Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

THIS. ULTIMATE.

Did you get it from a guy named Dane? Looks just like one a guy I knew used to have

YES PLEASE!!!! LOVE teh avant versions.

It'd look prettier, too....

Yeah, that's why I tried to make it as simplistic as possible. Essentially I see it like this. I'm gonna eat it, but I want it to lead a good life before I do. As an answer to the other bits. I can do better. I know I can, and I try to ensure the passage to my plate is as ideal as possible. Sometimes I slip. But I don't let that drag me down to not caring anymore. It's also bloody difficult to ensure that it's as "ethical" as possible.

If the trail dictates, yeah. And DD / SG / Blk Dmnd casigns definitely help if you like to smash!

To a certain extent, yes. But then also, no. One has 2 options (there are really more, but let's boil it down to the 2 extremes of this case) Disregard animal welfare entirely, and because they're gonna die anyway, who cares how they're treated. Or: Because they end up on my plate, I want them to be taken care of properly. I choose option 2, because even though I'm eating 'em, I don't want them to be raised like battery hens.

Must be what the shaggers were thinking...

MMMMMM! Put some red onion in next time as well, together with a sprig of rosemary every here and there.

Don't. Doubledown is significantly tougher than Exo Plus, and for the rear I wouldn't have anything less strong. Just my opinion, but why go for something that you know is weaker, just for the 200g saving. On the front, yeah sure. Stoke will have, if you really want them. BTW: If your current DD rear isn't worn, don't change it JUST to get a lighter casing.

I think he understands it, he just doesn't accept it. Sexual assault of one of the same species as yourself is not justifiable. Raising an animal not of your species for food, is. But then, you don't agree with that as you attach the same value to an animal not of our specie as that of a fellow human. In this case, the proper analogy should be a sexual assault across both species. IE goat shagger vs rapist. In that, I agree with you. Alternatively, raising and utilising a group of humans for food stock, vs a cow. One is our species, the other isn't. I'm in favour of non cannibalism. But I know that we are on the top of the food chain (except when it comes to the chance encounter of a hippo / croc / lion / tiger etc) so find no fault with consuming animals that I don't consider as "friends"

And I get that, I really do. But equating the sexual assault of a fellow human to eating a steak is intellectually dishonest. Would I eat dog? Well, me personally no. But that's because I wasn't raised in the east, where dog meat is as normal as beef, and there's a specific species of dog that is raised for its meat. Do I find the conditions that those dogs are raised and bred in to be abhorrent? Of course I do. No animal should have to go through that sort of treatment even if they end up on our table.

Already failed with the 2 coffees (full cream milk) and the chicken breast I've just had, unfortunately. What's left in my fridge and freezer? Solely veg, except for last night's bolognaise and the milk for my coffee / tea. Oh, and cheese & eggs. Staples, those. But - as I said previously. My meat consumption has gone down, primarily due to budget, but also 'cos I like veggies, too.

Exactly - you attune all animals to the same degree of compassion. I don't. Well, actually I do, but only some. I find dogs to be far more humane than most humans, and cats to be the middle-managers of the world. As in they tend to do things that end up pretty destructive, but want your praise and believe themselves to be the rule and the law. Talking about cats, there, in case you're wondering. Also - please don't put those false equivalencies in there. Rape, racism or sexual assault are NOT the same as eating meat / animal products. You're more intelligent than that, and it's something that you do, continually. It's an intellectually dishonest approach, and one that does not garner respect. Mistreatment: Yes. Diabolocal conditions: Yes. Unethical treatment: Yes. On board for all of those, as I believe that an animal (even if it is one that is destined for the table) should be treated respectfully and with care. You can even taste and feel the difference in the meat, if a cow / sow is traumatised at the time of death. We as a species put the needs of our own above those of the animals not of our species. It's clearly evident across the animal kingdom. You place them all on the same level as us. And that's fine, for you. Don't tell me I MUST do the same, when they're not of my species.

Honestly, I think it comes down to the same thing that Jim Jefferies says is the only acceptable reason for not wanting gun control: "I like guns" I love the way meat tastes, I love the texture, I love the variation, I love the way that it satiates my appetite and provides fuel for my body, in addition to all the other foods I consume. I'm fully aware of where my food comes from, have butchered a couple of animals myself and accept that humans are omnivorous, predatory mammals that need adequate sources of protein to survive. I'm also comfortable with how I perceive different animals as food vs companion. But that doesn't mean I don't view those animals as sentient, feeling beings. I'm just comfortable with them being part of my diet because, well, they are. If I wasn't, they wouldn't be. I also fully back the attempts to synthesise meat, and absolutely believe that at some point in the future, meat replacements will be sufficiently advanced so that you cannot differentiate between a pukka fillet, and a synthesized one. I have reduced, but not ceased my meat consumption. But I have not gone for meat replacements as I find them excessively lacking in taste compared to the "real thing", or so prohibitively expensive that eating them isn't an option. In short: I like it, and it likes me. Will I get to a point in the future where I have a change of heart, and suddenly decide not to? Possibly. That point will likely be on the brink of the time described above. But it'll more likely be an incremental change, so that by the time that point comes, I've already transitioned over as I've found the experience acceptable as an absolute replacement.

Excellent!

Definitely not gonna do that to the XR.

Was trying to remember the model designation of the yam. Thanks! Also a belter.

100% agreed, CBlake. I'm not throwing my hands up in the air at all, but at the same time I am extremely budget conscious so the "better" choice isn't always a viable option. But. I do my bit, too. Recycle as much as I can, don't purchase a replacement for something I can fix, drive a 10yo TDI van that uses two thirds of the fuel my Audi used to, use the train when I can, walk when I can and shortly will have a 35yo Moto which will reduce consumption, too (by way of spending less actual time commuting, when I don't work from home: another saving) Geyser is off most of the time (takes 30 min to heat up to temp) and so on. So no, not throwing my hands up at all. I enjoy eating meat, but that doesn't mean I'm not conscious of what other things I do.

Love those bikes.

Yep. You're absolutely right. Definitely spectating, though. Gotta heckle!!!

I've had it for more than 2 weeks, now. A round of antis, as many meds as you can throw a stick at and some lovely bedrest. Thank **** the post nasal drip stopped on the weekend. Single worst part of flu / illness, for me.

Jeeeeeez, bro. Yeah.

Because of where the decision to cut out comes. Power gen: We can't decide which power to use unless we spend oodles on an off-the-grid setup. Pollution: All we can police are ourselves CO2 production: Same Gov't and industry are far more well poised to enact extreme change in these areas than we ourselves are, and the Kyoto protocol, Paris accord and the various other pieces of legislation that the Trumpasaurus is lowering his lance at are evidence of this. Sure, we can place pressure to change policy, but we can't change where our power / fuel etc comes from. We CAN change what type of food we purchase, if it's within the same budgetary constraints and of the same availability.