Unseen

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:

If you start telling any stereotypical Irish jokes I will punch your lights out as soon as I finish this drink.

and here’s one for the gays:

I got Pfizer #1 with no side effect beyond feeling a little tired for a while and the expected injection site soreness.

Shot #2 is reputed to be the hard hitter and that proved to be true for me, though the side-effect was rather unexpected: a very bad case of diarrhea that hit at about 5 a.m., causing me to get out of bed and run for the throne…[Read more]

Kristina wrote:

Not having sugar in things seems unamerican to me.

Or, better yet, high fructose corn  syrup.

Davis wrote:

To corn just means to preserve (in a brine). It’s a form of curing. No relation to Cornwall or with actual corn. It is definitely not for everyone. Cornwall does have a nice food: the Cornish Pasty (similar to a Spanish or Latin-American empanada but I think better). If you see one in a bakery or hipster food truck…try it! Or mak…

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Dirty Harry knows:

Chicago is to the hot dog as Vienna is to Wienerschnitzel and Bologna is to spaghetti Bolognese (Cornwall to corned beef?). Anyway, Chicago says “Our dog, our rules.” And it goes way beyond mustard vs. ketchup.

Davis wrote:

You put vinegar tomato sauce on your processed meat in a casing on a bun? INFANTILE BARBARIANS!

SUGARY vinegar tomato sauce!

It’s a simple truth: Ketchup on ‘dogs is a kid thing.

jakelafort wrote:

Reg, i was gonna say sumpin bout islamaphobia. The ponies diverted my attention. But You nailed it. I say that cuz you said what i would have said. Ya can’t conflate individuals with the institution. I was reminded of the exchange between Ben something or other (famous actor) and Sam Harris on Maher’s show. Also was reminded of…

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Back to the topic at hand. Not all cryptos are the same, and there are key differences between Bitcoin and Ethereum, the two leaders, such that Ethereum may end up being an actual currency while Bitcoin is more of an investment like a stock.

Folks, folks, folks, there is no law against putting ketchup on a hot dog. It’s just that a well-made hot dog CRIES OUT for mustard, and no fancy mustard with a Frankish or Germanic name, but the common bright yellow kind. If you can’t taste the superiority of mustard over ketchup, I put it down to your untrained and insensitive palates.

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Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:

Apparently the best bagels are now found on the West Coast and not in NYC!

Few things in life are more heavenly than a good bagel with a healthy “shmear” of cream cheese on it. And NOT toasted! Toasting a bagel is like ketchup on a hot dog: Not something a true bagel lover would want done.

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_Robert_ wrote:

In a SHTF scenario the guy with the gold doesn’t buy a loaf of bread ( however you could chisel off “a piece of eight”, LOL). He buys the muscle, the whole bakery, whatever…and then he takes what He wants. You do know how the wealthy operate, right? They “killed it” during this pandemic. Govt just giving out free money to the majo…

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Davis wrote:

Unseen, Everybody knows you threaten to clobber the head of a guy holding the bread with a hunk of gold if he doesn’t hand it over. It’s the most efficient way to acquire goods with precious metals.

You see some guy walking toward the farmers market and you think “I bet he’s carrying some gold.” LOL

@_Robert_:  Didn’t I ask, how do you use gold to buy a loaf of bread or any other small items with gold? Do you have like 1-gram gold coins in addition to gold dollars and bars?

Without a government establishing ownership of large expensive property (your home, for example), why would someone give up gold to buy it rather than just taking it?…[Read more]