrote: I set my clock back trying to find the day of the week an old date was on. I forgot to reset it. That's what almanacs are for. :) Or calendar software. I don't mess with the system date to do those things. (In all