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    @voodoo that's a great effort, no fault in that. Get a bread bag and a bamboo bread box and it'll last longer if you don't devour it fast enough.

    Or do two loaves at a time, slice it and freeze it.

    Makes for a great pulled pork or chicken sandwich, or toast it with homemade baked beans and a pork chop / gammon steak.

  • Beer thread

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    @MN5 said in Beer thread:

    Beer kit shopping today.

    Going for the old staples, Black Rock IPA and Black Rock hazy. Sure fire winners, some mates of mine said the IPA was proper brewery standard.

    Have also gone for Mangrove Jacks Belgian Ale and Mangrove Jacks Raspberry and Lime Cider. The latter is gonna be a surprise for our other halves. Will do my best not to fuck it up. I’m reliably informed it’s possibly even easier than beer. Which is pretty easy…..the only danger is complacency setting in, getting the temperature wrong or forgetting to add hops. I think that’s how Tui was invented.

    With the Wellington weather we’ve been having sure to last for months a lovely cider will go down a treat on a summers evening I’m sure.

    Grabbed a bottle of what I thought was IPA ( which is excellent as always ) and to my surprise it turned out to be Cider.

    With the brown 750 ml bottles it's impossible to tell, must have mixed them up.

    Anyway, even though it was slightly early it was excellent. REALLY nice. Excellent feedback from the other half too. I had the option of making dry ( no sweetener ) medium ( half a packet of sweetener ) or sweet ( whole packed of sweetener ).

    Decided to go in the middle, would personally prefer a dry one next time ?

    But yeah, piece of piss to make, shorter fermentation time. A winner.

    54.9 NZD Raspberry and Lime Cider Raspberry and Lime Cider

    Bold aroma and flavour of fresh, juicy raspberries with a brilliant sharp lime finish. Wonderfully thirst quenching and moreish.  ABV Approx: 5.2%Style: SweetColour: Deep Reddish PurpleMakes: 23 LBrewing Sugar Required: 1kg Dextrose (needs to be purchased in addition) Each of our cider varieties...

  • Movie review thread...

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    @Kruse said in Movie review thread...:

    @canefan said in Movie review thread...:

    Always love your work

    I wish I could say that I always love your source of Rugby World Cup tickets, but...
    shit game.

    Yeah, that was sub-optimal. Ruined a perfectly good trip to Japan

  • Bad/Lame Jokes

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    I was arguing with this guy who said he was a really famous singer in the 1980s.

    I didn’t believe him but he was adamant

  • Memes/Tweets (No politics)

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    Mike and general arse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Édouard_Guillaud),

    But I'll add some more

    ''  /  Aug 17, 2019  /  News Ukip's Dick Braine has put unfortunate names in the news — but he's not alone Ukip's Dick Braine has put unfortunate names in the news — but he's not alone

    BEING told you have an upset stomach is no laughing matter – until you realise the medic seeing you is called Dr Whet Faartz. Unfortunate names were back in the news  this week when new Ukip leader…

  • TV Serieseseses

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    Bondsman

    Kevin Bacon hunting demons after coming back from Hell. 3 eps in.

    Besides the episodic nature of the demon slaying, the plot about his past is being revealed at a nice pace.

    And it's Kevin fucking Bacon

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    Love some good Moog music:

  • Stupid shit you see on the internet

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    @Catogrande said in Stupid shit you see on the internet:

    @Bones

    I’ll say this now. She will not pay that £50 per month for more than a couple of months.

    Fucking joke.

    Previous convictions for violence. Fuck me.

  • Happiness Scale

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    @NTA said in Happiness Scale:

    Without going into detail: it has been a fluffybunny of a fortnight.

    However, tonight Mrs TA and I saw Andrea Bocelli sing Nessun Dorma to a packed SCG.

    So everything is a little better

    As my dear old dad says, ‘music is a friend for life’

    It has an amazing ability to improve moods.

    Hope you’re doing ok

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    Good find

    Actually gruntled, whilst a word, is a relatively new one.

    It was first used in the 1930's by P G Wodehouse of Jeeves and Wooster fame, as a deliberately humorous antonym of disgruntled. The original "gruntle" is a 16th century archaism meaning to grumble.

    Similar in its creation to underwhelmed which has only been around since the 60's whereas both whelmed and overwhelmed have been in use for centuries.

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/kempt-couth-ruly-gruntled#:~:text=Word Facts&text=Disgruntle%2C which dates to the,nothing about the original gruntle.

  • Extreme Weather

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    Thargominda - about four hours east of Cameron Corner (border point between NSW, QLD and SA)

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  • RIP 2025

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    @mariner4life said in RIP 2025:

    Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
    The Ghost and the Darkness

    was in this movie called Spartan that i thought was okay as well.

    Pretty cool set of credits

    The Ghost and the Darkness is an underrated classic. Hamy as hell but fuck its good

    Was great to see and hear(sort of) Val in Top Gun: Maverick. Such a great scene
    R.I.P Iceman.

  • Awesome stuff you see on the internet

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    @Bones said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

    Natalia Penza  /  Mar 31  /  Football Shocking moment referee KARATE KICKS coaching staff Shocking moment referee KARATE KICKS coaching staff

    Luis Alegre let rip with his right boot as the man invaded the pitch and ran towards him with the apparent intention of assaulting him with a plastic bottle in his hand.

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    Crap and stuff.co.nz - this is perfect for this thread. Messenger_creation_ECBCC83B-C561-4C82-8BEB-AC10C75885DF.jpeg

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  • Motorcyclin'

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    @voodoo said in Motorcyclin':

    I had a 70cc scooter in Bali for 3 months

    Rode a Suzuki A100 around Akl throughout my Uni years, and a couple years thereafter.

    I'm a motorcycliser.

  • Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****

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    @MN5 episode 2 has a jedi count dooku and padawan qui gon on a mission, episode 4 has more dooku

    theyre only 15min

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    Just keep the politics to the US politics containment thread. We don’t need that shit taking over the forum. Domestic terrorism comments, political opinions etc

  • Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab

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    @Kruse you'd be fine as long as there were very regular 'resupplies'