Revenge is a dish best served with gratin potatoes, but that's because everything's best served with gratin potatoes.
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Rant, moan, rave and share - for all your chatter, natter, ETCETERA! 2013/2014
Why do fans of a work do creepy things? That much dedication to a fictional work… wow… I think I have a better understanding about why that artist who did that one webcomic took it down. Y'know… the one about the woman who had this problem… everything she ate went to her chest.
Anyways…
http://www.cracked.com/article_19314_the-5-most-insane-acts-fan-dedication-ever.html
Gunwallace wrote:Au gratin (or Ugh rotten) potatoes if made badly are some of the most hideous distortions of a vegatable ever perpetrated on a hungry person. They're served by any and all instiutional cafeterias since they're easily prepared and warmed. But can be hideous, watery, even slimy so mcuh like a fetid swamp in the midst of your plate.
Revenge is a dish best served with gratin potatoes, but that's because everything's best served with gratin potatoes.
Oh yeah, leather hard horse-um-beef "steak" with watery, slimy ugh rotten potatoes. And tasty, crisp peas. I despise peas but the peas were the best part of that meal. But I was starving after a hard day so I smothered everything in steak sauce, held my nose and chowed down.
Have a poorly made version of a potentially great dish and you're ruined for life.
Roasted red potatoes with onions on the other hand are magnificent and if burned only become closer to french fries. Undercooked they're soft but still great with ketchup. Damn I'm hungry. I still have roast beef and roasted potatoes left over from my B-day party.
bravo1102 wrote:You deserve some credit here. It's not easy to despise a pea. There's not that much to them really, apart from the greenness and the roundness. I've tried to revile aubergines and even abhor curly kale without success, so I know how difficult this is.
I despise peas
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All set to start work on my secret santa. I need something to distract me from the increasing ringing in my ears, so that's good. It's somehow comforting to know William Shatner also suffers from this, which proves tinnitus is no barrier to musical talent.
Peas are good. Not mint flavoured peas though, those are revolting! So artificial and gross.
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I'm working on my sword belt now; modifying the slightly more modern style sword belt I already have into an old fashioned early 19th centruy one.
It's a LOT harder than you'd think! That leather is thick and tough… I firt had to completely dismantle the belt, taking out all stitching and buckles and fittings so that it's just a tough strap of black leather.
Then I have to cut it neathly into peices of exactly the right length, punch perfectly plcaed holes in it and attach new fittings in the form of three steel rings, sword hook, S-buckle and some other special buckle… with stainless steal screw studds.
Then there's 5 straps of varying lengths I have to attach to the 3 rings in a specific order: 3 for the sabretache and two for the sabre.
The project is very straight forward really, but the leather is so effing bloody hard to work with it makes very stage a thousand times more complex.
First thing's first, Happy belated birthday, Bravo! I guess it is still appropriate to say if you're still eating left overs from your b-day party.
Sorry to hear about your shelf collapsing and your car battery burning out. I know you spent a lot of time working on those planes.
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I seem to have fallen off the forums the last two weeks. I have been binge-watching the Louis C.K. Series "Louie" which has been the reason for my absence as well as uplifted mood. If there was ever an award for best spokesperson of self-deprecating banter, Louis C.K. would be the recipient.
It had rained a lot last week and news reports say an even bigger storm is approaching from the Pacific Northwest. It is not really cold, but there is a gust of wind blowing that causes my curtains to do that really spooky motion, so I shut the window. The rain is welcome, especially after the long drought in Southern California. Drivers are typically nervous when it rains because the streets are more slippery with oily streets, but I find that everyone slows down, even if it only means driving ten miles under the speed limit. I really like staring at the freeway while it is raining because the cars seem to drive in slow motion as everyone is more cautious.
The other day, I was driving around my old high school when a couple of students darted out from behind cars and started J-walking in front of my car. Then a group of about fifteen teenagers followed them, so I rolled down the windows and told them that they should not be crossing at a non-crosswalk because it is illegal. Anyway, all those little punks did was shrug and laugh. I don't know what boils my blood more: their ignorance for the law or the fact that I am now a grumpy adult in the eyes of high school kids.
I really need to skip on the coffee. I have no idea why I even drink the stuff, but when I do, I get this intense burst of rapid energy that all comes crashing down at the end. I get so caught up with what I have done so far in my life and what I still have left to accomplish. I am not a fan of the anxiousness that follows the caffeine withdrawal.
I am starting to feel the urge to board a bus, a train or plane and take a break from this place. I even thought about grabbing a world globe and blindly picking the first location on the map to escape.
I decided the best cure for stagnation was to clean my room. I ended up laundering all my colored clothes (about three super loads) and tidying up the area around me. It makes a world of difference for my productivity when my space is organized.
