RBWells

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[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago
  1. Sex swings, and other Adult adult equipment.

  2. See #1

I think the Adult tag has been coopted to mean sex stuff. We did go do ziplines once, that was like a playground for grownups in a way, they don't use Adult in their marketing.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

They live so long, though. If you get one in retirement it might outlive you.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

It's not necessary to take Greenland at all, so there's no need for a contingency plan. "if necessary" makes no sense.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Yes, exactly, and it's very good. A little more mezcal than lemon or Cynar, a little less Ancho and honey than those.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

My friend who likes wine does not turn up his nose at box wine. He says it's fine. Me, I don't like wine enough to like much I can afford, so I only have it maybe once a month and buy what I want. Well, up to say $35 anyway.

And yes, groceries are getting so expensive! Or wages are so behind the times, more like.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

So close to my teenage anorexic years cocktail - switch the vodka for 190 proof grain alcohol and you will be there. Not bad at all!

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

You are in Dallas? The main redeeming quality of Texas is the music. I wholeheartedly agree with this suggestion.

Also going out to the same places at the same time can pay off, you will make acquaintances and some may become friends. I see a group of old guys at the cafe I go to for coffee, pretty sure they are only friends because they go get breakfast at the Cuban place and ended up talking and sitting together.

I will say though, almost all my friends I met as adult came from work or from them going out with someone in my family. The medium level friends you are probably looking for. Do you not have work?

 

I am having a Pas de Loup for this Friday the 13th. Mezcal and Cynar have such an affinity.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

It's not like you have to do much to it though. I make tepache and ginger beer a lot, once it's mixed i just stir twice a day until it's bubbly. And it's so good!

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah I had the same thought, and why not put them in the kvass? They could only help it!

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes. We have these, they are generally at gas stations! But as I said earlier, I have never been more than a few blocks from a corner store. They are not groceries though. Beer, diet coke, the Wawa by me has also reasonable food and fancy coffee. But if you need flour and produce, no. It's only stuff you eat without cooking, ready to go things.

The Walgreens does have more regular stuff, cat food and tape, shampoo, etc. So may be closer to what you are thinking of. There is one of those near me also, but one vs. 3 gas station shops.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Ok. I live in a car centric city but never have lived where I couldn't walk to a corner store. Even out in the suburbs when I was a kid, we could walk to the store, the library too.

Not to say there aren't house farms in the exurbs, ringed by impossibly wide and fast roads. But it's not so prevalent that you can't avoid it.

I agree on zoning - there's an empty lot a couple houses down, and another on the river, wouldn't it be nice if I could build a pub so people didn't drive to the bar? But truly, there are 3 gas stations/corner stores within a mile of our house, 4 barbershops, restaurants, 2 laundromats, a tattoo shop, a pharmacy, all without crossing any road with more than 2 lanes and 25mph speed limit. We just got a taqueria too, it's so good! I just want a neighborhood bar because I hate hate driving somewhere for a drink!

 

I fucking love the zero waste ideas, kvass, tepache, the orgeat from avocado pits. Funny that the drink doesn't seem to use the strawberry syrup that gave her the idea in the first place, and I don't think you would need to throw out the tops for kvass, they can go in.

Definitely gonna set this up for July.

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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by RBWells@lemmy.world to c/cocktails@lemmy.world
 

I fucking love the zero waste ideas, kvass, tepache, the orgeat from avocado pits. Funny that the drink doesn't seem to use the strawberry syrup that gave her the idea in the first place, and I don't think you would need to throw out the tops for kvass, they can go in.

Definitely gonna set this up for July.

Also I have no idea how this got cross posted to the same community it's in, or how to undo that, I only see one instance of it when I look at the community but there are two comment threads! My apologies!

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

"Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast!"

 

The Blue Blazer I've never heard of, but 11 cocktails that are still pretty popular, with a little history in there.

 

I invite you to join me in having the most popular cocktail of the year 2000, a Cosmopolitan.

2 oz vodka

2 oz sweetened cranberry juice

1 oz lime

1 oz orange liqueur

 

This is shockingly good.

