April 2019 all topic thread
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75 in the shade here this morning already. Heck, we may even hit 80. Pulled the mower out (again), as the grass seems to be going crazy. Think I will wait until tomorrow to actually mow though.
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I think I saw 90 on The Peninsula. Don't know how accurate those thermometers are behind the grille. Hot enough that I turned on air conditioning and closed the windows.
A garbage truck had a blowout right in front of me. Chunks of tire and debris rained on my van. If the windows were down, I would have gotten it in my face. May have gone down on my motorcycle. 70 MPH, get hit by a truck tire, trying to swerve out of the way on 2 wheels........
A garbage truck had a blowout right in front of me. Chunks of tire and debris rained on my van. If the windows were down, I would have gotten it in my face. May have gone down on my motorcycle. 70 MPH, get hit by a truck tire, trying to swerve out of the way on 2 wheels........
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Pretty warm here yesterday. Not sure how hot it got though, however, I can already tell it is cooler today. Grand kids are back in school so i have the apartment all to myself now. Sure is quiet. LOL
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Wheee!
Got pretty toasty by my standards. We topped out at 85 at roughly 1PM (13:00 for you military folks). Tomorrow should be a lot cooler, and I'm OK with that.
Got an acre of lawn mowed today. That's mow #3 for this year, and I'm sick of it already.
Got pretty toasty by my standards. We topped out at 85 at roughly 1PM (13:00 for you military folks). Tomorrow should be a lot cooler, and I'm OK with that.
Got an acre of lawn mowed today. That's mow #3 for this year, and I'm sick of it already.
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Smoked a 10-lb. ham for Easter... bone-in... hickory chunks on Kingsford briquettes (the stuff was left over from last season, so it's good to use it up).
Still have the bone, with some ham left on it, gonna throw that into some beans tomorrow (got the beans soaking now).
BTW, I got a tip that you can reduce the amount of flatulence that beans cause if your soak them overnight in water, and add some baking soda to them.
BBQ event alert: I will be competing again this year. July 27th, at the Back Forty Texas BBQ Roadhouse & Saloon, in Pleasant Hill.
If you want to try a variety of BBQ-ed ribs (all St. Louis Style, but generally different flavors), come on by. Entries have to be submitted by 4:00 P.M., so samples can be shared after that. The results of Judging will be announced at 5:00 P.M. The competition is limited to 25 teams... but if you get one rib from each team, that's still a LOT of ribs
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In 2016, I took first place at this event..
I'll be the guy with the air compressor and the paint spray gun - that's how I apply the sauce when the ribs are in the smoker. This video was taken in 2015: Spraying BBQ Sauce
Fifty150, you can take BART - get off at the Pleasant Hill BART station, it's about a 3-4 block walk from there.
NightEyes, this would be an excellent excuse for a road trip, would love to see you at the event. See if you can con someone into travelling with you!
All of the rest of you clowns, please show up! It will be a long day for me, but I'd love to see you.
Still have the bone, with some ham left on it, gonna throw that into some beans tomorrow (got the beans soaking now).
BTW, I got a tip that you can reduce the amount of flatulence that beans cause if your soak them overnight in water, and add some baking soda to them.
BBQ event alert: I will be competing again this year. July 27th, at the Back Forty Texas BBQ Roadhouse & Saloon, in Pleasant Hill.
If you want to try a variety of BBQ-ed ribs (all St. Louis Style, but generally different flavors), come on by. Entries have to be submitted by 4:00 P.M., so samples can be shared after that. The results of Judging will be announced at 5:00 P.M. The competition is limited to 25 teams... but if you get one rib from each team, that's still a LOT of ribs
.In 2016, I took first place at this event..
I'll be the guy with the air compressor and the paint spray gun - that's how I apply the sauce when the ribs are in the smoker. This video was taken in 2015: Spraying BBQ Sauce
Fifty150, you can take BART - get off at the Pleasant Hill BART station, it's about a 3-4 block walk from there.
NightEyes, this would be an excellent excuse for a road trip, would love to see you at the event. See if you can con someone into travelling with you!
All of the rest of you clowns, please show up! It will be a long day for me, but I'd love to see you.
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There are a couple places on the peninsula where they are flirting with $5 for high test. I heard a discussion of this on Marketplace the other day. The current price level for crude is considered to be in a "Goldylocks place"; not too high (where it will discourage usage), or too low (where it is too painful for producers). That said, the prices (generally) in California are ridiculous.