-=> Mike Powell wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 > At one time I had a Pantech phone with a full QWERTY keyboard that was
 > not a smarty phone. It filled all my needs for a mobile phone - took
 > calls, made calls, received and sent text messages. If it had the right
 > protocols installed for it to talk to the current cellular networks I'd
 > still be using it.

 MP> I had a Samsung smart phone about 10 years ago that had a slide-out
 MP> QWERTY keyboard.  I really liked it and would still be using it had the
 MP> display not stopped working.

I've seen pixtures of those. I have a pen with a rubber tip on it made 
for entering texts on an on-screen keyboards. The other day at work the
Fed-X driver handed me a hand-held electronic receipt book to sign with
my finger. When I couldn't get anything to appear on the screen - I did
a "whip out" with the rubber stylus and amazed the guy. And he still had
to key the last name into the device.

 MP> Now I speak most of my texts.

Jeeezis - auto correct is bad enough. I shudder to think what sort of
cock-ups audio to text could get up to.   Bv)=

 > The neat thing was the QWERTY keyboard. No more counting keypresses to
 > get the letter/number you want. Worked best with a stylus though.

 MP> The CC flip phone does not have QWERTY, but the keys look pretty large.
 MP>  I was tempted by it.

Well, it's made of olde pharts whose eyesight is not that great. And 
whose motor controls make have a bit of shakiness and misdirection in
them.

 > In other news - Arby's (locally at least) has quit their wonderful pecan
 > chicken salad sandwiches. So, thinks I, I'll make some. Using 3 cups of
 > deli chicken salad, I added 3 oz of pecan pieces and a Cosmic Crisp apple
 > that I had diced on my "As seen on TV Vidalia Onion Chopper". Didn't
 > have any grapes on hand so I skipped those. But, I'm going to have to
 > play with that recipe. What I got was a nice, very tasty apple-pecan
 > salad with chicken salad binder.

 MP> Sounds good!

'Twas. I've mentally filed it und "Misteaks that weren't so wrong".

 > I'm going to work on the proportions - then e-mail Ms. Manley with a
 > "real deal" copycat recipe.   Bv)=

 MP> Uh-oh, so the next time you disappear for a couple of days, we are
 MP> going to start worrying that Arby's thugs might have nabbed you!  :O

Naaaaahhhhh. I still get their French Dips (add onion and horsey sauce)
and their curly fries. That's going to be lunch today - There's a special
on w/sandwiches @ U$3.00 and curly fries @ U$1.00. So for U$7 plus the
governor's vut (tax) I'll have a tasty, filling lunch.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Dirty Dave's French Dips
 Categories: Beef, Breads, Cheese, Sauces
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
  1 1/2 lb Deli shaved beef; medium
           - rare
      8 sl Emmenthal or pepper-jack
           - cheese; wrap removed
      1 lg Yellow onion; peeled, sliced
           Woerber's Horseradish Sauce
      4    (8") hoagie/deli rolls;
           - split, toasted
      2 tb GFS au jus base
           +=IN=+
      1 qt Tap water
           +=OR=+
 10 1/2 oz Can Campbell's Beef Consomme
           +=AND=+
    1/2    Can water
 
  Prepare the "dip" first. Either on the stove or in the
  nuker combine the base and water and heat, stirring as
  necessary until all solids are dissolved and ready to
  use. Keep warm.
  
  Split and toast the rolls. Assemble the shaved beef,
  unwrapped cheese slices, and onion onto the rolls. Add
  horseradish sauce as desired. Place tops on finished
  sandwich. Serve with a small bowl of the dipping au jus
  and potato chips or, if being elabourate French fried
  potatoes/sweet potatoes.
  
  Serves four normal people
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
 
MMMMM


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