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I have such a way with words when I'm cranky.

Is it me or did CI disappear the Cookbook scam thread?

I thought it was in Miscellaneous but there nothing there, nor in Cookbooks, nor in CI.com. The admin was talking about deleting posts that weren't about cooking...

I'm sure that's how it works, otherwise, why do it? I did write her (JV) an email, and said it wasn't ordered, agreed to or solicited, and according to the law, I could keep it and that's what I'm going to do. Not because I want the book, but because I didn't seem to be able to get it out of my house. She wrote back that she was removing the bill.

It'll make a Christmas present for someone.....

If they are going to delete all the posts that are not about cooking, maybe they could start with all of the claptrap devoted to this, that, or the other cooking show host - their looks, their speech patterns, their cleavage, etc. Then they could do away with all of the neuroses re: other shoppers, other neighbors, other relatives, other pets, other kids, other aardvarks...; the latest deals on Amazon (Costco, Sears, Mars, etc.); ad nauseum. You know, there really is a reason for the WINO moniker.


Aside for Frank: Maybe we need to start a new thread under Miscellaneous called The Drunken Bovines or some such so we can just keep some semblance of idiocy going here. All these other people just make too much sense!

Sorry, Pete, that's exactly what they did. Yes, aren't you all surprised we can't talk about anything but cooking on the OB? I was, hitting the roof, so to speak. Gone, all gone. It annoyed them. Evidently.

This is a new business model I hadn't heard of: piss off existing customers, kick them out of "the clubhouse" if you don't like what they are writing, send them elsewhere to vent. Spiffing. Simply spiffing.


And Josh "the Fuzzy:" God bless ya real good for starting this board. I really mean it.

[quote="wino"]If they are going to delete all the posts that are not about cooking, maybe they could start with all of the claptrap devoted to this, that, or the other cooking show host - their looks, their speech patterns, their cleavage, etc. Then they could do away with all of the neuroses re: other shoppers, other neighbors, other relatives, other pets, other kids, other aardvarks...; the latest deals on Amazon (Costco, Sears, Mars, etc.); ad nauseum. You know, there really is a reason for the WINO neuroses. /quote]
Why get so worked up? You can just skip the ones you aren't interested in reading. It's not like you're getting an extra pile of paper to deal with.
BeckyH

BeckyH - All those electrons could be serving a higher purpose!

They deleted a bunch of them just today. Most of the ones I read earlier are gone.

It just might be fun to post "non-cooking" thread on Friday evening. They would not be removed until Monday.

I thought that it was hilarious that Jaqui Valerio thanked one poster who characterized Cook's Illustrated's Fulfillment Program as no worse than the Columbia Record Club. What a wonderful example to emulate.

Tim

ps: Chris Kimball has challenge all Wiki recipe to a contest against an ATK recipe. http://christopherkimball.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/wiki-vs-test-kitchen-recipe-challenge/