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Chopper

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  1. To be clear I wasn't saying Argentina was a good alternative to Spain. That was a response to another post. Just meant, I think Argentina would be interesting to check out. I don't know if the tax can happen or not. I know that once the president of a country starts speaking punitively about immigrants resettling there, there's a wide range of possible outcomes. In Portugal it completely hosed the immigration system for 2 years and counting. I do get a chuckle that the (proposed) tax on non-EU housing purchases is primarily aimed the the Brits.
  2. The russians found a mine in the river but they never knew it
  3. Fun with grenades - might be a little too brutal (or tempting, depending on how you feel this week)
  4. Over 30,000,000 user count
  5. Reading this with a British accent makes it sound much less threatening and possibly more inviting.
  6. Well as for the pepper grinder, I bought it for my wife last xmas, and she's disliked every other pepper grinder we've ever owned. Bought it and forgot it. The only time I even remember we have the thing is when she tells me how much she likes it. I definitely wouldn't buy it for me alone but I'm not a cook in any way whatsoever. However I like that it's nice and compact, has a large capacity, and easily fits into our cabinet. She likes how quickly and smoothly it outputs a huge amount of fresh ground pepper (it's called the pepper cannon for a reason), is non-slip, and an easy fit to the hand. We don't have to leave it on the kitchen counter or table, and it's extremely easy to refill or measure from, due to the end cup. If you want a teaspoon of pepper from a Peugeot, for example, it requires 40 cranks while the Mann does it in 4. If you've ever become uncomfortable with how long a restaurant server stands over you at the table cranking a Peugeot (or similar) while you wait for the amount of pepper you want on your salad, you understand. Also the Peugeot does best with a smaller type of peppercorn - not the tellicherry that's most common in the US.
  7. Spain is threatening a 100% tax for non-EU citizens to purchase a house, so you may want to act fast. I would consider Argentina if I were a bachelor.
  8. We bought it last year. It's an awesome grind. The base cap makes it super convenient to measure by weight or volume.
  9. He's not even engaged yet so move quickly. I was just in Barcelona. I'd take Spain too.
  10. Remember when out of the blue, Musk called some random guy, who by all appearances was a good and brave dude who engineered a cave rescue of 12 boys trapped in a cave, the "pedo guy"? Musk was all in his feels because he wasn't able to be the hero. If he were aggy, we'd call that projection, where every accusation is an admission. Eh, just a thought. I think there's some serious shameful feelings hidden within Musk.
  11. Hall of Fame for amazing timing nominee
  12. edit - here's the article https://proreader.io/search?url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/technology/elon-musk-video-games-diablo-path-of-exile.html
  13. The first link that came up on my search was a bio from some board he's on, so I went with it.
  14. I'll be back there in April. Trip ends just before Easter. I'd recommend avoiding Easter because I understand many places will be closed. But afterwards the tourist season really picks up.
  15. Here's some Porto pics. Didn't get much and the trip was a bit borked due to lots of rain and the unfortunate fact that I didn't realize until we already landed that I wouldn't be able to drive due to temporary vision changes (hyperbaric oxygen therapy...thought the changes lasted only a few days but it's more like a couple months) . To top it off I didn't have much of an appetite (except for sweets) due to a cold that I picked up in Paris. this was the best pastel de nata, Fabrica De Nata Bolhao covered market college students wearing their traditional cloaks on an outing about the city this is probably my one and only best tip - this bakery is pretty hidden and I don't know if you'd know about it unless you did some good research. It's called Ogi, they serve out the back door of a michelin-starred restaurant, Euskulduna, and it's literally just a store front. One customer inside at a time. Just got one shity photo but here's the images on google This last photo is of an influencer and her photographer in front of the "most beautiful McDonalds in the world." I watched her film 3 takes walking into the McDonalds while doing the customary bounce, turn and hair flip. It was around 40 degrees, thus you see her putting back on a coat. the last two photos aren't mine. I was craving a basic breakfast. Unfortunately the egg mcmuffin sucked.
  16. I love a song that makes me laugh
  17. It matters only for my personal bias of wanting it to be from yesterday.
  18. Checking in with an openai employee, whose paymaster is in talks to take over tiktok
  19. Isn't that an old clip from when they first started having to find vacant lots on the fly to store all the unsold inventory?
  20. I just finished reading that on the front page of reddit. Any idea where he posted it? It was a very interesting read. I know nothing about neuro-anything so I had to look him up, esp due to his reference to firing the guy who offers horses in exchange for hj's from NV.
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