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Hi David and welcome! I'm excited for your project and wish the two of you much success!

Wow! What a car!!!

After having dug to a depth of 1000 meters last year, French scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 1000 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors had a telephone network all those centuries ago.. Not to be outdone, English scientists dug to a depth of 2000 meters and headlines in the U. K. newspapers read: English archaeologists found traces of 1500-year-old fiber-optic cable and concluded their ancestors had "an advanced high-Tech digital communications network a thousand centuries before the French Tele." One week later, Armenian Newspapers reported the following: "After digging 5000 meters around Armenian historical sites, scientists found absolutely nothing. They therefore concluded that 3000 years ago the Armenians were using wireless technology."

Hey dude! Where have you been hiding??

Here's a thread where we discuss the issue. Apparently it was unfounded - no such law was passed.

Tigranis - you reap what you sow: You come, you insult, you provoke, you lie and you manipulate. Then you fiegn innocent and claim you are being treated poorly because of your race??? C'mon man! People here don't like you as an individual because you barged in here and acted like a total a$$. What else would you expect? I could have been different - but your approach was all wrong. I'm certain it has absolutely NOTHING with you being a Greek.

One final comment. It is my belief that as long as he respects himself, and understands his heritage - the community will accept him with open arms. But if you are setting the example for him with your manipulation and dishonesty, poor little stavros won't stand a chance

And to the others - please refrain for hurling insults at other members (no matter how much they try and provoke you). I'm really not in the mood to hand out more warnings, please.

Glad you've come clean - I hope you feel better. At anytime when you are disengenious, or deliberately "provocative", searching for what you feel is "truth" but what is actually a preconception on you part, you will run into animosity. The cries of Turk, or Troll were in response to your obvious insincerity - and that is sad, because I think had you approached this in a different manner you could have made some decent contributions without raising the ire of some members here. I believe that there are certain segments of Armenian society that are resisitant to integration - i have mentioned it before, and have long been a proponent of a more inclusive attitude towards odar spouses and their children. Many here disagree with me personally on that issue, but it certainly doesn't result in animosity or ill will. What often results is true discussion that allow me to understand their POV and vice-versa. By approaching this community (on-line or other) insincerely, and with poorly hidden ulterior motives, you end up sabotaging the process. the ultimate result is that you get the "answers" you were looking for by posting to deliberately stimulate certain reactions. I don't call that searching for the truth - I call it skewing the results. What a shame.

Good for you Serouj! Nice work

Bravo to you. Do you see that button to the left of the "A" on your keyboard. The one that says "CAPS LOCK"? Press it - just once.

I can't help you with an answer to your question - "Why Glendale?" - actually I believe many of the early Armenian immigrants to the US would have been based in the northeast - Boston, NY, etc. although there were significant early communities around Fresno. Maybe some of the other members will have a better answer. In any case, welcome to HF.

Oh my gosh!!! I totally forgot about this thread! Sheramjian, if you're still around - my apologies. I do have some Postscript OSX fonts in Armenian, but as Yume said, it is possible to use TrueType fonts in OSX as well. BTW welcome Yume!

It's a Kodak moment I suppose

Tigranis, it's obvious from the tone of your posts that your Armenian family doesn't like you - not because you're Greek (which is fine) but because you're quite simply put, a jerk.

THat's an interesting first post. Welcome - i guess...

Well, I guess it's one more step downwards for the Post - I never did like that paper. The Financial Post (which was the precessor to the National Post) was quite decent however....

Again, I find I don't use a large variety of knives/cookware - but the ones I use, I use A LOT. Azat said it:

Hi there, two quick comments: A "carving" knife should be a minimum of 10" IMO. Anything bigger than a 15lb turkey and you'll be too short with that one. Also, I don't think it's a knife you will use as often as some of the others on the list. My advice is to invest in knives you will use. I think you'll outgrow a 6" inch chef knife quickly. If you're as passionate about food as I think you are, you'll soon wish you had something bigger. It may seem big for your hands now - once you get used to it you'll never go back.

Everyone wants the border to be opened, and normalised trade to resume between the two countires. Why would anyone disagree? But if Turkish policies are meant to "punish" Armenians, than I don't see any harm in Armenians (& Diasporans) to buy alternate products whenever possible. There's no sense in supporting the border closure, is there? I really don't think it's foolish at all - wherever adequate alternatives exist, the effort will be well worth it - and will send a message (at a minimum) to the international communities.

Enough! Please don't fall for this idiot's trap: HE IS A TROLL. He comes in here with the sole purpose of pushing your buttons with inflammatory remarks and getting irate reactions from you. Let him go play with himself. Please don't feed the trolls, they'll only come back for more.

Sounds like it's BAD PEER REVIEW time

Welcome Bianca!

Nice choices! I think that a solid chef'S knife is essential. A Santuko is great - especially for fine slicing - but it is more delicate. I think you'll get more use from a chef's knife if you have to choose between the two. That said, I would never give up my Santuko We eat lots of great crusty french bread here, so a good bread knife is also a must have IMO. I don't get much use out of my old utility knife (although it's not as good quality as some of the others either).