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by LadyTevar
2024-06-01 11:40am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)
Replies: 557
Views: 135687

Re: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)

Batman wrote: 2024-05-31 08:09pm If they're so bad it's actually worse than them tasting like vomit why does anybody eat them?
That's the problem bats... they still tasted good.
by LadyTevar
2024-06-01 11:36am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 618
Views: 53764

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

And Netanyahu doubles down again. NO GAZA CEASE FIRE UNTIL ISRAEL'S WAR AIMS ACHIEVED Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted there will be no permanent ceasefire in Gaza until Hamas’s military and governing capabilities are destroyed and all hostages are released. His statement come...
by LadyTevar
2024-06-01 11:31am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Donald Trump has been found guilty of all 34 counts in his landmark hush money criminal trial
Replies: 8
Views: 296

Re: Donald Trump has been found guilty of all 34 counts in his landmark hush money criminal trial

EnterpriseSovereign wrote: 2024-06-01 10:57am
Solauren wrote: 2024-06-01 09:20am
Rogue 9 wrote: 2024-06-01 09:06am

To arms! :D
It should be changed to
Convicted Felon (Pending Appeals)
Edit wars are both hilarious and sad, they're bound to lock it sooner or later :lol:
Until then, enjoy the chaos and add to it if you can :-D
by LadyTevar
2024-06-01 11:28am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men
Replies: 79
Views: 9157

Re: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men

Attack Trump Verdict or be Exiled, GOP's New Test of Loyalty There’s a new front line in Donald Trump’s battle to get elected. Just minutes after he was found guilty on all 34 felony counts on Thursday, I heard from a person close to the former president who described this moment as a “civil war” w...
by LadyTevar
2024-05-31 08:06pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men
Replies: 79
Views: 9157

Re: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men

EnterpriseSovereign wrote: 2024-05-31 05:09pm America will get the president it deserves.
*I* Don't deserve another 4 years of Trump, I will be voting for Biden and I hope to gods above and below there's enough SANE people out there who won't drink Trump's piss-filled koolaid to make Biden win again.
by LadyTevar
2024-05-31 08:02pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)
Replies: 557
Views: 135687

Re: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)

TIL Cheetos still taste like Cheestos when you're vomiting them back up. ew
by LadyTevar
2024-05-27 12:07pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: .. And the pack grows by 1
Replies: 5
Views: 238

Re: .. And the pack grows by 1

What breed is she? :)
by LadyTevar
2024-05-27 12:05pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: General Police Abuse Thread
Replies: 1072
Views: 513119

Re: General Police Abuse Thread

When cases of police misconduct come to light, they must be thoroughly investigated and prosecuted. However, the legal process can be complex. Even if officers are convicted, they exercise their right to appeal. This can lead to lengthy delays and, as defined here by Oberheiden P.C., a law firm, th...
by LadyTevar
2024-05-27 12:02pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 618
Views: 53764

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

unless you want this thread locked and closed for good like the Ukraine thread, DROP THE NAZI/HOLOCAUST RANTS. Any posts after this one that continue the NAZI/HOLOCAUST rantage will be deleted, and those posting them will be reported to Dalton and Wong for possible further punishment for breaking B...
by LadyTevar
2024-05-21 12:24pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: New Member Introductions
Replies: 463
Views: 429040

Re: New Member Introductions

I need to reintroduce myself, even though this might get me banned for sockpuppeting? Here it is. I am the owner of the Waddles McGee account which, I used when I was 14 or something. Made an absolute ass out of myself to the point that Mike himself called me out, I had several threads Hall of Sham...
by LadyTevar
2024-05-04 10:58am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)
Replies: 557
Views: 135687

Re: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)

Today I learned it takes 56 days to calligraph the King's Coronation Roll. And the only typo was a dot missing over an "i" on the whole 21meter-long roll. As a calligrapher, this is HIGHLY interesting, not just for the length of the stitched-together non-animal parchment paper, and not jus...
by LadyTevar
2024-05-03 10:52am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)
Replies: 557
Views: 135687

Re: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)

