OT - What are you doing now? (2025)

GrateEggspectations · June 21

Acn said:

GrateEggspectations said:

Acn said:

Wife and daughter just did that trip. And just this morning, I was thinking to myself that you hadn’t been that active (no shade).

This post was a nice surprise.

Thank you, we got in Thursday afternoon. We’re in Paris until Tuesday, then off to Prague, with Munich and Amsterdam to follow.

What a great trip.

If you haven’t done Prague before, Praha 2 had some great, off-the-beaten-path restos that were excellent and were dirt cheap, in our experience about ten years back. Have great memories of pork knuckles and goulash while a musician played accordion beside us and our five month old slept soundly on a bench late into the night. Ate and drank like royalty and spent maybe $20 CAD (!!!).

Didn’t do the Heineken tour in Amsterdam but after hearing reviews from family, I regret not having gone.

Whatever you do, I have no doubt you’ll have a great time. Photos please. 😁

JohnInCarolina · June 21

WeberWho said:

Now we’re talking!

BeanHead · June 21

Just finished sewing a load of tiny chicken pincushions for my friends that help with taxidermy at the museum.

lousubcap · June 21

@WeberWho - always a great undertaking and event. Glad Mother Nature was on board.

hoosier_egger · June 22

Already hot as balls. Heat index 100+ at 11am. Stay safe everyone.

Got the garden taken care of early

Legume · June 22

BeanHead said:

Just finished sewing a load of tiny chicken pincushions for my friends that help with taxidermy at the museum.

No burnt orange?

johnmitchell · June 22

Any news of @Ozzie_Isaac? Do we need Pete to send another package South bound?

Canugghead · June 22

Heat index 44C (111F)

GrateEggspectations · June 22

Canugghead said:

Heat index 44C (111F)

But half of that hot air is from the elected officials in your neck of the woods. 😆

GrateEggspectations · June 22

Hot here too, @Canugghead.

Walk in the high heat for ice cream late this morning.

ryantt · June 22

Polished the wife’s car… came out ok.

lousubcap · June 22

@ryantt - glad you have surfaced again. Nice job on the car...

GrateEggspectations · June 22

ryantt said:

Polished the wife’s car… came out ok.

Nice. Did you do the rims? A lot of people overlook them, but they add a nice pimp factor and help prevent dirt from sticking.

ryantt · June 22

GrateEggspectations said:

ryantt said:

Polished the wife’s car… came out ok.

Nice. Did you do the rims? A lot of people overlook them, but they add a nice pimp factor and help prevent dirt from sticking.

Cleaned the wheels and dressed the tires with superior products. As for the face of the wheels I used PDP wax.

WeberWho · June 23

Coming home from North Dakota and in the middle of nowhere I see a yellow looking house with barbwire around it in a middle of a field. I zoomed in for a picture and didn't think much of it when taking a picture but curiosity got the better part of me. I just checked the photo with Google Lens and it came up as nuclear missile launch facility during the Cold War! It has been deactivated since 1997 but pretty cool when doing some research on it. The house itself was built over a couple different bunkers.

A model and picture of the bunkers.

@Botch might know more about this?

WeberWho · June 23

lousubcap said:

@WeberWho - always a great undertaking and event. Glad Mother Nature was on board.

My family and I ended up staying in Fargo Friday night and watched some awesome lightening light up the sky. A short time later my phone goes off right as I fall asleep with a tornado warning alert. Five minutes after my phone goes off Fargo's city tornado sirens go off. Fortunately the hail and the real nasty stuff stayed away. I wish I could say that was the same for everyone else but tornadoes did touch down in other areas around the state. It was nasty. Winds were recorded at 120 mph in North Dakota/Northern Minnesota.

A picture of the tornado I found online.

A few pictures of some damage I saw driving back home today.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5017260/uploads/editor/5u/l0k2koe5cppc.jpg

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5017260/uploads/editor/js/ghe4eayo2eh7.png

Acn · June 23

Slight hope for humanity, the line for the labubu is shorter than the line for the louvre

BeanHead · June 23

Legume said:

BeanHead said:

Just finished sewing a load of tiny chicken pincushions for my friends that help with taxidermy at the museum.

