Random Rants

[Katiebee]

"I'm also an excruciatingly opinionated, and pedantic amateur etymologist, but I don't mince words, I have my way with them."

Dude? That is a fetish I have never heard of. Does it hurt?

You obviously have never worked with Klingon technical writers.

[IdleBoast]

The alternative term is sweetmeats.

Sweetmeats are confections, and can even be Vegan.  Sweetbreads are typically red meat.  Beef, or especially Veal, but also lamb, pork...

I didn't come up with the terms, I just worked as a prep cook (Among other positions, but that's my fave) in up to 3 star kitchens, and resorts.  (Doc Martin's in the Taos Inn being my favorite.)

I'm also an excruciatingly opinionated, and pedantic amateur etymologist, but I don't mince words, I have my way with them.

Mincemeat (as in pie) isn’t meat either.  I have no point with that comment, but then that’s what we seem to be doing?

Without copy-pasting any etymology websites, but speaking as a long-time native speaker of the language, with recent ancestors who used forms of English old enough to be unintelligible to most people reading this, sweetmeats used to mean the same as sweetbreads, specifically gland-based offal with a "sweet" (="rich") flavour; pancreas, spleen, testicles.

Over time, in most places, the meaning changed (much as the ingredients of mincemeat changed) from offal to candies, but my mother in law, a butcher for the last forty years, still uses the term, and my mother, a trained chef and educator of chefs before she retired, still uses the term.

But, what do I know, eh?

[staci]

"I'm also an excruciatingly opinionated, and pedantic amateur etymologist, but I don't mince words, I have my way with them."

Dude? That is a fetish I have never heard of. Does it hurt?

You obviously have never worked with Klingon technical writers.

You are astute. I have never worked with any in the small town I was raised in. The longer I visit here and follow the teachings and wisdom of psiberzerker , the more diverse my knowledge gained.

[psiberzerker]

You obviously have never worked with Klingon technical writers.[/quote]

Sorry, took Romulan as an elective.

(Industrial Automation, and Robotics.  The first Language I was taught in college was PLC.  Programmable Logic Controllers, loosely based on the Relay Ladder Logic my computer science dad learned to program with a Soldering Iron.  That pedantic.)

[_priapism]

Mincemeat (as in pie) isn’t meat either.  I have no point with that comment, but then that’s what we seem to be doing?

Originally, mincemeat always contained meat.  Many modern recipes contain beef suet, though vegetable shortening is sometimes used in its place. I think mincemeat was originally conceived of as way to use spoiled meat.  Add some raisins, apples, spices and liquor, and you’ll be surprised what you think tastes good.  My grandmother always used meat in hers.  I just buy the Crossman’s jar and add brandy.

[Katiebee]

The alternative term is sweetmeats.

Sweetmeats are confections, and can even be Vegan.  Sweetbreads are typically red meat.  Beef, or especially Veal, but also lamb, pork...

I didn't come up with the terms, I just worked as a prep cook (Among other positions, but that's my fave) in up to 3 star kitchens, and resorts.  (Doc Martin's in the Taos Inn being my favorite.)

I'm also an excruciatingly opinionated, and pedantic amateur etymologist, but I don't mince words, I have my way with them.

Mincemeat (as in pie) isn’t meat either.  I have no point with that comment, but then that’s what we seem to be doing?

Without copy-pasting any etymology websites, but speaking as a long-time native speaker of the language, with recent ancestors who used forms of English old enough to be unintelligible to most people reading this, sweetmeats used to mean the same as sweetbreads, specifically gland-based offal with a "sweet" (="rich") flavour; pancreas, spleen, testicles.

Over time, in most places, the meaning changed (much as the ingredients of mincemeat changed) from offal to candies, but my mother in law, a butcher for the last forty years, still uses the term, and my mother, a trained chef and educator of chefs before she retired, still uses the term.

But, what do I know, eh?

Having my degree in Cultural Anthropology, and a minor in Speech Arts, I agree with IB. That's how I know the word.

[Elizabeth]

Okay, while you guys simple destroy this thread with your descriptions or lack of about "Mincemeat Pie"......I'll take the easy way and just say "I like it", and I eat it.
So there......

Love,
Liz

[watcher1]

Okay, while you guys simple destroy this thread with your descriptions or lack of about "Mincemeat Pie"......I'll take the easy way and just say "I like it", and I eat it.
So there......

Love,
Liz

Liz, so that is your pet name for a special part of the body that you like....and eat..

