Hurricanes Lounge, XXXIII: Danger Zone

[NotOpie]

While reading those books, I got to the point where if any food was mentioned at all, I would just skip the rest of the paragraph, and I gotta say, it made getting through them a hell of a lot more enjoyable.

You must skip a lot of this forum given our tendency to guide all conversations back to food.

 

[hockeynjune]

But, on the serious side, it is GRRM's world building, and I can't object to that. The regions have their own food, like they do have their own names.

Like for the stupid made-for-TV change to substitute Robb's Westerling bride with some battle medic from across the sea, the crux in GRRM's criticism was to point out that Jeyne is not a Volantis name (so at least change the goddamn name too).

This, could not watch the TV version.

 

[MinJaBen]

Buy gas.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Buy gas.

Have plenty, thanks

 

[Lempo]

Have plenty, thanks

Buy still. I have a childhood friend who nowadays owns two gas stations about 1.5 miles apart. It was mucho awkward when he ran out of gas at our old high school, right in between them.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

You must skip a lot of this forum given our tendency to guide all conversations back to food.

Not at all! I love our food discussions/arguments. They're great.

But when GRRM does it, it just comes across like some sort of weird food erotica. For example:

“All the while the courses came and went. A thick soup of barley and venison. Salads of sweetgrass and spinach and plums, sprinkled with crushed nuts. Snails in honey and garlic. Sansa had never eaten snails before; Joffrey showed her how to get the snail out of the shell, and fed her the first sweet morsel himself. Then came trout fresh from the river, baked in clay; her prince helped her crack open the hard casing to expose the flaky white flesh within. And when the meat course was brought out, he served her himself, slicing a queen’s portion from the joint, smiling as he laid it on her plate.

I feel like I need to take a shower.

 

[Lempo]

The proper food etiquette is important for the hierarcical world-building!

 

[Tryamw]

Or you could just make them eat Sloppy sloppy joes.. Sans fork.. No culture for you!!!.

 

[Lempo]

Or you could just make them eat Sloppy sloppy joes.. Sans fork.. No culture for you!!!.

This was bad enough.

 

[Roboturner913]

I am always down for food porn but that creeped me right the **** out

 

[bleedgreen]

“Smiling as he laid it on her plate....”

 

[HisIceness]

Colonial pipeline was cyberattacked. You guys might want to go fill up your fuel tanks today.

 

[NotOpie]

“Smiling as he laid her on his plate....”

Fixed...

Canibal? Or Hanibal....or the same thing.

 

[sabremike]

So after the Red Bulls game me and my friend decided to go to Red Bank for an NPSL (4th and lowest tier of US pro soccer) match between FC Monmouth and Motown Celtic:

Why was that important? If I hadn't I would've went back to NYC and likely been in the vicinity of Times Square around 5pm getting something to eat before heading to Grand Central to catch the train home.

Around 5pm this happened:

Innocent bystanders shot during argument in Times Square

Yeah...

 

[HisIceness]

So after the Red Bulls game me and my friend decided to go to Red Bank for an NPSL (4th and lowest tier of US pro soccer) match between FC Monmouth and Motown Celtic:
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Why was that important? If I hadn't I would've went back to NYC and likely been in the vicinity of Times Square around 5pm getting something to eat before heading to Grand Central to catch the train home.

Around 5pm this happened:

Innocent bystanders shot during argument in Times Square

Yeah...

Jeez man that's scary, glad you and your pal decided to go to the other game.

 

[HisIceness]

Billy Joel is 72 today. He and Elton John need to be protected at all costs.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

And the panic-buying of gas sets in as soon as the news comes out and says that gas stations are running low.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

And the panic-buying of gas sets in as soon as the news comes out and says that gas stations are running low.

By sheer dumb luck, I filled up early yesterday before this panic set in. I dunno how long it'll last me, but hopefully long enough for there not to be lines out of every station.

 

[hockeynjune]

And the panic-buying of gas sets in as soon as the news comes out and says that gas stations are running low.

Yepp, Cary and Apex are pretty stupid right now.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Yepp, Cary and Apex are pretty stupid right now.

just right now?

 

[hockeynjune]

just right now?

Yeah lines everywhere that still has gas.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

By sheer dumb luck, I filled up early yesterday before this panic set in. I dunno how long it'll last me, but hopefully long enough for there not to be lines out of every station.

I got back in town from up north on Saturday and was on absolute E because I didn't want to stop one more time. Thankfully, I had to get dinner ingredients for mother's day so I filled up at Harris Teeter while I was there. I was down to 30 miles left.

My wife's car was just filled up on Friday and it's a prius, so she can drive a while on that. My son's car is about 2/3rds full but he drives a lot for work so he'll need gas in 2-3 days or he's out of luck.

My buddy said when he drove by a Sheetz, the lines were very long and people were not only filling cars, but loading up gas cans as well. That's the issue.

 

[hockeynjune]

Just filled the bulk tank at the farm last week so we are good for a bit.

 

[HisIceness]

Time to invent vehicles that run on water

 

[Lempo]

Time to invent vehicles that run on water

We got some running on water, oats and hay.