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BBP
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Discovered we have a give-away store just a short trip away!
Give-away stores are a charming creation that spawned from the squatting circuit. You can visit them and get up to three articles from their shop, for
nothing. It's a way of making us reflect our disposables society, how much we throw away.
It's a beautiful concept, and I decided to go there, bringing with me an article I got for free in the first place: a metal wire chandelier. I always
wanted a chandelier, but I'd prefer a more "classy" rather than "late 80s fashion" model.
(I'd gotten those at a flea market. Sometimes people just give away their stuff for free as the market is about to close, since bringing all your junk
back is often a pain in the butt. These people were giving away two chandeliers, and I got both of them: one a black wire circle with five evenly
placed candle holders (it now hangs vertically on my wall) and one that has 5 bent wires that join in the centre. This last one I had no idea what to
do with: it's large, clumsy and not all that pretty. It took up place in my closet for at least 5 years). So I thought I'd give it away and I dragged
that sucker all the way to the shop, letting it dig into my back... and then I discovered they're only open on Wednesday and Saturday.
Oh well. Let's see what they have tomorrow.
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punknaynowned
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Help Me! I can't stop it!
Wealth To Spare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icReC79GXI4
(another torch song)
loads of covers of this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6UmRGXmIWU
acoustic cover, shows chords
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf0yYDliIX4&NR=1
acoustic guitar w whistle, good sound
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSnu_gVXjEE&
[Edited on 17-5-11 by punknaynowned]
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MTF
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Here's some wild Dutch Indorock from 1960: the legendary Tielman Brothers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83S7r4CPORk
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BBP
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Yeah I know them! They're the biggest band in the Indo-rock genre (which is the name for the rock music played by Indonesian immigrants in
Netherlands). One of their performances became quite legendary, because the host described them as "bunch of monkeys", and because the tape went
missing. One of my teachers found the recording at the Dutch TV storage, tucked away somewhere, and she recorded it illegally.
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BBP
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQYbrpC3ebk
And here's the full version of their performance without some sonsabitch watermarking it and pretending it's his.
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polydigm
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My week turned to crap yesterday when a gear linkage in my van decided to snap just as I was going out of my driveway on the way to work. Since then
it's been organising a tow and catching buses and long walks lugging heavy bags from work just at those times of the day when I'd normally be catching
a breather. I won't be getting it back until tomorrow night after spending my first week's pay for the privilege, so my transport troubles aren't over
yet. In the middle of all the palaver over the van yesterday morning the stud that buttons up my jeans decided to break, luckily before the taxi
arrived so I was able change my jeans just before leaving. The cab got me to work 3 minutes before my first class of the day, phew.
Anyway, I'm still maintaining my usual sunny disposition.
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BBP
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Touch of Murphy's law... poor Poly!
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BBP
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Just in case the world ends today: it was nice knowing you! (waves)
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punknaynowned
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well, I'm still here.
wait! where did everybody else go???
there was a tornado warning in Topeka - west of here - an hour before (?!?) the rapture was supposed to happen.
The sirens went off, the wind it blew. But all the animals looked up and went back to what they were doing.
The storm passed north of us but Topeka got baseball sized hail.
Another storm is coming our direction tonight, while the rest of us will just have to get back to sinning.
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MTF
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Here's the headquarters of Family Radio, in beautiful Oakland, California. This is where Harold Camping broadcast his famous Rapture prediction.
Photo: Josh Keppel
Oakland was also the home of The People's Temple (of Jonestown fame), as well as the headquarters of both the Black Panthers and the Hell's Angels.
And remember the 1989 earthquake, when a highway pancaked and crushed 42 people? That was in Oakland.
Oakland's murder rate is about 3 1/2 times the national average. It was also the place of which Gertrude Stine said "There's no there there."
Nice place, Oakland...
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polydigm
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Friday, on the way home from work, I decided to catch two buses to pick up the car, rather than pay $13 on a taxi. Then I lost my multi trip ticket on
the first bus and had to buy a single trip ticket to get on the second one. All up it cost me not much less than the price of a taxi ride. What a
week. So far though, my weekend is going well.
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DED
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$13 on a taxi ????
When you open the door from a taxi and get in you pay around 6 to 7,5 euros ($9-$12) That includes the first km. Km 2 upto XX cost you 1 euro upto 1,5
Euro ($1.40 -$2) A short drive from station to home 4.3 km can cost you in Eindhoven 20 Euro's. ($28)
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polydigm
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DED, we think taxis are too expensive here. The prices where you are just seem beyond evil to me.
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BBP
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That's a very adequate description... when my sister went to us by cab when gran had passed away she was charged over 30 euros I think.
Elderly and disabled people can get a severe price cut though. Gran could get her first 200 km or so at a low price so travelling to us by taxi was
cheaper than by train. My blind friend gets a lot refunded due to her handicap.
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punknaynowned
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well that's a bit of kindness there I guess.
but don't get clever Bonny and go breaking your ankle again! 
once every couple weeks I make marinara:
tomatoes, onions, garlic
pork, red pepper,
a spoon of fennel seed
a spoon of olive oil
tomatoes go in the pan, two 28 oz/ 794g cans, : crushed, whole, or sauce
one or two med-large onions (yellow, red or white) diced, go in the pan
6-8 garlic 'cloves', minced, go in the pan
spoon of olive oil
spoon of fennel seed, both in the pan
stir
bring to boil, reduce to lowest simmer
pork I get in a tube like sausage, end pieces tastes like sausage and bacon
cook that AND DRAIN OFF THE FAT!!!
add two chopped fresh red 'bell' peppers
simmer on low, stir now and then til peppers are completely soft and both are almost mush
add to tomato sauce
simmer so that tomatoes/onions have cooked about an hour
I don't mind it chunky. If you don't like chunky sauce, use a blender.
Excellent sauce I never get tired of. No salt, pepper, sugar, basil, wine or mushrooms or anything like that.
The most expensive item are the peppers. Yellow and green peppers are fine of course but will change the flavor.
The pork, red pepper and fennel are perfect together: flavorful yet subtle and all showoff the humble yet beautiful tomato ...
I keep it ready in the fridge for times like now:
add it to a cup of rice and a bit of cheese. YUM
took as long to fix as writing this post. Most often I put in on prepared pasta I get in the freezer section at the store: ravioli, tortellini. A $4
bag of that will last three-four meals for me.
storms all across kansas and oklahoma today. Two people died when an uprooted tree impaled a van and caused it to crash. Everybody's nervous about
storms today since what happened in Joplin.
I'm still here!
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BBP
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Don't worry, I have no intentions of breaking my limbs ever again.
Your sauce sounds good!
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BBP
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Had better days. I have to cancel my London plans since Curry had to quit his production, and I failed to get a part as extra in a film they're
shooting here.
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aquagoat
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Ok, I'm back, it took a lil' longer than I thought it would, but I'm finally back. Glad to see you again, everyone.
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BBP
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Hey Aqua! How's the new home?
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polydigm
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Hey Aqua, I hate moving house. I hope it's all going to plan for you.
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