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Botch

alaskanassasin said:

That is why I hate borrowing sheet @Canugghead. How many times have I borrowed something and spent more time working on it than I used it?!

I'm coming from an equally negative, but opposite, direction.  I won't lend anything out anymore, even books and DVDs, as they come back damaged or not at all, every single time.  And this is from AF officers, senior engineers, and supposedly decent people.  Never again.  

kl8ton

Glow foam party

kl8ton

alaskanassasin

Botch said:

alaskanassasin said:

That is why I hate borrowing sheet @Canugghead. How many times have I borrowed something and spent more time working on it than I used it?!

I'm coming from an equally negative, but opposite, direction.  I won't lend anything out anymore, even books and DVDs, as they come back damaged or not at all, every single time.  And this is from AF officers, senior engineers, and supposedly decent people.  Never again.  

I loan stuff out all the time but I make it
clear I don’t want to have to come looking
for it.  

  I have a dump trailer, I loaned it to
one buddy who saw my spare tire shredded from a blow out leaning against the barn. Unbeknownst to me he took it, sandblasted the rim, painted it and put a brand new tire on it and brought it back with the trailer.
 I have another buddy (I try to charge the battery, top it off, if I know someone needs it) I told him I’m too busy to charge the battery so he’s on his own. Assuming he’d charge it up for me he said he went to the dump with his jumper pack in case it died but it didn’t so he was happy.
 

alaskanassasin

I have another buddy who borrows it and sweats bullets because it has a license plate that says NC Multi Year. I’ve lived in Ohio for ten years and never re tagged it lol. 

Botch

alaskanassasin said:

Botch said:

alaskanassasin said:

That is why I hate borrowing sheet @Canugghead. How many times have I borrowed something and spent more time working on it than I used it?!

I'm coming from an equally negative, but opposite, direction.  I won't lend anything out anymore, even books and DVDs, as they come back damaged or not at all, every single time.  And this is from AF officers, senior engineers, and supposedly decent people.  Never again.  

I loan stuff out all the time but I make it
clear I don’t want to have to come looking
for it.  

  I have a dump trailer, I loaned it to
one buddy who saw my spare tire shredded from a blow out leaning against the barn. Unbeknownst to me he took it, sandblasted the rim, painted it and put a brand new tire on it and brought it back with the trailer.
 I have another buddy (I try to charge the battery, top it off, if I know someone needs it) I told him I’m too busy to charge the battery so he’s on his own. Assuming he’d charge it up for me he said he went to the dump with his jumper pack in case it died but it didn’t so he was happy.
 

Well, you have a lot nicer neighbors/friends than I do; congrats.  

StillH2OEgger

WeberWho said:

@StillH2OEgger knows what I'm talking about!



This is their single scoop kids cup. 

Awesome! I live half a block from here. We always tell folks to get the kid's cup but they don't always believe us. Glad you got the scouting report and showed restraint, then again, the Lumberjack is another way to go. That looks wonderful. I'm a sucker for the white chocolate raspberry truffle. Any other stops in town?

Canugghead

@alaskanassasin @Botch
I seldom borrow tools, this is a unique situation. Asked my son to lend me his Diamabrush and he dropped it off with it still attached to his F-I-L's grinder. The thing died merely couple of minutes after I turned it on. Transferred the Diamabrush to my own grinder and finished the job hours later, should have switched grinder at the get-go, lesson learned.

Speaking of lending tools, three incidents came to mind,
1) Neighbour's son borrowed my drill...he lost the chuck key and the drill never felt the same, died shortly after.
2) Neighbour's dad borrowed my clamps to do brake works, one of the clamps was returned cracked and he said nothing about it.
3) This one is positive... coworker borrowed my old rusty manual post hole digger; came back sanded and painted!

I now 'reserve' my old retired tools for borrowers, if someone asks about a nice/new tool I'm using I tell him it's not mine.

WeberWho

StillH2OEgger said:

WeberWho said:

@StillH2OEgger knows what I'm talking about!



This is their single scoop kids cup. 

