OT: General OT Thread [NO POLITICS OR RELIGION]

trwi7 · Post #1001 » by **trwi7** » Sat Sep 26, 2020 1:26 am

stellation wrote:
trwi7 wrote:
stellation wrote:Not to get too political, but we're trying to work out who to cheer for in this ice hockey game by determining which team's owner has the closer ties to a certain human cheeto. It looks like they're both property developers. It's not great.

I can give you reasons to cheer for the Lightning if you want.

Shoot!

1. They are a division rival of my team. That's really the only incentive you need.

2. Corey Perry is a dickhead (I can explain further but you'll need to trust me.)

3. Alexander Radulov (I can also explain further if you want)

4. Their goal song is **** stupid. The only one that's worse is Chicago.

5. Corey Perry is still a dickhead.

stellation · Post #1002 » by **stellation** » Sat Sep 26, 2020 2:59 am

Classic NHL for Corey Perry to get away with an obvious something! NHL is rigged!

Pachinko_ · Post #1003 » by **Pachinko_** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 8:08 am

I wish US had a proper post office
2 months my parcel is stuck halfway between Knoxville TN and here, and it's not the first time

buckboy · Post #1004 » by **buckboy** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:04 pm

trwi7 wrote:I've been here 42.84181% of my life. You may think that number is made up but I assure you it is not.

So your birth date is July 29, 1987 then right?

trwi7 · Post #1005 » by **trwi7** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 4:00 pm

buckboy wrote:
trwi7 wrote:I've been here 42.84181% of my life. You may think that number is made up but I assure you it is not.

So your birth date is July 29, 1987 then right?

And I thought I was lame for looking this up.

buckboy · Post #1006 » by **buckboy** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 5:35 pm

trwi7 wrote:
buckboy wrote:
trwi7 wrote:I've been here 42.84181% of my life. You may think that number is made up but I assure you it is not.

So your birth date is July 29, 1987 then right?

And I thought I was lame for looking this up.

I out-lamed you. It's a gift I have.

Mags FTW · Post #1007 » by **Mags FTW** » Wed Sep 30, 2020 4:06 pm

People who kill a pot of coffee before 10am and don't make another one should be burned at the stake.

crkone · Post #1008 » by **crkone** » Wed Sep 30, 2020 4:18 pm

Mags FTW wrote:People who kill a pot of coffee before 10am and don't make another one should be burned at the stake.

Yeah I gave up on relying on people to do that. Gallons of cold brew from home for me now.

Mags FTW · Post #1009 » by **Mags FTW** » Wed Sep 30, 2020 5:45 pm

I know everyone hates the Astros, but it would be hilarious if the Twins lost their millionth playoff game in a row.

Post #1010 » by **MickeyDavis** » Wed Sep 30, 2020 7:15 pm

Coffee of all types sucks.

stellation · Post #1011 » by **stellation** » Wed Sep 30, 2020 8:39 pm

MickeyDavis wrote:Coffee of all types sucks.

More like MickeyDoofus!

MissKhriddleton · Post #1012 » by **MissKhriddleton** » Wed Sep 30, 2020 11:47 pm

Mags FTW wrote:I know everyone hates the Astros, but it would be hilarious if the Twins lost their millionth playoff game in a row.

How is that even possible? 17 in a row?

AussieBuck · Post #1013 » by **AussieBuck** » Wed Sep 30, 2020 11:58 pm

stellation wrote:
MickeyDavis wrote:Coffee of all types sucks.

More like MickeyDoofus!

Have you had American coffee? He just doesn't know better.

Pachinko_ · Post #1014 » by **Pachinko_** » Thu Oct 1, 2020 12:47 am

We have a huge coffee culture in Greece, it's pretty much our national passtime. And a wide variety including some stuff you won't find anywhere else.

And yet all I ever drink is American coffee. The thing is, if you drink 10-20 cups a day like me, anything else will make your head explode. Drip filtered coffee is nice and light and still offers a few varieties and blends and preparation methods to suit everybody, just a question of experimenting until you hit your sweet spot.

Only time I switch over is hot summer days when I make my iced blend.

Pachinko_ · Post #1015 » by **Pachinko_** » Thu Oct 1, 2020 1:02 am

Melbourne is supposed to be the coffee capital in AU and yet I struggle to find anything to drink outside. All the popular coffee types that people are (admittedly) good at making are basically 80% milk, and I HATE milk. Filtered coffee is very rarely available, and if you ask for a long black, most places will make it with steam out of the espresso machine instead of hot water. Which is fkn criminal, if you make the mistake of actually drinking that thing you're going straight to hospital with 3rd degree burns.

So basically if I'm out and I want a coffee I have to sit on top of the barista and give him a brief tutorial on how to not murder me.

Never mind iced coffees in the summer, forget it, they are all 80% milk. Once I gave another brief tutorial to a guy close to work on how to make me a Greek Frappe, he did allright, but in the end without any warning he threw a big scoop of ice cream in there. he kinda thought it went without saying. Straight to rubbish, we started over, eventually he got it right.
Next day I got there all happy and it was another barista, and then another one... :waaa:

stellation · Post #1016 » by **stellation** » Thu Oct 1, 2020 1:30 am

AussieBuck wrote:
stellation wrote:
MickeyDavis wrote:Coffee of all types sucks.

More like MickeyDoofus!

Have you had American coffee? He just doesn't know better.

More like American't!

jute2003 · Post #1017 » by **jute2003** » Thu Oct 1, 2020 1:34 am

MickeyDavis wrote:Coffee of all types sucks.

Is it possible to impeach a moderator?

trwi7 · Post #1018 » by **trwi7** » Thu Oct 1, 2020 1:35 am

jute2003 wrote:
MickeyDavis wrote:Coffee of all types sucks.
Is it possible to impeach a moderator?

Won't make a difference. The Senate is a bunch of knobs that won't vote to convict.

jute2003 · Post #1019 » by **jute2003** » Thu Oct 1, 2020 1:36 am

trwi7 wrote:
jute2003 wrote:
MickeyDavis wrote:Coffee of all types sucks.
Is it possible to impeach a moderator?

Won't make a difference. The Senate is a bunch of knobs that won't vote to convict.

Damn Australians

stellation · Post #1020 » by **stellation** » Thu Oct 1, 2020 1:37 am

Pachinko_ wrote:Melbourne is supposed to be the coffee capital in AU and yet I struggle to find anything to drink outside. All the popular coffee types that people are (admittedly) good at making are basically 80% milk, and I HATE milk. Filtered coffee is very rarely available, and if you ask for a long black, most places will make it with steam out of the espresso machine instead of hot water. Which is fkn criminal, if you make the mistake of actually drinking that thing you're going straight to hospital with 3rd degree burns.

So basically if I'm out and I want a coffee I have to sit on top of the barista and give him a brief tutorial on how to not murder me.

Never mind iced coffees in the summer, forget it, they are all 80% milk. Once I gave another brief tutorial to a guy close to work on how to make me a Greek Frappe, he did allright, but in the end without any warning he threw a big scoop of ice cream in there. he kinda thought it went without saying. Straight to rubbish, we started over, eventually he got it right.
Next day I got there all happy and it was another barista, and then another one...

Forgive me if this is info you already have, but most good coffee shops have snuck an item listed as "batch" without explanation onto their menus over the last few years and this is generally just fancy/well made filter coffee.*

*I'm a legit wanker about coffee, even for Australian "**** there's a lot of wankers about coffee in this country!" standards, so my view of "most good coffee shops" probably is a limited, obviously pretentious list.