OT - What are you doing right now?

Ozzie_Isaac

Sitting here baking, and just had my million dollar idea.  (8:28:24 20:38 -AZ USA). 

Chocolate Chip Cookie hamburger buns!

of course expanding into oatmeal cookie hotdog buns.

JohnInCarolina

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Sitting here baking, and just had my million dollar idea.  (8:28:24 20:38 -AZ USA). 

Chocolate Chip Cookie hamburger buns!

of course expanding into oatmeal cookie hotdog buns.

ColbyLang

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Sitting here baking, and just had my million dollar idea.  (8:28:24 20:38 -AZ USA). 

Chocolate Chip Cookie hamburger buns!

of course expanding into oatmeal cookie hotdog buns.

Nah. Won’t work. Chocolate chips would get pulverized by the equipment necessary to make it into a hamburger bun. Now, could you make a cookie big enough to “make a bun”? Possibly. Wanna buy a bakery?

DoubleEgger

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Sitting here baking, and just had my million dollar idea.  (8:28:24 20:38 -AZ USA). 

Chocolate Chip Cookie hamburger buns!

of course expanding into oatmeal cookie hotdog buns.

Put down the bong and walk away. 

fishlessman

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Sitting here baking, and just had my million dollar idea.  (8:28:24 20:38 -AZ USA). 

Chocolate Chip Cookie hamburger buns!

of course expanding into oatmeal cookie hotdog buns.

its already a vegan new england classic

ColbyLang

fishlessman said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Sitting here baking, and just had my million dollar idea.  (8:28:24 20:38 -AZ USA). 

Chocolate Chip Cookie hamburger buns!

of course expanding into oatmeal cookie hotdog buns.

its already a vegan new england classic

Nah. There’s no meat in that. That’s what a confectioner calls a double doozy

Ozzie_Isaac

ColbyLang said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Sitting here baking, and just had my million dollar idea.  (8:28:24 20:38 -AZ USA). 

Chocolate Chip Cookie hamburger buns!

of course expanding into oatmeal cookie hotdog buns.

Nah. Won’t work. Chocolate chips would get pulverized by the equipment necessary to make it into a hamburger bun. Now, could you make a cookie big enough to “make a bun”? Possibly. Wanna buy a bakery?

Most things worth doing aren’t easy!!  This could be baker HOF stuff!

I don’t think I could consistently get up at 3am.  Otherwise owning a small local shop could be fun.  A full blown production facility could be fun too, but that seems a lot more involved than just baking.

ColbyLang

Ozzie_Isaac said:

ColbyLang said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Sitting here baking, and just had my million dollar idea.  (8:28:24 20:38 -AZ USA). 

Chocolate Chip Cookie hamburger buns!

of course expanding into oatmeal cookie hotdog buns.

Nah. Won’t work. Chocolate chips would get pulverized by the equipment necessary to make it into a hamburger bun. Now, could you make a cookie big enough to “make a bun”? Possibly. Wanna buy a bakery?

Most things worth doing aren’t easy!!  This could be baker HOF stuff!

I don’t think I could consistently get up at 3am.  Otherwise owning a small local shop could be fun.  A full blown production facility could be fun too, but that seems a lot more involved than just baking.

Keep in mind. My employees aren’t JIC caliber. Genuinely good people but the dregs of society. 90% of my job is babysitting 56 adults. The baking is the easy part of the job 

edit cus I’m stooopid

WeberWho

A simple weekend job turned into a nightmare...

My family was out of town for the weekend and I figured I'd tackle our front door. That way I could shut off the AC and not really worry about the front door being off the house when working on it. 

The door itself was solid but the previous owners had something like 10 kids and it was one of the last things in the house where it showed marks from kids living in it prior. The door itself had to have 80+ little dings from kids banging crap against it. Here's a preview of the door. 

The color somewhat hid the dings and marks but we wanted to change the color up since we painted the house a few years back. 

Here's the door after I removed the paint and hours of Bondo work. 