Awesome! I live half a block from here. We always tell folks to get the kid's cup but they don't always believe us. Glad you got the scouting report and showed restraint, then again, the Lumberjack is another way to go. That looks wonderful. I'm a sucker for the white chocolate raspberry truffle. Any other stops in town?

The Teddy Bear playground and Nacho Mamas. We weren't planning on eating at Nacho Mamas but with timing and how the day turned out it made the most sense to stick around Stillwater and find a place to eat. We went to Nacho Mamas on a whim. The place did not disappoint. I thought the food was great and and portions were ridiculously big. (Not that I'm complaining!) We of course had to stop by Nelson's on the way out of town. It's been a minute since the last time I've been in there. I can't believe how busy it was downtown. It must have took me 10 minutes to find a place to park. I must have always been in town during the work week or a Sunday. People everywhere! That was neat to see!

I also noticed you donated your license plate on the wall at Nelson's. 

WeberWho

I picked up a Solo Stove last fall and used it tonight for the first time. I can see why people like them. Pretty slick. I'll need to look into a DIY heat deflectors. I can see how those heat deflectors could come in handy once the flame drops down into the pit. 

StillH2OEgger

Sounds like a great day, @WeberWho. Teddy Bear Park is a great spot, and yes, parking can be a challenge. When the new bridge opened 7-8 years ago it really opened things up downtown and it's a lot more consistently busy than it used to be.

Ozzie_Isaac

Canugghead said:

@alaskanassasin @Botch
I seldom borrow tools, this is a unique situation. Asked my son to lend me his Diamabrush and he dropped it off with it still attached to his F-I-L's grinder. The thing died merely couple of minutes after I turned it on. Transferred the Diamabrush to my own grinder and finished the job hours later, should have switched grinder at the get-go, lesson learned.

Speaking of lending tools, three incidents came to mind,
1) Neighbour's son borrowed my drill...he lost the chuck key and the drill never felt the same, died shortly after.
2) Neighbour's dad borrowed my clamps to do brake works, one of the clamps was returned cracked and he said nothing about it.
3) This one is positive... coworker borrowed my old rusty manual post hole digger; came back sanded and painted!

I now 'reserve' my old retired tools for borrowers, if someone asks about a nice/new tool I'm using I tell him it's not mine.

When we were just moving into our house when I was about 10, my dad borrowed some tools from our neighbor: Pickaxe and a shovel.  My dad used them, cleaned them, then put them in a box in the garage until the next day when he planned to return them.  Well, for some reason my mom drug the box out to the curb with all the other trash.  Tools got thrown away.  Bad part, the tools were antiques from my neighbors grandfather.

My parents called the garbage company and scoured the dump for days.  Never did find them.  I assume the garbage man saw them and kept them.  My dad replaced them with top of the line tools, but cannot replace sentiment.  It changed that friendship noticeably.

To this day, I never borrow tools.  

Stormbringer

Getting the brisket on. I ordered a 6kg packet, it looks like I was delivered a monster 6.3kg point. Not the end of the world but I doubt this will be ready tonight. Cooking at 225F over alder. @lousubcap should I cover the exposed meat to stop it drying out? Or spritz?

ColbyLang

Brisket at 192.6° and rolling. I’ll let it go another 10° before I start probing it. Smells so good at 4 am lol

Ozzie_Isaac

ColbyLang said:

Brisket at 192.6° and rolling. I’ll let it go another 10° before I start probing it. Smells so good at 4 am lol

4am?  Looks like the baker slept in.
Looking forward to seeing the finish.

DoubleEgger

Ozzie_Isaac said:

ColbyLang said:

Brisket at 192.6° and rolling. I’ll let it go another 10° before I start probing it. Smells so good at 4 am lol

4am?  Looks like the baker slept in.
Looking forward to seeing the finish.

Might have pulled an all nighter. 

ColbyLang

DoubleEgger said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

ColbyLang said:

Brisket at 192.6° and rolling. I’ll let it go another 10° before I start probing it. Smells so good at 4 am lol

4am?  Looks like the baker slept in.
Looking forward to seeing the finish.

Might have pulled an all nighter. 

I was up at 2:30. My dogs thought it was time to get up too. Stirred the whole house 🤦🏻‍♂️. 

