OT - What are you doing now? (2024)

Ozzie_Isaac

WeberWho said:

ColtsFan said:

It was 70 on Tuesday and I was mowing grass. 

Yep. I just cleaned and installed the carb on my sister-in-laws snowblower. 



I sent her husband a link to a new carburetor for $25 on Amazon. He wasn't interested and didn't think he'd have the time or understanding how to do it. (Pretty much plug and play with a new carb.) So I went and picked it up as he would rather buy a used snowblower that doesn't need work. They also didn't want their Blackstone I sold them a few years ago anymore. So I picked that up as well. I just sent a message to my sister-in-law letting them know their snowblower is done and they can have it back if they haven't purchased another one yet. (I saved the $25 and dunked the carb in a gallon of carb cleaner and blew everything out.) I still need to clean up the rusty Blackstone griddle top and clean the Blackstone before that goes home with my sister when they are visiting during Thanksgiving. I'm still trying to figure out where I win in all of this?

So is your sister-in-laws husband your brother, or is she your wife’s sister?

If it is your brother, I would tell him to get off his duff and figure stuff out, you’re not babying him anymore.

If it is your wife’s sister, then the win comes from your wife being appreciative of you taking care of her sister and being a genuinely good person.

Canugghead

@WeberWho ooops, missed the -in-laws part

Canugghead

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Turns out, I have one too many grills.  Stupid Traeger.

That sucks. What was wrong, jammed auger?

Ozzie_Isaac

Night before demo, let’s do two new recipes, lol.  My day has been going so good so far 😂

Pork Burnt Ends and A Texas Cracker or whatever it’s called.  On trial number 4 and getting it dialed now.

Have pulled pork and bacon wrapped goat cheese stuffed dates as a stand by incase the burnt ends fail.

WeberWho

Ozzie_Isaac said:

WeberWho said:

ColtsFan said:

It was 70 on Tuesday and I was mowing grass. 

Yep. I just cleaned and installed the carb on my sister-in-laws snowblower. 



I sent her husband a link to a new carburetor for $25 on Amazon. He wasn't interested and didn't think he'd have the time or understanding how to do it. (Pretty much plug and play with a new carb.) So I went and picked it up as he would rather buy a used snowblower that doesn't need work. They also didn't want their Blackstone I sold them a few years ago anymore. So I picked that up as well. I just sent a message to my sister-in-law letting them know their snowblower is done and they can have it back if they haven't purchased another one yet. (I saved the $25 and dunked the carb in a gallon of carb cleaner and blew everything out.) I still need to clean up the rusty Blackstone griddle top and clean the Blackstone before that goes home with my sister when they are visiting during Thanksgiving. I'm still trying to figure out where I win in all of this?

So is your sister-in-laws husband your brother, or is she your wife’s sister?

If it is your brother, I would tell him to get off his duff and figure stuff out, you’re not babying him anymore.

If it is your wife’s sister, then the win comes from your wife being appreciative of you taking care of her sister and being a genuinely good person.

Not "technically" my brother-in-law or even my sister-in-laws "husband" if we are getting specific. (They've been together 14 years and have 4 kids together. It's just easier to say husband or brother-in-law in most scenarios) Kids and work do keep him busy. I told him it would probably take 30 minutes to replace the carb with a new one and it even came with new gas lines and a primer. He wasn't interested and thought it might be too much to figure out. I give him credit for knowing his limitations and he never had any intention of trying to get me to do it as I never suggested that I would when sending my sister-in-law information and links for the replacement carb. 

A few days later I told them I'd take the snowblower, fix it, sell it, and give them whatever I made from the snowblower for the Blackstone that I'm going to give to my sisters family when they are in town. My sister-in-law said, "No" and they just wanted the items removed from their garage. At this point I don't think they bought a replacement snowblower yet so I'm hoping I can just drop it back off and not have to worry about trying to sell it. One less step for me. 

lousubcap

Or @WeberWho they can hope for a climate change winter free of snow and deal with rain??  You have an order of magnitude more patience that me.  No chance I am as benevolent. 

Ozzie_Isaac

Really pleased with how these pork burnt ends turned out.  Now to figure how to cool and reheat tomorrow because they cooked about 10x faster than I expected.

lousubcap

Beautiful belly burnt ends right there. Given the liquid in the pan just load into the fridge (totally sealed) and then slowly reheat in the foil til at temperature and enjoy.  A true banquet awaits.  Great results right there.  

CPFC1905

Foghorn said:

It's my understanding (based on 3rd hand knowledge) that people who make their living betting on sports only win 54% of their bets.  I'd guess that neither one of us individually beats that - but if we got together and found games where we agree we might be able to retire...

