I just got a coffee pot with no timer, just an on/off switch. (Because it also has no black plastic, even the filter holder.) I never needed a timer, but now I do have to be aware the keep-hot plate will stay on until I turn it off, instead of self-stopping after 2 hours.

To be fair to Santa, foxes are known for their fleetness, agility and endurance, hence the whole chasing-after-with-horses-and-dogs ridiculousness. “Vixen” means she’s exactly what Santa needs on his team

The real butter is in the case with the Kerrygold. American Butter (I see Clover, Land o’ Lakes, and Challenge, for example) is typically sold in one-pound boxes of four 8-tablespoon sticks. About ½ kilo in all.

Kerrygold, being more expensive because imported from Ireland, is usually sold as one 8-ounce slab, the equivalent of two sticks.

What you see in the tubs is either margarine, a mix of butter+oil, or whipped butter (adding air to make it softer , go farther, and seem like more).

How long until ChatGPT starts responding “It’s been generally agreed that the answer to your question is to just ask ChatGPT”?

Those are bouillon spoons. I prefer to eat with them all the time, but I have teaspoons and Tablespoons as well. You could look on this as a gifting opportunity rather than bitching.

One t in scot-free.

From Scotland, where there are 3 possible verdicts to a murder trial:

Guilty

Not Guilty

Not Proven

In the 3rd instance, we may or may not all know you did it, but the State couldn’t prove their case, so you get away scot-free.

If everyone who comments here emailed Joe Biden with suggestions as to how he could use his newly-expanded powers to help deserving people in America (or influenced by America) it would probably not make a difference, but there’s a non-zero possibility he’d actually do some of it.

Yes! They’re more expensive but so worth it. It not just comfort/appearance, you also see better through thinner plastic. And they’re better able to stay in place without falling off and getting scratched.

Btw, the best way to protect your glasses is to keep them on your face. Have a safe container on your nightstand, use museum goo if you worry about it falling off. If you have to put them down, leave the arms open so the lenses stay 90° from the surface, and always put them someplace that’s higher than your waist.

Personally I clean mine with less than a drop of dish soap (or liquid hand soap in an emergency) and running water, and once I’ve gently washed them, I turn the stream low along the edge so it runs off both sides without leaving drops. Then I wipe the frame but not the lenses, only dab any stubborn last drop to remove it. In most cases it’s better to put up with some temporary dirt particles until you can clean safely, than to wipe and create permanent scratches.

When my dad’s coworker took his off he could read microfilm

Soooo… With 2 already-wealthy men getting paid for doing the one job, outside of the official government, it’s actually the Department of Not-Really Government Redundancies and Grift, isn’t it?

And since the only good reason to make the error would be to invite another pedant into the conversation, I’m finding this whole little sidethread very satisfactory.

PG&E has been having to cut off power for swaths of customers in California every time we get in a red-flag fire weather situation, because their power lines over the mountains sway and spark and have caused horrendous wildfires. Notably the Camp Fire that completely destroyed the town of Paradise, killing over 85 people and thousands of animals. It’s been pretty expensive for them. Of course, they saved money for decades by skimping on maintenance, but that all went in their executives’ pockets, so they’re having trouble with trying to get up to code and pay their court costs and fines

https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/what-s-killing-monarchs-our-roads

Plant the fields, not the roadways, got it

Was gonna say, it’s like with bears, don’t think you can pet the baby because Mama will beat your ass.

Look, if you can just keep persisting, there’s a good chance you will outlive this, and that he won’t. I outlived Reagan, although clearly his legacy of evil continues. Stay strong, and look out for those even more vulnerable than yourself.

https://wafflegame.net/daily

Link for the lazy

Is that one of those Paul Dinning videos? Our old cat used to love those.

Try putting on your right blinker, sometimes they get the message you’re encouraging them to pass.

This sent me to Wikipedia for kiwifruit, where I read the Chinese characters translate as “macaque peach,” but I don’t know if that means “peach-ish fruit macaques like to eat” or “peach-ish fruit with fur like a macaque.”

I think we can skip the " Chinese gooseberry" interval.

I assume the Kiwi who rebranded them as “kiwifruit” 🥝 intended both “from New Zealand” and “sorta looks like a kiwi bird.”

Tbf, there is a resemblance to a pinecone, especially if you’re not exactly getting the plumpest, ripest specimens.