This or That

[Trenchfriend]

Cannoli or Napoleon?

Cannoli.

Al Bundy's "No Ma'am" or Fred Flintstones "Water buffalos"?

 

[1mach1]

Cannoli.

Al Bundy's "No Ma'am" or Fred Flintstones "Water buffalos"?

I'll go with Fred.

TV: I Dream of Genie or Bewitched?

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[vitanola]

I'm with you on the love of the chocolate chip cookie, I never look a gift horse - with or without nuts - in the mouth (that's an ugly metaphor).

But, if we're going to play the game at the absolute's level:

Never liver / never ever liver / the answer is never liver.

But I believe Vitanola is up:

(and this might help, from Wikipedia: A kolach (also spelled kolache, kolace or kolacky /kəˈlɑːtʃi, -tʃki/, from the Czech and Slovak plural koláče, sg. koláč) is a type of pastry that holds a portion of fruit, surrounded by a puffy cushion of supple dough.

Originating as a semisweet wedding dessert from Central Europe, they have become popular in parts of the United States. The name originates from the Czech, and originally Old Slavonic word kolo meaning "circle", "wheel". The word kolache may also be used to describe a meat filled pastry (esp. in some parts of Texas). However, this probably refers to a klobasnek. A klobasnek is often thought to be a variation of the kolach (koláče); however, most Czechs hold the distinction that kolache are only filled with non-meat fillings. Unlike kolache, which came to the United States with Czech immigrants, klobasniky were first made by Czechs that settled in Texas.)

You live, don't you, in the old neighborhood?
Surely you enjoy kolacky. My great-grand uncle Kasal sold them at his bakery in the basement of an Old Law tenament which once stood at the corner of 77th and York, back before he moved to Astoria after the BRT elevated line was run out to Second Avenue (now Ditmars). He moved out to the countryside to escape the ferocious competition in Yorkville, where every second building seemed to house either a bakery or a Delicatessen ( and every building housed a segar factory).

 

[vitanola]

I'll go with Fred.

TV: I Dream of Genie or Bewitched?

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Bewitched.

The character actors made the show worthwhile.

Vermeer or Case?

 

[Fading Fast]

You live, don't you, in the old neighborhood?
Surely you enjoy kolacky. My great-grand uncle Kasal sold them at his bakery in the basement of an Old Law tenament which once stood at the corner of 77th and York, back before he moved to Astoria after the BRT elevated line was run out to Second Avenue (now Ditmars). He moved out to the countryside to escape the ferocious competition in Yorkville, where every second building seemed to house either a bakery or a Delicatessen ( and every building housed a segar factory).

You are correct that I live a few block south of there, but sadly, very, very little of that neighborhood still exists and one of its last survivors - as I noted in this post http://www.thefedoralounge.com/thre...-in-your-lifetime.32277/page-310#post-2381071 - is going away. There will be, once Glaser closes and to my knowledge, no "German Town" bakeries left. I was vaguely familiar with the word "kolacky," but thought it was more like a pierogi which is why I looked it up as I wasn't, rightly, confident in my vague memory.

I am turning it back over to your this or that as, while I love Vermeer, I am embarrassingly not familiar with Case.

Bewitched.

The character actors made the show worthwhile.

Vermeer or Case?

 

[1mach1]

Bewitched.

The character actors made the show worthwhile.

Vermeer or Case?

I am assuming you are referring to Vermeer the painter? I, like FF, am not familiar with a painter by the name of Case.

Now, that said, this had a completely different way to go. Vermeer and Case are both manufactures of large agricultural and heavy construction equipment.

So, I'll answer the "this or that" based on the Vermeer and Case I know.

My answer is Vermeer since it is still a US owned company. (Case IH was bought by the Italians a few years ago.)

@vitanola , sorry if I didn't answer the question correctly, but, hey, I answered it [emoji14]
Curious to see your response. Cheers.

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[vitanola]

I am assuming you are referring to Vermeer the painter? I, like FF, am not familiar with a painter by the name of Case.

Now, that said, this had a completely different way to go. Vermeer and Case are both manufactures of large agricultural and heavy construction equipment.

So, I'll answer the "this or that" based on the Vermeer and Case I know.

My answer is Vermeer since it is still a US owned company. (Case IH was bought by the Italians a few years ago.)

@vitanola , sorry if I didn't answer the question correctly, but, hey, I answered it [emoji14]
Curious to see your response. Cheers.

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I love my ancient Vermeer, which I was servicing last night when I wrote that smart-alecky post. Sorry for its cryptic nature. I can be such a heel.



The Case front end loader, not so much.

Now off for another day in the sewers.

 

[1mach1]

I love my ancient Vermeer, which I was servicing last night when I wrote that smart-alecky post. Sorry for its cryptic nature. I can be such a heel.

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The Case front end loader, not so much.

Now off for another day in the sewers.

Super cool!! I like that thing. A lot!
Great pic too. I enjoyed seeing it.

Glad I got the question right

I see your welder. Good man!

In the vein of FF, this that or the other

Welders: Miller, Hobart, or Lincoln?

(I note @vitanola that you have a Hobart)

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[Bamaboots]

Welders: Miller, Hobart, or Lincoln?

Now we're talking! Having sold all three brands during a time of my life, so much depends on the application one wants to use it for.

Overall, I have to go Hobart.

Mig, tig or stick?

 

[vitanola]

Now we're talking! Having sold all three brands during a time of my life, so much depends on the application one wants to use it for.

Overall, I have to go Hobart.

Mig, tig or stick?

Mig.

Easier for a tyro such as I to do a fair job.

Thank heaven I have a good operating engineer who works for me. I can spend most of my time doing design and permitting, and good old Mikey can actually get the job done.

 

[1mach1]

Mig.

Easier for a tyro such as I to do a fair job.

Thank heaven I have a good operating engineer who works for me. I can spend most of my time doing design and permitting, and good old Mikey can actually get the job done.

I'm with you on the Mig. I am by no means an expert welder, but I use a Miller 211. I like it because it does both 220 and 110, and it's portable.

Referring to power above, for tools mainly, do you prefer 110 or 220V?

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[vitanola]

220 for anything above 3/4HP.

Vaco or Excellite?

 

[1mach1]

220 for anything above 3/4HP.

Vaco or Excellite?

I'm going with Vaco, since I do have some Klein tools.

4WD or All wheel drive?

 

[vitanola]

FWD

Clincher or balloon tires?

 

[1mach1]

FWD

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Clincher or balloon tires?

Clincher

Wall preference: Sheetrock or plaster?

 

[vitanola]

Plaster.

Draperies:

Brocade or Moreen?

 

[1mach1]

Plaster.

Draperies:

Brocade or Moreen?

Brocade hands down.

Corned beef or pastrami?

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[vitanola]

Pastrami.

Phono cut or Needle Cut?

 

[LizzieMaine]

Depends. Phono-cut for transcriptions -- those vertical Worlds of the mid-thirties sound spectacular -- and needle-cut for ordinary records.

World Program Service or NBC Thesaurus?

 

[HudsonHawk]

Man, I’ve been wanting to talk about tractors forever, but I guess I’m a day late. Mine’s an old Massey-Ferguson. I had a green and yellow one once, and it ran like a dead deer.