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Yeah my brother went to LA once and he said that the place is falling apart and he said that he didn't understand the hype around the place after seeing it
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You hit the nail on the head ;D
A tour of the New England states plus New York.
New York -> Boston -> Portsmouth -> Acadia National Park -> Mt. Washington National Forest -> Mystic/Stonington (CT) -> Orleans (Cape Cod)
We always tried to spend as little as possible, without resorting to plain bread with ketchup. ("bread", also. God how I missed actual bread.)
Still we spent ~20-30$ a day per person for food, whereas at home our daily food expense is around 8€ per person.
Of course we had to buy convenience food most of the time, because we didn't have the means to prepare our own meals, so the cost was inherently higher.
Doing that would be a lot more expensive in Germany, too.
Sounds fun! If you go back you should visit the West: Northern California, Oregon, Washington. Lots of parks and lakes.
Funny that you bring up bread. That's true. But Germans miss bread whenever they go abroad, no matter where they go. "German: in France you can at least find good baguette, but that's only ONE kind of bread!".
Whenever we go places in Germany we eat a massive buffet breakfast, and then a hot dinner around 5 or 6 pm. Can't imagine doing that for weeks though, that'd be expensive. In Berlin we just stay with friends and eat out occasionally
I didn't consider the cost of food per day but your estimation of 8 € sounds reasonable, not including drinks or specialty items (eg. gluten free bread). That's not bad at all! I'm progressively assimilating the culture and so now I buy 20-bottle cases of beer, which means each bottle is around 70 cents!!
Fallout 1 and 2 are set there, too... additional incentive! :geek:
But seriously, I'd love to see the redwoods, and the migration of the monarch butterflies... :geraltfeelgood:
(I spent HOURS to get one of those beautiful little beasts on camera, as there were some on the east coast too, but very few, and so, well, flighty)
I think this might be the germanest and most accurate of all stereotypes about Germans
The charms and wonders of Germany ^^
You can also see bigger flying beasts. I once went eagle watching on a raft down a very cold river on a very cold day. It was amazing.
I think this might be the germanest and most accurate of all stereotypes about Germans
It's so accurate it's almost a fact. One of my coworkers made sure he could say "bread" in Japanese correctly before flying there.
Did anyone here watch the UFC fight last night with Gustafsson vs Błachowicz ?
A friend told me that the polish fighter Jan Błachowicz walked out with the percival Music that is also in The Witcher 3 game : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXnKxRvX3Z4&app=desktop but I couldn't find any video of that night
A friend told me that the polish fighter Jan Błachowicz walked out with the percival Music that is also in The Witcher 3 game : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXnKxRvX3Z4&app=desktop but I couldn't find any video of that night
I read "breasts". I need to wake up a bit more before checking the forums. Or maybe it's just because I have certain expectations about posts in the Bear.
How did that work out for him? The bread out here is so bad I finally gave up and switched to home-made. I really, really do not understand why local bread is sweetened.
DIY is a lot better, but it's a hassle having to sieve out the weevils from the imported flour every time. Maybe I should just give up and accept the extra protein.
It was too cold for flying breasts but I guess that would have been fun.
He's still there but I'll ask when he returns, sometime soon probably. Is there something like a traditional Japanese bread? Doesn't have to be made out of wheat.
Makes me wonder how luxurious weevil-free flour must sound to you now. At home we're used to making most of our own food including bread, but I have to admit Germany has some wonderful bakeries and their fresh bread can be quite good.
Extremely luxurious.
Strong flour's all imported either from Europe or the USA, in the standard paper bags, on ships. Plenty of time for the weevils to hatch out. My guess is around a third of the bags have living ones by the time I get them.
And it's the same flour as you get in Europe or the USA. It's just that you're eating it when it's still full of weevil eggs.
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Extremely luxurious.
Strong flour's all imported either from Europe or the USA, in the standard paper bags, on ships. Plenty of time for the weevils to hatch out. My guess is around a third of the bags have living ones by the time I get them.
And it's the same flour as you get in Europe or the USA. It's just that you're eating it when it's still full of weevil eggs.
Well thanks. A lot. :disgust:
Oof. Now I'm concerned. I have a bag of flour that's been sitting in my cupboard for at least a year. I don't bake much. Will I open it and be assaulted by a swarm of tiny devils? *gulp*
edit: I made the mistake of searching around a bit for more information, and almost barfed all over my keyboard. BAD MISTAKE!!
edit: I made the mistake of searching around a bit for more information, and almost barfed all over my keyboard. BAD MISTAKE!!
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Thank you all. It's only 9.30 am, I've only just woken up, and I already feel I've achieved something today...
@Pangaea666 - No, you'd know about it, as they'd have left the bag and invaded everything ELSE containing grain by now. And they're pretty visible when they do that. I had it happen once when the weevils came into the house with some crispbread, and I had to throw out a lot of stuff, in particular my extensive pasta collection. That was when I found out about weevils.
Best thing to do with any grain-based product other than bread is to transfer it into a well-sealed glass or plastic container as soon as you buy it. And if the weevils show up in flour, just freeze it for a few days then sieve it. That's as far as my advice goes though, I don't have any weevil recipes. And you're screwed if they're in something you can't freeze and sieve, like pasta or any kind of biscuit.
Bread's safe. The cooking destroys any eggs in it, and you eat it too fast for it to have time to get new ones.
And in your flour. X-(
You must be some sort of evil girl scout or something :thinking:
I think @Dragonbird did a wonderful thing, spreading awareness of the weevil invasion. But as you can see you can't spell weevil without evil.
Moving on, last night I was watching some old Star Trek and I thought it was interesting we can now watch TV shows that are 50 years old and yet still have most of the elements of modern TV. It's not quite like watching The Three Stooges which can be amusing but it's obviously from another cultural era. Star Trek, despite the campy script and the tacky action scenes, is somewhat modern. It even looks quite nice on a modern screen (must have been remastered). I think as technology matures things like TV shows, movies and video games will age better, and we will soon reach the point where playing a 30 or 40 year old game will not be too weird or drastically different from what we're used to, except perhaps in the themes and direction (eg. Star Trek is hyper sexist).
Moving on, last night I was watching some old Star Trek and I thought it was interesting we can now watch TV shows that are 50 years old and yet still have most of the elements of modern TV. It's not quite like watching The Three Stooges which can be amusing but it's obviously from another cultural era. Star Trek, despite the campy script and the tacky action scenes, is somewhat modern. It even looks quite nice on a modern screen (must have been remastered). I think as technology matures things like TV shows, movies and video games will age better, and we will soon reach the point where playing a 30 or 40 year old game will not be too weird or drastically different from what we're used to, except perhaps in the themes and direction (eg. Star Trek is hyper sexist).
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If the current trend in gaming is anything to go by, we're better off playing ancient games anyway.
I've recently started re-watching Seinfeld. Although some things are obviously dated, the show is still surprisingly relevant and damn funny. Jerry himself can't act to save his life, but it's a good show Looking it up on wikipedia, it's actually almost 30 years old. Amazing how time flies.
I've recently started re-watching Seinfeld. Although some things are obviously dated, the show is still surprisingly relevant and damn funny. Jerry himself can't act to save his life, but it's a good show
Looking it up on wikipedia, it's actually almost 30 years old. Amazing how time flies.- Status