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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:All my larp friends reminded me that right this second I should be in a forest eating Domino's and getting drunk, so I'm going to do that tomorrow instead and be a little bit sad. I could tell it’s the start of larp season despite A. Giving up the LT and B. Losing all track of time, simply because the weather changed from glorious sunshine to pissing rain. Glad I got at least one event in this year (the weekend before lockdown started), but holy hell it sucks being stuck in reality when reality is this horrid. My wife commented earlier that hiding in the shed when the heavens opened with her in the garden kind of scratched the itch for her.
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Julio Cruz posted:where the hell do you go where the local Domino's will deliver to a forest Unsure if it’s the venue he’s referring to, but Huntley Wood is a forest/lake/former quarry purpose converted to a larp site and is well served by local takeaways.
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Filboid Studge posted:Few guys I went to school with have been involved with the Lorien Trust for what must be the guts of 20 years now, I think they are the main Norn Iron contingent. The LARP world is both surprisingly large and entirely incestuous- I know (by sight/in passing rather than personally though) who you’re talking about. I had another goon add my on Facebook for fudge related reasons and had multiple points of mutual contact despite him not even being a larper. I guess the wider nerdy community is just as full of crossover.
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Fudge related post follows And we’re back! Following a short hiatus due to the current pandemic messing with our supply lines, we’re now taking orders to ship in the first week of June. We also have some new flavours for you to enjoy. The world’s gone mad, so why not try some fudge to cheer yourself up? May flavours: Original Vanilla Dark Chocolate - By special request; the same recipe as our popular milk chocolate, but with high cocoa percentage dark chocolate swapped in! Unicorn Barf - marshmallows both melted into this and sprinkled on top with crunchy sugar unicorns. A favourite amongst our younger customers! Chocolate Orange: It’s chocolate, it’s orange, it’s delicious! What’s more to say? Rum and Raisin - The traditional favourite, made with spiced rum All bags of fudge cost £3.50; get a box of five for £15! Postage costs for up to a kilogram are £3.55; for larger orders please ask. 🙂 As always, please drop us a message here or to Fudjit.orders@gmail.com to place an order. Payment is accepted via PayPal or direct bank transfer 🙂 All orders will ship before June 10th (due to variable post office opening times an exact date cannot be given) We also have a new Goon Special this month: Apple Pie flavour. Made with cinnamon and dried apple for a delicious, comforting combination. Edit: Miftan, are you psychic or something? You posted as I was typing that up..
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May 11, 2020 11:03
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Failed Imagineer posted:Hardly surprising if the combined existential 1-2 of Brexit and COVID has left people a little tetchy ITT. Same plan here. Running a NE halfling warlock through a friend’s homebrew death-maze. Fully expecting goth-Frodo to meet a messy end. Edit: Tho at the moment it’s vaping and watching a live Grace Petrie gig on Facebook with the wife.
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Guavanaut posted:The whole logic about indefinite detention is so hosed up in the first place. As is banning asylum seekers from working and then blaming them for being a drain on resources. Made me start. He was my chemistry teacher from 13 to 18, and I was his assistant for quite a few of his lectures. Amazing dude, taught me far too much about things that probably aren't wise. Friday chemistry club was a literal bomb making factory where I'd direct 15 year olds in the making of large quantities of guncotton.
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Guavanaut posted:That's great stuff, I love his lectures. He really is the same in person as his public persona. He introduced himself to us at the start of senior school by smacking a load of white phosphorous mixed with potassium chlorate with a hammer. Left us all with ringing ears. And one of the last things I did before starting Study Leave for my A-levels was helping him blow up every chemistry lab in the science block with a shitload of balloons full of Hydrogen and Oxygen, about three kilos of flash powder as an igniter and a potassium permanganate fuse. The whole top level of the building was pouring white smoke from every window following an actinic white flash and series of thunderous bangs. Our despised headmaster pretty much poo poo himself, as he happened to be in the quad when it all went off.. This was pre-9/11. I doubt it would have flown today. I've posted this story before elsewhere here, but here you go. I very much became his protege, and we went all around the country doing lectures at schools and colleges with me as his assistant (my official job title was ‘Igor’). One time in particular we were going to a school about a hundred miles away from home. We went in one of his many clapped out Triumph Heralds (I had to hold the door closed down the motorway), and I had a 25l cask of liquid nitrogen between my knees, a kilo of gun cotton on my lap and on top of that about thirty grams of nitrogen triiodide. That stuff takes about 2 hours to fully cure, and then is touch sensitive. Of course, we got stuck in traffic. On arriving at the school two hours and ten minutes later I was instructed to yeet the triiodide out of the window. It blew a significant chunk out of a nearby rose bush, and if we’d hit a pothole on the way in I’d have been both history and geography..
