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2006-12-20 Caribbean-Latin America
Peruvia President : Try a Coca-Leaf Salad
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Posted by Pappy 2006-12-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Coca leaf is sold all over Peru and Bolivia at very low cost. Locals chew it as an energy boost. I tried it, and only remember that it doesn't taste good. I wouldn't eat a Coca Salad.
Posted by Sneaze Shaiting3550 2006-12-20 01:36||   2006-12-20 01:36|| Front Page Top

#2 
Posted by .com 2006-12-20 04:21||   2006-12-20 04:21|| Front Page Top

#3 I hate accidently snorting a pepperoncini
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-12-20 08:03||   2006-12-20 08:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Ya gotta have the chopped salad, Frank;-)
Posted by Spot">Spot  2006-12-20 08:25||   2006-12-20 08:25|| Front Page Top

#5 .com-

Watched the History Channel's series on illicit drugs and alcohol last night and they spent about ten minutes talking about Vin Mariani. Apparently this stuff was SERIOUSLY popular here at one time and one of its most well known spokespersons was Thomas Edison.
Who, if you recall, was known for staying up as much as two or three days in a row while working on inventions.

Explains a lot.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2006-12-20 09:46||   2006-12-20 09:46|| Front Page Top

#6 10% Inspiration
40% Elbow Grease
50% Jazz Juice

Lol.
Posted by .com 2006-12-20 09:49||   2006-12-20 09:49|| Front Page Top

#7 1 percent inspiration
99 percent stimulation
Posted by Shipman 2006-12-20 10:04||   2006-12-20 10:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Kinda sad, Edison might have invented the Warp Drive if he'd tried peyote.
Posted by Shipman 2006-12-20 10:05||   2006-12-20 10:05|| Front Page Top

#9 "I insist that it can be consumed directly and elegantly in salad."

Not only that, it really reduces the portion size of the entrée.
Posted by DepotGuy 2006-12-20 10:18||   2006-12-20 10:18|| Front Page Top

#10 #6 10% Inspiration
40% Elbow Grease
50% Jazz Juice

#7 1 percent inspiration
99 percent stimulation

#8 Kinda sad, Edison might have invented the Warp Drive if he'd tried peyote.

LOL!! =)

Posted by docob 2006-12-20 10:19||   2006-12-20 10:19|| Front Page Top

#11 If only Carlos Castaneda had been his assistant instead of that brown-shoed square, Watson.
Posted by .com 2006-12-20 10:20||   2006-12-20 10:20|| Front Page Top

#12 .com-

Watson was Alexander Graham Bell's assistant - but if Bell had been properly medicated, even that could have had an interesting outcome:

"Watson, come here - I can hear the COLORS, man!!!"

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2006-12-20 10:30||   2006-12-20 10:30|| Front Page Top

#13 Heh. Okay, so what was Edison't yell-to guy named? Gofer's too easy, man, lol.
Posted by .com 2006-12-20 10:36||   2006-12-20 10:36|| Front Page Top

#14 .Com-
Good one - my trivia sense has been a litle off the last few days. IIRC he had a dedicated lab staff of 4-6 guys who actually did the heavy lifting as far as putting things together and seeing how or if they worked. Edison was the idea man who worked out whether or not something was technically possible, and he does deserve the credit for everything that he's credited with.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2006-12-20 10:46||   2006-12-20 10:46|| Front Page Top

#15 'Cept for that AC thingy - and the rest of Tesla's stuff, like generators, generating stations, ELF, wireless power transmission, yadda², lol. I know the zoomers love Tesla, too, but I saw him and read him first, damnit! I've been a mondo-fan since I was about 10. He should be an icon for The Mad Scientist - who's actually not mad at all, just totally frickin' weird, lol.
Posted by .com 2006-12-20 11:05||   2006-12-20 11:05|| Front Page Top

#16 Curiously, Edison's first patent was for an electric voting machine. Local pols were outraged that they could no longer stuff their ballots boxes and promptly legislated the little devils out of existence.

From that point on, Edison vowed only to work upon things that already had an existing market. My favorite quote of Edison's was about his forthcoming lightbulb;

"We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles."

Pretty visionary.
Posted by Zenster">Zenster  2006-12-20 14:25||   2006-12-20 14:25|| Front Page Top

#17 Re. #16: All those comments could be pointed directly at the Seattle / King County area:
politicians and voting irregularities ( more of them than wardrobe malfunctions) and the last week has seen more than i want to of candles (and other stuff) burning.
Posted by USN, Ret. 2006-12-20 14:42||   2006-12-20 14:42|| Front Page Top

#18 Garcia said Gaston Acurio, one of Peru's best known chefs, recently served several coca-based dishes for an event at the Government Palace.

I'll smoke my salad thank you.
Posted by RD 2006-12-20 19:11||   2006-12-20 19:11|| Front Page Top

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