OT - What are you doing right now?

Ozzie_Isaac

https://youtu.be/XcC04WFf8d0

FarmingPhD

Rolling into Friday with leftover rib roast for breakfast. Didn’t realize one of the kids had set the toaster to hades until it was half sacrificed, beef makes up for it.

MasterC

Prepping for tomorrow's Eggfest.; peanut butter apple cobbler, the ultimate appetizer, stuffed pork tenderloins and smoked chucks, 

Ybabpmuts

Ozzie_Isaac said:

https://youtu.be/XcC04WFf8d0

You're either stealing Steve Harvey's mustache or you're putting it back on because you took it off and saw how his lips looked like a squished bagel, and got scared. Or .. you're collecting mustaches from famous people that use them to disguise that the distance between their upper lip and the bottom of their nose is relatively short. If the latter is the case you can probably just measure the mustache outright and stop with the darned tweezers. I've measured mustaches before, I was looking for a hairy faced women. In my case, the lips didn't matter so much, as I was only gonna use her mustache to buff my silverware but the distance to her nose mattered the most. Who wants to get their silverware stuck in a nostril right as it's being final buffed? Not this guy. The worst part is getting an accurate measurement though, as the closer you get to a mustache, the fuzzier it looks around the edges, making exact measurements problematic. It's the same problem we have with bigfoot pictures. Nobody wants to believe bigfoot is as big as he is, because every picture of it looks too blurry, when all the science weenie's will tell you that it's possible that the very nature of bigfoot, IS that he's blurry. Personally,  I think he's just too fuzzy along the edges to get a good measurement is all. Science weenies

There's another possibility regarding your picture ...  which is that you want to kiss Steve harvey and don't want to the upper half of your kiss to taste all hairy and feel all caterpillary and whatnot. To each his own .... fair warning though, that if you ARE going to kiss him, you should inhale right before doing so, because I've seen his lips and if you both exhale before kissing, you might get into a vapor lock situation, that you can't break the seal-of ... no matter what. Imagine going on your next trip and having to go through TSA with a clean faced Steve Harvey stuck on your face. 

StumpBaby

Acn

MasterC

Taking a break. Progress so far; 3 five pound pans of ultimate appetizer, two 24hr chucks out of the bath, chilled now resting in the fridge, stuffing for tenderloins cooling down

Botch

Finished mowing the yard for probably the last time.  City still hasn't fixed their "pipe issues" and the lawn was crunchy two months ago.  We had 1.5" of rain over Memorial Day but the lawn didn't bounce back, at all; all I did today was cut down a few random weeds.  Dammit.  

HeavyG

Saw a tease of potentially a new Blackstone pizza oven. Wonder if its looks will make J. Kenji happy this time.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1315992052257849&ref=sharing

It only appears in the video for a couple of seconds. Price will be interesting.

Ozzie_Isaac

Ybabpmuts said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

https://youtu.be/XcC04WFf8d0

You're either stealing Steve Harvey's mustache or you're putting it back on because you took it off and saw how his lips looked like a squished bagel, and got scared. Or .. you're collecting mustaches from famous people that use them to disguise that the distance between their upper lip and the bottom of their nose is relatively short. If the latter is the case you can probably just measure the mustache outright and stop with the darned tweezers. I've measured mustaches before, I was looking for a hairy faced women. In my case, the lips didn't matter so much, as I was only gonna use her mustache to buff my silverware but the distance to her nose mattered the most. Who wants to get their silverware stuck in a nostril right as it's being final buffed? Not this guy. The worst part is getting an accurate measurement though, as the closer you get to a mustache, the fuzzier it looks around the edges, making exact measurements problematic. It's the same problem we have with bigfoot pictures. Nobody wants to believe bigfoot is as big as he is, because every picture of it looks too blurry, when all the science weenie's will tell you that it's possible that the very nature of bigfoot, IS that he's blurry. Personally,  I think he's just too fuzzy along the edges to get a good measurement is all. Science weenies

There's another possibility regarding your picture ...  which is that you want to kiss Steve harvey and don't want to the upper half of your kiss to taste all hairy and feel all caterpillary and whatnot. To each his own .... fair warning though, that if you ARE going to kiss him, you should inhale right before doing so, because I've seen his lips and if you both exhale before kissing, you might get into a vapor lock situation, that you can't break the seal-of ... no matter what. Imagine going on your next trip and having to go through TSA with a clean faced Steve Harvey stuck on your face. 

StumpBaby

It's a video.  Video will explain it all.

Eggpharmer

Didn't pull the trigger...had two out at the HEB on Far West in Austin if anyone interested 

lousubcap

@Eggpharmer - I get the many advantages of living in CT (Central Texas) given brisket.  But at some point, I ask you and others to exercise the teaser restraint.  Here's a link to the on-line SRF Black Grade pricing:
https://www.snakeriverfarms.com/american-wagyu-brisket.html
Just want you to remind you of one of the benefits you have based on location.  Related, spoke with SRF a few years ago when HEB started to offer SRF briskets regarding any impact on us poor on-line customers.  I was told the priority was to take care of the on-line sale first. 
Of note, today the SRF Black Grade is sold out in any weight range below 16 lbs.  So much for that... FWIW-

GrateEggspectations

MasterC said:

Prepping for tomorrow's Eggfest.; peanut butter apple cobbler, the ultimate appetizer, stuffed pork tenderloins and smoked chucks, 

Like the sound of the peanut butter apple cobbler, as weird as the combo sounds. Part of me thinks you left out a comma, or words even. Recipe?

Have fun at the Eggfest, and take your time in responding to me; you no doubt have your hands full as you prepare for tomorrow. 

ColtsFan

Burn pile therapy. 

johnmitchell

Coco is going to have to dig deep, steamrolled in first set😳

JohnInCarolina

johnmitchell said:

Coco is going to have to dig deep, steamrolled in first set😳

Yep.  But she’s 18.  I think she has a long career ahead of her.  

JohnInCarolina

Mixing up a double batch of that pineapple-jalapeño salsa that @GrateEggspectations put me on to.  That stuff is like crack.

shtgunal3

@JohnInCarolina I must’ve missed that one. Sounds like something I would like. 

JohnInCarolina

shtgunal3 said:

@JohnInCarolina I must’ve missed that one. Sounds like something I would like. 

I put the recipe in Cen-Tex’s salsa vault.  It’s easy, and has a nice sweet heat.

Gulfcoastguy

Waiting for the power to come back on. Brownout I guess.

lousubcap

Too any electric cars charging at one time?? 

Ozzie_Isaac

Cancelled my solar install.  Did a bit of research and learned that if we have power outage the solar system also shuts down.  Need a battery backup or a system completely separate from the grid to work during power outage.  Seems like I should have known that, but I didn't ask.the right questions.

lousubcap

@Ozzie_Isaac - at least you sorted it out before the install.  I am not surprised that that bit of worthwhile information is not offered upfront-could be a deal breaker for many.  

Gulfcoastguy

lousubcap said:

Too any electric cars charging at one time?? 

Mine was but I doubt that was the problem in Mississippi yet.

HeavyG

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Cancelled my solar install.  Did a bit of research and learned that if we have power outage the solar system also shuts down.  Need a battery backup or a system completely separate from the grid to work during power outage.  Seems like I should have known that, but I didn't ask.the right questions.

Never heard of that before. They don't install an automatic transfer switch so the solar doesn't continue to back feed into the utility company?

alaskanassasin

HeavyG said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Cancelled my solar install.  Did a bit of research and learned that if we have power outage the solar system also shuts down.  Need a battery backup or a system completely separate from the grid to work during power outage.  Seems like I should have known that, but I didn't ask.the right questions.

Never heard of that before. They don't install an automatic transfer switch so the solar doesn't continue to back feed into the utility company?

Im probably way out of my element here but I assume you would have to power your house off of stable power source such  as a battery and not one that can fluctuate due to clouds or night and fry your electronics. 

alaskanassasin

My buddy who was raped imo by the solar guys has a battery back up that is tied to his fridge, freezer, garage door, furnace and sump pump.

Ozzie_Isaac

alaskanassasin said:

HeavyG said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Cancelled my solar install.  Did a bit of research and learned that if we have power outage the solar system also shuts down.  Need a battery backup or a system completely separate from the grid to work during power outage.  Seems like I should have known that, but I didn't ask.the right questions.

Never heard of that before. They don't install an automatic transfer switch so the solar doesn't continue to back feed into the utility company?

Im probably way out of my element here but I assume you would have to power your house off of stable power source such  as a battery and not one that can fluctuate due to clouds or night and fry your electronics. 

Supposedly you can actually do it with micro-inverters.  You setup a portion that is totally separate from the grid.  A battery would definitely help with fluctuations.  I don't fully understand it all.  Costs ramp up everytime I ask questions.

HeavyG said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Cancelled my solar install.  Did a bit of research and learned that if we have power outage the solar system also shuts down.  Need a battery backup or a system completely separate from the grid to work during power outage.  Seems like I should have known that, but I didn't ask.the right questions.

Never heard of that before. They don't install an automatic transfer switch so the solar doesn't continue to back feed into the utility company?

That was my assumption which was wrong.  Also not something that is highlighted in the sales pitch.  The monthly cost savings for me would have been in the neighborhood of $50-$100 based on their projections.  That alone, doesn't do it for me.  Based on a lot of other factors unique to my situation and extra costs for converting some things over it doesn't make sense.  Maybe I can work those things out, but at the moment I can't justify the outlay along with no coverage during blackouts.  Would be much cheaper to install an generac and buy a thousand gallons of diesel.

Maybe we can work it all out, but pumped the brakes for now.

FarmingPhD

Finally laying tool home locations. I either way oversized or I’m going to need more tools .

Ozzie_Isaac

FarmingPhD said:

Finally laying tool home locations. I either way oversized or I’m going to need more tools .

Hopefully you are going to have foam with cutouts for each tool and labels.  A beautiful setup like that with nice tools deserve foam.

Botch

alaskanassasin said:
Im probably way out of my element here but I assume you would have to power your house off of stable power source such  as a battery and not one that can fluctuate due to clouds or night and fry your electronics. 

I would've assumed the same.  Guess I got lucky with the guys who looked at my place; they told me my electric bill would go up slightly for 20 years or so, then drop dramatically (I will drop dramatically before then).  
 
On a somewhat-related note, my secondary water got turned on this morning, 24 days late.  My yard didn't bounce back with the 1.5" rain we got last weekend, it's dead, but at least I can soak my dry grass this coming 24th/Fourth of July.  The "No fires/fireworks" maps were released two days ago, and once again I live on the border street; I can't have open flames but the neanderthal that lives across the street will once again be igniting with abandon.