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For newcomers and the nostalgic, more items from the archives:
At the University of York, scenes of theatrical fretting.
Readers may note that the agonising – in which any depiction of a monkey immediately conjures thoughts of black people - does rather speak to the weirdly dogmatic assumptions of the agonised, rather than the object being agonised about, or how said object is generally understood. It must be those intersectional lenses we hear so much about.
Our Betters Victorious, But Still Unhappy.
Los Angeles Times columnist has considerate neighbours and is therefore, naturally, outraged.
As readers may be a little confused by the air of displeasure, I should point out that no history of neighbourly rancour is offered as an excuse – no disputes over hedges or noisy pets. Nothing of that sort is mentioned at all. Ms Heffernan’s neighbours are, it seems, to be frowned upon, indeed despised, in print, in a newspaper they may well read, simply for failing to vote for Mr Biden.
If it wasn’t complicated and unsatisfying, everyone would do it.
To illustrate this terribly progressive lifestyle arrangement, we’re introduced to a Brooklynite comedian and podcaster named Billy, his girlfriend Megan, and his girlfriend Megan’s other boyfriend Kyle.
An attempt is made to glamorise a fashionably radical hunter-gatherer lifestyle.
Primitive living, it turns out, is so much easier with an inheritance. If you’re into Stone Age role-play, then spare cash and pre-built property, complete with solar panels, power outlets and rudimentary plumbing, does seem rather handy, perhaps a prerequisite. Such that our fearless disdainer of modernity can “divide her time” flying between continents as mood suits, from Sweden to France’s Dordogne Valley and back to the mountains of Washington, USA. It’s the prehistoric way.
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Also, open thread. I expect to be busy for the next few days, so play nicely. Use coasters.
“restaurants “hate” serving tea”
S’ok. I won’t order tea anyway…
As for Lipton tea, the less said the better
The Wills Woodbine of the tea world (for those whose memory goes back that far)
Surely good cold tea starts with properly steeped hot tea?
In McDonalds the cold tea is probably made from a powdered tea mix. As for good cold tea, I make a pitcher by steeping tea bags in cold water in the fridge. Takes a few hours, but it works for me and it saves a little of energy.
To illustrate this terribly progressive lifestyle arrangement, we’re introduced to a Brooklynite comedian and podcaster named Billy, his girlfriend Megan, and his girlfriend Megan’s other boyfriend Kyle.
I don’t think he’s having a good time.
Why do they always live in Brooklyn?
In McDonalds the cold tea is probably made from a powdered tea mix.
Here in the Great White North, if MickeyDs has iced tea, it’s Nestea from the fountain machine and made from a syrup like Coke. But you can get a drinkable cup of hot tea too. Some Burger King locations had separate cold tea machines, but they were mostly taken out during CoVid.
The outpatients are out
Who’s operating the camera, and why pan right?
I don’t think he’s having a good time.
It seems to me that one of the problems with polyamorous entanglements is that they tend to attract the kinds of people who like polyamorous entanglements, or who will pretend to like them in order to seem fashionable and interesting. The kinds of people who want random strangers to hear about how complicated and fascinating their intimate relationships are. And who, for instance, will share the details of their intimate relationships, including their jealousies and resentments, with the readers of New York magazine. Such that, despite the pretence of progressive sophistication, a certain sadness and inadequacy becomes all too apparent.
Which is to say, the kinds of people who are probably best avoided. See also the second item here.
Re the above, Tim Newman has more.
As for Lipton tea, the less said the better
Anybody remember the A&P supermarket chain? Their tea was pretty good, but then A&P originally meant Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company.
The local supermarkets actually carry Twinings and Tetley, and there are specialty shops around town plus what’s in Chinatown.
I make a pitcher by steeping tea bags in cold water in the fridge.
Seems to be the way it’s done in the South, except on a larger scale. Far, far better than the powdered stuff, and I had no idea ‘iced tea syrup’ even existed. I will now try to forget that ‘iced tea syrup’ exists.
I will now try to forget that ‘iced tea syrup’ exists.
That’s what they do with Coke and Pepsi and 7-Up. It does sound like a practical solution to various fast food problems: Centralize production for the sake of quality control and distribute a product which requires only dilution and refrigeration. My only question is, how does the tea taste?
Why do they always live in Brooklyn?
It is a bit cheaper than Manhattan, and they can LARP as real New Yorkers (not unlike their counterparts in Austin LARPing as Texans) even though they are concentrated in Williamsburg and Bushwick and would never set foot in Bed-Stuy, Bensonhurst, Bay Ridge, Gravesend, or any of the predominantly ethnic areas where their idiocy wouldn’t be “celebrated” as the kids say.
Seems to be the way it’s done in the South
Well we’ve been doing it the opposite way for decades. Using a big clear glass jar, filled up with water and tea bags and set in the sun for 3-4 hours…or 2 hours in Florida. Jars made explicitly for that purpose used to be available but are now hard to find. I do seem to recall some sort of health scare about that many years ago which seemed like BS. Much like most health information.
Jars made explicitly for that purpose used to be available but are now hard to find.
