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  1. Comment on Taskmaster Season 22, Episode 1 - 'In my mind there’s a river.' | Full episode in ~tv

  2. Comment on Taskmaster NZ Season 7, Episode 1 - 'Stuck in a dictator train.' in ~tv

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    The new Taskmaster International channel has finally caught up to where the original channel was when it comes to NZ seasons, so I will finally be posting the newly released seasons as they come...

    The new Taskmaster International channel has finally caught up to where the original channel was when it comes to NZ seasons, so I will finally be posting the newly released seasons as they come out on YouTube. Enjoy! :)

    4 votes

  4. Comment on Taskmaster Season 22, Episode 1 - 'In my mind there’s a river.' | Full episode in ~tv

  5. Comment on "I feel unusual now." | One of these people is lying 2x01 in ~hobbies

  6. Comment on We restored the world's oldest food truck and used it to serve fish & chips at a food festival in ~food

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    A 1947 coal-fired fish and chip van, left in a shed for 55 years. We restored it, learned how to fry on coal, and served it at Twickenham.

    Ted Saunders’ father came back from the war in 1947 and bought a fish and chip van. It was the first vehicle in what became one of the largest surviving steam fleets in the world, steam rollers, fairground rides and chip vans, and it paid for all of it. It last cooked in the early seventies, and it’s been sitting in a shed ever since.

    It’s lined with lead, galvanised steel and tinplate, the flues were patched together out of old tin cans, and the family wouldn’t let us take the cooking range out of the van. So everything had to be rebuilt in place: new stainless pans, new flues, new firebricks, six weeks of work, with the original coal-fired range untouched.

    Then we had to learn to cook on it. There’s no thermostat and no gas, you control two vats of beef dripping with a coal fire, a damper and the chips themselves. We went to Upton to learn from Sally, who has run a coal-fired range since before any of us were born, got Ted’s original family batter recipe, and then took the van to Twickenham to serve 300 portions of fish and chips to a festival crowd, with Ted watching.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on Russia’s return to international hockey triggers European boycott and sponsorship crisis in ~sports.hockey

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    Prime Minister says Russia will not be allowed to compete at 2026 world juniors in Alberta

    Prime Minister says Russia will not be allowed to compete at 2026 world juniors in Alberta

    Prime Minister Mark Carney says Russia will not be allowed to compete at next month's world junior hockey championship in Alberta.

    Carney, speaking in Antigua at the Commonwealth Summit, said Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be permitted to represent their countries in Canada as long as the war in Ukraine continues.

    "While Russia and Belorussia [sic] are supporting this illegal, unjustified, horrific war in Ukraine, as long as that's going on, there will be none of those athletes competing for their countries in Canada," Carney said when asked if Russian players would be denied visas.

    "So if you're asking specifically about the world juniors, the Russians will not be there."

    His comments come after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled Friday that Russia must be reinstated to international hockey competition, starting with the world junior tournament.

    4 votes

  10. Comment on Jungle – Someday, Somewhere (2026) in ~music

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    Jungle just appeared on NPR Tiny Desk! It was a great, live, stripped-down performance so I highly recommend watching it!!! :) p.s. SET LIST "Someday, Somewhere" "Beat 54 (All Good Now)"...

    Jungle just appeared on NPR Tiny Desk! It was a great, live, stripped-down performance so I highly recommend watching it!!! :)

    p.s. SET LIST
    "Someday, Somewhere"
    "Beat 54 (All Good Now)"
    "Dominoes"
    "The Wave"
    "Keep Me Satisfied"
    "Casio"
    "Back on 74"

    3 votes

  11. Comment on Popcorn! What's the best way to make it? in ~food

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    I have no experience with the metal gears so can't help you there. Mine has nylon gears and I've never had an issue with it despite using it hundreds of times. Whirley Pop has pretty reasonable...

    I have no experience with the metal gears so can't help you there. Mine has nylon gears and I've never had an issue with it despite using it hundreds of times. Whirley Pop has pretty reasonable prices for replacement parts too though, so I don't think it matters too much which you get initially.

    2 votes

  14. Comment on Taskmaster Season 22, Episode 1 - 'In my mind there’s a river.' | Full episode in ~tv

  15. Comment on "I feel unusual now." | One of these people is lying 2x01 in ~hobbies

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    Episode 2x02: Did France settle an election with a bake-off? p.s. Season 1 playlist in case you've never seen it. Sorry for the delay, I forgot to post the first one when it was released but am...

    Episode 2x02:
    Did France settle an election with a bake-off?

    p.s. Season 1 playlist in case you've never seen it.

    Sorry for the delay, I forgot to post the first one when it was released but am doing it now and will post the rest as they come out. :)

    5 votes

  18. Comment on Polyphia - LET THERE BE LIGHT (2026) in ~music

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    Yeah, the production is a bit overcooked for my tastes too. :( I am really looking forward to hearing some live versions of all the songs without that aspect though.

    Yeah, the production is a bit overcooked for my tastes too. :( I am really looking forward to hearing some live versions of all the songs without that aspect though.

    2 votes

  19. Comment on How to make tubular bell wind chimes by Lee Hite in ~hobbies

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    The original is my fav. 2 feels a bit too much like new age folk for my tastes. :P

    The original is my fav. 2 feels a bit too much like new age folk for my tastes. :P

    2 votes

  20. Comment on Polyphia - LET THERE BE LIGHT (2026) in ~music

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    New album, BE NOT AFRAID, dropped today!

    New album, BE NOT AFRAID, dropped today!

    6 votes