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Post by Prince Hal on Jun 3, 2022 13:42:14 GMT -5
One of these, refitted with a dye job... I loved my old pet rock, but hated cleaning up after it. All those frikkin' pebbles everywhere.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 3, 2022 14:35:22 GMT -5
I loved my old pet rock, but hated cleaning up after it. All those frikkin' pebbles everywhere. Fruity or cocoa?
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Post by Prince Hal on Jun 3, 2022 15:01:57 GMT -5
All those frikkin' pebbles everywhere. Fruity or cocoa? Depends on what you feed 'em. Fruity=roughage; cocoa=meat.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jun 3, 2022 15:26:18 GMT -5
I loved my old pet rock, but hated cleaning up after it. Tell me about. I was always having to sweep up glass after it jumped through window panes. And don't get me started on all the problems it caused on the street, playing chicken with moving cars...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2022 15:59:31 GMT -5
I loved my old pet rock, but hated cleaning up after it. Tell me about. I was always having to sweep up glass after it jumped through window panes. And don't get me started on all the problems it caused on the street, playing chicken with moving cars... People with pet rocks shouldn't live in glass houses... -M
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2022 6:06:23 GMT -5
I really like this art:
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2022 6:20:54 GMT -5
I really like this art: /photo/1 I've always found Ancient Mesopotamian visual history (architecture, art, etc.) so visually compelling. Love this picture and how it imagines Babylon in its full splendor.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 5, 2022 10:44:35 GMT -5
So I’m reading a book that appears to have been, at least initially self-published. And it’s honestly, thus far, been a pretty good example of the hard-boiled detective genre. With a decently original setting in Toronto in 1960.
But there have just been a couple of things that continue to niggle at me and I have to think more beta readers or a decent editor would have fixed them. I’ve come across two instances of “you’re” instead of “your.” Which drives me nuts. But arguably making me more crazy is the protagonist calling Canadian Club scotch. I barely consider CC to be whiskey. But even allowing it is, it damn sure isn’t scotch and no adult who drinks either should ever make that mistake.
This endith the rant.
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Post by Confessor on Jun 5, 2022 11:33:39 GMT -5
I'm a bit partial to Canadian Club. I got into it after watching too much Mad Men.
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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 5, 2022 12:20:50 GMT -5
So I’m reading a book that appears to have been, at least initially self-published. And it’s honestly, thus far, been a pretty good example of the hard-boiled detective genre. With a decently original setting in Toronto in 1960. But there have just been a couple of things that continue to niggle at me and I have to think more beta readers or a decent editor would have fixed them. I’ve come across two instances of “you’re” instead of “your.” Which drives me nuts. But arguably making me more crazy is the protagonist calling Canadian Club scotch. I barely consider CC to be whiskey. But even allowing it is, it damn sure isn’t scotch and no adult who drinks either should ever make that mistake. This endith the rant.
Calling Canadian Club "scotch" is like calling Michelob Ultra "beer".
Speaking of... I'd better pour a nice dram for the impending Zoom call.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jun 5, 2022 18:37:14 GMT -5
So I’m reading a book that appears to have been, at least initially self-published. And it’s honestly, thus far, been a pretty good example of the hard-boiled detective genre. With a decently original setting in Toronto in 1960. But there have just been a couple of things that continue to niggle at me and I have to think more beta readers or a decent editor would have fixed them. I’ve come across two instances of “you’re” instead of “your.” Which drives me nuts. But arguably making me more crazy is the protagonist calling Canadian Club scotch. I barely consider CC to be whiskey. But even allowing it is, it damn sure isn’t scotch and no adult who drinks either should ever make that mistake. This endith the rant. Didn’t you mean “more better” readers?
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jun 5, 2022 18:43:08 GMT -5
I'm a bit partial to Canadian Club. I got into it after watching too much Mad Men. Even my patriotism only goes so far.
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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 5, 2022 22:15:51 GMT -5
I'm a bit partial to Canadian Club. I got into it after watching too much Mad Men. Even my patriotism only goes so far.
I'd rather gorge on a case of Carling Black Label before CC ever passed my lips.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jun 6, 2022 4:43:41 GMT -5
Carling Brewery used to be located rot cheer in Tacoma back in the Pleistocene. Used to see a lot of Black Label drinkers as a wee'n.
Cei-U! I summon the beer-soaked nostalgia!
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jun 6, 2022 5:25:43 GMT -5
Carling Brewery used to be located rot cheer in Tacoma back in the Pleistocene. Used to see a lot of Black Label drinkers as a wee'n. Cei-U! I summon the beer-soaked nostalgia! It was the beer the cool kids went for when I was a teen. O tempora o mores!
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