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  1. I checked the stuff I bought with a meter. High teens isn't bad at all. It's not as good as the white oak I get from my friend, but it does pretty well in a pinch. We lost a couple of small trees last year, and I've been drying the resultant splits since April or so.
  2. This won't help, but I have a friend with land and a lot of trees. I go out there and help him cut/split a few times a year, and he keeps me in free cooking wood. In a pinch, I run by academy and pick up a box of post oak splits. They run about $18. They're kiln-dried, but the moisture content is in the high teens, they burn well, and smell great.
  3. It's a 10 lb turkey purchased to harvest bones for stock and and to collect drippings because I want to make things ahead of time with these ingredients. Unfortunately, I don't keep a small roasting pan around. So, yeah, it looks, how should I say, unimpressive in its girth. But one of those drums had a nice crisp on one side, and the dogs and I suitably were impressed. /TLDR. Yes, it's a turkey for ants.
  4. Truth. I've got a cheap Leslie pedal, and the lack of a dry/wet adjustment really holds it back. It would make a killer, subtle effect on leads with one, but without, it just sounds like I should be playing "Let it Loose" or "Cold Shot." So my options are either to spend big bucks on another Leslie pedal (been there/done that), or buy a decent line splitter, and have a little "Leslie" sitting next to the main amp. I don't hate this latter idea, but I can't get enthusiastic about spending big bucks on a line splitter.
  5. If I had that, I would do nothing but play Allman Brothers leads (badly) much to the annoyance of all. Then, I would set it to whammy mode . . . much to the annoyance of all. Cool pedal. I had a Digitech Whammy pedal for a good while, and it was a lot of fun.
  6. According to those in this thread, yes. Football broadcast on ABC will show up in ESPN3.
  7. Last time I tried that, I couldn't even get anyone to answer me on the intercom. There is no worse drive-thru on the planet than Popeye's.
  8. Oh, that had me looking up recipes last night. Definitely making that for dinner this weekend.
  9. 2025 Stunt Turkey is on the books. Dark meat vacuum sealed and frozen for gumbo. White meat vac-sealed and frozen to give to a family we help out. Bones and carcass are going into the stock I'll make tomorrow and freeze. Drippings separated from the fat, poured over the roasted veg, and frozen to be used for the gravy. The process has begun.
  10. If you don't want to wait for the email, just login, click your picture in the upper-righthand corner of the screen. Click settings. Click updates.
  11. It's click-here and poof.
  12. It's an east Texas chain, but the burger combo at Jucy's is excellent.
  13. So, for those who plan to stick it out and just order a day pass, you can dig up the YTTV credit in the "Update" section of the Settings menu.
  14. Reminds me of my reaction to my failed pet fish experience in law school. What a week.
  15. Yeah, post up the brine and process if you don't mind. I'd love to make that.
  16. I'm learning.
  17. Well, it could be just internet, which is why I asked. I have a kid in college in Austin with a Spectrum bill and no channels to show for it.
  18. 1. It looks like a big high school game. 2. I was at a gathering with a Baylor graduate the other day. And something about Friday-night games came up, and he piped up, "Oh, yeah. They're playing a lot of games on Friday night." I smiled.
  19. Honestly, the $5 to SlingTV, which isn't Mouse-owned, on game day plus an antenna if required seems like the best/cheapest legal solution. YoutubeTV will kick a little money our way for each month it's off the table (they usually do), and it goes okay for the consumer. Yeah, it's a pain in the ass, but whatayagonnado? /shrugs
  20. Pet Semetary, Christine, The Dead Zone, not necessarily in that order.
  21. No spoilers, but The Gunslinger should be the last book in the DT series.
  22. Yes, but my creepier brain was making a joke of a sexual nature. Don't you screw up with the 2025 "My Crazy Ass Family at the Holidays" thread!
  23. My brain: What's an RJ? Creepier part of my brain: If you have to ask, big guy, you can't afford it.
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