They used to matter. Then the mid 1990s happened and we began to be told that anyone opposing the GOP was the enemy.

As someone who was 20 when Pocket Monsters came out in Japan and only played Red/Blue, which generation is 6?

The catch is those landfills do get quite warm under the pile so if they didn’t need UV light it might work.

The reason why paper keeps so well is it needs oxygen to break down and it has a butt load of methane covering it under the pile

Yes, one poster speculated it might be due to them being in the USA.

In USA can see NSFW

Ok do you have businesses because usually “my lawyer” is the business’ legal representative. People in your country might he doing this for non-criminal cases.

You don’t usually keep defense lawyers on retainer

My brother has regular contact with his businesses’ lawyers. If he threatens to sue you that is what he is doing

Coil stove with no governors for temp that did not shut off when all the water boiled out thus deforming the aluminum pan

Don’t the still break down to microplastics since they are so resistant to being broken down?

No, distance does matter because American oaks planted in Europe still taste like American oak. If oak was impacted by terroir the American Oak planted in Europe should show flavors closer to the European Oak than American Oak does. As that does not happen it is aafe to say terroir has no impact on oak flavors.

“Terroir originally applied to grapes, it now applies to many more things. I can tell you, IMHO, where the best cashews come from, or peanuts, oregano, avocados, sumac,”

Where you think the best version of x cones from has nothing to do with terroir. Terroir is the idea that cashews grown in this one specific place will always have traits that cashews of the same exact variety planted in a different place next door will not have.

“ Côte Chalonnaise vs Côte d’Or is real, as is the difference between Yerba Mate from Paraguay vs from Brazil.”

That again isn’t inherent to terroir as Brazil and Paraguay are far too large to talk about distinctions that come from a specific place.

To be clear I have colleagues who can tell you precisely which year and vineyard, not just winery, specific wines came from because of taste alone. That is what terroir imparts an American oak tree won’t have this and doesn’t have terroir much like coffee, tea or hops do not.

Terroir is a concept from wine that the site that the grapes are grown in carry specific traits that are inherent to that place. For example any grape grown on the Rutherford Bench in Napa Valley seems to carry hints of mint and raspberry. Grapes grown two miles outside of the Rutherford Bench that are clones of ones in the Bench appellation do not gave these notes. That notion of flavor specific to place is what terroir is.

The idea that American Oak expresses terroir rather than species specific traits is not logical. You aren’t going to find someone who can tell if an oak for a barrel is harvested in Michigan vs Kentucky whereas you can find people who can identify which 3 acre parcel of land in Burgundy a wine came from.

Lots of other groups have glommed onto the notion of terroir but it is all marketing bullshit for the most part.

They aren’t even retaining the European refugees from Ukraine

I have three decades in the wine and booze industry. I have worked it at all levels in the USA. This is the biggest load of unscientific horseshit imaginable.

Terroir is the notion that the climate and surrounding conditions can impart specific unique flavors to grapes grown in a specific place. The grapes part is key because grapes, unlike many other plants, can make wine just using itself and maybe some water. The idea that wine barrels, whose trees come from places like the USA rather than this specific three hectare area in Ohio, can have a sense of terroir is laughable.

Yes American oak and French oak have different tastes but it isn’t as if I could put a glass of whiskey in from of an expert and have them guess where the wood came from whereas doing so is a common test for grapes in wine.

Anything they disapprove of.

I think you and the other person should switch usernames though you might not be too ugly to live.

Yes, they typically are men though

Ganders are male geese though?

My Haitian buddy said that it is a shame that Notre Dame was where the fire stopped