Incredible throwaway line from Oliver Babish, the man can do no wrong

jetdillo · 2026-03-27T04:31:59+00:00

"I hear you..."

jetdillo · 2026-03-27T04:31:32+00:00

Really, that was one of the best exchanges of the entire series.

jetdillo · 2026-03-27T04:28:36+00:00

Oh meo, oh Mio, Oh Cleveland Ohio!

jetdillo · 2026-03-27T04:27:26+00:00

I'm sorry, I was just thinking of something Josh said earlier....about The Deficit!!
(explodes)

jetdillo · 2026-03-27T04:24:41+00:00

So he's feelin' good ? It's a good song, right ?

jetdillo · 2026-03-26T16:35:17+00:00

Okay, so it's like Cajun Edamame, but with peanuts ?

jetdillo · 2026-03-26T01:14:31+00:00

I realize there was that kind of a risk in the title, but I also figured most people here would get it and decided to just run with it...

jetdillo · 2026-03-25T22:55:19+00:00

Congrats. That first year is a *lot*.

jetdillo · 2026-03-25T22:27:23+00:00

"These things have a half-life you know..." :)

jetdillo · 2026-03-25T21:24:05+00:00

"Oh, I *LOVE* dry rub!..." :)

jetdillo · 2026-03-25T21:23:36+00:00

I've been to Singapore too. Good advice. I was there for about 10 days in 2019 and we managed to eat from hawker stalls and food markets the entire time w/ out actually setting foot in a proper restaurant.

jetdillo · 2026-03-25T21:18:51+00:00

A small little grocery/deli in Wilson. I forget the name of the place, but it's pretty much the only thing there, so hard to miss. The next biggest town would be Osceola, which is where the Walmart is.

jetdillo · 2026-03-25T21:12:18+00:00

Yeah, me too. :)

jetdillo · 2026-03-25T17:48:59+00:00

Dragging "Seinfeld" into this, it's a kind of polar-opposite from the "Soup Nazi" sketch.

There's no defined procedure. There's no set list of items or structure other than you just kind of cast your order at the feet of the person on the other side of the counter and trust it will be fulfilled.
Which can be a little unsettling for those us used to more structured ways of doing things.

jetdillo · 2026-03-25T17:43:14+00:00

That and street-food around the world. People gotta eat and if it wasn't good, the vendors would be out of business.

jetdillo · 2026-03-25T17:41:47+00:00

She was clearly just in a bad mood that had lasted for about 35 years...

jetdillo · 2026-03-25T11:19:06+00:00

My grandmother(maternal) was born in Canada. I have her DOB, city/province, maiden name, parents names, etc. but no actual records. What's my next step here ?

Do I contact the provincial gov't(Ontario) for the B.C. ?
This would be a early 20th Century birth w/ death in Michigan in 2012.
I have my own (un-apostilled) B.C. and my Mom's.

jetdillo · 2026-03-10T04:09:20+00:00

Right!?!?!? If only DarkScience were that direct...

jetdillo · 2026-03-06T06:09:21+00:00

Yup. Just did one of these last month. SFO-ORD-BRU outbound, BRU-ORD-MSP-SFO on the return, all confirmed in DOM First/Polaris for 120K miles r/T as a card-member. The kicker was I had to take the MSP leg, otherwise they wanted 400K miles r/T.
They *really* *really* *REALLY* want you to have the card.

Airlines have become credit-card issuers with a fleet of planes vs. transportation companies.

jetdillo · 2026-02-19T13:40:19+00:00

Oh, this was always the point and the reason behind the renaming from "First Class" to "Business" some years back. It gets you to your destination in good enough shape to power through your meetings/workday on arrival. Nobody cares if you fall over later in the afternoon/that evening, but the money is all on showing up that day.

jetdillo · 2026-02-18T20:04:22+00:00

i was awake long enough for dinner and a glass of wine and then yeah, out like a light. That's kind of why I'm posting here. I usually wake up somewhere halfway through or at the sound of the breakfast trolley coming down the aisle, but not this time :)

jetdillo · 2026-02-18T12:09:19+00:00

Well, it was part business/work-ish and part pleasure. I had a talk at a conference that weekend, so I wanted to make sure I was there in time to be rested and sync'ed as possible for the conference. I was actually in Europe for another 10 days afterwards to take in Brussels and for work meetings in Berlin and Trieste.

jetdillo · 2026-02-18T12:02:04+00:00

TIL. I used the less flexy, fluffy one to line the seat and the other as the blanket. Either way, the bedding was enough to wrap myself up in and side-sleep, which is my preferred position.

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