The Frying Pan

rfusca

17:00

if I felt the need for self defense of some kind, I'd probably rig my SB-600 flash up. If you're a buglar and your night vision is full up and I flash you on a full power pop, you're not seeing anything till I get a chance to access the situation

ElendilTheTall

It's hard to understand the gun culture in the states coming from a country that has no need for them I guess

Sobachatina

Anything mysterious will eventually be explored. I find much more success in making things no longer mysterious.

tastefive

@Sobachatina that is a great way to put it.

Jay

@rfusca if i was a burglar and i was suddenly blinded, i would randomly start shooting around me as self defense

rumtscho

@rfusca "What are you doing here? Looking for valuables? Wait a minute, my DSLR with flash is in that cabinet over there"

Sobachatina

17:02

@Jay This is not counterstrike- you don't get to respawn. I think you would run and hide.

rfusca

part of it, is that as a kid, my dad tackled and started swinging at me one time in the night because he thought I was a buglar - if he would have had a gun, I probably wouldn't be here

ElendilTheTall

"I thought you were a burglar!"

Yeah right

rfusca

lol

rumtscho

@rfusca Wait, you think your dad would have used the gun on a burglar instead of trying to hold him at gunpoint and call the police?

ElendilTheTall

He just wanted to whale on you

rfusca

17:03

@rumtscho its the culture in the South - shoot first, its safer for you

Sobachatina

@rfusca Or for that matter if he had a baseball bat. A gun is irrelevant to that story- and if you had been an armed burglar your dad might not be here.

Jay

@Sobachatina if i cant see anything I don't think I would be level headed like that. i would panic and shoot wildly as i mentioned earlier

rfusca

note to self...never, ever blindfold @Jay - he turns into a pyschopath

rumtscho

@rfusca That's why maybe somebody should take away the guns from you people after all

ElendilTheTall

Wow, first ever Friends

20 years old, that's crazy

rfusca

17:04

@Sobachatina getting hit with baseball bat != getting shot

he figured out quickly it was me and stopped, but he would have figured out after shooting

ElendilTheTall

See, we don't even have baseball bats here!

We have cricket bats instead, they have more of an edge :)

Sobachatina

@rfusca If he had a shotgun, had told you to stop and cocked it, this wouldn't even be a story. You would have answered and that would be the end of it.

It is true that they are very dangerous tools and there are people that don't know how to use them.

So are circular saws.

rfusca

@Sobachatina i'm really talking about handguns - i've little issue with shotguns

Sobachatina

@rfusca I don't have any use for a handgun.

I want a shotgun and a 22 rifle.

I want a pump shotgun more for the sound of it cocking than for shooting it.

rumtscho

What is missing from this story is why @rfusca was taken for a burglar. He probably had went out at night to do something forbidden and was sneaking back home in the hope his parents won't notice he was away.

Jay

17:07

@Sobachatina And I just want puppies and rainbows and for people to just not burglar homes

ElendilTheTall

@sobachatina you can get apps that replicate gun noises...

@rumtscho @rfusca went through a period of wearing striped sweaters and eye masks

And carrying bags marked 'swag'

rfusca

@rumtscho lol, I was 12 and sick and I went to tell my mom in the middle of the night that I was sick. I was a large 12 year old even, my dad wakes up, sees somebody standing over my mom, thinks he has something in his hand, and dives across the bed swinging.

ElendilTheTall

Drives?!

Christ!

rfusca

lol

Sobachatina

@rfusca Awesome! I would probably have done the same thing.

rumtscho

17:09

@ElendilTheTall Which is, of course, what any burglar puts on before breaking and entering. Can't have professional pride without the uniform.

ElendilTheTall

Exactly

My sister in law repelled a burglar recently with nothing but a stilletto shoe

rfusca

if there had been a handgun in his bedside table, he said he was in the frame of mind - he would have used it

ElendilTheTall

Threw at his head, he legged it

@rfusca your dad sounds tense

rfusca

@ElendilTheTall protective is the word

ElendilTheTall

Hmmm

rfusca

17:11

he thought somebody was 6 ft away from him and about to kill his wife

rumtscho

@rfusca Guns aren't intended for being hold in the bedside table, even the most responsible person doesn't think clear enough when woken in the middle of the night.

Sobachatina

@ElendilTheTall I totally agree then. With criminals like that you don't need any protection.

Your police can just be for riot control.

rfusca

@rumtscho oh, i agree :)

ElendilTheTall

The police don't have guns either

Well, not all of them, just the ARUs

rfusca

we just have an issue because my father-in-law keeps a cache of loaded guns in a closet :(

Jefromi

17:13

@rfusca In a gun safe in a closet?

rfusca

@Jefromi nope, duffle bags on the closet floor :(

handguns, rifles, ak-47

Jefromi

@rfusca I... yikes.

ElendilTheTall

Ouch

rfusca

he's ready to go when mexico invades

Sobachatina

Australian Rugby Union? Anglia Ruskin University?

ElendilTheTall

17:14

How is an ak 47 legal? @sobachatina armed response units

Jefromi

@rfusca Zombie Santa Anna!

rfusca

@ElendilTheTall its not (at least when its fully automatic, which his is)

Jay

@rfusca china is more likely to invade... just saying

ElendilTheTall

I can understand a handgun or shotgun for home defense

Sobachatina

@ElendilTheTall They generally have to be modified to be semi automatic and you need a special license for assault rifles.

rumtscho

17:15

@rfusca Has he ever fired a gun outside of a training situation?

rfusca

@rumtscho training and hunting

Mien

Time to show off:

rumtscho

@Jay Sure, and the first place they land will be a small town in Arkansas.

Mien

imgur.com/a/38LgE

Sobachatina

I have a coworker who is an ex marine and has a license for fully automatic weapons and grenades. He has a whole arsenal at his house.

He's a nice guy.

rfusca

17:15

he scares me :( its one of the big reasons we don't let our daughter stay with them

Mien

It looks slighty underbaked at the bottom, but I didn't taste that.

rumtscho

@Mien That's a quickly risen yeast bread, right?

rfusca

@Mien looks fine :)

Mien

@rumtscho Yes.

ElendilTheTall

Why does any civilian need grenades?

Mien

17:16

@rfusca Tastes fine as well ;)

rumtscho

A boy from my cousin's highschool class went to an Army university.

ElendilTheTall

Craziness

Sobachatina

@ElendilTheTall As far as I can tell- entertainment.

rfusca

@Mien good!

Mien

It's awesome with Nutella on it :o double chocolate dose!

Jefromi

17:17

@ElendilTheTall Same reason they're always blowing things up on Mythbusters, I guess!

Mien

The bread itself does not have a strong chocolate taste.

rumtscho

Our second or third year of university, I got home for Christmas break and decided to celebrate New Year's at my cousin's party.

Mien

@ElendilTheTall I like pomegrenades.

rfusca

would have surprised me if it did

Sobachatina

@ElendilTheTall I actually don't know that he owns any- just that he has the requisite license which is apparently fairly difficult to get.

rumtscho

17:18

This guy had brought some "surplus" grenades with him

At midnight, other people threw fireworks outside

He threw grenades.

Mien

@Sobachatina Why would you be able to obtain a license for it? :s

Sobachatina

@rumtscho Idiot.

rumtscho

@Sobachatina My thoughts exactly.

Mien

@rumtscho How is that?

rumtscho

I think these were training grenades

They didn't make big explosions or such.

But still, they had lots of potential for harm.

rfusca

17:20

@elendil - youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FffZ22_o_6M

rumtscho

@Mien He opened the window, and threw grenades onto the (empty) street.

rfusca

@elendil - the new photoshop looks sick

Mien

@rumtscho wow :s

rfusca

well, lunch

laterz

ElendilTheTall

@rfusca I can't watch, it will just depress me

Cerberus

17:30

@Mien Hmm no, it only sounds vaguely familiar to me, probably from foreign usage.

