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Tacticslion wrote:lisamarlene wrote:For the record, microwaving coffee is morally equivalent to boiling ribs.... so the moral equivalent of, "British," then?We don't boil ribs. We eat them raw, while dancing around a standing stone wearing the rest of the elk's bloody remains.
The Scots do deep-fry coffee, though.
Isn't eating raw venison inadvisable due to bacteria?
And how do you deep fry coffee even..?

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My second niece just finished a year of study at St. Andrew's in Scotland. She always loved English Breakfast Tea and Irish Breakfast Tea, but now she has decided that Scottish Breakfast Tea is the best.
I wouldn't know. I can't stand tea.
Heretic! Repent from your sins! Drink the heavenly tea instead of ghastly coffee!
For me it's more like I wouldn't be able to taste the difference between English Breakfast Tea, Irish breakfast tea and Scottish breakfast Tea.

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gran rey de los mono wrote:My second niece just finished a year of study at St. Andrew's in Scotland. She always loved English Breakfast Tea and Irish Breakfast Tea, but now she has decided that Scottish Breakfast Tea is the best.
I wouldn't know. I can't stand tea.
Heretic! Repent from your sins! Drink the heavenly tea instead of ghastly coffee!
For me it's more like I wouldn't be able to taste the difference between English Breakfast Tea, Irish breakfast tea and Scottish breakfast Tea.
Oh see I have a very delicate palette so I'm real good an picking out nuances of taste.

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gran rey de los mono wrote:My second niece just finished a year of study at St. Andrew's in Scotland. She always loved English Breakfast Tea and Irish Breakfast Tea, but now she has decided that Scottish Breakfast Tea is the best.
I wouldn't know. I can't stand tea.
Heretic! Repent from your sins! Drink the heavenly tea instead of ghastly coffee!
For me it's more like I wouldn't be able to taste the difference between English Breakfast Tea, Irish breakfast tea and Scottish breakfast Tea.
I don't drink coffee either. I hate them both. Tea is, in my opinion, superior to coffee solely because it doesn't stink up the whole place like coffee does. In fact, the smell of coffee makes me nauseous. Always has. Which makes my job extra fun since I have to make at least 5 1/2 gallon pots of coffee every day.

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Limeylongears wrote:Tacticslion wrote:lisamarlene wrote:For the record, microwaving coffee is morally equivalent to boiling ribs.... so the moral equivalent of, "British," then?We don't boil ribs. We eat them raw, while dancing around a standing stone wearing the rest of the elk's bloody remains.
The Scots do deep-fry coffee, though.
Isn't eating raw venison inadvisable due to bacteria?
And how do you deep fry coffee even..?
I googled it. Its the same idea as the deep fried Pepsi. You just add coffee to the dough and fry the dough.

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Just a Mort wrote:I don't drink coffee either. I hate them both. Tea is, in my opinion, superior to coffee solely because it doesn't stink up the whole place like coffee does. In fact, the smell of coffee makes me nauseous. Always has. Which makes my job extra fun since I have to make at least 5 1/2 gallon pots of coffee every day.gran rey de los mono wrote:My second niece just finished a year of study at St. Andrew's in Scotland. She always loved English Breakfast Tea and Irish Breakfast Tea, but now she has decided that Scottish Breakfast Tea is the best.
I wouldn't know. I can't stand tea.
Heretic! Repent from your sins! Drink the heavenly tea instead of ghastly coffee!
For me it's more like I wouldn't be able to taste the difference between English Breakfast Tea, Irish breakfast tea and Scottish breakfast Tea.
The smell of old coffee grounds from having to do that has came close to turning me off to coffee its pretty rough.

