Badmike wrote:My problem is this, I can understand once upon a time when food was scarce having to eat this crap. But now, with food relatively plentiful, why resort to basically eating the crap end of a pig or cow? Seriously?I had a bacon bleu cheesburger with chipotle mayo today for lunch, and it was delicious. Now, why on earth would I have replaced that meal with black pudding, head cheese or haggis??? Mike B.
mandalaymoon wrote:You should see what they eat here in China. The joke is "anything with wings except a plane, and anything with four legs except a table." Check out the animal market in Guangzhou and you'll see every kind of critter available for lunch.
ashmire13 wrote:Haggis tastes fantastic though!!
MetamorphosisSigma wrote:Does anyone live somewhere so damp they need a dehumidifier to preserve their collection?).
benjoshua wrote:Haggis isn't bad. It tastes a lot like potted meat to me, which of course is considered disgusting by plenty of people, but many southerners seem to like it.
Kingofpain89 wrote:Finger Lakes? Can't see that being any worse than the humidity here in North Texas, the Houston area, Florida, or the deep South and you have plenty of collectors all around those places. Just dont store your collection out back in a shed or in a damp basement.
MetamorphosisSigma wrote:On an unrelated note, I'm moving to New York next week. Is it my imagination, or is everything there a friggin' bureaucratic clusterf*&k?! I have to register my vehicles within 30 days (I think it's sixth months in DE). When we were up house-hunting, I got my first speeding ticket in 25 years, and after the county and state both took their chunks, it ended up being over $500! 8+% sales tax! Cigarettes are f'ing 10 bucks a pack! Et cetera. Coming from the "Delaware Free Zone" I feel like I'm moving to some sort of Kafkaesque nightmare world. Are other big states like this?
MetamorphosisSigma wrote:Thanks. I'm not sure how worried to be, but you're probably right. Here in Delaware, aside from short rainy seasons in the Spring and Fall, it's pretty dry except for a little humidity in the Summer (and I live by a marsh). I feel like I'm pretty safe here as long as the heating and air conditioning are functioning. I've been to Ithaca three times now, and the damp just seems to seep up out of the ground everywhere; felt like a basement everywhere. Of course maybe it was a winter thing, since I haven't been back since March.
Badmike wrote:Yes it's one of Dante's circles. Why in heaven's name would anyone MOVE there instead of moving AWAY from there???
My wife was looking for places to transfer to years ago. Not surprisingly, there were openings in the Washington DC office and the New York office. I say not surprisingly because everyone she talked to from those two places that had transferred to TX told her to stay far, far away from both areas unless we enjoyed being ass-raped by higher prices. We did look at houses online and it was a fucking joke. A pile of shit about one quarter the size of our house that was 60 years old and needing major repairs for $500,000. And that was one of the better deals. If you aren't making an absolute pile of money and living downtown where you can "enjoy" the city, forget it. The best part was the pay increase was minimal considering the added expenses of dealing with higher taxes and such. We aren't going anywhere, thank you.
Texas has no personal tax, low gas tax, cheap housing and land, and you can carry. Every state has trade offs though.
JasonZavoda wrote:Everyone in Delaware lives by a marsh.
Badmike wrote: We did look at houses online and it was a fucking joke. A pile of shit about one quarter the size of our house that was 60 years old and needing major repairs for $500,000. And that was one of the better deals. If you aren't making an absolute pile of money and living downtown where you can "enjoy" the city, forget it.
MetamorphosisSigma wrote:You and both know that's not true. There are the rolling hills of Hockessin , and the "might as well be New Jersey" burnt out industrial zone north of Wilmington (Claymont, etc.). (EDIT: Oh, and don't forget "Mount" Cuba, our highest point at 800 and some odd feet above sea level, LOL). Other than that.. yeah, marshland.
JasonZavoda wrote:Marsh Road north of Wilmington is at least a little marshy.
The rolling hills of Hockessin (I think there are three of them before you hit the PA border) used to have nice little boggy mushroom farms before the rich Hockessin bastards forced them out. Even where I am by the race track we occasionally get the 'Hockessin Smell' when the huge tracks of fertilized mushroom fields start getting ripe.
Just a little way down and you get to the low lying often flooded area around Stanton and that entire stretch of 95 cuts through thick marshland. One of the reasons my old school, Del-Tech, is having trouble expanding is that it is on the edge of a marsh.We live in a bloody swamp. We need all the land we can get.
mandalaymoon wrote:Ithaca is pretty, but also pretty boring. I've been to Delaware a few times, and like it more than upstate NY but hope you like the move.
MetamorphosisSigma wrote:I'm more of a knife guy, but I should look into the laws in NYS. Some of my stuff might be a no-no.
Bracton wrote:Speaking of haggis . . .Summer vacation for the wife and me this year, for the week and a half before Gen Con, is Scotland. Specifically --Edinburgh . . . one dayNairn . . . two daysIsle of Lewis . . . two daysIsle of Skye . . . two daysOban . . . one dayEdinburgh . . . one dayWe're working with a travel agent in Nairn and already have our accommodations, but if any of you locals have any suggestions (either for must-sees or must-avoids), they would be greatly appreciated.
