Nah. Keep your tornadoes. 
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Ok this bourbon concoction is amazing
A friend of the wife is staying with us, and we were watching this documentary on bourbonā¦ (always wanted to likeā¦ but terrible college drinking choices ruined it for me for a bit)
Cliff note recipe
2 cups ishā¦ apple cider
Half cup bourbon
3 tbsp (real) maple syrup
Itās great, and letās you appreciate the bourbon, just removes the harshness
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My entry for best random website of the year so far:
Learn to identify occlupanids in the wild!
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Looks to be a mighty fine specimen of Palpatophora Utiliformis!
Though, I do wonder why it makes the travel items list
Would you care to guess?
or should I just tell you?
a hint, the cardboard ones are not satisfactory for the purpose
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Putting them in water to use as toy soap-powered boats?
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I travel (used to travel) alot, and especially around Asia, my frequent footwear is āJandalsā
These occlupanids provide a perfect yet temporary repair, just long enough time until I can buy another pair
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Now that is quite brilliant! Unfortunately my choice of flip-flops donāt have the straps go all the way through, as this could have been very handy a number of times
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I canāt take credit, its just something Iāve seen, and thought the same as you.
The last place I travelled overseas before Covid was Japan, and I used that āhackā there.
Very thankful to have one with me, even though I donāt mind bare footing 
, there are some countries you wouldnāt want to, and in Japan, I donāt think they would appreciate a shoeless āgaijinā walking around outside, then wanting to go inside a building with dirty feet.
Simply not the done thing in a country strong on etiquette and customs.
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Not to get political but I love a good Admordorsum aotearoa
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General tinkering
I was going to pull the trigger on the gimdow wireless deadbolt add on thing, as Iāve got some Amazon gift cards to burn
Aparently itās no longer availableā¦ except maybe on AliExpress (yikes)
I found this thing poking around, itās significantly cheaper, itās factory unlock method is garbageā¦ but it would be easy to right up an Xac or something to the remote, and boom rfid deadbolt that doesnāt require lock change
(Apartment, not allowed / maybe allowed but a decent amount of work)
INSTALOCK Keyless Remote Entry, Installs in Seconds, No Lock to Change, Includes 2 preprogramed Key Fob remotes https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0821M1YJ9/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_44PX9W28EZTDF2PTK0Q2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Nice find, and good idea.
A pity the fobs donāt have a single lock/unlock toggle button.
One of those latching / flip flop relays?
Now Iām considering the option to just rekey to my existing key,
All apt management should give a shit about is whether or not they can open the door with their key in an emergency
Oh hell, how could I miss that?
Happy Birthday Rosco, wish you all the best, have a good start into the new year and into another year of your life as well! Hope everything is going fine-ish for you 
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Thanks for that, I also filled it out.
I initially said no payment necessary, but then I changed my mind, and went back and changed it, (you can select ābackā without losing your progress) so if I do get paid, I will donate that to Amal to buy āSTUFFā for his laboratory or testing etc.
itās only Ā£10, but for 10mins, thatās better than a kick in the nuts
Every year, December brings the trifecta of utter human misery to me: Christmas, followed by New Yearās Eve, and culminating with my birthday - the latter of which, according to my father, didnāt need celebrating since New Yearās Eve is already on.
I fucking hate the whole show, nowadays starting roughly at Halloween, until we finally coast to the first working day of January when I can resume my normal life. Ever since Iāve had any say in any of this, Iāve been telling those who know me to fuck right off with their Merry Christmases, their Happy New Years and - most important of all - their Happy Birthdays.
Every year, I grab a bottle of hard liquor and drink New Yearās Eve and my fucking birthday away, to wake up the next morning to a barrage of bleak well-wishing SMS and email messages from stores and forums I forgot to unsubscribe from. Those who know me of course know to avoid me like the plague during this entire period, and especially on December 31.
This year is no different. Or rather it is, for reasons known to some of you. The difference manifests itself in that the bottle of PGA on the floor apparently didnāt even make it to 2022 - unlike meā¦ Ha! And like every every year Iām waking up with a gigantic headache to the same sad collection of commercial electronic messages in my inbox.
But this year Iām also waking up to you twoās happy birthday messages. You didnāt know else you wouldāve abstained. Yet for once Iām genuinely touched. Thank you both for that, It warms my heart more than you can imagine.
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