I did something dumb: I tried to cut a piece of bread nearly a century after the invention of sliced bread.
This is my review of Almaza:
Obviously, I cut more than bread, I cut my finger. I am avoiding typing with that finger as I write this. What happened? I bought a baguette on Sunday and I decided to make a Tapas plate of sorts for 
lunch with some leftover roast beef and a few other cold cuts I had on hand. The crust on the bread was a bit hard so naturally, I put more pressure on the end of the knife. This knife.
The teeth glanced off the crust and nicked my left forefinger along the cuticle/nail line. Not a big deal, but I’ll probably use an antiseptic after I’m done at the gym.
This has to be common, right? People getting injured while handling a baguette. There are a few stories out there where people chipped a tooth on a baguette, or another man heroically bludgeoning an irate customer with a baguette. So I looked to see if the ICD-10 registry has something on baguette related injuries.
After all, they have a diagnosis code for being bitten by an Orca…multiple times, because clearly it happened at least once, and not just in movies that are so bad they are awesome.
So it should come as no surprise I could not find an ICD-10 code for a baguette related injury. I did however find a couple that may be helpful or of interest:
W26.0: “Contact with a knife”.
W26.2: “Contact with the edge of stiff paper”. (WTF)
W26.8: “Contact with other sharp objects, not otherwise classified” A good example of this one, might be a rusty tin can lid.
Ultimately, this would probably be classified as a Y92.0 (Non-institutional residence as the place of occurrence of the external cause), as this is not a work related injury.
This beer was interesting. As you can plainly see it is not poured neatly into a glass and set upon my kitchen counter. I saved this one from a few months back and decided now was as good a time as any to review it. Believe it or not, this beer…is from Lebanon.
I met up with The Old Man and SP while they came back to AZ for their wine when the weather got more amiable to transporting wine by car. I found a Lebanese place they agreed to since it had quite a few vegetarian options on the menu. I even saw the telltale fat, gregarious, Arab guy with obnoxious gold jewelry as the life of the party when I arrived. So needless to say this place was legit. The server downplayed this beer when I asked what they had available, so I don’t know if they sell many of them, but its surprisingly good. A Pilsner made almost perfectly in the Czech style which is probably the still the best style, but I’m not going feed you to the whales if you disagree. Almaza: 3.2/5
Yikes, I’m having flashbacks to the ‘bagel incident’. Nothing quite like a cut across your palm.
I would drink that beer and (probably) eat the Lebanese food.
Thanks, Señor!
Never heard of a paper cut? I get them at the weirdest times and always on weird parts of my hand. Somehow got one right on the knuckle yesterday – maybe from a bookmark – didn’t notice till I saw the blood.
I just got one yesterday, changing the calendar from March to April.
Not related, but the calendars our HR person got from the credit union had two March 30s and no March 31.
Sounds like an early April Fool’s joke…
The worst part about being an electrician in my experience, was not that I was constantly getting cut by cut wire. It was that I couldn’t recall getting cut and only discovered it while washing my hands.
This reminds me that I need to clue my latest Glibcrostic.
Fuck UbiSoft. It’s bad enough you want your own spyware launcher, but needing to log into each individual game after logging into the launcher and requiring an online connection even for single player games that never needed it before. Fuck that noise, I’m not giving you any more money. I don’t care what series you own.
Oh, and their customer service is being rude to everyone who even brings it up, regardless of that person’s attitude.
What single player game? Their launcher does suck, but not as bad as it used to.
I was looking to play Black Flag.
One of the better of the AC games….until you want to never hear a shanty again.
I recall that you can turn off the shanties.
Yeah, one of my favs for sure, that and Valhalla.
That’s a damn good game. I love the sea battles.
It’s easy to play Black Flag without the stupid Ubisoft launcher.
https://youtu.be/a6otjCKg594
I can’t even remember, I have it on Steam so launched from there and can’t remember if it used the launcher or not. I have to say that the launcher that Valhalla uses, which on I own on Epic wasn’t annoying in any way. But I def remember when the Ubi launcher was a real pain in the ass many years back.
You clearly didn’t click the link.
Yeah, so speaking of diagnostic codes, I finished my first module of 4 with a 96%. I did bomb one test but the grading scale is tight because the real world is tight.
Sorry about the nick, MS. Helps if you turn the bread over and slice from the bottom side.
This is why I use hawaiian rolls, I can just rip them open.
*not really. I’ve cut down on bread.
Hawaiian rolls are special Christmas Eve food at my house.
Thats um…how I was cutting it.
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jfc that lower right one was ridiculous. I had none of its consonants until I solved it, because there was literally nothing else left.
I was ready to give up and guess ZAQQY.
It’s amazing how many fictional fantasy character names I can suddenly remember playing this dumb game. Whaddaya mean IDRIL isn’t a real word?
I wasted my last guess on jammy, after which I immediately facepalmed.