Restaurants used to get a lot of their food in institutional size glass jars. Workers would take empty ones home to use for storing food. All our cereals, grains, flour, etc went in those jars to keep them fresh and keep out pests. Occasionally used them to make iced tea. Similarly, five-gallon water cooler bottles used to be glass and winemakers loved them. Now, unfortunately, everything is plastic. However, companies like Bormioli do make glass storage jars in various sizes and they can be found at places like Meijer and the Container Store.
Upstream Harry’s speech at the UN was mentioned, here is his rapt audience – at least a quarter of whom in the center seats are playing on their phones.
and they can LARP as real New Yorkers
Which, to the amaze of us in flyover country, is a thing going back years – the wailing over the 212 Area Code was epic!
*212 was the original NYC Area Code…if you didn’t have that, you weren’t NYC*
Alas, the doctor is not a parody.
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“I’m a normal guy” who can’t get a job and can’t understand why people cross the street to avoid him.
You can’t judge someone, no one knows what’s inside someone’s head…
Yes, Tony, sometimes yes you can.
no one knows what’s inside someone’s head…
In this case, I’d imagine it’s a loud and unrelenting buzzing noise.
no one knows what’s inside someone’s head…
I do wonder how he spiraled down into this madness: When did he start to go wrong? And did nobody notice? Or fail to try to help him? Or was he so broken from the start that nothing could be done?
“Anthony has had two fingers on his left hand amputated”
I think there is the type of person who enjoys “shocking” ordinary folk. The French term was ‘pour epater les bourgeois”. Given that tatooing is now pretty common – it needs to be ramped up to have the desired effect. Pathological attention seeking which I suspects was present since late childhood.
I bring you the very latest developments in the field of bovine dildos:
https://www.dezeen.com/2022/07/15/ece-tan-happy-cow-sex-toys-design/
Re: the $58.00 box of lettuce. Although billed as the Dismantling White Supremacy box, the majority of the items (in the listing for July 20-July 23, 2002) can probably be found in any large grocery store in Metro US/Canada. The fine print informs that not all the produce listed may necessarily be included https://goodfoodbox.foodshare.net/collections/dismantling-white-supremacy-box/products/dismantling-white-supremacy-box
The extra cost (over Foodshare’s “regular” boxes) appears to be for the plastic-covered frames, etc. needed to grow food in Toronto that is typically grown numerous zones away. But there is no guarantee that you will get any of it.
I’m a normal guy
One has to question the ethics and even sanity of the surgeons involved in the body modifications.
The Hippocratic Oath ain’t what it used to be.
…the surgeons involved in the body modifications.
Although there are no doubt sleazy plastic surgeons, there are “body modification practitioners” who do this sort of crap and no end of foreign places who will do nigh anything.
There are parts of the world that have never heard of Hippocrates. Of course.
I do seem to recall some sort of health scare about that many years ago
Can’t have people using any of that sterilizing UV radiation to prepare their food or anything. It might kill the bacteria before it has a chance to grow, and then where would the FDA be.
My only question is, how does the tea taste?
Something almost, but not quite entirely unlike tea.
I do seem to recall some sort of health scare about that many years ago
I recall that, too, but only vaguely.
Something almost, but not quite entirely unlike tea.
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“I’m a normal guy” who can’t get a job and can’t understand why people cross the street to avoid him.
An engineer once told me that the design reveals the intent of the designer.
Using a big clear glass jar, filled up with water and tea bags and set in the sun for 3-4 hours…or 2 hours in Florida.
By coincidence, in the fridge I make do with 4 hours if I don’t have more time. The tea is noticeably cloudy by then.
Jars made explicitly for that purpose used to be available but are now hard to find. I do seem to recall some sort of health scare about that many years ago which seemed like BS.
ISTR the problem was some people not cleaning the jars thoroughly (or not at all) and letting stuff grow in them. That could cause a problem? Who knew?
I think it’s shameful there are medical professionals, or perhaps “professionals”, who would take that man’s money to further his self mutilation.
On one of the subjects above: https://youtu.be/rQOjNeA4Be0
And on another:
https://youtu.be/_eT40eV7OiI
In re tea, Lipton might be a last resort. Red Rose has vanished from the shelves but my local sells Barry’s. Occasionally the better half surprises me with an online order of 1894 Blend from Murchie’s.
I have advanced – to no fanfare or acclaim – the theory that geologists and drillers favour coffee because they sit comfortably in a drill shack with a Bradley stove. Geophysicists and linecutters are out in the bush and prefer something portable and invigorating, something you can make just by starting a fire.
If you need some $58 lettuce, lemme know. I’m several degrees (C or F, whatevs) north of TO and it is choking the planter box.
$58 lettuce
“Lettuce” is obsolete slang for paper money.
“Lettuce” is obsolete slang for paper money.
I thought it was “bread”.
The fact that I knew about “lettuce” might be a clue to my age. Or my reading habits.
The linked list is very incomplete. Among the missing expressions is “long green”. When entering a wealthy suburb you may see this warning sign at an intersection: “Oncoming Traffic Has Longer Green”.
I thought it was “bread”.
Dough, cabbage, clams, cheddar, frogskins, bacon, bones…