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[hippiechyck]

LOL, i don't mind and now i am wildly envious that you went to the CIA, Whirly...was it absolutely wonderful???? *sighing deeply*

[whirlybird]

Thoth, on 27 October 2011 - 01:21 AM, said:

I would have used the verb's past tense: "I had only matriculated for the weekend class." As in "enrolled".
There's also a noun form referring to a person who is enrolled in a college class as a "matriculate".
"Who's that matriculate in the short skirt? Is he Scottish or have we gone co-ed?
Ah, the weird wonderful world of English.


I can't speak for others but I do this a lot.
I'm bad.

-T

You answered my question beautifully about matriculate. Thank you!

Well, I've being doing the same thing too. Not too sure if it's just your 'bad' influence or not. Either way it's been fun.

-W

PS-How do you do the double quote thing?

[whirlybird]

hippiechyck, on 27 October 2011 - 12:29 PM, said:

LOL, i don't mind and now i am wildly envious that you went to the CIA, Whirly...was it absolutely wonderful???? *sighing deeply*

Hi Barbara.

Yes it was wonderful. This year was the second year in a row that we went.

The first year it was my best friend Karen, my Mom, my aunt and cousin. We took a day class (from 9:30AM to 2:30PM) called Gourmet Meals in minute. It was in a regular cooking 'classroom' with more workstations, stoves, ovens and cookware than I've ever seen in one place in my life. Our class was about 15 or so with a staff chef and three student assistants. We broke up into groups of twos and threes and each had a few dishes to make from the large menu. Every so often we stopped to watch the chef demonstrate one of the techniques that one of the little groups was working on. Our lunch consisted of our finished dishes and dessert (after we cleaned our pots and pans) was the turamisu my mom and cousin made. We all got to take the leftovers (and there was a lot because of all the dishes we all made) home. Then my Mom and Karen went to eat at one of the CIA's restaurants. We went to the French restaurant and were treated royally. The students were our waitstaff and everything was fantastic.

The second year I went with two of my friends, my Mom, two aunts, a cousin, and a cousin's wife (all from the other side of my family from last year) and we took a baking class called Breakfast and Brunches. It was also on a Saturday with the same amount of hours. The chef made us a buffet breakfast before the class even started which spanned the spectrum from homemade granola, smoothies, bacon to french toast, and more. This time we broke up into groups of two with specific dishes to make and the chef did his demonstrations. We ate the items as they were made. Then we broke for lunch which were gourmet meals made by the students which included magnificent desserts. Fortunately we didn't make reservations at the CIA restaurants this time because we were so wonderfully stuffed.

A few of us plan to return again next year but we're not sure of the class. They're not cheap but well worth it. I believe the CIA now has three campuses now. Hyde Park, NY, San Antonio,Texas, and St Helena, California.

Sorry to make you envious. I wish you could go as well.

-Whirlybird

[hippiechyck]

sounds like a wonderful day!

[whirlybird]

hippiechyck, on 27 October 2011 - 04:57 PM, said:

sounds like a wonderful day!

Definitely!

[Thoth]

whirlybird, on 27 October 2011 - 02:48 PM, said:

You answered my question beautifully about matriculate. Thank you!

You're welcome.

whirlybird, on 27 October 2011 - 02:48 PM, said:

Well, I've being doing the same thing too. Not too sure if it's just your 'bad' influence or not. Either way it's been fun.

Just going with the flow. (And I'm glad Barbara doesn't mind.)

whirlybird, on 27 October 2011 - 02:48 PM, said:

PS-How do you do the double quote thing?

I explain this in response to another post of yours.

whirlybird, on 27 October 2011 - 03:05 PM, said:

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Yes it was wonderful....
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... We all got to take the leftovers (and there was a lot because of all the dishes we all made) home. Then my Mom and Karen went to eat at one of the CIA's restaurants. We went to the French restaurant and were treated royally. The students were our waitstaff and everything was fantastic.
...
Sorry to make you envious. ...

Soooooooooo envious. And hungry.
I think I'm going to have dinner now.
-T

[whirlybird]

Thoth, on 27 October 2011 - 11:54 PM, said:

You're welcome.


Just going with the flow. (And I'm glad Barbara doesn't mind.)


I explain this in response to another post of yours.


Soooooooooo envious. And hungry.
I think I'm going to have dinner now.
-T

Yes, Barbara, thank you for not minding that we temporarily hijacked your post. (pointing a finger at Thoth)

As for being hungry, I'm afraid I haven't made anything from my two classes. I think my next class is going to be their 'Cooking For One' class. Otherwise I'd have to have twelve freezers full of leftovers.

-W (who is off to look at the multiple reply answer from Thoth)

[Thoth]

whirlybird, on 28 October 2011 - 01:34 AM, said:

-W (who is off to look at the multiple reply answer from Thoth)

Is it possible you meant multiple replies by me to a single post?
That's easy.
1. Hit Reply for the post you want to reply.
2. Break up the post with carriage returns* to isolate the text you want to respond to.
3. Delete what you don't want to respond to, replacing them with ellipses. Or not. But the ellipses are just proper form.
4. Select and copy the bracketed information (name, timestamp, etcetera) including the square brackets.
5. Paste this information above each chunk of isolated text (except the first chunk, which already has it).
6. Select and copy the "/quote" terminator, with its square brackets.
7. Paste this terminator under each isolated chunk of text (except the last, which already has it).
8. Insert your brilliant answers under each "/quote" terminator.
9. Click on Add Reply.

Easy.
-T

Query: Why are they still called "carriage returns". We're not using typewriters. There is no carriage.

[whirlybird]

Thoth, on 28 October 2011 - 03:26 AM, said:

Is it possible you meant multiple replies by me to a single post?
That's easy.
1. Hit Reply for the post you want to reply.
2. Break up the post with carriage returns* to isolate the text you want to respond to.
3. Delete what you don't want to respond to, replacing them with ellipses. Or not. But the ellipses are just proper form.
4. Select and copy the bracketed information (name, timestamp, etcetera) including the square brackets.
5. Paste this information above each chunk of isolated text (except the first chunk, which already has it).
6. Select and copy the "/quote" terminator, with its square brackets.
7. Paste this terminator under each isolated chunk of text (except the last, which already has it).
8. Insert your brilliant answers under each "/quote" terminator.
9. Click on Add Reply.

Easy.
-T

Query: Why are they still called "carriage returns". We're not using typewriters. There is no carriage.

Actually I meant the opposite but you explained another thing I didn't quite know how to do. I meant in my one post replying to different people's post.

Is it still so easy-peasy then?

-W

[Thoth]

whirlybird, on 28 October 2011 - 01:16 PM, said:

Is it still so easy-peasy then?

Click on the "MultiQuote" button on each post you want to quote from. Then click on the "Add Reply" button.
Peasy as all get out.
-T

[hippiechyck]

or just highlight what you want to quote then click on that speech bubble

[whirlybird]

Thanks so much, Hippiechyck!

-W

[Thoth]

I think I might have misunderstood the question.

-T