2 oz bourbon

1 oz lemon

1/2 oz St. Germain (i think fresh pineapple juice would be a good substitute)

4 blackberries

5 leaves basil

1/2 tsp aged balsamic vinegar

Demitasse spoonful brown sugar (probably half teaspoon)

Muddled the sugar, basil, blackberries and balsamic, added the rest and shook with ice, strained through a fine mesh strainer over one big ice cube.

I wasn't sure at first sip, just thought "I'd serve this to someone" but it is very, very good. I don't taste the individual ingredients, it all combined into a delicious whole.

 

Sidecar recipe with a side of a bit of cocktail history.

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Eclipse (infosec.pub)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by RBWells@lemmy.world to c/cocktails@lemmy.world
 

2 oz tequila (see note)

3/4 oz each of Aperol, Cherry Heering, and lemon juice.

Shake together with ice, strain into chilled coupe.

Note: the recipe calls for tequila anejo and a mezcal rinse. I had no anejo, one and a ounce plus a little more of reposado, and some really good mezcal and blanco so made up the tequila part with about 1 1/3 oz reposado, 1/3 oz blanco, 1/3 oz mezcal and that worked fine. I do think it wants a tequila with some character, the Cherry Heering will dominate if you use something too mild.

This is definitely my kind of drink. I might increase the lemon to 1 oz if making it again, or a splash of Campari . And it's beautiful as well as delicious.

 

This is adjusted to what I had on hand, and I increased the lemon after tasting it. The tangelo juice is so good, drank the rest of that straight. Squeezed the oj to make a Harvey Wallbanger then found I had no vodka!

2 oz rye (scant, almost 2 oz)

1 oz fresh Tangelo juice

3/4 oz lemon juice

1/2 oz Amaretto

1/2 oz vanilla syrup

I like it but don't love it. This rye is great though. Redwood Empire Emerald Giant. Would be better shaken with an egg white I think.

 

I didn't get a picture but it's not a looker, between the dark rum and reposado tequila.

Tequila reposado 3/4 oz

Mezcal joven 1/4 oz

Dark rum, Pref. Puerto Rican 1 oz

Galliano L'autentico 1/2 oz

Absinthe- heavy dash

Lime juice - 1 oz

Agave syrup, undiluted 3/4 oz

Tiki bitters - dash

Shake everything, pour over one big ice cube in a rocks glass.

I didn't sweeten it (didn't have agave) and think the 3/4 oz would be too much. None was fine, Galliano and absinthe are both so sweet, rum is kind of sweet, I would try 1/4 oz sweetener.

My first impression was that this was interesting, more than good. But that first sip, the aftertaste was really nice. I drank it slowly over an hour and enjoyed it.

 

From Last Call by Brad Thomas Parsons

2 oz bourbon (I used my favorite mixing bourbon, Evan Williams Bottled-in-Bond)

3/4 oz St. Germain

1/2 oz lime (I went a little heavy because I'm using canned ginger beer not homemade. Maybe 3/4 oz)

2 oz ginger beer

Shake the first 3 ingredients with ice, add the ginger beer, strain over a lot of ice. He floated it instead but combined tastes better to me.

I am a whiskey person but like a dark & stormy, this is like a platonic ideal of a drink for me. People use the word "balanced" a lot but this really is. It's not obviously fruity or boozy or spicy, it is a balanced combination of all that.

Will try it with homemade ginger beer when I home make some but fantastic use of a can, I used Reed's. Definitely use at least that level of ginger beer in this - sweet is fine but it needs the punch of real ginger

 

1 oz cognac

1 oz bourbon

1/2 oz Green Chartreuse

1/2 oz vanilla syrup

1/2 oz lemon juice (I used 3/4 oz because when I testing before shaking way too sweet)

Cardamom bitters (I don't have this but put a shake of cardamom, and wished I had pods instead)

Shake all, pour into chilled coupe.

This is good but I wouldn't say great. If doing again without the cardamom bitters I would absinthe rinse the glass instead. In fact, I think I would absinthe rinse anyway. And less syrup, though it's hard to measure smaller than half an ounce.

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