OT - What are you doing right now?

JohnInCarolina

lousubcap said:

Thanks and I would say that stakes are pretty high.  Good luck to the team making the final call as I'm sure at that point there is no real difference amongst the candidates.

At least you've got NYC on the horizon as long as you don't follow Pete's recent insights. 

From the last time I was there, before the pandemic:

kl8ton

JohnInCarolina said:

lousubcap said:

Thanks and I would say that stakes are pretty high.  Good luck to the team making the final call as I'm sure at that point there is no real difference amongst the candidates.

At least you've got NYC on the horizon as long as you don't follow Pete's recent insights. 

From the last time I was there, before the pandemic:

I hope you sent those boards back.  None of that looks cooked.  

pgprescott

kl8ton said:

JohnInCarolina said:

lousubcap said:

Thanks and I would say that stakes are pretty high.  Good luck to the team making the final call as I'm sure at that point there is no real difference amongst the candidates.

At least you've got NYC on the horizon as long as you don't follow Pete's recent insights. 

From the last time I was there, before the pandemic:

I hope you sent those boards back.  None of that looks cooked.  

The shrimp look nicely cooked. 😁

alaskanassasin

Legume said:

alaskanassasin said:

Did @Legume ever reveal what was wrong with his water heater? If I remember right the blow off valve was weeping.

It's buried in a sunk thread, but it was the main pressure reducing valve for the house.  There are two, one for inside and one for outside hose bibs and irrigation.  The inside failed and I never took an inside pressure reading (I didn't realize the hose bibs were with the irrigation).  I had 165 or 170 psi in the house for a few weeks and somehow managed to not have anything in the house or walls blow.  I was very lucky.

Wow thanks for the update, glad you figured it out.

Ozzie_Isaac

Legume said:

alaskanassasin said:

Did @Legume ever reveal what was wrong with his water heater? If I remember right the blow off valve was weeping.

It's buried in a sunk thread, but it was the main pressure reducing valve for the house.  There are two, one for inside and one for outside hose bibs and irrigation.  The inside failed and I never took an inside pressure reading (I didn't realize the hose bibs were with the irrigation).  I had 165 or 170 psi in the house for a few weeks and somehow managed to not have anything in the house or walls blow.  I was very lucky.

I bet those showers felt amazing!  Glad you solved it before disaster struck.

alaskanassasin

You can really see Jupiter and Venus tonight. 

JohnInCarolina

alaskanassasin said:

You can really see Jupiter and Venus tonight. 

If you look really hard, I bet you can also see Uranus.  

alaskanassasin

JohnInCarolina said:

Reading graduate applications for a DOE fellowship.  Nice, fun, weekend activity.

Sounds like they are in good hands lol.

JohnInCarolina said:

alaskanassasin said:

You can really see Jupiter and Venus tonight. 

If you look really hard, I bet you can also see Uranus.  

JohnInCarolina

alaskanassasin said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Reading graduate applications for a DOE fellowship.  Nice, fun, weekend activity.

Sounds like they are in good hands lol.

JohnInCarolina said:

alaskanassasin said:

You can really see Jupiter and Venus tonight. 

If you look really hard, I bet you can also see Uranus.  

GrateEggspectations

@Botch

Didn’t know (or remember?) about your tinnitus. Not surprising given your musical background. I think I’ve made out pretty okay on that front thus far, but my leaf ear will regularly develop a persistent “thump” if I’m exposed to too much loud noise. Too many years with my ear pointed at a silver face Twin Reverb. 

Ozzie_Isaac

alaskanassasin said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Reading graduate applications for a DOE fellowship.  Nice, fun, weekend activity.

Sounds like they are in good hands lol.

JohnInCarolina said:

alaskanassasin said:

You can really see Jupiter and Venus tonight. 

If you look really hard, I bet you can also see Uranus.  

Lol, that made me laugh.

JohnInCarolina

GrateEggspectations

JohnInCarolina said:

Somehow, reference to Rick MoreAnus seems very apropos here. 

WeberWho

This Pizza Hut used to be thee place to go and eat when we were kids. It was a few minutes away from the amusement park we'd get to go and visit once a summer. Lots of memories in the good ole Pizza Hut as a kid but I don't think I've stepped foot in one since I was 12 years old. Funny thing is my wife and I bought our house maybe 3-4 miles from this particular Pizza Hut my family used to visit. We've been here 12+ years and we've never made it in. I honestly didn't even know if they still had a dine in option as the parking lot is always empty. For the last 2-3 months I've had an itch to go back in and check it out. Out of nowhere my wife says, "Do you want to go to Pizza Hut tonight?" I took it as a sign as I never mentioned anything about it. So Pizza Hut it was. 