My first three words were RATED, SONIC, and LUMPY. I wasted a guess on BAGGY.
LOL that was one of my guesses
Mine was WACKY. I blame it on you people.
Wacky was my next to last guess. That eliminated three consonants and got me down the right answer on the last guess.
Some of the older guys may remember these fly by string planes that were popular in the 60;s and 70’s – see pic below. I had this same one (PT-19 Trainer) when I was kid – it was a true trainer made for beginners. It was held together with rubber bands and when you crashed it came apart instead of breaking into shards of plastic. Plus it had a milder engine that was easier for beginners to fly. To start the engine on one of these you had to connect a battery to the glow-plug on top on the engine. Once the engine was started the battery had to be disconnected. I still bare the scars on the my middle and ring finger knuckles that were caused by hitting the prop when removing the batt connection. Most painful finger cuts I have ever had. Somewhat related – once I thought I mastered the PT-19 I used the money I had save from cutting lawns to buy a more powerful plane – a P-40 Warhawk with the shark teeth nose. It has a hi- performance engine. Sadly it made only one flight – the first time I “flew” it – it went straight up and straight down and shattered into a bits. Total time of that flight was about 2 seconds. $45 down the drain. That ended my interest in fly-by string planes.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/125225738995?hash=item1d280922f3:g:65gAAOSwjS1iNpRZ
I had one of the PT-19s. Never really got the .049 engine to run right.
I got nicked by my R/C helicopter, 4500rpm FTW!
and no stitches
They eventually got smart and put the electrical connector at the end of a foot-long metal rod. I’ve got one sitting in a box around here somewhere.
Wow, talk about deja vu. I had both of those planes, and did the exact same thing to the P-40. It took off and went straight up, over my head, and nosedived straight into the ground 180 degrees from where it took off. I also had a small WWI triplane (like the Red Barons) that used a smaller 0.020 engine (I think). It was almost underpowered, so it lasted a long time, even longer than the trainer. I think the fuel was actually nitromethane, wonder if you can still buy it?
A lifetime in kitchens and bars and, by far, my worst injuries have come from the bread knife; it’s a hidden killer.
Clearly we need common-sense bread knife regulation.
What, no hipster juice of the day? I haz a sadz. That one looks pretty good and I haven’t had a beer in over a month.
Platen tables are for welding not eating.
The only way to know where the beer was brewed is by examining the poster with the hot woman holding the beer.
How’s this?
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/almaza-beer–12877548904587962/
Good work MS.
Naturally, I concur.
Almost bought one of those I saw in an antique mall. The label was black and white.
That’s hilarious.
Well, this is interesting.
Is she liked enough by the citizenry up there to win?
I’m not so sure. She doesn’t swing near as big a political stick as she used to. But she’s got more name recognition than any of the others, except maybe Nick Begitch.
I’m still pretty new here, though, so I may have misunderestimated her support.
She’s been getting positive results out of the B-list celebrity circuit on TV for the last few years – e.g. an appearance on Match Game. I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s a shoo-in.
Of course she’s on their list:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Politically_NSFW/
https://westphaliantimes.com/exclusive-canadian-military-and-department-of-national-defense-members-told-performance-will-be-evaluated-on-whether-they-demonstrate-inclusive-behaviours/
🙄
WCPGW? Then again, this release is proximate to a day known for pranks.
It’s hard to tell these days.
Dealing with piles & piles of corrugated paper all night (recycling saves Gaia !) I know what Sharpie means- I often dont notice a cut until I apply hand-sanitizer.
Also, I take a couple of aspirin each night before work, so when I really cut myself it combined with residual alcohol from the morning has me bleed. And bleed. And bleed. I keep a tube of “White Trash Dermabond” aka super glue in my bag for just such occurrences.
Ah the ol’ super glue trick
The “Lock Picking Lawyer” gets Glib.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhuNRWskgNQ
I think Will Smith also does that bit.
What was done there by you was observed.
(His lock defeating videos are useful.)
*rousing ovation*
Congratulations to Iga Świątek!
Stopped following around Thursday. I see she beat Osaka. Good.
No great interest in tomorrow’s match up. Slightly favor Ruud since he isn’t the flavor of the month the way the other one is.
I prefer polite players.
Alcaraz was mobbed like a rock star after his match a week ago in Miami. He needed 4 security guards to escape the crowd. And that was just his first match at the tournament. Also most spectators were Spanish speakers.
*barf*
https://mobile.twitter.com/__Kimberly1/status/1510266460924481539?cxt=HHwWhsC4-YXWxfUpAAAA
Heh.
Platen tables are for welding not eating.
That was the first thing I thought. “That’s a welding table.” Not that I haven’t drunk plenty of beers standing around a welding table.
Helps if you turn the bread over and slice from the bottom side.
But then it’s unstable.
Today’s life lesson: when hiking up a mountain in April, put a pair of spikes in your pack.