I explained my situation to Sherwin Williams and what I was looking for. They recommended me some exterior latex paint that was something like $40/quart. They said no primer was necessary with this paint I picked up. 



This is me peeling the paint off the door Sherwin recommended. I was a little upset to say the least. Not only did the paint push and not stick but it rusted the door. (I should have known better and not listened to them. Latex is water based and flash rusted the door as it dried.) Not only did I have to remove the paint once again, I had to re-bondo all the dents afterwards. 

I brought the door over to my parents and my Dad and I sprayed it with a automotive primer. After it dried we weren't happy with the results. It was older primer and it left a heavy texture as it dried. So I had to start over again. More Bondo work! Fun. 

We bought some new automotive primer and hardener and that did the trick. Since we used an automotive primer it limits what we could use for paint. We ran it over to a body shop and they wanted over $600 to spray it. Even with us prepping it. That's was a hard pass. 

Trying to find quart of oil based paint isn't easy. The limited supply of oil paint we found were set colors and not tintable. I eventually found one little quart hidden behind a shelf corner at Home Depot. So I gave that a go. 

I used a 1/4 nap rollers and the first coat went on fine. The next day I went and put on a second coat. It looked fine going on but I noticed a few lint marks from the roller towards the end of the second coat. I hit the door at an angle with a flashlight and noticed all this crap the roller was leaving. At this point this door is cursed. So I carefully spent hours sanding out all the crap that was left behind with the roller. 

So I go back to Home Depot and buy another quart of paint and some new paint rollers. I once again put on another coat and everything looks okay. Once again towards the end the roller starts leaving crap in the paint. Not only is it leaving crap in the paint the roller is leaving microscopic air bubbles in the paint. Once again, I'm spending endless hours lightly sanding out garbage and bubbles in the paint the next day. 

I switched over to foam roller. I was hoping to leave a little texture with the nap roller in case any of my Bondo worked showed through. I had no choice and was tired of fighting this damn door.

Trust me, I would have just bought a new door slab if I knew all that was going to take place. (I would have had to build a new jamb for the door as no new door slabs would align with the hinges that were routered in the jamb.) The door was side window and would be a pain to remove to build a jamb. It would have probably been quicker than the 60+ hours I have into the door. 

The color is not for everyone. My house is dark grey with some black accents. Pretty boring. So it needed a splash of something. So I went all in with something bright. Something that was supposed to take a weekend ended up taking weeks. 

A pick of the door when it was finally done!

SamIAm2

@GrateEggspectations - We called those things Walking Sticks back when we were young.

lousubcap

@WeberWho- Great documentation of quite a painful endeavor.  Way to persevere thru all that.  I would not have had the patience.  Looks great.  

GrateEggspectations

@WeberWho

I hate projects that are much more involved than first anticipated. That being said, the result is excellent, as is your usual style. 😎

ColbyLang

That’s some elbow grease @WeberWho

Braggart

ColbyLang said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

ColbyLang said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Sitting here baking, and just had my million dollar idea.  (8:28:24 20:38 -AZ USA). 

Chocolate Chip Cookie hamburger buns!

of course expanding into oatmeal cookie hotdog buns.

Nah. Won’t work. Chocolate chips would get pulverized by the equipment necessary to make it into a hamburger bun. Now, could you make a cookie big enough to “make a bun”? Possibly. Wanna buy a bakery?

Most things worth doing aren’t easy!!  This could be baker HOF stuff!

I don’t think I could consistently get up at 3am.  Otherwise owning a small local shop could be fun.  A full blown production facility could be fun too, but that seems a lot more involved than just baking.

Keep in mind. My employees aren’t JIC caliber. Genuinely good people but the dregs of society. 90% of my job is babysitting 56 adults. The baking is the easy part of the job 

edit cus I’m stooopid

Reminds me of a joke (have to substitute bakery owner for boat owner)...


The IRS suspected a fishing boat owner wasn't paying proper wages to his deckhand and sent an agent to investigate him.


IRS AUDITOR: "I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them". 



Boat Owner: "Well, there's Clarence, my deckhand, he's been with me for 3 years. I pay him $1,000 a week plus free room and board. 



