The best part of 4th of July weekend is def ESPN the Ocho. Currently watching the Slippery Stairs Championship which is the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen. Announcer: “it’s humid today that may be a factor”…I’m thinking the oil on the stairs is the only factor.
Before this it was the Wiffle Ball League All Star game. Announcer after one dude hit a solo HR: “that is how legends are made”….doh’kay
This Omegaball is pretty cool. It’s soccer on a round field with 3 teams.
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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I removed my birthdate from my Facebook profile before my birthday last year to see how many people would post on my birthday knowing the date from memory. I had exactly zero last year and also the same this year. I found it so annoying that the few people that I'm "friends" with on Facebook would wish me a happy birthday each year.
Now without Facebook prompting them to wish me a happy birthday they don't. It's very nice.
I am theofficial Iowa Hawkeye football fan of GPL!
That was hilarious. It almost got me going just looking at it. I have a bad gag reflex. I wouldn't have been in there for the opening of the can.
When I was at the U and I was working in the research labs, I would occasionally have to eat dinner at Smith Hall. They had a break room and for some reason every damn day someone would heat up there seafood leftovers in the microwave and I would have to leave. I can't take that smell. I eventually stopped using that break room. I found another one in the tunnel under Walter Library and I would walk down there rather than smell the microwaved seafood.
I had a somewhat similar reaction the first time I opened a jar of Vegemite, although it wasn't quite that extreme. The 2nd time however...
A woman from Australia gifted me a jar when I was working in Bahrain. I said thanks with every intention to bring it home and put it on some bread. I opened it up in my car on the ride home after work, smelled it, thought to myself "hello no!", put the lid back on and threw it into the backseat of my car.
About 2 weeks later I found it and brought it into my house forgetting the fact it had been sitting in the back of a car that regularly sat in temps of >100F for hours on end. When I cracked it open again I just about s**t myself. I put into into a plastic bag, shut it tight and brought it to the garbage chute straight away.
Buying new tools... bought a Husky 18g nailer, 18g stapler and and a 16g nailer. Now it's time to save up for a smoker or a turkey fryer... or both... lol!!!
For those who have a smoker... electric or propane? I have read up on both and the pros and cons of both...
Electric...then you do not struggle with maintaining temperature. I would put smokers like Traeger and Green Mountain into the "electric" category.
I'm looking at a Masterbuilt either way (electric or propane). I'm a Home Depot faithful... so it's Milwaukee power tools, Husky hand tools and I also like Ridgid. And they carry Masterbuilt.
I'm looking at a Masterbuilt either way (electric or propane
Gotcha...both of the smokers I've had have been Masterbuilt. I liked my electric one better but it got ruined in a rainstorm when the cover got sucked up off of it and water got into the control panel. I bought a propane to alleviate that issue but temperature control is an issue when using wood chips. I've since bought a pellet tube that I fill with smoker pellets and set that on the wood chip plate and it doesn't flare up like putting wood chips on there. I know you are supposed to soak your wood chips so they don't flare up but I always forget.
My vote would be electric and then keep it out of the elements if you can. Anyway, that is my two cents.
I am theofficial Iowa Hawkeye football fan of GPL!
That was hilarious. It almost got me going just looking at it. I have a bad gag reflex. I wouldn't have been in there for the opening of the can.
When I was at the U and I was working in the research labs, I would occasionally have to eat dinner at Smith Hall. They had a break room and for some reason every damn day someone would heat up there seafood leftovers in the microwave and I would have to leave. I can't take that smell. I eventually stopped using that break room. I found another one in the tunnel under Walter Library and I would walk down there rather than smell the microwaved seafood.
we have a coworker that routinely cooks fish even thought we’ve politely requested not to. Isn’t that just basic workplace etiquette?!
I understand the ease of an electric smoker but I just enjoy the process and putziness of the real thing. It works equally well as a grill, too.
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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When I moved here I never planned to stay this long, so at one point I bought a 42" barrel for the purpose of grilling. Once I was here longer I knew I wanted to get back into smoking and thought about how I could use the same device for that. No box or attachments.
