• Re: Too polite to mention the weather

    From Tal Yessen@flwp@in.valid to rec.food.cooking on Sat Jan 31 13:50:55 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 18:26:57 -0500
    Pete Tuttle <pmt777@yohaa.not> wrote:
    Ed P wrote:
    Every day at 6:30 I send a text to a friend in PA/NJ.  Every
    Saturday I talk to another friend and send a text on Friday to be
    sure we are both available.

    I noticed they are both having single digit temperatures today and
    well below zero tonight.  In both cases, I told them I will not go
    on about how it is 73 degrees this afternoon as it would not be
    nice of me to do that.


    Don't look now but the low temp in Ft Myers Fl is 33 degrees F Sunday,
    are you that far south, and in the Gulf?

    I saw where Tampa was due for a rare Gulf-driven set of snow squalls
    last night - mercy!
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  • From Tal Yessen@flwp@in.valid to rec.food.cooking on Sat Jan 31 13:59:51 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 09:37:21 -0600
    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:

    I wouldn't watch. It doesn't gross me out thinking of men kissing
    other men,

    You bi bro?

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  • From Bryan Simmons@bryangsimmons@gmail.com to rec.food.cooking on Sat Jan 31 18:09:56 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 1/31/2026 2:59 PM, Tal Yessen wrote:
    On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 09:37:21 -0600
    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:

    I wouldn't watch. It doesn't gross me out thinking of men kissing
    other men,

    You bi bro?

    No. In fact I find male bodies more repugnant than most hetero guys do.
    When I was in 7th and 8th grade, my brother was on the Varsity wrestling
    team. I thought it looked like it'd be pretty repulsive, being that
    close to a male body. That said, I'm not homophobic. I don't understand
    why any guy wouldn't be happy that a potential competitor was removing
    himself from the game. If most other guys were gay, that would increase opportunities for those of us who aren't. I'd love to have multiple
    women. Problem is, my wife won't let me. ;-(
    --
    --Bryan https://www.instagram.com/bryangsimmons/

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  • From Bryan Simmons@bryangsimmons@gmail.com to rec.food.cooking on Sat Jan 31 18:11:40 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 1/31/2026 2:50 PM, Tal Yessen wrote:
    On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 18:26:57 -0500
    Pete Tuttle <pmt777@yohaa.not> wrote:

    Ed P wrote:
    Every day at 6:30 I send a text to a friend in PA/NJ.  Every
    Saturday I talk to another friend and send a text on Friday to be
    sure we are both available.

    I noticed they are both having single digit temperatures today and
    well below zero tonight.  In both cases, I told them I will not go
    on about how it is 73 degrees this afternoon as it would not be
    nice of me to do that.
    >
    >
    Don't look now but the low temp in Ft Myers Fl is 33 degrees F Sunday,
    are you that far south, and in the Gulf?


    I saw where Tampa was due for a rare Gulf-driven set of snow squalls
    last night - mercy!

    It's not as big of a deal as it was 35 years ago, when I lived there,
    because most of the orange groves have been cut down to make room for
    ugly houses and ugly condos.
    --
    --Bryan https://www.instagram.com/bryangsimmons/

    For your safety and protection, this sig. has been thoroughly
    tested on laboratory animals.

    "Most of the food described here is nauseating.
    We're just too courteous to say so."
    -- Cindy Hamilton
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  • From Bruce@Bruce@invalid.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Sun Feb 1 11:13:18 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 18:09:56 -0600, Bryan Simmons
    <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 1/31/2026 2:59 PM, Tal Yessen wrote:
    On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 09:37:21 -0600
    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:

    I wouldn't watch. It doesn't gross me out thinking of men kissing
    other men,

    You bi bro?

    No. In fact I find male bodies more repugnant than most hetero guys do.

    How do you measure that?
    --
    Bruce
    <https://i.ibb.co/WN88KZm7/kim.jpg>
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  • From Bryan Simmons@bryangsimmons@gmail.com to rec.food.cooking on Sat Jan 31 21:03:53 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On 1/31/2026 6:13 PM, Bruce wrote:
    On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 18:09:56 -0600, Bryan Simmons
    <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 1/31/2026 2:59 PM, Tal Yessen wrote:
    On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 09:37:21 -0600
    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:

    I wouldn't watch. It doesn't gross me out thinking of men kissing
    other men,

    You bi bro?

    No. In fact I find male bodies more repugnant than most hetero guys do.

    How do you measure that?

    Well, there's no way to quantify, but there's no question. AS is often,
    I'll need to go into detail. A few nights ago, we watched this movie. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women_on_the_6th_Floor
    In one of the scenes, the two sons have cone back from boarding school,
    and their mother was saying how they should be prepared to take over
    their father's stock brokerage. The younger one, who appeared to be
    about 11 or 12 said that he wanted to be a gynecologist. The mother
    replied that that wasn't reasonable--a job where you spent all day with
    you head between women's legs. The boy just looked over at his big
    brother and smiled in a way that suggested, *My mother doesn't know me
    at all.*

    I told Betsy that I would have loved to have my head between women's
    legs all day, but that in order to become a physician, you have to deal
    with corpses in medical school, and that, "As much as I love pussy, I
    hate dead bodies way more." That came up again today, when I was
    explaining one of the reasons that it was out of the question for me to
    play high school (American) football was the locker room. There were
    other reasons too, but being around the odor of sweaty males was a deal breaker.

