n_maher

Happy Birthday!!!

Tee hee hee, but sadly my offer was not accepted and the listing got one bid in the waning minutes. It's ok, I think I've found the motivation to get the Thorens out of storage and see if it still works.

^^^ Thanks Steve, foolish offer sent.

Here's what I'm up to - taking maximum advantage of working from home. Redeye and toasted coconut chocolate chip scone Traeger preheating for pulled pork

^^^ Here's to hoping that means at some point you can swing out to the east coast and we can enjoy boxed wine and decent BBQ?

The Traeger makes that part too easy. Going to double down on all the smoked meat this week and prepped a pork shoulder to cook while teleworking tomorrow.

Same. Better late than never, right?

Appreciate the positive attitude Reks but I'm not sure I foresee a time when I can spend that kind of coin on a watch I'd be unlikely to wear. A quick look says that it's a $10k to $15k watch, used, which makes it a complete nonstarter. Lovely piece, and like I said, total Grail for me. I've loved the 007 watches for for a quarter century or more now.

Mid cook meat porn.

Small brisket point (unpictured) along with short ribs (shown prior to seasoning).

Not for nothing but usually the solution is a better grind. For starters, I'd give a slightly coarser grind a shot, assuming you're grinding your own. Next step would be to pour through a fine mesh filter or strainer. I still end up with just a bit of sludge in the bottom of my French-press produced coffee but I don't find it bothersome.

Surely your neighbors wouldn't mind if you bought one of the inflatable ones and bonus, you could let the kids use it as a bouncy house? https://www.amazon.com/Happybuy-Inflatable-13x8x7ft-Portable-Workstation/dp/B07LDNL7GF

Seems like it's time to build/buy a small down-draft spray booth.

^^^ Pretty much the Grail watch for me. I'll probably never own it, but sure can appreciate it.

Same with my work rig, zero shame in that.

Hmm, I may need one of these.

Thanks everyone, it was a good day, as long as you ignore work (which one must most days). Dinner with the family was great and Lily baked me a cake which was beyond tremendous. So we'll hope that I'm maybe just reaching middle age and have a bit to go before I hit the downslope.

Happy birthday!

Asked and answered, thread locked.

I know, originality score of zero but winter appears to be departing rather quickly so I got out this morning while it was snowing a bit. It sadly turned to rain before I was done and has been doing that steadily for the last two hours. Still, much fun was had.

In 2017.

Happy birthday, Naaman, here's to hoping the ping pong balls don't start chasing you.

What, exactly, was this in response to?