Mien

I never pronounced 'bananenbrood' I think :p

Cerberus

No, I don't think I have either.

rumtscho

Oh, before I forget it

Cerberus

Aww.

Jay

@rumtscho whatsat

rumtscho

17:34

Congratulations for Grandma Marta's day

Baba Marta

Baba Marta (, "Grandmother March") is the name of a mythical figure who brings with her the end of the cold winter and the beginning of the spring. Her holiday of the same name is celebrated in Bulgaria on March 1 with the exchange and wearing of martenitsi. Baba Marta Baba Marta is seen as an old lady who has very contrasting moods. This is related to the weather during the month of March, which is traditionally extremely variable in Bulgaria – warm and sunny weather means that Baba Marta is happy; when she is angry, the winter frost returns. The majority of the customs connected to Baba ...

Cerberus

Makes me think of this:

►

rumtscho

Or, better

Baba Marta Day

Grandma March Day (or simply Baba Marta, ) is a holiday celebrated in Bulgaria, on the first of March. Martenitsa - usually in the form of a wrist band, woven by combining red and white colored threads - are worn on that day and through March, until a stork or a bloomed tree is seen, symbolizing warmer weather and well being. Older Bulgarians call it Birch Month, because it is around this time when birch trees start growing leaves and give sap. There's much folklore about Grandma March Day and the character of Baba Marta herself. The greeting exchanged on this day is Chestita Baba Marta (Че...

Jay

So basically the Bulgarian equivalent of our groundhog

Mien

@Jay Lol you still celebrate that?

rumtscho

@Jay Maybe. But we get to wear red-and-white tassels.

Cerberus

17:35

(Elvis sings German.)

And Württembergish dialect, even.

Mien

@rumtscho Thanks, you too :)

rumtscho

I didn't have one, so I put on red and white clothes instead.

Also, I think that on Groundhog day, it is supposed to be still cold - it counts as the middle of winter or something.

Baba Marta is more like the inofficial beginning of spring.

Mien

@rumtscho It's in the beginning of February, if I'm not mistaken.

But it's about the weather of the spring.

Jefromi

@Mien Yeah, and "celebrate" or even "observe" is still a bit of a strong word - some significant number of people know it's that day, and some of news media reports on the groundhog, and then everyone forgets about it.

rumtscho

@Jefromi Are there traditional groundhog day customs which are not done today any more?

In Bulgaria, Baba Marta is still celebrated.

Sobachatina

17:41

@rumtscho We watch the movie.

rumtscho

I know that, because people still gift each other Martenitsi.

Jay

yea groundhog day isnt really "celebrated" more just acknowledged. We dont really anything special for it.

Mien

18:15

@Jefromi I only know it because of the movie, to be honest :)

I was even surprised when I found it it's a real thing.

Jefromi

@Mien Yep, the movie is where it's at. The only real celebrations are in that part of the country, I think - small town festival type stuff.

Mien

@Sobachatina Do you watch Die hard 1 and 2 on christmas?

I did it :) (only the first one though)

@Jefromi I can imagine something :)

Jay

@Mien Oh you watched the movie, the ground hog day? How you like it

Mien

I think it's a fun one, a bit silly, but that's not bad.

It's been months since I've seen it.

And that was the second time, I think.

Jefromi

Relevant: scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/6334/…

ElendilTheTall

18:25

Mien

It's quite a famous one.

ElendilTheTall

@rfusca totally forgot to put milk in the light wheat bread

just put a splash in after the water :)

Seems to work ok, bread is tasty

That's a BLT(K) with home made mayo on BBA light wheat bread

Mien

Oh I didn't expect it to be that long @Jefromi

I just figured if you have nothing to do, you can learn quite fast.

But then again, he was already forty or something, so his learning abilities would be slower.

Look at me, over-analyzing things. I feel like rumtscho.