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Tonight, after at a gap of at least 12 years, I had TGI Fridays for dinner. I used to enjoy eating there, so I thought I'd try it again. The reason I hadn't eaten there in so long is fairly straightforward: the local one closed, and the new one didn't open until about 6 or 7 years ago. Since I rarely dine out, I usually stick to a small selection of places and it wasn't in the rotation.
I had the whiskey-glazed strip stead with a 1/2 rack of whiskey-glazed ribs, fries, and caeser salad. The salad was tiny. The bowl was maybe 3" square and 1" deep. It also had a very distinct lemon flavor, which I did not appreciate. The fries were also small. The same size bowl as the salad, but barely half full. They had also committed what I consider to be an inexcusable mistake with fries: they were limp and soggy. They really needed another 2 minutes or so in the fryer. The steak and ribs were both really good, but the glaze/sauce was sweeter than I remembered. Not enough to put me off, but more than I would have preferred.
All in all, an okay meal, but I don't think I'll be going back anytime soon.

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So I'm reading up on Kickstarter and Its easier then I thought but still a lot of work. At least it makes it seem doable.
I suspect the fund-raising would be the easier part. You would still need to get editing, playtesting (you're not planning to skip that, right?), layout, artwork, and publishing lined up. Sounds tough. Better you than me.

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Vidmaster7 wrote:So I'm reading up on Kickstarter and Its easier then I thought but still a lot of work. At least it makes it seem doable.I suspect the fund-raising would be the easier part. You would still need to get editing, playtesting (you're not planning to skip that, right?), layout, artwork, and publishing lined up. Sounds tough. Better you than me.
I have a Artist who is interested in the project If I can get her and the editor/formatter payed via kickstarter (I think that works that way right?) The only hard part is publishing which there is a lot of places that are out there that do the order by the book (I think drivethruRPG works that way)
We have done some play-testing for the last year and a half me and my friends. It really was a huge boon. Helped me find some flaws and places to improve. I could go for some more.

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gran rey de los mono wrote:Vidmaster7 wrote:So I'm reading up on Kickstarter and Its easier then I thought but still a lot of work. At least it makes it seem doable.I suspect the fund-raising would be the easier part. You would still need to get editing, playtesting (you're not planning to skip that, right?), layout, artwork, and publishing lined up. Sounds tough. Better you than me.I have a Artist who is interested in the project If I can get her and the editor/formatter payed via kickstarter (I think that works that way right?) The only hard part is publishing which there is a lot of places that are out there that do the order by the book (I think drivethruRPG works that way)
We have done some play-testing for the last year and a half me and my friends. It really was a huge boon. Helped me find some flaws and places to improve. I could go for some more.
You could pay for it after the Kickstarter, but it would probably help to have at least some concept art available for the campaign. That would almost certainly have to be paid out of pocket beforehand.

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Vidmaster7 wrote:You could pay for it after the Kickstarter, but it would probably help to have at least some concept art available for the campaign. That would almost certainly have to be paid out of pocket beforehand.gran rey de los mono wrote:Vidmaster7 wrote:So I'm reading up on Kickstarter and Its easier then I thought but still a lot of work. At least it makes it seem doable.I suspect the fund-raising would be the easier part. You would still need to get editing, playtesting (you're not planning to skip that, right?), layout, artwork, and publishing lined up. Sounds tough. Better you than me.I have a Artist who is interested in the project If I can get her and the editor/formatter payed via kickstarter (I think that works that way right?) The only hard part is publishing which there is a lot of places that are out there that do the order by the book (I think drivethruRPG works that way)
We have done some play-testing for the last year and a half me and my friends. It really was a huge boon. Helped me find some flaws and places to improve. I could go for some more.
Yeah me and her are going to work that out for sure. I kind of thought that too. Really If I had a friend that was an editor I could practically do it in house. (minus the publishing part)

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Vidmaster7 wrote:Holy cow I kind of really want that.
Oh its 180 dollars nevermind.
Which is pretty cheap for big ass Lego sets.
Which is also why Lego sets were one of the top items people threw fits over if they were told no.
And yes, that goes doubly for adults.
Yeah I know lego's are super expensive. They usually are quality too but 180 dollars for a toy is just so out there. I guess some parents will get it for there kids however... Probably mostly big kids getting for themselves. (I mean I was tempted.)
I think I remember getting a Voltron toy when I was about 13 It stood about to my chest at the time. It was probably about 75 dollars. Lost like every little piece for it by the 1st week who knows where it is now.

