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OT - What are you doing now? (2024)

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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 34,102
    Battleborn said:
    Getting my Christmas shopping done early this year. 
    Having rolled into port on Xmas Eve (pre internet) I found with the shopping there are two kinds of clerks, those who feel sorry for you and will make the experience quite pleasant and those who can't stand your presence.  If doing the brick and mortar thing I hope you find the former.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • ColbyLang
    ColbyLang Posts: 3,884
    Mentally preparing myself for the shitshow that will be 2 stops at my in-laws. Post 4pm mass. There ain’t enough bourbon to make it enjoyable plus I gotta be sober enough to drive 40 minutes home and play Santa
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 18,161
    ColbyLang said:
    Mentally preparing myself for the shitshow that will be 2 stops at my in-laws. Post 4pm mass. There ain’t enough bourbon to make it enjoyable plus I gotta be sober enough to drive 40 minutes home and play Santa

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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,711
    edited December 24
    lousubcap said:
    Battleborn said:
    Getting my Christmas shopping done early this year. 
    Having rolled into port on Xmas Eve (pre internet) I found with the shopping there are two kinds of clerks, those who feel sorry for you and will make the experience quite pleasant and those who can't stand your presence.  If doing the brick and mortar thing I hope you find the former.  
    Due to unforeseen circumstances and poor planning, did not get the boots or bag I planned for my wife.  Turns out everything in Paris wraps up at 6PM.  Stores are open till 7, but only if you are in the store by 6.  Oh well, she gets the gift of me 😹. Hopefully Hermes after Christmas will be ok.

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


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  • Battleborn
    Battleborn Posts: 3,543
    lousubcap said:
    Battleborn said:
    Getting my Christmas shopping done early this year. 
    Having rolled into port on Xmas Eve (pre internet) I found with the shopping there are two kinds of clerks, those who feel sorry for you and will make the experience quite pleasant and those who can't stand your presence.  If doing the brick and mortar thing I hope you find the former.  
    It was a one stop trip and luckily I was able to grab one of workers to help me find the stuff I needed. She could tell I was lost in there. 
    Las Vegas, NV


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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 32,797
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    lousubcap said:
    Battleborn said:
    Getting my Christmas shopping done early this year. 
    Having rolled into port on Xmas Eve (pre internet) I found with the shopping there are two kinds of clerks, those who feel sorry for you and will make the experience quite pleasant and those who can't stand your presence.  If doing the brick and mortar thing I hope you find the former.  
    Due to unforeseen circumstances and poor planning, did not get the boots or bag I planned for my wife.  Turns out everything in Paris wraps up at 6PM.  Stores are open till 7, but only if you are in the store by 6.  Oh well, she gets the gift of me 😹. Hopefully Hermes after Christmas will be ok.
    You will be in our thoughts and prayers, my friend.
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,711
    JohnInCarolina said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    lousubcap said:
    Battleborn said:
    Getting my Christmas shopping done early this year. 
    Having rolled into port on Xmas Eve (pre internet) I found with the shopping there are two kinds of clerks, those who feel sorry for you and will make the experience quite pleasant and those who can't stand your presence.  If doing the brick and mortar thing I hope you find the former.  
    Due to unforeseen circumstances and poor planning, did not get the boots or bag I planned for my wife.  Turns out everything in Paris wraps up at 6PM.  Stores are open till 7, but only if you are in the store by 6.  Oh well, she gets the gift of me 😹. Hopefully Hermes after Christmas will be ok.
    You will be in our thoughts and prayers, my friend.
    lol, fortunately my wife has a good sense of humour and being her with her family is the important thing!  She likes nice things, but she loves her family!

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,711
    Ragingirishman2 said:
    My daughter made “Million Dollar Shortbread” today. Baked the shortbread, made the caramel, and the chocolate Grenache, and a fine dust of sea salt. This was her first time making it and she was nervous about the shortbread holding together and it turned out wonderful. 


    Looks amazing!!  Merry Christmas!🎄 

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,170
    Ragingirishman2 said:
    My daughter made “Million Dollar Shortbread” today. Baked the shortbread, made the caramel, and the chocolate Grenache, and a fine dust of sea salt. This was her first time making it and she was nervous about the shortbread holding together and it turned out wonderful. 


    Pretty sure I felt it move right now , that looks amazing!
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 32,797
    Ragingirishman2 said:
    My daughter made “Million Dollar Shortbread” today. Baked the shortbread, made the caramel, and the chocolate Grenache, and a fine dust of sea salt. This was her first time making it and she was nervous about the shortbread holding together and it turned out wonderful. 


    Whoa
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,711
    JohnInCarolina said:
    Ragingirishman2 said:
    My daughter made “Million Dollar Shortbread” today. Baked the shortbread, made the caramel, and the chocolate Grenache, and a fine dust of sea salt. This was her first time making it and she was nervous about the shortbread holding together and it turned out wonderful. 


    Whoa
    A few of the kids are out pacing and out doing most of us on here!  Love seeing it.

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,272
    Wow! @RagingIrishman2
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • ColbyLang
    ColbyLang Posts: 3,884
    XL lit, rib roast seasoned, oldest kid awake for an hour now 🤦🏻‍♂️
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,711
    CPFC1905 said:
    Joyeux Noël


    Deep in foie gras country.  Vast guinea fowl in the oven. Copious wine to be drunk. 

    Don’t forget to make your picking for the Boxing Day football! 

    Joyeux Noel!