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May 18, 2020 21:41
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Hey everyone, want to be really angry? https://www.theguardian.com/comment...OCM9RRYqJ52UlJs Prince Charles ordering us peons to pick potatos.
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loving hell, today has sucked even by the lovely standards of recent history. Forgive me if I rant for a few, but I don’t really have anywhere else to do so. Trigger warning- sick animal stuff, and some grossness I have two cats, Bob and Digby. I love them both a lot. Bob is a 6yo moggy, Digby a nearly 2yo Maine coon. Bob was a rescue we found living in next door’s garden, whereas Digby was our first wedding anniversary present to each other (he was our ‘practice baby’). Digby is a boisterous sweetheart. Bob however is a thug, and despite being neutered likes to roam our estate beating up other cats for daring to exist. Three and a bit weeks ago Bob got into a fight (again) and we noticed a swelling on his face afterwards. We tried to get our usual vet to see him, but they prevaricated for a fortnight until the swelling had become a golf ball sized lump. Then they finally saw him middle of last week, and he had to have surgery to drain it. Five hundred quid down the drain, though at least he’s insured. Except now his face has swollen up again to a frankly grotesque size, is refusing to drain (it did once, on our bed- and covered about a quarter of it with the discharge. Lovely.) and my wife is freaking out. And then this afternoon we notice Digby seems listless as all hell, left some of his lunch (this /never/ happens) and didn’t even touch dinner. Try to pick him up and he starts mewling in a way he’s literally never done before in his life. No interest in food, or his favourite toy or anything really. He got violently sick at one point, throwing up a hairball that looked like a turd.. Right now we’re trying to decide what to do- the emergency branch of our vet is open but it’ll cost £200 just to be seen, we won’t know the situation till the small hours and we’ll also get stung for nearly a hundred quid for the boarding fees. Whereas we can take him to our local vet tomorrow morning for about £75. We honestly have no idea what to do. My wife (who’s got anxiety issues in general, and specifically related to our cats) is completely losing her mind with worry and I’m not far behind her tbh. He seems a bit better after his puking, and the wife got him chasing a bit of string, so he’s a bit more alert but he’s still turning down food. I’m personally leaning towards taking him in tomorrow morning, but would really appreciate some opinions/advice here.   The two of them in happier times.
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May 20, 2020 21:52
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Digby is at the 24hr vet right now- we’re parked outside waiting for them to let us know what’s up. Christ knows how we’re going to afford it, but that boy is super precious to us. He had seemed to be rallying, but then I offered him a plate of food and he literally mewled and ran away from it. Car journey was a nightmare- he’s strong as hell and managed to wrench open the door to his carrier and slashed my wife. Obviously didn’t mean it, but yeah. She’s falling apart- last time we were here our previous Maine coon got put to sleep. :/ Camrath fucked around with this message at 00:24 on May 21, 2020 |
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Saros posted:If money's that hard up it sounds like something the ukmt solidarity fund could help with. Jaeluni Asjil posted:I was wondering that. Otherwise a rush of fudge orders (with no need to send the fudge)? Ed: but that might mess up accounts/tax. I’m not going to request help from the Solidarity Fund- there are others whose need is a lot greater than mine, and I’d not feel comfortable benefiting to their loss. However if people would like to order fudge then that will be a massive help. Vets bills came to nearly 280 quid, and if I can cover that this month in sales then I hereby vow the following: A. To spam the thread with cat pictures every day throughout the month of June B. Every order will contain a thank-you note from my furry boys.
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Wow, once again I’m blown away by the sheer kindness and solidarity of our little coven of internet leftists. I just woke up to a shitload of pms and emails with orders and good wishes, and am trying not to cry. You people are amazing.Jaeluni Asjil posted:How is puss? What did the vet say was wrong? So, we took Digby to the late night vet and had something of a nightmare journey- he was freaking out and hyperventilating all the way. The vet gave him oxygen to calm him down then examined him. Signs are pointing to a viral infection; he spent the night there and was given an anti emetic shot; apparently he managed to escape from his crate overnight and went exploring.. This morning Bob was off his food and also puked up- so it’s looking more and more like something viral. I’m picking Digby up from the late night vet at 2, and dropping Bob off to our local branch in about 40 minutes. Have a picture of Digby when we first met him, back in July 2018. It was during the massive heatwave, and he waddled over, licked my sock and then crawled on top of my foot and went to sleep. I knew we had to have him there and then. I’m a size 12, to give you an idea of what a tiny little bean he was back then.  Edit: will reply to everything after I’ve done my assorted vet trips Camrath fucked around with this message at 11:41 on May 21, 2020 |
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Jedit posted:How vegetarian is your fudge? Particularly the marshmallows. So, the marshmallows contain gelatine, but aside from that I don’t believe there’s any meat-based stuff in any of the flavours. I’ll double check when I get home, as I’m currently playing cat-chauffeur. Bags are all 100g.