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Vidmaster7 wrote:Kickstart it? As a test run?Holy cow I kind of really want that.
Oh its 180 dollars nevermind.
No no I read the agreement kickstarter has to be an actual product or something tangible for the investor. What I would need for that would be a gofundme page.

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gran rey de los mono wrote:No no I read the agreement kickstarter has to be an actual product or something tangible for the investor. What I would need for that would be a gofundme page.Vidmaster7 wrote:Kickstart it? As a test run?Holy cow I kind of really want that.
Oh its 180 dollars nevermind.
Offer to send the backers a picture of you with the toy.

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captain yesterday wrote:Vidmaster7 wrote:Holy cow I kind of really want that.
Oh its 180 dollars nevermind.
Which is pretty cheap for big ass Lego sets.
Which is also why Lego sets were one of the top items people threw fits over if they were told no.
And yes, that goes doubly for adults.
Yeah I know lego's are super expensive. They usually are quality too but 180 dollars for a toy is just so out there. I guess some parents will get it for there kids however... Probably mostly big kids getting for themselves. (I mean I was tempted.)
I think I remember getting a Voltron toy when I was about 13 It stood about to my chest at the time. It was probably about 75 dollars. Lost like every little piece for it by the 1st week who knows where it is now.
You'd think so, but no, big ass Lego sets are for the parents and twenty something year olds with disposable income and the lack of self control to splurge 200 dollars on a toy.
The most expensive set I sold was the aircraft carrier thingy from Avengers Age Of Ultron.

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Vidmaster7 wrote:Offer to send the backers a picture of you with the toy.gran rey de los mono wrote:No no I read the agreement kickstarter has to be an actual product or something tangible for the investor. What I would need for that would be a gofundme page.Vidmaster7 wrote:Kickstart it? As a test run?Holy cow I kind of really want that.
Oh its 180 dollars nevermind.
Here is a picture of me putting the Lego Voltron together. Notice the large Smile on my face! That is the face of gratitude right there. And he is me playing with The now constructed toy while humming the original Voltron theme. etc. etc.

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Vidmaster7 wrote:captain yesterday wrote:Vidmaster7 wrote:Holy cow I kind of really want that.
Oh its 180 dollars nevermind.
Which is pretty cheap for big ass Lego sets.
Which is also why Lego sets were one of the top items people threw fits over if they were told no.
And yes, that goes doubly for adults.
Yeah I know lego's are super expensive. They usually are quality too but 180 dollars for a toy is just so out there. I guess some parents will get it for there kids however... Probably mostly big kids getting for themselves. (I mean I was tempted.)
I think I remember getting a Voltron toy when I was about 13 It stood about to my chest at the time. It was probably about 75 dollars. Lost like every little piece for it by the 1st week who knows where it is now.
You'd think so, but no, big ass Lego sets are for the parents and twenty something year olds with disposable income and the lack of self control to splurge 200 dollars on a toy.
The most expensive set I sold was the aircraft carrier thingy from Avengers Age Of Ultron.
I figure the Death star would of been the biggest.

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gran rey de los mono wrote:Here is a picture of me putting the Lego Voltron together. Notice the large Smile on my face! That is the face of gratitude right there. And he is me playing with The now constructed toy while humming the original Voltron theme. etc. etc.Vidmaster7 wrote:Offer to send the backers a picture of you with the toy.gran rey de los mono wrote:No no I read the agreement kickstarter has to be an actual product or something tangible for the investor. What I would need for that would be a gofundme page.Vidmaster7 wrote:Kickstart it? As a test run?Holy cow I kind of really want that.
Oh its 180 dollars nevermind.
Exactly. After all, that one guy made potato salad.

