#musicbrainz

Hehe

your parent may be able to take a tax credit

aCiD2 lives in the UK.

So what does that mean - I don't have to donate? Or my donations don't get taxed?

Ya, I'm UK

aCiD2: pretty much the same in UK.

you can't take your donations off your income tax.

ruaok: in the UK you can't write off donations?

yllona: not sure, but you can't write off donations to US charities, that's for sure.

Tempted to do the $20, but I already have hosting to pay, and an eMusic subscription - so all my standing orders are stacking up xD

emusic. hehehehe.

It seeemed like a good idea... until I realised there's not really anything good on there

back in the day. shoveling money into the furnace.

ahhh the days.

ruaok: you can take a tax credit for charitable donations in the US

Think this month will be my last month :P

aCiD2: there is, you just need to look. :)

it just needs to be sspecific portion of your total income

I've gotten sooo much shit off emusic.

Sure... but I'd rather spend my money on breakbeat.co.uk :)

but free access for 2 years helped that a lot.

:o

:-)

see the top one.

ahhh

didn't know you got a nice freebie for that :)

yerp.

Ok, setup subscription - you should have it and my mail address from it

aCiD2: talk to your folks.. a "like or in kind" gift for your effort should be okay. otherwise fundraisers public radio stations (like NPR) wouldn't be possible :)

thanks aCiD2 !

np :)

for instance when i donate to NPR, i always receive a "gift"

should I send the ram to that addy?

Please :)

k

Any personal taste on the chocolate front?

the good stuff, please. :-)

some dark, some milk.

more off the beaten path the better.

no cadbury. no green & black (loves G&B, but had a lot of it)

ruoak: you tried the new "specialty" bars, with like 99% coco?

Hehe, I'll see what I can find, not much of a chocolate fan though :)

99???

yeah

99% is nuts

yep.

where?

i tried 70% once, and it was too much

they actually come with warning labels not to eat more than 2 or 3 pieces at a time

or 72, or something

surprisingly enough, Hersheys

booo!

Wow, I've really messed my ears up already :/ Just alternated between right and left channels on my headphones - left ear can't really hear any of the kick :/

Impeach GWB NOW!

once bush gets impeached, modbot will have something to say about hersheys

er, mbchatlogger

yeah, but these must come from somewhere other than the normal Hershey's plants - these are better than Gihardeli

wow.

what do they call it?

it's not that "special dark" stuff, is it?

BrianFreud & ruaok you can order "real chocolate" direct from hershey's in Pennsylvania

It's the high quality stash you have to get in the back alley.

no, not special dark - let me see if I can find it online...

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ok, just wondering, i had seen that around recently, but never looked at it

yeah, I'd seen some in west virginia, just starting to see them sold here in NY

there are a few specialty shops not far from where i live where there's all kinds of chocolate i've never heard of

starting at like $8/lb

er, bar

probably more like $25/lb

They started doing that here. All names I remember from when I was in Germany.

ruaok: if you'venever been to the hershey's plant in PA, check it out

ruaok: http://www.allchocolate.com/

ruaok: don't knock it until you've tried it.

They don't list some of the extreme concentration ones here, but they're in the same "product family" : http://www.hersheys.com/cacaoreserve/

that would be l ike saying that there are no good beer sin the US

I just distrust hershey's in general.

and don't like their product much either.

and I believe in voting with dollars.

grainy chocolate.

why? the stuff in the grocery is ffor shite, but they've always made a high grade of baker's chocolate :)

and they also distribute some very high-end designer chocolates: http://www.dagobachocolate.com/ is one

check this:

Candy giant buys Berkeley chocolatier Scharffen Berger

yes, hershey distributes Scharffen Berger, has done so for quite some time, the may even own SB as a subsidiary now.

that article's from 2005... wonder if that's where the new lines at hershey's are coming from

yllona: they do

yllona: this is why I boycott hershey's: http://contracostatimes.com/business/ci_5816816

yllona: or rather, nestle does

fucking evil bastards!

ruaok: like what i said earlier... what you'll boycott beer next? :P

yeah, that whole "chocolatey" bull@!#$...

yllona: I have.

I only buy microbrews.

most notably, I'm into Nectar ales, which is 30 miles away from my house.

ruaok: do you realize that many micro-brews are distributed by the majors?

not the ones from Paso Robles. :)

nectar is about to lose it's micro-brew status, it's determined by number of barrels produced

but yes, nectar is *very good*

i forget what the next level of designation is, but it allows for local brewing, with regional/national distribution.

teh micro-brew designation has absolutely *nothing* to do with recipe or craft

purely number of barrels produced

overall, i am watching very carefully where I spend my money these days.

hence a lot of it goes to TJs :)

hmm, hershey also does joseph schmidt confection :)

ruaok: i know a couple of the distributors for TJ's and it's definitely "big business".

and big business is not always bad.

and you can never really tell.

especially for produce. the same produce vendor for TJ's also supplies Vons/Ralphs/Safeway

but when you know some company is evil, avoid it.

I usually get veggies at the local farmers market.

apples from see canyon. :)

ruaok: we're lucky to be in SoCal, where local produce/poultry/beef/pork is easy enough to achieve year-round. not so easy in the reast of the country / world

agreed.

tom uch talk today...

speak of the devil.

that's why you have "seasonal" gardens, and thus recipes

o_O

what me?

I guess now I have two reasons to go to the post office.

see if the crack beats me to .no

:o

:D

you said something to/about me?

should I scroll up? to where?

catgroove: noone mentioned you :)

o_O

well hi both of you anyway

ruaok: can I talk with you for a sec in PM?

ya

mornin catgroove

Fixed your font problem, cause I'm nice like that :)

aCiD2: have you completed exams?

Got em in a few weeks

when is your school year over?