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  1. I took my wife and kid on a Disney cruise many years ago.  I was chatting with one of the outside bartenders asking where they were previously.  They were doing Alaskan cruises but just cut through the Panama Canal.  He said it was the most miserable he had been on a cruise ship.  Said it was insanely hot, you are barely moving so no breeze then the ship was completely overwhelmed with a shit ton of mosquitoes.

  2. /csb

    Had a neighbor 20 or so years ago that had a big nice house, pool, expensive cars, a bad ass boat, trailer smoker and a nice Harley.  He had a lot of toys and and a new younger hot wife.  One day he had a party and we started to discuss his company.  He owned all the crazy crane claw machines at all Cici's and some other restaurants.  Found out he had his company office at small nearby airport where he kept his plane.  Once a week they would fly to different parts of Texas to collect from all their machines.  That was his only source of income. 

  3. Did one yesterday.  I smoked it at 250 until it hit 120.  Let it rest a bit then seared in a cast iron pan with beef tallow for a couple minutes each side.  Served with horseradish sauce from the prime rib thread and also made a chimichurri sauce, see below.  I made both sauces a day earlier and they tasted much better when served.

    ¼ cup hot water
    2 teaspoons dried oregano
    1 teaspoon salt
    1 ⅓ cups fresh parsley leaves
    ⅔ cup fresh cilantro leaves
    6 garlic cloves, minced
    ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
    ¼ cup red wine vinegar
    ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil

    Combine hot water, oregano, and salt in small bowl; let stand for 5 minutes to soften oregano. Pulse parsley, cilantro, garlic, and pepper flakes in food processor until coarsely chopped, about 10 pulses. Add water mixture and vinegar and pulse briefly to combine. Transfer mixture to medium bowl and slowly whisk in oil until incorporated and mixture is emulsified. Cover with plastic wrap and let stand at room temperature for at least 1 hour.

     

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  4. 13 hours ago, Spur08 said:

    How difficult/expensive is it to do plumbing work on a pool after it's built?  Just bought this house and I'm thinking about having an overflow drain installed after having to drain 5 inches out of the pool from the rain last night

    Why drain water out of the pool?  It will evaporate at some point and it doesnt hurt if it overflows a little.  When you drain, you lose chemicals.

  5. A couple of liquor stores showed up on my ubereats app this week.  I was browsing them and noticed one had Blantons for $99.  Put that in my cart and went to checkout.  The app would not let me checkout and told me I had to order food to have liquor delivered.  You can't add food from another place and this being a liquor store i couldn't checkout.  I noticed they also sold mixers.  Add one and no luck, added a bag of ice, nope.  Saw some champagne my wife likes added it and it would let me checkout, no idea why.

    Dude showed up about 35 minutes later with both. 

  6. Saturday morning my wife was watching that cooking show Pioneer Woman.  Host was making a BBQ sauce of some sort and used 1 1/2 cups of BLANTONS in the recipe.  I almost fell out of my chair.  Who the heck uses 12 ounces of liquid gold in a damn BBQ sauce?

  7. Stayed at Palmilla Beach  last year and the food at the Black Marlin is great.  They served a scallop leak bacon butter dish that was one of the best scallop dishes I have ever tasted.  Everyone is our group was impressed at the quality of the food for such a small place.

  8. We were there last August.  We've done all the tourist stuff and really enjoyed most of it.  This last visit, two things really stood out.  First, we took my kid to Kauai Surf School.  It was amazing.  The waves were perfect for hours.  The ocean bottom there is rock so the waves never change.  Wave after wave of perfect learning waves.  Absolutely amazing watching my kid, only 13 at the time, surf waves all the way to shore time and time again.  They have instructors that stay in the water and help the kids catch waves if necessary. 

    Second, we took the road past the Hyatt and just kept driving until it dead ended.  One of the most amazing beaches i have ever seen.  Then drove a little way back to Gillin's Beach, same thing.  Only regret was we didn't pack food and drinks to enjoy it all day.  Really amazing.

    There is a beach rental there, which would be amazing.  Here is the link:

    https://www.gillinbeachhouse.com/

    Have fun

  9. Just an FYI, last time we went to NRG, our event didn't end until after midnight.  We took the train back to ZaZa.  The train was mostly full of homeless drunk dudes.  One guy was walking around with a 40 in one hand and dice in the other trying to get people to bet with him.  It was a little uncomfortable with the wife and kid.  The ZaZa bellman told us the next day that travel after midnight can get a little sketchy.

  10. I stay at ZaZa or Icon, usually determined by our plans.  ZaZa has a few Yukon Denali's that will drop you off within 5 miles of the hotel for free.  We tip the guy and he will give you  a card and will return when needed.  They will not go to NRG for events though.  The train station is right behind the hotel.  There are some nice museums near by if you like that thing.

  11. We used Fielder Pools here in Austin.  Small company but have been building pools for a long time.  The owner did our design and was onsite a lot.  We had about 3" of soil and the rest rock.  They brought in a big backhoe and a huge air hammer and knocked it out if 4 or 5 days.  Loud as hell but quick.

  12. On 4/26/2018 at 7:45 AM, Celery Man said:

    Is there such a thing as an all in one grinding brewing machine that is worth a shit/won't break immediately?  I require my coffee to brew on a timer so that it can be ready for me to stumble over to and pour when I wake up.  I used to get beans from Andersons when I lived up north (and drank much less coffee), but now that I'm south, I discovered Third Coast and love their medium roasts.  But I think I'm still a relative heathen getting them ground for my black and decker basket drip.

    We have a Jura super-automatic that i didnt think i would like but not sure we could live without it.  Makes awesome coffee.  I've seen a lot of adds for the new Spinn coffee maker which is similar idea but cheaper.  Not sure how it tastes, but it is intriguing.

     

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