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Similar meteorological conditions: clear and cold.

Just use Spanish. They love that.

Woods walk. https://alistair-robinson.wistia.com/medias/8xmfdyglu1

I'm astonished.

Bottom left of the image below. https://i.postimg.cc/hPDxJZcy/Screenshot-from-2024-11-21-15-19-00.png It's at the foot of the page (but above the repl...

If all that matters is to reveal this thread to people who are not logged in, then I guess Baden could move it to a publicly visible category. But nob...

I doubt there is anyone else who's concerned about it, but for the benefit of whoever is interested, you can bookmark a discussion and set your prefer...

Yes, I think I did own up to it here somewhere. I shouldn't have done it but I'd submitted it to a magazine and panicked, so ended up removing it comp...

I don't see a need to make it visible to non-members, so I think it's visible enough. And yes, according to most publishers, magazines etc., stories c...

I use your method too. The velveting is a separate process and you must try it cos it's life-changing.

It's the marinating technique that results in tender velvety meat, like you get in Chinese food. Cornstarch is the key ingredient, plus baking soda to...

https://i.postimg.cc/bJkFd64s/PXL-20241120-120107850.jpg Now that I know the Chinese technique of velveting, and the associated tenderization with bak...

On a desktop browser you can zoom in and it'll remember the new setting. It's usually Ctrl+ (control and the plus key) to zoom in. I have mine permane...

One example, at the personal and interpersonal level, is toxic positivty. Otherwise, a few times on TPF I've made use of Terry Eagleton's distinction ...

:lol:

There's a deeper layer here too. Optimism is in a sense inhumane (it's hope that is humane), and there is no humour in success and contentedness

Sometimes it's all in the style, tone, or approach, rather than the theme. The theme can be serious or dark while the tone is light, playful, or optim...

Echoes of Gogol continue to rebound. I just read Kafka's Metamorphosis for the first time since I was a nipper. Back then I found it frustrating, but ...

On the other hand, there is a plethora of venomous far right keyboard warriors on the internet. https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/9453...

@"Lionino" was banned for homophobia and racism. He won't mind too much:

I used to wonder why people didn't eat acorns, cos they look like they should be tasty. Turns out sometimes they did in the olden days, but it takes a...

Actually, Uighur food is extremely hard to find in Britain. Only the dishes that have become popular throughout China have any chance of making it to ...

Next time you could drop a big load of cumin seeds in that and you'll get Xinjiang cumin lamb, which is great.

I thrive between -20 and 27 degrees Celsius.

https://youtu.be/zqWGLseHtnY?si=OvWSlFj2l5jN38p7

I can't explain why this track is so good. https://youtu.be/wNkximLmFXE?si=7NenL93W1JdlZaB1

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I'm guessing that's where Dulcinea in Don Quixote was from. Dulcinea del Toboso, yes?

Yes, but I say nothing ventured, nothing gained.

I don't know. I don't usually manage it. I wouldn't submit a poem myself, but I'd be happy to see them in it.

Giving someone enough rope to hang themselves?

:cool:

Ah yes, a butcher breakup can be painful.

Another thing, my Plum story was around 4200 words and the limit was 5000, but I seem to recall the limit went down to 3000 in a subsequent competitio...

Great! Let battle commence. (I know I know, let's all hold hands and wish each other great success)

I think you need a new butcher.

I don't usually go for the crispy edges but you must admit it's a legitimate style of fried egg. Also, they were not rubbery. I cover the pan to allow...

@"Noble Dust" @"Baden" Is there a short story competition this winter? I have something cooking.

Egg and chips from the other day. https://i.postimg.cc/1t93YfFH/PXL-20241009-114659007.jpg

I like the look of your golden glistening breasts. I've never used an air fryer. Looks like you've got some cleaning to do there, which I imagine is m...

I tried it myself from a different email address and it worked for me, and I can't find any blocks relating to your email address, so I don't know wha...

Sorry I didn't reply, Christoffer. I haven't had any similar reports; I think lots of people get notifications by email, and nobody has told me that's...

We have now been upgraded to the medium plan, so this shouldn't happen again.

Now a new favourite author. Very odd and very entertaining. Writing that appears at first to be sloppy but is actually masterful. Fun on multiple leve...

That is a relief.

Nice. Yes. When I read it I thought, why didn't they translate it as "Morel's Invention," since that is the surface meaning. Then I realized it has a ...

My kind of book! Aye, it's no picnic.

Yep. The bleakest work of Russian literature I've read is probably Life and Fate by Grossman. Or maybe it's harrowing, rather than bleak, since it's f...

I found this analysis of German "guilt pride" fascinating. Moeller applies his concept of profilicity — which I've had my doubts about (probably becau...

Next, probably one of these: The Reefs of Earth by R. A. Lafferty We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Not Wanted on the Voyage by Ti...