OT - What are you doing right now?

Eoin

JohnInCarolina said:

Just got a Facebook friend request from Anitha here:



Who looks like this:



She has no current friends, so I’d be her first.  This all seems like it’s on the up and up, right?

Totally legit, go for it.

Botch

Sea2Ski said:
@botch Alpine white is one of the three “free” colors that you can get (red and black are the others).  Any other color you have to pay for.

Ah, that makes sense.  I would much prefer red, or even black to white.
 
Eoin/Nola, I'm 6'5" and couldn't even get my 13 1/2 shoe into an Elise; I do fit, snugly, in a Boxter, and into a Jag F-type (which is pure sex on wheels).  There are about 3 M4/M3 convertibles available locally, the $70K one is a bit out of my price range.
I'm really okay with a "hairdresser" car, the convertible feature is what's important to me, and mine's open more than its closed (I've reupholstered the seats in my '01 9-3, but it still has the original top).  I got my "speed" itch scratched with my Yamaha FZ-6, 0-60 mph in 3.4 seconds (all in 1st gear!), very few cars can match that.  
My Saab's seat belt is fixed, so hopefully She'll keep running a few more years; good performance, convertible, and fits us big apes.  

Eoin

Botch said:

Sea2Ski said:
@botch Alpine white is one of the three “free” colors that you can get (red and black are the others).  Any other color you have to pay for.

Ah, that makes sense.  I would much prefer red, or even black to white.
 
Eoin/Nola, I'm 6'5" and couldn't even get my 13 1/2 shoe into an Elise; I do fit, snugly, in a Boxter, and into a Jag F-type (which is pure sex on wheels).  There are about 3 M4/M3 convertibles available locally, the $70K one is a bit out of my price range.
I'm really okay with a "hairdresser" car, the convertible feature is what's important to me, and mine's open more than its closed (I've reupholstered the seats in my '01 9-3, but it still has the original top).  I got my "speed" itch scratched with my Yamaha FZ-6, 0-60 mph in 3.4 seconds (all in 1st gear!), very few cars can match that.  
My Saab's seat belt is fixed, so hopefully She'll keep running a few more years; good performance, convertible, and fits us big apes.  

I'm 6'4", the Elise worked fine and I could have bought a bit more room with some modifications. Big feet might be a problem, I had some really narrow puma shoes to drive the Elise, normal shoes with an overhanging sole meant hitting 2 pedals instead of 1.

In base trim, it's not a fast car, not many are if you are used to bikes, but it's a whole lot of fun.

theyolksonyou

Steak and egg salad

The_Stache

Round 2 Tomato pie...

Still need to drain the tomatoes a bit longer and make myself wait for the pie to cool...

Botch

Eoin said:
I'm 6'4", the Elise worked fine and I could have bought a bit more room with some modifications. Big feet might be a problem, I had some really narrow puma shoes to drive the Elise, normal shoes with an overhanging sole meant hitting 2 pedals instead of 1.

In base trim, it's not a fast car, not many are if you are used to bikes, but it's a whole lot of fun.

How was the reliability on your Elise?  My buddy back in Albuquerque had an Alfa Spider, which was a gorgeous, fun car but I was always the guy driving him to/from the shop to pick it up!  
 
EDIT: And I just realized, after watching the M2 video above, I'll probably have to learn how to drive all over again.  My first two cars were RWD but not powerful enough to "throttle-steer"; my FWD Saabs "torque-steered" (ie bounced all over the place) if I laid into the throttle too much, and otherwise just comfortably understeered.  Hmmm.  

Eoin

Botch said:

Eoin said:
I'm 6'4", the Elise worked fine and I could have bought a bit more room with some modifications. Big feet might be a problem, I had some really narrow puma shoes to drive the Elise, normal shoes with an overhanging sole meant hitting 2 pedals instead of 1.

In base trim, it's not a fast car, not many are if you are used to bikes, but it's a whole lot of fun.

How was the reliability on your Elise?  My buddy back in Albuquerque had an Alfa Spider, which was a gorgeous, fun car but I was always the gudriving him to/from the shop to pick it up!  
 
EDIT: And I just realized, after watching the M2 video above, I'll probably have to learn how to drive all over again.  My first two cars were RWD but not powerful enough to "throttle-steer"; my FWD Saabs "torque-steered" (ie bounced all over the place) if I laid into the throttle too much, and otherwise just comfortably understeered.  Hmmm.  

I ran it for 4 years almost every day, over 30k miles. Toyota engine / gearbox so it was reliable, only let me down once when water got into the air temperature sensor. They are simple cars, easy to home maintain as well.

WeberWho

Playing around with some ribs and drinking beer. 

Cashfan

The_Stache said:

Round 2 Tomato pie...

Still need to drain the tomatoes a bit longer and make myself wait for the pie to cool...

Good Job!
Was talking to a guy the other day who was raving about tomato pie he had in the south somewhere, he said it was awesome.

Now I'm interested in making this, and I'm not much into tomatoes.

thetrim

WeberWho said:

Playing around with some ribs and drinking beer. 

What is going on @WeberWho?  Where in the world is WeberWho?

milesvdustin

Shooting bottle rockets off with my 4 year old. Also cooking ribs and wangs 

Botch

I've been lusting after some of the skirt steak/chimichurree posts here, finally tried my own:
 
 
 
White rice, sauteed mushrooms and mealy market tomato to round it out.  I need to dig on this forum and find a better Chimi recipe, mine was a paste and overpowered the steak.  
 
