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57F is 14C.
Okay.
That counts as jacket (and/or pullover) weather for me, not t-shirt and shorts weather.
Well, the sun is more direct, so it will actually feel hotter when it gets that high.
Perusing recipes for Greek Lemon Chicken, and Chicken Cacciatore. Both seem delicious.
Yes, there are (organic, free range, skin and bone attached) chicken thighs in my fridge.
I am debating how I shall prepare them.
Greek Lemon Chicken (well, I have all of the ingredients to hand, and, besides, it is raining today) seems the more attractive recipe; must prepare the marinade, first, then.
Yes, there are (organic, free range, skin and bone attached) chicken thighs in my fridge.
I am debating how I shall prepare them.
Greek Lemon Chicken (well, I have all of the ingredients to hand, and, besides, it is raining today) seems the more attractive recipe; must prepare the marinade, first, then.
I have been utterly spoiled recently, having travelled to a country where apricots, nectarines, peaches, (among many other amazing fruit - cherries, melons, mulberries), were all in season, gloriously fresh, incredible aromatic, juicy, and were divinely, insanely, delicious.
Now that I have returned to a wet summer (and a world of imported - if seasonal - fruit), the challenge is how to somehow inject some sense of taste to apricots, and nectarines that somehow seem almost tasteless.
Perhaps roasting them may effect a positive change in how they taste.
Now that I have returned to a wet summer (and a world of imported - if seasonal - fruit), the challenge is how to somehow inject some sense of taste to apricots, and nectarines that somehow seem almost tasteless.
Perhaps roasting them may effect a positive change in how they taste.
Be still my beating heart:
Today was the first day in around eight weeks (I was away for six of those eight weeks) that the bins were out and about, on their date with their (usually, a fortnightly) destiny, being busy getting emptied.
Unfortunately: 1): It was (and is) lashing rain, fairly chucking down, and 2): Nor surprisingly, the bins are (or rather, were) rather full.
Today was the first day in around eight weeks (I was away for six of those eight weeks) that the bins were out and about, on their date with their (usually, a fortnightly) destiny, being busy getting emptied.
Unfortunately: 1): It was (and is) lashing rain, fairly chucking down, and 2): Nor surprisingly, the bins are (or rather, were) rather full.
One word: Scotland. Currently 15°C/61°F where I am. As long as you don't mind dodging midges occasionally and the odd rain shower, the summer has just been a nice cool one for us, and we get lots of daylight in the summer being so far north. I can imagine temperate tourism (and migration) becoming a thing.
I am sorry that southern Europe is experiencing such dangerously high temperatures - it must be godawful.
Got these four machines (there's actually another PowerBook G3, but I just didn't take a picture of it) - 2011 15 inch MBP, 2 PowerBook G3s, and a 17-inch G4. Only one that works so far is the 2011, one G3 chimes but doesn't boot, and the other one (the one I took the picture of) is all taken apart because the keyboard and trackpad don't work. The PowerBook G4... I have no clue—haven't tested it because I don't have a power cable for it
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I hate my buddy. Last night, he said something so stupid, yet so profound that it's occupying my head rent free.😓
He said, "Hey Mousse. You know the superstition where garlic is a vampire repellent? What if the vampires made that up so that their victims would marinate themselves in garlic?"
I said, "Bob. That has got to be the stupidest thing I've heard since our debate about one hump vs two hump camels."
Hours later that night I kept imagining Gordan Ramsey with fangs talking to other vampires. "Hey guys. What if we *bleeping* start a *bleeping* rumor that *bleep* *bleep* garlic *bleep* keeps *bleeping* vampires away?"
It's so stupid, yet it makes so much sense. I usually put 2x the garlic a recipe calls for because garlic makes it that *bleeping* good.
He said, "Hey Mousse. You know the superstition where garlic is a vampire repellent? What if the vampires made that up so that their victims would marinate themselves in garlic?"
I said, "Bob. That has got to be the stupidest thing I've heard since our debate about one hump vs two hump camels."
Hours later that night I kept imagining Gordan Ramsey with fangs talking to other vampires. "Hey guys. What if we *bleeping* start a *bleeping* rumor that *bleep* *bleep* garlic *bleep* keeps *bleeping* vampires away?"
It's so stupid, yet it makes so much sense. I usually put 2x the garlic a recipe calls for because garlic makes it that *bleeping* good.