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May 21, 2020 11:59
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Sad Panda posted:Someone earlier asked about a low-carb version. Is that on the cards? I need to do research on that- I honestly have no idea if such a thing is even possible in a chemical sense (the reason fudge works is due to certain properties of sugar when heated to various temperatures- I’d be very wary of boiling up pans of artificial sweeteners just due to the risk of who-knows-what off gassing and giving me turbocancer). So I’ll see what the story is, and if it’s possible start offering from next month.
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Jedit posted:It's possible, but you don't do it by whacking stevia and xylitol in the boiler. I believe it's more of a simulated fudge than a conversion of the recipe and process. I’ll do some research and see what can be done. Bear in mind my equipment consists of a few pans, a spatula and a thermometer- Fudjit is based from my home, rather than any sort of site with industrial or advanced equipment.
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May 21, 2020 12:41
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OwlFancier posted:You might be able to make something like turkish delight instead. I am planning to branch into different candies of all sorts over the course of the year. The pandemic pushed those plans back but as restrictions lift a little I’ll be able to acquire ingredients more easily for experimentation. Sweet, sweet experimentation.
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OwlFancier posted:I do wish they made nougat without nuts though, the chewy stuff is nice but the only nut I like is almonds and even then only sometimes. This is something I’m looking to experiment with over the summer- I’m not a huge nut fan either, but I adore nougat. Jaeluni Asjil posted:If you could do 'tablet' that would be good. I'm not so keen on fudge (but if someone puts it in front of me I'll eat it), but a good flaky tablet I do like. Also on the ‘to be scienced’ list. I actually made vegan tablet by accident when I was experimenting with vegan stuff back in January. Tasted coconutty due to the base ingredients, but was really nice.
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Halva is great, but I can only eat it somewhere with Mediterranean levels of sun.. same for Turkish delight tbh. Love them when away on holiday, can’t really stomach them in our damp and fascist land. Both cats are now home from the vet. Digby is drinking a lot but still turning down food; we’re just letting him chill for now. Bob went over to him, sniffed him over and even gave him a lick on the head.. then immediately hissed in his face, because Bob’s a grumpy sod. Digby is currently sinking his claws into my wife’s leg, which is probably a good sign.
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Aramoro posted:I mean if you're eating it in Greece or Turkey then you're just swapping here for a warm and fascist land. Fair point.
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mehall posted:Camrath, I'm not in the solidarity fund committee or anything, but absolutely apply for it if you have any worry at all about your ability to pay for the care your cats needed. Thanks to UKMT goons being wonderful people, I’m less than fifty quid off being able to cover the whole thing with fudge sales. 
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Bobstar posted:Would you ship fudge to the Netherlands (upon payment of the full postage costs, of course)? Given we’ve still got seamless trade for a few more months, absolutely!
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Jedit posted:The marental unit says she wants one bag each of everything except rum and raisin (so original, dark choc, Unicorn Barf, choc orange and apple pie). Let me know what the UK shipping is and I'll send you the cash directly. For a five-bag selection box it'll be £18.55 including postage. PM me address details etc?
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May 21, 2020 18:59
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Miftan posted:https://www.facebook.com/fudjit/ or just PM Camrath. This^ (thanks!) Will be unable to post or reply to emails or pms for a few hours now due to being busy being a halfling warlock. Thanks a lot to everyone!
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Holy loving shitballs you guys. I am trying not to ugly-cry here. I've had so many emails, PMs and facebook messages from UKMT goons over the past 24 hours that I've only just finished replying at nearly midnight. I've got more than enough orders to cover the vets bills and then some. I've received also some lovely words of support. It always fucks with my head that a place called SomethingAwful.com has some of the best, kindest people on the internet hanging out on it. I'm truly humbled and amazed by the support that you've all shown. Thank you, so much. From the bottom of my heart.
