OT: Thread About Nothing (TaN #...lost count)

[devilsblood]

You know you don't need to hunt to get antlers. Deer shed their antlers every year. Many people make a sport out of shed collecting.

Jackson Hole has those antler arches which I thought was rather grim until I learned of this shedding thing.

 

[Satans Hockey]

RSV seems to have gotten more virulent over the past couple of years. I think all of my kids had it at some point but I don't recall it being dangerous. Anecdotally it seems much worse now.

I read a few articles today that it's looking like there will be a vaccine for it by the 2023 fall season

 

[Azathoth]

RSV seems to have gotten more virulent over the past couple of years. I think all of my kids had it at some point but I don't recall it being dangerous. Anecdotally it seems much worse now.

RSV isn't too bad for kids and adults but can be very very bad/deadly for infants and seniors. Seems to be pretty bad everywhere right now.

 

[None Shall Pass]

Yeah I talked to a few teacher friends and apparently RSV is making the rounds in a big way right now. All of us adults lost our immunity to it with all the social distancing we've been doing the past two years.

 

[Saugus]

I make a pretty good veggie shepherd's pie.

I also have a pretty good recipe for vegetarian shepherd's pie. Lentils are surprisingly versatile.

 

[My3Sons]

I also have a pretty good recipe for vegetarian shepherd's pie. Lentils are surprisingly versatile.

 

[devilsblood]

I also have a pretty good recipe for vegetarian shepherd's pie. Lentils are surprisingly versatile.

I’ll rotate back and forth between lentil and pea, making big pots of soup through the fall and winter.

A bag of each costs about $2 and you can make 3 big pots off a bag. Obviously need to add veggies and maybe some good bread. But its a good cheap hearty meal nonetheless.

 

[JimEIV]

Jackson Hole has those antler arches which I thought was rather grim until I learned of this shedding thing.

Boy Scouts of America used to have exclusive rights to collect sheds in the National Elk Refuge in Jackson....not sure if they still do but that's how those archers are built and refreshed every year.

Shed collecting is a little tough around New Jersey...we have so many mice and squirrels as well as other rodents that eat the horns for the calcium that the sheds don't last very long. But you can still find them if you get out early in the spring. They usually start dropping in late January

 

[njdevils1982]

You know you don't need to hunt to get antlers. Deer shed their antlers every year. Many people make a sport out of shed collecting.

never knew that, interesting

 

[JimEIV]

Pretty cool view from my hotel room. Onward to Louisville to drink some bourbon. I like this not working thing.

 

[My3Sons]

Pretty cool view from my hotel room. Onward to Louisville to drink some bourbon. I like this not working thing.
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Count your blessings. I’d love to have that sort of freedom and be happy.

 

[JimEIV]

Count your blessings. I’d love to have that sort of freedom and be happy.

Thanks. I figured I could wallow in sorrow for being rejected or I can make the most of the situation.

Debating whether or not to stay in St Louis tonight and get tickets for the Blues and Hawks. Not sure.

 

[Saugus]

That's a pretty sweet view, Jim. Seeing the Sun rising through the Gateway Arch makes me think of opportunity.

 

[My3Sons]

Thanks. I figured I could wallow in sorrow for being rejected or I can make the most of the situation.

Debating whether or not to stay in St Louis tonight and get tickets for the Blues and Hawks. Not sure.

I guess either way you have to get some St. Louis ribs.

 

[JimEIV]

Louisville is going to wreck my liver.

 

[Mr Bojanglez]

Louisville is going to wreck my liver.

oh! that's what will do it

 

[njdevils1982]

 

[Xirik]

After seeing this commercial all the time while watching Hockey in Canada I thought I'd ask people from the state with lots of Italians how offensive this is?

 

[None Shall Pass]

After seeing this commercial all the time while watching Hockey in Canada I thought I'd ask people from the state with lots of Italians how offensive this is?

As someone from a family of very very proud, very loud Italian-Americans, it pokes fun at them pretty well.

Italian-Americans, especially in the New York and New Jersey, are their own distinct subculture, almost completely separate from actual Italians. Think of the difference between a French person and French-Canadian, then triple it.

Half of that food in the commercial isn't even traditionally Italian, it's from the Italian-American diaspora. Chicken parm was invented in the US - a friend of mine from Italy loves it, though, and literally described it to his parents in Italy over the phone once (They were intrigued). Same with scampi, marinara sauce, many others. Garlic bread was an improvisation on bruschetta.

