Currawong Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 Today I played with bias voltages in the Phoenix after re-arranging my rack so I could pop the lid easily. Found that they had drifted a bit and were a volt or so off. Yesterday I took the little one to a day care I've been teaching English at for 3 years. It's run out of a house belonging to a woman who has very carefully thought-out ideas about bringing up kids. As a result, the kids are the most sensible, intelligent, thoughtful and good-mannered that I know. They had been wanting to meet my daughter (again) for some time. After an initial shy and clingy half-hour, broken by being completely overwhelmed with toys being presented to her, they played with her for 5 hours, including lunch time. She was so happy and comfortable that I could leave the room and she wasn't worried in the slightest, which is very unusual. I didn't have to do anything, the kids, most around 12, even making sure she washed her hands before and after lunch and even helping her eat. My daughter is in the pink striped top in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrarroyo Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 Naaman enjoy your time with your new daughter, and as stated earlier please post pictures. Vicky enjoy your time with the family, pics of all the food would be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Sawyers Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 Cooking beer can chicken. Recipe: Procure a Weber kettle BBQ, with side charcoal baskets and drip tray. Procure a chicken and a beer can. Open can and shove chicken onto can. Brush with olive oil. Balance (easier than it sounds) chicken on griddle and put on lid. 1 1/2 hours later golden chicken internally basted with beer steam. Beer rendered undrinkable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beefy Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 Balance (easier than it sounds) chicken on griddle and put on lid. You can get stands designed specifically for this...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 Adorable kid, Amos. Naaman, safe trip home; can't wait to see pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Sawyers Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 You can get stands designed specifically for this...... OK beefy - tell me more. Is this a Weber gizmo, or a third party thing that fits a Weber, or.... I definitely need one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beefy Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 They're a pretty simple thing. I bought one for $2 at Walmart I assume cooking/department stores in the UK would have them as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 I picked up some when they were 99c specials at the local supermarket. Looks like Rip-Off Britain strikes again. Compare Amazon.com: beer can chicken roaster Amazon.co.uk: Garden & Outdoors - beer can chicken roaster Beer Bird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Sawyers Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 I picked up some when they were 99c specials at the local supermarket. Looks like Rip-Off Britain strikes again. Compare Amazon.com: beer can chicken roaster Amazon.co.uk: Garden & Outdoors - beer can chicken roaster Beer Bird Bloody hell - there is no way I'm paying that much. More than the cost of a chicken and a can of beer together. You're damned right about rip-off Britain. I'll keep balancing the bird without the help of a piece of welded wire framework. It was delicious, by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomana Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 Strange morning going off to a very small country church where my family was more than half the congregation. The preacher brought the kids up front and told them they should think about giving half of their belongings away, then gave a sermon about preparing for the end of days Twitter style, and knowing what you need to do in 140 characters or less. The singer got confused over an A flat change in a hymn, so he and my aunt, the organist, decided to talk about it and rehearse it a couple times right there in front of the church until he was happy. The whole thing could either be disturbing or amusing, depending on what type of attention you wanted to pay. I'm now in Charlotte waiting to board my flight home. It was a good weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrion Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 They're a pretty simple thing. I bought one for $2 at Walmart I assume cooking/department stores in the UK would have them as well. I use the same thing but bought it at Home Depot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manaox2 Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Went to a get together of some speaker guys to listen to the Eastern Electric MiniMax DAC compared to the TPA Buffalo32. That didn't happen because of an incident where the EE Dac must have let off an ultrasonic frequency on powering off with the pre and amp still powered on that caused an overload on the McIntosh power amp and causing the ribbon tweeters of the $15k Piega C8 limited speaker to burst into flames. Dealer down the the road brought in some nice usher speakers to replace them within 15 mins. Feel bad for the guy, he took seeing his speakers burst into flames remarkably well. Also got a chance to listen to the PS Audio Wave DAC and bridge. Pretty sweet looking combo, didn't mesh well with the speakers though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mypasswordis Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Now that's what I call burn-in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomana Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Sounds like something out of that end-of-days sermon I heard today. And very cute daughter, Amos. I missed the pic earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetoole Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Pics of flaming ribbon tweeters? And did the PS Audio not mesh well with the speakers because they did not have tweeters? Too warm sounding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manaox2 Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Pics of flaming ribbon tweeters? And did the PS Audio not mesh well with the speakers because they did not have tweeters? Too warm sounding? Haha, I wasn't cold enough to pull out a camera while people were putting out the flames. The Wave seemed to me like it was a bit bright in his system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmcmanus Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Drove the rig from Butte, MT down to Idaho Falls on I-15 today. What a beautiful drive. Heading off to a dinner invitation with some friends at their house. Jackknifed the dang motorhome and trailer a couple of weeks ago, so I'll be taking it in to the truck repair place in the morning to get an initial assessment of the wallet damage. I'm guessing $2-3k-ish. Dumb me, tried to do a 3 point turn by backing the trailer onto a country road when I got lost in South Dakota instead of just going down the road until I could find a proper place to turn around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augsburger Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 I use the same thing but bought it at Home Depot. Am I the only one who sees Mike's avatar on the chicken breast? Look closely....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Haha, I wasn't cold enough to pull out a camera while people were putting out the flames. Not Hardcoar enough. Or too sexy (excuse me, while I whip this out). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanDragon Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Marriage ended a few hours ago, took a nap, woke up, talked to friend, got on HC, now to get ready to go through the motions at work. **BRENT** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Sorry to hear that MD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Marriage ended a few hours ago, took a nap, woke up, talked to friend, got on HC, now to get ready to go through the motions at work. **BRENT** Oh man, I'm sorry to hear that, Brent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Drove the rig from Butte, MT down to Idaho Falls on I-15 today. What a beautiful drive. Heading off to a dinner invitation with some friends at their house. Jackknifed the dang motorhome and trailer a couple of weeks ago, so I'll be taking it in to the truck repair place in the morning to get an initial assessment of the wallet damage. I'm guessing $2-3k-ish. Dumb me, tried to do a 3 point turn by backing the trailer onto a country road when I got lost in South Dakota instead of just going down the road until I could find a proper place to turn around. Dude, you have some bad luck with that thing. You should just give it to me and get a smaller one Marriage ended a few hours ago, took a nap, woke up, talked to friend, got on HC, now to get ready to go through the motions at work. **BRENT** Good luck Brent, things will work out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphsci Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Sorry to hear that Brent. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrion Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Brent, sorry to hear this news. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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