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  4. Posted

    All my jars are the ones you get a Coles. 1 litre jars are about $3.00, from memory. For a while there, I was just chucking one in the trolley whenever I was buying groceries. They've withstood multiple PCing. 2 out of the 12 that I bought needed new lids because they would just jump the thread if you tightened them too much. Just check them as you're buying them...

    Of course, they have tapered mouths so you won't be doing cakes in them, but for anyone working with grains, I can't recommend them enough.

    Spotlight sell replacement lids for these jars, should yours get damaged or lost.

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  5. Posted

    Why did all the exciting shit happen while I was distracted away from the forum?

    Clearly the universe threw all this stuff out there to fill the gaping void left by my absence...

    Well, I'm back now. Your life should settle a little now, Torsten.

    :wink:

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    In case anyone doesn't realise, Masaru Emoto is a confimed crackpot. He does not have a science degree, and he presents wild conjecture as fact. His 'research' uses methods designed to inject bias into the results. He is not a doctor in any traditional sense. He has no PhD. His certification is as a "doctor of alternative medicine" and is from an unadcredited institution.

     

    Of course! But he's still alright by me. The world needs more crackpots.

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    I agree. Kids are so easy to brainwash. My kids rant and rave whenever we drive past McDonalds. My 6 year old begins lecturing everyone on the destruction of the rainforests and my 3 year old makes vomit noises. When we car pool other kids to school, they get a pro bono lecture from my sons. My in-laws think we're denying them the simple happinesses of life.

    Funny thing is that whenever we're on a road trip and we've been in the car for 8 hours and we only have 2 hours to go, and we haven't eaten since breakfast, and there's nothing to eat on the highway, and we say "fuck it" and stop for a drive thru, my boys manage to silence their ranting and look as pleased as if I took them to freaking heaven.

    Talk about prohibition creating a demand!

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  16. Posted

    Well, I've decided to become the next Bootsy Collins and i'm wondering if any bassists out there can give me any tips or thoughts about getting into learning. What to buy, what to avoid, best ways to learn, etc.

    I used to play drums a bit, so I gots me a bit o' rhythm, and i play a bit of a few other instruments, but i'm basically a musical novice.

    Also, anyone got a shitty old bass or bass amp they want a few bucks or plants or mush cultures for? :)

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  17. Posted · Edited by Marcel

    No, they're definitely some kind of Blewit. I know my Corts pretty damn well, and they aren't Corts. The spore print is a pale salmony pink colour. A bit like Caucasian baby skin... And they have the Blewit smell, based on what my field guides say (like slightly funky orange juice). They also have that distinct skin texture on the pileus that I recognise from photos of Lepista spp.

    There weren't any young ones, but some of the smaller ones had more of a purple/lilac hue.

    Thanks for the replies, folks!

  18. Posted

    Different war, I know, but my great grandfather fought alongside the Australians in Tobruk. Even before my family and I moved to Australia, he would go on and on about how wonderful the Australian soldiers were. Brave and tough and loyal and above all, the most cheerful people anyone had ever met. Apparently everyone would boast about being friends with an Aussie; it was a symbol of battlefield coolness, apparently!

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  24. Posted

    Macrolepiota procera are indeed edible. My family considers them to be the king of mushrooms. However, there are a few lookalikes that will kick the shit out of you. Chlorophyllum molybdites is a common lookalike. It has a green spore print and it is poisonous.

    Be aware that there are also others of the Macrolepiota/lepiota genus that have white spore prints and are deadly.

    I don't know what you have. I don't know this family very well. Nice finds, though!

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