OT - What are you doing right now?

lkapigian

poster said:

Shoveling out again. Winter is not giving up

Here as well , had to break out a new pair of flip flops to go to work today 

poster

lkapigian said:

poster said:

Shoveling out again. Winter is not giving up

Here as well , had to break out a new pair of flip flops to go to work today 

Ha, we need special socks where the toes are segmented like glove fingers for those

Acn

alaskanassasin said:

JohnInCarolina said:

alaskanassasin said:

JohnInCarolina said:

alaskanassasin said:

JohnInCarolina said:

alaskanassasin said:

 For me wheat is a pita.  First you have to plant it in the middle of fall harvest, while we were dealing with army worms, hope it makes it through winter. Good drainage in the spring, once you have a stand going you have to split fertilizer applications, fly on fungicide, scout for bugs. If all that works out and you miss mid summer T storms that can lay it flat, you get to harvest. The optimal harvest window is about 2 days or the test weight starts dropping, Then you deal with straw, whether you chop it, bale it store it, or someone else bales it takes it, that needs to happen very expeditiously in order to get your double crop beans planted. Hope you catch some late summer rains to fill those out and you might have something.

Sounds just like a sour dough starter!

 All im saying is, with goats, chickens, ducks, dogs, cats, swmbo, I don't need the neighbors dropping off more things for me to feed. I will take care of bubbles, and if its too much Ill bring them back.

I am just giving you the business, my friend

 Yeah yeah, send me your address, Ill mail it to you with a duck.

As my youngest daughter once told me, if the F-word started with a D it would be a DUCK!

 If you have ever raised ducks you might know why.

ColbyLang

fishlessman said:

alaskanassasin said:

The flip side to record crop prices is that everything goes up, rent, inputs, equipment, land prices, fuel, seed, everything.  At some point historically the crop prices will go back down and suck again, and some guys may have over reached, and well to quote Warren Buffet, "only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked."

no,no,no, its simple.......You dig a hole, you put a seed in, you put dirt on top, you add water, up comes wheat

Yeah, and baking bread is just turning on an oven. 

fishlessman

ColbyLang said:

fishlessman said:

alaskanassasin said:

The flip side to record crop prices is that everything goes up, rent, inputs, equipment, land prices, fuel, seed, everything.  At some point historically the crop prices will go back down and suck again, and some guys may have over reached, and well to quote Warren Buffet, "only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked."

no,no,no, its simple.......You dig a hole, you put a seed in, you put dirt on top, you add water, up comes wheat

Yeah, and baking bread is just turning on an oven. 

"its water flour yeast sugar salt and a bread machine".....Bloomberg

fishlessman

trying to source a piece of carbon steel pipe made in usa....not happening....customer will now accept western europe....found a piece manufactured in china and another from the ukraine of all places.........stupid stupid stupid

Ozzie_Isaac

fishlessman said:

trying to source a piece of carbon steel pipe made in usa....not happening....customer will now accept western europe....found a piece manufactured in china and another from the ukraine of all places.........stupid stupid stupid

Isn't DFARS fun?

ColbyLang

fishlessman said:

ColbyLang said:

fishlessman said:

alaskanassasin said:

The flip side to record crop prices is that everything goes up, rent, inputs, equipment, land prices, fuel, seed, everything.  At some point historically the crop prices will go back down and suck again, and some guys may have over reached, and well to quote Warren Buffet, "only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked."

no,no,no, its simple.......You dig a hole, you put a seed in, you put dirt on top, you add water, up comes wheat

Yeah, and baking bread is just turning on an oven. 

"its water flour yeast sugar salt and a bread machine".....Bloomberg

Yup. And zero human error factor

Ozzie_Isaac

ColbyLang said:

fishlessman said:

ColbyLang said:

fishlessman said:

alaskanassasin said:

The flip side to record crop prices is that everything goes up, rent, inputs, equipment, land prices, fuel, seed, everything.  At some point historically the crop prices will go back down and suck again, and some guys may have over reached, and well to quote Warren Buffet, "only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked."

no,no,no, its simple.......You dig a hole, you put a seed in, you put dirt on top, you add water, up comes wheat

Yeah, and baking bread is just turning on an oven. 

