OT - What are you doing right now?

ColtsFan

Sea2Ski said:

ColtsFan said:

Was at a client site this morning and saw this bad boy sitting out back.  Looks like an XXL 

@ColtsFan What is that in the background? A skateboard ramp? 

It's at a micro-brewery, but it sure looks like a 1/4 pipe. I think it's part of their load dock. 

Note: my phone never quotes correctly. 

northGAcock

bgebrent said:

theyolksonyou said:

bgebrent said:

theyolksonyou said:

Apparently the bird emoji doesn't work. 

Neither does your cook pic.  That's totally @jeremiah's set up.  Cheater.

If you weren't such a slack a$$, you would have attended wing ding and then you'd know his large is in a nest and this one is clearly run a table. A table that hasn't been cared for, so obviously it's mine. 

No way I was attending an amateur event with non-cooks.  Especially when the winner bought his damn sauce!  You are pretty careless with your table

More haters I see.  You guys need a good schooling on some wangs. Well within the rules of the competition. We all know that Brent was sceeered! 

Jeremiah

Govt Mule, and ZZ Top up next in Cary, NC 

Hans61

Looking forward to watching the second episode of "stranger things" with my brother tonight. Its a netflix original series.

tarheelmatt

Jeremiah said:

Govt Mule, and ZZ Top up next in Cary, NC 

Easy over in Cary! You'll start eating and drinking with your pinky stuck out.  

Botch

Trying to silence my Inner Geek, and keep from whipping out my credit card:
 
http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/iphv/?cpg=fbl_iphv
 

Hans61

Botch said:

Trying to silence my Inner Geek, and keep from whipping out my credit card:
 
http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/iphv/?cpg=fbl_iphv
 

I'd say get it man! looks cool and if you really like Star Trek it'd be worth it!

Jeremiah

Zztop rocked it. I'm hammered and waiting in our uber. 

northGAcock

I have seen them several times over the years. Hard to believe that much sound comes out of those three guys. 

SGH

northGAcock said:

I have seen them several times over the years. Hard to believe that much sound comes out of those three guys. 

I have seen them too. But the sound coming out of them is nothing compared to the sounds that come out of my MIL. She can honest to God fart, belch and burp louder than an elephant. 

WeberWho

A big thanks to @Firemanyz for the Hobart 512 slicer manual. This will be a big help for tracking down parts and future work. Much appreciated!

HeavyG

Anybody else that might want/need that Hobart manual can get this pdf - http://www.bakedeco.com/images/manuals/512-manual.pdf

blasting

watching this guy.  cooks on a bunch of cookers - including eggs.  Only thing... I caught him wearing crocs in this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_weh9B3W4PQ

Acn

tarheelmatt said:

Jeremiah said:

Govt Mule, and ZZ Top up next in Cary, NC 

Easy over in Cary! You'll start eating and drinking with your pinky stuck out.  

My in laws swear Cary stands for Containment Area for Relocated Yankees.

Hans61

blasting said:

watching this guy.  cooks on a bunch of cookers - including eggs.  Only thing... I caught him wearing crocs in this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_weh9B3W4PQ

I like his videos!

Hans61

SGH

Fixing to make some blueberry waffles and a roll of Jimmy Dean sage sausage. A buddy of mine bet me $50.00 bucks that there was no way I could eat 12 waffles and a roll of sausage in one sitting. He is fixing to learn a very valuable lesson. And it's going to cost him fifty bucks to boot. 

kl8ton

SGH said:

Fixing to make some blueberry waffles and a roll of Jimmy Dean sage sausage. A buddy of mine bet me $50.00 bucks that there was no way I could eat 12 waffles and a roll of sausage in one sitting. He is fixing to learn a very valuable lesson. And it's going to cost him fifty bucks to boot. 

Do you consider that waffle maker to make one or two waffles at a time? 

yljkt

SGH said:

Fixing to make some blueberry waffles and a roll of Jimmy Dean sage sausage. A buddy of mine bet me $50.00 bucks that there was no way I could eat 12 waffles and a roll of sausage in one sitting. He is fixing to learn a very valuable lesson. And it's going to cost him fifty bucks to boot. 

12 waffles and a whole roll of sausage for dinner? 

