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#off-topic 2026-02-14

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  • u100_pat — the jewellery scale gets used for coffee beans more than anything else and it was still a good purchase, your mileage will differ 14:13
  • VialBot — Channel stats, last 30 days: 53 messages from 36 members. 14:19
  • logrotate — how many people in here own a jewellery scale for entirely legitimate reasons 18:12

sport was bad

U1

ok so the fridge is called colin and colin has never once let me down, your mileage will differ

RR

coming back after 3 months, whats the current in joke, i have lost track completely

U1

the jewellery scale gets used for coffee beans more than anything else and it was still a good purchase, your mileage will differ

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the mcg thing has happened four times this year and somebody catches it inside ninety seconds every time
we have a running joke about the fridge and a serious pinned table about the fridge, and both are load bearing

recipe that works in four bites: anything at all on a smaller plate. the plate is the recipe

VB

Channel stats, last 30 days: 53 messages from 36 members.

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FN

ok so somebody shared a spreadsheet, then somebody shared a better spreadsheet, and that is how this channel works

RR

update from 25 months ago: the cat is still banned from the counter and still on the counter

not mcg again

it is 4 degrees and horizontal out there, which is at least good weather for a parcel

VV

the smugness is the prize. there has never been another prize

DF

sorry to jump in i keep the swabs in a biscuit tin, which is a decision i will defend, thats just me

RR

follow up swirl dont shake is on a magnet on my fridge and it has now outlived two fridges

DF

i have a photograph of a cat sitting on a cool box and it is the only illustration this channel needs

anyone got a recipe that survives being eaten in four bites

while im here somebody will correct the mcg thing before i finish typing this and honestly good

VV

what is everyone drinking now that alcohol has stopped being fun

VV

my sharps bin has a name as well and i am not typing it in here

whats the strangest place anyone has kept a vial while travelling

strangest place was a hotel minibar, inside a sock. it survived and i am still proud of it

ok so who else has named their fridge

raining here too

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NP

what do you tell visitors the little thermometer in the fridge is for
we are three years into the standing bet and the goalposts have moved twice

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DE

did anyone watch that last night or am i the only one still awake at this hour

FF

we are three years into the standing bet and the goalposts have moved twice

how many people in here own a jewellery scale for entirely legitimate reasons

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is anyone else oddly attached to their sharps bin

DE

right so the fridge thermometer has become a personality trait and i am at peace with that

LO

i have the spreadsheet nobody asked for, it has seven tabs, and one of them is called cats

FF

right so who else bought a fridge thermometer for the vials and now checks the milk with it

NP

a spreadsheet nobody asked for is my favourite genre of message in this entire archive, i could be wrong

FN

update on the earlier thing i checked the milk with the vial thermometer and now i am cross about the milk