I’ve read that article and I don’t see anything that could be considered hilarious. Imagine spending 3 or 4 years at University studying journalism or media studies to end up spending 5 minutes of a Saturday trawling the cesspit of xitter to cobble together 250 words of dross based on the ramblings of vacuous attention seekers.

I’m shocked, shocked that outsourcing public sector contracts to the lowest bidder results in this scenario.

I mean, it would have been better if they had dropped their ties with the weapons companies.

I cant help but feel this is some sort of password reset question farming…

Anyway,

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You’re not the only one. I thought the Specials plus Church on Ruby Road were all great. Devils Chord has been the nearest so far, but still with issues. Boom…? A bit meh. Lots of Moffat tropes, and having Millie Gibson lie on the floor unconscious for 15 minutes felt typical of Moffat writing for female characters. Could have done with 5 or 10 minutes of trimming, and it wasn’t even that long. I thought I was just being cynical (I probably am).

No PETSCII?!

When I was in the office and buying beans for our automatic machine the Lavazza beans were the most reliable, consistent and highest quality “supermarket” beans I could find for a reasonable price. Personally I liked the Rossa. For myself at home I do use a local small batch roaster and get a subscription. It’s about twice as much cost wise but still works out at only 40p (I’m in the UK) for an espresso, which I’m happy with.

I used to have a bean to cup machine and this is basically the only way I could do it with a single hopper. I didn’t weigh it. I just used a scoop and got it down so I could eyeball the amount of beans per serving. It’s not too onerous. The thing to keep in mind is that most of these machines use a timer to dose the beans, so it’s not by weight. It also varies by beans, roast etc. Some beans will take longer to grinder than others. Finally I’d always aim to put slightly less beans in the hopper than the machines timer called for, to make sure there wouldn’t be any left for the next cup.

Oat milk is probably the best, imho. Although don’t dismiss soya milk, especially the barista versions. Personally I went cold turkey on milk in coffee years ago and never looked back. If it’s lacking something without milk, try different coffee! 20 years ago I was a 100% grande latte drinker, but now I’m a freshly ground double espresso every morning.

Right. So. I’m and old fart, and the first 7 inch single I bought was “I Wanna Be A Winner” by Brown Sauce when I was 8 or 9. A pile of crap written by B.A. Robertson and performed by a fake group of Noel Edmonds, Keith Chegwin and Maggie Philbin. The B-Side had the theme from Swap Shop, for it was some sort of Swap Shop tie-in. Unfortunately it wasn’t the good theme for Swap Shop, it was a crappy one they used for the last season. The second single I bought was “Dead Ringer for Love” by Meat Loaf. Which was somewhat better.

I dunno. I feel like expensive boots have turned to crap over the last few years.

Aldi UK beans aren’t as good as they used to be. I think they changed about 6 months ago. That said, they are still decent and my beans of choice.

Ah interesting. I really appreciate the ionizer on my Fellow Opus, it does appear to help with the mess (because once it felt like it didn’t kick in and boy, was it messy). But I didn’t realise that point about the positioning in the workflow. Will need to try a drop of water too.

What? I mean, they were young when they did all the good stuff. Black Francis was 14 when he wrote Hear Comes Your Man. There is a Brixton Academy video from 1991 on YouTube and two or three 1989 shows too. Forget about the newer shows! I saw them live in 2004 and 2005 and they were still great, but those earlier shows are where it’s at.

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SNAKE. SNAKE? SNAAAAAAKE!

Is this the bathroom from Bob’s Burgers?

My son is 11, and this is a daily… or even hourly occurrence.

Absolutely. When I used to use YouTube I had a browser extension that directed the home page to my subscriptions.

Mmmmm… Red onion…