Your average Italian doesn't even know who Christopher Columbus was, let alone give a shit about him, but Italian-Americans do. Actual Italians don't pronounce capocollo "gabbagool" or drop random letters from other Italian foods ("mootzarell", etc.) or call sauce "gravy".

Like I said, I come from a heavily Italian-American Jersey family. I think the subculture is kinda silly and doofy so I couldn't care less about it, but I imagine some Italian-Americans might take offense. Actual Italians would probably be laughing too.

The Sopranos really poked fun at this phenomena when they sent them all to Italy.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Seeing these commercials for these tabletop wood fired pizza ovens is making me want to get a pizza oven.

 

[Bleedred]

After seeing this commercial all the time while watching Hockey in Canada I thought I'd ask people from the state with lots of Italians how offensive this is?

It's kind of corny and goofy, but not offensive.

Just looks like an Italian-(ish) chain restaurant changing everybody's voices and dialect.

It's kind of weird that they give some of them a stereotypical New York accent.

I think a lot of Italian's in my family and those I know would be more offended at the way the food looks more than anything. It doesn't really look all that appetizing. Maybe it's like the Canadian version of Olive Garden, although I'm sure they have those in Canada too.

I've never eaten at an Olive Garden in my life. At least I don't think I have. Perhaps if I lived my whole life in Florida or Colorado or somewhere like that I might have, but living the first 35 years in Jersey I never went to one.

 

[Bleedred]

As someone from a family of very very proud, very loud Italian-Americans, it pokes fun at them pretty well.

Italian-Americans, especially in the New York and New Jersey, are their own distinct subculture, almost completely separate from actual Italians. Think of the difference between a French person and French-Canadian, then triple it.

Half of that food in the commercial isn't even traditionally Italian, it's from the Italian-American diaspora. Chicken parm was invented in the US - a friend of mine from Italy loves it, though, and literally described it to his parents in Italy over the phone once (They were intrigued). Same with scampi, marinara sauce, many others. Garlic bread was an improvisation on bruschetta.

Your average Italian doesn't even know who Christopher Columbus was, let alone give a shit about him, but Italian-Americans do. Actual Italians don't pronounce capocollo "gabbagool" or drop random letters from other Italian foods ("mootzarell", etc.) or call sauce "gravy".

Like I said, I come from a heavily Italian-American Jersey family. I think the subculture is kinda silly and doofy so I couldn't care less about it, but I imagine some Italian-Americans might take offense. Actual Italians would probably be laughing too.

The Sopranos really poked fun at this phenomena when they sent them all to Italy.

I think a lot of different ethnic foods have their own spin put on them in North America, as well as probably other countries too.

Like the Chinese food that's served in America is much less traditional and much more unhealthier than the food those in China eat. I don't think they're much on General Tso's Chicken or egg rolls or sweet and sour chicken or the other fried stuff.

One other example is the tradition of corned beef and cabbage at St. Patty's Day. It's apparently not a meal or thing in Ireland.

 

[njdevils1982]

Seeing these commercials for these tabletop wood fired pizza ovens is making me want to get a pizza oven.

from the stuff youve shown that youve made in the wood shop im sure you could build your own outdoor pizza oven

 

[TheUnseenHand]

from the stuff youve shown that youve made in the wood shop im sure you could build your own outdoor pizza oven

Oh without a doubt. If I owned a house I certainly would. But I'm not about to build one on a rental property.

 

[njdevils1982]

It's kind of corny and goofy, but not offensive.

Just looks like an Italian-(ish) chain restaurant changing everybody's voices and dialect.

It's kind of weird that they give some of them a stereotypical New York accent.

I think a lot of Italian's in my family and those I know would be more offended at the way the food looks more than anything. It doesn't really look all that appetizing. Maybe it's like the Canadian version of Olive Garden, although I'm sure they have those in Canada too.

I've never eaten at an Olive Garden in my life. At least I don't think I have. Perhaps if I lived my whole life in Florida or Colorado or somewhere like that I might have, but living the first 35 years in Jersey I never went to one.

whats funnier? this clip or no "azzurri" in the world cup ......the only team in the top 22 ranked in world to not make the dance