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Below freezing outside, so a bowl of chili is on the menu.

Yea, unfortunately. Also there's also almost always like some feather on these free range eggs. Like they glue it on there for show.

Both. I think what superstores are good for is the "common" cuts of meat and convenience. I used to think it was cheaper... but really, the price can depend on various things so... it's not always cheaper from superstores, I've found. But it's cheaper most of the time for the common cuts - so I definitely will buy meat from there. I still think there are lots of good reasons to go to your local butchers: Selection....not just the different types of meat you're more likely to find at a butchers... you'll also get better cuts Fresher & higher quality meat Putting money back into your local economy - superstores are either big national chains or international chains; your local butcher is most likely.... well local & part of your community. When you support local business, that's you putting your money back into your community. And chances are your local butcher gives a fuck about you eating good meat more than some rich dickhead running a giant grocer does I've also generally found myself shopping at superstores less and less for food (more for general things I need around the house, like bog rolls and shit like that) because aside from my fucking excellent local butcher... there's a few good local grocers around me. And some of them are significantly cheaper than the superstores around me for higher quality fruits and veg... so I'm glad I've learned about them.

I also try to buy free range eggs and meat, but personally, I also find it hard to believe and trust these kinds of ratings.

Both. If it's supposed to be fancy, I definitely prefer the butcher. And if I buy meat in a store, I make sure they are from good or at least decent livestock farming. We actually have a rating on the packages. 1 is the worst, and 4 is the best. I make sure I always buy meat from Grade 4 livestock farming.

Both, but prefer the butcher's.

Superstores, always. Unless it’s a BBQ or special occasion. Aldi are the best for steaks, I’ve tried all the main supermarkets and they do the best ones.

FM 4 life!

I'm biased but I wholeheartedly disagree. The biggest destabilizing force is the US and their allies Saudi Arabia. The US creates power vacuums, the Saudis train/fund/support Wahabi and Salafist jihadists that make the region more unstable. The Saudis fund separatist groups in Iran, like the 3 Iranians that were convicted in Denmark today - all members of that separatist group (that was behind the London Iran embassy siege)... they were convicted of spying for the Saudis. And what the Saudis are doing in Yemen is an atrocity - it makes anything from the Israel-Palestine conflict seem humane tbh. And it's genocide that's being justified on the basis that their puppet is likely to lose power if they don't intervene. And it's typically these Wahhabi groups that are the ones that spread Islamicist terror outside the region as well (although their biggest victims worldwide are predominantly shia Muslims, which is why so many Iraqis and Iranians hate ISIS) - they're the ones that are spreading terror in Europe with ISIS... I don't want Iran to get a nuclear program because once they do it sets up the status quo that the IRI will control Iran forever. And to me, I'd like to see the country return to a democracy like it was before the US and UK shat all over that in the 50s. But I think it's funny that they're labeled the destabilising force in the region. Really I think the best evidence of that is the spread of their influence in Iraq... but what the hell did the world expect to happen, the US and UK came in, toppled Saddam (who's probably one of the most hated people ever in Iran) and then let the Saudis spread Wahhabi terror all along Iran's border. Of course Iran would try to gain influence over terrorists that want to kill their mostly Shia population. But surely if anyone is the truly destabilising force, it's the imperialists who came in from other continents to make a mess of the region, and their craven allies that profit from the mess the outsiders made

He's one of my favourites. He even alludes to knowing he'll get 'cancelled' in the special

To each their own I suppose.

I was anticipating him to be awful considering some reviews but I thought Affleck was very good.

This probably won't mean a lot to anyone at all (apart from @Dan) but one of our most loyal fans passed away at the age of 33 yesterday He was in care recently but reading some of his last tweets is also very said. RIP Liam.

I couldn't go to the gym for 5 months at the end of last year due to covid, and have struggled to pick up rhythm going back. I'm also about 5kgs overweight still. But I still look better than that. Especially in the torso fuck me.

Jim Cornette has described his AEW run so far as 'assisted suicide'.

He's let himself go too. Imagine going from one of the best heel faction runs, 3 years long, to where he is now. AEW may have improved leaps and bounds, but fuck me some of it is still so dire. I don't mind having midcard comedy. OC, Danhausen, Cobana, Luchasaurus ect are all fine to me. It's the bucks obnoxious shit, and the gross misuse of people like Cole (omega at times) that irks me. Notice they've quietly released most of the absolute indie abortions they started with? Marko stunt, sunny kiss, joey janella ect. Khan is learning slowly, but he's learning.

Mike Tyson is a convicted rapist. Now, any decent lawyer would have got him off those charges, but that's not the point. The fact that he is in, but the Briscoes and Kendrick are out? Brian Kendrick would be the go to guy for teaching AEWs young talent some of the ins and outs of big time wrestling. You wouldn't even need to put him on TV.

You can always go back to the roots.

Weirdly, in places where currencies aren't all that stable... more and more businesses actually accept cryptos. But I think if you're finding a crypto currency more stable than a normal actual currency... you're in a country that's got some serious issues & I don't think cryptos are the long term solution there. For most of us, I think there's no real benefit to crypto currencies and I think shite like dogecoin and "coins" like that are definitely a way to take advantage of speculators wanting to get in on crypto "investing". Having said that, I know someone who's made a pretty significant amount of money trading crypto... but I think he's absolutely mental. But I also think he's one of those people taking advantage of speculative investors.

1. The plate is on the countertop, which is granite. 2. The cat was sitting on a bag of rice because that's what cats do. 3. There was a school folder under the bag of rice. 3. I don't know why the rice was there. It was not a part of the meal. 4. The cat was dozing and I pushed the plate under her nose to see if she would react. 5. She did not. 6. I didn't consider the impact the peripherals would have on this photo. 7. My kitchen is a wreck. 8. @JoshBRFC it's still on.

Here's more of Málaga for @nudge:- There's more, but it takes a while, so you'll have to wait for part 2

Apparently when Ronaldo was subbed off he asked Rangnick, “why me? Why not the younger players?” Shortly after, United scored and Rangnick responded “That’s why”.

Yeah, free-range animals have outdoor access while cage-free ones doesn't. But then again, it's still pretty vague and doesn't tell much about other factors of their well-being... Or like the ratings in German stores - even if they are true, the differences between 1 and 4 are still too low, in my opinion. Look at the size of animal enclosure: 4 is surely better than 1, but still - a 100kg animal in a 1.5 square meter space doesn't exactly scream of well-being. And number 3, Außenklima, suggests that the animals have "outdoor climate", but after a quick research, it appears that having a window open in the enclosure is enough to get that ranking... So yeah..