With a combined 108% success rate the only question is whether you move here, to the land of treacherous roofs and teeth, but decent tea - or I step over to the New World?

Ozzie_Isaac

CPFC1905 said:

Foghorn said:

It's my understanding (based on 3rd hand knowledge) that people who make their living betting on sports only win 54% of their bets.  I'd guess that neither one of us individually beats that - but if we got together and found games where we agree we might be able to retire...

With a combined 108% success rate the only question is whether you move here, to the land of treacherous roofs and teeth, but decent tea - or I step over to the New World?

Turns out I have a fledgling bookie business.  Interested in being my first clients?

ColbyLang

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Really pleased with how these pork burnt ends turned out.  Now to figure how to cool and reheat tomorrow because they cooked about 10x faster than I expected.

Such an easy cook and a crowd pleaser. Look great

lkapigian

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Night before demo, let’s do two new recipes, lol.  My day has been going so good so far 😂

Pork Burnt Ends and A Texas Cracker or whatever it’s called.  On trial number 4 and getting it dialed now.

Have pulled pork and bacon wrapped goat cheese stuffed dates as a stand by incase the burnt ends fail.

Bombdiggity! Deets on the Cracker please 

Ozzie_Isaac

lkapigian said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Night before demo, let’s do two new recipes, lol.  My day has been going so good so far 😂

Pork Burnt Ends and A Texas Cracker or whatever it’s called.  On trial number 4 and getting it dialed now.

Have pulled pork and bacon wrapped goat cheese stuffed dates as a stand by incase the burnt ends fail.

Bombdiggity! Deets on the Cracker please 

Stupid simple.
Club cracker, cream cheese (sprinkle favorite rub on cream cheese.  I’m using Meat Church Texas Sugar), bacon on top (bacon a bit longer than cracker and fold underneath edges),  liberally apply more rub (prefer one with some sugar content but not a lot of salt), add slice of jalapeño on top (sliced thick enough it doesn’t burn away, but thin enough is gets soft).
Smoke indirect at 325 for about 17 minutes.
Add some honey after you remove it from the smoker, let it cool a little and serve.
I can prep these at the event.  Thought about doing them before but was worried cracker would get soft overnight.

JohnInCarolina

Ozzie_Isaac said:

lkapigian said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Night before demo, let’s do two new recipes, lol.  My day has been going so good so far 😂

Pork Burnt Ends and A Texas Cracker or whatever it’s called.  On trial number 4 and getting it dialed now.

Have pulled pork and bacon wrapped goat cheese stuffed dates as a stand by incase the burnt ends fail.

Bombdiggity! Deets on the Cracker please 

Stupid simple.
Club cracker, cream cheese (sprinkle favorite rub on cream cheese.  I’m using Meat Church Texas Sugar), bacon on top (bacon a bit longer than cracker and fold underneath edges),  liberally apply more rub (prefer one with some sugar content but not a lot of salt), add slice of jalapeño on top (sliced thick enough it doesn’t burn away, but thin enough is gets soft).
Smoke indirect at 325 for about 17 minutes.
Add some honey after you remove it from the smoker, let it cool a little and serve.
I can prep these at the event.  Thought about doing them before but was worried cracker would get soft overnight.

I’ve never heard of these before but that sounds awesome.

Foghorn

CPFC1905 said:

Foghorn said:

It's my understanding (based on 3rd hand knowledge) that people who make their living betting on sports only win 54% of their bets.  I'd guess that neither one of us individually beats that - but if we got together and found games where we agree we might be able to retire...

With a combined 108% success rate the only question is whether you move here, to the land of treacherous roofs and teeth, but decent tea - or I step over to the New World?

I'm going to need to keep my current job to fund my initial "investments" into this foray.  At 54% success, it's only lucrative if you have a large volume. 

So, welcome to Texas!  We have a spare room.

Just lose the "u"s - except for glamour

Once we each have 8 figure bank accounts then you can move wherever you want.

lousubcap

@Ozzie_Isaac -Thanks for the below recipe.  On the list to try and soon!
"Stupid simple.
Club cracker, cream cheese (sprinkle favorite rub on cream cheese.  I’m using Meat Church Texas Sugar), bacon on top (bacon a bit longer than cracker and fold underneath edges),  liberally apply more rub (prefer one with some sugar content but not a lot of salt), add slice of jalapeño on top (sliced thick enough it doesn’t burn away, but thin enough is gets soft).
Smoke indirect at 325 for about 17 minutes.
Add some honey after you remove it from the smoker, let it cool a little and serve.
I can prep these at the event.  Thought about doing them before but was worried cracker would get soft overnight."

