Specializing in meats raised on native pasture since 2010.
Gers, Occitanie, France
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Not the most famous but the coolest one would be that I shared a house with Bon Scott when I was a kid. I went to Azula's wedding, too. Both were lovely.
Who’s the most famous person you’ve ever spoken to?
Not “seen from far away” — actually talked to, even for a minute.
A quick hello, a handshake, a normal conversation… and you still remember it.
Who was it?
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Fries in duck fat are supermarket freezer food here in the SW. Nice one. I imagine this would sell for a fair amount in wanky Seattle.
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France does burn cars outside of NYE/riots. Our village had 3 burned one year, including one in front of my farm that I went and investigated when I woke up to it at 3am. As you drive through the Gers every now and then you see the burned tarmac where a car was sacrificed.
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Looking for local breeders of Marans hens and my eyes are assaulted by some web site work from decades past.
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Also a great place to learn more about Marans, if you can cope with it.
marans.eu/index.htm
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Here's is an example, including an amazing short right in the second round that looks like it broke the dude's orbital. Check out the color commentator's accent.
youtube.com/watch?v=UIcxt0F0…
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Ever since likes stopped being browsable I have become kinda easy with giving them out. Just don't let my friends know I liked your tweet.
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Tenet, unique, dais, effect, wreak, raze but I guess number one is "toe the line". There are many more that pop up from time to time.
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Using the same logic, it would make sense to modify your property so it scores worse on a valuation to lower your annual property tax. Merge 2 bedrooms into 1. You don't need that third bathroom.
You save up $5,000 of your own post-tax income, buy lumber, and spend three weekends building a deck in your back yard.
A county assessor drives past your house, notices the wood, and re-evaluates your property.
Your property tax bill goes up by $500 a year. Forever.
Did your new deck put $500 more wear and tear on the county roads? Did the fire department need a new engine because you have a place to put a grill? Did the local police deploy an extra cruiser to your street?
No.
You paid for the materials. You did the labor. You improved the neighborhood.
We don’t talk enough about how outrageous property taxes can be!
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There were five years between meeting the @agricultrix and deciding to pull the goalie and years later, after 4 kids, we wonder why on earth we waited so long.
I was afraid of having kids my whole life and days after my first I am so mad at myself for not starting sooner.
This is the absolute best.
I love this little stinker so freaking much.
Find a good woman and have kids. ASAP. Churn em out.
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There's is a traditional British version of Siberia - send them to Coventry.
If there were a British "Siberia", all those responsible for this act of cultural vandalism should have been sent there
The original Imperial Hotel in London's Russell Square was designed by Charles Fitzroy Doll, designer of the dining room on the Titanic
It was demolished in 1967 allegedly because it was structurally unsound. This was a tactic to avoid a preservation order
The hotel was a victim of changing fashions. It was replaced by the current brutalist monstrosity (pictured).
And so London lost one of its most deliciously eccentric buildings, a glorious blending of what has been called Tudor Art Nouveau & Gothic Art Nouveau. 1/2
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There are two actors I have had to teach my kids about because their vocal styles get used by other actors. One is Peter Lorre and the other is Orson Welles. Their most famous films are from the 1940s! I'm wondering if there are more whose voices live on.
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I am seeing so many AI-generated posters that I'm getting flashbacks to 80s desktop publishing.
The strongest heat dome on Earth right now is sitting on Tennessee.
Heat makes air swell. The hotter the dome, the higher the whole atmosphere stacks up.
Over Tennessee, the halfway point of the atmosphere is 19,665 feet up. That is higher than over the Sahara. Higher than the Middle East. Higher than anywhere else on the planet.
Nashville hit 100 yesterday and is forecast to do it again today.
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And here is Catherine being radiant in the great video for C'est comme ça.
youtube.com/watch?v=fGZRVGlG…
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