    I don't think that the way that I am about male bodies is perfectly
    healthy, but it's also not particularly dysfunctional. Luckily, my
    aversion is limited to the non-visual senses, and part of the reason is
    that I can turn away.
    --
    --Bryan https://www.instagram.com/bryangsimmons/

    For your safety and protection, this sig. has been thoroughly
    tested on laboratory animals.

    "Most of the food described here is nauseating.
    We're just too courteous to say so."
    -- Cindy Hamilton
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  • From Bruce@Bruce@invalid.invalid to rec.food.cooking on Mon Feb 2 03:28:11 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 21:03:53 -0600, Bryan Simmons
    <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 1/31/2026 6:13 PM, Bruce wrote:
    On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 18:09:56 -0600, Bryan Simmons
    <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 1/31/2026 2:59 PM, Tal Yessen wrote:
    On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 09:37:21 -0600
    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:

    I wouldn't watch. It doesn't gross me out thinking of men kissing
    other men,

    You bi bro?

    No. In fact I find male bodies more repugnant than most hetero guys do.

    How do you measure that?

    Well, there's no way to quantify, but there's no question. AS is often,
    I'll need to go into detail. A few nights ago, we watched this movie. >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women_on_the_6th_Floor
    In one of the scenes, the two sons have cone back from boarding school,
    and their mother was saying how they should be prepared to take over
    their father's stock brokerage. The younger one, who appeared to be
    about 11 or 12 said that he wanted to be a gynecologist. The mother
    replied that that wasn't reasonable--a job where you spent all day with
    you head between women's legs. The boy just looked over at his big
    brother and smiled in a way that suggested, *My mother doesn't know me
    at all.*

    I told Betsy that I would have loved to have my head between women's
    legs all day, but that in order to become a physician, you have to deal
    with corpses in medical school, and that, "As much as I love pussy, I
    hate dead bodies way more." That came up again today, when I was
    explaining one of the reasons that it was out of the question for me to
    play high school (American) football was the locker room. There were
    other reasons too, but being around the odor of sweaty males was a deal >breaker.

    I don't think that the way that I am about male bodies is perfectly
    healthy, but it's also not particularly dysfunctional. Luckily, my
    aversion is limited to the non-visual senses, and part of the reason is
    that I can turn away.

    Corpses and locker rooms full of sweaty men aren't high on my todo
    list either.
    --
    Bruce
    <https://i.ibb.co/WN88KZm7/kim.jpg>
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  • From Tal Yessen@flwp@in.valid to rec.food.cooking,alt.home.repair on Sun Feb 1 09:51:21 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 18:11:40 -0600
    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 1/31/2026 2:50 PM, Tal Yessen wrote:
    On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 18:26:57 -0500
    Pete Tuttle <pmt777@yohaa.not> wrote:

    Ed P wrote:
    Every day at 6:30 I send a text to a friend in PA/NJ.  Every
    Saturday I talk to another friend and send a text on Friday to be
    sure we are both available.

    I noticed they are both having single digit temperatures today and
    well below zero tonight.  In both cases, I told them I will not go
    on about how it is 73 degrees this afternoon as it would not be
    nice of me to do that.
    >
    >
    Don't look now but the low temp in Ft Myers Fl is 33 degrees F
    Sunday, are you that far south, and in the Gulf?


    I saw where Tampa was due for a rare Gulf-driven set of snow squalls
    last night - mercy!

    It's not as big of a deal as it was 35 years ago, when I lived there, because most of the orange groves have been cut down to make room for
    ugly houses and ugly condos.

    You will appreciate this insight into local "culture" then: https://x.com/DOGE__news/status/2017430272736956624
    Theo von describing Tampa, Florida 😂
    Surprised he bumped into Eddy P at the beach...
    :-0
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  • From Tal Yessen@flwp@in.valid to rec.food.cooking on Sun Feb 1 09:49:40 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.cooking

    On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 18:09:56 -0600
    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 1/31/2026 2:59 PM, Tal Yessen wrote:
    On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 09:37:21 -0600
    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:

    I wouldn't watch. It doesn't gross me out thinking of men kissing
    other men,

    You bi bro?

    No. In fact I find male bodies more repugnant than most hetero guys
    do.

    Oh good!

    When I was in 7th and 8th grade, my brother was on the Varsity
    wrestling team. I thought it looked like it'd be pretty repulsive,
    being that close to a male body.

    At least football offers pads and such...

    That said, I'm not homophobic. I
    don't understand why any guy wouldn't be happy that a potential
    competitor was removing himself from the game. If most other guys
    were gay, that would increase opportunities for those of us who
    aren't. I'd love to have multiple women. Problem is, my wife won't
    let me. ;-(

    A big WAH!

    she's comely enough you ought not have a wandering mind.


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