OT - What are you doing now? (2026)

GrateEggspectations

Beauties, @fishlessman. What did you season with? Did you heat it to polymerize? Love me a good restoration. 

Battleborn

JohnInCarolina said:

Battleborn said:

Cleaned the house, now time for a drink. 

that is a great name for a NE IPA, lol

That one is made in Portland, I believe. Although, we didn’t put anything on it, I need to send you some west coast beer since Caroline kicked our a$$. 

fishlessman

GrateEggspectations said:

Beauties, @fishlessman. What did you season with? Did you heat it to polymerize? Love me a good restoration. 

I’ve been having good luck with just canola oil. Thought about trying avacado this tiime but500 f seemed a little high for the camp oven

Foghorn

fishlessman

 

JohnInCarolina

Battleborn said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Battleborn said:

Cleaned the house, now time for a drink. 

that is a great name for a NE IPA, lol

That one is made in Portland, I believe. Although, we didn’t put anything on it, I need to send you some west coast beer since Caroline kicked our a$$. 

I'm always up for another round of beer challenge!  Let's do it!

lousubcap

@Foghorn-looks like your focus delivered the results you were seeking.  Eating well for sure!

Gulfcoastguy

Parent sitting this weekend. Doing their cooking, Chicken Chili, hamburger helper, currently refrigerator soup. Made 2 grocery runs so they should be good for a couple of weeks. Watching the backyard where the Cardinals and hummingbirds are mobbing their respective feeders. 

Foghorn

lousubcap said:

@Foghorn-looks like your focus delivered the results you were seeking.  Eating well for sure!

Yes. Things turned out great. Didn’t get many pics because one of our team workhorses was unavailable, so I had to be more “hands on” and less “supervisory” than usual.  

One fortuitous development is that AFTER deciding a couple of year ago that 2 Gringos Chupacabra rubs are the best I’ve used, we got a connection with the owner and we now get free rubs.  I highly recommend them. 

GrateEggspectations

My paternal grandmother and grandfather were super interesting, the latter passing way before I was born. He was fluent in five languages in addition to reading and writing Greek and Latin.  He enjoyed calisthenics and was super fit. Was a pilot and carried a revolver.  

My grandmother passed last fall just shy of her 102nd birthday. No health issues at all - including no meds whatsoever - until that ripe old age. Lived a super interesting life spanning many cultures and influences. 

Today, we took a few of her items home. Very interesting. 

Botch

GrateEggspectations said:

...My grandmother passed last fall just shy of her 102nd birthday. No health issues at all - ...

Today, we took a few of her items home. Very interesting. 

Two things:
 
1) Those silver tankards are fascinating to me; each handle is slightly different from the other, and the foremost in the photo is a bit out-of-round, telling me they're all hand-made; would love to know their history.
 
2) When my Mom passed six years ago I inherited a full china set that my Dad had purchased, while stationed in Japan, and sent to my Norwegian grandparents back in the ~50's.  He bought/sent them a bit at a time; five dinner plates, then five salad plates, five cups/saucers, soup bowls, etc (apparently back then, in Japan, five was the standard number of settings).  My BIL looked up the pattern, and it's a fairly desirable brand (not Tiffany's level, but good) and the fact it was a complete set with nothing broken, it all might be worth something.  I packed up everything carefully, cushioned in a box taped shut, and it's still down in my basement.  Just yesterday I get a flier in the mail, a huge 5-day buying event here in Ogden, but it looks like mostly for silver/gold items, not china.  But it does make me wonder if I should try to find a buyer, who would appreciate the set more than I do.   
 
Okay, one more thing.  I'd like to know what the date inscriptions here mean:



The "A-mebbe a C-D" date could be the age of the company, but "A.D. 2919", what the hell does that mean?  
 
Note to self: when "Antiques Road Show" comes on after the news, turn the TV off, don't get sucked in!  

 

GrateEggspectations

@Botch

The tankards are Birks. Pewter with glass bottoms (so that you can keep an eye on others while you swig!). The one in the foreground was simply bent. The others are in pretty great shape. 

For the china, the “A.D. 1750” denotes the founding of the original Shropshire manufactory. Not sure what the “2919” is about, but I’d love to know too. 

Interesting that five was the standard Japanese set. Wonder if that correlates with the average familial unit of the time. 

The vase with the dragon is of Japanese origin. The photo doesn’t do it justice, as there are small reflective flecks on the vessel that really capture the light. 

Edit: Also, how I felt while drinking bubbly out of that old glass. 

fishlessman

One more coat at 475f.  Came out much better than I thought they would

Last one out of the soda bath this morning

hoosier_egger

Visiting some ladies. The weed eater always gets the guard bees fired up. 

ColbyLang

Just changed the potentiometer on my Kenmore Pro 36” dual fuel range. Mildly annoying, but the task is complete. $40 and 1 hour later, the oven holds temp without jumping up and down 10-15° 

Ozzie_Isaac

Celebration dinner at one of my favorite local restaurants.  Finally done with divorce attorneys only took ~18 months!!!  Beyond grateful for all the help and support I had along the way from friends, family, and my ever patient partner.  Life has been extremely good lately, but this has been a weight over everything.  The sense of relief is hard to describe.

GrateEggspectations

Congrats, @Ozzie_Isaac! Really glad to hear that. I’m sure words cannot convey the sense of peace you have found anew. 

Battleborn

Had a couple of early morning hours and played a little par 3 course. Used three clubs. Tee boxes slightly scarred.