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4 hours ago, Kuroneko said:

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Scotland looks lovely, seriously. I don't do bright and sunny all the time, so I could handle the overcast skies.

 

And that toffee apple looks like some gie braw scran (yep, still practicing the Scottish... and the cats have totally been boaking all over the place the past few days).

 

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3 hours ago, Pezler the Polychromatic said:

Currently holed up in Castle Polychromatic for the next little bit. Brain swab happens in the morning, if they can catch it.

New movie "Pezler the Polychromatic's trip to the Proctologist"

 

Harold & Kumar Go to Polychromatic Castle?

 

2 hours ago, ShadowRaven said:

got my Ghoulie bag today. The starburst knocked out a filling in my tooth. I am both happy, and not amused

 

I am both happy and sad for you. :winkthumbs::down:

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3 hours ago, ShadowRaven said:

it's snowing pretty heavily here. I am, in a word, not at all happy. 

 

Supposedly heading our way and we already have a couple inches on the ground. Go a little ways north and it's bare but down here in the hills it's been coming down lightly pretty often since Friday.

 

8 minutes ago, Pezler the Polychromatic said:

My head is nowhere near there! :wow:

 

Oh, so you're not a (comment on which political party redacted)? <_<

 

Yesterday took my 81 year old mother in law to the hospital in the city. 3 hour drive back and forth, 6 hours in emergency with her. Got home a little before midnight and then was up until around 3 calming the wife down. Today she went there herself and I stayed home to babysit our daughter. MIL is doing ok but needs a colonoscopy to figure out what exactly the problem is. Now we're in the all too often routine of wait, wait, wait until they finally get around to doing something. Hoping I'll get some sleep tonight. No fun getting old and my wife and her mom don't have the decades of experience with this sort of things like my side of the family does so it scared them pretty good. Signs point towards it being nothing too serious but need more tests. MIL had a bout of this a month ago and then hid that it was happening again because she didn't want to bother us so got even worse pain. I told her it was a cruel lesson for her, if you think there's something wrong talk to me and we'll try to get it figured out before you are in crippling pain and spending days in the hospital. Admittedly that kind of stupid stuborness is something I can see myself pulling off too so I am sympathetic to her. No fun getting old but she has been amazingly healthy all her life. This is the most serious thing she's ever dealt with in 81 years and it looks very similar to something my mom (who's a bit younger) dealt with 20 years ago.

 

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13 hours ago, TGP said:

I have 8? ships from that game.

I know I have too many BFG ships already, but MAN I want some of those ships

 


I have 20 ships.

 

I may have 20 ships of a couple of factions.

 

I should do an inventory. I have no clue if I got any duplicates with this auction. Then again, not sure that I care if I have duplicates.

 

I have two big resin Gunships. The package called them that. They were about cruiser size/grade ships(?) And then I have six-from-a-blister Escort grade ships which are pewter. The big ones I grabbed because I thought they looked -kool- and they were slashed to 50% off. The blister of six got bought because I really was a Dystopian Wars collector. My factions were Japan, Russia, and Antarctica. Antarctica has some really cool looking ships, but also, some really idiotic looking flyers. The six Escorts were purchased to be proxies for some of the flyers.

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15 hours ago, Cranky Dog said:

For a long time I wanted a quality grinder (like the expensive but well rated Baratza burr grinders). But my sense of taste and smell is so poor that I wouldn't benefit from it (though far from my favourite, I can hold down day old reheated Folgers).

 

For my moka pot :wub:, ground coffee in a can is good enough for me. Doesn't need to be the high end brands, but I don't go for the cheapest ones either. So Maxwell House and Folgers, by default are out!

The Baratza grinders are nice, just expensive and noisy.  I get more enjoyment from my Hario Skerton Pro or Hario Mini, although usually my arm or shoulder has something to say after I've made two mugs of coffee :P

 

Moka Pot is something I've contemplated, they seem like a nice brewing method. 

 

9 hours ago, Green Eyed Monster said:

Better yet, leave the beans in their normal place and move the grinder to the garage or some other suitable hidden location.  Put the instant coffee right where the grinder normally resides.

GEM

And mix the sugar so it's half salt half sugar.... 

 

8 hours ago, ShadowRaven said:

it's snowing pretty heavily here. I am, in a word, not at all happy. 

Sounds like you guys got hit pretty hard down there for snow? 

 

8 hours ago, Kuroneko said:

 

Take more of them! I need that sweet, sweet vitamin D!

 

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(Photo taken near midday. Not shown: steady rain and wind gusts)

That would look gorgeous with a 590nm or 720nm filter (infrared photography). Still looks gorgeous, but 720nm makes it ethereal too! 

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37 minutes ago, WhiteWulfe said:

The Baratza grinders are nice, just expensive and noisy.  I get more enjoyment from my Hario Skerton Pro or Hario Mini, although usually my arm or shoulder has something to say after I've made two mugs of coffee :P

 

Moka Pot is something I've contemplated, they seem like a nice brewing method. 

 

And mix the sugar so it's half salt half sugar.... 

 

Sounds like you guys got hit pretty hard down there for snow? 

