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Baboontyme

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  1. I spent a summer working at a place called Rouge Steel building a conveyor in that tube pictured below. We had to wear CO detectors and as we would get towards the top of the tunnel above the pot they would start going off and we would have to run back down. I spent the next 6 months with black boogers. One day during our daily safety meeting the steward on the job threw in Yeah yesterday afternoon Joe Smith fell to his death from up 6 stories. He was a good ironworker. There's a coffee can in the break room if you want to donate to his wife and kids. I got better grades the next semester.
  2. I found them online. They're $12 knives. I am going to melt them all down and forge a katana.
  3. Any of these knives look like they're worth a crap?
  4. Nice. They were a serious eats "budget" rec. I also ordered the dcbc chain mail scrubbers.
  5. I have ordered a bunch of stuff. Disclaimer, not surly cooking elite, no goal to become surly cooking elite. After pondering everything from the all clad stainless to ceramic I decided that I can't remember the last time I made anything in a frying pan other than eggs/breakfast or ground beef for tacos. That said I do like to tinker and I like to have decent stuff, especially in a new kitchen. With a decent range and an actual hood vent instead of a microwave one who knows I may start trying to cook my chicken breasts in the house. I read lots of reviews, and relied pretty heavily on serious eats. Let me know how I did. The range I settled on that has been sitting in my garage for 3 months is this one steak knives ordered 2 sets 4 qt saucepan I also bought a 1.5 qt matching. I own a decent stock pot. 10" preseasoned OXO carbon steel pan I also bought the matching 8" and 12" so I can throw just about everything else I own away. I will keep my 12" lodge cast iron and an 8" and 10" non stick TFAL that I recently purchased for use on the hot plate that I have been trying to use for 5 months 🙄. Wife can use those. Sam Lin's knife block - do I need knife guards? I'm not sure I need any other knives. I have a serrated Wusthof slicer which is my go to for roasts, in addition to an edge slicer that sometimes I will use for brisket. I have a decent chef's knife, a Victorinox paring knife and another Wusthof 8" filet knife. What's missing?
  6. I ordered this. Thanks. I only have quality BBQ knives at this point, I will have to start building the collection. I am definitely not surly pampered chef elite. I have been looking at cookware. I could handle the maintenance on something like carbon steel. I floated it to the wife and explained if we go that route it's not something where she can go make scrambled eggs and then put it in the sink to soak for 3 days and she looked at me like I was an alien. I'm now looking at nonstick. Probably more our speed to be honest. Anyone have any opinions on Swiss Diamond?
  7. Hey Russ, let's go find your sister. (mock punch, mock punch, mock punch) Crazy to think Quaid was 39 when this was filmed and Chevy was...exactly my age. No wonder I understand Clark better every year as I age out.
  8. I'm going to go back through this thread tonight. My kitchen is finally coming together after 5 months of being torn apart. I have a working sink, countertops and so much cabinet, drawer, and pantry space I don't know what to do, and that is a beautiful thing. I would love to see some pics of the above referenced knife drawer organizers, as well as any other kind of shelf/drawer/cabinet organizers people like. I'm also leaning heavily towards throwing away every single shitty pot and pan that we have minus my cast iron skillet and just starting fresh with a basic set. I think there are some recs above but feel free to post any other thoughts.
  9. trade him to Jr, he'll go for it, his team sucks. Hell I will trade you for him. Getting some shooters back on the court (and Duren) is going to help him. re Cade @shadow_operative
  10. I didn't know Rudy passed, my consolances. How did he go out?
  11. Pan, thin crust, hand tossed, or NY style? Need specifics.
  12. 😂😂😂 Dr. Pepper Fansville transfer portal spot is pretty good.
  13. That thing is pretty sweet, even as a non longhorn. How big is it?
  14. That is interesting. I have been seeing those pop up in my algorithms. No way I could do the ladder, and I kind of assume they are going to turn to crap after a year or two like every other Govee item I've gotten. But definitely intrigued. Keep us updated please.
