OT - What are you doing right now?

bgebrent

Enjoying the smell and sound of pork butt fat sizzling in the drip pan.  Mmmm.

Eggcelsior

I'm intoxicated. Waiting in line for the bathroom. Huh.

Cashfan

DuckDogDr said:

Thanks for checking @Cashfan she's doing good... Won't eat kibble still  but she's acting more like herself, and she does eat the stuff i cook for her ...but I'm content with her progress at this point . 

Glad to hear she's doing well. 

I have a 13 year old blue heeler who is struggling with a bad back. He regularly needs assistance getting up. Petey still wags his tail, eats everything in sight and wants to ride in the truck. Dogs are amazing.

JohnInCarolina

At a PhD hooding ceremony for Duke.  Two of my students set to get their degrees.  And before the jokes come, no the hoods aren't white.

pgprescott

Sammiches tomorrow. 

northGAcock

Well into roasting some beef ribs on the medium.
Rockwood with about 4 chunks of craft charred white oak barrell Lump. Gonna woop up some butter beans, stewed damato and okra to accompany. Oh and will top off with some of @JohnInCarolina Choc Pots for dessert. They are account.....quality tested them earlier today.

ColtsFan

Thinking I need one of these 

Botch

@ColtsFan, I've downloaded at least three sets of plans for an outdoor pizza oven.  My Large made a fantastic interim solution, and I cooked so many pizzas over a year-and-a-half or so, I burned out on them completely.  
For over two years I never touched pizza again; I'm slowly having a slice here and there, will eventually be cooking my own again.
But I don't need a big oven like that anymore.  Especially living alone.  
I love my Egg.  

Focker

JohnInCarolina said:

At a PhD hooding ceremony for Duke.  Two of my students set to get their degrees.  And before the jokes come, no the hoods aren't white.

I wish I could take pics of the lives I have saved, impacted, families too.  The many students I teach through the years. 

Would make me feel so much better than a worthless divorced cashier at Aldi. 

Congratulations.
Was this a feelin' guilty post?
Haven't seen you participate much in this thread.

YukonRon

JohnInCarolina said:

At a PhD hooding ceremony for Duke.  Two of my students set to get their degrees.  And before the jokes come, no the hoods aren't white.

This is what it is all about. Congrats my friend, the world is a better place, due to the direction you have provided on their journey. Awesome accomplishment for them, and for you.

pgprescott

I have come to grips with the fact that 1/2 a bottle of brown water is too much. Unless it's an airline bottle! Ugh! 

lousubcap

@pgprescott -  in part it depends on the rate of fuel load but surely you had quite an escape velocity ride.  
Reminds me of an old saying, "I would have to rally to die."  Hope its not like that.  

ColtsFan

Trying to figure out how to cook on this gasser 

northGAcock

A few items from mudderrs day lunch.

Happy Mothers Day to all you mamma's day. 

JohnInCarolina

With my girls at Head Injury Central:

tarheelmatt

JohnInCarolina said:

With my girls at Head Injury Central:

Cannot remember the value of increased percentage of emergency room visits due to these places, but sure is fun. 

YukonRon

Done and nobody died.
If anyone offers to sell you a Poulan Pro chainsaw, kick them in the backside. It is a total piece of junk. Leaks fluids like a seive, the chain bar bends at the slightest torque, chains never stay tight, overheats and stops running, chain break quits working soon after first use,  floods due to too much vapor pressure for the 2 cycle hamster wheel they refer to as a motor and is frustrating to try and start. It does come with a nice carrying case, which makes it easy to throw in the trash.
Bought a Husqvarna to finish the job.

thetrim

Chain saws rule

YukonRon

thetrim said:

Chain saws rule

Amen

lousubcap

@YukonRon - Hmm.  Do I still see the stump    
Time for a bottle of wine.

WeberWho

YukonRon said:

Done and nobody died.
If anyone offers to sell you a Poulan Pro chainsaw, kick them in the backside.

Newer chainsaw? My Dad has an early 80's Poulan chainsaw that he just rebuilt. He refuses to buy anything newer. That's too bad about your chainsaw 

YukonRon

lousubcap said:

@YukonRon - Hmm.  Do I still see the stump    
Time for a bottle of wine.

Totally agree. Calling the stump grinding guy tomorrow. Going to the nursery Tuesday to get a replacement white dogwood. Heading to the cellar in just a few minutes, to find a nice Southern Rhone Blend that is a bit dust covered. Circa 1992. Prepping for LEO.

kl8ton

Working.  Trying to get caught up a bit.  I have Jury Duty in the morning.

bucky925

We did Mother's Day yesterday, went to Church with Mom and now it's time to relax on the deck and have some "me" time. 

theyolksonyou

@YukonRon this dead guy is leaning right towards the garage. Tree service called.  

BTW go by a Stihl Farm Boss and never look back. 

YukonRon

theyolksonyou said:

@YukonRon this dead guy is leaning right towards the garage. Tree service called.  

BTW go by a Stihl Farm Boss and never look back. 

