Bill Lyon

Cider gadfly and investor in several apple, tech, & cider ventures.I write about cider on my blog. Also on Instagram with username cidersnob.

[Bill Lyon @blyon3]

Some apple & cider inspired gift ideas - mostly using some images edited from the USDA Pomological Watercolors Collection. Check them out on Etsy here: https://t.co/eGygYNnQrR

[Bill Lyon @blyon3]

@AskCapitalOne I've been getting a message "Unable to load incoming Zelle requests" for a few days now on the Capital One app. What's the issue?

[Bill Lyon @blyon3]

I haven’t been very active on twitter for several years now … perhaps I’ll get going again on Threads. You can find me there (and on Instagram) as user cidersnob.

[Bill Lyon @blyon3]

@ProjectLincoln I’m leaning towards the classics: “To Kill A Looney-Bird” or perhaps “100 Years of Ineptitude”

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@beerbabe Grilled cheese sandwiches - cheese & thinly sliced apple between 2 slices of very lightly buttered or oiled bread comes out great!

[Adam's Apples @adapples]

.@ApplesandPeople has outdone itself with this story.

An exceptional report in an exceptional series. #apples #history #cider
https://t.co/2QIiQS90mu

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@stevenstrogatz Heh, nice ending - followup questions: what percentage of the commenters on this tweet are a) men, and b) didn't read the article? Very informative post, thanks!

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@GreatDismal @Buffalo_Theory Huh, I thought he was dead.

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@aka_pugs My first reaction was that I thought the Cray 1 was larger. My second thought was that I thought you were larger too!

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#vote #elections2022 #apples

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@PascalGauvin1 above reply meant for you, but I didn’t reply right…

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50 Apples in 50 seconds for #NationalAppleDay. Some of my favs edited from the USDA Pomological Watercolors Collection. #apples #usdapomologicalcollection

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Same in the US — typically only5-10 of the same popular mass market varieties in shops (and 10 is in-season.) Farmstands, farm markets, & small local orchards are the best bet for old and interesting varieties. Ask local cider makers for tips too.

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@jameshannah One Samurai,
Knife Out,
The Grape of Wrath

[Bill Lyon @blyon3]

@Santa__Maria @erikaflora Ha, no - but it seems like a good strategy!

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@aka_pugs Some comments. 1) Quite the grimace on you! 2) Bob looks about the same. 3) Where's Jim? 4) What am I wearing and why won't they let me go pee?

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My brother @aka_pugs wrote this thread about our Dad on what would've been his 100th birthday today. Thanks, Tom. Reminds me of how proud I am to be William L Lyon III.

[𝙏𝙤𝙢 𝙇𝙮𝙤𝙣 ⛔ → @[email protected] @aka_pugs]

1/ Today would've been the 100th birthday of William L. Lyon, Jr. - my dear father, Lyon family patriarch, inveterate tinkerer, lover of math & science tricks & puzzles, and a kind, humble, and generous man/nerd. And he kept the lights on for the City of El Paso. 🧵

[Bill Lyon @blyon3]

@aka_pugs @IEEEorg @sciam It wasn't my soap bubble photos, it was my 8th-grade science project about projecting and photographing moiré patterns. October 1973 edition! The Amateur Scientist staff at @sciam largely rewrote the text to improve on my 8th grade report. Lots of "help" from Daddy, of course!

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@DarleyMark @TreasuryDirect @Fidelity @Chase @WellsFargo I think in my case it might’ve been because I’m in the middle of some moves and my physical address could not be verified. Or maybe that IP issue since I often use a VPN. Fidelity&Chase “know” me well but WF is the one that guaranteed my ID. Go figure.

[Bill Lyon @blyon3]

I want to buy some I-bonds, which requires a @TreasuryDirect account. TreasuryDirect wants me to verify my id/sig on a Form FS 5444 guaranteed by a financial institution. @Fidelity and @Chase refused, but luckily @WellsFargo , where I am not a customer, helped me out.

[Bill Lyon @blyon3]

@SomeOtherDonald “All right, brain. You don’t like me and I don’t like you, but let’s just do this and I can get back to killing you with cider.”

Wordle 320 5/6*

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