2

ElendilTheTall

I note you didn't use @rumtscho :P

Mien

Tyvm -_-

ElendilTheTall

18:28

someone's getting bannnnnnnnnnned!

rumtscho

@ElendilTheTall doesn't matter, I'm stalking the channel anyway.

ElendilTheTall

:D

Mien

I'm unbannable.

rumtscho

@Mien I knew you'll recognize it for the great feeling it is, once you try it.

Unbannable sounds like a tongue twister in the making.

I don't know what should be coupled with it. Barnabie?

Mien

but it's 'unbannable' with double n, right?

ElendilTheTall

18:31

yes

Mien

mammal?

ElendilTheTall

otherwise it would sound like un-bay-nable

Mien

Ok :)

ElendilTheTall

and so the weekly ritual of making a shopping list begins

Mien

Both aren't known to spell check.

@ElendilTheTall Am I on it?

ElendilTheTall

18:32

are you available at supermarkets?

Mien

Only when I'm in season.

ElendilTheTall

and are you?

Mien

Hmmm, I don't think so.

ElendilTheTall

tut

Jefromi

@Mien That's not overanalysis. Hang around with the type of people I have - other math contest types in middle school/high school, math campers, math/physics majors in college... then you'll know overanalysis.

Mien

18:33

@Jefromi I like math :)

ElendilTheTall

bleuch

I hate maths

Mien

But perhaps not that much ;)

@ElendilTheTall I'm sure maths hate you too.

ElendilTheTall

it does

it is not my friend

Jefromi

@Mien I do too - I'm just saying, you ain't seen nothin' yet.

Mien

@Jefromi I believe you.

Jay

18:35

omg right now i hate everything

rumtscho

@Jay what happened?

ElendilTheTall

drunk again?

Jay

@rumtscho im just grouchey when im sick

rumtscho

@Jay Then I wish you to get better soon

Jay

and i think my nose is about to bleed because i keep blowing my nose on napkins instead of tissues

@rumtscho thanks :)

Jefromi

18:39

Whenever anyone says "maths" I think of the Look Around You episode: youtube.com/watch?v=Lz8KPw-u1U0

rfusca

@ElendilTheTall looks like it turned out well

ElendilTheTall

yeah, I'm happy with it

rfusca

the light wheat isn't one of those breads you crave - but its solid

ElendilTheTall

tasty, simple, and you don't need to plan it 6 weeks ahead like some others

Mien

@Jefromi I don't know it.

ElendilTheTall

18:40

no fussing around with steam pans

Jay

Hey so notice how in this chat: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/2348/summoners-rift

Jefromi

@Mien It's a really silly educational program parody. "Maths stands for Mathematical Anti-Telharsic Harfatum Septomin"

Jay

the get a "notice" everytime there is a new question

from stack exchange

rumtscho

@Jay Happens in many chats.

Mien

@Jefromi Is it worth watching the whole thing?

Jay

18:41

i think for a lower volume site like us, we should do that too

rumtscho

Not from stack exchange, but from their main site.

Jefromi

@Mien Eh, sometime, if you're into that sort of British humor.

rumtscho

English has it, Super user has it, etc.

ElendilTheTall

who has a good midweek meal recipe involving chicken breasts?

Jay

@rumtscho i meant the poster is called stack exchange

Mien

18:41

I can be :) I'll watching after my movie.

@ElendilTheTall I do!

ElendilTheTall

@mien go

Mien

I did it yesterday and it was lovely.

Jay

@rumtscho we should try to get that set up

rumtscho

I need a good recipe for plantains

Jay

since we troll here and sometimes forgetto check the actual site

Mien

18:42

I sliced the breasts in two, so they half an inch/a good cm thick.

rumtscho

Or maybe not, if I only make jibaritos with them

Mien

Put flour on them, then egg and just bake them in the pan, 3 min on each site or something

very simple, very good.

Oh, I forgot to say 'season with salt and pepper'

Or that's not what you're looking for?

rfusca

so just a breaded chicken breast?