  15. Remodel. Told my mom last night I was punting on the turkey so she ordered one. Tonight she started asking me questions about how to cook it since it's been my job for the past decade plus... And I temporarily lost my mind and said I'm going to come over early and cook it. I'm thinking Big Easy fryer. Just ordered one for curbside at Lowe's.
  16. Annual bump. No kitchen so I don't get to do my bird and brine this year. Hopefully someone can spatchcock their bird with a reciprocating saw this year in my stead.
  17. Y'know what, screw it. I'm going to tell them to get lost. I think the odds are pretty good we can get it to match pretty closely, and if it doesn't? It's a good story and it will make me feel happy inside that I told that fat fuck to piss off. Thank you for helping me see the light SB. That was the tipping point I needed.
  18. I am fuming the more this dances around in my head. My sanity is worth a grand. My sanity is worth a grand. I need a distraction and a drink.
  19. It's 15 extra square feet and they have do a subfloor so $990. Only $66 sq/ft. I told them to order the tile but before I sign I want it line item'd. And I'm going to sign but I'm going to tell them that I am aware they are price gouging me and will make sure that my neighbors and community know how they operate. And I guess I have to now turn into that guy pretending I care about every little thing that they fucked up and calling them out on it. We are really laid back in reality but gloves are off now.
  20. Buy the hottest reaper sauce you can find, dilute it with tequila or water or antifreeze and spray it along the perimeter of the house. I have no idea if it would work but it might be fun to watch the results play out.
  21. Oh I'm aware. I just don't have any leverage and I want them out of my house asafp. It's lovely sending two kids to school every day having to make lunch on a card table with no kitchen sink. This was all supposed to be done over the summer. My kitchen was torn out on 7/5 yet here we are.
  22. They say that the original pricing was done at cost with zero markup. They say that standard markup is 50% and the new quote includes tear out and haul away of the existing carpet and padding in the living room, floor material and installation, and trim/baseboard finish. I asked what if I do the tear out and haul away and that brought the quote down to 4600 🙄 A friend gave me a great suggestion that I hadn't thought of and that is to ask to swap out the basement office flooring, which was in scope, with the living room. They are roughly the same size and if I do the carpet tear out I can't imagine that this would be anything other than easier for them. I would have to do the basement flooring and trim on my own but bfd, then I don't have to worry about matching anything. I should have an answer on Monday. Fingers crossed, this shit ruined my week.
  23. Motherfucker. They said they would be ok with punting the flooring altogether so we would have to take that on and they would give us credit. I did some math and the entire area that was in scope was about 725 square feet. The credit? Of course it was quoted originally "at cost" so it would be $6500. So I can punt on 720 sq ft of flooring at a savings of $6500, I can pay them $6k to do the extra 215 sq ft or I can try to buy the additional product and have someone do it after the fact and risk it looking like dog shit. This is so fun, I'm glad I'm doing this. Really making my life swell.
  24. I did talk to a GC friend in another state and he pointed out a few things I wasn't considering, but still... The builder is factoring in tear out and haul away of existing carpet and padding, the trim work with the baseboards and any leveling that would need to be done. My guess is they get all of this quoted out and maybe it's around 3k and then they double it as a mark up. I have inquired about if they have already placed the order for my flooring selections. If not I'm going to ask about removing the flooring from the contract altogether but I am not optimistic that they will be amenable to this, and even if they are I can guarantee you the credits issued will not come close to adding up on a sq ft basis to what he quoted for the additional flooring. This happened with the painting too. Painting was our responsibility, not part of the contract. When the drywall was done, both the builder and I thought it was a good idea to paint before the cabinets started going up in the kitchen. I asked him to send his painter out for a quote. Large kitchen plus office basement plus dormer addition/master suite and he quoted me 13k for priming and painting. I laughed in their faces. I had a crew of Mexican guys come out the next day and did the entire job for $4k.
  25. It doesn't hurt your team to have a dead player in the lineup unless of course you have him in your lineup in place of someone who is playing and is sitting on your bench.
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