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[Broken_Erika]

Everybody knows that the bird is the word.

[BeBMan]

Turkey’s government has sent a letter to the United Nations formally requesting that it be referred to as Türkiye, the state-run news agency has reported.

Reason:

The move is seen as part of a push by Ankara to rebrand the country and dissociate it from the bird of the same name and negative connotations associated with it.

What's wrong with the bird?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/03/turkey-changes-name-to-turkiye-as-other-name-is-for-the-birds

[BeBMan]

[pchang]

CV59??? How old are you?

[BeBMan]

Cake ambush is still a thing:

A man disguised as an elderly woman in a wheelchair has thrown cake at the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting at the Louvre in Paris.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-61635822

False flag ops to give Hell's Grannies a bad name!

[My Wife Hates CIV]

when i was in the US Navy, CV59 was my home command... every 60 days or so at sea they had a 'steel beach day'. everyone got 2 movie stub like tickets. each good for a beer. i hate beer, ugh. i sold each of mine (1987 mind you) for $40 each. i also worked nights all those years, whatever that means rum (the captain) is it. i did party with a few (several) russian sailors. I did a few exchange deals. the language thing was the huddler... but that is overcome by booze and women. i will say this about the russian navy - they have the cleanest boats i have ever seen! BY FAR!

[N35t0r]

And there's a couple of supermarkets where you'll easily find a couple dozen brands of each, not considering craft beers.

[N35t0r]

Lager, Witbier, Kolsch, Dunkel, Altbier, Heller, Bock, Schwarzbier, Pills, Kellerbier, anda couple others are common in any supermarket

[SuperSneak]

So you just get a few standard lagers, pilsners, stouts, etc with an occasional Kolsch thrown in???

[N35t0r]

Growlers are neat. I haven't seen them around here in Germany, but the craft beer market is not as developed (granted, they have a metric ****ton of different beers, and I live in a small city, both things that might affect it).

Back in Argentina I had two different pubs within 300m of my house, so there was a lot of variety.

[SuperSneak]

Yeah, that's cool too. We were the first state to have a Bottle Bill, so even though we're full of trash ridden houseless dumps now, there are probably no refundable items among the feces, needles and bike parts.

[SlowwHand]

I think he's talking about exchange of empty for full, like propane.

[SuperSneak]

That's a great idea. As everyone knows we are a bunch of horrible, lazy *******s here. I love the idea of refilling from bulk dispensers. I try to buy a lot of bulk bin and honey, amino acids, etc. Mrs. Sneak is all about the growlers and Oregon is a beervana. There are so many easy solutions to wasteful consumption. Like any habit, once you've locked it in as your way of doing things, it's not that big of a deal. I saw recently that you can refill detergents and soaps etc in European grocery stores. Smart.

[N35t0r]

Hasn't anyone ever heard of a tap hit in Germany??? Far better for the environment and you could charge by the second or something.

At least here where I live people will regularly go to the supermarket (perhaps to the drinks-only supermarket) with their two crates of empty beer bottles and two crates of empty water bottles, and exchange them for new beer and bottled water.

[SuperSneak]

Hasn't anyone ever heard of a tap hit in Germany??? Far better for the environment and you could charge by the second or something.