Then there's the mentally challenged guy. He works about 18 hours every day and does about 90% of the work around here. He makes about $100 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of Bacardi rum and a dozen Budweiser's every Saturday night so he can cope with life. He also gets to sleep with my wife occasionally". 



IRS AUDITOR: "That's the guy I want to talk to - the mentally challenged one". 



Boat Owner: "That would be me. What would you want to know"?

Ozzie_Isaac

Braggart said:

ColbyLang said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

ColbyLang said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Sitting here baking, and just had my million dollar idea.  (8:28:24 20:38 -AZ USA). 

Chocolate Chip Cookie hamburger buns!

of course expanding into oatmeal cookie hotdog buns.

Nah. Won’t work. Chocolate chips would get pulverized by the equipment necessary to make it into a hamburger bun. Now, could you make a cookie big enough to “make a bun”? Possibly. Wanna buy a bakery?

Most things worth doing aren’t easy!!  This could be baker HOF stuff!

I don’t think I could consistently get up at 3am.  Otherwise owning a small local shop could be fun.  A full blown production facility could be fun too, but that seems a lot more involved than just baking.

Keep in mind. My employees aren’t JIC caliber. Genuinely good people but the dregs of society. 90% of my job is babysitting 56 adults. The baking is the easy part of the job 

edit cus I’m stooopid

Reminds me of a joke (have to substitute bakery owner for boat owner)...


The IRS suspected a fishing boat owner wasn't paying proper wages to his deckhand and sent an agent to investigate him.


IRS AUDITOR: "I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them". 



Boat Owner: "Well, there's Clarence, my deckhand, he's been with me for 3 years. I pay him $1,000 a week plus free room and board. 



Then there's the mentally challenged guy. He works about 18 hours every day and does about 90% of the work around here. He makes about $100 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of Bacardi rum and a dozen Budweiser's every Saturday night so he can cope with life. He also gets to sleep with my wife occasionally". 



IRS AUDITOR: "That's the guy I want to talk to - the mentally challenged one". 



Boat Owner: "That would be me. What would you want to know"?

Dam Son.  That hits really close to home.

Canugghead

Wow @WeberWho I'm exhausted just reading what you went through. End result looks great!

Ozzie_Isaac

@WeberWho I read your story with great anticipation.  It did not disappoint.  I appreciate the never give in attitude.  That is how mine goes.

I needed to install a dishwasher and I wasn’t paying the $275 install they wanted.  I was directly replacing and existing one.  20 minutes tops.   6 hrs later it was installed.  I am
fairly confident the built the cabinets around the dishwasher and none of the routing and existing holes worked for the new dishwasher.

CPFC1905

The trademark start-stop phoney launch to every new season concludes this weekend. The transfer window finally slams closed so no more strategic injuries and tactical slight of hand to force through transfers - but look, it’s an international fixture weekend straight after and so no chance to show off all the new toys for 2 weeks.   

Saturday

Arsenal v Brighton, Gunners going well again and the airborne bin-dippers have proved obstinately successful.  My best hope is that the correct outcome manifests; 2-0i

Brentford v Southampton, despite the absence of talismanic striker Ivan Toney the Bees carry on regardless, again. Saints must feel like they entered the big boys room by mistake as it has not been a fun time at all for them so far. 3-0

Everton v Bournemouth, the game to watch - if you’re more interested in sub-plots and strife than actual talent. The Cherries have two draws so far - and that could carry on forever, while the Toffees have no points or goals. And we thought last season was their bad one? 0-1 

Ipswich v Fulham, first real actual proper game for the Tractor Boys after show trial-esque defeats by Liverpool and City. But the Cottagers have recruited well and will be a tough test. 1-2 after an  early goal gives hope but it ebbs away by the minute.

