That's one way to *brick* a turbocharger.
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traditional cuisine
Potatoes?
How long does it take for foods that are not native to a continent to become "traditional" in a country of that continent?
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How long does it take for foods that are not native to a continent to become "traditional" in a country of that continent?
Ask the Brits. Their food was so horrible and tasteless that they adopted Indian cuisine for their national dish.
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Chicken tikka masala was invented in Glasgow BTW
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The Midwest is not quite the barren cultural wasteland that you think it is...
Or maybe it's a matter of you not experiencing the wider world, and thus having no idea how shitty your Thai and Vietnamese restaurants are in comparison to Seattle ones.
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no idea how shitty your Thai and Vietnamese restaurants are
Or even Chinese; see above.
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Chicken tikka masala was invented in Glasgow BTW
That is beside the point. When people think of Chicken Tikka Masala, they sure as shit don't think of Glasgow...
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Like all great British inventions, Tikka Massala was invented by taking the best bits from existing parts of conquered states and giving it our own spin
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You know what sucks even less? Living in a country where traditional cuisine is good enough that you don't have to fight over who has access to best foreign cuisine restaurants
And you live... where?
There is good American food that's actually American, although admittedly not a ton of it. The thing is, nobody talks about access to American food because everybody in the US already has it! (Except some neighborhoods in Seattle, which are so diverse they have virtually nothing except foreign foods. Which is kind of annoying. Where I work, for example, there's 4 Thai restaurants for 1 burger joint, and it's a shitty burger joint.)
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Chicken tikka masala
Now I'm hungry, curse you! :(
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Or maybe it's a matter of you not experiencing the wider world, and thus having no idea how shitty your Thai and Vietnamese restaurants are in comparison to Seattle ones.
Yes Blakey, because I never venture outside a radius of a mile from my house. The big wide world is a scary place. Those big metal birds scare me, and I am just a hick without a passport...
In the past 12 months I have traveled to: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, New York City, Boston, Chicago, and probably a few other places that I am forgetting. That is just the last 12 months.
Edit: Forgot about Washington DC. There are probably more.
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Potatos come from
FTFYNorthSouth America.
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Yes Blakey, because I never venture outside a radius of a mile from my house.
I imagine that's true, because you're so terrified of the earthquakes.
In the past 12 months I have traveled to: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, New York City, Boston, Chicago, and probably a few other places that I am forgetting. That is just the last 12 months.
Goddamned you produce a lot of pollution, planet-killer. Do you ever visit cities that aren't shitty?
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Living in a sensible country where you can get a decent cup of tea
Totally! I love me some iced tea on a hot summer day.
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Goddamned you produce a lot of pollution, planet-killer.
Damn straight. Suck my exhaust pipe, you Prius driving tree hugger.
Do you ever visit cities that aren't shitty?
Yes, that is why I don't visit Seattle.
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@Blakeyrat said:
Do you ever visit cities that aren't shitty?
Yes, that is why I don't visit Seattle.
Flawless logic.
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I thought so.
Coming from one in a profession where logic is vitally important, that statement is disturbing.
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Totally! I love me some iced tea on a hot summer day.
Aw yeah. And sun tea is the best, with lots of your choice of sweetener. Mm-mm.
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Aw yeah. And sun tea is
the bestfull of craploads of bacteria, with lots of your choice of sweetener. Mm-mm.Not that I am a germophobe. We drank a lot of it growing up. Now I prefer to just make it in the refrigerator. Easier and I don't have to remember to bring the jar back in. Also, I prefer iced tea only mildly sweetened. That shit they serve in the south of the USA can be served over pancakes. blech
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http://www.snopes.com/food/prepare/suntea.asp
I've never once heard of a problem, and my grandmother made swimming pools worth of the stuff. That sounds like people worrying about putting newlines into filenames and other shit that is problematic, but isn't actually a problem.
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That shit they serve in the south of the USA can be served over pancakes.
There is a difference between sweetened tea and "sweet tea." One is good; the other not so much (though opinions will vary on that).
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There is a difference between sweetened tea and "sweet tea." One is good; the other not so much (though opinions will vary on that).
On those 100/100 days, that sweet tea is awesomely refreshing.
