I was already doing this in my head for North Carolina since our seasons are changing right on the equinox/solstice the last few years. Autumn and Spring temperatures are perfect, but only the former is marred by the threat of hurricanes (so far). Escaping the psychically crushing late winter of March up north was reason enough to relocate, though the last weeks of summer hold a similar weight in the south.
AprilMayOctoberJune NovemberDecemberJulyMarch January FebruarySeptemberAugust
― Citole Country (bendy), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:16 (two years ago) link
Mine is for London, should've mentioned.
― chap, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 20:25 (two years ago) link
Now I'm curious to know what happens in May in interior Alaska
I'm all about the region of Bordeaux (especially Saint-Émilion), Côtes-du-Rhône (the classic blends found in Chateauneuf but also the Grenache-Syrah blends, excellent stuff at excellent price). I'm actually unfamiliar with the Bourgogne which is nearest where I live, I've tasted very good things from the Côte-d'Or but they also seem very expensive. I refuse to put more than 15-20 euros for a bottle.
Returning from Provence this summer, my new idea as a "foody" is to get into olive oil - seems as worthy than getting into wine.
― Nabozo, Thursday, 7 October 2021 12:23 (two years ago) link
Montreal
JulyJanuaryDecemberAugustFebruaryJuneMaySeptemberOctoberAprilNovemberMarch
― kermit the grouch (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 7 October 2021 12:30 (two years ago) link
As for climate in Switzerland, I think I like the inter-season best so
September (autumn skies)MayAprilJuneAugustOctoberJulyJanuaryDecemberFebruaryMarchNovember (best spent indoor rolled in a ball crying)
Then again we just had our wettest summer and our coldest May. I don't dislike winter, but the months can be greyish. March is not really bad, but you just can't wait for Spring to arrive soon enough.
― Nabozo, Thursday, 7 October 2021 12:46 (two years ago) link
May is when things thaw. So it's just a lot of mud and rivers of snowmelt running down your driveway, and all the snow slides off the roof in a huge lump all at once and then lies around the yard getting dirtier and dirtier. Which wouldn't be that bad except it takes forever and you never know when it's going to start and when it's going to end. Some years all that starts in April and it's actually decent by mid-May, but some years it snows in May and doesn't really start to melt properly until around Memorial Day. And of course by that time the skiing is done, the river isn't safe to go on, and you're sick of winter and just want it to be over.
― Lily Dale, Thursday, 7 October 2021 13:06 (two years ago) link
Mississippi:
NovemberDecemberJanuaryFebruaryMarchOctoberAprilMayHellseptemberHelljuneHelljulyHellaugust
Crazy weirdos who like the heat may disagree.
― Profiles in Liquid Courage (WmC), Thursday, 7 October 2021 13:13 (two years ago) link
I just hated winter in Guangzhou, firstly there's no heating anywhere, so the few weeks of actual cold weather you get are unbearable, then there's the weird cold-but-humid days where the condensation runs down all the walls and across the floor, feels like you are living in some kind of miasma, it's impossible to dry clothes, you hang them up and they get wetter, then start growing mold.
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 7 October 2021 13:41 (two years ago) link
GamesMoviesMusicBooksSportsWeatherFoodSeasons
― typo hell #12: a hundreds of millions of people (Karl Malone), Thursday, 7 October 2021 15:13 (two years ago) link
25 Harmless Goodtime Fun Party Jams That Didn’t Make It On To Rolling Stone’s Top 500 Songs Of All-Time List But Are Certainly Better Songs Than Fucking “Paper Planes” Or “Redemption Song”:
The Village People - “YMCA”The Romantics - “What I Like About You”The Five Du-Tones - “Shake a Tail Feather”Bunker Hill - “Hide and Seek”Dua Lipa - “Don’t Start Now”Karmin - “Brokenhearted”Katrina and the Waves - “Walking on Sunshine”ATC - “Around the World”Brooks and Dunn - “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” (country!!)Walk the Moon - “Shut Up and Dance with Me”Taylor Swift - “Shake It Off”Maroon 5 - “Sugar”Justin Timberlake - “Sexyback”Timbaland - “The Way I Are”Quad City DJs - “Come On Ride the Train”Rihanna - “Don’t Stop the Music”Pitbull - “I Know You Want Me”The B-52s - “Love Shack”LMFAO - “Party Rock Anthem”Nelly - “Hot in Herre”Cyndi Lauper - “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”Dexy’s Midnight Runners - “Come On Eileen”Bangles - “Walk Like an Egyptian”DNCE - “Cake by the Ocean”K.C. and the Sunshine Band - “That’s the Way I Like It”
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 7 October 2021 18:41 (two years ago) link
leading off with YMCA is an incredible controp and i love it and completely disagree it
― typo hell #12: a hundreds of millions of people (Karl Malone), Thursday, 7 October 2021 18:47 (two years ago) link
Electric Kitchen Appliances that I own, ranked by usefulness
1. Kettle2. Immersion blender (with processor attachment)3. Pasta maker4. Rice cooker5. Blender6. Coffee bean grinder7. Food processor8. Waffle iron
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 28 February 2022 17:01 (two years ago) link
No toaster oven or microwave?
