OT - What are you doing right now?

alaskanassasin

@lkapigian awesome. 

Eoin

rifrench said:

Eoin said:

Woke up to a missing poplar today. 85 foot tree, fence and damson tree are the only casualties. 4.5 fuel fills on the chain saw later, and a big fire, making progress but had enough now.

     Sure sorry to hear about the fence, but more sorry about the damson tree, nothing better to soak in moonshine.  I have a ½ gallon jar in the shop fridge, untouched since 1998 when I went teetotal.  Beautiful deep red color and smells soooo good.

The fence is going to come out now. We don't have hens any more and have taken out a lot of old rotten apple trees over the years. There are 6 new fruit trees planted this side of the fence, so I'm ordering 7 more to extend the orchard. 

Eoin

rifrench said:

@Eoin This is what we woke up to one morning!  Large oak tree fell, there was no wind or other external cause.  Thank God it fell away from the house or any other property.  My SIL heats with wood, so a "windfall" of sorts for him.  I had to buy a 20" bar for my Stihl 036 Pro, the trunk is 29" diameter at the point the power pole in the background bisects it.

That's chunky! The poplar cuts easily when fresh. I'll just about get it with the 18" bar on the husky, but I'm going to try and borrow something bigger to get through in 1 cut. My MMX sits on a piece of apple trunk, but it's only just big enough, so a chunk of this poplar trunk would work well as a stand.

lkapigian

Thanks @alaskanassasin @SciAggie did your freezer come in

SciAggie

Freezer is delivered. Now I need to do the modifications. I’m almost there...

Ozzie_Isaac

Taking a few hours off

Cornholio

Just got back from gathering Shabu ingredients from a local Japanese market.

Couldn’t pass up this pack of goodness:

TN_Egger

RIP Gale Sayers. Brian’s Song? Nuff said. 

Botch

Kung Pao cheekun.
 

 
I scanned thru some recipes on the 'net for new ideas, and a couple of them included Szechuan peppercorns, so I tried that; a keeper.
 
And, I just realized, I forgot the peanuts!    

Eoin

Pork leg with crackling and a piece of beef smoked and then wrapped in foil to braise. Ate the pork this evening, beef for tomorrow.

lousubcap

@Ozzie_Isaac Who are you trying to kid??  After that break you will justify taking the remainder of the day off.  And that would be a good thing.  

thetrim

Have been doing cod a lot lately.    

It’s good. 

JRWhitee

That looks great @thetrim

thetrim

And some prime Costco sirloin

JRWhitee

That looks even better 

GATraveller

Ok @thetrim that'd make one heluva fish sandwich. 

Ozzie_Isaac

lousubcap said:

@Ozzie_Isaac Who are you trying to kid??  After that break you will justify taking the remainder of the day off.  And that would be a good thing.  

Haha, yeah I am struggling to get moving again.  Will probably hang out with the dogs and cook my Picahna that I thawed.  No real work will get done.

thetrim

Thanks gents.   I did Lane‘s Kapalua on the cod.   I did a combo of kosher salt, Hardcore Black, and Meehan‘s ribeye on the sirloin.   

SGH

I hit 2 milestones today and thought I would celebrate. The last of the 12” subsea mainline was reeled onto the vessel. Note the tail head.  

And after stepping on the scales I am officially 175 pounds. I finally reached my fight weight. I am down from 268 and a 47 inch waist to 175 and a 32 inch waist. Thought I would reward myself on what I think is 2 major accomplishments for an old man.
In whatever order the pics decide to show up. Sweet potatoes, cheese grits, royal reds, tuna dip, ribeye, fried okra and my personal favorite, 2 dozen chargrilled oysters. 

I haven’t had a drink since my last nude holiday debacle. Decided to wash it down with a little Angels Envy. 