ColtsFan

It’s the greatest Sunday of the summer! NFL is back. I’ll be heading to Lucas Oil Stadium in about an hour. 

Go Colts!

JohnInCarolina

Canugghead

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Canugghead said:

@alaskanassasin @Botch
I seldom borrow tools, this is a unique situation. Asked my son to lend me his Diamabrush and he dropped it off with it still attached to his F-I-L's grinder. The thing died merely couple of minutes after I turned it on. Transferred the Diamabrush to my own grinder and finished the job hours later, should have switched grinder at the get-go, lesson learned.

Speaking of lending tools, three incidents came to mind,
1) Neighbour's son borrowed my drill...he lost the chuck key and the drill never felt the same, died shortly after.
2) Neighbour's dad borrowed my clamps to do brake works, one of the clamps was returned cracked and he said nothing about it.
3) This one is positive... coworker borrowed my old rusty manual post hole digger; came back sanded and painted!

I now 'reserve' my old retired tools for borrowers, if someone asks about a nice/new tool I'm using I tell him it's not mine.

When we were just moving into our house when I was about 10, my dad borrowed some tools from our neighbor: Pickaxe and a shovel.  My dad used them, cleaned them, then put them in a box in the garage until the next day when he planned to return them.  Well, for some reason my mom drug the box out to the curb with all the other trash.  Tools got thrown away.  Bad part, the tools were antiques from my neighbors grandfather.

My parents called the garbage company and scoured the dump for days.  Never did find them.  I assume the garbage man saw them and kept them.  My dad replaced them with top of the line tools, but cannot replace sentiment.  It changed that friendship noticeably.

To this day, I never borrow tools.  

Oh no, can't imagine how everyone felt. Not in a nice way, the silver lining out of this was making it more memorable for the neighbor than physically owning those tools, and you learned a lifelong lesson.

Speaking of garbage man he wouldn't stand a chance of finding large items of any value nowadays,  not with scavengers driving around the neighborhoods the night before collection day.

lousubcap

Too late to the brisket party but I start with the foil trick on the thin end of the flat for a few hours.  Spritz later in the cook and all based on the status of the bark and brisket temperature.  

Stormbringer

lousubcap said:

Too late to the brisket party but I start with the foil trick on the thin end of the flat for a few hours.  Spritz later in the cook and all based on the status of the bark and brisket temperature.  

Cheers Cap ... i'll foil it now. It's weird that it hasn't stalled yet and it's at 175IT.

Battleborn

Canugghead said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Canugghead said:

@alaskanassasin @Botch
I seldom borrow tools, this is a unique situation. Asked my son to lend me his Diamabrush and he dropped it off with it still attached to his F-I-L's grinder. The thing died merely couple of minutes after I turned it on. Transferred the Diamabrush to my own grinder and finished the job hours later, should have switched grinder at the get-go, lesson learned.

Speaking of lending tools, three incidents came to mind,
1) Neighbour's son borrowed my drill...he lost the chuck key and the drill never felt the same, died shortly after.
2) Neighbour's dad borrowed my clamps to do brake works, one of the clamps was returned cracked and he said nothing about it.
3) This one is positive... coworker borrowed my old rusty manual post hole digger; came back sanded and painted!

I now 'reserve' my old retired tools for borrowers, if someone asks about a nice/new tool I'm using I tell him it's not mine.

When we were just moving into our house when I was about 10, my dad borrowed some tools from our neighbor: Pickaxe and a shovel.  My dad used them, cleaned them, then put them in a box in the garage until the next day when he planned to return them.  Well, for some reason my mom drug the box out to the curb with all the other trash.  Tools got thrown away.  Bad part, the tools were antiques from my neighbors grandfather.

My parents called the garbage company and scoured the dump for days.  Never did find them.  I assume the garbage man saw them and kept them.  My dad replaced them with top of the line tools, but cannot replace sentiment.  It changed that friendship noticeably.

To this day, I never borrow tools.  

Oh no, can't imagine how everyone felt. Not in a nice way, the silver lining out of this was making it more memorable for the neighbor than physically owning those tools, and you learned a lifelong lesson.