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Vitamin P posted:Didn't Games Workshop have a pretty hefty monopoly until the Kickstarter boom? So who else here worked for GW? I put in about six months way back in 2001 at a north London location. Job was the perfect example of a curate’s egg; parts of it were excellent. I absolutely loved running games and engaging with the customers, but completely hated the corporate atmosphere, the low wages and my absolute oval office of a manager. Did have one cool aspect to it for me in particular- afraid it’s time for an anecdote. So it was a Tuesday, a very quiet day for us normally. I was catching up on some painting when I glanced up and noticed an Asian dude in a suit walking past. Except that from the angle I was at I could see he was wearing a shoulder holster. Then another guy walked past, the same. They were coming into the store. My finger was hovering over the panic button when my coworker came out from the back and told me to relax. Turns out the Sultan of Brunei’s kid had a liking for 40K, and every so often he’d come visit with six armed guards, two or three female minders and enormous cases containing literally thousands of minis. Kid had one of the old metal thunder hawks, the very early Forgeworld baneblades and shadowswords.. just so much stuff. Turns out that they had him visit our store because it was by the exit to the mall, making it good for a quick getaway if needed. And the kid was obviously pretty lonely- this was seen as important socialisation with kids his age. Now at the time I was very much not a leftist in any way, but even now what really sticks in my mind was how /nice/ he was. He was about 11, chubby as hell and really didn’t seem familiar with how to socialise- but he was incredibly polite and absolutely /loved/ playing with the other kids in the store. I’d normally grab every kid in the place and run massive battles using all our shop troops on one side against his legions on the other, with all the other kids sharing his command. Genuinely happy memories. Also he gave me £100 for my pre-release Inquisitor minis.. ahem. When I left the company he actually sent me a solid gold watch together with the royal seal, which I still have in my safe. It’s frankly hideous- heavy gold and mother of pearl on the face, and totally not my style. But it’s something that I hope to pass on to my potential kids in the future, just because of the story that goes with it.
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Catte update: Digby has spent most of today upside down, with his head and forelegs at 180* to his hind legs. We think he’s doing better- for him spines are very much a thing that happen to other people. Bob has a Popeye face and is a grumpy sod, but the grumpiness is at least normal. Vets bills are totally covered and my wife is finally smiling again, because this thread is full of loving wonderful human beings. Now I’m off for a long walk in the sun with an extremely large joint, because life doesn’t seem as loving horrid today. Cooking the first batch of sweet goodness tomorrow! Edit: naturally, the moment I tried to take a picture he straightened himself out 
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Fudge Update So, you guys have been amazing. Absolutely incredible. I’m blown away by the level of solidarity and support shown. So much so, I’m going to have to close to orders as of midnight this evening, due to reaching capacity for this month’s cook! To summarise: Orders close at midnight tonight for delivery by June 10th. The next batch will be coming around the middle of July, details to come soon. Catte Update Bob has been grumpy all day, but that’s just his nature. His face appears to have healed somewhat, but I’m not going to share a pic as he still has a wound there.He’s a real unit of a cat- 6.5 kilos and pretty much all muscle. Digby is back to his old self, spending most of his time as a liquid. He’s also been enjoying Cat-tv with the wife. 
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Jippa posted:He's seriously fluffy. He’s quite short-legged as Maine coons go, and his fur is very fine. He basically looks like a swiffer when he’s walking along.
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Ms Adequate posted:
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So, a quick Catte update for you wonderful people. Digby is back to his old self; inhaling food, affectionately spiking our legs when he wants attention and being generally a force of sandy-furred chaos.  Bob’s face is still very lumpy (this is a pic from before), and he has taken a very strong dislike to my wife’s attempts to make it drain with hot compresses. She’s convinced he doesn’t love her anymore as a result, but he’s still climbing onto her and head butting her in the face each morning to demand food, so..  The two of them have been caught actively playing with each other (which normally does NOT happen- Bob’s personal space is an inviolable force field and he’s also the grumpiest cat I’ve ever met) Oh, and Digby is once again showing off the fact that his spine is basically liquid. 
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Talking of youtube flagging, I had one of the live vids of my old band (from our first ever gig no less) pulled down for ‘hate speech’ earlier this year. The video had been up since November 2010, and contains nothing that I could imagine as being ‘hate speech’ under any definition of the word, unless the title of the song (‘Skullhead’) somehow triggered the algorithm?
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feedmegin posted:I assume Little Bees is still fine However I have recordings of the song from like five or six other gigs still untouched (and with the name in the title too). It’s not much in the great scheme of things; just weird that it happened nearly a decade after upload
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