Leicester v Aston Villa, a midlands derby with teams in very different conditions and circumstances. The Foxes’ only ambition is to stay up, their guests are looking for Euro success and a top end finish. 0-1 

Forest v Wolves, curiously unbeaten so far Forest will be optimistic, while Wolves took a spanking last week.  I don’t see a repeat of that but the Old Gold will need to dig in and hold firm, otherwise a capitulation may occur out of habit rather than merit. 0-0

West Ham v Man City, the Hammers will not feel threatened by City as it’s either a free-hit and chance to bed in the new players, or a good time to catch them off guard and sneak a result. 1-2

Sunday 

Chelsea v Palace, just consider yourself very lucky that I even still recognise the concept of football. After two defeats, so all of the PL games so far, I am about ready to eradicate all notion of the mighty Eagles.  Then they win a mid-week cup game and buy a couple of players and now it’s day one of the holiday again and all things are possible.  Damn you.  Tough ask. 2-2

Newcastle v Spurs, identical form so far and the same for their outlooks - not helped by both having injuries to key players already. Toon are only novice players of the ‘Who can be more Spursy than Spurs’ game but this match could go very meta. 13-13, 0-0, everyone forgets their boots, and aliens land on the pitch - all those will happen. 1-1

Man Utd v Liverpool, let’s be honest - can we honestly be surprised that Utd are still a bit clown car after a Summer of such promise that has resulted in more or less that same people in the same roles.  However, their North West neighbours appear serene and therefore menacing. Let’s call them Glenn Close from now on. 1-3.

Don’t forget the Second Test at Lord’s, England pulled around a ropey start yesterday - but as we all know, a good score is only known after both teams bat. 

Foghorn

"Man Utd v Liverpool, let’s be honest - can we honestly be surprised that Utd are still a bit clown car after a Summer of such promise that has resulted in more or less that same people in the same roles.  However, their North West neighbours appear serene and therefore menacing. Let’s call them Glenn Close from now on. 1-3."


You're probably right.  It will be 1-2 with about 10 minutes left with Man U on the front foot trying to get an equalizer.  From that point it won't surprise me if it ends 1-6...

kl8ton

Great job @weberwho

Thoughts of burning the house down would certainly creep into my mind during that project. 

billt01

ColbyLang said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Sitting here baking, and just had my million dollar idea.  (8:28:24 20:38 -AZ USA). 

Chocolate Chip Cookie hamburger buns!

of course expanding into oatmeal cookie hotdog buns.

Nah. Won’t work. Chocolate chips would get pulverized by the equipment necessary to make it into a hamburger bun. Now, could you make a cookie big enough to “make a bun”? Possibly. Wanna buy a bakery?

this guy bakes..

Ozzie_Isaac

billt01 said:

ColbyLang said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Sitting here baking, and just had my million dollar idea.  (8:28:24 20:38 -AZ USA). 

Chocolate Chip Cookie hamburger buns!

of course expanding into oatmeal cookie hotdog buns.

Nah. Won’t work. Chocolate chips would get pulverized by the equipment necessary to make it into a hamburger bun. Now, could you make a cookie big enough to “make a bun”? Possibly. Wanna buy a bakery?

this guy bakes..

Could you add the chocolate chips just as the dough is squirted into the mold to bake, or however that is done?

kl8ton

Ready for this weekend to be over. I know I am in the minority there. 

What happened to the 2024 thread? Did it burn to the ground?

DoubleEgger

kl8ton said:

Ready for this weekend to be over. I know I am in the minority there. 

What happened to the 2024 thread? Did it burn to the ground?

Me too. Things change so much for the better on Tuesday. 

lousubcap

I get the @kl8ton as this the last of big summer/tourist weekends for him and all the challenges with running the business.
No clue re @DoubleEgger.  

ColbyLang

Ozzie_Isaac said:

billt01 said:

ColbyLang said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Sitting here baking, and just had my million dollar idea.  (8:28:24 20:38 -AZ USA). 

Chocolate Chip Cookie hamburger buns!

of course expanding into oatmeal cookie hotdog buns.

Nah. Won’t work. Chocolate chips would get pulverized by the equipment necessary to make it into a hamburger bun. Now, could you make a cookie big enough to “make a bun”? Possibly. Wanna buy a bakery?

this guy bakes..

