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TheVat said:
Yes, alas my experience with mayo is largely the gloop. Adding mustard, especially a Dijon, could improve it considerably.
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If you make your own, you will find you need mustard to help the emulsification. The best mayonnaise I had was made in a little restaurant in Brittany where it was served with langoustines or crab. That tested pretty definitely of mustard and was quite perceptibly yellow in colour. I don't make it often myself but put a fair bit of mustard in when I do.

(And then I make meringues the next day, to use up the egg white.)
 
TheVat said:
Most insulting gains leverage when someone posts honestly and admits personal ambivalence, dissonance, kinks, whatev. For a conservative (any ideologue, really) of a certain doctrinaire stripe, a chance to jeer at any imperfection on the Left or any moral failure of same is an opportunity to derail discourse away from good faith chat about principles and practice. Insults are part of that - an opponents moral flaws are loose locks of hair they can yank on. Distract distract.
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It's rather amusing that Seattle seems to perceive being scrawny as some sort of moral failing. I feel compelled to point out though that despite being ridiculously lanky, I'm far from a weakling.

That said, and irrespective of nothing really, I heard about some weird poll the other day in which something like 40 percent of Trump voters believe that Trump could beat them up. WTF?! Just further evidence of the cult-like nature of their support/adoration. The guy is well more than double my weight, yet I am certain that I could easily take him with one arm tied behind my back.
 
parmalee said:
It's rather amusing that Seattle seems to perceive being scrawny as some sort of moral failing. I feel compelled to point out though that despite being ridiculously lanky, I'm far from a weakling.

That said, and irrespective of nothing really, I heard about some weird poll the other day in which something like 40 percent of Trump voters believe that Trump could beat them up. WTF?! Just further evidence of the cult-like nature of their support/adoration. The guy is well more than double my weight, yet I am certain that I could easily take him with one arm tied behind my back.
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Ha - I saw that poll. More Democrat women thought they would win a fight against Trump than Republican men did. It's not that Democrat women are therefore deulsional, and have a worse sense of reality than Democrat men, rather I honestly think that once you get past the assault on your nostrils, it really wouldn't be that difficult... he can barely stand upright as it is.
Anyhoo - this is the UK thread. So, enough of that. ;)
 
Sarkus said:
Ha - I saw that poll. More Democrat women thought they would win a fight against Trump than Republican men did. It's not that Democrat women are therefore deulsional, and have a worse sense of reality than Democrat men, rather I honestly think that once you get past the assault on your nostrils, it really wouldn't be that difficult... he can barely stand upright as it is.
Anyhoo - this is the UK thread. So, enough of that. ;)
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Yeah, I found that quite hilarious. My take is that a hypothetical impartial observer would likely conclude, on viewing a fair bit of footage of Trump "in action", that he is an elderly, morbidly obese man who is plainly inactive and, worse yet, not terribly dextrous or coordinated owing either to inactivity, a stroke, or some other medical ailment. The only real advantage he'd have over most people is simply his weight.

 
Actually, this would be the more appropriate Swans tune--the other one just has the more relevant title.

 
exchemist said:
Yes! One has to treat Belgian beer with respect. It is often strong and not to be drunk in pints like English beer.
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Treating it with respect is a learning curve, strong beer in the UK was hideous in the 1980s, CAMRA monstrosities that involved more of everything.
My infamous home brew, birthday bash beer, was far superior to Old Tom, Old Pec and various horrific treacle brews.
 
Pinball1970 said:
Talking of of the US, UK relationship, I just watched King Charles speech to congress, it was impressive. He is a good speaker and the content was pure class.

You guys discussed it on another thread but I cannot remember where.
Authorship of the speech was mentioned? Regardless of who wrote it, or whether King Charles contributed, he still had to deliver it and he did.
He reminded me of Hitchens.
Not everyone can deliver an effective punchline in one paragraph then scold you in the next.

I always regarded him as bit of a privileged, weak buffoon, not as idiotic as Edward or loathsome as Andrew and his odious greedy wife, but unimpressive all the same.

I was quite proud of him giving that speech, I felt all British like.

Anyway I will let you chaps get on with all that GDP, £&$ stuff.
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I thought it was full of "Dad jokes".
 
exchemist said:
I’ve never had any problems driving in Italy, but it’s true I have not driven much in big cities there. The Netherlands is not bad, though there the bikes can be tricky. French driving I find very good. Malta, I don’t know at all.
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How would one have problems driving anywhere?
 
parmalee said:
It's rather amusing that Seattle seems to perceive being scrawny as some sort of moral failing. I feel compelled to point out though that despite being ridiculously lanky, I'm far from a weakling.

