-=> Sean Dennis wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> Well, yeah. If you treat it like baseball cards (trading bait).

 SD> Hey, it was nice when someone made a pogey bait run when they had to
 SD> run back to garrison for one reason or another.

I always thought "pogey bait" was a Marine Crotch term. I was mistook, 
I see.

 DD> A 5-speed "crash" box is something not many would know how to handle. I
 DD> learned all about non-synchronised transmission on the farm. Heck, most
 DD> drivers today would have trouble with a manual shift transmission.

 SD> A friend of mine once quipped that a manual is an anti-millennial
 SD> theft device.

Back in the day when new drivers were licensed in Illinois and took the
"road/driving test" in a car with a slush box their license would show
a restriction to "automatic shift only". My last manual transmission was
a BMW 7-series with a 6 speed manual. I got the car by running my mouth
when I should have been listening. I didn't keep it for long since it's
gas-hog V8 vouldn't seem to manage better than 5 mpg. My nephew bought 
it to use in "drifting" competitions. 

 SD> I learned to drive a "three on the tree" in a Nash Rambler and a
 SD> 4-speed in a '78 Chevette and a '69 Bug.  Those were the days for me.

Never had a 'vette. Altho I had a brief fling with a Vega (aka Rust Bucket)

 SD> It's mainly in North America where automatic transmiassions are king.
 SD> In the rest of the world, manuals are much more common.  A friend of
 SD> mine sent his girlfriend to pick up their rental car during a vacation
 SD> in Ireland, only to have to go himself when the rental car turned out
 SD> to be a six-speed manual.

An aquaintance was shopping new cars and was amazed that a manual tranny
was an extra-cost option for the Chrysler he was considering.  Bv)=

 SD> Heck, even with my physical disability, I still prefer a stick.

I like the Beemer's 8-speed shiftless box.

 DD> My Meal Muncher main database is over 21K recipes.

 SD> I have two DBs with 65535 recipes each from the Internet and in
 SD> seperate files, Bill's DB, Jim's DB, and Michael's DB.  I probably have
 SD> around 200,000 recipes by estimate.

My main database is titled "Echomail" and is recipes I have gathered to
post here or have posted here.

 DD> This is an "all day" breakfast. If I eat this in the morning I won't
 DD> eat again for the rest of the day. Well, maybe a cup of yoghurt or
 DD> other light snack in the evening.   Bv)=

 DD>       Title: Dirty Dave's Hobo Skillet

 SD> That definetly is a keep and would definitely stick to your ribs.

 SD> Something I like for a small breakfast:

 SD> MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

 SD>       Title: Orange Poppyseed Muffins
 SD>  Categories: Breads, Breakfast
 SD>       Yield: 24 Muffins

Looks good. Here's another

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Pecan Peach Muffins
 Categories: Breads, Snacks, Fruits, Nuts
      Yield: 12 Servings
 
  1 1/2 c  A-P flour
    1/2 c  Sugar
      2 ts Baking powder
      1 ts Ground cinnamon
    1/4 ts Salt
    1/2 c  Butter; melted
    1/4 c  Milk
      1 lg Egg
      2 md Peaches; peeled, diced

MMMMM--------------------------TOPPING-------------------------------
    1/2 c  Pecans; chopped
    1/3 c  Brown sugar; packed
    1/4 c  A-P flour
      1 ts Ground cinnamon
      2 tb Butter; melted
 
  Set oven @ 400øF/205øC.
  
  Grease and flour 12 muffin cups or line w/paper muffin
  cups. Combine topping ingredients until mixture is
  crumbly; set aside.
  
  Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt
  in a large bowl. Whisk together butter, milk, and egg
  in a separate bowl. Stir milk/egg mixture into the flour
  mixture and blend just until moistened. Fold in diced
  peaches. Spoon into muffin cups; sprinkle evenly with
  topping mixture.
  
  Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or 'til a tooth pick inserted
  in center comes out clean. Remove from pan.
  
  It was a great day for recipe testing. This is one of my
  favorite muffins I've had all year. I'm whacking myself
  in the head for taking so long to try it.
  
  It was submitted to the site by Beth H. back in 2002.
  It's 11 years later and I finally made it. The fresh
  peach taste was amazing and the pecan crumble topping
  was outstanding. The only change I made was increasing
  the flour by 1/4 cup so I'd get a batter consistency I
  liked. I strongly recommend this recipe. - Mr. Breakfast
  
  From: http://www.mrbreakfast.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
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