Mien

Yes

Well, I did this:

rfusca

lol

i think it would have been simplier to say 'breaded chicken breast'

Mien

18:44

►

But I didn't like the sauce.

So all that I have left, is the chicken ;)

@rfusca Aren't there a lot of different ways to bread?

rfusca

@Mien i wouldn't say 'a lot' - but a few

Mien

Fair enough.

rfusca

@elendil - we like em marinaded with soy sauce, honey, and lemon juice. Then a touch of black and red pepper. High, quick heat to sear then finish in the oven.

ElendilTheTall

already making schnitzel this week @mien

thanks though

Jay

@Mien When i make chicken breast, if I am in a hurry i just put olive oil on the pan, heat it up, add garlic, salt pepper, dried parsley, oregeno, celery seed and a tiny bit of dill and just let it heat up in the oil. Smells really good and then sear both sides and the cover and cook. Easy peasy yummy chicken

Mien

18:48

@rfusca Sounds lovely.

How long do you marinate them?

Jay

@rfusca i find for single portions i dont have the patience to marinade and wait

if i am having a bbq, i might marinade it

rfusca

@Mien usually overnight, but at least a few hours

adjust lemon juice depending on how long you'll marinade

Mien

@rfusca A bit too late for Elendil I think :)

rfusca

if overnight, then very little

ElendilTheTall

@rfusca I did something similar to that last week as it happens

rfusca

18:50

@Mien was he asking for tonight?

ElendilTheTall

I added garlic, lemon zest, and sesame oil as well

Mien

@rfusca I don't know, I read it as such.

rfusca

@ElendilTheTall ya we add garlic most of the time too

ElendilTheTall

and butterflied them so I could griddle them

rfusca

@ElendilTheTall sure

Jay

18:50

@rfusca Garlic is heaven

ElendilTheTall

the wife likes sauce of some kind, that's the problem

Jay

i love just eating grilled garlic

Mien

@Jay I still haven't tried it.

I tried it once with one clove, but of course, it burnt :p

rfusca

@Jay you only think that because you didn't have a cinnamon roll last night

ElendilTheTall

roast garlic, mmmmm

Jay

18:51

@Mien silly :p

ElendilTheTall

roast garlic in mashed potatoes

rfusca

@ElendilTheTall always a winner

ElendilTheTall

roast garlic on pizza

awesome

Jay

@rfusca i dont compare savory food with sweet food. completely separate in terms of "favorites"

ElendilTheTall

loads of it, in place of sauce

Jefromi

18:53

@Jay All kids know there's a separate stomach for desserts with plenty of room, so that makes sense.

Jay

@ElendilTheTall speaking of pizza replacements, what if u replace cheese in pizza with just creamed avacado. I wonder how that tastes.

ElendilTheTall

like bitter snot

I hate avocado

rumtscho

@Jay I wouldn't do it.

Cheese is way too good to be replaced.

rfusca

@Jay ya, i'm gonna let you do that first

rumtscho

Use guac instead of tomato sauce maybe.

Like white pizza, only it will be a chartreuse pizza.

Jefromi

18:57

Whoa: software written 40-50 years ago in assembly to run on mainframes for managing ticket prices, flight schedules, and so on, is still in use today by all major airlines.

Mien

@Jefromi Good to know!

@Jefromi do you have hacking skills?

rfusca

@Jefromi if it still works, why replace it!

Jay

@rumtscho i meant as a vegan replacement. sorry i forgot to mention that

Mien

A vegan replacement for pizza? Tofu?

Sure you can cut that in a circle.

Jay

@Mien tofu used like that is too bland

ElendilTheTall

19:01

@jay I know they're odd, but do we really need to replace vegans?

with avocados no less?

Mien

:D

Jay

You guys are weird

ElendilTheTall

you're grouchy and ill

Mien

At least we like firefly ;)

ElendilTheTall

go to bed and drink plenty of non-alcoholic fluids

Mien

19:02

Oh, I don't know about @ElendilTheTall to be honest.

