OT - What are you doing right now?

JohnInCarolina

lousubcap

Decent price points for NYC-

dbCooper

No longer need to drive to Wahoo for processed meats.  Abandoned Toys-R-Us was remade into a big box type booze place a few years ago.  Wahoo Locker now has an outlet in a section of the store.

I wasn't in need of anything meat wise, still picked up a couple items just because.

DoubleEgger

lousubcap said:

Decent price points for NYC-

I was thinking the same thing. Beer is too expensive in the ATL. 

Canugghead

Inspired by @WeberWho and @GrateEggspectations, I was able to resurrect my favourite vintage compact hair dryer. Made in Hong Kong, years before Made in China became a thing. At 1200W with six-foot cord it probably wouldn't pass today's CSA certification; when switched to HI it's like a mini palm held heater.

Great for:
1) Removing sticky product label.
2) Drying my dominant hand before handling dry rubs and spices without the cumbersome glove.
2) Finish lighting charcoal as soon as the Benzomatic got the sparks started within seconds, works like a Looftlighter on steroid.  

shtgunal3

JohnInCarolina said:

What did you go with?

GrateEggspectations

@Canugghead

A+ on the repair, right there. What was the issue? Did you need to order parts? 

Dominant hand for sprinkling seasoning? You got me thinking and I’m not sure I’m consistent. Good fodder for a Friday thread. 

You can tell us the truth. Pretty sure we all know what that hair dryer is really for.

Canugghead

@GrateEggspectations Ya should have saved it for Friday!

Parts? this thing was made before you were born. The sliding switch travels over four sets of exposed contacts that were all gunked up, easy fix with rubbing alcohol, a narrow strip of sandpaper and dielectric grease.

Botch

Canugghead said:

2) Drying my dominant hand before handling dry rubs and spices without the cumbersome glove.

Not a sentence that I expected to read in my lifetime....   

Ozzie_Isaac

We played Ding-Dong Ditch (never heard Nicky Nine Doors, but some kids used a much less savory name for it) all the time as kids.  Never TP’d or egg’s anyone’s house.  That seemed more like vandalism.  We also used to jump in front of cars and then dive into ditches.  That one seems a lot more stupid looking back.

fishlessman

Ozzie_Isaac said:

We played Ding-Dong Ditch (never heard Nicky Nine Doors, but some kids used a much less savory name for it) all the time as kids.  Never TP’d or egg’s anyone’s house.  That seemed more like vandalism.  We also used to jump in front of cars and then dive into ditches.  That one seems a lot more stupid looking back.

eggs were for those that deserved it, getting even, some times getting ahead what do you do when your 6 year old little brother gets drop kicked by an adult neighbor and your parents say you guys probably deserved it.  you make sure you deserved it he deserved it....he had to paint his house deserving it.

so how do you do it. wait til some kids are walking down the road, play ding-dong ditch (never knew it had a name), ring that door bell, the angry dad runs out yelling, sees some kids and chases them down the road.  step out from behind the trees and take your time painting his house with rotten eggs.

few days later your dad asks what happened to the neighbors house, you say....he probably deserved it....

i dont ever remember the tp thing back in the 70's seems like that came a decade or two later with the kids, nowadays you dont even see a smashed pumpkin on the road.  i think bed rotting is to blame for it

Bed rotting

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bed rotting is a phrase from social media wherein a person stays in bed for an entire day without engaging in daily activities and chores. Many who partake in bed rotting commonly spend their time on their computer or smartphone.[1][2][3][4][5] The behaviour may have a negative impact in individuals experiencing depression along with being a symptom of depression.[6]

Some observers have interpreted this as a reaction to stress and or anxiety.[7][8][9] Lifehacker has described bed rotting as The Joy of Missing Out.[10]

DoubleEgger

Ozzie_Isaac said:

We played Ding-Dong Ditch (never heard Nicky Nine Doors, but some kids used a much less savory name for it) all the time as kids.  Never TP’d or egg’s anyone’s house.  That seemed more like vandalism.  We also used to jump in front of cars and then dive into ditches.  That one seems a lot more stupid looking back.

TP’ing a house would cost about a hundred bucks these days. 

GrateEggspectations

DoubleEgger said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

We played Ding-Dong Ditch (never heard Nicky Nine Doors, but some kids used a much less savory name for it) all the time as kids.  Never TP’d or egg’s anyone’s house.  That seemed more like vandalism.  We also used to jump in front of cars and then dive into ditches.  That one seems a lot more stupid looking back.

TP’ing a house would cost about a hundred bucks these days. 

Spray a house with a bidet instead?

alaskanassasin

Growing up in Alaska folks did not **** around, we had guns pulled on us while trying to sell magazine subscriptions or whatever for a fundraiser. If you were exploring on someone's land you would just hear a gunshot, and walk back the way you came yelling OKAY OKAY OKAY WE ARE LEAVING!

DoubleEgger

alaskanassasin said:

Growing up in Alaska folks did not **** around, we had guns pulled on us while trying to sell magazine subscriptions or whatever for a fundraiser. If you were exploring on someone's land you would just hear a gunshot, and walk back the way you came yelling OKAY OKAY OKAY WE ARE LEAVING!