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Kroatz wrote:
I've almost finished my first novel. I have no idea if it is any good, but at least it has all the necessary components that are present in any good book. Like superheroes, attonements with fathers, time travel, questioning the existence of god, people dying, a massive forest that shares one consciousness, crossing a couple of thresholds, genetic manipulation, dragons, immortality and all its problems, and of course a lot of thematic subtleties.
I can't wait to know how it's going to end.
Is your novel written in English or in Dutch? When it is all complete will you make and audio version? It would be interesting to hear, regardless of the language.
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@Oz
It sounds like you have become your own Leathersmith. Those animal hide materials are difficult to work with because of the thickness. I imagine it is like having to sew together two leather belts, which would be difficult with a basic needle and thread. Have you trained in how to use a sabre? I have only studied with fencing foil, but I suppose sabre and rapier could use similar techniques.
My sister bought a really nice brand new digital camera last year but is so enamored of taking photos with her smart phone she has never used it. So she gave it to me. But the battery charger was missing. Enter Ebay. I found one for super cheap because electronics direct from Asia is super cheap. But three days later I'm told it's out of stock. Is the universe telling me to stick with my ancient battery-draining monster of a digital camera?
Funny it's the same maker and style camera but ten years ago it's this huge monster with an immense lens. Now all the same features are in something as thin as two CD cases and more than 30% smaller. And don't even mention digital SLR around me. It's not that SLRs are too complex or anything, it's just when I tkae a picture I want to point and click not fiddle with all kinds of controls and options. Just don't want to be bothered. Besides there's a snob/pretentious quotient there. Show someone a really nice photo and they say, "Take that with an SLR?" Um no. "Ooooh" Like you're beneath contempt because you don't meet some process standards even if the final result is as good or superior to theirs.
Like the expert mathematician who gets every answer right and finishes the test first but fails the exam because he didn't show his work. He didn't need to do any of it! Why labor over a process when only the result should matter? Nah, do it the hardest way possible so you can take pride in putting in more effort thn the result is really worth. Or not. Just get it done already and stop talking about it.
@Bravo- that's right, it's results that matter, not the tools, unless you have a specific fetish for the workings- Which is fair enough if people do (this was handmade in the original way etc), but that's a different thing from the end result which is the same no matter HOW it's acheived.
Keep trying to get that charger! Try Ebay in other countries too if that helps, the "world wide" option on the left in the search options.
-@Kawaii-
Noooo! I am far from a leatherworker! The most I've stiched is thin, normal leather as patches on clothing, watch bands and a pouch for a tablet, stuff like that. Working with real thick stuff like this is almost beyond me! I'll only be using studs, no stiches. I have these special steel studs that screw together. But even that is damn hard. I would not like to do this sort of leather work seriously. Way too hard!
As for sabre work, there's apparently a very big difference between modern sport sabre fencing and old stye military sabre drills. A lot of evolution has taken place in the sport so that it's evolved into its own thing, like kendo has moved on a lot from kenjitsu and bushido etc.
This guy adresses it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH8auVrYL3M
It's very interesting!
There are no experts to teach me here… so I'm content to wear the sabre like it's part of a costume rather than a weapon. I would like to do military sabre training one day though.
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Maybe you feel older than thse crappy students but you're also 10x smarter too! Content yourself with that :)
Just compare this Royal Armouries video on light cavalry saber use with fencing. A world of difference.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDFPiF3xXCQ
Using a sharply curved blade from horseback is nothing like fencing. You're cutting and hacking not scoring points. You want to kill or dehabilitate your opponent not touch him. And the target hopes for a glancing blow or that rolled cloak to get cut and not flesh. Look at the cuts from horseback and you'll quickly see why rolled cloaks and big hats were good defences against cavalry sword attacks. Anything that defects the blade or throws off the aim is a good thing that could save one's life.
Big hats and rolled cloaks as a defence are more a thing characteristic of rapier fencing from a couple of centries before the heyday of the sabre in the 1800s.
Smallsword (and other weapons like it) took over from rapier as a universal thrust-centric dueling weapon. I think people may sometimes have used the cloaks and things when fencing with those.
Sabres can stab, but they're better for the cut. I think the type of sabre the British used during the Crimean was especially bad for the thrust- they had a rod on the back edge to provide all the stiffness (pipeback), but they were amazingly springy so would bend away when stabbing into thick clothes and not go through. The Russian's thick wool greatcoats were enough to protect them.
-Probably that second sword shown in the vid.
I would love to do that sort of thing BTW, but I haven't ridden in many years and I'm a bit rusty now… I got up to a decent level when I used to ride. I was pretty good at jumps, dressage, gymkahna… but it's been SO long. :(
All my riding gear was black back then, so much like my hussar gear now.
