OT - What are you doing right now?

SGH

YukonRon said:

I had not heard of the tobacco mentioned here, by Scottie, but would be curious to learn more. Obscure stuff is interesting to me.
I have no life.

The only place that I ever saw it or heard of it was back in the mid 90’s when I was working in Lebanon, Pennsylvania for Westinghouse. We had a weekend off and went touring around. Found a group of Amish farmers sell stuff off of their buggy. Being an a diehard tobacco user their tobacco products immediately caught my eye. 
It was in plain clear bags with a hand written tag that simply said “twist”. It was twisted into sticks for lack of a better word like licorice. I had never seen it or heard of it before. I have never seen it again in all my travels. I assume only the Amish take the time and effort to twist tobacco up like that. 
At any rate, it wasn’t  the fact that it was twisted that made it so good. It simply had a pure, clean, smooth taste it that makes sense. As good as it was, I’m really surprised that some big tobacco outfit hasn’t copied it and sold it commercially. 

blind99

Sea2Ski said:

northGAcock said:

Sea2Ski said:

Got back from dropping cherry logs off at a sawmill. Can not wait for them to come back. 

What are you going to use them for? Looking forward to seeing the output. If you said elsewhere...sorry for the question.

@northGAcock I have no idea.
Not true.
Hoping for a coffee table for me and a table for my buddy.
But I/we have no idea how to get there from here. I am curious to see what output comes of this adventure as well.

We really do not know what we are doing. The miller (is that what they are called?) asked how thick I wanted them cut. I held up my thumb and forefinger, and said "about this' thick?" He said 2.5-3 inches? I said "sure, and if you want to throw some 2" and 1.5" thick boards in there, that is fine too... whatever you can get using your expertise."
He was Amish and standing barefoot in the dirt by the mill after unloading the wood with a forklift. Would have got a picture, but they do not allow that and will not do business with you if they catch you trying to take one. Interesting chap he was. Said he has been sawing lumber for 30 years. He looked like he has been doing it for 80. They had old double pull saws for cutting the logs to length. Then put them on a modified $50K sawmill. Amish kids playing on piles of logs all over. They were barefoot too.
I digress...
Yea, I/we am clueless, but giving it the old college try!
The wood was free, except for my labor, and the milling cost is not bad.
Worst case is I end up with a lot of cutting boards. A whole lot of friggen cutting boards.

@sea2ski if you haven't milled your own lumber before - don't forget about the time and process of air drying it. you can paint the ends and the last 1" or so with any paint you have handy - this will seal the ends and prevent them from splitting while they're drying.  stack it all up with spacers in between in a place where some air can circulate.  those 2.5-3" boards will take months to dry.

YukonRon

@SGH

Thank you sir. I work occasionally in Lionville, and I will try and check it out.

I, too, am shocked no other tobacco company has not made a move on that style. 

I suppose, much like all the other areas around the country, once the Fed subsidies were eliminated for tobacco, years ago, those that had raised it have moved on to other crops.

A few years ago, I planted to burley tobacco plants on either side of our home. I can't tell you how many people stopped and asked what kind of plant they were. Tall plants, uncut, letting the flower bloom, with big heavy green leaves were very cool looking.

Everybody wanted to know where they could get some for their home.

Hoping your feeling better around the joints my friend.

DMW

YukonRon said:

@SGH

Thank you sir. I work occasionally in Lionville, and I will try and check it out.

I, too, am shocked no other tobacco company has not made a move on that style. 

I suppose, much like all the other areas around the country, once the Fed subsidies were eliminated for tobacco, years ago, those that had raised it have moved on to other crops.

A few years ago, I planted to burley tobacco plants on either side of our home. I can't tell you how many people stopped and asked what kind of plant they were. Tall plants, uncut, letting the flower bloom, with big heavy green leaves were very cool looking.

Everybody wanted to know where they could get some for their home.

Hoping your feeling better around the joints my friend.

Hey @YukonRon, next time you have the occasion to be in Lionville for work, ping me. That's not all that far from me.

thetrim

DMW said:

SGH said:

DMW said:

SGH said:

DMW said:

As much as I think the Amish are a cult, they are good people. 

Cult or not, the absolute best chewing tobacco that I ever had came from some Amish farmers in Pennsylvania. It was called “twist” tobacco. It was in twisted up sticks like licorice. Never seen it anywhere else. 