 Such a different mindset across the pond. No wonder why the Nordic countries always rank the best in happiness and quality of life. 

https://www.lifeinnorway.net/allemannsretten-right-to-roam/

BigreenGreg

When I way about 13, there was one dad who definitely deserved it. Total jackass. We radioed when he was about to turn the corner (night time) and put a small stump cloaked in black construction paper in his lane up ahead. His black cadillac did not appreciate it. We were about 1/4 mile away when we heard it. Only time i remember pulling anything like that.

alaskanassasin

DoubleEgger said:

alaskanassasin said:

Growing up in Alaska folks did not **** around, we had guns pulled on us while trying to sell magazine subscriptions or whatever for a fundraiser. If you were exploring on someone's land you would just hear a gunshot, and walk back the way you came yelling OKAY OKAY OKAY WE ARE LEAVING!

 Such a different mindset across the pond. No wonder why the Nordic countries always rank the best in happiness and quality of life. 

https://www.lifeinnorway.net/allemannsretten-right-to-roam/

 That is a cool concept, especially if you could opt out lol, the ole purple paint can.

 Rural Alaska was pretty wild growing up, a lot of people were running from things living in shacks or half built houses. Lots of outlaws, gritty hard people, people completely off grid raising families. For example  my best friend in 6th grade would drive his dads truck to the bar and pick him up when mom was working.

  I bet @fishlessman and I could trade some stories over a campfire.

 

fishlessman

alaskanassasin said:

DoubleEgger said:

alaskanassasin said:

Growing up in Alaska folks did not **** around, we had guns pulled on us while trying to sell magazine subscriptions or whatever for a fundraiser. If you were exploring on someone's land you would just hear a gunshot, and walk back the way you came yelling OKAY OKAY OKAY WE ARE LEAVING!

 Such a different mindset across the pond. No wonder why the Nordic countries always rank the best in happiness and quality of life. 

https://www.lifeinnorway.net/allemannsretten-right-to-roam/

 That is a cool concept, especially if you could opt out lol, the ole purple paint can.

 Rural Alaska was pretty wild growing up, a lot of people were running from things living in shacks or half built houses. Lots of outlaws, gritty hard people, people completely off grid raising families. For example  my best friend in 6th grade would drive his dads truck to the bar and pick him up when mom was working.

  I bet @fishlessman and I could trade some stories over a campfire.

 

one of my neighbors shot his kid in the back for driving to school when he could of walked.......those kinda stories   he didnt even get arrested

JohnInCarolina

fishlessman said:

alaskanassasin said:

DoubleEgger said:

alaskanassasin said:

Growing up in Alaska folks did not **** around, we had guns pulled on us while trying to sell magazine subscriptions or whatever for a fundraiser. If you were exploring on someone's land you would just hear a gunshot, and walk back the way you came yelling OKAY OKAY OKAY WE ARE LEAVING!

 Such a different mindset across the pond. No wonder why the Nordic countries always rank the best in happiness and quality of life. 

https://www.lifeinnorway.net/allemannsretten-right-to-roam/

 That is a cool concept, especially if you could opt out lol, the ole purple paint can.

 Rural Alaska was pretty wild growing up, a lot of people were running from things living in shacks or half built houses. Lots of outlaws, gritty hard people, people completely off grid raising families. For example  my best friend in 6th grade would drive his dads truck to the bar and pick him up when mom was working.

  I bet @fishlessman and I could trade some stories over a campfire.

 

one of my neighbors shot his kid in the back for driving to school when he could of walked.......those kinda stories   he didnt even get arrested

Live Free Or Die, Baby

JohnInCarolina

shtgunal3 said:

JohnInCarolina said:

What did you go with?

I had the Triple Citra Daydream, followed by this flight:



Not a ton of beer volume-wise, but I was pretty blitzed walking out of there.

alaskanassasin

Nice @JohnInCarolina

FrostyEgg

Contemplating pulling the trigger on the new Gozney Arc.

JohnInCarolina

JohnInCarolina

FrostyEgg said:

Contemplating pulling the trigger on the new Gozney Arc.

GrateEggspectations

Am not much of a cocktail guy, but I’m a sucker for a homemade whiskey sour, so I mixed up a couple.

DoubleEgger

DoubleEgger said:

Channeling my inner @WeberWho

Ordered parts via overnight delivery to be to delivered today. The boys in brown decided to not deliver it today even though I dropped $34 on shipping. I found out it wasn’t coming at 3:45 this afternoon. I was pissed off big time as the boys in brown said Monday. I found the parts, drove the 1.5hrs in the driving rain in rush hour Atlanta traffic to get to the store 10 mins before they closed. Paid twice as much as the online order but they had the parts on the shelf. Another 1hr 45mins home and an hour putting it all back together. 

I dang sure hope this works. 

Canugghead

@GrateEggspectations a couple? I see three couples.

GrateEggspectations

@DoubleEgger

Just for all the driving you did, I hope so too. I can see why you’d want them asap though - no fun living without a working fridge. Hope you didn’t lose any good proteins!

Canugghead

@DoubleEgger that sucks, glad you got it sorted out. Care to share some deets when you have time please? curious mind wants to know/learn.

Battleborn

GrateEggspectations said:

Am not much of a cocktail guy, but I’m a sucker for a homemade whiskey sour, so I mixed up a couple.

Your pictures always look so elegant. I picture your house to be an update version of Todd and Margo’s house from the 1989 classic cult film, Christmas Vacation. And I mean that in the most positive way possible.