A flood of memories came back after walking in. I believe these are the same hanging lights they had when I was as a kid. 



They didn't have the salad bar as I remember but they still have Book It! (That was all the rage when we were kids)



The pizza wasn't as good as I remember it being as a 12 year old kid but it was somewhat edible. 



I have to admit it was kind of crazy sitting down in a Pizza Hut and eating pizza again. I almost felt like a kid again. That was until they handed me the bill....

GrateEggspectations

@WeberWho

Thanks for the nostalgia.

While I didn’t visit them regularly as a kid, on family road trips down the Eastern coast of the U.S. when I was growing up, it was a bit of a tradition to have dinner at a Pizza Hut on the first night, to make the kids happy. 

We also had a Pizza Hut in the town I grew up in. The one time I remember being there, my father noticed a garbage can emanating a flame from across the room and walked it out to the parking lot. I guess someone had thrown a still-smouldering cigarette butt in the garbage. He hardly got so much as a “thank you” from staff. 

Gulfcoastguy

my Pizza Hut didn’t make it through Corona. Too bad the waitress had 34 years of experience there. She would see my car pull in and have my drink and table ready before I could get in the door.

JohnInCarolina

@WeberWho - my memories of the Hut from when I was a kid are that the pizza was pretty good too.   They were the first to offer a pan pizza if I recall.  

Now looking back I wonder if it was actually all that good.  It’s been more than 30 years for me but I still feel like I’d recognize the smell of the place.  

ColtsFan

Man, talk about a trip down memory lane. As a fat kid the Book-It program was all the motivation I needed. 

kl8ton

JohnInCarolina said:

If you look really hard, I bet you can also see Uranus.  

I think there is a forum member that believes the meaning of life revolves around this planet.  

Jstroke

I remember the pan pizzas. It seemed like a big treat. Haven’t had it in more than 30 

alaskanassasin

Same memories only it was Godfathers 

Botch

GrateEggspectations said:

@Botch

Didn’t know (or remember?) about your tinnitus. Not surprising given your musical background. I think I’ve made out pretty okay on that front thus far, but my leaf ear will regularly develop a persistent “thump” if I’m exposed to too much loud noise. Too many years with my ear pointed at a silver face Twin Reverb. 

I'm not sure it was from playing; my last band broke up in 2009, my hearing was perfect in '12 when I retired from the Reserves (and had my long exit exam), and the tinnitus hit hard in about '15 (or is tinnitus a delayed-reaction type thing?).  And the last 5 years of my last band, we all had in-ear monitors (greatest gift to musicians since duct tape!), and I was able to easily control the Marshalls and the crash cymbals (and that off-pitch certain vocalist) in my ears, loved them!  

And an unexpected tangent: a week ago I visited the local hobby shop, to look at airbrushes.  When I left, I noticed the "Guitar Center" next door, and decided to walk thru.  I asked an older clerk where their "Musicians Wanted" bulletin board was, they had one but it only had "Musicians Who Want Jobs" posts, I guess most of that stuff has gone online now (and I was only looking for a local, weekly jam session, to have something to do).  That clerk and I started chatting, and 30 minutes later he had my phone number.  Never heard a thing for a week, until yesterday; next weekend, I've got an audition with an R&B band, the 3 tunes are What is Hip?, After the Love is Gone, and some Aretha Franklin tune (clerk couldn't remember which one).  That band only rehearses once a week, and gigs once or twice a month, which would be perfect for me,  but ToP and EW&F are kinda beyond my skill zone; we'll see.  I also just realized that my new Taco truck doesn't have the cap that my old Taco had, so that'll be a ~$700 expense right off the top (to safely haul my gear).  
Not looking for this audition to result in a job offer, but rather to get my name out there again (it's been 14 years) and see what comes up.  

GrateEggspectations

@Botch

Your second paragraph has me smiling. That’s great. The pandemic wasn’t easy on musicians in that sense. Please keep me posted on where this takes you, if only to hear that you’re playing regularly and having some fun. 

ColtsFan

Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoosiers 

alaskanassasin

Sounds awesome @Botch good luck man

kl8ton

@Botch

Keep us updated! Hope something shakes lose for you!  Something fun and semi-regular. 

kl8ton

First time eggin at the new place. 

Ozzie_Isaac

kl8ton said:

First time eggin at the new place. 

Did any neighbors come over?  I would have been standing there in 10sec flat.

GrateEggspectations

@kl8ton

Congrats. Looks like a great setting. And others have noted, you will make friends fast. 

Gulfcoastguy

The aroma of a Boston Butt will lure in all Q fans.