(finaly finished the sword belt YAY!!!!!! Belt sander paired the leather better than any blade and the drill worked better than any punch)
Ohhhnooooo…every time I ignore the forums for a couple days I come back to novel-length discussions of military garb/vehicles/etc between oz and bravo. XD
@bravo: I think I forgot to wish you a happy birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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I'm pretty sure one of my Christmas packages got lost in the mail…stupid USPS. It departed from the first USPS facility like 12 days ago and it hasn't moved since. Tracking can be pretty sketchy within the US, but I always get an update when it reaches Canadian customs. Since that hasn't happened, I suspect it just got lost at that point. I've never had something take that long to reach customs. I contacted the seller and they said they'll work out a replacement if it doesn't come, but wanted to wait longer (which is understandable). Just sucks that it almost definitely won't be here in time for Christmas.
HippieVan wrote:
@bravo: I think I forgot to wish you a happy birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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I'm pretty sure one of my Christmas packages got lost in the mail…stupid USPS. It departed from the first USPS facility like 12 days ago and it hasn't moved since.
Thank you for the belated birthday wishes. Since there is still leftowver cake it's still relevant. :-D
As for the package: Check Canadian customs! Many of my Canadian chums tell horror stories of packages falling into that abyss until frenzied inquiries are made to the Canadian government.
Any package I get from Asia has had to be personally signed for and sometimes the postman forgets the first notice. Grrr. Whatyamean second notice!? I was home ring the doorbell!
Oz@Russians in greatcoats. That was their secret weapon since the 18th Century and an unspoken reason to wear greatcoats on campaign. Light cavalry sabers were often less effective agaisnt infantry in greatcoats. Send in the heavies, all the lights do is nip at their heels.
bravo1102 wrote:Canadian customs has definitely been known to hold packages longer than is seemingly necessary, but they are pretty good about scanning it upon entry. When that's the issue I'll usually have a tracking update that says "Customs Clearance," and it just hangs there for days. I suspect it never got to them and was lost by the USPS, especially because tracking stopped long before it would have reached the Canadian border. :(
As for the package: Check Canadian customs! Many of my Canadian chums tell horror stories of packages falling into that abyss until frenzied inquiries are made to the Canadian government.
I feel bad that the seller will probably just have to swallow the cost of USPS' mistake.
I always worry about stuff in transit. :(
BUT, I've almost never had stuff lost, even traveling all the way too Australia from thousands and thousands of Kms around the entire planet (I can only think of one thing lost right now), so the postage system is pretty damn good. I've had more emails and text messages lost than parcels and letters by a massive margin.
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OMFG! There is some Islamic nutjob holding people hostage in some crappy Sydney shopping centre or deli or something and the whole country is goung crazy. Bloody Australia. In countries with real terrorisim they don't act like babies over stuff like this- it's more akin to a sordid domestic seige by a crazed husband or something like that and yet the fuckwit press is talking about "securing airspace".
Everyone who gets carried away by terrorisim or Islamaphobia needs to be shipped of to Afghanistan, Iraq and Israel and forced to live there for a while so they get a sense of perspective.
Surprise discovery at the leisure centre today. Apparently I am now old enough to qualify for the over 50s 'no strings attatched badminton club'. Seriously? You reach your half century and suddenly your backhand is such a danger to yourself and others they take your raquet strings away? I refuse to participate in this ageist debacle.
Put me down for senior's bingo afternoon.
HippieVan wrote:Over the years I've learned every regional sorting center. Some miss a scan in sorting or it takes a very long truck ride and there's no news for days. If the package was palletized in bulk there might be no individual scanning until it's past the border and reaches the Customs house and sits and sits. I had that happen to a package I ordered from Asia. That warehouse was steaming hot because when I opened the box this waft of hot Asian air came out.
Canadian customs has definitely been known to hold packages longer than is seemingly necessary, but they are pretty good about scanning it upon entry. When that's the issue I'll usually have a tracking update that says "Customs Clearance," and it just hangs there for days. I suspect it never got to them and was lost by the USPS, especially because tracking stopped long before it would have reached the Canadian border. :(
I feel bad that the seller will probably just have to swallow the cost of USPS' mistake.
All postal services are suspect in my view. I had a couple of packages vanish into Italian customs for eight weeks and another package bounce from Switzerland to New York and back again. That one ended happily because the Swiss guy felt so bad he sent chocolate to make up for the delay. I later bought out his whole collection of hard to find French made 54mm plastic Historex figures.
I hope it's just delayed rather than lost. I've had that happen too where a package vanished, I got the refund and it showed up weeks later.
Hey, 'Zone -
I just heard about that situation in Aussie today on the radio. Apparently it's resolved. Obviously, I assumed that any raving maniac in a cafe in Australia must be you; glad it wasn't.
We had our own attack here in Canada on the Parliament in Ottawa. They stopped a loonie (if you'll pardon the expression) from attacking. Though it was saddening/angering to lose the soldier that was shot, the hysterical response and cries of terrorism and the political push to strengthen security and expand police powers seemed like such an overreaction - or an agenda that someone wanted to push, using the attack as an excuse (nah! That could never happen!).