SGH

kl8ton said:

SGH said:

Fixing to make some blueberry waffles and a roll of Jimmy Dean sage sausage. A buddy of mine bet me $50.00 bucks that there was no way I could eat 12 waffles and a roll of sausage in one sitting. He is fixing to learn a very valuable lesson. And it's going to cost him fifty bucks to boot. 

Do you consider that waffle maker to make one or two waffles at a time? 

For the purpose of the bet it was 2.  Each are 6x6.  

SGH

yljkt said:

SGH said:

Fixing to make some blueberry waffles and a roll of Jimmy Dean sage sausage. A buddy of mine bet me $50.00 bucks that there was no way I could eat 12 waffles and a roll of sausage in one sitting. He is fixing to learn a very valuable lesson. And it's going to cost him fifty bucks to boot. 

12 waffles and a whole roll of sausage for dinner? 

Just a mere snack my friend.  

DoubleEgger

Well??

YEMTrey

DoubleEgger said:

Well??

DoubleEgger

I think he might have lost the bet. 

bgebrent

DoubleEgger said:

I think he might have lost the bet. 

My monies on Scottie.

SGH

bgebrent said:

DoubleEgger said:

I think he might have lost the bet. 

My monies on Scottie.

You are a wise man my friend

Hans61

@sgh is in a coma from completing the 12 waffles and a roll of sausage competition... I'd take that $50.00 won and spend it on prime steaks!!!

blasting

Hans61 said:

@sgh is in a coma from completing the 12 waffles and a roll of sausage competition... I'd take that $50.00 won and spend it on prime steaks!!!

I'm thinking he takes the cash and heads out for desert.

Darby_Crenshaw

I had a funeral to work yesterday, and just thought I would share this story.  I wrote it up for my brothers, who I emailed this morning, hence the elusive capitals and punctuation....  But I thought it might be worth sharing. 

I occasionally get calls from a local funeral parlor's director, now a good friend, to play grave side (bag pipes) at services for the indigent, homeless, vets,  those with no family. I do it for free for those cases.

I got a call one day asking if i could accompany him at a service for a homeless veteran. He was a well known fixture, but no one really 'knew' him. and apparently he had no known family. He died after a long illness in the veteran's hospital where apparently no one had visited him.  No one claimed the body.

Now, nine times out of ten the services are at the same large municipal grave yard. This time though the burial was to be an hour out of city in a small semi-rural town.

I drove there with time to spare. Typically ten minutes early.

I got lost.

I drove around looking. Plenty of time. Nothing. I retraced my route, tried to get a signal on my phone. Nothing. Panicking, I drove down a street I'd already tried when i spotted a group in a far corner of a field over a small rise. I'd missed them the first time by

I ran. Out of breath (I'm a heavy man) and got to them only to see i was too late.

The workers, two men, and a backhoe, were already at the grave. The funeral director was gone. I could see the concrete vault was already half covered. I felt horrible.  I'd missed it.

The men were drinking water when i got to them. I said "i'm sorry i'm so late. Would you mind if i played anyway?"

They looked at each other, then at me, kilt and bagpipes and all, then at each other, and shrugged.

I stood a foot from the edge of the hole. Usually I am off a bit away, to create a more distant echo effect. But not today.

I played the old standard. Amazing Grace.

No one should die alone like he did. Alone surrounded by strangers I mean. Without family. A veteran, poor and homeless.

I played like I had never played before. Sometimes it can feel mechanical. But this time, this poor man... it really took hold of me. I admit it. I started to tear up, but I just played louder and more deeply, fighting the tears back, eyes closed.

The men stood and took off their hard hats.

I played and played. I started to cry openly, but kept playing. They began to cry too, just the three of us in that field around the grave. We were silent for a full minute afterward. I was out of breath. The men looking down. sniffing.  Now all of us a little self conscious.

The older man put his hard hat back on. Wiped his eyes and glasses with a bandana.  Head down a bit sheepishly he looked up at me, in the eye. Held out his hand.

I took it and he clasped it with his other hand. And said...

"I've never seen anything like that before, and I've been putting in septic tanks for damn near forty years"

DoubleEgger

Damn you Crenshaw! You had me hook line and sinker...