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I've never once heard of a problem
I can see where it might be an issue if you add sugar to the tea before you brew it, but that's stupid; it's an obvious invitation for mold and bacteria to breed. Otherwise, where are the nutrients to grow enough bacteria to form "ropy strands" coming from? Not from the tea, I'm fairly sure.
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Every home improvement project takes much longer than planned.
...and usually more $$ than planned too. This is because there's always hidden *&!# you run into when you start taking things apart, leading to: "oh great, ____ needs fixing too!"
[/end rant]
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Chicken tikka masala was invented in Glasgow BTW
That's okay. Most "Chinese" food in the USA was invented in New York City.
(Get a rope.)
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and usually more $$ than planned too.
Tools. You'll always
wantneed some tools that you don't already have."But I need a $200 cement bucket with a built in power supply!"
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Where do you live?
I don't think there's a place on the continental US that doesn't have to "deal" with Earthquakes-- you might build for a richter 5.5 instead of a 7, but nobody's immune.
Midwest.
I have supposedly been through 5 or 6 earthquakes out here. Never once did I feel it happen, only heard about it in the news the next day. This stuff's like 0.5 on the Richter scale.
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Tools. You'll always
wantneed some tools that you don't already have.QFT. For proof, see my garage.
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A craftsman always has, or acquires, the correct tool for the job.
a handyman owns a hammer and all his problems look like nails.
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a handyman owns a hammer and all his problems look like nails.
Says someone who is building a task tracker in Discourse... :P
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well yes, but to be fair in my case it's not so much because i had a problem but because i could.
even craftsvixens need some time to putter around the shop to do things purely because they could.
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putter around the shop
Is that an Americanism I'm not familiar with, because I'm sure the word is 'potter'; 'putter' makes me think you're playing golf
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Is that an Americanism I'm not familiar with
I've never heard it used with 'potter' instead of 'putter', but I'm an American so it could be an Americanism.
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probably a remnant of some spellaring reform (just like we say center instead of the correct centre)
(i had to edit the above line five times to actually spell the american version of centre "correctly")
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put·ter3
ˈpədər/
verbNORTH AMERICAN
verb: potter
occupy oneself in a desultory but pleasant manner, doing a number of small tasks or not concentrating on anything particular.
"early morning is the best time of the day to putter around in the garden"
move or go in a casual, unhurried way.
"the duck putters on the surface of the pond"
Originlate 19th century (originally US): alteration of potter1.
Filed under: Belgium the formatting
Edit: But where the heck does it come up with /d/ instead of /t/ as the consonant sound in the middle of the word?
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This stuff's like 0.5 on the Richter scale.
I've never felt anything below a 4.0. And barely that. (I've also missed stronger ones because I was driving)
Having gone to SUI Carbondale,
@HardwareGeek said:Two words: New Madrid
yeah, that.
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Edit: But where the heck does it come up with /d/ instead of /t/ as the consonant sound in the middle of the word?
Don't know, but that's how I've always pronounced it...
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Certain words containing 't' are pronounced with a 'd' in specific American regions/dialects
Example: "cidy" for city, "commidee" for committee
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A craftsman always has, or acquires, the correct tool for the job.
a handyman owns a hammer and all his problems look like nails.And a hipster does everything in Node.JS.
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You guys are just BEGGING for Ben L to post about Lojban. Knock it off!
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Paging @ben_lubar. Please, tell us more about Lojban, preferably with some Dwarf Fortress references. If you could throw in some Go also, that would be great.
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But where the heck does it come up with /d/ instead of /t/ as the consonant sound in the middle of the word?
Probably the same logic that changed 'titbit' to 'tidbit' ;)
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Edit: But where the heck does it come up with /d/ instead of /t/ as the consonant sound in the middle of the word?
Lenition. The /t/ becomes more like the surrounding vowels - voiced in this case.
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Certain words containing 't' are pronounced with a 'd' in specific American regions/dialects
Obviously, those specific regions/dialects are wrong.
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Right or wrong, it's just the way people pronounce words in those regions/dialects.
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Obviously, those specific regions/dialects are wrong.
You're either lying or annoy everyone around you when you talk.
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FTFYRight or wrong, iIt's just the way people pronounce words wrong in those regions/dialects.
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You're either lying or annoy everyone around you when you talk.
I am reminded of: