OT - What are you doing right now?

HeavyG

Battleborn said:

Reading the transcript from today’s Supreme Court argument regarding an exception to the 4th Amendment.  Interesting implications on this one. 

SCOTUS should/will reject the California lower court’s interpretation of the “exigency” exception.

Or maybe they won't.

nolaegghead

Painting canvas 

GrateEggspectations

nolaegghead said:

Painting canvas 

Show us.

nolaegghead

GrateEggspectations said:

nolaegghead said:

Painting canvas 

Show us.

Just a gesso coat on raw canvas.  Not much to see.

Mark_B_Good

Canugghead said:

Canugghead said:

Thanks @JohnInCarolina . It's crazy labour intensive, thankfully I figured out a way to make it easier. It was tricky to get the knife exit at the matching slot on the opposite side... always knew the grooves on the inside floor are for slicing through, last night I finally realised I could use the grooves in the ceiling (identical tiles top and bottom) to guide the knife tip, duh! And yes, I did RTFM and this tip is missing. May be it's common sense, I dunno 

@Mark_B_Good ^^^

Gotcha ... okay ... so yeah, make sure the knife is right at the top, so it slides through those grooves so it lines up.  My unit arrives today.

Coincidentally, lamb is on sale at Metro starting today CAD 5.99 per lb ... a leg of lamb is only like $20. I'm going to stock up ... and some will be directed to this.

Also, I found some whole beef tenderloin at Metro last night ... $10/lb ... I bought 3 x over 7 lb pieces ... just as a side, it's an absolute steal, considering it's tenderloin.

PigBeanUs

nolaegghead said:

GrateEggspectations said:

nolaegghead said:

Painting canvas 

Show us.

Just a gesso coat on raw canvas.  Not much to see.

You have a lovely art studio

Canugghead

Mark_B_Good said:

Canugghead said:

Canugghead said:

Thanks @JohnInCarolina . It's crazy labour intensive, thankfully I figured out a way to make it easier. It was tricky to get the knife exit at the matching slot on the opposite side... always knew the grooves on the inside floor are for slicing through, last night I finally realised I could use the grooves in the ceiling (identical tiles top and bottom) to guide the knife tip, duh! And yes, I did RTFM and this tip is missing. May be it's common sense, I dunno 

@Mark_B_Good ^^^

Gotcha ... okay ... so yeah, make sure the knife is right at the top, so it slides through those grooves so it lines up.  My unit arrives today.

Coincidentally, lamb is on sale at Metro starting today CAD 5.99 per lb ... a leg of lamb is only like $20. I'm going to stock up ... and some will be directed to this.

Also, I found some whole beef tenderloin at Metro last night ... $10/lb ... I bought 3 x over 7 lb pieces ... just as a side, it's an absolute steal, considering it's tenderloin.

That's right. Not sure where you are, at Metro in my area North York/Vaughan NZ leg of lamb is CAD 4.99 starting today, prime rib roast 5.88, the same rib roast with pop-up thermometer is 6.88, haha.  I stocked up on the same NZ leg of lamb when they were 3.99 at Food Basics few months ago

nolaegghead

Just got 2nd Pfizer shot.

Acn

Having a weird experience, watching the USMNT look...good?

nolaegghead

PigBeanUs said:

nolaegghead said:

GrateEggspectations said:

nolaegghead said:

Painting canvas 

Show us.

Just a gesso coat on raw canvas.  Not much to see.

You have a lovely art studio

Yessss....on my way to Milan for a lipstick pitch and swung by my Soho studio to feed my hairless cat and prep some future masterpieces.  All in a days work.  Thanks so much (air kisses).

Gulfcoastguy

I just got back from ACE Hardware. Back in December I ordered and paid for a new lower air intake for my Large. To this date it is still on back order. I also had a 5$ discount off of a 30$ purchase  on my email. "How much is that bag of Fogo lump?" " It's $29.99". An unproductive day.

JohnInCarolina

lousubcap

^^^^ What a cluster and getting the ship off the bottom and moved appears to becoming quite a protracted undertaking.   Here's a current read:
https://gcaptain.com/ever-given-ship-owner-apologizes-for-suez-grounding/  

Legume

It’s too bad there was no more room to paint the company name any larger.

Eoin

lousubcap said:

^^^^ What a cluster and getting the ship off the bottom and moved appears to becoming quite a protracted undertaking.   Here's a current read:
https://gcaptain.com/ever-given-ship-owner-apologizes-for-suez-grounding/  

Surely one of your ex-colleagues could sort that out in a jiffy.

SonVolt

TurboTax

dbCooper

Pfizer shot #1 in the bank this afternoon, go back in three weeks for #2.

nolaegghead

Got around 8" rain.  As usual, a little flooding.  No harm.

Botch

Wondering out loud how long, when it is open normally, it takes a ship to traverse the length of the Suez Canal.  

Battleborn

Botch said:

Wondering out loud how long, when it is open normally, it takes a ship to traverse the length of the Suez Canal.  

My recollection may be off, but I think the 7 times I’ve been through it, it took like 12-15 hours each time. 

nolaeggheads_squirel

JohnInCarolina said:

Narrow channel there.  Build a couple coffer dams, add some water and straighten out the ship.  Remove coffers and away they go.  Simple.

nolaegghead

Botch said:

Wondering out loud how long, when it is open normally, it takes a ship to traverse the length of the Suez Canal.  

Right now it's looking like 3 weeks.

kl8ton

JohnInCarolina said:

I almost started a thread on this.  It is very interesting to me.  I followed the Costa Concordia Saga the whole way through.  I would check the status every few months.  

I really find it hard to believe that a 30mph wind could do that.  I suspect other issues.

nolaegghead

I thought I read 40 knots.

JohnInCarolina

kl8ton said:

JohnInCarolina said:

I almost started a thread on this.  It is very interesting to me.  I followed the Costa Concordia Saga the whole way through.  I would check the status every few months.  

I really find it hard to believe that a 30mph wind could do that.  I suspect other issues.

You might be on to something there with the other issues business:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkdjzb/cargo-ship-suez-canal-****-pic-ever-given

HeavyG

The ship would have been under the direction of the Egyptian pilots on board. Haven't seen any official statements from them yet. Will be interesting to see if it was just wind blowing against that huge wall of ship/containers.

Gulfcoastguy

Just prepped 8.5 pounds of pork loin for tomorrow. Using the Florida Wet Rub. I divided the loin into 2 pieces for easier marination and more uniform cooking. I would rather have just cooked 4 or 5 pounds but that wasn't what was on sale. I'll slice it up and my folks can freeze some for sandwiches later. It works well for seasoning pinto beans also. 

CPFC1905

kl8ton said:

I almost started a thread on this.  It is very interesting to me.  I followed the Costa Concordia Saga the whole way through.  I would check the status every few months.  

I really find it hard to believe that a 30mph wind could do that.  I suspect other issues.

I was the same after the MV Tricolor sank in the English Channel in 2002.  In fact it beached because despite sinking it was also visible at certain tides, right in the middle of the Channel which runs to a maximum of about 30m deep. 

It was full of new cars of many brands.  The recovery method, led by Smit, was to slice the whole thing in to manageable chunks for removal.  Nine in total weighing 3000 tonnes each.  The whole thing blew my mind.  

CPFC1905

JohnInCarolina said:

For fellow non-nautical types,  this will help;
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/26/shipsplaining-with-everyones-favourite-large-sea-boat-expert-captain-onthemoon 

GrateEggspectations

Just attending a virtual wedding.