― o. nate, Monday, 28 February 2022 17:08 (two years ago) link
i just got a new kettle and was gifted an intensely powerful NINJA blender that sounds like a generator and actually slides across the countertop as it powerfully blends my...smoothie? i recently lost a lot of my kitchen gear so my list is meager:
1. coffee grinder (burr)2. microwave3. NINJA4. kettle5. basic ass toaster
― the world's undisputed #1 fan of 'Spud Infinity' (Karl Malone), Monday, 28 February 2022 17:09 (two years ago) link
Used daily: coffee grinder, kettle, toaster oven, microwaveWeekly: waffle iron, food processorMonthly or less often: knife sharpener, hand mixer, blender, immersion blender
― o. nate, Monday, 28 February 2022 17:13 (two years ago) link
drip coffee makerespresso machinecoffee grinderkettletoaster instant pot
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 28 February 2022 17:27 (two years ago) link
oh and microwave somewhere in the middle
I suspect some are interchangeable, depending on personal experience, but consider this a working 'Farmyard bastard' scale - in order of most intimidating/dangerous to least. Admittedly, I've not worked on a farm but, as an effete countryside flaneur, I have walked through more than a few. 1. Geese (fuckers, to a man)2. Cows (I don't think it's malice, but bovine clumsiness + curiosity can = a ton of lumbering danger) 3. Donkeys (cussed, everyone I've met)4. Horses 5. Goats6. Pigs 7. Chickens8. Big-eared farmboy on tractor/combine harvester
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 28 February 2022 19:21 (two years ago) link
I was once attacked by a group of roosters that my aunt kept as pets in her backyard. Scary as shit.
― o. nate, Monday, 28 February 2022 20:13 (two years ago) link
Oh I was gonna post a small commentary but I didn't know if this was just pure solipsism or what ha
I haven't owned a microwave in a long time, I do not like how it makes food taste. I reheat my food in a pot or a pan with a splash of water or oil when applicableI have never owned a toaster oven or an air fryer (and I'm not especially needful of one)I have never owned a pressure cooker or a hot pot or a slow cooker (and if I had a larger kitchen I would likely get one)I have never owned a stand mixer but I intend to get one in the event that my pasta maker cacks out (one with the pasta-making attachment)My food processor is my least-used accessory (next to the waffle-iron) because I seldom need more food processed than what my immersion blender can do for me
I have owned a juicer and am not inclined to get a new one, juice gets old fast and cleaning them is not fun
Also I love cows but am terrified of bulls, my dad's farm was hired out for a grazing herd and if the bull was nearby it was a day of indoor playtime
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 28 February 2022 20:34 (two years ago) link
1 Geese2. GoatsNo other animals come close. cows are too docile to be malicious but yeah if they step on you or wander through a weak fenceline you are kinda fucked
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 28 February 2022 20:35 (two years ago) link
birds in general could all go in sub 1 category under geese, i hate most birds & poultry
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 28 February 2022 20:36 (two years ago) link
Canada geese are gross awful fuckers but I love birds-as-pets
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 28 February 2022 20:39 (two years ago) link
I mostly use the microwave for making popcorn and melting butter, in addition to reheating leftovers. There are better ways to reheat most things, but sometimes convenience and avoiding the need to wash another pan wins out.
xps
― o. nate, Monday, 28 February 2022 20:39 (two years ago) link
Cows can be hella malicious if they're protecting a calf.
― ledge, Monday, 28 February 2022 20:42 (two years ago) link
When a styrofoam container with Chinese or Vietnamese food in it has arrived at my house and its temperature has decreased in transit, then I find myself wishing I owned a microwave. That's really the only context I ever miss out on one.
Popcorn I make in a stock pot! it's great because you can make a LOT and I never feel like a single Jiffy Pop or an Orville bag is enough for the entire movie
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 28 February 2022 20:53 (two years ago) link
I have one of those HOTPOP microwave poppers. The thing works great. There is a limit to how much you can make at once, but it only takes about 3 minutes, so you can always just make a second batch.
