Re: OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans

2011-04-06 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/5/2011 21:16, Bob W wrote: On 4/1/2011 14:31, Bob W wrote: vegans won't be able to use plastics made from feathers. This may not be easy to identify. B Heck, this is far more complex and frustrating that rules of kosher... Boris yes, but imagine if pigs could fly! B I could care

Re: OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans

2011-04-06 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/5/2011 23:31, Bob W wrote: In the mid-19th C we did not care to tell the Sepoy regiments that we'd started greasing rifle cartidges with pork beef fat. They had to bite these cartridges to release the gunpowder. When they found out they were most displeased, being a regiment of Hindus and

Re: OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans

2011-04-06 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: snip Wouldn't want angry Vegans running wild through the streets of Canada. MARK! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.  -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans

2011-04-06 Thread Bob Sullivan
Oh yes, the Vegan Uprisings! where only the edgiest parts of town were destroyed. :-) Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 5:52 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: snip Wouldn't want angry Vegans running wild

Re: OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans

2011-04-06 Thread John Sessoms
From: frank theriault On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 10:20 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: I thought the defintion of a vegan was a person not eating animals visible without a microscope... Don't they draw the line there anymore? I don't think there's any one definition of a vegan. It

Re: OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans

2011-04-06 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 1:29 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I eat bread but not honey. What does your honey have to say about that? I may not eat it, but sometimes I can't resist just a little taste... ;-) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.  -Henri

Re: OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans

2011-04-05 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/1/2011 14:31, Bob W wrote: vegans won't be able to use plastics made from feathers. This may not be easy to identify. B Heck, this is far more complex and frustrating that rules of kosher... Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans

2011-04-05 Thread eckinator
2011/4/1 Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com: I can see it now.  All the health food stores will be advertising 100% all natural vegan polyethylene. maybe. but I've yet to see a vegan eat polyethylene. on the other hand who says the oil used to make their plastic now is fauna free? imho using

RE: OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans

2011-04-05 Thread Bob W
On 4/1/2011 14:31, Bob W wrote: vegans won't be able to use plastics made from feathers. This may not be easy to identify. B Heck, this is far more complex and frustrating that rules of kosher... Boris yes, but imagine if pigs could fly! B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans

2011-04-05 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 10:20 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: I thought the defintion of a vegan was a person not eating animals visible without a microscope... Don't they draw the line there anymore? I don't think there's any one definition of a vegan. It seems that drawing the line is

RE: OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans

2011-04-05 Thread Bob W
[...] As for the plastics from feathers dilemma, it's pretty dicey. As Bob said, if this becomes economically viable, one won't be able to make informed choices on whether a consumer good is animal-derived or not unless each item comes with a list of ingredients. I doubt that most

Re: OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans

2011-04-05 Thread Steven Desjardins
Wouldn't want angry Vegans running wild through the streets of Canada. There's a video game in there somewhere. On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: [...] As for the plastics from feathers dilemma, it's pretty dicey.  As Bob said, if this becomes economically

Re: OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans

2011-04-05 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Wouldn't want angry Vegans running wild through the streets of Canada. There's a video game in there somewhere. What do vegan zombies say? GRINS! GRAAINS! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans

2011-04-05 Thread Steven Desjardins
Wow. Even by PDML standards, wow. On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Wouldn't want angry Vegans running wild through the streets of Canada. There's a video game in there somewhere.

Re: OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans

2011-04-02 Thread AlunFoto
I thought the defintion of a vegan was a person not eating animals visible without a microscope... Don't they draw the line there anymore? Jostein 2011/4/1 Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com: I can see it now.  All the health food stores will be advertising 100% all natural vegan

RE: OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans

2011-04-02 Thread Bob W
Chickens are clearly visible without the use of a microscope. I thought the defintion of a vegan was a person not eating animals visible without a microscope... Don't they draw the line there anymore? Jostein 2011/4/1 Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com: I can see it now.  All the

Re: OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans

2011-04-02 Thread Steven Desjardins
They often won't use products made of animals, like leather. Wool is OK because the animal doesn't die. Chicken feathers? I guess we could pluck and release. On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 10:20 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: I thought the defintion of a vegan was a person not eating animals

OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans

2011-04-01 Thread Bob W
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Re: OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans

2011-04-01 Thread eckinator
how so? you mean their boneless rubber chickens may no longer be vegan? 2011/4/1 Bob W p...@web-options.com: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12904777 B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

RE: OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans

2011-04-01 Thread Bob W
vegans won't be able to use plastics made from feathers. This may not be easy to identify. B how so? you mean their boneless rubber chickens may no longer be vegan? 2011/4/1 Bob W p...@web-options.com: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12904777 B -- PDML

Re: OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans

2011-04-01 Thread Steven Desjardins
I can see it now. All the health food stores will be advertising 100% all natural vegan polyethylene. On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 7:31 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: vegans won't be able to use plastics made from feathers. This may not be easy to identify. B how so? you mean their