OT - What are you doing right now?

CPFC1905

johnmitchell said:

Too soon, @johnmitchell too soon. 

GrateEggspectations

Watching wifey make cupcakes with the kids and their neighbourhood friends. Lemon with vanilla buttercream. Incredibly moist. In case it wasn’t evident, the kids mostly decorated and taste tested. 

ColtsFan

About to murder this pizza

kl8ton

This was swimming in lake Michigan about 9 hours ago.

kl8ton

Too late to edit above post.  I was able to get a foster boy out there on the water. It has been one of his dreams to go fishing out on the big lake. Technically not allowed to post photos of kids in care.  A quick scribble to protect identity. My buddy helping him out with the fish. 

Foghorn

Cooked up some masalawurst that was made by @caliking a few years ago. Have some family in town for the eclipse and wanted to show off some of the stuff in my freezer. 

DoubleEgger

You and your wife are awesome people @kl8ton

Foghorn

Foghorn said:

Cooked up some masalawurst that was made by @caliking a few years ago. Have some family in town for the eclipse and wanted to show off some of the stuff in my freezer. 

After some communication and better recollection I've realized they were our "spice foward" masalawurst from AWSS 6 documented at the link below.  They have aged well - to perfection actually.

https://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1222764/sauscutapalooza-awss6-the-payoff/p1

fishlessman

Power went down Wednesday, should be back midweek. No police station here and the fire and EMT are voluntary which puts this town last on the list ....😁 Out of beer but there's that bourbon collection I started last summer

alaskanassasin

fishlessman said:

Owner went down Wednesday, should be back midweek. No police station here and the fire and EMT are voluntary which puts this town last on the list ....😁 Out of beer but there's that bourbon collection I started last summer

What in gods name is he talking about…. Power, power went down Wednesday 

lousubcap

Something is powering the means to crank out that post...and restock is just a road-trip away.  Good luck with the cleanup and restoration @fishlessman.  

fishlessman

alaskanassasin said:

fishlessman said:

Owner went down Wednesday, should be back midweek. No police station here and the fire and EMT are voluntary which puts this town last on the list ....😁 Out of beer but there's that bourbon collection I started last summer

What in gods name is he talking about…. Power, power went down Wednesday 

Sorry about that, went back and fixed it.  I try to not use this phone on the forum, my fingers don't work right on the keys. No electricity since Wednesday, should be back midweek. Most towns still without from the last storm around here

JohnInCarolina

Watching some French folks try and learn (not very successfully) how to surf:

GrateEggspectations

Ending up a little bit stalled on a faucet swap out in our old bathroom. Changing the faucet as a temporary stop-gap on the ol’ gal before a full reno down the road. Got the lines changed and removed the old faucet/installed the new one, but the base of the sink is so damn narrow that I can’t get any tool in there to ease off the drain nut (pic #4, which is not a vantage point I can’t actually even see when working; the photo was a product of me jamming my phone up in there). Incredibly tight space. Will change the other fixtures once I have cleared this hurdle. If anyone knows of the right tool for the job on the drain nut, please advise. The nut is deep into the column on the left of the mechanic’s mirror in pic #5. It is visible in the reflection. Good times. 

Corv

Look up "basin wrench" at a hardware store, big box home reno store or Amazon. They are made for this purpose. They cost around $10 to $15.

ColbyLang

@Great_EGGspectations

https://www.harborfreight.com/12-inch-basin-wrench-91958.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=12169269821&campaignid=12169269821&utm_content=117203747419&adsetid=117203747419&product=91958&store=80&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIi5fl6t6whQMVbaNaBR29ZgAXEAQYAiABEgLLgvD_BwE

Ozzie_Isaac

ColbyLang

Call that one several sixteenths 

fishlessman

So there's another name for a faucet wrench......why

GrateEggspectations

@Corv @ColbyLang

Thank you, friends. 

Ozzie_Isaac

Tried my hand at Kenji’s Pad Thai from The Wok.  Came out very tasty, but I needed to make some adjustments because my wok burner is very hot.  My egg noodles needed to be soaked for probably 10 more minutes than the 20 he specifies.  By the time my sauce cooked down my noodles were still tough.  Per his advice, I turned temp down and added water, almost 1/3 cup.  Then I had to get very aggressive and put my wok lid on.  After about 7 minutes steaming the texture was just right.

Flavor was very good, even though I didn’t use shrimp or tofu.  Once I have my noodle technique down, I will go all in and do it with all the shrimp and unique elements.

Canugghead

@GrateEggspectations
I have about 4.5" behind the kitchen sink. 

Needed to tighten the big nut in the middle few months ago. Even a basin wrench wouldn't fit. Then I remembered this nifty double sided plastic wrench that came with the Moen faucet, phew!

GrateEggspectations

Awesome mention, @Canugghead. I may have one somewhere. Thanks. 

GrateEggspectations

Woke up, had a coffee, vac-sealed last night’s pulled beef, prepped car for eclipse outing, cleaned the house and changed the infrared burner on the P500RSIB. 

fishlessman

GrateEggspectations said:

Awesome mention, @Canugghead. I may have one somewhere. Thanks. 

its still good to pick up a basin wrench, you wont use it often but it keeps your face out of the bowl when changing a toilet hose. other than that it mostly sits in the bottom of your toolbox.......mines in my copper solder box but nobody uses that anymore

Canugghead

fishlessman said:

GrateEggspectations said:

Awesome mention, @Canugghead. I may have one somewhere. Thanks. 

its still good to pick up a basin wrench, you wont use it often but it keeps your face out of the bowl when changing a toilet hose. other than that it mostly sits in the bottom of your toolbox.......mines in my copper solder box but nobody uses that anymore

Bidet facial massage is not a bad thing.

ColtsFan

Building Deck railings 

ColbyLang

TSA Pre Check registration. No point in making the mandatory appointment time. We 65 minutes behind for no apparent rhyme or reason. 

Hook_emHornsfan_74

ColbyLang said:

TSA Pre Check registration. No point in making the mandatory appointment time. We 65 minutes behind for no apparent rhyme or reason. 

If you are getting that, you should look into Global Entry instead.  Think its almost the same cost and you get pre tsa with it, depending on how much you travel.

fishlessman

ColbyLang said:

TSA Pre Check registration. No point in making the mandatory appointment time. We 65 minutes behind for no apparent rhyme or reason. 

when i picked up the new pup in atlanta a few months ago it was the first flight ive taken since maybe 1991. flew out of logan in boston, the whole process of picking up the boarding pass, the checkin security gate, getting a coffee and finding my gate took maybe 20 minutes.....whats everyone complaining about......then i flew back out of atlanta, 2 hours in im holding a ten week puppy between my elbows, shoeless, while having a rude talking too and getting my hands checked for bomb residue seems the systems not too consistent.......wonder what it will be like in another 20 something years if i do it again   wonder how much a beer in the atlanta airport will cost then, i got a scolding at the bar too, was supposed to put the puppy alone at the coat rack. the holographic no gun signs floating around in the air in atlanta was a nice touch though