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Vidmaster7 wrote:captain yesterday wrote:Vidmaster7 wrote:Holy cow I kind of really want that.
Oh its 180 dollars nevermind.
Which is pretty cheap for big ass Lego sets.
Which is also why Lego sets were one of the top items people threw fits over if they were told no.
And yes, that goes doubly for adults.
Yeah I know lego's are super expensive. They usually are quality too but 180 dollars for a toy is just so out there. I guess some parents will get it for there kids however... Probably mostly big kids getting for themselves. (I mean I was tempted.)
I think I remember getting a Voltron toy when I was about 13 It stood about to my chest at the time. It was probably about 75 dollars. Lost like every little piece for it by the 1st week who knows where it is now.
You'd think so, but no, big ass Lego sets are for the parents and twenty something year olds with disposable income and the lack of self control to splurge 200 dollars on a toy.
The most expensive set I sold was the aircraft carrier thingy from Avengers Age Of Ultron.
That thing looks pretty damn awesome.

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Huh I guess there is not much of a rhyme or reason to the scale of the lego sets. I see a millenium falcon for 800 dollars thats bigger then the deathstar (500 dollars.)
Now I'm pretty sure I remember spiderman in homecoming talking about having one of those things. It makes me feel like Stark is paying him to much.

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Huh I guess there is not much of a rhyme or reason to the scale of the lego sets. I see a millenium falcon for 800 dollars thats bigger then the deathstar (500 dollars.)
Now I'm pretty sure I remember spiderman in homecoming talking about having one of those things. It makes me feel like Stark is paying him to much.
I think it was his friend who had it. He wanted Peter to help him put it together.

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Vidmaster7 wrote:I think it was his friend who had it. He wanted Peter to help him put it together.Huh I guess there is not much of a rhyme or reason to the scale of the lego sets. I see a millenium falcon for 800 dollars thats bigger then the deathstar (500 dollars.)
Now I'm pretty sure I remember spiderman in homecoming talking about having one of those things. It makes me feel like Stark is paying him to much.
Oh yeah. man how did that kid afford that thing. I don't think a part time job was mentioned... Must been selling drugs.

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gran rey de los mono wrote:Oh yeah. man how did that kid afford that thing. I don't think a part time job was mentioned... Must been selling drugs.Vidmaster7 wrote:I think it was his friend who had it. He wanted Peter to help him put it together.Huh I guess there is not much of a rhyme or reason to the scale of the lego sets. I see a millenium falcon for 800 dollars thats bigger then the deathstar (500 dollars.)
Now I'm pretty sure I remember spiderman in homecoming talking about having one of those things. It makes me feel like Stark is paying him to much.
He was a computer geek, yeah? Maybe he was mining Bitcoins?

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Freehold DM wrote:I don't trust you. "Fun" is probably your nickname for your gentleman's sausage.gran rey de los mono wrote:I was going to insert fun into you. I swear. Nothing but fun.NobodysHome wrote:Please don't insert anything into gran. Thank you.
To say I mislike potlucks is akin to saying (gran insert jokes here).
gentleman's sausage? Like sage sausage?

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gran rey de los mono wrote:gentleman's sausage? Like sage sausage?Freehold DM wrote:I don't trust you. "Fun" is probably your nickname for your gentleman's sausage.gran rey de los mono wrote:I was going to insert fun into you. I swear. Nothing but fun.NobodysHome wrote:Please don't insert anything into gran. Thank you.
To say I mislike potlucks is akin to saying (gran insert jokes here).
As in your wedding tackle.

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Freehold DM wrote:As in your wedding tackle.gran rey de los mono wrote:gentleman's sausage? Like sage sausage?Freehold DM wrote:I don't trust you. "Fun" is probably your nickname for your gentleman's sausage.gran rey de los mono wrote:I was going to insert fun into you. I swear. Nothing but fun.NobodysHome wrote:Please don't insert anything into gran. Thank you.
To say I mislike potlucks is akin to saying (gran insert jokes here).
is that like your best man or something?

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OMGOMGOMGOMG THEY ARE MAKING A MOVIE OUT OF ONE OF THE BEST CHILDREN'S GOTHIC HORROR NOVELS OF ALL TIME, AND IT'S COMING OUT IN THREE MONTHS!
Show of hands, anyone else here love the John Bellairs "House with a Clock in its Walls" trilogy as children?
Now I have to find a copy for Hermione so she can read it in time!
i have never heare of this...