If it was allowed, I’d be talking about the end of the world. Sorry for the distraction, let’s get back to discussing favorite foods, movies, cars, and our overheated gardens. 🤔
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Don’t see why the topic would be a problem. On the other hand, not unlike the ends of most other planets, the lot of us won’t be around when this one ends.
Better said the End of the World as we know it. Might as well sign along…
Forests are burning, the Arctic is melting, and the oceans are simmering, corals are bleaching at unprecidented rates. I think Humanity is headed for the rocks. More fuel:
I have many times been seen in shorts and tank-top outdoors during winters - mostly around our condominium though.
But sometimes I have reached quite some distance away from home in very light clothing in winters. I'm a child of the north and are used to the winter climate.
So 14C is definitely knickers below the knees pants whatsoever, and upper body wear depending on distance and if it's wet or not.
Well, I'm a child of the north western Isles - the British Isles, - and, by the divinities, I feel the cold, and love warmth and heat. And it doesn't matter how long I live here, or have lived here, even the fact that I am from here - I shall never acclimatise to the cold, and dark, and wet, of winter.
However, each to their own, and I have known some very hardy souls who hailed from Scandinavia.
I'm about to leave to go to the airport.
I'm not traveling but I'm taking the son of a friend to catch a flight. He'll be an "unaccompanied child" passenger. I've not done this before, however he has and he's told me not to worry because he can tell me what to do.
He's 12 and I think he's enjoying the prospect of telling an adult what to do
I'm not traveling but I'm taking the son of a friend to catch a flight. He'll be an "unaccompanied child" passenger. I've not done this before, however he has and he's told me not to worry because he can tell me what to do.
He's 12 and I think he's enjoying the prospect of telling an adult what to do
First time I travelled to the US it was as an unaccompanied child. That was in the days before mobile phones of course. I’m sure they’ll be fine.
I never flew as an "unaccompanied minor," but I have family members who have. Apparently, it's not very hard or complicated, so it should be easy to figure out.
Yea there's always that range where it depends on cloud cover and wind direction/speed and humidity
I got an SMS from an unknown number (looked it up, nothing)
"Couldn't deliver on Jul 27. Your package awaits* at the pick-up point.
Arrange for a re-shipment or pick-up by tracking at
www dot redirection dash auspost dot international"
I looked up the website in Whois. It said
Especially since I have an account with Australia Post, and anything about parcels comes through the app on my phone.
* How delightfully polite of it... At least the scammers' English is getting better.
"Couldn't deliver on Jul 27. Your package awaits* at the pick-up point.
Arrange for a re-shipment or pick-up by tracking at
www dot redirection dash auspost dot international"
I looked up the website in Whois. It said
I declined their kind invitation to click on the linky.
Especially since I have an account with Australia Post, and anything about parcels comes through the app on my phone.
* How delightfully polite of it... At least the scammers' English is getting better.
I'd been briefed by his mom and it all went as expected. Simple and easy. The airline turned him over to his waiting grandfather at the other end of the flight.
Some airlines don't allow kids to fly as "unaccompanied" since there's alway hell to pay when they lose one along the way
My first flight as an unaccompanied minor was as a 12-year-old, traveling from boarding school in Sydney back to Port Moresby for the holidays. There were no accompanying adults, we had to go book in, lodge our luggage, go through Customs/Immigration all by ourselves, and then reverse the procedure at the other end.
We had to get up at 3 am for a 5 am flight.
There were no booked First Class seats, so the airline put us students (there were about eight of us) in First Class so they could sell more economy seats.
This was either a Lockheed Electra or Douglas DC6B(I can't remember which), and First Class was a semi-circle of seats down the back. Eight hours spent staring at adolescents you didn't know from other schools you didn't associate with.
Oh, and they gave us First Class meals, but only soft drinks ...
We had to get up at 3 am for a 5 am flight.
There were no booked First Class seats, so the airline put us students (there were about eight of us) in First Class so they could sell more economy seats.
This was either a Lockheed Electra or Douglas DC6B(I can't remember which), and First Class was a semi-circle of seats down the back. Eight hours spent staring at adolescents you didn't know from other schools you didn't associate with.
Oh, and they gave us First Class meals, but only soft drinks ...
Wow, that must've been an interesting experience, going through immigration all by yourself at just 12 years old. No way I could've done that at that age lol