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Re: Try Some 2015-12-10
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2015 8:50 am
by DinkyInky
TazManiac wrote:Yesterday I went looking for EggNog and the shelves were bare, it's now Friday evening and I have some Brandy and commercial eggnog in the shopping bag. (It's better to make it from scratch...)
Having avoided all things Pumkin-Spice up to this point I suppose I can deal with an appropriate seasonal flavour for a little while. (The bottle of Brandy is likely going to last until New Years at the rate I (don't) drink these days.)
I don't get sick from uncooked foods, I seriously think every case of food poisoning I've ever had came from improperly handled, but already prepared, foodstuffs.
Heck, just last night I took myself to dinner and ate raw fish, danger be damned.
I adore punkin spice. This year, every bottle I acquired was bitter...tasted like no sweetener, just the punkin spice.
Yes, I am purposely spelling it like that. My son has been cute lately. Pumpkin is one word he
always has issues with, and this year, I decided to not correct him on it.
Eggnog...soooo yummy! Especially hot with fresh cinnamon and nutmeg on top.
Great wakeup while in perkatory.
Re: Try Some 2015-12-10
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 7:20 pm
by Catawampus
oldmanmickey wrote:Eggnog with a shot of granddaddys finest, now we talking.
Or with some Brandi or Bud?
FreeFlier wrote:Warrl wrote:Thanks, that makes me feel more confident about the safety of something I did a while back. (I kept a small amount of soup, very carefully, at 160 degrees... for about 4 hours, with no lid. Thai curry soup turned into a really wonderful pizza sauce.)
That's standard practice, actually . . . it's very common to keep soups and stews simmering, sometimes for days.
Yeah, I've done that sort of thing many times over the years. It's kind of necessary for cooking down bones into bone broth over an open fire, for example.
Dave wrote:For getting fires started in nasty weather, when it's raining sideways... a Karuk elder I knew, swore that chainsaw-bar oil was the thing to use. It's thicker than kerosene or diesel fuel... much less volatile than gasoline, the vapors are not likely to go boom, it burns hot, and it burns longer than an equivalent amount of gasoline.
One of the best fire-starters I've found over the years was the "peanut-butter" that we had in our combat rations mixed with a bit of the insect repellent we were issued. It would burn quite nicely and odiferously even in heavy rain.
Re: Try Some 2015-12-10
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 8:16 pm
by AnotherFairportfan
Steel wool is good initial tinder if you're using flint-and-steel.
Or if you have a lantern battery and a couple lengths of wire.
Re: Try Some 2015-12-10
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 10:19 pm
by GlytchMeister
AnotherFairportfan wrote:Steel wool is good initial tinder if you're using flint-and-steel.
Or if you have a lantern battery and a couple lengths of wire.
Or just a 9v battery. No need for wire. You can also stretch and spin the steel wool into a yarn to reach both ends of a string of smaller batteries.
Re: Try Some 2015-12-10
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 10:25 pm
by Catawampus
That's why you never want to be too close to a herd of steel sheep during a lightning storm.
Re: Try Some 2015-12-10
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 10:27 pm
by GlytchMeister
Catawampus wrote:That's why you never want to be too close to a herd of steel sheep during a lightning storm.
My inner Pyro now desperately wants to see what happens when a steel-wool factory is hit my lightning. Or just what happens when a really, really, really big pile of the stuff is hooked up to a car battery.
Re: Try Some 2015-12-10
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 10:29 pm
by lake_wrangler
Catawampus wrote:That's why you never want to be too close to a herd of steel sheep during a lightning storm.
Funny, I've never heard of steel sheep...
*deposits an SOS Pad into the pun vault*
Re: Try Some 2015-12-10
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 11:31 pm
by AnotherFairportfan
lake_wrangler wrote:Catawampus wrote:That's why you never want to be too close to a herd of steel sheep during a lightning storm.
Funny, I've never heard of steel sheep...
*deposits an SOS Pad into the pun vault*
Ah - you need to read about Brillo, the Revolutionary Ram, in Eric Flint's "1632" books.
Re: Try Some 2015-12-10
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 12:10 am
by lake_wrangler
AnotherFairportfan wrote:lake_wrangler wrote:Catawampus wrote:That's why you never want to be too close to a herd of steel sheep during a lightning storm.
Funny, I've never heard of steel sheep...
*deposits an SOS Pad into the pun vault*
Ah - you need to read about Brillo, the Revolutionary Ram, in Eric Flint's "1632" books.