Ozzie_Isaac

Only photo before the chaos.



Texas Crackers were a hit.  Couldn’t make them fast enough!

Pork Burnt Ends and Goat Cheese Dates were also a crowd pleaser.  Burned through everything right at the bell.  Also made a pulled pork  sliders for all the workers.  They were very appreciative.

This store has been struggling to sell rubs, as in nobody is buying them.  Today they sold out of their Meat Church Rubs I was using, and this killer Chamoy Honey too.  They also sold way more grills than they usually do.  So from the owners perspective it was a success.

Foghorn

@CPFC1905, I'm thinking that I have underappreciated Rodri.

How about you?

Canugghead

@Ozzie_Isaac sounds like an amazing day, congrats on a job well done. Sleep well tonight!

lousubcap

@Ozzie_Isaac way to step up and deliver.  Great day across the spectrum.  Congratulations.  That sauce looks worth a go-deets.  Always to support small and local businesses especially when well under the Gubmunt limit.   
(Small in the gubmint definition is "Small businesses are typically defined by metrics such as their number of employees and their annual revenues. For simplicity's sake, the SBA's Office of Advocacy generally defines one as “an independent business having fewer than 500 employees.”"

lkapigian

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Only photo before the chaos.



Texas Crackers were a hit.  Couldn’t make them fast enough!

Pork Burnt Ends and Goat Cheese Dates were also a crowd pleaser.  Burned through everything right at the bell.  Also made a pulled pork  sliders for all the workers.  They were very appreciative.

This store has been struggling to sell rubs, as in nobody is buying them.  Today they sold out of their Meat Church Rubs I was using, and this killer Chamoy Honey too.  They also sold way more grills than they usually do.  So from the owners perspective it was a success.

Bombdiggity!!

GrateEggspectations

@Ozzie_Isaac

That’s success. 

Dyal_SC

After an afternoon of chowing down of fried turkey, smoked ham and the trimmins that go with, we went to see Gladiator 2. Great day.

lousubcap

@Dyal_SC that is/was a banquet waiting to happen coupled with a great day.  Way to enjoy!

CPFC1905

Ozzie_Isaac said:

CPFC1905 said:

Foghorn said:

It's my understanding (based on 3rd hand knowledge) that people who make their living betting on sports only win 54% of their bets.  I'd guess that neither one of us individually beats that - but if we got together and found games where we agree we might be able to retire...

With a combined 108% success rate the only question is whether you move here, to the land of treacherous roofs and teeth, but decent tea - or I step over to the New World?

Turns out I have a fledgling bookie business.  Interested in being my first clients?

100%  Send me the account details and I'll pile on.

CPFC1905

Foghorn said:

CPFC1905 said:

Foghorn said:

It's my understanding (based on 3rd hand knowledge) that people who make their living betting on sports only win 54% of their bets.  I'd guess that neither one of us individually beats that - but if we got together and found games where we agree we might be able to retire...

With a combined 108% success rate the only question is whether you move here, to the land of treacherous roofs and teeth, but decent tea - or I step over to the New World?

I'm going to need to keep my current job to fund my initial "investments" into this foray.  At 54% success, it's only lucrative if you have a large volume. 

So, welcome to Texas!  We have a spare room.

Just lose the "u"s - except for glamour

Once we each have 8 figure bank accounts then you can move wherever you want.


Great!  I'll pack immediately 
On my phone Texas looks near to where I think @JohnInCarolina lives, and I shall pop around to capture images and declare judgment about his roof!

CPFC1905

Foghorn said:

@CPFC1905, I'm thinking that I have underappreciated Rodri.

How about you?

Over reliance on one player and an aging squad.  Trademark Palace, but it's caught Citeh this time

Foghorn

CPFC1905 said:

Foghorn said:

@CPFC1905, I'm thinking that I have underappreciated Rodri.

How about you?

Over reliance on one player and an aging squad.  Trademark Palace, but it's caught Citeh this time

We know that now.  I don't know that anybody realized that before he got injured.  And even though he's not young, having a health De Bruyne would go a long way.

Canugghead

The utility company gave us an energy saving care package that included this power bar. The green outlets would switch on only when the plug-in remote sensor detects motion. It was a PITA so I retired it before long.

A need just came up for a power bar with more than two outlets and I remembered it. Was going to open it up to bypass the sensor but the darn thing is sealed shut with one-way screws! Came up with this plan B ... I plugged a short piece of cut phone cable into the pesky motion sensor's phone jack, by trial and error I was able to switch on all outlets full time by connecting the green+yellow wires. Glad it wasn't sent to the landfill prematurely.

lousubcap

Never a doubt @Canugghead.  Well-played.