Re: iris DIGEST V1 #7

 With warmest wishes for beautiful holidays
  and everything that brings You happiness .

   Jeannine& Willy Hublau, Belgium
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Subject: [iris] iris DIGEST V1 #7


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> iris DIGEST         Tuesday, December 23 2003         Volume 01 : Number
007
>
>
>
> In this issue:
>
>         [iris] Re:OT: Plant genealogy software
>         [iris] Seasons Greetings
>         [iris] Seasons Greetings
>         [iris] Merry Christmas
>         [iris] Merry Christmas
>         Re: [iris] Merry Christmas
>         [iris] Eating goodies
>         [iris] OT:  Whoops! Sorry.
>         Re: [iris] OT:  Whoops! Sorry.
>
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>
> Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 15:30:48 -0500
> From: RAINACRE@aol.com
> Subject: [iris] Re:OT: Plant genealogy software
>
> I am interested in a plant genealogy program that will extract parentages
from a data base. I know Mike Lowe has one for Mac, but thats a foreign
system to me. Price is (almost) no object.
> Regards,
> Fred Kerr
> Rainbow Acres
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:24:59 -0600
> From: wmoores@watervalley.net
> Subject: [iris] Seasons Greetings
>
> I.mzhetica is growing well in my bog.
>
> Happy Holidays
>
> Walter Moores
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:25:00 -0600
> From: wmoores@watervalley.net
> Subject: [iris] Seasons Greetings
>
> Happy Holidays!
>
> Walter Moores
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:00:21 -0500
> From: "J. Griffin Crump" <jgcrump@erols.com>
> Subject: [iris] Merry Christmas
>
> May Christmas bring you peace and joy, and may the New Year be your best
ever!
> - --  Griff
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:18:00 -0500
> From: "Neil A Mogensen" <neilm@charter.net>
> Subject: [iris] Merry Christmas
>
> Dear Iris-talk members,
>
> Here's a wish from our garden (and house) to yours for a blessed, safe and
> Merry Christmas!
>
> Neil and Dorothy Mogensen
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 08:39:35 -0800 (PST)
> From: crook <zone1_5@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [iris] Merry Christmas
>
>  To all Irisarians:
>  A very Merry Christmas, a happy Hanukkah, and a
> peaceful New Year to all.
>
>  Darm
>
>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 08:43:34 -0800
> From: Patricia Wenham <h.schinkep@verizon.net>
> Subject: [iris] Eating goodies
>
>   Enjoy the goodies of the holiday season.
> Patti
> Subject:  Holiday Diet
> I hate this time of year.  Not for its crass commercialism and forced
> frivolity, but because it's the season when the food police come out
> with their wagging fingers and annual tips on how to get through the
> holidays without gaining 10 pounds.  You can't pick up a magazine
> without finding a list of holiday eating do's and don'ts.  Eliminate
> second helpings, high-calorie sauces and cookies made with butter, they
> say.
>
>
> Fill up on vegetable sticks, they say.  Good grief.  Is your favorite
> childhood memory of Christmas a carrot stick?  I didn't think so.  Isn't
> mine, either.  A carrot was something you left for Rudolph.  I have my
> own list of tips for holiday eating.
>
>
> I assure you, if you follow them, you'll be fat and happy.  So what if you
> don't make it to New Year's?  Your pants won't fit anymore, anyway!
>
> 1.  About those carrot sticks.  Avoid them.  Anyone who puts carrots on
> a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the Christmas spirit.  In fact,
> if you see carrots, leave immediately.  Go next door, where they're
> serving rum balls.
>
>
> 2.  Drink as much eggnog as you can.  And quickly.  Like fine
> single-malt scotch, it's rare.  In fact, it's even rarer than
> single-malt scotch.  You can't find it any other time of year but now.
> So drink up!  Who cares that it has 10,000 calories in every sip??  It's
> not as if you're going to turn into an eggnogaholic or something.  It's
> a treat.  Enjoy it.  Have one for me.  Have two.  It's later than you
> think.  It's Christmas!
> 3.  If something comes with gravy, use it.  That's the whole point of
> gravy.  Gravy does not stand alone.  Pour it on.  Make a volcano out of
> your mashed potatoes.  Fill it with gravy.  Eat the volcano.  Repeat.
>
>
> 4.  As for mashed potatoes, always ask if they're made with skim milk or
> whole milk.  If it's skim, pass.  Why bother?  It's like buying a sports
> car with an automatic transmission.  5.  Do not have a snack before
> going to a party in an effort to control your eating.  The whole point
> of going to a Christmas party is to eat other people's food.  Lots of
> it.  Hello?
>
>
> 6.  Under no circumstances should you exercise between now and New
> Year's.  You can do that in January when you have nothing else to do.
> This is the time for long naps, which you'll need after circling the
> buffet table while carrying a 10-pound plate of food and that vat of
> eggnog.
> 7.  If you come across something really good at a buffet table, like
> frosted Christmas cookies in the shape and size of Santa, position
> yourself near them and don't budge.  Have as many as you can before
> becoming the center of attention.  They're like a beautiful pair of
> shoes - you can't leave them behind.  You're not going to see them again.
>
>
> 8.  Same for pies?  Apple?  Pumpkin?  Mincemeat.  Have a slice of each.
> Or, if you don't like mincemeat, have two apples and one pumpkin.
> Always have three.  When else do you get to have more than one
> dessert??  Labor Day?
> 9.  Did someone mention fruitcake?  Granted, it's loaded with the
> mandatory celebratory calories, but avoid it at all cost.  I mean, have
> some standards!
>
>
> 10.  And one final tip:  If you don't feel terrible when you leave the
> party
> or get up from the table, you haven't been paying attention!
> Reread tips.  Start over.  But hurry!  Cookieless January is just around
> the corner!!!
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 08:47:41 -0800
> From: Patricia Wenham <h.schinkep@verizon.net>
> Subject: [iris] OT:  Whoops! Sorry.
>
> I hit the wrong address when my mouse cord got tangled in my shoe,
> please forgive me for getting a holiday joke on the list.  I do wish
> every one a happy holiday though.
>
> Patti
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 10:05:23 -0700
> From: DFerguson@cabq.gov
> Subject: Re: [iris] OT:  Whoops! Sorry.
>
> Hey,  don't apologize.  It was great, and so true (from an avid health
food
> hater and chocoholic).
>
> Dave
>
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