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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 20:09:31 GMT -5
Well,you guys can take this 45 degrees we have today, and send me your snow. Thanks. Here you go....a licky boom boom down.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2016 21:01:34 GMT -5
Well,you guys can take this 45 degrees we have today, and send me your snow. Thanks. Here you go....a licky boom boom down. Hahahahaha. I cannot believe that was a hit at one time.
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Post by Mormel on Jan 27, 2016 3:38:29 GMT -5
^I prefer Jim Carrey's take on that song, from 'In Living Color':
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2016 7:42:41 GMT -5
^I prefer Jim Carrey's take on that song, from 'In Living Color': One of the BEST SHOWS on tv, EVER. Another one my mother told me I was not allowed to watch, but I watched it anyway. One of my faves is the guy who was ALWAYS trying to get food but never had enough money for the food so he'd try to get, like, a chicken bone or a rib for 5 cents. Was that the homeless guy?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2016 10:27:56 GMT -5
it did not age well at all, unfortunately. it was just to topical. *but I do watch the re-runs on Centric
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2016 14:38:43 GMT -5
Today is really trying my patience. I have had to walk away from my desk and mutter to myself, "not today." about 5 times today.
Again, I am quite AMAZED that some folks will spend $100+ on an item without even KNOWING wtf they are ordering. If I'm going to shell out $100+ for something, I am going to be as knowledgeable as possible as to what I am ordering. I am baffled.
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Post by Confessor on Jan 27, 2016 18:46:11 GMT -5
I sold a stack of Dark Horse Star Wars comics that I no longer want and after eBay fees/postage costs/packaging costs etc, I came out with a little over £60 profit. I also got paid £40 by an audience member at last Friday night's gig to play an additional three songs after we were supposed to finish (he must've liked what I was doing!). So, I've resolved to take that £100 and place myself a nice juicy order with www.mycomicshop.com and get some vintage comic goodness shipped over from the Land of the Free & the Home of the Brave.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2016 4:54:31 GMT -5
I sold a stack of Dark Horse Star Wars comics that I no longer want and after eBay fees/postage costs/packaging costs etc, I came out with a little over £60 profit. I also got paid £40 by an audience member at last Friday night's gig to play an additional three songs after we were supposed to finish (he must've liked what I was doing!). So, I've resolved to take that £100 and place myself a nice juicy order with www.mycomicshop.com and get some vintage comic goodness shipped over from the Land of the Free & the Home of the Brave. Make sure you sign up for their weekly e-mail newssletter first if you haven't-you get a promo code in each one that gives you 5-10% off a range of books each week. from this week's newsletter... -M
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 28, 2016 11:57:33 GMT -5
It seems I need to send my son a coffee maker, filters and coffee to my son. Apparently the coffee in Wales is absolutely atrocious.
I'm wondering if a French Press might be the better way to go. One less thing to plug in to his converter.
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Post by Confessor on Jan 28, 2016 12:36:03 GMT -5
I sold a stack of Dark Horse Star Wars comics that I no longer want and after eBay fees/postage costs/packaging costs etc, I came out with a little over £60 profit. I also got paid £40 by an audience member at last Friday night's gig to play an additional three songs after we were supposed to finish (he must've liked what I was doing!). So, I've resolved to take that £100 and place myself a nice juicy order with www.mycomicshop.com and get some vintage comic goodness shipped over from the Land of the Free & the Home of the Brave. Make sure you sign up for their weekly e-mail newssletter first if you haven't-you get a promo code in each one that gives you 5-10% off a range of books each week. from this week's newsletter... -M Thanks, mrp. I'm on their mailing list and so I do have the discount code.
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Post by Confessor on Jan 28, 2016 12:44:45 GMT -5
It seems I need to send my son a coffee maker, filters and coffee to my son. Apparently the coffee in Wales is absolutely atrocious. I'm wondering if a French Press might be the better way to go. One less thing to plug in to his converter. Wales, as in Wales in the UK? If so, he should be able to find decent fresh coffee in the supermarkets -- Waitrose in particular (cause it's a slightly upmarket supermarket) will do some really nice organic or "fair trade" ground coffee or even coffee beans. There might even be a dedicated coffee store nearby, if he Googles it. Likewise, filters and other paraphernalia should be readily available. Also, if he wants some decent instant coffee, I recommend Carte Noire Instant Coffee as the best (note, it's not necessarily the cheapest). I take my coffee pretty seriously -- I even grind my own beans when I can be bothered -- and my coffee tastes great! But then again, I have no idea what the coffee in the U.S. is like. You can definitely get awesome coffee here in the UK though, if you shop around and are prepared to pay a bit extra.
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Post by impulse on Jan 28, 2016 12:46:18 GMT -5
It seems I need to send my son a coffee maker, filters and coffee to my son. Apparently the coffee in Wales is absolutely atrocious. I'm wondering if a French Press might be the better way to go. One less thing to plug in to his converter. Also, if he wants some decent instant coffee, I recommend Carte Noire Instant Coffee as the best I...I don't understand. Decent instant coffee? What sorcery is this?
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Post by Confessor on Jan 28, 2016 12:51:52 GMT -5
Also, if he wants some decent instant coffee, I recommend Carte Noire Instant Coffee as the best I...I don't understand. Decent instant coffee? What sorcery is this? Well, yeah...I'd agree. But I do keep a jar of instant coffee in the house in case I can't be bothered with making it fresh or to give to workmen and the like.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 28, 2016 13:07:07 GMT -5
It seems I need to send my son a coffee maker, filters and coffee to my son. Apparently the coffee in Wales is absolutely atrocious. I'm wondering if a French Press might be the better way to go. One less thing to plug in to his converter. Wales, as in Wales in the UK? If so, he should be able to find decent fresh coffee in the supermarkets -- Waitrose in particular (cause it's a slightly upmarket supermarket) will do some really nice organic or "fair trade" ground coffee or even coffee beans. There might even be a dedicated coffee store nearby, if he Googles it. Likewise, filters and other paraphernalia should be readily available. Also, if he wants some decent instant coffee, I recommend Carte Noire Instant Coffee as the best (note, it's not necessarily the cheapest). I take my coffee pretty seriously -- I even grind my own beans when I can be bothered -- and my coffee tastes great! But then again, I have no idea what the coffee in the U.S. is like. You can definitely get awesome coffee here in the UK though, if you shop around and are prepared to pay a bit extra. Yes, Wales as in the U.K. He's studying for a semester at Aberystwyth University. The problem, as I understand it, is that all that seems to be available on campus is instant (which is an abomination). And even when he finds non-instant, he says that they put a small filter over the cup, put ground coffee in it and pour hot water over it...and it's not good. I'm a coffee snob and he picked that up from me. And he's used to drinking 8-12 cups a day. So I think I'll send him a french press and tell him what you have to say about U.K. coffee.
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Post by Rob Allen on Jan 28, 2016 15:04:36 GMT -5
For a while I could get Welsh tea bags at my local supermarket. They were good; he should try some Welsh tea.
Around here, the days are noticeably longer than they were a month ago. This week, the crocuses and snowdrops bloomed. The hellebores, daphne, and heather have been in bloom for a while. The daffodil shoots are six inches tall. It may be only January, but spring is clearly on its way.
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