Almost 9 months of working 7 days a week and 12+ hours a day, it finally comes to an end today my friends. Hope y’all had a great weekend 👍

Ozzie_Isaac

SGH said:

I hit 2 milestones today and thought I would celebrate. The last of the 12” subsea mainline was reeled onto the vessel. Note the tail head.  

And after stepping on the scales I am officially 175 pounds. I finally reached my fight weight. I am down from 268 and a 47 inch waist to 175 and a 32 inch waist. Thought I would reward myself on what I think is 2 major accomplishments for an old man.
In whatever order the pics decide to show up. Sweet potatoes, cheese grits, royal reds, tuna dip, ribeye, fried okra and my personal favorite, 2 dozen chargrilled oysters. 

I haven’t had a drink since my last nude holiday debacle. Decided to wash it down with a little Angels Envy. 

Almost 9 months of working 7 days a week and 12+ hours a day, it finally comes to an end today my friends. Hope y’all had a great weekend 👍

Glad you survived the last 9 months!  Congratulations on both milestones.  Worthy feast for both.

JohnInCarolina

Watching the news. 

poster

Perfect weather for some bird hunting

SGH

poster said:

Perfect weather for some bird hunting

Unfortunately I haven’t got to bird hunt since the very early 80’s. I use to love to dove hunt. 

kl8ton

My youngest was bit by a dog just as we were getting ready to pull off our campsite.  She played with this dog all weekend.  . . Australian sheperd.   She is doing ok. Most of the damage is inside her mouth.  Please keep her in your prayers. She is so positive and courageous.  The dog owners are pretty broken up about it. 

EzraBrooks

JohnInCarolina said:

Watching the news. 

Seeing that a certain someone paid less taxes in the last two years than I paid in the last two weeks.

kl8ton

EzraBrooks said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Watching the news. 

Seeing that a certain someone paid less taxes in the last two years than I paid in the last two weeks.

Take that to another thread please. 

JRWhitee

SGH said:

I hit 2 milestones today and thought I would celebrate. The last of the 12” subsea mainline was reeled onto the vessel. Note the tail head.  

And after stepping on the scales I am officially 175 pounds. I finally reached my fight weight. I am down from 268 and a 47 inch waist to 175 and a 32 inch waist. Thought I would reward myself on what I think is 2 major accomplishments for an old man.
In whatever order the pics decide to show up. Sweet potatoes, cheese grits, royal reds, tuna dip, ribeye, fried okra and my personal favorite, 2 dozen chargrilled oysters. 

I haven’t had a drink since my last nude holiday debacle. Decided to wash it down with a little Angels Envy. 

Almost 9 months of working 7 days a week and 12+ hours a day, it finally comes to an end today my friends. Hope y’all had a great weekend 👍

That is great Scottie, not easy to lose that much weight. Great pics as well.

TEXASBGE2018

kl8ton said:

My youngest was bit by a dog just as we were getting ready to pull off our campsite.  She played with this dog all weekend.  . . Australian sheperd.   She is doing ok. Most of the damage is inside her mouth.  Please keep her in your prayers. She is so positive and courageous.  The dog owners are pretty broken up about it. 

Sorry to hear that. Unfortunately I know how you are feeling. My daughter was bitten by a dog a couple years ago. We didn’t have to take her to the hospital. It did leave puncture marks and drew blood and healed up without stitches but it was scary nonetheless. To this day she is afraid of unknown dogs but dogs shes familiar with she’s fine.

JohnInCarolina

kl8ton said:

My youngest was bit by a dog just as we were getting ready to pull off our campsite.  She played with this dog all weekend.  . . Australian sheperd.   She is doing ok. Most of the damage is inside her mouth.  Please keep her in your prayers. She is so positive and courageous.  The dog owners are pretty broken up about it. 

Oof.  Something about little girls getting hurt man, always slays me.  Glad to hear it’s not a lot worse and will be thinking about your little one for sure.

JRWhitee

Really sorry to hear that @kl8ton hope she is alright. That is scary.