OT-What are you buying right now?

Botch

HeavyG said:
An Amazon Echo replaced my alarm clock. Just have to make sure you specify AM or PM when you tell Alexa to set an alarm. Also like having "her" tell me the time rather than having to try and read a fuzzy, blurry clock without my reading glasses on. 

Same here.  To be able to just say, "Alexa, set alarm for five a.m. tomorrow", and get a confirmation, without having to hold one button, push another, cycle thru 23 hours to set my alarm one hour earlier, overshoot, blah blah, is a godsend to me.  I still keep my old GE alarm clock next to it, for the time display (and will eventually replace both with a newer Alexa with a display).  
 
I get the creepiness factor of this device, but I live alone and the only time I vocalize is while screaming at the 6:00 news, I don't care if She hears me then.  
 

Legume

HeavyG said:

lousubcap said:

@HeavyG surprised Alexa doesn't do a 24 hour clock...

She might. I just assumed, incorrectly as it turned out, that when I went to bed at midnight and said to "set an alarm for seven thirty" she would be smart enough to understand AM was meant. When I woke up at 9:00AM I learned her IQ was not higher than mine (and I set a pretty low bar to begin with).

You should post pics of your echo.

tarheelmatt

theyolksonyou said:

tarheelmatt said:

theyolksonyou said:

A new alarm clock.  The current one is down to one working button.  Slow advance.  I hate all alarm clocks, but that basterd has seen its last days.  


Poundnotamormingperson

Alarm clocks are srill around? Thought cell phones took their place. 

I get too much work related crap at all hours of the night.  I know there’s a do not disturb function.  Also, when I wake up thru the night I like to be able to see what time it is without Effin with picking up a phone.  

Oh, iPhone doesn't have always on display. Samsung has an always on function thst displays the time and date. 

HeavyG

Legume said:

HeavyG said:

lousubcap said:

@HeavyG surprised Alexa doesn't do a 24 hour clock...

She might. I just assumed, incorrectly as it turned out, that when I went to bed at midnight and said to "set an alarm for seven thirty" she would be smart enough to understand AM was meant. When I woke up at 9:00AM I learned her IQ was not higher than mine (and I set a pretty low bar to begin with).

You should post pics of your echo.

Naaah, it looks just like the other thousands of pork butts Echo's everyone has already seen.

Botch

Legume said:
You should post pics of your echo.

Hmmm, a recreation of that "naked bacon" shot, with an Echo (or, in my case, a Dot).....  

Legume

@Botch it seems wrong to hit “like” so I’ll just say I appreciate and did laugh a bit.

Eoin

Today's purchase is a pig. In the new freezer. Looks like there's still a lot of space to fill up .........

DoubleEgger

It’s pissing rain here and I’m trying not to go to the tackle store at lunch. The struggle is real. 

northGAcock

DoubleEgger said:

It’s pissing rain here and I’m trying not to go to the tackle store at lunch. The struggle is real. 

DoubleEgger

northGAcock said:

DoubleEgger said:

It’s pissing rain here and I’m trying not to go to the tackle store at lunch. The struggle is real. 

Those pics are hilarious 

SonVolt

Eoin said:

Today's purchase is a pig. In the new freezer. Looks like there's still a lot of space to fill up .........

Did they not vacuum seal it? Looks like they just tied the cuts up in grocery bags.

northGAcock

Tires for the wife’s car. Anyone replace the factory ones on an Outback? Perhaps with great satisfaction? Please share.

DoubleEgger

northGAcock said:

Tires for the wife’s car. Anyone replace the factory ones on an Outback? Perhaps with great satisfaction? Please share.

It’s hard to beat a Michelin. 

northGAcock

DoubleEgger said:

northGAcock said:

Tires for the wife’s car. Anyone replace the factory ones on an Outback? Perhaps with great satisfaction? Please share.

It’s hard to beat a Michelin. 

Got a Michelin price for a set.

Eoin

SonVolt said:

Eoin said:

Today's purchase is a pig. In the new freezer. Looks like there's still a lot of space to fill up .........

Did they not vacuum seal it? Looks like they just tied the cuts up in grocery bags.

No, not vac sealed. Freezer bags.

SonVolt

Eoin said:

SonVolt said:

Eoin said:

Today's purchase is a pig. In the new freezer. Looks like there's still a lot of space to fill up .........

Did they not vacuum seal it? Looks like they just tied the cuts up in grocery bags.

No, not vac sealed. Freezer bags.

With that much meat (and expense) I'd run out and get a vacuum sealer and rebag everything. I'd be worried about freezer burn before you eat your way through it. 

SGH

DoubleEgger said:

It’s pissing rain here 

Here too. We have been under tornado warnings since last night.  

DoubleEgger

DoubleEgger said:

It’s pissing rain here and I’m trying not to go to the tackle store at lunch. The struggle is real. 

I am weak. I luckily got out fairly cheap 

SGH

DoubleEgger said:

DoubleEgger said:

It’s pissing rain here and I’m trying not to go to the tackle store at lunch. The struggle is real. 

I am weak. I luckily got out fairly cheap 

Me too. 

SGH

New Muck boots for the annual hog slaughter tomorrow. 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

stoker

SGH

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

stoker

Cheater

tarheelmatt

Looks like you're real happy about those boots @SGH!

SGH

tarheelmatt said:

Looks like you're real happy about those boots @SGH!

These are about the only rubber boots that i can wear due to me neuropathy. I buy about 2 pair a year just in case they suddenly decide to quit making them. For rubber boots, they are extremely comfortable.  

SGH

SGH said:

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

stoker

Cheater

I say that purely in jest brother Tex. I have really been considering getting a controller for my Vault and doing the majority of the cooking on it for stress free cooking. Standing there baby sitting and shuffling wood around just ain’t as fun as it use to be.  

The Cen-Tex Smoker

SGH said:

SGH said:

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

stoker

Cheater

I say that purely in jest brother Tex. I have really been considering getting a controller for my Vault and doing the majority of the cooking on it for stress free cooking. Standing there baby sitting and shuffling wood around just ain’t as fun as it use to be.  

I was actually good-naturedly poking fun at the guy reviving all the zombie threads with stokers for sale. He wants one bad!

I have a Cyber Q somewhere but I haven't used it in a few years. 

I hear you on the stick-shuffling. If I can't get it done during the day, I'm either splitting the cook or using a BGE. 

lousubcap

@SGH- I see overalls in the above pic.  Thought you were in a divestiture mode once settled in with the Gentleman Jack or is this too early??    Regardless, glad you are feeling better, enjoy the evening. 

SGH

lousubcap said:

@SGH- I see overalls in the above pic.  Thought you were in a divestiture mode once settled in with the Gentleman Jack or is this too early??    Regardless, glad you are feeling better, enjoy the evening. 

I had to put them back on. It has turned off pretty cool here tonight. Even made another liquor run

Im a sucker for package deals that contain the glasses. 

fishlessman

SGH said:

lousubcap said:

@SGH- I see overalls in the above pic.  Thought you were in a divestiture mode once settled in with the Gentleman Jack or is this too early??    Regardless, glad you are feeling better, enjoy the evening. 

I had to put them back on. It has turned off pretty cool here tonight. Even made another liquor run

Im a sucker for package deals that contain the glasses. 

tis the season to stock up on new glassware been a rough year on the glasses

SonVolt

Thinking about picking up a 24qt stainless stock pot for all the turkey stock I'm going to be making this year. The 12qt was a little cramped last year. The 40qt I have is way too big. 



Ordered a solid copper flame tamer from Bella Copper. Should be arriving today. 


And this thing... for my wife's, uh,  back.