Do you like Firefly?

Jay

@ElendilTheTall I'm at work right now

ElendilTheTall

never seen it

rumtscho

@ElendilTheTall Mmm gasoline.

Dang, it has bio ethanol now.

Mien

@ElendilTheTall Be ashamed.

Jay

And i forgot to eat lunch so im also hungry

Mien

19:03

@rumtscho Mmmm urine.

rumtscho

@Mien Is also not guaranteed to be alcohol free.

ElendilTheTall

going to make this I think bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/chicken_curry_with_59058

Mien

@rumtscho I'm sure mine is, now.

rumtscho

@Mien So, you want to donate it to @jay?

Mien

@ElendilTheTall You have all that stuff? :)

@rumtscho Sure.

Jay

19:04

@rumtscho donate what?

ElendilTheTall

@mien everything but the chicken and fresh herbs

rumtscho

@Jay her pee.

Mien

I've never used lemongrass.

Jay

@rumtscho oh. why would i want tht?

ElendilTheTall

lovely stuff

Jay

19:05

@Mien mmmmm i want lemongrass soup

perfect for a sick man

even better than chicken soup because lemongrass soup usually has a kick to it

rumtscho

@Jay because you need non-alcoholic fluids, says Dr. Elendil.

Mien

@Jay Doesn't that taste weird?

I'll check into it :)

Jay

@Mien Why? Have you never had lemon grass soup? It's awesome

Mien

@Jay I have not.

I don't think I've ever tasted lemon grass (although I'm not sure)

Does it taste like a lemon?

Jay

@Mien not really

Mien

19:11

@ElendilTheTall after watching that video, I think I'll make it too... one day :)

ElendilTheTall

cool

Jay

19:33

Lol this guy really does not like people editing him... cooking.stackexchange.com/q/21876/8305

Mien

lol @Jay your comment :p

on my comment on an answer for my question

Jay

@Mien why lol?

Mien

It's funny.

Wasn't it meant to be funny?

Jay

Hmmm i think i understand his question a little btter now that he edited the body a bit. But the title is still bad. I think it should be something like, "What is the benefit of using a Mezzaluna Knife over a traditional knife"

Mien

Then it's offensive, and I'll flag it :p

Jay

19:38

@Mien really? how is it offensive

woah the sites is down

i think

nvm

weird

Mien

I think you didn't read my sentence below.

8 mins ago, by Mien

on my comment on an answer for my question

It's not about the knives question.

Jay

oh you didnt link the page so i dont know which you are talkinga bout

ohh the thicker skin comment?

Mien

yes

Jay

Use your knuckles

Mien

I used to have more thick skin on my fingertips.

Jay

19:48

less nerve ending there and thicker skin

Mien

I used my knuckles :p

Jay

@Mien o well then, you have paper thin skin

Mien

I knocked on the bread and then on a closet.

Jay

then on wood

Mien

But I just don't have an idea how hollow sounds :D

There wasn't an echo.

Jay

19:49

@Mien shouldnt be an echo

just sound different from when you knock against something solid

Mien

It sounded quite similarly as my herb cabinet.

I don't think that's solid :)

Jay

google hollow sound or something

not sure what to say lol

@Mien prescribe me some placebo drugs for my sickness. I don't like this

Mien

I know my looks can be deceiving, but I must disappoint you: I'm not a nurse.

Or a doctor.

(Since nurses can't prescribe of course :( )

You don't have anything with you?

Jay

@Mien are you studying to be a psychologist or a psychiatrist?

Mien

psychologist.

and even then, I'm not a clinical one.

Jay

19:56

@Mien And even then, a placebo isn't actual drug, do you can prescribe as much as you want

just give me a bag of sugarpills

Mien

@Jay I'll give you something homeopathic.

:D

I can give you candy.

Do you want me to bake cookies for you?

Jay

@Mien okay :)

can you make them in the shape of little animals

Mien

Which ones do you prefer?

Of course I can!

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