Dizzy Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Baz is just being picky Lt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Besides using fresh for new I don't, and the use of new was deliberate because storing apples in nitrogen keeps them fresh. Your phrase "I thought the people I was talking to were educated and new apples were stored in a nitrogen atmosphere" surely should have read "I thought the people I was talking to were educated and knew apples were stored in a nitrogen atmosphere....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Oooh I thought he meant 'new' apples ie freshly picked ones rather than 'old' ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 So why did you only quote this and put in bold educated ="Baz"]Lt Kije wrote:I thought the people I was talking to were educated. Did you think I had mis spelled educated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Well if you still don't get it Kije.....here it is: You were pointing out that you thought members on here were supposed to educated (hence the highlighted bit) You then went on to use the word new instead of Knew in the phrase "I thought the people I was talking to were educated and new apples were stored in a nitrogen atmosphere......." of course it should have perhaps read: "I thought the people I was talking to were educated and knew {that} apples were stored in a nitrogen atmosphere....... I just thought it was funny that you were questioning the education of some people and yet made a grammatical error of your own in the same sentence!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 What is wrong with educated As to grammar I lowered it, so you would understand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 nothing wrong with educated....I highlighted it as an example of irony..... how ironic that you mock the "educated" and yet use the word "new" instead of "knew" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 The ironic thing is Baz you do not do irony you thought I had spelled it wrongly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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asperity Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 So LtKije, you have gone from saying how wonderful apples were at Bents because they had never so much as sniffed nitrogen, to saying how wonderful apples are because they have been stored in a nitrogen rich atmosphere. You can't have it both ways. And you say I'm uneducated!! Off to the Isle of Man now, I'll be back with some more wisdom in a week or so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 So LtKije, you have gone from saying how wonderful apples were at Bents because they had never so much as sniffed nitrogen, to saying how wonderful apples are because they have been stored in a nitrogen rich atmosphere. You can't have it both ways. And you say I'm uneducated!! Off to the Isle of Man now, I'll be back with some more wisdom in a week or so Quicker by train if it takes you that long Asp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 So LtKije, you have gone from saying how wonderful apples were at Bents because they had never so much as sniffed nitrogen, to saying how wonderful apples are because they have been stored in a nitrogen rich atmosphere. You can't have it both ways. And you say I'm uneducated!! Off to the Isle of Man now, I'll be back with some more wisdom in a week or so No I have not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 I used to buy apples from Bents garden centre, not sure if the fruit shop is still their, They were all British varieties very nice, not one of them had been near nitrogen. They did not look as nice and shiny as the supermarket ones but taste is everything Do you deny posting this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 Apples are also stored in Nitrogen atmosphere so they stay fresh asperity, I would have thought you would have known that, but then again Or is this the one you deny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 Fresh apple straight of the tree are best asperity, Most apples sold by the Supermarkets have been Nitrogen stored and come from abroad, and are sold as fresh but tend to have little taste. Are you going to continue to be pedantic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 As self appointed president of the Pedants Society it's my duty. However you still haven't admitted that you claimed that Bent's apples had never been exposed to nitrogen which is errant nonsense. So yes I am going to continue to be pedantic. And by the way it is only your opinion that supermarket apples preserved by the exclusion of oxygen don't taste as good as apples straight off a tree, and you should say so. Leaving the Isle of Man now and off to France. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 It's a hard life Asperity. Bon voyage, mon ami. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 exclusion of oxygen They pump Nitrogen in, and push the air out, They want to get rid of O2 and CO2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 They want to get rid of O2 and CO2 you should try it sometime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Last time I did that I woke up at easter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 exclusion of oxygen They pump Nitrogen in, and push the air out, They want to get rid of O2 and CO2 Back tracking as usual, refusing to answer an awkward question as usual. Same old, same old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 Maybe Victor can sell you all his apples when they grow up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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