"its water flour yeast sugar salt and a bread machine".....Bloomberg

Yup. And zero human error factor

If you really are interested in stepping up your bread game, I recommend weighing your ingredients.

fishlessman

Ozzie_Isaac said:

fishlessman said:

trying to source a piece of carbon steel pipe made in usa....not happening....customer will now accept western europe....found a piece manufactured in china and another from the ukraine of all places.........stupid stupid stupid

Isn't DFARS fun?

gotta like it when its not required in the quote package but then shows up on the purchase order.

ColbyLang

Ozzie_Isaac said:

ColbyLang said:

fishlessman said:

ColbyLang said:

fishlessman said:

alaskanassasin said:

The flip side to record crop prices is that everything goes up, rent, inputs, equipment, land prices, fuel, seed, everything.  At some point historically the crop prices will go back down and suck again, and some guys may have over reached, and well to quote Warren Buffet, "only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked."

no,no,no, its simple.......You dig a hole, you put a seed in, you put dirt on top, you add water, up comes wheat

Yeah, and baking bread is just turning on an oven. 

"its water flour yeast sugar salt and a bread machine".....Bloomberg

Yup. And zero human error factor

If you really are interested in stepping up your bread game, I recommend weighing your ingredients.

Flour and water metered in. Minor ingredients hand weighed. 785# dough batches. 4 an hour per line. 

Ozzie_Isaac

ColbyLang said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

ColbyLang said:

fishlessman said:

ColbyLang said:

fishlessman said:

alaskanassasin said:

The flip side to record crop prices is that everything goes up, rent, inputs, equipment, land prices, fuel, seed, everything.  At some point historically the crop prices will go back down and suck again, and some guys may have over reached, and well to quote Warren Buffet, "only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked."

no,no,no, its simple.......You dig a hole, you put a seed in, you put dirt on top, you add water, up comes wheat

Yeah, and baking bread is just turning on an oven. 

"its water flour yeast sugar salt and a bread machine".....Bloomberg

Yup. And zero human error factor

If you really are interested in stepping up your bread game, I recommend weighing your ingredients.

Flour and water metered in. Minor ingredients hand weighed. 785# dough batches. 4 an hour per line. 

So you are saying you wake and bake for a living.

ColbyLang

Indeed. Literally. 99% sure some of my employees take that term the other way too

Gulfcoastguy

alaskanassasin said:

JohnInCarolina said:

alaskanassasin said:

JohnInCarolina said:

alaskanassasin said:

JohnInCarolina said:

alaskanassasin said:

 For me wheat is a pita.  First you have to plant it in the middle of fall harvest, while we were dealing with army worms, hope it makes it through winter. Good drainage in the spring, once you have a stand going you have to split fertilizer applications, fly on fungicide, scout for bugs. If all that works out and you miss mid summer T storms that can lay it flat, you get to harvest. The optimal harvest window is about 2 days or the test weight starts dropping, Then you deal with straw, whether you chop it, bale it store it, or someone else bales it takes it, that needs to happen very expeditiously in order to get your double crop beans planted. Hope you catch some late summer rains to fill those out and you might have something.

Sounds just like a sour dough starter!

 All im saying is, with goats, chickens, ducks, dogs, cats, swmbo, I don't need the neighbors dropping off more things for me to feed. I will take care of bubbles, and if its too much Ill bring them back.

I am just giving you the business, my friend

 Yeah yeah, send me your address, Ill mail it to you with a duck.

As my youngest daughter once told me, if the F-word started with a D it would be a DUCK!

 If you have ever raised ducks you might know why.