[Elizabeth]

Okay, while you guys simple destroy this thread with your descriptions or lack of about "Mincemeat Pie"......I'll take the easy way and just say "I like it", and I eat it.
So there......

Love,
Liz

Liz, so that is your pet name for a special part of the body that you like....and eat..

"BITE ME"......Rick...!!!!!

 
Love,
Liz

[ChirpingGirl]

You do that on purpose, don't lie. 

[watcher1]

"BITE ME"......Rick...!!!!!

 
Love,
Liz

WOO!  A nice bite in your mincemeat pie. 

[ChirpingGirl]

CJ went shopping with her little brother, who is now technically younger than my daughter, and holy fuck is he a player.

Now don't fuckin' accuse me of being weird, even though I am.

He is SO CUTE. I mean, he's not going to have any problems getting some when he grows up. His mom says he's the boy version of me.   He even likes to have kinda girly hair.

But anyway. We were out shopping, and the kid's got "game". I turned my back for five seconds, then turn back to find him flirting with a pretty black girl about his age.   Even her mom was like "seriously, dude? Wait a few years." His mom is going to have enough grand kids to fill a fuckin' zoo.

And, I'll be honest, he's told me he doesn't care if it's a girl or a boy so long as they're really, really cute.   So that adds another layer of trouble his mother has to deal with. I hate to admit it, but he and I inherited our fathers perverted DNA.  

[psiberzerker]

"Uh!"     I am so sick of Professor Ignorance showing up to bury any serious discussion, whenever anyone starts talking about actual numbers, and engineering.  It doesn't seem to matter what the discussion is about, "It's not rocket science!"  Direct quote, even if we're talking about disabling ground vehicles in a SHTF situation.

Nothing to do with KB, BTW.  Just a general rant about how easy it is to ruin the internet in the comments.  If you know what you're talking about, or go into any detail, all they have to do is play the Over-simplification card.  As if the simplest answer is ever the corect one.  (No, that's not what Occam's Razor is.  In fact, it was about experimental proceedure, not invalidating arguments on the internet.)

In this case, it was about a "Budget" .50 cal rifle.  Single shot, but at $5.00 a round, if you're trying to save money, you're never going to put down the $250.00 minimum for 50 rounds, just to get good with it.  So, the advice is to get an Antimateriel round, and shoot out the engine block, to disable, I'm just assuming a Technical trying to drive on your land.

Instead of spending a hell of a lot less on all-thread, and railroad ties to make Tank Traps, we'll just reccomend people buy a rifle they can't afford to shoot enough to Zero the damned thing.  Good plan!

[Elizabeth]

M-14A1 (civil model of the M-14).......308 round.....much cheaper than a 50 cal round.

 

Love,
Liz

[psiberzerker]

I love the Mini-14, but then again, I don't have anything to prove.  I told him to run the Kasarda Drill with any bolt action, and hand load every single round.  After he came up with a fantasy of he, and 5 of his friends forming a fireteam to raid a bandit camp, and shoot all the engine blocks.  Never mind the fact that he's expecting to have a Fireteam armed with .50 cal single shot rifles, he's going to leave the safety of his defenses, to fight a mechanized force, in a defensive camp, on foot, with single shot rifles.

"Not a great plan!"

[Katiebee]

Certainly not a gifted amateur.

[psiberzerker]

Certainly not a gifted amateur.

The Kasarda Drill:



If you can't do that^  With any gun, you're not going to be raiding any bandit camps, "Sniping" engine blocks with a single shot .50 cal rifle after the SHTF.  

[Katiebee]

Easy with a standard e-silhouette sized target at 50 yards.
Medium and hard with a half sized target.

The hardest part is throwing that kettle ball.

I hit a smaller target than that at 100 yards.
 
I could do that with a Mauser or 1903. With an M1 it would be easy. With an ‘1 Carbine very easy. I could do it with my SKS too.

[psiberzerker]

The hardest part is throwing that kettle ball.

I hit a smaller target than that at 100 yards.

Yes, but not without the Stess of throwing that Kettelbell.  Target shooting is easy as fuck.  Hitting a 100 y target gets a lot harder when your arms are tired, you're out of breath, worried about the clock, and wondering in the back of your head how many times you've shot.  (The farther you throw it, the fewer shots you have to score.)  

That's what Kettelbells were designed for.  Combat is stressful.  You don't train for it punching paper at the range.

[Katiebee]

Tha’s why younusena lighter weapon than a battle rifle. The carbine or the SKS.