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Oh, I can sharpen them and I do. It's just that when I get them properly sharp, she always cuts herself. So they can only be "just sharp enough".I found something that really works well for crappy, not super-sharp knives:
Bonus: it also works for nice, not super-sharp knives.
Double bonus: it's cheap
The sharper the better. Sharp knives don't skate off of things and cut you.
Sounds like she either needs to be more careful or you need to revoke her knife privileges and replace with one of these.
Wait, you’re building a submarine?
Oh dear god, what have I done
I was cleaning out the fridge and I found a jar in the back corner. It had pickled habaneros and carrots from 2 years ago. Holy crap were they hot ( just took a nibble). I was making a Salmon stir fry tonight so I diced up a pickled Habanero and in it went. So good until I swallowed a larger chunk of the pepper. My airway closed up, I couldn't breathe. I had to fight to relax the airway. I got in a few marginal breaths before I made it to the sink and got in a couple of swallows of tap water to stop the spasm. then my nose and eyes kicked off. Too damn intense
My plan to do not a damned thing was a spectacular failure. More garage organization, hung the bikes, got rid of the old workbench and mowed the lawns. Had a beer in the pool and hung out with the oldest for awhile.
Now post dinner recliner lounging whilst watching The Office. Maybe another beer.
Now post dinner recliner lounging whilst watching The Office. Maybe another beer.
She did not get her Totin' Chip and has lost all four corners while trying to earn it.
Oh man, forgot what working for an organized company felt like. There’s like schedules and people responding to Teams messages, weird.
Pants are bullshit though, like, how does having my calves covered make GD&T any less stupid?
Pants are bullshit though, like, how does having my calves covered make GD&T any less stupid?
Just roll in wearing shorts and if questioned mentioned the dress code has a +/- 24" inseam tolerance.
Or capris, I don't judge.
Well without knowing what datum is, how am I to know where the cuffs are supposed to be?
No to crack the code on footwear. Proper footwear must be worn in the lab, can’t access my office without going through the lab. Steel toe flip-flops?
For years I was reluctant to ride in the heat. My health pretty much made it not very enjoyable. Now I kind of enjoy it. A good sweat. As long as the bugs aren't bad. I don't mind it. My bike is dialed in.
I’ll need to look for that restaurant it sounds tasty. I go to Lima for work often. . . Assuming you meant Lima, Ohio? And this Peru you talk of is it on US 24 right on the banks of the Wabash River?
No, dummy, Lima, Montana. It’s right next to Peru, Vermont.
They all feature Kale dishes prominently.
They all feature Kale dishes prominently.
I only go to Versailles, OH so I can eat the best French foods.
On two separate occasions I have woken up in the morning not really sure where I was because of hectic and grueling work travel, looked out my hotel window and saw a large water tower letting me know I was in Peru Illinois. This was followed by sadness and existential crisis.
Jeezus. Peru, Illinois? NFW.
Most people don’t know that for a good long while, Lima Perú was by far the wealthiest city in all of the Americas. American cities were named that as the country expanded westward with hopes of such prosperity for their own humble bergs.
I would presume that was around the time the Spaniards were stealing all the gold?
Well, actually a few hundred years after that in a Conquistador sense. Amazing wealth was made with mining, but also Guano for fertilizer, so basically bird shit. Mostly export of extractive raw materials. The raw gold of the Incas had mostly been found and (sadly) melted down within the first 50 or 100 years of the Spaniard’s arrival.
Exploitation of native populations for labor for mining/etc played a large part as well.
Exploitation of native populations for labor for mining/etc played a large part as well.
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Good money in bird shit...
Slavery, to b specific.
Well, a type of slavery, but very, very different from the southern US kind.
Curiously, a ton of the ‘indentured servitude’ was by Chinese and Japanese immigrants, who came to build the railroads and mine, much like in the Western US. They have had an amazing effect on Peruvian cuisine, which has Chinese and Japanese elements.
Curiously, a ton of the ‘indentured servitude’ was by Chinese and Japanese immigrants, who came to build the railroads and mine, much like in the Western US. They have had an amazing effect on Peruvian cuisine, which has Chinese and Japanese elements.
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The way we were taught about Asian immigrants building the railroad here....was brutal, to put it lightly.
Yup.