I'm feeling like ol' Canada is moving in the wrong direction, and that our government is not representing who we are as people. It's a drag. I used to think that was one of this country's strengths.
In better news, I'm almost done my Halloween Special in Typical Strange! Working the second job has definitely mucked up my comic schedule…
Banes wrote:
We had our own attack here in Canada on the Parliament in Ottawa. They stopped a loonie (if you'll pardon the expression) from attacking. Though it was saddening/angering to lose the soldier that was shot, the hysterical response and cries of terrorism and the political push to strengthen security and expand police powers seemed like such an overreaction - or an agenda that someone wanted to push, using the attack as an excuse (nah! That could never happen!).
I'm feeling like ol' Canada is moving in the wrong direction, and that our government is not representing who we are as people. It's a drag. I used to think that was one of this country's strengths.
I feel the same way, Banes. : (
My parents aren't super patriotic or anything, but they always told me when I was a kid that Canada was a "peace-keeping nation." It makes me sad that that seems to have gone by the wayside.
I felt like I was crazy for a while, because politicians and the media just kept calling it a "terrorist attack" and I didn't think it was. But then I saw this poll that only a minority of Canadians are under that impression (even after hearing it everywhere), which made me feel better. I think you're right, the problem is that the rhetoric and policies of our politicians aren't actually representative of Canadians.
That's right guys! It's nutters who do the attacks and then it's the rest of the nutters in the community in general who froth at the mouth and react to them, dragging all the rest of us along with their idiocy in the form of a crazy over-reaction.
The irony in that the reacation is ALWAYS worse (for everyone) than the act that inspired it: the killing of Arch Duke Ferdinand - WW1, 9/11 - 10 years of neverending war, any attack by Palestinians on an Israeli - equals open shooting season on an entire city.
When you said "loonie" Banes I thought of a goose and I was trying to work of how that could have happened…
Interestingly this whole pathetic situation in Sydney went as I predicted months ago when the Aussie government was warning of a "terrorist" attack (which this was not as it turns out): I said that at most we'd only get a grubby little siege in a shopping centre or something.
My co-workers were eating it up, beleiveing that there were multipile "attackers" and telling me it was so SERIOUS and that there were bomb threats all over the city… blah blah blah and unicorns fart rainbow sprinkles that cure aids.
But I was right and they were wrong, because I'm not an idiot. :D
Aaand we just had a bomb threat at the hospital today. All the crazies are crawling out of the woodwork. Nothing related to terrorists though…
I guess those people who hate Christmas, those who think Humans aren't a natural part of the universe (and therefore must be exterminated), and those who think Free Will is a work of the devil are also not crazy… :)
Please I was hoping I could go someplace and not hear about this Islamophobic crap. Bad enough all the shit I hear at work. And the Afghan vets just shake their heads. Stop exaggerating stuff to sell newspapers or get cable ratings.
It's hyperbole and fear mongering. Crazies will glom onto anything to support their yearning for violence to instill terror. Islam just happens to make it so easy to be an extreme fanatic. The Koran and Hadith is just so open to that interprettion and there is no established orthadox clergy to say it isn't. A nut is a nut whatever symbol of faith he prefers.
Yeah, I studied Islamic history and the Koran and the teachings of the Prophet. Fine it says all thsoe things but you don't have to make it a pillar of faith any more than the blood-drenched xenophobia in the Old Testament defines a Jew. Yeech.
Well said bravo. Blind hate, ignorance, irrational fear - they amount to the same thing however you dress them up. I like the sound of this Ride With Me thing they've come up with over there, so Muslims can feel safe getting from A to B.
They should have a simlilar thing in the States. A Go About Your Daily Business With Me scheme, so black folks can buy their groceries without being blasted all to hell at point blank range.
Ironscarf wrote:Bring back the Freedom riders from the 1950's-60's. Someone to walk along side a person of color so they won't get harrassed by an itchy-trigger fingered cop wth a chip on his shoulder.
They should have a simlilar thing in the States. A Go About Your Daily Business With Me scheme, so black folks can buy their groceries without being blasted all to hell at point blank range.
Blacks routinely get pulled over by the police in NJ for DWB; Driving While Black. 50,000 years ago out of Africa buddy. We're all African-Americans.
Ugh… staying away from dry roasted peanuts for a while. Ate maybe 5 pieces and now my stomach hurts…
I try to stay away from all that fear monger stuff. I'd rather not have to deal with it. The people I deal with at work are already bad enough… like that woman a few nights ago who insisted she had the right to sleep at the front of a business I was watching. Called the police who then hauled her away (with the permission of the business owner who had to get out of bed at midnight to help deal with her)…
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