I remember seeing that around here when I was a kid. Not sure if it is still a thing or not.

If you ever see it, grab some up and next day air it to me along with some scrapple

Brother, I have never chewed, but I'll keep my eyes open for it. Now about scrapple, I may know a thing or two about that. I could ship it, but why don't you just come on up for a bit? We could also head over to Philly for some real cheesesteaks and some roast pork.

Double Ds.   Dinics and Dalessandros. 

thetrim

Killit_and_Grillit said:

An old Army buddy and his girlfriend came by last night for dinner. 

Things got out of hand. No Eggs were harmed. 

FIRE IN THE HOLE!!!

YukonRon

DMW said:

YukonRon said:

@SGH

Thank you sir. I work occasionally in Lionville, and I will try and check it out.

I, too, am shocked no other tobacco company has not made a move on that style. 

I suppose, much like all the other areas around the country, once the Fed subsidies were eliminated for tobacco, years ago, those that had raised it have moved on to other crops.

A few years ago, I planted to burley tobacco plants on either side of our home. I can't tell you how many people stopped and asked what kind of plant they were. Tall plants, uncut, letting the flower bloom, with big heavy green leaves were very cool looking.

Everybody wanted to know where they could get some for their home.

Hoping your feeling better around the joints my friend.

Hey @YukonRon, next time you have the occasion to be in Lionville for work, ping me. That's not all that far from me.

Will try when I am there. Thanks.

DMW

Just got back from picking up my daughter's first car. She didn't know we were going to get it this afternoon, pulled in the driveway, just as she was walking up to the front door after getting off the bus.



We went and looked at it Saturday, and she seemed to like it then. Her reaction this afternoon when she saw me pulling in, you'd think it was a Ferrari.

She takes her driver's test next Wednesday. We were out practicing Sunday with our Tahoe and she pretty much got parallel parking down in that. I think this will be a bit easier for her...

'15 Nissan Versa, single owner off lease. No power windows, power locks, cruise control, etc. But it does have Bluetooth.  

YukonRon

Very cool Dwayne....great dad!!!!

thetrim

Very nice Dwayne.  So what’s the car payment????  Joking, joking!  It’s really nice to see when kids show appreciation.  You must be raising her right!

bucky925

SGH said:

YukonRon said:

I had not heard of the tobacco mentioned here, by Scottie, but would be curious to learn more. Obscure stuff is interesting to me.
I have no life.

The only place that I ever saw it or heard of it was back in the mid 90’s when I was working in Lebanon, Pennsylvania for Westinghouse. We had a weekend off and went touring around. Found a group of Amish farmers sell stuff off of their buggy. Being an a diehard tobacco user their tobacco products immediately caught my eye. 
It was in plain clear bags with a hand written tag that simply said “twist”. It was twisted into sticks for lack of a better word like licorice. I had never seen it or heard of it before. I have never seen it again in all my travels. I assume only the Amish take the time and effort to twist tobacco up like that. 
At any rate, it wasn’t  the fact that it was twisted that made it so good. It simply had a pure, clean, smooth taste it that makes sense. As good as it was, I’m really surprised that some big tobacco outfit hasn’t copied it and sold it commercially. 

I remember Twist tobacco being sold at the A&P in the early 70's.   That and brown muel plug was the tabacco equivalent of crack before copenhagen and skoal came alone. 

DMW

thetrim said:

Very nice Dwayne.  So what’s the car payment????  Joking, joking!  It’s really nice to see when kids show appreciation.  You must be raising her right!

Hahaha, she does have some skin in the game on this.

The_Stache

Good work Dwayne!!  When I brought home my daughter’s car (a 79 Cameron back in the early 80’s ) her first comment, taking after me, was...”that car is Butt ugly!”

my reply was “I guess you’re gonna be driving a butt ugly car then”!

best of luck with you and your daughter’s driving test!  Love the color of the new wheels!!

thetrim

http://www.irishnews.com/magazine/science/2018/08/28/news/no-kidding-goats-prefer-to-interact-with-humans-who-look-happy-1418729/

JRWhitee

Nice job Dwayne. 

theyolksonyou

Sea2Ski

blind99 

@sea2ski if you haven't milled your own lumber before - don't forget about the time and process of air drying it. you can paint the ends and the last 1" or so with any paint you have handy - this will seal the ends and prevent them from splitting while they're drying.  stack it all up with spacers in between in a place where some air can circulate.  those 2.5-3" boards will take months to dry.

