OT - What are you doing right now?

WeberWho

Ozzie_Isaac said:

WeberWho said:

I'm hoping for the best tonight. We had 12 to 18" of snow in the Twin Cities Friday night. We had highs in the 50/60's today and now everything is wet. It's going to get down to 25 degrees tonight. Tomorrow morning is going to be scary. 

Hope everything went well last night.  Looking at the news, there was very crazy weather including hurricane force winds.

All good here thanks. That storm was moving! It moved through quick. The wind stuck around until this morning. Neighbor lost a smaller tree and another neighbor lost sections of his viny fence. Not just tipped over but flew away somewhere else. Not is visual sight. All relatively minor at the end of the day. 

The roads were way, way better than I had planned for this morning. That's a plus. 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

WeberWho said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

WeberWho said:

I'm hoping for the best tonight. We had 12 to 18" of snow in the Twin Cities Friday night. We had highs in the 50/60's today and now everything is wet. It's going to get down to 25 degrees tonight. Tomorrow morning is going to be scary. 

Hope everything went well last night.  Looking at the news, there was very crazy weather including hurricane force winds.

All good here thanks. That storm was moving! It moved through quick. The wind stuck around until this morning. Neighbor lost a smaller tree and another neighbor lost sections of his viny fence. Not just tipped over but flew away somewhere else. Not is visual sight. All relatively minor at the end of the day. 

The roads were way, way better than I had planned for this morning. That's a plus. 

Great news. I saw that the storm (not just the winds) was moving at 80mph. That is insane for any month of the year but December in MN is apocalyptic stuff. Glad you guys fared well.

lousubcap

@WeberWho and @dbCooper - Glad your impact was relatively minor.  Definitely some different weather patterns of late. 
Mother Nature is tired of COVID getting all the media attention.  That attitude does not bode well.  

Acn

Foghorn said:

Acn said:

Foghorn said:

Acn said:

Enjoying the fleeting time of Arsenal in the top 4.

At least you are a realist.

I mean, I understood that the Gunners were fighting for a Europa spot this season, but at least this year it was with a bunch of kids you could dream on growing up and being something.  

There is a clear top 3, and Man U should have too much raw skill not to take the last CL spot.  I’ll be happy finishing 5 or 6, celebrating a St Totteringham’s Day and seeing Odegaard, Saka, Smith-Rowe, and the defense growing into a squad that can challenge for the league in a few years.

That's my read on things as well - at least as far as this season goes.  I'm not sure how much potential those young players have or how well Arteta will be able to get the best out of them.  That's what makes it fun to watch I guess.

Absolutely.  I'm just happy there seems to be a plan.  I feel like it's been a while since Arsenal have had one of those...there was half a decade of waiting on Wenger to retire and then the Emery period (maybe Unai had a plan, but couldn't get support from higher).  

I do think the jury is still out on Arteta, and promise when you're late teens/early 20s is no guarantee of future development, but I'm thankful there is a core of talent that has the opportunity to grow together.  I think that's all you can hope for as a fan, unless your club is owned by a Russian billionaire or the ruling family of an oil-rich middle eastern nation.

BuckeyeFork

I am laughing a deep, hearty laugh.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

dangit- you beat me to it lol

Acn

We are trying to play taboo over zoom at an organizational Xmas party.  It is not going 

JohnInCarolina

About to head to Gocciolina for dinner.  The menu:

https://www.gocciolina.com/today-s-menu

nolaegghead

JohnInCarolina said:

About to head to Gocciolina for dinner.  The menu:

https://www.gocciolina.com/today-s-menu

Is this one of those secret derp-state clubs where you drink endangered panda blood cocktails in the basement lair?

JohnInCarolina

nolaegghead said:

JohnInCarolina said:

About to head to Gocciolina for dinner.  The menu:

https://www.gocciolina.com/today-s-menu

Is this one of those secret derp-state clubs where you drink endangered panda blood cocktails in the basement lair?

No.

That's reserved for Sunday night, silly.

Battleborn

JohnInCarolina said:

About to head to Gocciolina for dinner.  The menu:

https://www.gocciolina.com/today-s-menu

No Mac and Cheese on the sides menu? That place seems wack. 

lousubcap

For that level of effort the place could take a few selections from Loro in Austin.     Looks like it fits my normal criteria of "never order in a restaurant that which you can coo at home" with CT brisket as the total exception.  Enjoy!

lousubcap

For the record @thetrim is doing well and has definitely way more than covered the standing Navy beat Army wager.  Woodford DO, a book by Fred Minnick that covers the recent fall and rise of bourbon, and many sauces and rubs included in the spoils.  Definitely way beyond expectations.  Roll again next year.  

Gulfcoastguy

Halfway through making 6 dozen Greek cookies. Going to add chocolate chips to the last 3 dozen. Tip: Mexican vanilla beats the heck out of regular vanilla.

GrateEggspectations

Pook said:

I just opened this for the first time. I am 71,300 posts and 2379 pages behind! I’ll never catch up at this point. 

Go ahead. It’ll still be faster than preparing an Adam Perry Lang recipe. 

CPFC1905

From the outset there’s only one winner this weekend in the PL, that’s the Big O* - which looms over all facets of life on the tiny island of Ewe-kay.   

As it stands, this is your box of chocolates to pick from;

Man Utd v Brighton - postponed

Aston Villa v Burnley - a stiff test for both teams.  The hosts are in better shape with Stevie G at the helm but the visitors are regressing to their mean - which is obdurate and just above the relegation battle.   Some say this season is when their luck runs out.  1-0

Southampton v Brentford - postponed

Watford v Palace - postponed

West Ham v Norwich - postponed

Leeds v Arsenal - the hosts were proper spanked by City mid-week and the Gunners put a real shift in to beat the Hammers.  I doubt this will be a cake walk for Arsenal on any level but I’ve got to go with form. 1-2

Coventry v Stoke - postponed

Everton v Leicester - postponed

Wolves v Chelsea - contrasting midweek results brings increased interest here.  Wolves shut out the filthy Seagulls and took home 3 points, the Blues were held by the shambolic Toffees.  Business are usual or the start of the end for Chelsea’s great season so far? Meh, the former I reckon 1-2

Newcastle v Man City - simple 0-25 I hope.  Has to be an away win and the score is irrelevant.  Sadly it seems that Toon will be able to sign a bunch of sponsorship deals to exponentially  boost their spending power in January, which is disappointing. The only hope is their formation of a Harlem Globetrotters / Wild Geese squad still isn’t enough to keep them up. 

Spurs v Liverpool - the Reds are flying but the naughty pixie in me sees an upset here. 2-1.

There you go, slim pickings but I see Sunday also offers up USA v Bosnia-Herzegovenia.  I don’t  know why that’s happening, but knock yourself having a prediction on that.

*Not Roy Orbison

Foghorn

CPFC1905 said:

From the outset there’s only one winner this weekend in the PL, that’s the Big O* - which looms over all facets of life on the tiny island of Ewe-kay.   

As it stands, this is your box of chocolates to pick from;

Man Utd v Brighton - postponed

Aston Villa v Burnley - a stiff test for both teams.  The hosts are in better shape with Stevie G at the helm but the visitors are regressing to their mean - which is obdurate and just above the relegation battle.   Some say this season is when their luck runs out.  1-0

Southampton v Brentford - postponed

Watford v Palace - postponed

West Ham v Norwich - postponed

Leeds v Arsenal - the hosts were proper spanked by City mid-week and the Gunners put a real shift in to beat the Hammers.  I doubt this will be a cake walk for Arsenal on any level but I’ve got to go with form. 1-2

Coventry v Stoke - postponed

Everton v Leicester - postponed

Wolves v Chelsea - contrasting midweek results brings increased interest here.  Wolves shut out the filthy Seagulls and took home 3 points, the Blues were held by the shambolic Toffees.  Business are usual or the start of the end for Chelsea’s great season so far? Meh, the former I reckon 1-2

Newcastle v Man City - simple 0-25 I hope.  Has to be an away win and the score is irrelevant.  Sadly it seems that Toon will be able to sign a bunch of sponsorship deals to exponentially  boost their spending power in January, which is disappointing. The only hope is their formation of a Harlem Globetrotters / Wild Geese squad still isn’t enough to keep them up. 

Spurs v Liverpool - the Reds are flying but the naughty pixie in me sees an upset here. 2-1.

There you go, slim pickings but I see Sunday also offers up USA v Bosnia-Herzegovenia.  I don’t  know why that’s happening, but knock yourself having a prediction on that.

*Not Roy Orbison

Very nice as always.  I'm only going to quibble with your predicted upset because I hope that increases the likelihood of it happening.  I'll predict that we'll see a Spurs team that recognizes that it is outclassed at essentially every position and the Liverpool walk to a 3-0 victory.

As for the US vs Bosnia-Herzegovina that is being played (from our perspective) just to let our off-season MLS players have a run, I'll go with 2-0 US for 3 reasons:
1) It's on home soil.
2) Our players who aren't good enough to play in Europe are probably better than their players who aren't good enough to play in Europe.
3) Our players think they're actually playing for a spot on a potential World Cup team whereas B-H has been eliminated.

With that said, one should never underestimate the quality of football played in the rest of the world compared to the US just because it is played everywhere else with a passion that we still can't match - so I have to admit that it won't surprise me if we lose.

lkapigian

GrateEggspectations said:

Pook said:

I just opened this for the first time. I am 71,300 posts and 2379 pages behind! I’ll never catch up at this point. 

Go ahead. It’ll still be faster than preparing an Adam Perry Lang recipe. 

LoL

Kayak

Put the finishing touches on some Christmas presents this am. The thing in the front is a 'bath shelf' so one, or two, people can have something for snacks & drinks while in their soaking tub...

Ozzie_Isaac

Kayak said:

Put the finishing touches on some Christmas presents this am. The thing in the front is a 'bath shelf' so one, or two, people can have something for snacks & drinks while in their soaking tub...

Those are gorgeous!!

Ozzie_Isaac

Getting some puppy energy out.

nolaegghead

Kayak said:

Put the finishing touches on some Christmas presents this am. The thing in the front is a 'bath shelf' so one, or two, people can have something for snacks & drinks while in their soaking tub...

Nice.  I like simple, light wood construction.  You made these from lumber?

PS- I can only guess what purpose the notches are for.

Kayak

nolaegghead said:

Kayak said:

Put the finishing touches on some Christmas presents this am. The thing in the front is a 'bath shelf' so one, or two, people can have something for snacks & drinks while in their soaking tub...

Nice.  I like simple, light wood construction.  You made these from lumber?

PS- I can only guess what purpose the notches are for.

Thanks. The cutting board is hard maple, the stool and shelf are white oak which matches our bathroom.

The notches, as you rightly guessed, are for wineglasses...

lkapigian

Sideways shop breakfast 

nolaegghead

Kayak said:

nolaegghead said:

Kayak said:

Put the finishing touches on some Christmas presents this am. The thing in the front is a 'bath shelf' so one, or two, people can have something for snacks & drinks while in their soaking tub...

Nice.  I like simple, light wood construction.  You made these from lumber?

PS- I can only guess what purpose the notches are for.

Thanks. The cutting board is hard maple, the stool and shelf are white oak which matches our bathroom.

The notches, as you rightly guessed, are for wineglasses...

That would have been my second guess....

pictures of your shop! 

lkapigian

Picked up tomorrow’s cook

SGH

lkapigian said:

Picked up tomorrow’s cook

I’m slaughtering 2 tomorrow. One wild one domestic. Got the overalls and barn boots standing by 👍

Ozzie_Isaac

lkapigian said:

Picked up tomorrow’s cook

How do they de-fur the pig?  On my ex-BIL farm, all we did was dispatch the pig, bleed it, then give it to the person buying it.  Otherwise, they were sold live.  Christmas pigs are the best.

SGH

Ozzie_Isaac said:

How do they de-fur the pig? 

The two most popular ways my rich friend are skinning and scalding/scraping. 

SGH

As of late I stick with skinning. Much less work in my opinion.