Yep, one of our ducks kept laying her eggs on fire ant beds. The only way that I got a live duckling was by slipping one of the eggs in a turkey nest. I lucked out and checked the turkey as she was giving her new offspring the hairy eyeball.

nolaegghead

Installed new drill press.  Going to get rid of my free bench top drill press.  I have a nice floor model at the other shop.  Wen, I know, cheap brand, but it has a laser and lever type speed control with a digital RPM gauge.  Supposedly equal torque across the RPM range.  We will see.ee

Ozzie_Isaac

Smoking my bourbon.

paqman

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Smoking my bourbon.

Oh, nice!  How do you like it?

Ozzie_Isaac

paqman said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Smoking my bourbon.

Oh, nice!  How do you like it?

It was pretty cool and worked better than expected.  I didn't trust the instructions and smoked it for about 3x as long as I should have.  It was a bit strong for my taste, but will be easy remedy next time.  Presentation is 10/10.

MediumRarely

lkapigian said:

poster said:

Shoveling out again. Winter is not giving up

Here as well , had to break out a new pair of flip flops to go to work today 

Here as well, but didn't have to break out a new pair of flip flops to take a power walk on the beach. Breakfast was quite nice with my wife's home made Greek yogurt, blueberries and mango slices.

Ozzie_Isaac

Ordering food and stuff for my wife's bday party.  She specifically asked I do not cook for it 😓.  She wants me to be a host and less a cook during it.  Should have around 40 people and she is stressing out a bit ... She told me she knew I was dragging my feet on getting everything ordered so we wouldn't have a choice, and I would need to be the cook. She knows I prefer cooking; less mingling and more drinking 🤣

paqman

Ozzie_Isaac said:

paqman said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Smoking my bourbon.

Oh, nice!  How do you like it?

It was pretty cool and worked better than expected.  I didn't trust the instructions and smoked it for about 3x as long as I should have.  It was a bit strong for my taste, but will be easy remedy next time.  Presentation is 10/10.

Where did you order it from?

MediumRarely

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Ordering food and stuff for my wife's bday party.  She specifically asked I do not cook for it 😓.  She wants me to be a host and less a cook during it.  Should have around 40 people and she is stressing out a bit ... She told me she knew I was dragging my feet on getting everything ordered so we wouldn't have a choice, and I would need to be the cook. She knows I prefer cooking; less mingling and more drinking 🤣

Same issues here. Normally I get to take the more therapeutic route for our dinner parties. Occasionally, my wife steps up and suggests that I focus more on hosting the event. No worries, I'm good with that too. When these are our problems, life is really good. We are blessed. BTW - Joyeux anniversaire (to your wife).

Ozzie_Isaac

paqman said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

paqman said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Smoking my bourbon.

Oh, nice!  How do you like it?

It was pretty cool and worked better than expected.  I didn't trust the instructions and smoked it for about 3x as long as I should have.  It was a bit strong for my taste, but will be easy remedy next time.  Presentation is 10/10.

Where did you order it from?

A friend got it for me as a gift.  It is called a "Busy Bee Cocktail Smoker".

Ozzie_Isaac

MediumRarely said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Ordering food and stuff for my wife's bday party.  She specifically asked I do not cook for it 😓.  She wants me to be a host and less a cook during it.  Should have around 40 people and she is stressing out a bit ... She told me she knew I was dragging my feet on getting everything ordered so we wouldn't have a choice, and I would need to be the cook. She knows I prefer cooking; less mingling and more drinking 🤣

Same issues here. Normally I get to take the more therapeutic route for our dinner parties. Occasionally, my wife steps up and suggests that I focus more on hosting the event. No worries, I'm good with that too. When these are our problems, life is really good. We are blessed. BTW - Joyeux anniversaire (to your wife).

Oh yeah, definitely not a problem to worry about!  I am pretty excited because I am having a restaurant cater that specializes in street tacos and Sonoran dogs.  Everyone loves tacos.

nolaegghead

Refurbishing this lathe I bought years ago.  Haven’t used in maybe 4 years.

Ozzie_Isaac

Congrats to Duke.  Moving on!

nolaegghead

nolaegghead

alaskanassasin

Looks like new @nolaegghead

Acn

Starting dinner.