v for frequency?

I thought that was Jews.

Did you have to swim across for a quickie?

It's not positive to pollute the gene pool with Mozzies.

Or I suppose you could say we're cleaning theirs out.

I fail to see how that can work with humans.

Born or conceived?

The US has always attracted outliers, including the brilliant, the adventurous, and sometimes the criminal. I'm generally impressed by the hispanic immigrants here.

We are, both internationally and within the US, brain-draining remote regions and concntrating talent in or near cities. It's impressive how many CEOs and Nobel winners are foreign-born.

I'm a CEO! I left Louisiana partly to see if I could compete in Silicon Valley. The company that I left gradually collapsed.

When I was a kid I won a free subscription to the HP Journal. I thought Page Mill Road must be close to heaven.

Only an oaf would cross a river for a quickie.

When I was a kid, the HP Journal subscription was free. I received it for a number of years until it folded.

The local office was kind enough to give me manuals (SPL/3000, Image/3000) as well.

White trash cooking usually involves Velveeta.

We have hundreds of wonderful cheeses, domestic and imported. Cowgirl Creamery, Tillamook, and Santori are great. The Santori Wisconsin parmesan is close to Regiano. Cowgirl Mt Tam is a brie-like soft cheese but not as runny or as stinky; it's wonderful.

The little store down the hill has a full wheel of Regiano. It looks like a truck tire and must be worth about as much as the truck.

I suspect you've never been to the USA but suspect that it is as good as you fear. It is.

Maybe it's just the cheese in MacDonalds then.

The worst place I've been for cheese is France. I was given something with the consistency of jelly and the smell of a sewage plant. When I tried to buy proper cheeses like cheddar, I believe I insulted them.

That links to "American cheese" -

Yellow rubbery plastic - what did you expect?

McDonalds used to be bad, but now is worse.

A good burger costs $20 and is worth it.

Few franchise restaurants here are any good. Jack In The Box, In-N-Out Burger, Popeye's Fried Chicken are OK.

Good burgers are at Trick Dog, Absinthe, Zuni Cafe. Not chains. They will actually cook a burger rare if you ask.

Some of their cheese is good but some is nasty stinky. Boursin is great on crackers or bread. Ours is made in USA under franchise from the French.

I like the Dutch hard aged gouda, nutty flavored with the salty crystals. It's great in sauces.

Maybe 25 years ago. We have some really good cheeses now, often from co-op dairies that start with really good milk.

Nothing beats wisconsin chedder, aged 15 years.

Wonder how they predict how much to make.

I used to make a run over to Vermont to get rat trap cheese. The country stores would have a wheel of it and slice off a pound or whatever you wanted. It would get you attention.

I lived in Dover NH for years,and Calef's had some good cheese too. The closest I can come around here is KerryGold Dubliner.