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Tacticslion wrote:lisamarlene wrote:For the record, microwaving coffee is morally equivalent to boiling ribs.... so the moral equivalent of, "British," then?We don't boil ribs. We eat them raw, while dancing around a standing stone wearing the rest of the elk's bloody remains.
The Scots do deep-fry coffee, though.
And this is why Limey gets cookies biscuits.

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gran rey de los mono wrote:is that like your best man or something?Freehold DM wrote:As in your wedding tackle.gran rey de los mono wrote:gentleman's sausage? Like sage sausage?Freehold DM wrote:I don't trust you. "Fun" is probably your nickname for your gentleman's sausage.gran rey de los mono wrote:I was going to insert fun into you. I swear. Nothing but fun.NobodysHome wrote:Please don't insert anything into gran. Thank you.
To say I mislike potlucks is akin to saying (gran insert jokes here).
Your John Thomas.

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lisamarlene wrote:i have never heare of this...OMGOMGOMGOMG THEY ARE MAKING A MOVIE OUT OF ONE OF THE BEST CHILDREN'S GOTHIC HORROR NOVELS OF ALL TIME, AND IT'S COMING OUT IN THREE MONTHS!
Show of hands, anyone else here love the John Bellairs "House with a Clock in its Walls" trilogy as children?
Now I have to find a copy for Hermione so she can read it in time!
It was the 1970's equivalent of Harry Potter... orphan boy goes to live with his uncle, who turns out to be a warlock, and their next door neighbor is a witch, and they have to stop an evil wizard and his wife from using the boy to cone back from the dead.
What made it particularly cool was that Edward Gorey did the illustrations.

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Vidmaster7 wrote:captain yesterday wrote:Vidmaster7 wrote:Holy cow I kind of really want that.
Oh its 180 dollars nevermind.
Which is pretty cheap for big ass Lego sets.
Which is also why Lego sets were one of the top items people threw fits over if they were told no.
And yes, that goes doubly for adults.
Yeah I know lego's are super expensive. They usually are quality too but 180 dollars for a toy is just so out there. I guess some parents will get it for there kids however... Probably mostly big kids getting for themselves. (I mean I was tempted.)
I think I remember getting a Voltron toy when I was about 13 It stood about to my chest at the time. It was probably about 75 dollars. Lost like every little piece for it by the 1st week who knows where it is now.
You'd think so, but no, big ass Lego sets are for the parents and twenty something year olds with disposable income and the lack of self control to splurge 200 dollars on a toy.
The most expensive set I sold was the aircraft carrier thingy from Avengers Age Of Ultron.
hugs y wing
Quiet you.

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Ok Ok I googled it. It deep fried dough with Pepsi syrup on it basically.
With beer, I think they freeze cubes of it inside sausage casing, and then deep-fry the frozen cubes. Theoretically by the time it is served, the beer is supposed to be at a normal temperature inside the crispy dough.

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Limeylongears wrote:Tacticslion wrote:lisamarlene wrote:For the record, microwaving coffee is morally equivalent to boiling ribs.... so the moral equivalent of, "British," then?We don't boil ribs. We eat them raw, while dancing around a standing stone wearing the rest of the elk's bloody remains.
The Scots do deep-fry coffee, though.
Isn't eating raw venison inadvisable due to bacteria?
And how do you deep fry coffee even..?
Sorry, Mort - I made both those things up...

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Just a Mort wrote:Sorry, Mort - I made both those things up...Limeylongears wrote:Tacticslion wrote:lisamarlene wrote:For the record, microwaving coffee is morally equivalent to boiling ribs.... so the moral equivalent of, "British," then?We don't boil ribs. We eat them raw, while dancing around a standing stone wearing the rest of the elk's bloody remains.
The Scots do deep-fry coffee, though.
Isn't eating raw venison inadvisable due to bacteria?
And how do you deep fry coffee even..?
Turns out it does, in fact, exist. But it's Starbucks, so it's crap.