And, get this!  I was just finishing the meal and there was a knock on the door.  It was my new plumber's wife, and she gave me a homemade cheesecake with strawberries!  I guess they do that for every new customer; I'm too full right now for dessert but later this afternoon....  

blasting

Botch said:

I've been lusting after some of the skirt steak/chimichurree posts here, finally tried my own:
 
 
 
\there was a knock on the door.  It was my new plumber's wife, and she gave me a homemade cheesecake with strawberries!  I guess they do that for every new customer

Looks great @botch.  Great meal, and great choice in vintage plates.

I do wonder if you're overpaying you plumber if they are delivering deserts to you...

Botch

I don't think so.  Two of them here for about an hour, and after they fixed my water heater, told me none of the pipe joints were showing any buildup and the heater (10 years old) should be good for a long time.  $260.  
They're new and are just trying something to succeed in business, I'm good with that.  

lousubcap

@Botch - how's the car search going??  I'm sure you can find the right solution in short order.
BTW- great plate of groceries.  Consider yourself lucky in the plumber department- last week I got bent over for 4 numbers to the left of the decimal point to get my backwoods sewage (grinder pump operation) back in commission.  Didn't even get a thanks or free shares of Vaseline stock.   

johnnyp

Been at work all dang day.  Ready to head home

DoubleEgger

I got all kinds of stuff going on over here. Stay tuned. 

milesvdustin

Just smashed through the wings. Ribs about to hit the foil with some brown sugar, parkay, and honey 

blasting

Botch said:

I don't think so.  Two of them here for about an hour, and after they fixed my water heater, told me none of the pipe joints were showing any buildup and the heater (10 years old) should be good for a long time.  $260.  
They're new and are just trying something to succeed in business, I'm good with that.  

Na, I was just kidding @Botch .  It's actually impressive they would approach the plumbing biz with some old school customer appreciation.  I'm sure you'll never use anyone else - the cheesecake memory will stick.

Cashfan

Pretty sure I'm addicted to smashburgers on the blackstone.

Cashfan

Botch said:

Sea2Ski said:
@botch Alpine white is one of the three “free” colors that you can get (red and black are the others).  Any other color you have to pay for.

Ah, that makes sense.  I would much prefer red, or even black to white.
 
Eoin/Nola, I'm 6'5" and couldn't even get my 13 1/2 shoe into an Elise; I do fit, snugly, in a Boxter, and into a Jag F-type (which is pure sex on wheels).  There are about 3 M4/M3 convertibles available locally, the $70K one is a bit out of my price range.
I'm really okay with a "hairdresser" car, the convertible feature is what's important to me, and mine's open more than its closed (I've reupholstered the seats in my '01 9-3, but it still has the original top).  I got my "speed" itch scratched with my Yamaha FZ-6, 0-60 mph in 3.4 seconds (all in 1st gear!), very few cars can match that.  
My Saab's seat belt is fixed, so hopefully She'll keep running a few more years; good performance, convertible, and fits us big apes.  

Glad to hear the Saab is on the road again. 

I had a Saab for couple months once. Don't remember what model or year, it was older with a lot of miles, but I really liked that car. The ride was outstanding, and having a 5 speed was pretty fun. The thing died on my way home from work one day; just killed like I shut the key off. Had it towed home and the motor was seized up. We never tore it apart to find out why.

I still miss that car.

Spence2swim

Drinking a beer and waiting for the base of my new egg home to cure...patiently, but not really...

pgprescott

Spence2swim said:

Drinking a beer and waiting for the base of my new egg home to cure...patiently, but not really...

Looks familiar to me. Enjoy!

Acn

Just got home from vacation, opened a bottle of wine and ordered delivery.

Battleborn

Getting ready to go over to my SIL's house to get in the pool... it's only 107 outside hopefully the pool isn't too cold. 

Lit

Started a double batch of bread around noon. About to separate and fold and fire up the egg for the final ride.

Jeremiah

So my wife’s POS Jeep ate a lifter and cam. Little brother fixed it, so we had him and his better half for steaks. She likes them ruined, he wants brown and my better wishes for no salt. Eff me. My steak at least was good as was the potatoes and boxed wine. 

DMW

Bug-A-Salt with laser sight arrived today


This thing has been heaps of fun already. I ordered one from Amazon at first last Sunday, and then noticed I could get one direct from Bug-A-Salt with the laser sight on sale for only $8 more. So I canceled the Amazon order and ordered the combo from Bug-A-Salt. However, it was too late and Amazon already processed the order. I haven't returned the Amazon one, was waiting for this one to arrive.

Lit

DMW said:

Bug-A-Salt with laser sight arrived today


This thing has been heaps of fun already. I ordered one from Amazon at first last Sunday, and then noticed I could get one direct from Bug-A-Salt with the laser sight on sale for only $8 more. So I canceled the Amazon order and ordered the combo from Bug-A-Salt. However, it was too late and Amazon already processed the order. I haven't returned the Amazon one, was waiting for this one to arrive.

There goes another 40-50 bucks.

Botch

DMW said:

Bug-A-Salt with laser sight arrived today


This thing has been heaps of fun already. I ordered one from Amazon at first last Sunday, and then noticed I could get one direct from Bug-A-Salt with the laser sight on sale for only $8 more. So I canceled the Amazon order and ordered the combo from Bug-A-Salt. However, it was too late and Amazon already processed the order. I haven't returned the Amazon one, was waiting for this one to arrive.

If you install a bigger battery for the laser sight, mebbe you could smoke the little fu**ers; that'd be cool!