>   Subj: 609 the vagaries
> ML> that means leasing property, which must be good for you
> ML> Churn has to benefit somebody.
> Yep, churning is good for Realtors!

A good life - you sit there watching the world go by,
and when it goes by, you charge toll! [not discounting
the fact that toll collection can be hard work].

> JW> municipal zoning bylaw
> ML> In many of our jurisdictions the voters consider some of these
> ML> to be violations of personal freedom
> Those voters are of course idiots. I would love to buy a lot next
> to their house and start a pig farm!

Perhaps they have pig farms already.

> ML> developers coveted to put high-rise apartments on, and she
> ML> resolutely refused to sell, so high-rises were built to the
> ML> property line, with the little house boxed in by them.
> I can only imagine that she had a single family home in an area
> zoned for multifamily developments. Even so, she should have been

There were probably no zoning anything that applied.
We're talking Revere, Mass. and the Mafia here.

> protected a little bit with setback rules and access to sunlight
> regs.

All I can say to that is Hah.

> ML> In most incorporated areas in the US there are zoning laws;
> ML> inconsistently and perhaps sometimes not enforced, but they
> ML> exist.
> I am against overly restrictive zoning where the municipality
> micro-manages development but keeping industrial, commercial and
> residential areas separate is sensible. In Canada zoning and

It's wholly sensible except where unscrupulous developers
are concerned, and down here they're the rule rather than
the exception, as you've seen.

> building codes do get enforced.

Here it's hit or miss, mostly miss - except that 
individual homeowners and their amateur projects get 
zinged regularly, whereas the pros don't, and that has 
little or nothiing to do with the merits of the projects
in question. There is a town that shall remain nameless 
where a good friend of mine is on the zoning board and 
another good friend is on the planning board, and despite 
said representation and their best efforts, variances get 
rammed through that are not only illegal but unethical 
and unsanitary. When your well is poisoned by a septic 
system that is less than 200' away (the statutory minimum, 
by the way), the remedy is - damages in the law courts. 
So much for logic and common sense.

> ML> At Lilli's, though, she could build a helicopter factory and
> ML> nobody could do anything about it. She has had at various times
> ML> a horse corral, an art studio, and a commercial smokehouse on her
> ML> property.
> So I'm curious what type of loose multi-use zoning she is subject
> too.

The county is the closest jurisdictional entity, and
for the outlying areas has no rules at all. Remember
this is the US of A.

>    Subj: 610 wines
>  ML> Schloss Gobelsburg Tradition 12
> I remember drinking a cheap, nasty, domestic, imitation German wine
> once called Schloss. So I went on Google and the first thing I
> learned is that Schloss is German for Chateau and that there are a
> lot of Schloss So-And-So wines.

Including the Johannisberg, which I have a date to
drink on July 22.

> And then I found the guilty party: "Schloss Laderheim was created
> in 1977 by Calona Wines (owned today by Peller). It was one of
> numerous foreign-sounding labels. Canadian wine at the time was
> losing market share to imported wine, so the Canadian wineries
> passed off their generally mediocre wines with European-sounding
> labels. Misleading consumers actually worked. Schloss came in a
> brown hock bottle with Germanic script all over the label. In 1981
> Schloss outsold Baby Duck -- 589,000 cases to 571,000 cases -- to
> become the top selling domestic wine in Canada."

That's just amazing. We used to (in some cases still do)
have foreign-sounding so-called wines with names such as
Sauterne and Vino Fino and Tavola Rosso.

> The overwhelming success of Schloss inspired other domestic
> producers to create a riot of pseudo-label wines, including
> Hochtaler, Alpenweiss, Toscana and Tollerkranz. The German wine

I like those names, as the absurdity shines through
quite nicely.

> industry was not impressed. Hermann Guntrum of the great Nierstein
> house of the same name, remonstrated with Rafe Mair, the minister of
> Consumer Affairs in B.C., that the Schloss label had "too many
> German words for a clearly named Canadian product." Rafe's deputy
> minister said that was beside the point: the label misrepresented
> neither the country of origin nor the manufacturer. 'The Calona
> label to which you refer is not misleading,' he wrote to Guntrum in
> May 1978. That was a dishonest answer, but the provincial government
> - then as it does today, was dedicated to protecting the provincial
> wine industry.  Andrew Peller Ltd still produces Schloss Laderheim
> today; you can find it in various sizes and in a box."

Napa and Sonoma Counties in California also wanted
to protect the local wine industry, but they did so
by ensuring fairly high minimum standards. In the
long run this proved to be a good path.

Funny thing is that Peller is capable of producing
quite decent wines, including continent- if not 
world-class sweeties.

> Calona was the absolute dreck of infant Canadian wines. Peller makes
> some decent products today but still carries the lines that got it
> started. Hochtaler is drinkable in a pinch; I'll buy it when I'm
> overdrawn and don't have any commissions coming in that month.

I'd rather knock over a 7-11.

>   Subj: 612 kidneys
>  ML> So tell me what the appeal of Jarlsberg is. I had some recently
>  ML> and determined that it was funky-smelling wax.
> You're not supposed to eat the wax coating! Jarlsberg is similar to
> Dutch Leerdammer and a bit like Swiss Emmental. Of the three I do
> prefer the Swiss; it's firmer and nuttier.

Some year when I'm bored I'll get a small wheel of
Jarlsberg and age the hell out of it.

> ... Pizza: a slice a day keeps the sad away.

I actually pretty much agree with that.

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.00

      Title: Crab-Melt Canapes
 Categories: Appetizers, wwtt, wwtt
      Yield: 1 servings

    1/2 ea 12-oz package salad-style im        1 x  (about 1 cup)
    1/4 lb Jarlsberg or swiss cheese (s      1/4 c  Mayonnaise or whipped
salad
    1/4 t  Dry mustard                        30 ea Melba toast rounds
    1/2 c  Sliced pitted ripe olives           1 x  Rosemary or
wattercress spri

  Calories     per serving: 50 Fat grams per serving: 3 Approx. Cook Time:
  Cholesterol  per serving: 6 ABOUT 30 MINUTES BEFORE SERVING OR EARLY IN
  DAY: Chop crabmeat. In small bowl, with fork, mix crabmeat, cheese,
  mayonnaise, dry mustard, and 1/4 tsp. coarsely ground black pepper.
Spread
  1 heaping teaspoon crabmeat mixture on each Melba toast round. Place on
  cookie sheets; sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper.
If
  not serving right away, cover and refrigerate. ABOUT 15 MINUTES BEFORE
  SERVING: Preheat broiler if manuafcturer directs. Broil canapes about 3
  minutes or until cheese melts. Top each canape with a slice of ripe
olive.
  Arrange canapes and garnish on platter; serve immediately Makes 2 1/2
dozen
  canapes. Source: someone who just didn't care

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