OT - What are you doing right now?

kl8ton

Botch said:

The town name of New Braunfels rings a bell with me; are they known for something?  
 
 
Today I pulled out the beat-up, vine- and juniper-warped, crimped-over top aluminum slats from 70' of chain link fence, 25+ years old.  Finished the job without slicing a single wrist or eyeball, so I'll count that as a win; my arthritic wrist will be screaming tomorrow, but it's supposed to be snowing so I'll just soak in a tub or something.  

It rang a bell with me too @Botch . I think it's because they are a smoker brand.  

Ozzie_Isaac

@lousubcap you cannot pull a runner off the base.  He wrapped him up and pulled him off.

Botch

Ozzie_Isaac said:

@lousubcap you cannot pull a runner off the base.  He wrapped him up and pulled him off.

My memory sucks; is this a Band-Aid thing?  

ColbyLang

Monitoring TS Zeta. We can’t win

SGH

ColbyLang said:

Monitoring TS Zeta. We can’t win

I know the feeling. 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

buzzvol said:

Botch said:

The town name of New Braunfels rings a bell with me; are they known for something?  
 

It is interesting to me in that I started streaming KNBT a couple weeks ago after doing a search for Americana radio.  KNBT airs from New Braunfels.
Now I need to plan a trip there - there must be something important.

New Braunfels is a small town half way between Austin and San Antonio. Most famous for the Guadalupe River where people tube and kayak while drinking mass quantities of ice cold beer. Gruene Hall is about 3 miles from NB and is a legendary 100+ year old dance hall so that’s the connection to Americana/Texas country music. If you ever get a chance to see a show at Gruene Hall, I highly recommend it. They have some pretty good bbq in that area as well. Coopers and blacks are both worth a visit. 

Gulfcoastguy

https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/atlantic/2020/tropical-depression-twenty-eight?map=model

Did everybody in the Southeast name their kid Job? Kick a dog? Tug on Superman's cape?

Foghorn

I definitely got the best of the shady parking lot meat swap.  Although when @20stone just hits me up for the Splitwise app for “my share” of the sausage costs and I just pay it, I guess what I’m receiving is not really a gift.  

Here’s a portion of the haul and pics of us gathering in the Buc-ees parking lot for some physically distanced socializing.  

I’m looking forward to trying all of the sausages.  

DuckDogDr

Listening to Cow dog snore after his dose of pain meds..(pin in his leg was bothering him..had it removed)

Eoin

Anne made a Couronne Bourdelaise this morning - day 3 of the process. Start the poolish pre-ferment Friday, make the dough Saturday, make the Couronne and bake Sunday morning. Edit: added cut shot.

shtgunal3

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

buzzvol said:

Botch said:

The town name of New Braunfels rings a bell with me; are they known for something?  
 

It is interesting to me in that I started streaming KNBT a couple weeks ago after doing a search for Americana radio.  KNBT airs from New Braunfels.
Now I need to plan a trip there - there must be something important.

New Braunfels is a small town half way between Austin and San Antonio. Most famous for the Guadalupe River where people tube and kayak while drinking mass quantities of ice cold beer. Gruene Hall is about 3 miles from NB and is a legendary 100+ year old dance hall so that’s the connection to Americana/Texas country music. If you ever get a chance to see a show at Gruene Hall, I highly recommend it. They have some pretty good bbq in that area as well. Coopers and blacks are both worth a visit. 

I’ve been to New Braunfels a few times. I agree with you about Gruene Hall and Coopers. There is also pretty decent little “do drop in” called the Watering Hole. 

Eoin

Last nights beef pulled and reheated.

NotEnoughSmoke

5 hours in

20stone

Foghorn said:

I definitely got the best of the shady parking lot meat swap.  Although when @20stone just hits me up for the Splitwise app for “my share” of the sausage costs and I just pay it, I guess what I’m receiving is not really a gift.  

Here’s a portion of the haul and pics of us gathering in the Buc-ees parking lot for some physically distanced socializing.  

I’m looking forward to trying all of the sausages.  

Nothing quite like sharing heritage hog and venison sausage in a Buc-ees parking lot under an IHOP sign. 

It was great seeing you two

JohnInCarolina

Back to work on the laser-lithotripsy NIH proposal.  Normally, I assemble proposals using LaTeX.  Since we are collaborating on this with a wide range of people, we are using Microsoft Word.

