2D8HP's extended mea culpa and Random Banter #218

[2D8HP]

Hey, I got a Seiko SNE042! High five, Seiko-friend!

Anyway, I love that watch. Really thin, solar, clean design, and a grey face. Hits every box for me.

A thin solar-powered (that's a thing now?) Watch?

That sounds AWESOME!

Cat's calmed down now.....

Happy to read that.

I have been told I generally look like I could come off the set of the addams family.

The lingering teenager of the 1980's in me says that's way cool!

[Peelee]

A thin solar-powered (that's a thing now?) Watch?

That sounds AWESOME!

9 millimeter thickness.

[WarKitty]

The lingering teenager of the 1980's in me says that's way cool!

My lingering teenager is giving the finger to the long list of people who told me that I'd never make it anywhere unless I stopped being so weird. (Note: actual teenager me wouldn't have dared. I didn't pick up such rudeness until grad school.)

I do of course make accommodations as needed to the requirements, but a lot of places aren't nearly as strict as people made them out to be. A little creativity can keep a good aesthetic and still be appropriate for most places.

[Peelee]

**** hardwood floor installation.

That is all.

[2D8HP]

**** hardwood floor installation.

That is all.

That reminds me, on Sunday I installed 32' (about 9.754 meters) of metal fence between our north neighbors driveway and our house while the neighbors were out because me wife has been seething about the neighbors leaning lumber on our house and parking so close.

"Do-it-yourself" is a pain, there's a reason people want to get paid for it, don't let anyone convince you things are "easy"

[Mith]

**** hardwood floor installation.

That is all.

Destrucrion is usually easier than construction, and the wood flooring I had to help remove was atrocious. So indirect sympathy to your plight.

[Insane Jeenyus]

in other news, I have been adopted by a stray cat, so I bought some cat food - as well as a neighbor in the same stack of apartments. Now I just need to make sure that a local racoon isn't eating the cat's food.

[enderlord99]

People argue about whether the Earth is "round" or "flat" as if they've never seen a mountain before.

[factotum]

in other news, I have been adopted by a stray cat, so I bought some cat food - as well as a neighbor in the same stack of apartments.

You bought a neighbour? Isn't that illegal under some sort of slavery laws?

[Insane Jeenyus]

I was lonely

[Algeh]

You bought a neighbour? Isn't that illegal under some sort of slavery laws?

I was lonely

Well, it all makes sense to me. I mean, you needed to get *someone* to take care of your new stray cat for you when you go on vacation. Also buying a neighbor is just planning ahead!

[Aedilred]

People argue about whether the Earth is "round" or "flat" as if they've never seen a mountain before.

Relative to its overall size, the surface of the Earth is pretty smooth. Not quite as much as a pool ball, but moreso than a baseball, cricket ball, basketball, etc. The same would apply if it were flat, which it isn't. The existence of mountains isn't enough to change the overall shape from "round" to "something else".

[Qwertystop]

Kansas, in particular, is flatter than a pancake.

[LaZodiac]

Kansas, in particular, is flatter than a pancake.

Pancakes aren't even remotely flat, really. I'm surprised this saying caught on (not really).

[HalfTangible]

Pancakes aren't even remotely flat, really. I'm surprised this saying caught on (not really).

They are in the sense that the phrase is used in.

[Bartmanhomer]

I'm thinking of eating pancakes right now.

[rooster707]

I'm thinking of eating pancakes right now.

Aren’t we all?

I had maple ice cream for the first time last week. It was delicious on its own, but my immediate reaction was “this would be incredible with pancakes.” Is pancakes and ice cream a thing? I feel like it should be.

[Bartmanhomer]

Aren’t we all?

I had maple ice cream for the first time last week. It was delicious on its own, but my immediate reaction was “this would be incredible with pancakes.” Is pancakes and ice cream a thing? I feel like it should be.

Maple ice cream. I never heard of that flavor before.

[Anonymouswizard]

Darn, now I'm wanting pancakes as well. We don't even have any lemon juice to go with sugar, and I'm rubbish at getting them properly thin!

[enderlord99]

Darn, now I'm wanting pancakes as well. We don't even have any lemon juice to go with sugar, and I'm rubbish at getting them properly thin!

Are you specifically thinking about crepes? Because, yeah, those are tricky...

Maple ice cream. I never heard of that flavor before.

It usually also has walnuts, IIRC.

[Bartmanhomer]

To pancakes and beyond. This should be a meme.

[Anonymouswizard]

Are you specifically thinking about crepes? Because, yeah, those are tricky...

I'm talking about pancakes, the thin things you have with lemon and sugar. Not those weird thick things Americans call pancakes.

Yeah, alright, crepes. Normally referred to as pancakes over here. I don't think we really have a word for American pancakes, the smaller variety can be called scotch pancakes or drop scones, but I don't think that applies to the ones with a large diameter.

[rooster707]

Huh. I’ve had crepes a couple of times, but I had no idea actual pancakes were just an American thing. Interesting. You poor savages.

[enderlord99]

I don't think we really have a word for American pancakes

Does "flapjack" work?

EDIT: Apparently the answer is "only for the ones with oat in them."

[Anonymouswizard]

Does "flapjack" work?

EDIT: Apparently the answer is "only for the ones with oat in them."

Nah, flapjacks are a baked thing made out of oats, normally stick together with... I think one of those liquidy forms of sugar. Never made them myself.

Then again Americans think you can make puddings without suet. One of the few legitimately amazing parts of English cuisine* and the lot of them think it's some kind of custard.


* Along with trifle, we actually seem to be rather good at deserts. Spotted Richard is always good for a laugh, but the ultimate favourite is sticky toffee pudding, ideally with lashings of custard.

[enderlord99]

Then again Americans think you can make puddings without suet.

I'm such an idiot that I not only didn't know desserts required suet, I couldn't even name any deserts WITH suet!

I was told that "pudding" meant "dessert, regardless of what the actual dish is" earlier, in this very thread. Of course, somehow both you and they are right and I am inherently wrong about everything purely because of geopolitical location{.}

[Bartmanhomer]

To flapjacks and beyond. Now this meme is even better than the first one.

[rooster707]

Then again Americans think you can make puddings without suet. One of the few legitimately amazing parts of English cuisine* and the lot of them think it's some kind of custard.

Untrue! Custard has eggs; pudding does not.

I was told that "pudding" meant "dessert, regardless of what the actual dish is" earlier, in this very thread. Of course, somehow both you and they are right and I am inherently wrong about everything purely because of geopolitical location{.}

Of course. We can’t help it, it’s in our DNA.

[Anonymouswizard]

I'm such an idiot that I not only didn't know desserts required suet, I couldn't even name any deserts WITH suet!

I was told that "pudding" meant "dessert, regardless of what the actual dish is" earlier, in this very thread. Of course, somehow both you and they are right and I am inherently wrong about everything purely because of geopolitical location{.}

Pudding means desert. I'm actually referring to suet puddings, a baked dish that uses suet pastry and may be savoury (as in steak and kidney puddings) or sweet (as in sticky toffee pudding), and ideally stodgy. Most people here will just shorten that to pudding, with other types of pudding being referred with qualifiers, such as Yorkshire Pudding, black pudding, or custard. Yes, that does mean you have to work out if somebody means desert or suet pudding based on context, it's normally easy.

Plus one of our classic deserts sounds like a disease of the nether reasons, I'm not sure why I'm acting so high and mighty.

[enderlord99]

I'm not sure why I'm acting so high and mighty.

Could it perhaps be because we spell and define things differently than you, and you subconsciously believe "differently" automatically means "worse" even though you know it really doesn't?