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God this comment makes me feel old...

Realistically, it's complicated. I work remotely for a small company based out of California. The owners are awesome, reasonable, and fair. Their goal in running the company is to create good jobs for their employees and a good service for their customers. I've worked for them for 3.5yrs now and genuinely cannot imagine a better situation for myself short of being independently wealthy. I'm also the only person at my job that does what I do, so if I don't work, I'm bringing real stress to the company, not to mention not being paid myself. Neither of those prospects are palatable. I've worked crappy corpo jobs in the past and wouldn't have batted an eye at causing them some grief, but when you have an employer as great as mine, it's a lot harder to realistically consider harming them.

I'm sure there is a point at which I would make the choice, and it's something I think about regularly, but it's more complicated for me than missing paychecks or even being fired from a mediocre job. If you'd told me 20 years ago to describe my dream work situation, it would basically be what I have now. Throwing that away is a tough prospect.

Oh man I loved Dragonheart as a kid! I haven't seen it in ages! Guess I know what I'm watching tonight!

I don't currently have one, because we ate the first loaf and the 2nd is in the freezer. It'll come out this week and when we cut into it I'll reply with the pic! Next time I'll know to have the crumb pic ready to go lol

Aha! See! New to all this. I don't have a crumb shot currently as the 2nd loaf is in the freezer and the first is nommed, but when we pull out the loaf this week and cut into it I'll get one!

As for recipe, I followed this to the letter! I'm still learning what things should look, and feel like for sourdough so trying to not deviate from recipes until I have a better eye for things, ya know?

Your English is fantastic and you have no reason to apologize! I should apologize for assuming you were from the USA and not even bothering to state that my comments were. So sorry for that and the confusion caused! Sounds like both of our countries have confusing chicken standards though!

Gonna spend some time in the kitchen today. Tomorrow I'm making a homemade version of Flying Saucer's Bratzels for dinner, so today I'll be making the pretzel dough and freezing it so I can bake them tomorrow. I also have 4 bananas going brown so those need to become banana bread. Lastly, I've been saying I'll make tiramisu for two weeks, so I think it's probably time I get it made.

Other than that, I will probably play with my dog and take a nap. It's a cold and cloudy Saturday here so we're gonna enjoy the cozy time.

The terminology on the various bird conditions is frustrating and confusing. Cage free can effectively be exactly what you described - entirely indoors, crammed in and miserable, but not in cages. Free Range birds must have "access to the outdoors" but that can be as small as a hole they can stick their head out of but not go through. It's honestly ridiculous.

If you buy grocery store eggs, I would recommend looking for the Certified Humane stamp on eggs and other farm products and meats. While the conditions they require are still far from idyllic, they are better than the general standards most livestock exist in. For chickens, pasture raised certified humane is a good option as birds must be let fully outside into the pasture, must have a minimum of 10 square meters per bird when out there, and must be allowed out for a minimum of 6 hours per day. At least in these conditions, they can reasonably be birds and touch grass. There are a lot of other requirements as well, including perches and dust baths. Ideally if you can afford the extra couple of dollars, these are good companies to support. (There are also other 3rd party companies that certify pasture raised eggs, the Certified Humane one is just most common in my area).

Back many moons ago when I smoked I preferred unfiltered Lucky Strikes. I generally put them in ash trays anywhere I could find one, but if one wasn't available in the vicinity I had no qualms with dropping it and giving it a smash and twist with my shoe to put it out and effectively destroy it. One rain, or even just a good fog, and it no longer existed. I agree I think this habit was continued when filters came into fashion and it's just not equivalent at all.

Oh I definitely wasn't throwing shade at you! I love that your little buddy is all bundled up! I just hate the sentiment in general of people being snarky over dogs in clothes or shoes. Just had to get the rant out of my system is all!

Edit: dog tax