Also, Lily is an amazing hiking partner.
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I managed to get through about four hours of chainsaw work with no major injuries, so that’s a win.
But I’m definitely out of shape, tomorrow’s going to hurt. Maybe I should invest in a smaller chainsaw, that MS390 is getting heavy.
Did you wear a goalie mask? You can never be too safe.
chick chick chick pow wow wow…
Is this a thread about anything or a thread about nothing? I just want to make sure I understand the rulez, so that I can break them.
I’m watching an interview with Curtis Yarvin. He is one weird geek, but interesting enough that I had to hear him express his politican views because I had only learned about him this morning from an online article, and I was like WTF?
“politican views ”
Also, political views. This damn keyboard, it’s the keyboard I swear.
His old blog, Unqualified Reservations, was fully awesome. Why, When, & How To Abolish The United States is an absolute must read.
“GE, Google and Microsoft are as big as many governments and certainly more profitable than any, and they may have executive jets, but none of them had a space program last time I checked.”
It’s clearly time for him to update his material…
Curtis is different. Always has been.
He’s certainly a screwball. He’s a stop along the libertarian to alt-right train.
Yeah, the only way his ideas work out well is if I’m installed as Supreme Overlord.
I’ll skip that station.
After all, they have a diagnosis code for being bitten by an Orca…
I thought they just dragged you to the bottom of the pool and held you there until you stopped struggling.
When they’re not ramming you into the side of the concrete pool at 30 mph.
I just watched Deadtime Stories.
OMG. Comically bad.
https://smile.amazon.com/Deadtime-Stories-Scott-Valentine/dp/B07J646HQV
DAILY QUORDLE ROUNDUP*
#68
Champ(s)
rhywun 21
Ghostpatzer 22
kinnath 22
Raven Nation 23
Sean 23
Teds’ 24
Trshmnstr the terrible 24
The Hyperbole 25
Grummun 26
Plisade 26
Grumbletarian 27
Tundra 27
MikeS 28
TARDis 28
Chump(s)
l0b0t 30
rhywun knocks Ted’s off his two day reign as champ.
In other news MikeS
whingedpointed out that 11pts isn’t enough of a penalty for missing a word, as scores including misses are sometimes better than those without. He makes a certain amount of sense, for a sub-Canadian, but 25pts (which would be required to avoid that) seems too high to me, what say you?A missed word is a DQ. Simple enough.
^^This^^
CHUMP/FAIL/LOSER
Fair enough- revised rankings-
DAILY QUORDLE ROUNDUP*
#68
Champ(s)
rhywun 21
Ghostpatzer 22
kinnath 22
Raven Nation 23
Sean 23
Teds’ 24
The Hyperbole 25
Grummun 26
Plisade 26
Grumbletarian 27
MikeS 28
Trshmnstr the terrible *13
Tundra *16
TARDis *17
Chump(s)
l0b0t *19
*one miss **MikeS
Needs to be more complicated. That’s way too simple.
Z=(w+x+y)*2
Final score=w+x+y+z
Double X’s would be disqualifying.
⬆ when missing a word, of course.
Uh, DQ is DQ.
Not in the scoring list with the people that didn’t DQ.
So put’em below the chumps line.
Of course, I will now DQ tomorrow.
I don’t like the idea of lumping all chumps together, some are chumpier (more chumpy?) than others. I think my new system solves all these concerns. The asterisk should be shameful enough (imagine getting the double asterisk) and it allows us to all mock the one or two chumps who out-chumped all the other chumps.
what say you
Absolute best possible one miss score is 1 + 2 + 3 + X. Absolute worst zero miss score is 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 = 30. 24 pt penalty would guarantee that the one missers are at or below all zero missers.
However, more practically, the best achievable one miss score would be 2 + 3 + 4 + X. A 21 point penalty would practically ensure that the one missers are below the zero missers.
From there, subtract few points to allow for an amazing fluke of a one misser to overtake the back of the zero misser pack, and I get go an 18 point penalty for each miss.
Finally watching Battlebots from Thurs. The Hydra/Black Dragon fight was total bullshit. Hydra had no controlled movement the entire match, but were never given a countdown. No idea why Black Dragon kept going to them.
And Hydra’s operator admitted he had no drive. Black Dragon could have won that if they had just held back.
Hydra guy (whose name escapes me) is really enjoying being the bad guy since Tombstone was eliminated.
Battlebots has kayfabe?
Can I assume there is an Avengers logo on whatever bot fights Hydra?
I was once pitted against a Firsting computer. A machine designed purely to First. No human was supposed to be able to best it.
You don’t hear much about it these days because I won. I taught them a lesson – that no one can First like The First Of All Firsters.
Why bother with battlebots when the greatest battle was already fought and won by man?
Your knife has passed the sharpness test, but will it keel?
I’m steeling for the answer,
It will be a pointed response.