Good Lord MS-Word is abysmal.   The formatting decisions it makes at times based on what I select from the menu are completely bizarre.  I'm glad I don't have to use this all the time because otherwise I think I would have kicked Bill Gates square in the nuts by now. 

HeavyG

JohnInCarolina said:

Back to work on the laser-lithotripsy NIH proposal.  Normally, I assemble proposals using LaTeX.  Since we are collaborating on this with a wide range of people, we are using Microsoft Word.

Good Lord MS-Word is abysmal.   The formatting decisions it makes at times based on what I select from the menu are completely bizarre.  I'm glad I don't have to use this all the time because otherwise I think I would have kicked Bill Gates square in the nuts by now. 

Can Word not import a LaTex file? Or is it more a case of the import munges up so badly that you're better off just using Word?

WeberWho

Mother-in-laws birthday was this past Wednesday. I asked my wife if she wanted to invite her down for dinner and to ask her what she wanted. Her response was, "Pork chops or ribs would be great!" Who am I to argue. 

I haven't ever done Memphis style ribs so I figure this might be a perfect time to try them out. I went with a dry rub that was listed in the Smoke book I picked up.



These could be a hit or a complete miss. Time will only tell....

NotEnoughSmoke

watch the NFL- while my ribs smoke

JohnInCarolina

HeavyG said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Back to work on the laser-lithotripsy NIH proposal.  Normally, I assemble proposals using LaTeX.  Since we are collaborating on this with a wide range of people, we are using Microsoft Word.

Good Lord MS-Word is abysmal.   The formatting decisions it makes at times based on what I select from the menu are completely bizarre.  I'm glad I don't have to use this all the time because otherwise I think I would have kicked Bill Gates square in the nuts by now. 

Can Word not import a LaTex file? Or is it more a case of the import munges up so badly that you're better off just using Word?

There are importers but none of them really work terribly well.  And given the large number of different people collaborating on the proposal, there's really not much upside.  

dbCooper

Pigs in a blanket for lunch...

JRWhitee

Watching football, starting the egg, getting ready to cook wings and sausage. @northGAcock will be here shortly with a Growler of beer. Pics to come.

Ozzie_Isaac

Eoin said:

Last nights beef pulled and reheated.

I like the pottery! 

Ozzie_Isaac

JohnInCarolina said:

HeavyG said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Back to work on the laser-lithotripsy NIH proposal.  Normally, I assemble proposals using LaTeX.  Since we are collaborating on this with a wide range of people, we are using Microsoft Word.

Good Lord MS-Word is abysmal.   The formatting decisions it makes at times based on what I select from the menu are completely bizarre.  I'm glad I don't have to use this all the time because otherwise I think I would have kicked Bill Gates square in the nuts by now. 

Can Word not import a LaTex file? Or is it more a case of the import munges up so badly that you're better off just using Word?

There are importers but none of them really work terribly well.  And given the large number of different people collaborating on the proposal, there's really not much upside.  

Be careful  of Words 3am deadline due reformat trick.  It will turn you into a raging murdering lunatic.  The longer the paper the more extensive the "auto-format" and CNTRL-Z will not fix it.

Eoin

Anne likes hot smoked salmon and normally buys some at the supermarket. I did the shopping this week, so decided to do it on the Egg. Had a pork joint as well, so put the salmon and pork on low with hickory chips. When the salmon was done, I turned the Egg down even lower and put in the Scotch Bonnets from the greenhouse, along with some slowburn chillies that ripened since the last lot I picked. The pork came out an hour before tea to finish in the oven so the chillies could stay in the Egg.

JRWhitee

Wings and Sausage are cooking

TideEggHead

SGH said:

ColbyLang said:

Monitoring TS Zeta. We can’t win

I know the feeling. 

Didn’t know there was another tropical storm until y’alls posts. Still waiting on our roof assessment to come back after the last two hurricanes. Just missing some shingles and a couple of leak spots but our roof is just about at the end of it’s life. Guess we will see where this one goes.

SGH

TideEggHead said:

Guess we will see where this one goes.

Right now I’m in the bullseye 🎯 

JRWhitee

Gulfcoastguy

SGH said:

TideEggHead said:

Guess we will see where this one goes.

Right now I’m in the bullseye 🎯 

You’re not the Lone Ranger!

Cornholio

Burgers, fries and beans out by the fire before carving some pumpkins. Nice fall day.