Could you add the chocolate chips just as the dough is squirted into the mold to bake, or however that is done?

Squirted lol.

everyone wants the same amount of add-ins throughout the entire piece of bread. Hamburger buns are baked in a pressed pan like a muffin, albeit shallower. Bread dough can’t be squirted into a pan, you’d have to add them at the beginning of the mix and hope the mixer doesn’t tear them up before the machinery does a few minutes later. You’d have some surviving both processes, but not many

Ozzie_Isaac

ColbyLang said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

billt01 said:

ColbyLang said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Sitting here baking, and just had my million dollar idea.  (8:28:24 20:38 -AZ USA). 

Chocolate Chip Cookie hamburger buns!

of course expanding into oatmeal cookie hotdog buns.

Nah. Won’t work. Chocolate chips would get pulverized by the equipment necessary to make it into a hamburger bun. Now, could you make a cookie big enough to “make a bun”? Possibly. Wanna buy a bakery?

this guy bakes..

Could you add the chocolate chips just as the dough is squirted into the mold to bake, or however that is done?

Squirted lol.

everyone wants the same amount of add-ins throughout the entire piece of bread. Hamburger buns are baked in a pressed pan like a muffin, albeit shallower. Bread dough can’t be squirted into a pan, you’d have to add them at the beginning of the mix and hope the mixer doesn’t tear them up before the machinery does a few minutes later. You’d have some surviving both processes, but not many

Never thought about it, but each hamburger bun is an individual dough ball with all the mixing and proofing, etc?  For some reason in my head I just imagined an injection molding machine, 😂

what we need are very strong chocolate chips that soften and become chewable after baking.

ColbyLang

Ozzie_Isaac said:

ColbyLang said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

billt01 said:

ColbyLang said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Sitting here baking, and just had my million dollar idea.  (8:28:24 20:38 -AZ USA). 

Chocolate Chip Cookie hamburger buns!

of course expanding into oatmeal cookie hotdog buns.

Nah. Won’t work. Chocolate chips would get pulverized by the equipment necessary to make it into a hamburger bun. Now, could you make a cookie big enough to “make a bun”? Possibly. Wanna buy a bakery?

this guy bakes..

Could you add the chocolate chips just as the dough is squirted into the mold to bake, or however that is done?

Squirted lol.

everyone wants the same amount of add-ins throughout the entire piece of bread. Hamburger buns are baked in a pressed pan like a muffin, albeit shallower. Bread dough can’t be squirted into a pan, you’d have to add them at the beginning of the mix and hope the mixer doesn’t tear them up before the machinery does a few minutes later. You’d have some surviving both processes, but not many

Never thought about it, but each hamburger bun is an individual dough ball with all the mixing and proofing, etc?  For some reason in my head I just imagined an injection molding machine, 😂

what we need are very strong chocolate chips that soften and become chewable after baking.

Divide, round, sheet. Mixing process is very violent. Roller bar mixer moving 600+ pounds of dough. Dumps into divider. Divider has “pockets” which portion, deposit and round each individual bun. Comes out round like a ball. Down a short conveyor to a series of high speed rollers set a various heights to reduce to less than 1/4” thick. Down the line and dropped into a pressed pan with anywhere from 15-32 impressions on it. Rack/proofer/oven or conveyed to tunnel proofer and then tunnel oven depending on the size of the operation 

Corv

Colby, thanks for that description. Sounds like chocolate chips could be pressed into the buns before proofing, but not easily.

Ozzie, there are some excellent burger bun recipes on line. It would be simple enough to add chocolate chips. Personally, I don't think that would be an improvement, but try it and report back.

Thanks!

DoubleEgger

lousubcap said:

I get the @kl8ton as this the last of big summer/tourist weekends for him and all the challenges with running the business.
No clue re @DoubleEgger.  

Weekend lake traffic goes down significantly after Labor Day. Fishing starts to get better. The inferno Georgia heat and humidity subsides. And then there’s football… 

This is the last weekend of summer hell on the lake. 

I’m hoping the Georgia game keeps people away today.