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My grocery store sells this really good, homemade, seashell salad. Since, it's pretty expensive, I have tried hard to duplicate it, but have been unsuccessful. So, the other day, I asked the cook for the store if I could get the recipe. The young lady behind the counter said, "we make it and let me ask the cook for the recipe. She came back with a hispanic woman about my age who said, "10$ for the recipe, and held out her hand.) I just laughed, and they all laughed with me. Then she told me what she used to make it. It was basic ingredients, but one of the problems I have had is finding the exact seashell noodle she uses, so I asked where she gets that size pasta. She laughed and said she uses all the store brands, which is the cheapest. And then, she came out and took me around the store to show me exactly what she uses lol. It was just generic seashell pasta, generic italian dressing, red bell pepper and green onion. But, I asked her, it looks like there is some dill in it it. She laughed and said, yes, but I just throw some in for appearance. ================= Seashell salad (Conchiglie salad) 2 cups conchiglie pasta (not seashell pasta, but conchiglie pasta, which tastes much better). 1/4 cup chopped red bell pepper 1/4 cup chopped green onion 1/2 cup generic italian dressing 1/2 teaspoon dill weed Cook the conchiglie pasta al dente (firm to the bite, slightly chewy) about 10-12 minutes. Drain and rinse in cold water until cool. Chop and mix the rest of the ingredients, then add to the the cooked conchiglie pasta. Refrigerate salad before eating. Add more Italian dressing if needed.

That's a terrific story, Stormy. Thanks for posting it

200 years is nothing, Wait till 300 years, then I really get going.

Thanks for posting that Nan. JB is quite talented and I enjoyed his poem a lot.

Now, that looks like a fish! I bet there are even bigger fish in there.

Hey, watch it staro

Hi Dawn, I'm glad you are getting the help you need. When you can return, we'll be here waiting for you (but I am still not going to send you that turkey lol).

I hope you have a happy and peaceful 2015. When do you think you'll be able to chat again?

There is a lot to take in on these posts. I'll want to come back and read it more slowly lol

That is really interesting, Henry. The pyramids are incredible to read about, and beautiful too.

LOL yes! I do remember that

lol Smiley, I was wondering the same thing

lol Sorry, Henry. I can't give up any of those Koach

What is a flattie?

lol Henry, I can relate to a lot of those.

That's a very nice picture, Smiley. Merry Christmas and a peaceful year to you too

Thanks, Dodge. As always, your pictures are very interesting.

It sounds good except for the mushrooms, yech! lol

Thanks for posting Stormy. I hope we'd all make the same decision. When I coached softball, we'd see this same sort of thing at least once a year. It was often initiated by the players themselves.

LOL, funny

LOL that's good

If we want to talk about legal and ethical opinions, maybe we should list a few of them for our readers to focus on. We would not necessarily all search for the same legal / ethical issues, nor would we all come up with the same list of authors. How do you all envision the chat working? Also, I keep thinking how hard it is for Smiley to get anyone to do a summary of the story. I am worried that Smiley will be met with silence when he gets us started lol.

Little Billy wanted $100 badly and prayed for two weeks but nothing happened. Then he decided to write God a letter requesting the $100. When the postal authorities received the letter addressed to God, USA, they decided to send it to President Bush. The President was so impressed, touched, and amused that he instructed his secretary to send Billy a $5.00 bill. President Bush thought this would appear to be a lot of money to a little boy. Billy was delighted with the $5.00 and sat down to write a thank you note to God, which read: Dear God, Thank you very much for sending the money, however, I noticed that for some reason you had to send it through Washington D.C. and, as usual, those crooks deducted $95.00. Thanks, Billy

LOL, that's good

I wonder if we we might get a bigger response if we list some of the pros and cons. Then, each reader could choose one or two to look into. or For me, I don't know what the pros and cons are. You mentioned that you found various legal and ethical opinions about the use of ghost writers, pen names, and similar issues. Perhaps you could give us a url to some article (or two or three depending on length). Then we could read those articles and discuss them. I am worried that if we make it seem like homework, we'll get a very small response.