Speaking of garbage man he wouldn't stand a chance of finding large items of any value nowadays,  not with scavengers driving around the neighborhoods the night before collection day.

Early in my career I had a lady call us because a neighbor took a piece of furniture that she had set out for the trash man to collect. She wanted to press theft charges. After confirming that the piece was set out on the road, with the trash, I told her that I would not be taking a report for anything. She was not happy. Eventually I turned and walked away while she was mid sentence. She vowed to have my badge for it. 

JohnInCarolina

Stormbringer said:

lousubcap said:

Too late to the brisket party but I start with the foil trick on the thin end of the flat for a few hours.  Spritz later in the cook and all based on the status of the bark and brisket temperature.  

Cheers Cap ... i'll foil it now. It's weird that it hasn't stalled yet and it's at 175IT.

I believe this is what's known as the cow driving the cook!

ColbyLang

Brisket off since early. Belly about to get sauced and covered for an hour or so. Sides prepped, TV on, beer in hand

DoubleEgger

Battleborn said:

Canugghead said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Canugghead said:

@alaskanassasin @Botch
I seldom borrow tools, this is a unique situation. Asked my son to lend me his Diamabrush and he dropped it off with it still attached to his F-I-L's grinder. The thing died merely couple of minutes after I turned it on. Transferred the Diamabrush to my own grinder and finished the job hours later, should have switched grinder at the get-go, lesson learned.

Speaking of lending tools, three incidents came to mind,
1) Neighbour's son borrowed my drill...he lost the chuck key and the drill never felt the same, died shortly after.
2) Neighbour's dad borrowed my clamps to do brake works, one of the clamps was returned cracked and he said nothing about it.
3) This one is positive... coworker borrowed my old rusty manual post hole digger; came back sanded and painted!

I now 'reserve' my old retired tools for borrowers, if someone asks about a nice/new tool I'm using I tell him it's not mine.

When we were just moving into our house when I was about 10, my dad borrowed some tools from our neighbor: Pickaxe and a shovel.  My dad used them, cleaned them, then put them in a box in the garage until the next day when he planned to return them.  Well, for some reason my mom drug the box out to the curb with all the other trash.  Tools got thrown away.  Bad part, the tools were antiques from my neighbors grandfather.

My parents called the garbage company and scoured the dump for days.  Never did find them.  I assume the garbage man saw them and kept them.  My dad replaced them with top of the line tools, but cannot replace sentiment.  It changed that friendship noticeably.

To this day, I never borrow tools.  

Oh no, can't imagine how everyone felt. Not in a nice way, the silver lining out of this was making it more memorable for the neighbor than physically owning those tools, and you learned a lifelong lesson.

Speaking of garbage man he wouldn't stand a chance of finding large items of any value nowadays,  not with scavengers driving around the neighborhoods the night before collection day.

Early in my career I had a lady call us because a neighbor took a piece of furniture that she had set out for the trash man to collect. She wanted to press theft charges. After confirming that the piece was set out on the road, with the trash, I told her that I would not be taking a report for anything. She was not happy. Eventually I turned and walked away while she was mid sentence. She vowed to have my badge for it. 

An OG Karen 

DoubleEgger

Is Tom Brady going to be the next Greg Olsen or is he going to be the next Collinsworth? 

WeberWho

DoubleEgger said:

Is Tom Brady going to be the next Greg Olsen or is he going to be the next Collinsworth? 

Let's hope he's anyone but Collinsworth

Ozzie_Isaac

Making pie filling.  Bought some strawberries on sale, but they were a bit sour.  So, turning sour strawberries into handpies.

Stormbringer

JohnInCarolina said:

Stormbringer said:

lousubcap said:

Too late to the brisket party but I start with the foil trick on the thin end of the flat for a few hours.  Spritz later in the cook and all based on the status of the bark and brisket temperature.  

Cheers Cap ... i'll foil it now. It's weird that it hasn't stalled yet and it's at 175IT.

I believe this is what's known as the cow driving the cook!

Nearly 12 hours in … I haven’t cooked many briskets, don’t recall one rising up like this