That fight is in the appendices, but not the Hobbit itself.

Related method, HK diner style egg sandwiches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpgVmLMAOzs

Am a Dutch. I agree this is bad and I agree we should move as fast as possible toward digital sovereignty / FOSS.

That said, NL is the only country that’s an “unofficial” full member of the “Five Eyes.” This seriously complicates any move away from US tech.

Not an excuse; just one of the big reasons.

It’s a racist myth we know exactly where it started in the 1950s with one doctor who had a bad experience at a Chinese restaurant then published an article, not even a study, describing Chinese Restaurant Syndrome due to the use of MSG. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutamate_flavoring#Social_perceptions

Merkur and Feather blades, exactly what I have been using for 25 years.

Hang in there. I know the feeling all too well.

There is one going on in this very thread.

Several people keep referring to the “Democrat” party instead of the “Democratic” party.

Shortening it to Democrat was a Rethuglican tactic that, rhetorically, eliminates the idea the party is linked to the ideal rather than just a label.

Yes, as in “is it worth three hours of your time.”

It was a good ride (which is what the poem literally is) and had a message that should resonate with [points at all of this].

Don’t beat yourself up too much over it. It’s easier to see with hindsight, and at the time you had other priorities which were just as valid to you at the moment.

I hope you find the peace and balance you are looking for. Please know that I think most people here really appreciated hearing about your whacky antics; they often brought a bit of sunshine to an otherwise dull day.

Godspeed.

My son says it was called, Foodwars .

I’m not super into anime and manga, but my sons are. Some of the stuff I’ve watched with them was really good: Brotherhood, Castlevania, Grand Blue, that one cooking school one where everyones cloths fly off when they eat something tasty, Helsing abridged…

…But Your Name nearly made me cry and gave me an existential crisis for a month.

(I think OP replied that way on purpose.)

The world’s various Orthodox churches would like a word with you…

I approve of this.

For fart, the word in Dutch is close to our word for precious. The others I haven’t really heard, but it’s not the kind of thing you’d say in public anyway.

If you are tired of reading of grandma’s hardships in the great depression here is a trick:

Add “cooked.wiki/” (without the “”) to the beginning of any recipe URL, and it will strip away everything but a column with the ingredients and a column with the recipe.

You have to make an account to store recipes, but that’s totally optional.

He did in fact change his mind. Life happens.

Writing the Working Instructions for unsecured cargo trades or the tl;dr on the EU’s 21st sanctions package on Russia.

Coming to give an updoot on this comment, I noticed you fabricate yours the opposite way I do: you slice four strips from stem to top while I cut them around the circumference.

This helps you think?