    I think we are at opposite ends of the French experience 😆. Yours looks very relaxing and enjoyable.


    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,303
    Learned this morning that northern UT is finally getting a Trader Joe's™, and it's going to be just six blocks away!  
    ___________

    "When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set."

    - Lin Yutang


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  • zaphod
    zaphod Posts: 359
    hey - @Ozzie_Isaac you got a trip to Le Crueset lined up? Have they been warned? I suppose a french butter bell is also going to happen :) 
    ~~
    Walk softly, leave a good impression.
    large BGE, vegegrilltarian
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,711
    edited December 25
    zaphod said:
    hey - @Ozzie_Isaac you got a trip to Le Crueset lined up? Have they been warned? I suppose a french butter bell is also going to happen :) 
    That didn’t hit my radar, but now I am curious and want to!

    We did try a restaurant, L’Innconu, that was started by chef Koji Higaki, a prior chef at a 2 Michelin Star restaurant in Japan.  It was a Japanese Italian fusion and pretty amazing. It was a small restaurant with 5 tables, chef and maitre’de.











    Overall a very cool and intimate experience.

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


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  • Battleborn
    Battleborn Posts: 3,543
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    zaphod said:
    hey - @Ozzie_Isaac you got a trip to Le Crueset lined up? Have they been warned? I suppose a french butter bell is also going to happen :) 
    That didn’t hit my radar, but now I am curious and want to!

    We did try a restaurant, L’Innconu, that was started by chef Koji Higaki, a prior chef at a 2 Michelin Star restaurant in Japan.  It was a Japanese Italian fusion and pretty amazing. It was a small restaurant with 5 tables, chef and maitre’de.



    Overall a very cool and intimate experience.
    Looks like a place where one might do shady French meat deals. 
    Las Vegas, NV


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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,711
    edited December 25
    Battleborn said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    zaphod said:
    hey - @Ozzie_Isaac you got a trip to Le Crueset lined up? Have they been warned? I suppose a french butter bell is also going to happen :) 
    That didn’t hit my radar, but now I am curious and want to!

    We did try a restaurant, L’Innconu, that was started by chef Koji Higaki, a prior chef at a 2 Michelin Star restaurant in Japan.  It was a Japanese Italian fusion and pretty amazing. It was a small restaurant with 5 tables, chef and maitre’de.



    Overall a very cool and intimate experience.
    Looks like a place where one might do shady French meat deals. 
    When the driver dropped us off he was like “are you sure this is the place?” 😂 

    It definitely had a seedy dark vibe, which kind of added to the experience.  Nobody out front to meet you or anything, not even a light and everything looked closed.  Here was the door right across the street.


    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


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  • zaphod
    zaphod Posts: 359
    Back in '86 I was in Vancouver for a government trip (I lived in Ottawa at the time) and I decided to find sushi at 9 pm or so on a Sunday. In those days Vancouver downtown rolled up the sidewalks at 6 pm. I stopped a person likely to know sushi places and after a mild grilling to make sure I knew what I was after he led me into alley after alley and then into a basement that turned out to be a quite authentic after hours sushi bar.  Great time but I did wonder if that was going to be it for me as I followed him ... 

    great food is often in the worst places.
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    Walk softly, leave a good impression.
    large BGE, vegegrilltarian
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,303
    edited December 26
    Ozzie flies to Paris to eat Italian food prepared by a Japanese chef.  :lol:
     
    In all seriousness, though, I hope your group has been sampling the local cheeses and ice creams (yes, even in December); they are magical compared to what we can get here, because of differences in our dairy purification laws.  Even a "hot dog" from a street vendor is special, the baguette is "cored" instead of sliced (and the weiner slid in from one end), you couldn't add any condiments, but both the sausage and the baguette were so exquisite you wouldn't want any condiments!  
    ___________

    "When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set."

    - Lin Yutang


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  • ColbyLang
    ColbyLang Posts: 3,884
    @Botch just mentioned sliding a weiner in……it’s been a long day lol
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 12,261
    Conquered the big bird drumsticks  =)

    canuckland
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 34,102
    Canugghead said:
    Conquered the big bird drumsticks  =)

    @Canugghead- Many are queued up for your latest Jaques Pepin stuffed bird banquet.  Hack saw means a turkey on the horizon.  You have got it dialed in.  HJave fun with the cook and follow-on eats.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,303
    Canugghead said:
    Conquered the big bird drumsticks  =)

    Including the Saudi Embassy saw in the shot is even worse than a dirty fork!   :o  
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    "When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set."

    - Lin Yutang


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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,548
    After hours in Boston I went into a closed pizza place, thru the kitchen, down a hall into a mob place with a couple tables. All suites sitting down, a guy each end of the table standing and watching. Me, an old friend, and a blonde Italian at the other table. The old woman that served us, cooked for us, I had the veal menuer, the other table sent over drinks.  We left thru the back door by the dumpster and a limo. Asked the two guys in  suits standing outside if there was a place around to get a good cigar, they just gave me one.  Anyways, a blonde Italian girl😁. It's the true stories that no one ever believes
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 12,261
    edited December 26
    @lousubcap Thanks. I learned the hard way that trying to break them with the back of a knife like Pepin did with his chicken was not fun  :) 

    @Botch Trust me, I scrubbed the blade clean before attacking the bones, it was the only part that came in contact with big bird =)
    Edit: sliding the bone out was definitely not as much fun as sliding a weiner in.
    canuckland
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 10,142
    @Canugghead

    What a hack! 😉
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