I feel a bit dirty for having bought something as a result of a cold-call, but:
1) I had over $100 credit with them due to referrals.
2) I’ve somehow estranged myself from my account on the web, a couple of years ago.
And 3) They’re a winery.
@ardgedee As a rep for the miserable bastard brigade, this pleases me.
So, swings and roundabouts.
@stoof Okay, I had to look. Apparently June 4 is National Cheese Day in the US (per Wikipedia). Little evidence of a global cheese day, alas.
@stoof You have my vote.
@pompomtom Now enjoying a sacrificial Parmesan. It’s a bit young, but the wax was being problematic, so out with the crackers.
Today is cheese audit day!
I live on a long road, that renumbers a couple of times. Today I’m feeling bad for “Simon”, my address-doppelgänger, who is waiting for what’s likely going to be a rather cold pizza.
Yay! We finally got some:
Do you remember in the 80s being background-terrified of nuclear immolation? Now it seems like it might just be a relief.
Thought I’d explore Amazon a bit now that it’s available locally. Searched for ‘prusa’, as in the 3d printers, and it suggested “Prussian blue”.
2018 is bound to be awesome.
(Little) beer tower, and we’re not even on holiday. It feels a touch transgressive.
ValidateMe is annoying enough when the person knows what their question is; when they don’t it’s almost like a perverse performance-art. #metafilter
Apparently it’s Psychedelic Furs day at Chez Pompom. Hey, I don’t make the rules.
Okay, I sort of do.
@jenrjones He goes out and collects them. We sometimes have mice in one wall cavity, but never rats in the house, until he brings them.
At most, we’ll have half a rat in the house...
Me, all day today: Why won’t Scruff eat his food, is he unwell? *worry worry worry*
SO, this evening: Ah, he was probably full, after the big rat he ate early this morning.
So it’s pissing down now, and so, in keeping with my visceral understanding of Melbourne weather, I have a complicated arrangement to remove water from my yard, and a series of buckets to conserve water for future use.
@mrgah OK, two more 80s vids you have to see (inspired by the music in my local): Howard Jones - “What Is Love?” (top song, top hair) and Nik Kershaw “Wouldn’t It Be Good” (for the cutting edge visual fx).
@mrgah Just discussing this with the SO who was TV-deprived for most of her childhood. She’s not seen Xanadu, clip or film. Suppose I should give it a rewatch if I can find it.
We had four channels of TV as a kid (no such thing as cable here), and on Sunday night there was a slot of “News, news, news or countdown”, and we kids would chorus “COUNTDOWN!”. So 80s video clips are the ones I know best.
@mrgah I went to that Bowie exhibit that was going around a while back, and I’ve seen (some of) the actual costumes!
