Sarah Ramanauskas
@hundredgrapes.bsky.social
Works to prevent gambling harms / lives in Paris / likes wine, books and food.
And European mattress brands are even more expensive in North America. My Canadian mother-in-law was amazed to hear we’d bought a Hypnos mattress (from John Lewis of course). We paid about £1,500. Exactly the same mattress in Canada was about $10,000 - £5,500.
December 12, 2025 at 6:14 AM
And European mattress brands are even more expensive in North America. My Canadian mother-in-law was amazed to hear we’d bought a Hypnos mattress (from John Lewis of course). We paid about £1,500. Exactly the same mattress in Canada was about $10,000 - £5,500.
Zipcar isn’t car share. It (was) affordable, handy car or van hire at the end of the street for mostly city journeys.
December 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Zipcar isn’t car share. It (was) affordable, handy car or van hire at the end of the street for mostly city journeys.
Can’t import veggies to Canada; phytosanitary regs. We suggested to a friend with a farm that she could grow some if we could find suitable seed potatoes from somewhere, but her soggy soil on the Niagara escarpment isn’t favourable. (She mostly grows Angus cattle.)
November 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Can’t import veggies to Canada; phytosanitary regs. We suggested to a friend with a farm that she could grow some if we could find suitable seed potatoes from somewhere, but her soggy soil on the Niagara escarpment isn’t favourable. (She mostly grows Angus cattle.)
I have this problem in Canada as well when trying to make roasties for the in-laws. Potato varieties are ‘yellow’ or ‘white’ and hard to roast nicely. Steve even emailed the Canadian Potato Marketing Board to find if they knew of a floury type like Maris Piper. There isn’t one.
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I have this problem in Canada as well when trying to make roasties for the in-laws. Potato varieties are ‘yellow’ or ‘white’ and hard to roast nicely. Steve even emailed the Canadian Potato Marketing Board to find if they knew of a floury type like Maris Piper. There isn’t one.
Around 65% of UK adults gamble each year. From memory I think about half of these only play the Lottery. Regular gamblers, online and land based, are at about 20%. But latest figures reckon there are about 1.5 million adults suffering moderate to severe harm, and online slots are most harmful.
November 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Around 65% of UK adults gamble each year. From memory I think about half of these only play the Lottery. Regular gamblers, online and land based, are at about 20%. But latest figures reckon there are about 1.5 million adults suffering moderate to severe harm, and online slots are most harmful.
Thank you for introducing me to this! I solved today's Clues in 9 minutes.
November 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Thank you for introducing me to this! I solved today's Clues in 9 minutes.
Reposted by Sarah Ramanauskas
We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
Already planning a trip! How could we resist "one of the few restaurants I have eaten at recently where the by-the-glass wine list was longer than the menu"? 😀
November 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Already planning a trip! How could we resist "one of the few restaurants I have eaten at recently where the by-the-glass wine list was longer than the menu"? 😀
Oh, and a day later than they originally said they would deliver. Gah.
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Oh, and a day later than they originally said they would deliver. Gah.
Hello! Does the new project include vines in trees again? 😄
November 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Hello! Does the new project include vines in trees again? 😄
Ah - Wikipedia reckons the Albert Hall line comes from a second, British verse: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_...
Hitler Has Only Got One Ball - Wikipedia
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November 13, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Ah - Wikipedia reckons the Albert Hall line comes from a second, British verse: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_...
Not sure how I learned it, probably from Dad via my mother (running the bombes at Bletchley) who used to go to dances with US soldiers. I think the Albert Hall line might have been the English version?
November 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Not sure how I learned it, probably from Dad via my mother (running the bombes at Bletchley) who used to go to dances with US soldiers. I think the Albert Hall line might have been the English version?
Sung (vivace) to tune of Colonel Bogey March:
"Hitler has only got one ball.
Goering has two but very small
Himmler is rather simmler
But poor old Goebbels has no balls at all!"
"Hitler has only got one ball.
Goering has two but very small
Himmler is rather simmler
But poor old Goebbels has no balls at all!"
November 13, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Sung (vivace) to tune of Colonel Bogey March:
"Hitler has only got one ball.
Goering has two but very small
Himmler is rather simmler
But poor old Goebbels has no balls at all!"
"Hitler has only got one ball.
Goering has two but very small
Himmler is rather simmler
But poor old Goebbels has no balls at all!"
I found it online! www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5Ra... It's thought-provoking for sure, especially watching it now in Paris, amongst a different set of tribes.
Grayson Perry - All In The Best Possible Taste -- Middle Class Taste [2012]
YouTube video by diaxroniko
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November 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I found it online! www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5Ra... It's thought-provoking for sure, especially watching it now in Paris, amongst a different set of tribes.
I can't tell you how much I wish this wasn't true. 'Please gamble responsibly' is such a useless message. Thank you for summing it up so neatly. I am going to pass it on to various operators I work with.
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I can't tell you how much I wish this wasn't true. 'Please gamble responsibly' is such a useless message. Thank you for summing it up so neatly. I am going to pass it on to various operators I work with.
Oh that sounds excellent, but I didn't see it. Does not having a TV also put me in the snobbier category? 😄
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Oh that sounds excellent, but I didn't see it. Does not having a TV also put me in the snobbier category? 😄
I am looking forward to reading this (which I'm sure you already know about) www.foyles.co.uk/book/enshitt...
www.foyles.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I am looking forward to reading this (which I'm sure you already know about) www.foyles.co.uk/book/enshitt...
Someone sent me the ‘trench coat’ pic. As he’s not very tall, perhaps it’s just a very big blazer? 😊
October 31, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Someone sent me the ‘trench coat’ pic. As he’s not very tall, perhaps it’s just a very big blazer? 😊
You’re right! I didn’t realise he’s also got Napoleon syndrome. Here’s Jacques-Louis David’s painting of Bonaparte crossing the Alps. If it was truly to scale, Napoleon would have been about 7’ 2” 😊
October 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
You’re right! I didn’t realise he’s also got Napoleon syndrome. Here’s Jacques-Louis David’s painting of Bonaparte crossing the Alps. If it was truly to scale, Napoleon would have been about 7’ 2” 😊