Through trial and error what I figured out is that when I want to smoke I use wood charcoal plus whatever chips on one side and the meat on the other. It requires a bit of work but only that when I make the 2-3 hour turn I also rotate the protein closest to the heat with the protein furthest away. I have wifi probes for both the grill and whatever I'm cooking.
Works alright for me. Rotisserie pig etc is a huge bit here but I never pulled the trigger on a home device for that.
When I moved here I never planned to stay this long, so at one point I bought a 42" barrel for the purpose of grilling. Once I was here longer I knew I wanted to get back into smoking and thought about how I could use the same device for that. No box or attachments.
Through trial and error what I figured out is that when I want to smoke I use wood charcoal plus whatever chips on one side and the meat on the other. It requires a bit of work but only that when I make the 2-3 hour turn I also rotate the protein closest to the heat with the protein furthest away. I have wifi probes for both the grill and whatever I'm cooking.
Works alright for me. Rotisserie pig etc is a huge bit here but I never pulled the trigger on a home device for that.
I have an offset charcoal/wood smoker. It's more work than a set it and forget it electric pellet smoker, but I am told the smoke is much more impregnated. I think if I had an electric pellet smoker I would use it more often. But I do enjoy the process of smoking meat using coal + wood chunks.
While doing some farm work today, I heard a commercial for Gopher Hockey on the station I was listening to. Hearing Wally call a goal in the promo brought a smile to my face. T minus 89 days....
I was recently informed by a GPLer that I'm related to Airey
Montana 200 between Glendive, Mt. and Circle, Mt. 49 miles and nearly 24 miles of grain cars sitting on the train tracks along the 200 waiting for harvest.
A good ol' parade. Hopkins Raspberry Days ended today with a nice 2 hour parade. 1pm-3pm, and there were people lining up their chairs on Main St at 10:30 in the morning. Yeah. (I was there for my usual Sunday brunch).
Even though it's a very close suburb of a main city, there was a lot of "hey Sue!" "hey John" etc. Very small-town feel. It's why I love the area. Very neighborly.
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
A good ol' parade. Hopkins Raspberry Days ended today with a nice 2 hour parade. 1pm-3pm, and there were people lining up their chairs on Main St at 10:30 in the morning. Yeah. (I was there for my usual Sunday brunch).
Even though it's a very close suburb of a main city, there was a lot of "hey Sue!" "hey John" etc. Very small-town feel. It's why I love the area. Very neighborly.
Are you saying you heard the North Dakota mating call?
A good ol' parade. Hopkins Raspberry Days ended today with a nice 2 hour parade. 1pm-3pm, and there were people lining up their chairs on Main St at 10:30 in the morning. Yeah. (I was there for my usual Sunday brunch).
Even though it's a very close suburb of a main city, there was a lot of "hey Sue!" "hey John" etc. Very small-town feel. It's why I love the area. Very neighborly.
Are you saying you heard the North Dakota mating call?
I did not hear "Hey, can I use your outhouse?"
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
A good ol' parade. Hopkins Raspberry Days ended today with a nice 2 hour parade. 1pm-3pm, and there were people lining up their chairs on Main St at 10:30 in the morning. Yeah. (I was there for my usual Sunday brunch).
Even though it's a very close suburb of a main city, there was a lot of "hey Sue!" "hey John" etc. Very small-town feel. It's why I love the area. Very neighborly.
Are you saying you heard the North Dakota mating call?
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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And no Eddie Haskell to be found? The original jerk!
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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And no Eddie Haskell to be found? The original jerk!
looking at the nominees, except for a couple of cartoon characters, no one is earlier then the 70s. ?. That just shows you the target audience, you’re too old.
When people tell me I’ll regret not having kids, I say that’s okay I know a really good place to cry. It’s my vacation home.
And no Eddie Haskell to be found? The original jerk!
I have no idea how many folks on here ever watched "The Big Bang Theory", but the character of Sheldon Cooper was a HUGE jerk. Regarding Eddie Haskell (and Ken Osmond was AWESOME, by the way), my son had a friend growing up who we called "Eddie Haskell". Just like him; "My Mrs. Jacobs, that's a lovely dress you're wearing. And Mr. Jacobs, that's a fantastic Gopher jersey you have on". ? ? ?
