In Mr wtg's family it was "the elephant did it".

@RealPlayer That looks like a wonderful place. I looked at their website and they sure have a lot of goodies!

@wtg said in 25th Amendment. Seriously.: Leavitt says these things with a straight face. Remarkable. yep. They have become totally immune to how these things sound

@steve-miller Decided to do crumpets another time, maybe next week. This week's experiment....sourdough bagels! Not very pretty but tasty as all get-out. The great thing is that you are encouraged to eat them when they are warm, unlike many breads that require cooling so as not to get gummy. [image: 20251218-091746.jpg] Recipe: https://littlespoonfarm.com/sourdough-bagels-recipe/ I skipped feeding the starter and just used some pretty active starter that was in the refrigerator to make the dough. Seems to have worked fine. It rose nicely overnight and I made the bagels this morning. NB: The author says "if your bagels stick". There is no "if". They stick. They were hard to peel off the parchment to put in the boiling water, and that's why they look a bit lumpy. I would do two things differently next time around. First, I would use a Silpat instead of parchment. Second, I would put a small amount of oil on the Silpat to prevent sticking. edit: Three things. I would use the method from this next recipe to form the bagels. Cut the dough, form balls, let rise, then finish forming the bagel (make a hole in the center), boil, and bake. I think it would be easier to make a nice looking bagel. https://www.theclevercarrot.com/2021/06/easy-homemade-sourdough-bagels/ And....who knew? There's a bagel subreddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/Bagels/comments/1d2ctaz/gonna_need_to_give_this_up_unless_i_can_find_a/

@Steve-Miller said in The ‘Gary Bears’ has a nice ring to it: Don’t let them fool you. Football stadiums operate at a huge loss and don’t generate much revenue No kidding. Which is why I've been against the Bears moving here since they bought Arlington Park. But our Village Board has bought the story hook, line, and sinker. I just want them to go anywhere else, preferably to another state.

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More details about the study: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/09/study-instacart-ai-pricing-cost-of-groceries.html

In case you want to watch: https://www.c-span.org/series/?ceasefire

I told you so. Link to video Only need to watch for 3 minutes.

@CHAS said in The Great Chicago Tune-Off (from 1997): I think he is 80. Yikes! How is his hearing? I had a tuner when we lived in the South, before I found the ex-S&S tuner (who was excellent!) and he was quite elderly and very hard of hearing! He used an ETA. And of course, back then that was when I had the rickety old Baldwin upright, so it was more than good enough!

Key reasons that you’re missing that I’m in favor of this exception: my father worked his entire career with the Union Oil Corporation Union oil was purchased by Chevron in 2005.. so I still own some chevron stock… see, there’s two sides to every argument.

OMG, I find myself in agreement with Bernard again.

DONE

@dolmansaxlil That was a lovely, lovely book!

Any economic historian in the house know what the "capital investment vs. labor investment" ratio was when our ancestors adopted steam engines?