― o. nate, Monday, 28 February 2022 21:58 (two years ago) link
In order of frequency 1. Kettle2. Rice Cooker3. Microwave 4. Instant Pot5. Coffee grinder6. Toaster7. Stand Mixer8. Blender9. Food Processor 10. Immersion Blender
but I Iove all my children. I even wrote a song about their hum.
― bendy, Tuesday, 1 March 2022 17:33 (two years ago) link
but if you had to rank your children...
― the world's undisputed #1 fan of 'Spud Infinity' (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 1 March 2022 17:36 (two years ago) link
Rice cooker and instant pot are 2 I can do without because I cook rice on the stove and have a stove-top pressure cooker.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 1 March 2022 18:00 (two years ago) link
I used to do that, but the convenience of setting the rice and beans a-cooking without further attention frees up headspace for cooking the burrito fillings, or pilaf/chickpeas/kabobs, etc
― bendy, Tuesday, 1 March 2022 18:05 (two years ago) link
Frequency of use rankings would be different from "how valuable it is in making finished products better" rankings, so this is sort of a combo ranking of both:1- elec. kettle2- (burr) coffee grinder3- microwave4- blender/food processor (2 tools that use the same motor)5- toaster6- spice grinder (retired blade coffee grinder)7- hand mixer8- immersion blender9- instant pot10- stand mixer
― Everybody Loves Ramen (WmC), Tuesday, 1 March 2022 18:36 (two years ago) link
6- spice grinder (retired blade coffee grinder)
Nice. I do this too and forgot to include it
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 1 March 2022 18:52 (two years ago) link
Same! Clearly the "best thing you can do to upgrade your coffee is upgrade your grinder" message really circulated.
― bendy, Tuesday, 1 March 2022 20:09 (two years ago) link
I would probably consider it if I had more counter space available in my kitchen. At this point I can pretty much cook those items on auto-pilot.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 1 March 2022 20:24 (two years ago) link
1. “Landslide” - The Dixie Chicks2. “Landslide” - Fleetwood Mac3. “Landslide” - The Smashing Pumpkins
― Stevie D(eux), Sunday, 10 April 2022 05:57 (two years ago) link
actual #1 is “Landslide” - Olivia Newton John
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 10 April 2022 06:03 (two years ago) link
Used daily: kettle, nespresso machine, microwaveMonthly or less often: toaster (bread)Don’t own: sharpener, hand mixer, blender, immersion blender, toaster oven, dishwasher
― Luna Schlosser, Sunday, 10 April 2022 07:53 (two years ago) link
Post-war British PMs.
The Hague
Theresa MayBoris JohnsonMargaret ThatcherTony BlairDavid CameronWinston ChurchillAnthony EdenHarold MacmillanAlec Douglas-HomeJohn MajorGordon BrownEdward Heath
Meh
James CallaghanHarold Wilson
Sound, Solid
Clement Attlee
― Sudden Birdnet Thus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 6 July 2022 15:44 (one year ago) link
1. Los Leones Trail2. Beaudry Loop3. Burbank Peak4. Mount Hollywood5. Nike Missile Site
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 6 July 2022 17:13 (one year ago) link
1. a split, bowl-shaped gourd spun on a water surface2. a gurgling gourd from influx of water3. a container of water upon which one taps out percussive sounds to the surrounding air4. gourds under water (containers of air contained in watery media)5. gourds half full of water (and air)6. rattles (containers of air)
― The 25 Best Songs Ever Ranked In Order (Deflatormouse), Thursday, 7 July 2022 02:07 (one year ago) link
1. andre30002. posdnuous3. chuck d4. left eye5. guru6. kendrick7. black thought8. ladybug mecca9. j-live10. common
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Wednesday, 10 August 2022 19:00 (one year ago) link
youngboy better
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 10 August 2022 19:14 (one year ago) link
that's my list of wackest rappers btw
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Wednesday, 10 August 2022 19:19 (one year ago) link
no flav?
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 10 August 2022 19:26 (one year ago) link
sorry, i misread that as wackIest
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 10 August 2022 19:27 (one year ago) link
that's a capitol "i" not a small "L"
wackiest rappers:
1. odb2. odb3. odb4. odb5. crunchy black6. odb7. odb 8. odb9. flavor flav10. kanye
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Wednesday, 10 August 2022 19:32 (one year ago) link
wriggliest wackers
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 10 August 2022 19:34 (one year ago) link
1. Peace2. Love3. Faith4. Hope
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 18 August 2022 02:14 (one year ago) link