#asciilifeform | 2019-12-11

22h to blastoff -> uy.

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congrats on new www, danielpbarron! loads in <0.5s (from my chair) .

16:07

danielpbarron: plz consider posting your wp recipe .

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17:04

asciilifeform: Congrats on the countdown getting low. Picked up a bottle of the local olive oil. Let me know if you want any other goodies assembled for your arrival.

17:09

34C on the ground here atm

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17:26

oh ty BingoBoingo . i think i'ma find goodies on own steam, that's the sporting way.

17:27

That is the way to get the most orc immersion out of your time here.

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17:52

verily

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19:19

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http://qntra.net/2019/12/hell-freezing-over-afl-cio-endorses-trump-trade-agreement/ << Qntra -- Hell Freezing Over: AFL-CIO Endorses Trump Trade Agreement

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20:18

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http://fixpoint.welshcomputing.com/2019/uruguay-parte-2-llegada-y-primeras-vistas/ << Fixpoint -- Uruguay parte 2: llegada y primeras vistas

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20:36

Ahoy asciilifeform; as a belated notification I've retrieved the S.NSA items from BingoBoingostan, and the ones you shipped appear to be ready for local pickup (though I'm opting to wait till Monday for delivery).

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20:58

asciilifeform: do you know the origin of this zavarochnyi chainik box (if my translit serves)?

20:59

otherwise, safe travels and enjoy that real olive oil, sadly I didn't manage to grab any

21:03

jfw: it's a teapot ( the kind where make concentrated tea and then can make quicker at teatime by pouring in cup + hot water )

21:03

standard item in household of tea maniacs

21:03

jfw: how didja end up with a ru teapot ?

21:04

jfw: ty for crate confirm btw. lemme know when opened usa crate and confirm that errything you ordered is inside plz.

21:04

that's what I'm wondering! 'tis what the FGs were stowed in. BingoBoingo?

21:04

will do.

21:05

shinohai

pffft YOU NEED A SAMOVAR!

21:05

(I didn't end up with the teapot, merely the box.)

21:05

jfw: I acquired the teapot at Tienda Inglesa

21:05

shinohai: samovar is for hot water

21:05

That's the box it came it.

21:05

pretty great

21:05

It just happened to be the right size for FUCKGOAT packing

21:06

shinohai

I know, samovar to heat water, teaball for making delicious cup of tea

21:06

oblig uy market : http://www.loper-os.org/pub/uy/spirt.jpg

21:06

BingoBoingo: ha, neat. RU teapot from English shop in Uruguay.

21:06

Layering happens

21:07

^ aviation canister, w/ 'спирт' handwritten ( alcohol )

21:07

how it came to BingoBoingostan? no one knows

21:09

fell out of plane and washed up on shore perhaps. Learned a new cognate there with 'spirt'

21:12

jfw: moar likely, crew 'went to town', took..

21:13

there was surprising amt of commerce b/w uy and su, even in my father's time. he mentioned that as young man, working in port (odessa) several times loaded/unloaded vessels to/from montevideo

21:15

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asciilifeform also found out that he has (very distant) relatives in BingoBoingostan, apparently. ww2-era runaways, supposedly owned a glass shop. whether alive in modern day, unknown.

21:17

mm

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asciilifeform saw remarkable amt of old ru junk in the sunday market in '18. incl. a 'boss office phone' w/ sovok coat of arms, wiring ripped 'with meat', the kind w/ 'selector'

21:20

asciilifeform: Not too surprising given the political history of Uruguay. Even before the Fat Forehead party was a thing, the Colorado party was rather "left"

21:20

got those market pics in my queue for tomorrow, for any junk aficionados.

21:21

Consider their flag which wouldn't look out of place as the antagonist flag in any CIA assisted 1980's hollywood "action" production https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_Colorado_Party_%28Uruguay%29.svg/800px-Flag_of_Colorado_Party_%28Uruguay%29.svg.png

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