Will you stop ramming your suggestions onto other people's already full plates?
*Deposits a dirty pot into the pun vault*
Re: Try Some 2015-12-10
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 12:33 am
by AnotherFairportfan
lake_wrangler wrote:AnotherFairportfan wrote:
Ah - you need to read about Brillo, the Revolutionary Ram, in Eric Flint's "1632" books.
Will you stop ramming your suggestions onto other people's already full plates?
*Deposits a dirty pot into the pun vault*
If you're gonna be that way about it, i won't ask if you saw
my post in the Main Pub Room...
Re: Try Some 2015-12-10
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 12:48 am
by lake_wrangler
AnotherFairportfan wrote:lake_wrangler wrote:AnotherFairportfan wrote:
Ah - you need to read about Brillo, the Revolutionary Ram, in Eric Flint's "1632" books.
Will you stop ramming your suggestions onto other people's already full plates?
*Deposits a dirty pot into the pun vault*
If you're gonna be that way about it, i won't ask if you saw
my post in the Main Pub Room...
Actually, I saw it, and followed the link, and added it to my definitely not small list of bookmarked webcomics...
Re: Try Some 2015-12-10
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 3:09 am
by shadowinthelight
Catawampus wrote:That's why you never want to be too close to a herd of steel sheep during a lightning storm.
Are you saying it would be a ba-a-a-ad idea?
Re: Try Some 2015-12-10
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 7:36 am
by scantrontb
shadowinthelight wrote:Catawampus wrote:That's why you never want to be too close to a herd of steel sheep during a lightning storm.
Are you saying it would be a ba-a-a-ad idea?
Only if you lose your HAT!... Otherwise it's an OK plan.
Re: Try Some 2015-12-10
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 9:17 am
by DinkyInky
AnotherFairportfan wrote:lake_wrangler wrote:Catawampus wrote:That's why you never want to be too close to a herd of steel sheep during a lightning storm.
Funny, I've never heard of steel sheep...
*deposits an SOS Pad into the pun vault*
Ah - you need to read about Brillo, the Revolutionary Ram, in Eric Flint's "1632" books.
You guys are giving me baa-aa-aa-aad ideas. Tell you later.
Re: Try Some 2015-12-10
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 9:44 am
by Just Old Al
GlytchMeister wrote:Catawampus wrote:That's why you never want to be too close to a herd of steel sheep during a lightning storm.
My inner Pyro now desperately wants to see what happens when a steel-wool factory is hit my lightning. Or just what happens when a really, really, really big pile of the stuff is hooked up to a car battery.
This is how I dispose of contaminated steel wool used in the machine shop....FUN!
Got an old model-rocket launcher that hooks to a 12-volt battery. Hook up the alligator clips, push the button, and up it goes in a hurry. Even more fun when you add solvent-laced rags to the bucket it's in.
Re: Try Some 2015-12-10
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 3:27 pm
by Jabberwonky
lake_wrangler wrote:Catawampus wrote:That's why you never want to be too close to a herd of steel sheep during a lightning storm.
Funny, I've never heard of steel sheep...
*deposits an SOS Pad into the pun vault*
Coyotes steel sheep alla time...
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Re: Try Some 2015-12-10
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 4:24 pm
by Sgt. Howard
Just Old Al wrote:GlytchMeister wrote:Catawampus wrote:That's why you never want to be too close to a herd of steel sheep during a lightning storm.
My inner Pyro now desperately wants to see what happens when a steel-wool factory is hit my lightning. Or just what happens when a really, really, really big pile of the stuff is hooked up to a car battery.
This is how I dispose of contaminated steel wool used in the machine shop....FUN!
Got an old model-rocket launcher that hooks to a 12-volt battery. Hook up the alligator clips, push the button, and up it goes in a hurry. Even more fun when you add solvent-laced rags to the bucket it's in.
Then place said bucket over some deserving miscreant's head- don't forget the magnesium chips...
Re: Try Some 2015-12-10
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:53 pm
by DinkyInky
Jabberwonky wrote:lake_wrangler wrote:Catawampus wrote:That's why you never want to be too close to a herd of steel sheep during a lightning storm.
Funny, I've never heard of steel sheep...
*deposits an SOS Pad into the pun vault*
Coyotes steel sheep alla time...
Sam and Ralph.jpg
That one never wins. He just punches his time card and rolls with it for the tucks...and the green.