Posted on 02/11/2024 6:30:27 AM PST by vespa300
I’m making a blueberry pie. Just cause I wanted a blueberry pie. And now seems good.
How is that worth $2.5 million? Because someone will pay that much for it?
“The suite is THE best place to watch a game.”
They probably watch it on a big screen TV, like us peons, because suites are normally at nose bleed heights where players look the size of ants.
I lost a j9b once because the owner of a resteraunt told me that if I was hungry to get whatever I wanted for food if he wasn’t around during lunch. So I saw “a roast” once and cut off a slice, began to eat it, and thought “yuck- this stuff is way too mushy”
I had grown up eating tough cuts of steak (we grew up poor, on a farm out in the country- good cuts of meat were foreign to us) and had never even heard about prime rib- I tried to explain to the irate owner that I had no idea that the roast was that expensive (I ruined 2 cuts apparently) and that I’d be happy to have h8m take my paycheck until it was paid off
He didn’t beleive me about not knowing what prime rib was- but I honestly had no idea, and didn’t even like it- thought it was too mushy and too fatty.
. I asked him why he told me to get what I wanted for lunch, and asked if I was a thief then why did I offer to go without a paycheck to pay off my mistake? Long story short- he wasn’t interested in an explanation and fired me, accusing me of theft.
That was a hard lesson- always ask first even if they tell you to get what you want for lunch- wish I had it to do over-
There are indeed two Americas.
Biden’s America is doing fine, the rest of us, not so much.
Yeah, but it still has to be way up there. Outside of the tower of shrimp cocktail, the wagyu tenderloin, and the ambience, it sounds like with the local blue-collar neighborhood tavern is offering.
Cincinnati chili here.😀
Yeah, but it still has to be way up there. Outside of the tower of shrimp cocktail, the wagyu tenderloin, and the ambience, it sounds like with the local blue-collar neighborhood tavern is offering.
The intimate details of Taylor Swift’s body functioning that citizens of the world can’t live without: what she ate for breakfast, what she’s going to consume during the Superbowl, which brand of toilet paper she used….lovely, lovely news…
Ew. Lobster quesadilla.
Why does everything have to be ruined with Mexican garbage?
Glad they’re not doing it with my crabs.
I swear THAT is the cultural conspiracy - everything has to be Mexican.
I don’t get the chicken and waffles thing, either.
It was not all over until maybe 10 years ago.
No thanks. Certainly not as breakfast.
She’s just another autotuned gyrating 304 who makes seemingly endless bad choices in men.
I'll have the quesadilla.
It is morally superior to shoot rioters - they started it, and they are inciting and creating violence everywhere.
Problem is, if Trump said that, he never carried it out. Ever, that whole summer and then some.
…or something like that.
WIKI
Construction was funded by the opulent spoils taken from the Jewish Temple after the First Jewish–Roman War in 70 AD led to the Siege of Jerusalem. According to a reconstructed inscription found on the site, “the emperor Vespasian ordered this new amphitheatre to be erected from his general’s share of the booty.”
...over 9,000 wild animals were killed during the inaugural games of the amphitheatre.
Honorius banned the practice of gladiator fights in 399 and again in 404. Gladiatorial fights are last mentioned around 435.
By the late 6th century a small chapel had been built into the structure of the amphitheater, though this apparently did not confer any particular religious significance on the building as a whole. The arena was converted into a cemetery. The numerous vaulted spaces in the arcades under the seating were converted into housing and workshops, and are recorded as still being rented out as late as the 12th century. Around 1200 the Frangipani family took over the Colosseum and fortified it, apparently using it as a castle. In the early to mid 14th century, the Pope’s relocation to Avignon caused a population decline in Rome that left the region insecure. The colosseum was largely abandoned by the public and became a popular den for bandits.
The interior of the amphitheater was extensively stripped of stone, which was reused elsewhere, or (in the case of the marble façade) was burned to make quicklime. The iron clamps which held the stonework together were pried or hacked out of the walls, leaving numerous pockmarks which still scar the building today.
According to the Codex-Calendar of 354, the Colosseum could accommodate 87,000 people, although modern estimates put the figure at around 50,000. They were seated in a tiered arrangement that reflected the rigidly stratified nature of Roman society. Special boxes were provided at the north and south ends respectively for the Emperor and the Vestal Virgins, providing the best views of the arena. Flanking them at the same level was a broad platform or podium for the senatorial class, who were allowed to bring their own chairs. The names of some 5th century senators can still be seen carved into the stonework, presumably reserving areas for their use.
The tier above the senators, known as the maenianum primum, was occupied by the non-senatorial noble class or knights (equites). The next level up, the maenianum secundum, was originally reserved for ordinary Roman citizens (plebeians) and was divided into two sections. The lower part (the immum) was for wealthy citizens, while the upper part (the summum) was for poor citizens. Specific sectors were provided for other social groups: for instance, boys with their tutors, soldiers on leave, foreign dignitaries, scribes, heralds, priests and so on. Stone (and later marble) seating was provided for the citizens and nobles, who presumably would have brought their own cushions with them. Inscriptions identified the areas reserved for specific groups.
Another level, the maenianum secundum in legneis, was added at the very top of the building during the reign of Domitian. This comprised a gallery for the common poor, slaves and women. It would have been either standing room only, or would have had very steep wooden benches. Some groups were banned altogether from the Colosseum, notably gravediggers, actors and former gladiators.
The Colosseum was used to host gladiatorial shows as well as a variety of other events. The shows, called munera, were always given by private individuals rather than the state. They had a strong religious element but were also demonstrations of power and family prestige and were immensely popular. Another major attraction was the animal hunt, or venatio. This utilized a great variety of wild beasts, mainly imported from Africa and the Middle East, and included creatures such as rhinoceros, hippopotamuses, elephants, giraffes, aurochs, wisents, Barbary lions, panthers, leopards, bears, Caspian tigers, crocodiles and ostriches. Battles and hunts were often staged amid elaborate sets with movable trees and buildings. These events could be huge in scale; Trajan is said to have celebrated his victories in Dacia in 107 with contests involving 11,000 animals and 10,000 gladiators over the course of 123 days. During lunch intervals, executions ad bestias would be staged. Those condemned to death would be sent into the arena, naked and unarmed, to face the beasts of death which would literally tear them to pieces. Acrobats and magicians would also perform, usually during the intervals.
The Colosseum is generally regarded by Christians as a site of the martyrdom of large numbers of believers during the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire, as evidenced by Church history and tradition. On the other hand, other scholars believe that the majority of martyrdoms may have occurred at other venues within the city of Rome, rather than at the Colosseum, citing a lack of still-intact physical evidence or historical records. These scholars assert that “some Christians were executed as common criminals in the Colosseum—their crime being refusal to reverence the Roman gods”, but most Christian martyrs of the early Church were executed for their faith at the Circus Maximus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseum
Quesadillas aren’t really Mexican. It’s just cheese an stuff on a thin flour disk. You can call them cheese crisps if you want.
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