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dcbc

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  1. So isn't the difference between the 62 Bluesbreaker and the Bassman just using EL34 or KT66 power tubes? Edit to add that speakers are a huge part of the equation, especially in 62 when they went 2x12 Celestion. Apparently 61 was 4x10 like the Bassman.
  2. $900. I'm honestly not a huge fan of the piggyback Bassman tones. Yes, you can make some nice, heavy rock sounds come out of them, but they're a bit nasally most of the time. They were cool things to grab when you could get them for under $500, but those days have been long gone for a while.
  3. The 1968 drip edge AB165 is intriguing but already is at the top of what I'd ever want to pay for it. But I'm eyeballing that hat and those flared pants. /signed 5'10" and definitely chubby /5'10" and chubby should be the new Surly motto
  4. I hit up a Braum's last year and left feeling that, like everything else, it really had lost a step. The next week, for the sake of research, I hit up a DQ and was pleasantly surprised to get a pretty decent fast food burger.
  5. They fit just fine. In fact, you can do two on a 22" WSM.
  6. Can someone explain the current motto to me. I know it's copied from immamac's post in the TX/GA thread, but I'm dumb and curious.
  7. Not a bad idea. But it doesn't seem porky enough.
  8. The person doesn't even need to be that rich or powerful. Back when I was in private practice, my boss got the owner of a middling, unbranded-gasoline distribution company to admit to participating in a price-fixing scheme during her deposition. He kept dancing around asking the question because you don't want to let them answer "No" necessarily. But he had his Gessup moment and finally flat out asked her, "Did you participate in price-fixing scheme." She looked at him and answered, "Yes." No. Further. Questions. He wasn't even a very good lawyer.
  9. Even so, to quote Willie, I remember when a dime bag cost a dime. It hurts my soul to pay $2.49 for that 59-cent bean burrito. That thing is outpacing inflation assuming the former price was around 1995 or so. And don't tell me labor cost on that item. I've seen that squirt gun.
  10. That deescalated quickly.
  11. That's what I said about Taco Bell above. Even if these restaurants weren't all less mediocre than before, now they want to charge us a pair of Lincolns for the privilege. Nah.
  12. $.59 Bean Burrito with some fire sauce was the definition of the gift that kept on giving.
  13. $7? Get outta here! But in all seriousness, "cheap" generally was the wrong word. Not as cheap would have been a better description. On average, the cost has increased by around 81% over the last six years with some items increasing by as much as 132%. So when the nearby mom & pop will sell me some bangin' tacos for under $6, I've just been less likely to run through Taco Bell for their variation of the same. That's not to say I won't hit up Taco Bell or that I think that it hasn't maintained what it always was way better than a lot of fast food places out there (looking at you, Wendy's).
  14. Username checks out.
  15. Good point. With that in mind, I should have gone in dry like so many in-laws' turkeys.
  16. Do you foreplay?
  17. They used to have these "Market Fresh" sandwiches that were something you might expect to get at Panera (of that time period) or Corner Bakery. Really solid. So, of course, they discontinued them.
  18. So my mom has Parkinson's and is in assisted living. For the last three or so years, we have reserved out the clubhouse at her facility and brought Thanksgiving to her. It's a nice space with a full kitchen, and it's easier on her. My sister called to reserve it in October, and someone beat us to the punch this year. "No problem," I say, "We live ten minutes away. One of us can pick her up and driver her over for Thanksgiving lunch and take her back afterward." I mention this to my mom, who, in this late stage of the game, is pretty irrational and fearful of going anywhere but the hair salon, and she basically clams up but makes it pretty clear that she doesn't want to do this. I talk to my sister about it, and she is fine with everyone coming to our house, but after getting the same reaction from my mom, suggests some alternatives like doing it on Friday or having it in my mom's tiny apartment. I quickly suggest that my older son might be going back to Austin for the UT/aggy game and Thursday at our place (since a lot of my wife's family might like to join us too) really is our only option. I tell her I'll handle getting my mom to be more agreeable. And so, a grown ass man and professional, I create a fall-themed, Thanksgiving lunch invitation with some form in MS Word and email it to my mom. After a few days of processing, she agrees. I was over there the other day, and she has it in a plastic sheet protector. Mission accomplished. So for this year, I've managed to simplify things. We're cooking turkey, dressing, mash potatoes, and gravy. All other sides and rolls, etc. have been farmed out appropriately. My niece is making a pie and anyone else can bring whatever the hell they want. I also recently bought a warming oven (and my wife bought my a stainless table to put it on so I don't burn down the garage/house). So timing the dressing and potatoes is less crucial and, instead of cooking the turkey on the WSM, I get to break out the offset and tend fire drink Bloody Marys on Thanksgiving morning. As some of you may have seen in the Thanksgiving-Day Spread thread, I have harvested a stunt turkey for drippings and veg for the gravy and made a crap-ton of brown stock. This weekend, I will make bread, cornbread, and biscuits to freeze/stale to use for the dressing. I'll prep the dressing and gravy the night before and cut up all the gumbo veg and make a roux to make that process easier when it's Turkey Gumbo time. I'm looking forward to a less scheduled/hectic Thanksgiving morning. But that's sure to change.
  19. After about eight hours, I had nearly 4 gallons of stock. I think I'm good for a while. My house will smell amazing for a week.
  20. I'd like to draw the curtains on that memory.
  21. I won't speak to others' food-snobbery, but I'd probably pick up any one of those on a road trip if those were my only quick options. But food snobbery aside, in any medium sized city, there always is a quick-but-much-better option for BBQ sandwich, gyro, enchiladas, or WP-tacos. That's not to say I don't have nostalgia for some of those food-orders (although as good as the enchirito might be, I don't recall ever ordering anything at T-Bell that required plastic ware). Maybe it's because, for example, Taco Bell isn't dirt-cheap anymore, and I have about half-a-dozen very good taco joints withing a few minutes of most Taco Bells around here. I am intrigued by that Arby's Gyro, but the last time I was in an Arby's was an overwhelmingly depressing experience.
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