According to my colleagues, there’s no such thing as too much wine!
I’m more of a beer man.
Actually that’s very occasionally. I’m more of a tea man.
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I’m more of a beer man.
Actually that’s very occasionally. I’m more of a tea man.
No.
I've reported it.
Just arrived back (from doctor and some shopping - cheeses, beers, breads, Toulouse sausages, cannellini beans) to find two welcome crates of beer and these messages on here.
I've reported it as well.
As for the rest, well life hands us the good and the not so good. Some spam is far outweighed by the rest.
I called it, the customer rep was very convincing, I ordered a couple of IDs, seemed like a legit operation so I didn't have any concerns about giving them my CC number.
Same here! Once I got past their thick accent I was sold. But that aside, I can only rate them 4 out of 5 stars because it took them a few times to get my checking account number correct to set up my ACH payment. If they fix that - I’ll bump it to 5 of 5.
Dinner this evening: Soothing, warming and tasty - gnocchi and homemade gorgonzola sauce. Will Mother like it?
And dinner tomorrow evening: I have in mind a relatively undemanding version of cassoulet, or a warming fish soup not too unlike a chowder, but perhaps with a little more spiciness to be had.
For tonight: Beer, books and music.
I was given the flu jab today, and had bloods taken; I was informed that I would be bruised and wrecked - so far, this has not yet happened.
And dinner tomorrow evening: I have in mind a relatively undemanding version of cassoulet, or a warming fish soup not too unlike a chowder, but perhaps with a little more spiciness to be had.
For tonight: Beer, books and music.
I was given the flu jab today, and had bloods taken; I was informed that I would be bruised and wrecked - so far, this has not yet happened.
I need to get one of those too. It's a bummer that the two times I've previously gotten it, the injection has rendered my left arm a completely useless, aching mess for about two days. Let's see how it goes this time around.
Other than that, red wine is what's on my mind. And how I would do embarassing and ungodly things for a bottle to materialize in front of me right now. Alas, I live in a frozen hell where at this hour the only alcohol that's commercially available is beer, cider and the like, and even that door closes in an hour.
Well, I have several nice bottles of red wine, but beer (two crates were delivered today, one of which is home to 12 bottles of Curmudgeon's Better Half from Founder's) is what will be on my mind this evening.
What wine tempts you to embarrassing and ungodly things - any particular type, grape, region?
I'm a simple man, I tend to find something I like and then stick with it. That something, when it comes to reds, is Cabernet Sauvignon, currently of the Chilean variety. I'm by no means a wine expert, I'd even say I'm barely a novice, but I like what I like. I do have a friend who works as a sommelier among other things bar/restaurant-related, and he's been pestering me for a good while now to go to a wine tasting (I've heard horror stories, but I'm intrigued), so I may just do that in the near future.
Nothing wrong with a good Chilean red; some of the Chilean reserves are excellent.
Depends on how much wine. Usually prefer beer. It depends on my mood. Tea is always nice, provided it's good tea. I like a cold gin tea in the summer, though.
Depends on the beer, and depends on the wine. And depends on the setting or context.
Recipe please.
I made "hibiscus gin" once by steeping loose-leaf hibiscus tea (Republic of Tea) in, well, gin. It was very red indeed, but I didn't notice any effect on the flavor. It was quite pretty to look at, though.
I made a jalapeño vodka once. The flavor change was subtle but noticeable. I wasn’t impressed with my result so never tried again.
Hendrick’s is a nice botanical gin, I feel. I like it served with cucumber.
I'd like to play tennis a little bit more frequently. When I'm in a tennis court, every problem is shunted away; concerns are non-existent: Just focus on that backhand down-the-line, and this time, try to make it so that it goes in, instead of nearly missing the doubles alley because of faulty footwork.
Dinner is bubbling away happily, a copper casserole dish of goodness (onions, anchovies - dissolved - leeks, potatoes, carrots, garlic, tomatoes, plus a tin of tomatoes, saffron, smoked sweet paprika), plus stock - to which a mix of firm fish will be added presently.
I will modestly admit that it was rather tasty.
I find that if you dissolve a tin of anchovies into the olive oil at the start of making a fish dish (broth/casserole/soup) you have the basis for a very flavoursome stock, as the anchovies - dissolved (and there is much else besides in the dish) - blend in and offer a lovely unami undertone to the stock, which complements the rest of the fish very well and doesn't overpower the dish in any way.
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How hard/easy it might be to attach a Raspberry Pi to a washer so it can send push notifications. I couldn't imagine ever paying a premium for such a minor feature, but it'd be a fun little modification.
Then later, I could teach it to dream.
Then later, I could teach it to dream.
A friend of mine made a "remote sensor" for his dryer. The dryer has a little light that goes on when it's finished, but a very weak audio alarm. So he used a phototransistor with a little collimating tube to "watch" the light [1]. The transistor output is hooked up to the pushbutton half of a wireless remote doorbell. So when the light goes on, it turns on the transistor, which "presses the doorbell", and he then carries the "ringer" half of the doorbell around, or parks it in the workshop, or whatever. It's been working great for years, and is pretty economical on batteries.
[1] He did look into soldering the LED side of an opto-isolator in series with the dryer's LED, but the electronics were buried far too deeply inside the steel housing of the dryer for that to work. It also would have voided the machine warranty, which can be unwise.
(* Electric sheep not included.)
Seeing how I can contrive to lay hands on several more bottles of Curmudgeon's Better Half. I have been making phone calls.
Sorting out my subscription to The Economist.
Sorting out my subscription to The Economist.