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Meanwhile in Brighton ... You know you're getting old when the buskers start looking so young, and already have their online / social media presence sorted. https://www.nathanreeve.com/ Still, you can take solace in an ideal venue for a head case meet ... https://www.deadwaxsocial.pub/

Chili is in the crock pot, cornbread just came out of the oven.

Fish and Chips A la Francais ... (Sea Bass) Pommes Frites Pork Belly Creme Brûlée Chocolate Mousse And to finish ... (Mint tea and Cappuccino)

"what's the feeling" - I have no feelings.. I only have any issues with when you get down to the 40% whiskies - adding water technically makes it not whisky anymore (under proof). But --- !! for sampling and critical tasting, it can have merit (drops of water that is). There are many esters in scotch (esters=yummy bits) - some of them are alcohol soluble (yay) and others are water soluble (meh), so adding a few drops of water can release those esters without changing the base characteristics of the whisky in hand (I have had plenty of scotch over 60% (120 proof)) , if water has been previously added (i.e. bottle strength releases - 43, 46, 50% abv) then those esters are already out of the bag (bag = cast strength whisky). So adding water does not gain those benefits, but in some cases it can make it more palatable. But there are may cases were adding any water makes things horrible (case of a 15yo Bowmore from OMC at 50% - any drop of water made it taste of ash, and the more water you added, the worse it got, solution=drink it straight from the bottle ). ..have fun with the Laga 16...

Saw the wind farms off Brighton ...

I like these cute kitty wars!

There is no loser in cutteh kitty wars, fight till "purrrrs" reach the sky!

Me, too! You two keep trying to out-cute each other, we're all winners.

Careless napping: Envy: Cat and mouse on mousepad

The lyrics to "Peace Sells" are gonna need a rewrite. Precipice Lake, Sequoia National Park, California.

Pre M25 Pasty from the high street

I agree with the "edgy pop" statement.

She's pretty terrific.

I'm listening to the Pretenders' first album (1979) on CD, apparently pressed in Germany, never remastered (since it was transferred to digital), and it sounds fantastic. You have to turn the volume up a bit more (double the Faith No More album), but it's clean, spacious, and dynamic. Remasters seem to be doing more harm than good... I'm not sure if the Mo-Fi SACDs of the Pretenders' albums are better (maybe just different) than this old disc. It's funny that people think the Pretenders are punk... they look punk, but their music sounds like pop to me, with a bit of an edge.

Puwhaaaha! Turns out BevMo has Lava 16 LISTED at ridiculous $99.99 but has it on sale for $62.99 currently. Used the $10 BevMo coupon to buy 2 bottles. Lava 16 is exactly what I've wanted, peat and smoke with complexity and sweetness. Also feels higher in alcohol content than stated 43% ? This Scotch/Bourbon thing could erode into my audio budget... I'm afraid to go deeper and $$$. BTW, what's the feeling on adding few drops of water to Scotch? I do it successfully mostly to high proof bourbons, 115-120 proof at least, but Scotch starts out lower in proof anyway..

Every time I visit this thread I gain a pound.

Was always kind of an odd pairing. Owning any Devialet product is fucking exhausting, just keeping up with the continual "enhancements" is like a full time job.

I think it was probably originally a bastardization of "piece of cake" and "piss easy". But yeah, "piece of piss" in Brit slang would be the equivalent of "no sweat" etc. in the US.

OK that's enough Internet for today.

Alec took the SSAT high school entrance exam today. Asked him how it went and the sum total feedback was: "Piece of piss! Let's go to Subway, I'm starving." Let's hope this optimistic assessment is in fact borne out once the scores come back.

Thought you would like that! Go Brewers!!! ...and now for something you won't like, but Shelly will, Go Astros!!!

GfAEm5O.mp4 Greg's next fighting challenge...

Yes I can spare 16. PM me.

RIP Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft. Also: fuck cancer!

RIP victims of Ankara bombing... 2 years passed but still... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Ankara_bombings?wprov=sfla1 Fucking salafi/wahabbi jihadists... And our dear government sold their souls (and a lot more) to financial supporter of salafi/wahabbi jihadists.