That said, and irrespective of nothing really, I heard about some weird poll the other day in which something like 40 percent of Trump voters believe that Trump could beat them up. WTF?! Just further evidence of the cult-like nature of their support/adoration. The guy is well more than double my weight, yet I am certain that I could easily take him with one arm tied behind my back.
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I'm sure that you could take a fat 80 year old. I've heard that you are quite manly and a dangerous dude especially with one arm tied behind your back. I even think you could take Biden and Harris at the same time.
 
parmalee said:
This matter of lobbing insults is somewhat fascinating. I'm certainly no stranger to deploying insults, but I feel that at the very least I try to make mine somewhat topical. But with Seattle, I'm not sure how insulting me for being chronically underweight, for instance, is pertinent to anything being discussed.

But more curious are those insults which can be construed as perhaps somehow relevant. One in particular stands out: Seattle regularly accuses others of being antisocial. Huh?! Now I'm certainly a bit asocial, though impatient and mildly manic may be more accurate descriptors. And I'll be the first to admit that I've got some antisocial attributes, though I think in many respects these come down to unresovled tension between my anarchic and communistic leanings. In short, I think I've generally got a fair bit more "faith" in the positive potential for propaganda of the deed than do most people--than do most leftists really. But is that really antisocial? I'm not so sure about that.

Seattle, on the other hand, harbors many views which most readers would likely read as antisocial--with respect to social welfare, systemic racism (which he regularly denies exists), people with addictions or people who just make rather un-sensible decisions sometimes, etc. etc. etc. So what's the deal? Is it just some weird, inscrutable tactic? Or does he simply not know what the word means?
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Interesting. I was called stupid and a liar and several other names around that time, you have referred to yourself using the term pencil neck and that's the one that you and others suddenly found to be "too much"?

You can't be trusted to drive but you can beat up Trump. Curious brags but no one can argue that you aren't curious. Keep up the good work.
 
Pinball1970 said:
Treating it with respect is a learning curve, strong beer in the UK was hideous in the 1980s, CAMRA monstrosities that involved more of everything.
My infamous home brew, birthday bash beer, was far superior to Old Tom, Old Pec and various horrific treacle brews.
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Yes Private Eye used to make fun of them, e.g. “Old Boston’s Dead Vole Stinko Stout”.
 
exchemist said:
Yes Private Eye used to make fun of them, e.g. “Old Boston’s Dead Vole Stinko Stout”.
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I thought it was more the "Tenants Super", or "Carlsberg Special Brew" type of thing he was referring to - both of these examples being a modest 9%. Basically cheap lager/beer brewed for strength more than taste. It's no wonder they were the drink of choice for the casual alcoholic on the park benches! Goes some way to explaining the national problem with alcohol for those brought up with such paint-stripper.
 
parmalee said:
Citation?
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Apparently, it was only thin neck. Is pencil neck worse or even as bad as what has come out of your mouth toward me in the posts prior to me using that term? Isn't this the pot calling the kettle black?

So why even bring this up?
 
exchemist said:
Sure. Naples is tough, I gather. And negotiating the Place de l'Etoile is supposedly pretty hairy. Russia is diabolical.
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I navigated Place d'Etoile (that is at the top of the Champs d'Elysee,I think) on a push bike in about 1972/3

I didn't try it a second time.

I was working for an estate agent at the time trying to place fraudulent ads in the back of Le Monde.
 
Seattle said:
Apparently, it was only thin neck. Is pencil neck worse or even as bad as what has come out of your mouth toward me in the posts prior to me using that term? Isn't this the pot calling the kettle black?
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Again: Reading is fundamental. As is paying attention, for that matter:
parmalee said:
This matter of lobbing insults is somewhat fascinating. I'm certainly no stranger to deploying insults, but I feel that at the very least I try to make mine somewhat topical. But with Seattle, I'm not sure how insulting me for being chronically underweight, for instance, is pertinent to anything being discussed.
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(Emphasis added for the... well.)

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TheVat said:
He can't rebut the facts presented here on systemic problems in US healthcare, a living wage, excessive plutocratic control, etc, so he tosses in insults - "pencil thin neck," or "sucking on lemons" - to distract. He could benefit from those sandals they make now with the brass rivet in the sole for grounding.
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