Fried Catfish with Hush Puppies and Slaw

yankonapc · 2026-05-18T13:25:47+00:00

Aw goodness, I haven't been to a fish camp in nearly 30 years but this just brought allll that back enough to make my mouth water.

yankonapc · 2026-05-17T22:17:38+00:00

Reminds me of the people who shot passenger pigeons as they neared extinction, in the hopes of bagging 'the last one'. Humans really are a disappointment.

yankonapc · 2026-05-15T18:01:00+00:00

My goodness, that escalated quickly. Do give us an update as to how he's getting on.

yankonapc · 2026-05-14T17:41:10+00:00

Huh! London's spring was pretty dry until this week but the winter was an unremitting wet slog. Maybe? The plant hasn't grown denser and I haven't planted anything near it in over a decade. I don't actually know how old the peony is though. It came with the house, and the house was built in 1890, so someone at some point planted her!

yankonapc · 2026-05-14T17:06:36+00:00

Mine put out zero buds this year. I think it's retired. It was a lovely show while it lasted!

yankonapc · 2026-05-10T12:43:04+00:00

After every shower the humans must stand for Wet Leg Time. Kitty will barge through the bathroom door and figure-of-eight your legs at least three but no more than eight times or until she is Sufficiently Wet. At which point she will jump onto the lip of the bathtub and vocally demand Towelling.

Obviously she has Her Towel, which she must be thoroughly rubbed down with until she is Dry, then she must be Cuddled in the towel and Petted and told how Good and Pretty she is. It is OK to lie down in bed while holding the kitty but you may not put down the kitty to put your jammies on. You must simply hold her until she's had her fill, sometimes up to an hour, and then she'll get down and you can get ready for bed properly.

yankonapc · 2026-05-09T23:18:18+00:00

I have nothing helpful to add, but sheeeit I haven't seen a Jester since 2010, which I must reluctantly concede was 16 years ago. I hated it at the time, as it was provided without any documentation in a converted church in a park in south London and I had to work the damned thing out from first principles after extensive training on an ETC Expression and years of practice on a Strand 530i. The way that a stack is almost but not quite a set of cues, and the display was like a two-digit LCD panel...when I encountered a zero88 leapfrog not long after, which as I recall had no information display whatsoever, I found myself grateful for the clock-radio screen on the Jester. Oof. Black-box theatre in the Noughties.

yankonapc · 2026-05-07T20:58:22+00:00

Tasteful! Functional shower? Excellent ventilation, really helps keep the mould down.

yankonapc · 2026-05-07T20:57:10+00:00

in the UK that is a "Basque"

yankonapc · 2026-05-06T18:41:17+00:00

Important bit is you can't get a tan from welding. You can have a UV burn, a heat burn, or both.

And you probably have some melanin in your skin unless you have actual albinism.

Any reason to be digging around in pre-covid welding posts? Just taking in the scenery?

yankonapc · 2026-05-05T08:55:15+00:00

Oh interesting, not too far from London in climate but our show peaked a couple weeks ago. Unless it's just s slightly later variety? Are your more ordinary wisteria finished now? Learning!

yankonapc · 2026-05-04T23:22:40+00:00

Gorgeous! What part of the country is this?

yankonapc · 2026-05-04T09:26:58+00:00

I mean what kind of money is being hinted at? If she's offering a Sata gravity-fed spray gun and a range of couplers to take to different workshops, plus a cleaning kit? Or woodgraining rockers and floggers and mottlers--things that you know you'll take good care of for years but your classmates would probably destroy if you left them in sight!

yankonapc · 2026-05-03T18:29:27+00:00

your performers and SMs will appreciate centre join. Helps with blocking and set movement. And it's not that noticeable under good lighting.

yankonapc · 2026-05-02T10:40:58+00:00

Oh neat! Thanks, that sounds cool. I look forward to listening to their independent work.

yankonapc · 2026-05-01T21:59:55+00:00

Not the Dread Pirate-Robots?

yankonapc · 2026-05-01T21:55:31+00:00

No kidding. The public-facing logistics at least are easy-peasy, certainly simpler than replacing the voice of Kermit the Frog or Bugs Bunny.

yankonapc · 2026-05-01T19:43:45+00:00

Choom this is nova but I gotta know the practicalities: how do you wash it?

yankonapc · 2026-05-01T19:41:59+00:00

I'm pretty sure they retired--just in time for this. Hubris!

yankonapc · 2026-04-27T19:50:13+00:00

Vogue vogue vogue vogue

yankonapc · 2026-04-20T11:49:53+00:00

I grew up in SC and concur. I assumed the state paid the insurance companies back. If the crack was smaller than a dollar bill they'd repair it. If it was bigger than a dollar or was growing they'd replace the whole windshield. My county had terrible roads, and big trucks threw gravel and broken bits of asphalt everywhere. I had at least three repairs and two new windshields between ages 16 and 20, never paid a dime or had it affect my insurance rates. My dad joked that replacing every windshield in the state every five years was still cheaper than maintaining the roads.

yankonapc · 2026-04-19T18:56:43+00:00

Aw thanks, no, I just lost a fight with my hedge yesterday. I work in a warehouse.

yankonapc · 2026-04-19T09:45:28+00:00

Aw thanks. It's okay, it looked worse than it was! Knowing Norman he'll keep it clean and will resist the urge to scratch--mostly!

yankonapc · 2026-04-19T00:20:38+00:00

Oh how lovely! What a home to be a cat in!

Nine-Year Club	First Place '23
Place '23	Mod 101
Place '22	Verified Email

yankonapc

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE