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    Brekkie possum omelettes 🤮

  • Beer thread

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    @MN5 said in Beer thread:

    Too much shit at the bottom does glug things up when you’re bottling

    yep, however you do it you need a way to get the good beer off the trub.

    I either siphon to a bottling bucket or keg from a Fermzilla, or use the SS Brewtech Brewbucket that has a really nice offtake you can twist to maximise beer return.

    ahhh, beer.

    Speaking of which, got hands on some fresh hops and brewed a nectaron fresh hopped hazy last week with my mate. It's tasting and smelling brilliant already, even without the 500g of dried nectaron we're dry hopping with 🙂

    Round two riwaka arrives tomorrow ... an IPA I expect

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    Ticwatch pro 3 is a great all rounder, although one of the main reasons I got it is it can have an esim and work independent of your phone and looks like that's not available in NZ.

    Runs on wear OS and seems pretty accurate for tracking runs with ghostracer and throwing them into Strava.

  • RIP 2024

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    @Bovidae said in RIP 2024:

    Dickey Betts, the singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the Allman Brothers Band whose piercing solos, beloved songs and hell-raising spirit defined the band and Southern rock in general, died Thursday morning at the age of 80. The cause was cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Betts’ manager David Spero confirmed to Rolling Stone.

    Some lovely guitar in this track. Just beautiful stuff.

    Southern Rock was so cool.

    RIP, thanks for the music

  • Movie review thread...

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    @Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:

    Caught up on a couple of films on my (long) film bucket list this week.

    Sunset Blvd from 1950. Blew me away. Simply brilliant film which has to be one of the best about Hollywood ever made. Acting, writing, design, photography and music all outstanding from one of the great directors, Billy Wilder. Don't be put off by the fact it's over 70 years old - its as fresh as ever.

    In the Realm of the Senses (1976). Been recommended to me by lots of people but I thoroughly disliked it. Well made and directed (Nagisha Oshima) but just provocative for the sake of it. Over-blown and underwhelming

    Will check that out with Mrs. Pakman.

    I recently watched Twelve Angry Men for the second time ever, and her first, and still found it excellent.

  • Grumpy Old Man

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    Currently renovating a small bathroom in the East Annexe of Meldrew Towers and dealing with the Ceiling From Hell.

    The ceiling hadn't ever been plastered or sealed so the paint is making the paper come away from the plasterboard requiring constant bloody gluing, sealing, filling and sanding - 3 fucking days so far. Oh, And the same fuckwits didn't bother to seal the walls before painting them either, so any paint I stick on lifts everything off the walls.

    And some fluffybunnies are complaining about Diversity courses...Jeez.

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    just got this....im sure just a coincidence

    Wireless headphones and earbuds
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    GPT4 needs a little nudging from time to time. It’s getting a little lazy, which to be honest, makes it hard not to anthropomorphise the thing.

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    3 eps into Fallout, which is pretty good.

    Given there have been plenty of game adaptations, this one seems to be the only one I can recall where it seems they have included some NPCs as obvious as they did.

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    Great cover:

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  • Hawt discussion (PG13 & embeds only)

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    @mariner4life said in Extreme Weather:

    There is a shit load that needs fixing

    Apparently

  • Stupid shit you see on the internet

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