What Are You Ingesting?

[Don Edwards 579]

A complete meal, I believe, is supposed to be 3-6 servings of various things.

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,663]

4 hours ago, Don Edwards said:

A complete meal, I believe, is supposed to be 3-6 servings of various things.

Each slice has meat, veggies, cheeze & bread.  Each bite has all the salt you need for a month. 

 

[mlooney 3,810]

For some reason, tonic-water based drinks are tasting fantastic today.  It's a good thing I'm not using real gin/vodka, or I would be smashed right now.

[Darth Fluffy 377]

I like tonic water, rarely mix it. It's pretty much the last soft drink I still drink on occasion.

[mlooney 3,810]

8 hours ago, Darth Fluffy said:

I like tonic water, rarely mix it. It's pretty much the last soft drink I still drink on occasion.

I'll drink tonic water straight, but I generally like it with faux gin, olives, or lemon juice, more or less in that order.  Or, as I have just found out, faux gin and olives.

[Darth Fluffy 377]

8 hours ago, mlooney said:

I'll drink tonic water straight, but I generally like it with faux gin, olives, or lemon juice, more or less in that order.  Or, as I have just found out, faux gin and olives.

I did not know you could make gin out of fauxes. Good to know that they have a useful purpose; it isn't evident from their 'News'.

[ProfessorTomoe 1,352]

On 5/11/2025 at 7:45 AM, Darth Fluffy said:

I did not know you could make gin out of fauxes.

It's difficult because they are quick, especially the brown ones, and they have a tendency to jump over the lazy dauxg.

[Darth Fluffy 377]

6 hours ago, ProfessorTomoe said:

It's difficult because they are quick, especially the brown ones, and they have a tendency to jump over the lazy dauxg.

I've made gin with a deck of cards.

[mlooney 3,810]

/me.  All of you stop it.

/me throws stars around like a mall ninja on too much espresso.

[Darth Fluffy 377]

1 hour ago, mlooney said:

/me.  All of you stop it.

/me throws stars around like a mall ninja on too much espresso.

I had to read that a second time, the first time a read, "/me throws stars around like a small ninja on too much espresso." Freaking squirrels!

[Darth Fluffy 377]

Also, if your local mall has ninjas, you might want to shop elsewhere.

[mlooney 3,810]

37 minutes ago, Darth Fluffy said:

Also, if your local mall has ninjas, you might want to shop elsewhere.

I don't think the mall in Small City, Kansas has a sword/knife store.  I know that there was on in the bigger mall in Tulsa.

[ijuin 609]

2 hours ago, Darth Fluffy said:

I've made gin with a deck of cards.

That kind is too rum-y for my tastes.

[mlooney 3,810]

/me.  Enough of the bar jokes.  Have a star, with a little umbrella on top.

[mlooney 3,810]

I'm drinking Rakkasan tea Ceylon Smoke. (yes, out of milk).  Quite possibly the best smoked tea I've had.  They call it a  Lapsang Souchong, but it's smoked over cinnamon, not pine, and the taste profile is thoroughly different.

[mlooney 3,810]

Gorilla Mountain Black tea, from Rakkasan Tea.  Just about perfect for “I need a southing tea, but I'd like to wake up as well.”

[mlooney 3,810]

Does anybody have a clue about why American electric kettles have a 1.7 liter capacity?  That works out to about also less than rational  57.5.  I've had 4 of them over the last few years, all different brands, and that seems to be the max for all of them.

[mlooney 3,810]

29 minutes ago, mlooney said:

Does anybody have a clue about why American electric kettles have a 1.7 liter capacity?  That works out to about also less than rational  57.5.  I've had 4 of them over the last few years, all different brands, and that seems to be the max for all of them.

Did some more google work, and it's almost exactly 3 UK pints. (2.9915817769)

[Darth Fluffy 377]

29 minutes ago, mlooney said:

Does anybody have a clue about why American electric kettles have a 1.7 liter capacity?  That works out to about also less than rational  57.5.  I've had 4 of them over the last few years, all different brands, and that seems to be the max for all of them.

I don't know, but I have a guess. American market, so the kettle is sized in Imperial units. 1.7 liter is 33.8 fluid ounces, or a bit over two pints a.k.a. a quart.

[Darth Fluffy 377]

10 minutes ago, Darth Fluffy said:

I don't know, but I have a guess. American market, so the kettle is sized in Imperial units. 1.7 liter is 33.8 fluid ounces, or a bit over two pints a.k.a. a quart.

 

13 minutes ago, mlooney said:

Did some more google work, and it's almost exactly 3 UK pints. (2.9915817769)

 

Yeah, I asked Google, and I'm seeing two pints can't be right, a liter is bigger than a quart. Trying again, directly to quarts; (just shy of) 1.8 quarts. That sounds about right, and I'm left scratching my head, why did going through fluid ounces give a different answer, and Brits have their own version of our archaic system?

[Darth Fluffy 377]

9 minutes ago, Darth Fluffy said:

Yeah, I asked Google, and I'm seeing two pints can't be right, a liter is bigger than a quart. Trying again, directly to quarts; (just shy of) 1.8 quarts. That sounds about right, and I'm left scratching my head, why did going through fluid ounces give a different answer, and Brits have their own version of our archaic system?

Well, I got one answer pretty quick; as seems more fitting, 'Imperial' is the British system, ours is just US or American, so, 'oops'. and Imperial is 20% larger. Pint defined.

A liter is 1.05 times bigger than a us quart, so a liter is smaller than an imperial quart. first lookup seems to have returned Imperial fluid ounces; yeah that checks, that's what I asked for. Damn. Just crashed another probe into Mars.

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,663]

 

In the UK, a pint of beer is larger than a pint of milk or water. 

 

[mlooney 3,810]

1 hour ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

 

In the UK, a pint of beer is larger than a pint of milk or water. 

 

Of course it is.

 

[Darth Fluffy 377]

2 hours ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

In the UK, a pint of beer is larger than a pint of milk or water. 

Also, after a pint or two of beer, you no longer care . . .

[mlooney 3,810]

Doing Rakkasan Gorilla Mountan black, which despite its name suggesting strength, is a very mellow tea. Just what I need this morning.