 

That would look gorgeous with a 590nm or 720nm filter (infrared photography). Still looks gorgeous, but 720nm makes it ethereal too! 

Now  that is just plain rude.

GEM

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1 hour ago, WhiteWulfe said:

The Baratza grinders are nice, just expensive and noisy.  I get more enjoyment from my Hario Skerton Pro or Hario Mini, although usually my arm or shoulder has something to say after I've made two mugs of coffee :P

 

Moka Pot is something I've contemplated, they seem like a nice brewing method. 

 

And mix the sugar so it's half salt half sugar.... 

 

Sounds like you guys got hit pretty hard down there for snow? 

 

That would look gorgeous with a 590nm or 720nm filter (infrared photography). Still looks gorgeous, but 720nm makes it ethereal too! 

We use a grinder older than Megan and I put together - circa 1860.

 

It was $5, and it works. ::):

 

The Auld Grump

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Up a lot last night, mostly due to the hamsterling, but also Lucy had another seizure early this morning. She's better, but... but.

 

Have another pediatrician visit this afternoon. Gonna try to squeeze in a nap late this morning. Gotta eat something though. Stomach is growling at me.

 

COFFEE

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10 hours ago, ManvsMini said:

 

Scotland looks lovely, seriously. I don't do bright and sunny all the time, so I could handle the overcast skies.

 

And that toffee apple looks like some gie braw scran (yep, still practicing the Scottish... and the cats have totally been boaking all over the place the past few days).

 

 

It's still raining, I'm going to be optimistic and hope that it stops sometime in mid April....

 

Here's an appropriate Scottish word for you today "Driech"

 

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That photo was probably taken in July, just saying ::P:

 

6 hours ago, TGP said:

Someone is up early… ….listening to the rain?

 

@Kuroneko ?

 

I awoke at to 5.30am to rain battering off the windows and a hangry Diva, so possibly <_< 

 

5 hours ago, WhiteWulfe said:

 

That would look gorgeous with a 590nm or 720nm filter (infrared photography). Still looks gorgeous, but 720nm makes it ethereal too! 

 

Thanks! It's just a small lake(not north enough to be an actual loch) but it has its own weird little micro climate that sometimes has impressive results. Or just cloud. With rain. 

 

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8 hours ago, WhiteWulfe said:

The Baratza grinders are nice, just expensive and noisy.  I get more enjoyment from my Hario Skerton Pro or Hario Mini, although usually my arm or shoulder has something to say after I've made two mugs of coffee :P

 

Moka Pot is something I've contemplated, they seem like a nice brewing method.

Moka pots (aka stove top espresso makers) have been my preferred home brewing method for the past four years.

 

If it wasn't for the stove top requirement, I'd carry my pot to work.

 

Since I have an induction stove top at home and a stainless steel pot (not an aluminum one), I can get it to heat up very fast. And the overall process, from cleaning, to adding the coffee grounds, to brewing and serving, is probably among the quickest of all brewing methods. You don't even have a filter to change (dump the old grounds, rinse), and no guessing as to how much water or coffee grounds you need (fill the basket to the rim with loose grounds without packing). As long as your grind size is consistent, you 'll get predictable results. Which is one of the benefits of pre-ground coffee, consistent size.

 

It doesn't make a lot of coffee, but it's strong coffee. Close to espresso levels (but without the crema), which is why it bears the name of stove top espresso. I own two moka pots, rated at 6 and 9 cups of espresso size cups, but count as 2 and 3 small cups of regular coffee mugs.

 

A functional moka pot is also pretty cheap (~$20 CDN for mine). I found mine at off-price stores like Winners/Homesense.

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35 minutes ago, Cranky Dog said:

Since I have an induction stove top at home and a stainless steel pot (not an aluminum one), I can get it to heat up very fast. And the overall process, from cleaning, to adding the coffee grounds, to brewing and serving, is probably among the quickest of all brewing methods.

We have coils, so I've always wondered how effective such would be with a moka pot.  Still tempting to get one, just to try.  I know it's the method my dad uses mainly. 

 

8 hours ago, Green Eyed Monster said:

Now  that is just plain rude.

GEM

Not as rude as waking someone up at early o'clock with a grinder, and the point would be made rather clear. Or so I'd hope. 

 

7 hours ago, TheAuldGrump said:

We use a grinder older than Megan and I put together - circa 1860.

 

It was $5, and it works. ::):

 

The Auld Grump

Ooooh, those grinders can be rather lovely! 

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19 minutes ago, WhiteWulfe said:

We have coils, so I've always wondered how effective such would be with a moka pot.  Still tempting to get one, just to try.  I know it's the method my dad uses mainly.

If it's like every other stove coils I've known in the past, then forget what I said about moka pots being quick.

 

Moka pots not very large. My own pot is barely 11cm wide. And the center parts of coils don't even heat up, so you'll be waiting for it to boil for a very long time. It's doable, and not even that uncommon (place it off-center on the coil), but will require more patience.

 

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I admit I've been spoiled ever since I got my induction range ten years ago.

 

Apparently, it's why Italian gas ranges have one tiny burner among the others exclusively for the use of moka pots.

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