Thanks @blind99. Elmer, the guy who took my order, picked one of about 60 colors of paint they had (looked like a random placement rustoleum display) and spray painted the ends of the logs with spray paint, put a dot of it on the bark and then smeared a finger of the color on my order sheet.  I was wondering  what he was doing. He looked at me and said that was how they tagged the logs and kept the paperwork together. They are probably more organized than those who use computer systems (and I am in IT).....

Think that is good enough? Or when I pick it up,  should I really coat the ends? He sprayed the ends enough that you could not see the cut wood, but it was not that heavy of a coat. 

I have been reading up on the drying process. My buddy has an open air huge garage (can fit three full tractor trailers + in it) and we are going to sticker and stack it up near the roof. We are figuring on roughly an inch per year drying unless we can find a kiln. Looks like a cheaper moisture meter is in my future.  But we are not in a rush.  Learning a ton on this project. 

alaskanassasin

Eoin

alaskanassasin said:

Spill the beans.

alaskanassasin

Tacos Al Pastor! Marinated sliced pork stacked vertically heard it here first!

DuckDogDr

Been trying to clean up and organize my house.
Today a big weight had been lifted off my shoulders.  In 2012 I moved out west, and took some of my great granddad's tools with me to learn from a master Carver...thought it would be cool to use to make my birds since he made some of my parents furniture.....2013 moved back couldn't find it to save my life......6 years later...

SonVolt

Killit_and_Grillit said:

An old Army buddy and his girlfriend came by last night for dinner. 

Things got out of hand. No Eggs were harmed. 

That's a nice looking... uh, flamethrower. 

blind99

@sea2ski i'm definitely not an expert - but we milled a huge walnut tree into lots of various sizes.  we painted with some ordinary latex, enough to seal the ends.  we stored it in a barn and over the years rotated the stacks once or twice.  i never had a moisture meter so i don't really know where or when it settled out!

DuckDogDr

@Sea2Ski, @Killit_and_Grillit, here is a pic of one if the other mounts 

lousubcap

Incredulous regarding an inked bank teller (grocery store branch where I have an account) who could not understand the difference between, "I would like X00 Euros at whatever your exchange rate is today in $$ vs his twice repeated question , "So you want $X00 worth of Euros?"

I finally explained that unless my currency converter app had a major aneurysm the exchange rate was not 1:1 (although I would surely take it) and let's just look at the math here.  Euros on one side and dollars on the other.  Plug in X00 for the Euros and out jumps the $$ on the other. Hopefully he doesn't move anywhere up the corporate food-chain. 

YukonRon

lousubcap said:

Incredulous regarding an inked bank teller (grocery store branch where I have an account) who could not understand the difference between, "I would like 200 Euros at whatever your exchange rate is today in $$ vs his twice repeated question , "So you want $200 worth of Euros?"

I finally explained that unless my currency converter app had a major aneurysm the exchange rate was not 1:1 (although I would surely take it) and let's just look at the math here.  Euros on one side and dollars on the other.  Plug in 200 for the Euros and out jumps the $$ on the other. Hopefully he doesn't move anywhere up the corporate food-chain. 

I am checking my balance now.....

Hans61

DoubleEgger said:

Hans61 said:

The ribs came out pretty dang good. The Mrs and I both liked honey hog hot considerably better. But my 5yr old daughter likes regular honey hog. Can’t go wrong with either.

Mix the two together? 

I've heard of people doing that, but I think until my daughter's palette becomes somewhat tolerant of spice I'll just keep them separate because I like the hot one on its own!

thetrim

Im watching the McCain documentary on HBO. 

Hans61

SGH said:

DMW said:

As much as I think the Amish are a cult, they are good people. 

Cult or not, the absolute best chewing tobacco that I ever had came from some Amish farmers in Pennsylvania. It was called “twist” tobacco. It was in twisted up sticks like licorice. Never seen it anywhere else. 

Do you chew redman in the pouch? 

RiverBBQ

Remeber red man “totem poles”?