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I'm in Venice, but not for much longer. Had a great holiday involving walking, fancy pants art, pistachio ice cream, being abandoned on an empty vaporetto, getting lost and enjoying it, and marvelling - as ever - at the excesses of Catholicism.
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Polishgirl wrote:I'm in Venice, but not for much longer. Had a great holiday involving walking, fancy pants art, pistachio ice cream, being abandoned on an empty vaporetto, getting lost and enjoying it, and marvelling - as ever - at the excesses of Catholicism.
Ooh, I'm in Athens. Lots of walking, some art, some ice cream on offer but sticking to yoghurt and honey for breakfast, not getting lost thanks to satnav thing on phone (travelling's so easy these days) and I've a view of that Akropolis from my digs.
Snap - ish.
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Polishgirl wrote:marvelling - as ever - at the excesses of Catholicism.
The Vatican's yer place for that. It's obscene.
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Do think some people in the work place make up terms in the hope they simply take off, so they can say, "I came up with that".
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The Great Defector wrote:Do think some people in the work place make up terms in the hope they simply take off, so they can say, "I came up with that".
I think you just onboarded with a lexigo, which is a word I just thought up - a combination of "lexicon" for vocabulary for a specific branch of knowledge and "go" for overall industry acceptability of said word.
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sloopjohnc wrote:The Great Defector wrote:Do think some people in the work place make up terms in the hope they simply take off, so they can say, "I came up with that".
I think you just onboarded with a lexigo, which is a word I just thought up - a combination of "lexicon" for vocabulary for a specific branch of knowledge and "go" for overall industry acceptability of said word.
Or a celixo - same but for dyslexics. (Not poking fun at anyone, just playing the game)
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I had to go shopping last night and was buying some stuff for a crockpot meal. My son wanted in on the action, but wanted to create something with weird meat and vegetables. I said, "Okay," but he'd have to include some stuff because I didn't want to waste food.
Ingredients: broccoli, cauliflower, onion, ghost pepper, cilantro, shallots, vegetable broth, green pepper salsa, apple cider vinegar, paprika, cumin, cayenne pepper, and. . .
goat meat (our neighborhood has large Indian, Afghani and Hispanic populations).
I didn't have the courage to try it this morning.
Ingredients: broccoli, cauliflower, onion, ghost pepper, cilantro, shallots, vegetable broth, green pepper salsa, apple cider vinegar, paprika, cumin, cayenne pepper, and. . .
goat meat (our neighborhood has large Indian, Afghani and Hispanic populations).
I didn't have the courage to try it this morning.
Don't fake the funk on a nasty dunk!
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sloopjohnc wrote:goat meat (our neighborhood has large Indian, Afghani and Hispanic populations).
I didn't have the courage to try it this morning.
A few years ago I stayed with a friend in south London for a few days but I declined to eat at the local cafe, where the special was goat's head soup. *vom*
The meat itself is supposed to be quite nice, not that I'd eat it (veg).
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sloopjohnc wrote:I had to go shopping last night and was buying some stuff for a crockpot meal. My son wanted in on the action, but wanted to create something with weird meat and vegetables. I said, "Okay," but he'd have to include some stuff because I didn't want to waste food.
Ingredients: broccoli, cauliflower, onion, ghost pepper, cilantro, shallots, vegetable broth, green pepper salsa, apple cider vinegar, paprika, cumin, cayenne pepper, and. . .
goat meat (our neighborhood has large Indian, Afghani and Hispanic populations).
I didn't have the courage to try it this morning.
You big baby! Goat is delicious (although I don't know about sticking broccoli and cauliflower in a slow cooker - doesn't it just turn to mush?)
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Harvey K-Tel wrote:sloopjohnc wrote:I had to go shopping last night and was buying some stuff for a crockpot meal. My son wanted in on the action, but wanted to create something with weird meat and vegetables. I said, "Okay," but he'd have to include some stuff because I didn't want to waste food.
Ingredients: broccoli, cauliflower, onion, ghost pepper, cilantro, shallots, vegetable broth, green pepper salsa, apple cider vinegar, paprika, cumin, cayenne pepper, and. . .
goat meat (our neighborhood has large Indian, Afghani and Hispanic populations).
I didn't have the courage to try it this morning.
You big baby! Goat is delicious (although I don't know about sticking broccoli and cauliflower in a slow cooker - doesn't it just turn to mush?)
Well, my son was trying to convince me with the same argument. The other stuff didn't look too mushy, but I don't have any illusions that this won't be in a dumpster by around 6:30 tonight.
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The woman in the cubicle next to me, Alex, short for Alexandria, is Vietnamese. Very nice young woman. I told her I'm watching the Ken Burns' documentary and I asked her how her folks got her. She said her dad was a student, but her mom's dad, her grandfather, worked for the CIA, and one day in the early '70s, he came home and said they were leaving on a plane that night. She said her mom always thought her dad worked for Toyota before that night.
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I was in a shop in Athens Street, Athens about 30 minutes ago, buying halva, when an American woman came up to me and said loudly [is there any other way?]
"You're a Brit, right??"
My inner reaction:
My outer reaction:
"You're a Brit, right??"
My inner reaction:
My outer reaction:
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Thang-y wrote:I was in a shop in Athens Street, Athens about 30 minutes ago, buying halva, when an American woman came up to me and said loudly [is there any other way?]
"You're a Brit, right??"
My inner reaction:
My outer reaction:
Those crazy Americanz!!!!!
Whatareyagonnado?
Hopefully she went outside and confided to her friend about the snotty Brit!
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Someone in your line of work usually as their own man cave aka the shed we're they can potter around fixing stuff or something don't they?
Flower wrote:I just did a google search.
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We had some workforce review a while back and our jobs were regarded (mine remained the same) but I decided to appeal the decision and they've actually agreed with me and I've been upgraded to the next level.
It's not a huge payrise but it's not insignificant either.
Which is nice
It's not a huge payrise but it's not insignificant either.
Which is nice
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The drinks are on GB!
You come at the Queen, you best not miss.
Dr Markus wrote:
Someone in your line of work usually as their own man cave aka the shed we're they can potter around fixing stuff or something don't they?
Flower wrote:I just did a google search.
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After 13 professional seasons with one team, pitcher Matt Cain, is retiring as a San Francisco Giant. He's 32 and he's been in the big leagues since he was 20. "The Horse" was the antithesis to Lincecum, The Freak. Cain was Mr. Reliable and Lincecum was the flamboyant prima donna. He threw 200+ innings six seasons in a row, just missing 200 a season, before and after that stretch. Cain threw the only perfect game in NY and SF Giants 100 year history and he was a reliable factor in two of the three Giants World Series runs.
Giving Giants players big contracts seems to be the kiss of death and when the Giants rewarded Cain for all his hard work, his arm began breaking down and he was never the same.
It's going to be weird to see a Giants roster without Matt Cain.
Giving Giants players big contracts seems to be the kiss of death and when the Giants rewarded Cain for all his hard work, his arm began breaking down and he was never the same.
It's going to be weird to see a Giants roster without Matt Cain.
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I follow some BBQ pages on Twitter and Pinterest. Bacon wrapped onion rings.
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Don't fake the funk on a nasty dunk!
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What? No hockey cards?
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souphound wrote:What? No hockey cards?
Second row, left from bottom - five facing.
Typical CIC, Canadian inferiority complex. Looking to get slighted before it even happens.
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