No burnt orange?

Not around here 🤣

Botch · June 23

WeberWho said:

Coming home from North Dakota and in the middle of nowhere I see a yellow looking house with barbwire around it in a middle of a field. I zoomed in for a picture and didn't think much of it when taking a picture but curiosity got the better part of me. I just checked the photo with Google Lens and it came up as nuclear missile launch facility during the Cold War! It has been deactivated since 1997 but pretty cool when doing some research on it. The house itself was built over a couple different bunkers.

@Botch might know more about this?

Yup, that's an old LCF; I was the OIC for Technical Engineering from '92 to '95, and my team dispatched to the LCFs and the Launch Facilities (LFs, the actual missile silos) a few times a week to troubleshoot maintenance issues. The "house" is actually part of the LCF; it housed the cops who patrolled the "missile patch", had bunk rooms for overnight stays, a lunchroom, and a rec/TV room.
The nearest bunker in your bottom photo housed all the power and cooling systems for the site, including large batteries and generators that kept the site running in case commercial power was lost. The right bunker is where the two Ops officers were, monitoring the ten LFs assigned to that Flight and waiting for the red phone to ring. They would enter and pull a thick blast door closed behind them, for a 24-hour duty. There was a single bunk so they could each sleep for 8 hours, and the blast door was opened for meals and for maintenance teams. The 321st Missile Wing at Grand Forks AFB was shut down soon after I left (the three remaining Wings are at Minot ND, Malmstrom in MT, and FEWarren in Wyoming.

After I left Active Duty in '95 I got a job with TRW at Hill AFB here. Along with certifications for all nuclear weapon support equipment, I was put on a "Black Hat" team where we tried to figure out ways adversaries or terrorists could gain access to those LCFs and either arm/launch, or disable/destroy our ICBMs. Having experience gaining access to the LCFs was very useful to that team, as none of the other engineers had field experience. That was an interesting job, and our final report resulted in 35 hardware, software, and procedural changes to make the ICBM wings more secure.
Thanks for the memory jogger!

Legume · June 23

Very cool @Botch

alaskanassasin · June 23

Thanks for sharing @Botch

Ozzie_Isaac · June 23

Got back from a great trip diving in Mexico - stopped in border town on way into states and had Tepache and Horchata out of a cooler being served along side the road - never had Tepache before, but chatted with another guy who stopped and he highly recommended it - fermented pineapple rinds and skin. Was absolutely phenomenal, going to add it to my learn to make list. A weekend of diving, tacos, and margaritas. Best way to spend some time. Absolutely love Mexico.

johnmitchell · June 23

Looks like a fun time for sure @Ozzie_Isaac

Botch · June 23

Heckuva vacation, @Ozzie! I watch Rick Bayless' food/cooking videos when I see them, and the food always looks so incredible.

hoosier_egger · June 23

Blistered some shishito peppers from the garden. First harvest. Had about 8 total. They should do much better now that Satan has arrived.

lousubcap · June 24

Likely spending too much time updating the below OT thread with posts: (Give it a look sometime).
OT subject but worth a main-stream read- OT News Feeds...
However, all for providing timely information about things that may impact us all regardless of fat cap up or down!

Buckwoody Egger · June 24

checking out the shrinkflation for this years eggtoberfest tickets. $90 and the general public get 11a-3p instead of 10a-4p. vip get air conditioning and a 10a entry for $175. cook tickets starting to get a little more interesting!

Acn · June 24

Acn said:

Slight hope for humanity, the line for the labubu is shorter than the line for the louvre

As a follow up to this. Folks, it just ain’t that amazing of a painting:

GrateEggspectations · June 24

Acn said:

Acn said:

Slight hope for humanity, the line for the labubu is shorter than the line for the louvre

As a follow up to this. Folks, it just ain’t that amazing of a painting:

Smaller than people realize.

Weeks back, my daughter - a child - was being jostled about by the crowd, so the security guard pulled her aside and gave her unfettered, solo access while the rest of the crowd remained behind the barrier. Got photos. Hopefully, a moment she’ll never forget.

fishlessman · June 24

heat index 113f in a humid smokey weld shop.....its still june? come on winter

OT - What are you doing now? (2025)

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