Subdeacon Joe
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15 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:
You don’t have this?
I had a ~12 oz. version of that that I used at reenactments. One evening, Friday set up, I got there early, got my tent set, got the fire area cleared, pit dug, and fire going for my evening meal. A young man showed up - he had worked a graveyard shift and driven from Bakersfield to Camp Meeker (near Jenner) in northern CA. He was dog tired, smelled my coffee, asked if he could have a cup. So I brewed one for him, even scrapped some sugar from the piloncillo for him. I don't think he had every had a cup of COFFEE, just Starbucks stuff. His eyes flew wide open..."That's STRONG!" I took the cup, sipped, "No, that's just coffee, about normal strength."
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1 hour ago, Blackwater 53393 said:
I’d like to see that thing run! I’d be interested to see how it turns..
Probably not well:
"The tractor-cycle is a motorcycle equipped with a belt instead of the conventional wheels. Even though it looks kind of unstable standing on its belt, the "tractor-cycle" is said to have superior climbing and crossing capabilities compared to a normal motorcycle. It was invented in 1938 by J. Lehaitre in Paris, France.
Here's the original text describing this unusual machine from Modern Mechanix, issue: February, 1938 :
"Belt Drive Replaces Wheels On Novel Motorcycle
DEVELOPED primarily for operation over rough ground, a new type of motorcycle invented by J. Lehaitre, of Paris, France, features a tractor-type drive belt as its means of locomotion in place of conventional wheels. Named the “tractor-cycle” by the inventor, the novel vehicle is said to be superior to an ordinary motorcycle in its ability to climb steep and rough grades, although its speed on level ground is limited to about 25 m.p.h. Steering is accomplished by handlebars which control a sideways motion of the drive belt.
The tractor-cycle could easily be adapted for military use, as depicted on the cover of this issue by a Modern Mechanix artist. Fitted with a machine gun, the cycle could be used by dispatch riders or entire military units to travel over shell-torn terrain. "
[Source: Modern Machanix]-
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Inventor J. Lehaitre rides the Tractor-Cycle in 1938
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56 minutes ago, DeaconKC said:
The watcher probably thinks its(sic) correct.
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2 hours ago, Alpo said:
"It's like this, I was standing in line for an afternoon showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show..."
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Stone cooking supports used to grill skewers of meat by Minoans on Santorini, circa 3600 years old. The line of holes in the base supplied coals with oxygen. Many consider modern "souvlaki" street kebabs a direct descendant of this portable food system. Museum of Prehistoric Thera, Greece.
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My name is Crassus, Procerus Senex Crassus.
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New Jeep speedometer.
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SOB for dinner.
I thawed some shrimp for dinner tonight. About 3/4 pound of 31-40 EZ-peel (deveined, shell on).
I started cutting it into bite-sized pieces and wondering just what to do with it. "Ah! I'll just cook up some spaghetti, make a lemon-garlic sauce." Went to the stove to start some water and saw the plate of leftover biscuits from breakfast. Hmmmm......biscuits....."I'll make SOB!" That's Shrimp On a Buscuit.
Finished cutting the Shrimp, sprinkled a bit of Smoked Hot Paprika, a pinch of Salt, a smaller pinch of Aleppo Pepper, and a few grinds of Black Pepper on it. Grated in 2 cloves of Garlic, the Zest of one Lemon, and squeezed the juice of half the Lemon onto it. Stirred it some to coat the Shrimp.
In my nonstick skillet over medium heat, I put about 1 TBS of Garlic Infused Oil*, 1 TBS Margarine**. When the Margarine had melted I added the Shrimp. Sautéed it until about half done, added about 2 TBS of flour. Stirred until the Flour was coated with the fat, then slowly added about a cup and a half of Unsweetened Coconut Milk**. Cooked, stirring constantly until thickened, and added the juice of the other half of the Lemon.
Served over a Biscuit I had broken into a bowl. Pretty tasty.
*I buy small containers of peeled garlic and put most of it in a small har of oil in the refrigerator, it's often less expensive than buying whole bulbs, but with just the 2 of us a lot would go bad if I didn't cover it with oil.
**If not a fast day, these would be Butter and regular Milk.
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Welsh Placename Edition
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3 hours ago, Cypress Sun said:
I know people like that. Want everything to the quarter of half tsp.
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4 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:
I think the ones I used for competition were 11, 13, & 17.
I think mine are 12 and 16.
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2 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:
“Heat large soup pot”
Come on now you know you will need the bigger one.
But if I start with my LARGEST soup pot I'll STILL need a larger one, but I won't have it!
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It's Almost Friday Humor Thread
in SASS Wire Saloon
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• An Oxford comma walks into a bar where it spends the evening watching the television, getting drunk, and smoking cigars.
• A dangling participle walks into a bar. Enjoying a cocktail and chatting with the bartender, the evening passes pleasantly.
• A bar was walked into by the passive voice.
• An oxymoron walked into a bar, and the silence was deafening.
• Two quotation marks walk into a “bar.”
• A malapropism walks into a bar, looking for all intensive purposes like a wolf in cheap clothing, muttering epitaphs and casting dispersions on his magnificent other, who takes him for granite.
• Hyperbole totally rips into this insane bar and absolutely destroys everything.
• A question mark walks into a bar?
• A non sequitur walks into a bar. In a strong wind, even turkeys can fly.
• Papyrus and Comic Sans walk into a bar. The bartender says, "Get out -- we don't serve your type."
• A mixed metaphor walks into a bar, seeing the handwriting on the wall but hoping to nip it in the bud.
• A comma splice walks into a bar, it has a drink and then leaves.
• Three intransitive verbs walk into a bar. They sit. They converse. They depart.
• A synonym strolls into a tavern.
• At the end of the day, a cliché walks into a bar -- fresh as a daisy, cute as a button, and sharp as a tack.
• A run-on sentence walks into a bar it starts flirting. With a cute little sentence fragment.
• Falling slowly, softly falling, the chiasmus collapses to the bar floor.
• A figure of speech literally walks into a bar and ends up getting figuratively hammered.
• An allusion walks into a bar, despite the fact that alcohol is its Achilles heel.
• The subjunctive would have walked into a bar, had it only known.
• A misplaced modifier walks into a bar owned a man with a glass eye named Ralph.
• The past, present, and future walked into a bar. It was tense.
• A dyslexic walks into a bra.
• A verb walks into a bar, sees a beautiful noun, and suggests they conjugate. The noun declines.
• A simile walks into a bar, as parched as a desert.
• A gerund and an infinitive walk into a bar, drinking to forget.
• A hyphenated word and a non-hyphenated word walk into a bar and the bartender nearly chokes on the irony.