Thread: What could be next? Uh Oh!

On May 26, 4:45*pm, "Randy" <s...@uk.com> wrote:
> 2007 - Chinese year of the Chicken - Bird Flu Pandemic devastates parts of
> Asia
>
> 2008 - Chinese year of the Horse - Equine Influenza decimates Australian
> racing
>
> 2009 - Chinese year of the Pig - Swine Flu Pandemic kills hundreds of pigs
> and infects hundreds of people sometimes fatally around the globe.
>
> 2010 - Chinese year of the Cock - what could possibly go wrong? Uh Oh!!!

2011 - Year of the Sloppy Joe. tomatoes take over the world.

>I've emailed Harry Rinker in Emmaus, PA. with the eBay link.

> http://www.harryrinker.com/index.html



Reply from Harry.....

Monday -- June 1, 2009 -- 8:15 AM EDT

Dear David,

I live in Brookfield, CT during the week and in Vera Cruz (Emmaus), PA
on the weekends when I am not traveling. My wife Linda and I are in
CT on a temporary basis (now entering our fourth year). My reference
library remains in Vera Cruz.

This weekend I checked out Benton Rabinovitch's Antique Silver Servers
for the Dining Table: Style, Function, Foods, and Social History
(Concord, MA: Joslin Hall, 1991).

The utensil in question is a double-bladed service. Rabinovitch
devotes seventeen pages to the form. According to Rabinovitch, the
form was popular during the period 1790-1830 and "is a two-bladed,
scissor-like implement designed to pick up and grasps a portion of
food."

Clearly the double-bladed server offered on eBay is from a much later
period.

Rabinovitch notes: "A number of diverse opinions have been express
with regard to the function of these double-blade servers." He favors
a "white bait" (fish) function, although acknowledges it would be used
for slices of meat. He dismisses the possibility it was used for
asparagus. Finally, he leaves the question of whether or not it could
serve as a salad server open.

Trust the above is of some help,

Harry L. Rinker

Rinker Enterprises, Inc.
5093 Vera Cruz Road
Emmaus, PA 18049

(484) 695-5628

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mad

"Mack A. Damia" wrote:
>
> >I've emailed Harry Rinker in Emmaus, PA. with the eBay link.
>
> > http://www.harryrinker.com/index.html
>
> Reply from Harry.....

Thanks -- that's the most authoritative answer I'll ever get.

On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:30:00 -0700, Mark Thorson <[email protected]>
wrote:

>"Mack A. Damia" wrote:
>>
>> >I've emailed Harry Rinker in Emmaus, PA. with the eBay link.
>>
>> > http://www.harryrinker.com/index.html
>>
>> Reply from Harry.....
>
>Thanks -- that's the most authoritative answer I'll ever get.

Ain't knowledge great?
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mad

On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:38:30 -0700, Mack A. Damia wrote:

> On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:30:00 -0700, Mark Thorson <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>"Mack A. Damia" wrote:
>>>
>>> >I've emailed Harry Rinker in Emmaus, PA. with the eBay link.
>>>
>>> > http://www.harryrinker.com/index.html
>>>
>>> Reply from Harry.....
>>
>>Thanks -- that's the most authoritative answer I'll ever get.
>
> Ain't knowledge great?

Who's David?

On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 08:08:14 -0500, jay <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:38:30 -0700, Mack A. Damia wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:30:00 -0700, Mark Thorson <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>"Mack A. Damia" wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >I've emailed Harry Rinker in Emmaus, PA. with the eBay link.
>>>>
>>>> > http://www.harryrinker.com/index.html
>>>>
>>>> Reply from Harry.....
>>>
>>>Thanks -- that's the most authoritative answer I'll ever get.
>>
>> Ain't knowledge great?
>
>Who's David?

Me.
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mad

On Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:22:59 -0700, Mack A. Damia
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 08:08:14 -0500, jay <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:38:30 -0700, Mack A. Damia wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:30:00 -0700, Mark Thorson <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Mack A. Damia" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> >I've emailed Harry Rinker in Emmaus, PA. with the eBay link.
>>>>>
>>>>> > http://www.harryrinker.com/index.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Reply from Harry.....
>>>>
>>>>Thanks -- that's the most authoritative answer I'll ever get.
>>>
>>> Ain't knowledge great?
>>
>>Who's David?
>
>Me.

OK, this is the first post I've seen this subthread and can't find it
on google. What was the verdict?

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:40:08 -0700, sf <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:22:59 -0700, Mack A. Damia
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 08:08:14 -0500, jay <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:38:30 -0700, Mack A. Damia wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:30:00 -0700, Mark Thorson <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>"Mack A. Damia" wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> >I've emailed Harry Rinker in Emmaus, PA. with the eBay link.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > http://www.harryrinker.com/index.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Reply from Harry.....
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks -- that's the most authoritative answer I'll ever get.
>>>>
>>>> Ain't knowledge great?
>>>
>>>Who's David?
>>
>>Me.
>
>OK, this is the first post I've seen this subthread and can't find it
>on google. What was the verdict?

Harry's reply........

"This weekend I checked out Benton Rabinovitch's Antique Silver
Servers for the Dining Table: Style, Function, Foods, and Social
History (Concord, MA: Joslin Hall, 1991).

The utensil in question is a double-bladed service. Rabinovitch
devotes seventeen pages to the form. According to Rabinovitch, the
form was popular during the period 1790-1830 and "is a two-bladed,
scissor-like implement designed to pick up and grasps a portion of
food."

Clearly the double-bladed server offered on eBay is from a much later
period.

Rabinovitch notes: "A number of diverse opinions have been expressed
with regard to the function of these double-blade servers." He favors
a "white bait" (fish) function, although acknowledges it would be used
for slices of meat. He dismisses the possibility it was used for
asparagus. Finally, he leaves the question of whether or not it could
serve as a salad server open."

--
mad

"sf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> On Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:22:59 -0700, Mack A. Damia
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 08:08:14 -0500, jay <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:38:30 -0700, Mack A. Damia wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:30:00 -0700, Mark Thorson <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>"Mack A. Damia" wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> >I've emailed Harry Rinker in Emmaus, PA. with the eBay link.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > http://www.harryrinker.com/index.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Reply from Harry.....
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks -- that's the most authoritative answer I'll ever get.
>>>>
>>>> Ain't knowledge great?
>>>
>>>Who's David?
>>
>>Me.
>
> OK, this is the first post I've seen this subthread and can't find it
> on google. What was the verdict?
>

That you need a good newsreader that does not **** things up.

On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 20:43:56 -0400, "Mango Lloyd"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"sf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]. .
>>
>> OK, this is the first post I've seen this subthread and can't find it
>> on google. What was the verdict?
>>
>
>That you need a good newsreader that does not **** things up.
>
My *newsreader* isn't the problem and you have to be a total idiot not
to know that. Oh, wait - you actually admitted it in your return
address. Silly me!

You're a king sized prick for a nobody, so I'll make sure I don't see
you in the future. My newsreader can handle that part easily.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.