Posts by Rice

Do these same people, possible accomplices, still live in the building, serafina ?

Definitely. Wondering if he had a key to the front entrance? If he had an accomplice in the building with access to the key to the rooftop? If he was scared away before breaking in to apartments, but could return later?

What a heroic rescue!

Can anything be done about the roof access from the garage? Or is that not a security risk?

serafina , what a terribly insecure feeling for you, with such easy access to your apartment from the roof! Does the building next to yours share a wall with your building, allowing access to your roof from there? Or is the only access from inside your building?

How do other countries continue to have single-digit inflation? Can Argentina isolate the main causes and work on those?

Let’s hope inflation continues to fall!

As my own country is experiencing heretofore undreamed of corruption at the highest levels, not even investigated by the famous checks & balances built into our government that are now being ignored, I am saddened that leaders in other countries are also smash & grab grifters.

But I’m also envious that there is a parliamentary investigation into this probable crime, rather than a coverup by Farage’s ironically-named Reform Party.

Will the next PM last longer than a head of lettuce?

(Conversely, will the US stop electing presidents and congressional leader before they are fully senile?)

I agree with Splinter . Over the same 20 years, we experienced an overall improvement of both selection and quality of food. The obvious contradiction to the rule, sadly, has been beef: as the prices have increased, the quality has markedly declined, as grass-fed beef has all but disappeared.

Shockingly short terms for the most recent PM’s. Do they actually do such terrible jobs, or are they turfed out because of the shifting mood of the people?

Short terms make any continuity of policies hard to achieve. But the method of calling elections and choosing leaders safeguard the country from being imprisoned with an inappropriate, even dangerous leader for a full 4-year election cycle, as in the US and other countries.

A small bakery where we liked the sourdough pizza crusts always sold delicious pastries as well. But I noticed that, while they sold their breads at greatly reduced prices the day after they were baked, the pastries always remained full price. Surely the customers could tell the difference between fresh and day-old pastries?

Another small bakery near us made delicious chipás. Most days, they were priced by the kilo, but sometimes they sold small bags of them at a ridiculously low price. Presumably to get rid of the ones that weren’t freshly baked. Yet there was never an explanation.

Lovely photo, UK Man .

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Reheated meat tastes disgusting, to me anyway.

I don’t like the taste of reheated meat either. But I love thin-sliced, chilled beef (with Worcestershire sauce) or chicken (with mayo and sweet pickles).

I know you’ll be relieved to see the end of this saga, serafina. How disheartening that the case took so long to be settled, and the inflation of the past 5 years has eaten away so much of what you are due!

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I really like the reheated meat the next day for an easy meal. Do you not eat any of the leftovers?

UK Man , I wondered the same thing. You are usually so thrifty. And meat is more expensive than KitKats!

I remember 5 years ago when gas in the USA increased to $3/gallon, suddenly stickers with Joe Biden saying “i did this!” started appearing at gas pumps all over the USA.

Yet prices are now 150% of that now-quaint price, and I’m not seeing the current president’s bragging face glued to the pumps.

Presidents are always blamed for gas prices, even when they are due to something beyond their control (OPEC’s cutting back the production of oil? Yes. Worldwide economic crises? Yes. Presidential policies? Rarely.). But in this case, trump decided to make war on Iran; they have choked off the world’s supply of oil, and the skyrocketing prices of fuel, heating oil, etc. all over the world are directly down to him.

This video didn’t seem totally linear to me. Am I misunderstanding?

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A video game is interactive, this isn't.

Fair enough. I didn’t define what I meant by technology.

What I should have asked is what is the difference in audio and visual effects.

I didn’t know this about DuckDuckGo. Seems to be a big positive. What are the negatives?