@theyolksonyou
Makes me nervous looking at it from Louisville. IF I were there, I would hitch a rope to that bad boy and bring it down. I got to tell you, Jason, It was between Still and Husqvarna on the decision, I bought the Farm Pro, and it had really nice balance, and the weight was just right. I compared the chain bars on them, and it was my perception, and I may have been wrong, but the Husqvarna seemed to be a bit more durable. I could Torque the Still, not so much with the Husqvarna. That was the number one thing that piszed me off with That junk asz Poulan Pro. I hope I did not make a mistake, but if I did, I will come and get yours
Wish your far better half, a very Happy Mother's Day.

JohnInCarolina

YukonRon said:

JohnInCarolina said:

At a PhD hooding ceremony for Duke.  Two of my students set to get their degrees.  And before the jokes come, no the hoods aren't white.

This is what it is all about. Congrats my friend, the world is a better place, due to the direction you have provided on their journey. Awesome accomplishment for them, and for you.

Thanks Ron, but Curtis and Andy deserve all the credit.  Your PhD students are kind of like your kids in some ways.  You spend 5+ years with them and are more of a guide than anything else.  I like to think a good PhD advisor is like a good waiter: there when you need him, gone when you don't.  

Both of these guys started with me when they were just undergrads.  Both ended up winning graduate fellowships (worth about half a mil) from the DOE to get their PhDs.   They're both super bright, but perhaps more important, they're really good people.  

Curtis is the first in his family to go to college, never mind receive an advanced degree.  He's working for BCG now, out of Atlanta.  Andy is a technical staff member at Sandia National Labs, in California. 

bucky925

My harrowing experance leaving my daughters graduation.  We swapped out cars because her's (2007 mazda 3) ac didnt work.  Left her a nissan  versa.  Well if any of you have ever traveled 421 out of Lillington it is desolate to say the least.  It was dark and raining and she had neglected to change the wipers.  
Oh it gets better.  About 20 mins down 421 we hit a coyote.  My wife was driving and it lifted up my side of the car.  About a mile after the car started making a really BAD noise.  Nowhere to turn off, pitch black and rain.  When we made it to the Asheboro exit we stopped at a quickie stop and looked under the car.  It turned out the plastic skid plat was broken and dragging only holding by one bolt.  I didn't have my tool kit so the only thing to do was trudge on.   

About 10 miles down the road (with no defrost and bad wipers with rain pelting down) the biggest buck deer I've ever seen ran out in front of us.  Mrs. B hit the brakes and we missed it by no more that 10 feet.  GEEZE.  The wife told me she would like to stop and get some munchies but with with our luck we would walk into a stop and rob.   So we continued on. 

When we got to I85 the rain really picked up.  We couldn't even see the road lanes.  I have never been so glad to see our exit. 

Thanks for letting me share. 

WeberWho

bucky925 said:

My harrowing experance leaving my daughters graduation.  We swapped out cars because her's (2007 mazda 3) ac didnt work.  Left her a nissan  versa.  Well if any of you have ever traveled 421 out of Lillington it is desolate to say the least.  It was dark and raining and she had neglected to change the wipers.  
Oh it gets better.  About 20 mins down 421 we hit a coyote.  My wife was driving and it lifted up my side of the car.  About a mile after the car started making a really BAD noise.  Nowhere to turn off, pitch black and rain.  When we made it to the Asheboro exit we stopped at a quickie stop and looked under the car.  It turned out the plastic skid plat was broken and dragging only holding by one bolt.  I didn't have my tool kit so the only thing to do was trudge on.   

About 10 miles down the road (with no defrost and bad wipers with rain pelting down) the biggest buck deer I've ever seen ran out in front of us.  Mrs. B hit the brakes and we missed it by no more that 10 feet.  GEEZE.  The wife told me she would like to stop and get some munchies but with with our luck we would walk into a stop and rob.   So we continued on. 

When we got to I85 the rain really picked up.  We couldn't even see the road lanes.  I have never been so glad to see our exit. 

Thanks for letting me share. 

I'm glad no one was hurt other than a coyote. Just tell your daughter that you gave her car a little character.

JohnInCarolina

bucky925 said:

My harrowing experance leaving my daughters graduation.  We swapped out cars because her's (2007 mazda 3) ac didnt work.  Left her a nissan  versa.  Well if any of you have ever traveled 421 out of Lillington it is desolate to say the least.  It was dark and raining and she had neglected to change the wipers.  
Oh it gets better.  About 20 mins down 421 we hit a coyote.  My wife was driving and it lifted up my side of the car.  About a mile after the car started making a really BAD noise.  Nowhere to turn off, pitch black and rain.  When we made it to the Asheboro exit we stopped at a quickie stop and looked under the car.  It turned out the plastic skid plat was broken and dragging only holding by one bolt.  I didn't have my tool kit so the only thing to do was trudge on.   

About 10 miles down the road (with no defrost and bad wipers with rain pelting down) the biggest buck deer I've ever seen ran out in front of us.  Mrs. B hit the brakes and we missed it by no more that 10 feet.  GEEZE.  The wife told me she would like to stop and get some munchies but with with our luck we would walk into a stop and rob.   So we continued on. 

When we got to I85 the rain really picked up.  We couldn't even see the road lanes.  I have never been so glad to see our exit. 

Thanks for letting me share. 

That is nuts.  There are horror movies that start off less ominous than this.  I think you made the right call not stopping for food!