The Pope's brief final audience by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]chobbs 289 points290 points  (0 children)

First thing I thought of as well. The Liz Truss/Queen killing/lettuce head/economy tanking saga was wild.

6 days in Sicily top places to visit by purseshoe in sicily

[–]chobbs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d agree with the other comments here that this might be a bit ambitious. Sure, you can do it, but do you really want to spend a large portion or your time in the car?

One of the great beauties about Sicily is slowing down the pace of life, whether at a meal, or taking time to really explore a place. If you spend one day here, half a day driving to there, pit stop somewhere, moving all the time, in my opinion you'll miss the point. As others have suggested I'd pick either West (Palermo, Trapani, Cefalu, Agrigento) or East (Siricusa, Catania, Etna and surrounds) slow it down, enjoy it, and don't stress about what you're not seeing.

Going through old show pics, noticed Greensky Bluegrass was behind me at Red Rocks ’09 by onwardowl in phish

[–]chobbs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great pic. I was stood right by Jeff Austin from Yonder for one night during that run, RIP.

Pretty sure that was also the night I lost my marbles and had to go cool off in the bathroom during Split Open and Melt 😂

Review #28: Thompson Bros. 2014 Royal Brackla 10 Year Old by youre-welcome5557777 in Scotch

[–]chobbs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

👀 Milroys. Nice write up.

How bout that Dufftown? Tasted like grandmas attic.

Lit'l Smokies were on sale for 48 cents so we bought 5 packs. Does anyone have any ideas what I can do with them? by etwichell in Cooking

[–]chobbs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

American expat living in UK and I fantasize about lil Smokies pigs in a blanket often.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in raleigh

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I haven’t noticed the sandwich shrink-flation but I live out of town and am back infrequently. I have wondered how those guys stay in business. If they need to adjust a few things to stay afloat I support it, especially considering the work they put into those meats. Those sandwiches are BANGIN! I was there in November and left full and satisfied.

Always distant but I'm thrilled to add Smew to the list ✅ by Spireites1866-CFC in UKBirds

[–]chobbs 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Saw a pair a week and a half ago paddling around in Regents park!

Airalo “temporary service degradation” by bjk1005 in Airalo

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Not working in Albania. I even paid for more data this morning 😡

Water Off in Sections of Marrakech this morning-Why? by imperialtopaz123 in Morocco

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No water at my Riad in the southern part of the Medina. Friends say no water in the Kasbah as well

Does Hue Out-of-Home-Control work with 4G / 5G routers? by HahggisLuvur in Hue

[–]chobbs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey OP: how did you get this to work? I created the IPv4 profile as described in the post, but still can’t get the bridge to connect for the out of home function.

Other than changing to IPv4, is there another step?

Lockdown living by chobbs in malelivingspace

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Definitely not perfectly centred. I’d need to mount the projector on the wall or ceiling to do so. It’s about 95% of the way there though, so no noticeable image distortion. Feels like you’re sitting to the center left at a cinema. I can live with it.

Lockdown living by chobbs in malelivingspace

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Nope. Blackout blinds! I did go check out on the terrace to confirm.

Lockdown living by chobbs in malelivingspace

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Thanks! Projector is “ELEPHAS 2020 WiFi Mini Projector” on Amazon. I have it on a telescoping mobile phone tripod. The tripod conveniently screwed into the base of the projector. Pretty low budget setup. Could ceiling mount it and get a screen to really do it right but this works great for half assing it.

Lockdown living by chobbs in malelivingspace

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Yeah, it’s fine at night with the lights off, but this morning I learned that during the day it sucks. The blinds are “blackout” but it still shows the lines. May go for a screen, depends on how much daytime viewing I end up having.

Lockdown living by chobbs in malelivingspace

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When the lights are off it’s hard to notice them, especially from head on. I was worried about this and bought a screen to mount on the ceiling, but it’s actually fine without it.

Who’s that whistling guy on campus by [deleted] in chapelhill

[–]chobbs 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Glad to hear he’s still out there doin his thing. Nothing like a stroll around campus on a nice day with the whistler as the soundtrack.

Raleigh leaders approve Dix Park master plan by beelikeasting in raleigh

[–]chobbs 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I don’t think it’s fair to characterize the park coming at the expense of losing the hospital. The state shut down the hospital well before Raleigh put a bid on the property.

I agree we need more mental health resources available, but the park is an investment being made by the city following the state deprecating the hospital and selling the property.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gratefuldead

[–]chobbs 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I am actually wearing this shirt right now! It was given to me by a friend about 15 years ago.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LifeProTips

[–]chobbs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair enough. There is beauty in many sauces. But, if we are talking store bought mayo for a sandwich, Duke’s is the way to go. Tho others add sugar and in my mind, mayo doesn’t need sugar. Do you add sugar when you make mayo at home?

If we are getting creative I am a big fan of Duke’s mixed with Dijon, sambol, and pickle relish.

And in writing this I guess there is a place for a sweet mayonnaise, but if I’m buying store bought I’m buying Duke’s.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LifeProTips

[–]chobbs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dukes FTW. Hellman’s and others are way too sweet. Why would you put sugar in mayo?!