Batman wrote: 2024-05-02 10:24am Was she a hybrid or electric? I don't remember.
Because on a regular car battery-replacement should be dead easy (if not necessarily cheap).
SHe was hybrid and it was the BIG Lithium battery that was damaged.
by LadyTevar
2024-05-02 10:13am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)
Replies: 557
Views: 135687

Re: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)

TIL The Prius I'd given to my older brother had been in an accident over the winter, which damaged the main battery and they'd not been able to fix it. Yesterday they traded it in on a brand new Toyota Corolla Hybrid. Part of me is happy they got a new car. Part of me is very upset because the Prius...
by LadyTevar
2024-04-21 12:06pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)
Replies: 557
Views: 135687

Re: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)

TIL that Drinking the Kool-Aid has its own Wikipedia page :lol: It's easy to forget that because we don't have it here in the UK, not everyone gets the reference :lol: Descriptions of the event often refer to the beverage not as Kool-Aid but as Flavor Aid,[4] a less-expensive product reportedly fou...
by LadyTevar
2024-04-19 07:09am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 363
Views: 27759

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

I wager aerius is referring to the conflict in Donbas, where Ukraine fired rockets into heavily civilian areas. Was that before or after the "seperationists" in Donbas fired a missile that took out a civilian airplane? Concurrently. Odd to put separationists in quotes. Why is that? Becaus...
by LadyTevar
2024-04-19 06:56am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 618
Views: 53764

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

BBC NEWS Live Summary[/b[ An Israeli missile has struck Iran, two US officials have told the BBC's US partner CBS News Iranian state media cite unconfirmed reports of explosions in the central province of Isfahan, but have downplayed reports of an attack. Israel has not officially commented Video f...
by LadyTevar
2024-04-18 09:46am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 363
Views: 27759

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

Gandalf wrote: 2024-04-18 07:33am
wautd wrote: 2024-04-18 02:54am How about not making fake claims.
I wager aerius is referring to the conflict in Donbas, where Ukraine fired rockets into heavily civilian areas.
Was that before or after the "seperationists" in Donbas fired a missile that took out a civilian airplane?
by LadyTevar
2024-04-17 07:45pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 618
Views: 53764

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

Is Iran trying to provoke a response from Israel? :banghead: Maybe. Or maybe they think that showing off their military might is the best way to convince Israel to leave them alone. I think this is more likely. I don't think Israel will appreciate it either way. We'll just have to wait til after Pa...
by LadyTevar
2024-04-17 07:43pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 363
Views: 27759

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

So to be clear, you are saying that Putin DOES have some sort of special authority over ethnic Russians in other countries, at least as long as they're near a border with Russia? I'm saying the Ukrainians shouldn't have been stupid enough to give Putin a reason to correct Lenin's mistakes. WOW. Jus...
by LadyTevar
2024-04-16 08:11pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 618
Views: 53764

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

Broomstick wrote: 2024-04-16 06:08pm It's getting to the point that Israel should STFU and go home.
Agreed.
Striking back at Iran is going to bit them badly in the ass.
by LadyTevar
2024-04-15 07:09am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)
Replies: 557
Views: 135687

Re: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)

I assume that recipes in the book were aimed at the fairly well off or did the spices 'trickle down' to the peasantry? Peasantry? No. Minor Lords and some of the richer Guild-heads? Yes. Besides the fancier feasts, which included a whole chicken "gilded" with saffron sitting atop a whole ...
by LadyTevar
2024-04-14 04:25pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)
Replies: 557
Views: 135687

Re: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)

I'd always wondered why **THE BOOK** of Medieval Cookery, was called "The Forme of Cury" TIL that "Cury" is a very old term for "Cooking". BTW: There's some GREAT Recipes in this book, and several translations with good modern redactions. Medieval Cooking is far more va...
by LadyTevar
2024-04-14 10:49am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 363
Views: 27759

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

More of what should be a War Crime from Russia -- Russian 'double-tap' hitting civilians then rescuers with airstrikes On the night of 3 April, a swarm of Russian drones attacked Kharkiv, in Ukraine's northeast. The country's second-largest city has been targeted almost incessantly since the start o...