OT - What are you doing right now?

GrateEggspectations

SGH said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Anything fried with its entire anus intact is surely a delicacy.

After 10 years we finally agree on something 

Funny, @sgh, @JohnInCarolina, I had always anticipated you’d both have seen an intact anus as a challenge of sorts. 

nolaegghead

@Battleborn phase-change cooling vests might help.  Good for a few hours.  You'll look like the pillsbury doughboy with all the vests, tho. 

https://sellout.woot.com/offers/techkewl-phase-change-cooling-vest-1?ref=w_disc

Battleborn

nolaegghead said:

@Battleborn phase-change cooling vests might help.  Good for a few hours.  You'll look like the pillsbury doughboy with all the vests, tho. 

https://sellout.woot.com/offers/techkewl-phase-change-cooling-vest-1?ref=w_disc

Looks interesting. My wife bought me a little contraption that I hook to my AC vent that has a hose that I can run to my vest. It is nice after being out in the heat. 

alaskanassasin

Eoin said:

alaskanassasin said:

10k a acre is a bit high around here but it’s around 9 right now

Good agricultural land is £10k an acre here, so $14k. Being in agriculture has tax advantages, especially inheritance tax, so land has become a place for rich people to park their money.

I think inheritance tax kicks in at 11 million over here but the current administration is trying to undo that. Land owners around me are anyone from family farms to big investors, corporations from all over the world, one of my neighbors is Indian owned and another is German owned. I used to grow non gmo beans and that elevator was recently bought by a Japanese company. Times are a changing. 

CPFC1905

nolaegghead said:

Lt Dangle has the right idea

Ah yes, a trip down memory lane.
It wasn't the shorts that bothered me but choosing the right footwear was a persistent challenge.
I quickly dismissed brogues but kept a nice pair of suede moccasins for driving, albeit that choice caused delay to my deployment at incidents while I laced my Cat boots. 

WeberWho

alaskanassasin said:

Eoin said:

alaskanassasin said:

10k a acre is a bit high around here but it’s around 9 right now

Good agricultural land is £10k an acre here, so $14k. Being in agriculture has tax advantages, especially inheritance tax, so land has become a place for rich people to park their money.

I think inheritance tax kicks in at 11 million over here but the current administration is trying to undo that. Land owners around me are anyone from family farms to big investors, corporations from all over the world, one of my neighbors is Indian owned and another is German owned. I used to grow non gmo beans and that elevator was recently bought by a Japanese company. Times are a changing. 

The seed company who my cousin worked for was bought out by the Chinese. He was one of the top seed guys within the company. His company begged and pleaded with him to stay. He ended up quitting and told the company that he didn't want a Chinese paycheck.

alaskanassasin

WeberWho said:

alaskanassasin said:

Eoin said:

alaskanassasin said:

10k a acre is a bit high around here but it’s around 9 right now

Good agricultural land is £10k an acre here, so $14k. Being in agriculture has tax advantages, especially inheritance tax, so land has become a place for rich people to park their money.

I think inheritance tax kicks in at 11 million over here but the current administration is trying to undo that. Land owners around me are anyone from family farms to big investors, corporations from all over the world, one of my neighbors is Indian owned and another is German owned. I used to grow non gmo beans and that elevator was recently bought by a Japanese company. Times are a changing. 

The seed company who my cousin worked for was bought out by the Chinese. He was one of the top seed guys within the company. His company begged and pleaded with him to stay. He ended up quitting and told the company that he didn't want a Chinese paycheck.

Yeah that is a curious one, China rejected barges of corn that contained a unapproved (for China) technology from that company, the barges contained all different types of corn so the price per bushel nationwide was effected for years. This triggered a massive class action that any corn farmer in America could get in on.
 When all the dust settles winners of this in my opinion, were China because they bought the company they crippled. And lawyers obviously. Like most class actions the people who deserve the outcome get the least.

FarmingPhD

Dropping a pint

Gulfcoastguy

FarmingPhD said:

Dropping a pint

I dropped four test tubes this morning. Regular check, take to many prescriptions to donate.

fishlessman

Gulfcoastguy said:

FarmingPhD said:

Dropping a pint

I dropped four test tubes this morning. Regular check, take to many prescriptions to donate.

4 here this morning as well, really like the tiny diameter needles they have now, one of my meds has my blood thinned out so much they were nervous to use the regular ones

FarmingPhD

Literally felt like she ripped the needle out of my arm when finishing up, thought maybe it was just me.  Bled pretty good after into the gauze, not normal, and now my arm hurts, also not normal for me at least.  Must have pissed the little gal off.

nolaegghead

I wanted to be a phlebotomist, but I found the work to draining.

JohnInCarolina

https://twitter.com/FunnySupply/status/1407815660453961731?s=20

Acn

Put together a new chair

Battleborn

Just went to the store to pick up some dinner stuff. Saw Gene Simmons. The years have not been kind. 

kl8ton

Waiting for power to come back on.  2nd time in as many days.  4 generators running for our office/ store,  pool pump, bathroom emergency lighting and my house.  

Wolfpack

nolaegghead said:

@Battleborn phase-change cooling vests might help.  Good for a few hours.  You'll look like the pillsbury doughboy with all the vests, tho. 

https://sellout.woot.com/offers/techkewl-phase-change-cooling-vest-1?ref=w_disc

I’m in the textile space and we have tried phase change coatings on several items- the issue comes down to the amount needed to really become beneficial.  It’s a marketing play that sounds really cool, but to impregnate enough wax filled beads to actually begin to balance/regulate your body temps you end up with an unwearable item. 

WeberWho

Battleborn said:

Just went to the store to pick up some dinner stuff. Saw Gene Simmons. The years have not been kind. 

ColtsFan

Acn said:

Put together a new chair

Looks like Polywood brand. We have 6 or 7 pieces and we love it

ColbyLang

WeberWho said:

Battleborn said:

Just went to the store to pick up some dinner stuff. Saw Gene Simmons. The years have not been kind. 

Wrong Simmons. But humorous 

Sea2Ski

Just got back from a vacation. Missing the views. 

Got 9 SCUBA dives in, and enjoyed every one of them.  Almost caught myself about a 5 lb lobster but he was just out of reach. So he will continue to scurry on the bottom for a few more days.  That would have been the most memorable, but swimming up and through the fuselage of a 747 with the tail in 90 ft and the nose in 55 ft was pretty cool. 
Now back to the grind, and I am really not looking forward to it. 

WeberWho

ColbyLang said:

WeberWho said:

Battleborn said:

Just went to the store to pick up some dinner stuff. Saw Gene Simmons. The years have not been kind. 

Wrong Simmons. But humorous 

  

Acn

ColtsFan said:

Acn said:

Put together a new chair

Looks like Polywood brand. We have 6 or 7 pieces and we love it

You are correct!  Glad to hear, these were our first two (presents from my in-laws) and we are very excited 

SciAggie

The reason I haven’t been too active here lately. She’s a pistol - keeping me busy. Meet Rio. You know, Rio, the Texas Border…

Eoin

New shop filling up.

fishlessman

Eoin said:

New shop filling up.

filling up fast, time to expand. im at the point that theres places in my shop i cant get to

SGH

@Foghorn @nolaegghead
Going to eat all you can eat catfish 👍

lkapigian

Unreal explosion near where I live, 1.5 Million Gallon Water Tank, 1 fatality ....this was the cities back up water tank in an already drought plagued area

https://youtu.be/Y0tKDTVmwFQ

nolaegghead

jeebus!

SGH

A.J McCarron stopped by the new Colonel Dixie in Mobile today.