Good morning!!!!

[Looking4new]

daugen, if you don't like the smell of fish cooking cut an orange in half across the axis and put it in a small saucepan with some water and put it on a back burner on low heat. Voila no more fishy stink. Cod is the worst one for stinking and cooking that I have found.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! Wind is 2mph from the South and will switch directions in an hour and hit 25 mph this afternoon. 48˚F now heading to 63˚F. Rain chances went from 90% to 25% so there is a good chance the leaves will fall today. My yard only has a small live oak so I do not generate any fall leaves.

Eric we had to come up with a Texas toast to counter the English muffin. McDonald's serves English muffins and Dairy Queen serves Texas toast.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 45F @ 6AM. Rain. High 52F. Winds SSE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around a half an inch.
Rain started again at about 3AM, mostly light drizzle and only 0.1" accumulation so far. Supposed to pick up another 0.5".

I loved winter trips to Santa Fe, New Mexico. They burned a lot of pinion pine, and the smell was intoxicating. All that pitch going up the flue sure made job security for the chimney sweeps, though.

Your bet on the Steiner is really payin' off, Kyle!

I bet you played with your food when you were a kid, huh, Eric?:laughing:

Looks like Mr. Squirrel found a way to eat and stay dry at the same time, Ron.

You're not the first one to put a blade in backwards, Bill. Easy to do on a bandsaw, too. Or so I'm told.:laughing:

That's pretty chilly for a bike ride, Bruce. The cold always played Hobb with my bad knees, and I hated cold feet!

Florescent surveyor's tape would make a festive topping for that rebar, RS. Or maybe make a hook on the end and wrap 'em in red and white tape. Be a good place for some more Xmas lights so she can see 'em at night...

Heirloom quality indeed, Ted. Is that poplar?

You guys and yer pork. Stop it already!:licking::laughing:

Sounds like you're gettin' closer to a path forward with your neck, Drew. Hope it's a good one.

New o-rings for the decoupler on the van came yesterday, and with rain on the way, I decided there was no time like the present to get that job done. A little messy with gear oil thickened in the 50s temperature, and of course the wind had to blow it by the drip pan. I should have paid more attention when I pulled it apart, but eventually got it all back together, playing the clean-off-the-sealing-surface-and-put-it-back-on-before-more-oil-runs-out-over-the-sealant game. It'll sit a few days before I test it, but I'm hopin' for no drips on the driveway when I get back from down south.

Headed out in a few minutes to see how well the new wiper blades work, and am almost looking forward to a nice room at the Sheraton. Just hope the BBQ place across the way is open.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend!

 

[LouNY]

Morning all;
Been just sitting at the kitchen table this morning,
watching the birds and drinking coffee.
50 degrees this morning earlier down to 48 now, looks like a high of 34 tomorrow.
Mounted up the boom arm mower yesterday afternoon and went over it with a grease gun,
should have put it away for the winter yesterday, figured i would today but warm weather and rain
it may be a bit soft getting back to put it away, more wheel tracks to repair later.
Cold week ahead and possibly a bit of snow.
Hope all stay well.

 

[Dftodd]

Nice and balmy 38° out this morning, so I figured it would be a good time to fire up the smoker

Daughter and son in-law are coming over for dinner tonight. Got 12lbs worth of chuck roast for pulled beef on there so we can have some left overs

Using Oak natural lump charcoal to get the fire box going.

Didn't have enough maple or hickory firewood to use one or the other. So I'm using both this go round. Will report how it turns out.

Slathered the roast with some Big Moe's steak house rub.

Wife and I have lunch in town with one of her friends. So once the meats ready to be tinfoiled, I'll tray it, doctor it up, and put it in the oven.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good morning. This is going to be a washout day, rain already lashing at the back door, unlike yesterday when I was the one making everything wet with the jet washer and had the rare please of the sun providing a couple of hours of warmth on my back while I made rainbows.


I am partial to an oak smoked kipper or cod. Never tried apple wood - however good it may be, I doubt it is worth the risk of being caught felling in my wife's little orchard.

Nice work again LS. Your kids are lucky that you have the talent to make heirloom quality pieces. DNA is about the only thing my family would pass on to the next generation.

Randy, having had things stolen by scum a few times, I can relate to how you felt. Always admire the way you get on with life when bad things happen :thumbsup:

The other day Rick mentioned something called Texas Toast. Not heard of that before, but fancied toast for breakfast and always ready to try something new

Close enough!

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Nice and balmy 38° out this morning, so I figured it would be a good time to fire up the smoker

Daughter and son in-law are coming over for dinner tonight. Got 12lbs worth of chuck roast for pulled beef on there so we can have some left overs

Using Oak natural lump charcoal to get the fire box going.

Didn't have enough maple or hickory firewood to use one or the other. So I'm using both this go round. Will report how it turns out.

Slathered the roast with some Big Moe's steak house rub.

Wife and I have lunch in town with one of her friends. So once the meats ready to be tinfoiled, I'll tray it, doctor it up, and put it in the oven.View attachment 679534

I've had to "oven finish" due to cold weather smoking attempts....

Looks good!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

LS, I only use a backwards plywood blade to cut vinyl siding.

You mean WNG?...... not that I have not done it either....

 

[Dftodd]

I've had to "oven finish" due to cold weather smoking attempts....

Looks good!

I've actually found it's much easier and more consistent to oven finish.

Discovered that with some country ribs I was doing. It started pouring so I brought them in and popped them.in the oven when it was time to tinfoil. They just fell apart.

After that, I smoke, then finish in the oven every time with fall apart results every time

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Last night, about 9 pm, someone turned on the wind switch.... it went from calm to 40-50 mph wind within 5 minutes. Then the snow started.... sideways.... Everything was banging/ knocking, let alone the noise of the wind... It kept waking both of us up every hour or so.

No real big accumulation, a light dusting at best.... I think most of the snow just blew away... it was chilly though, low of 19, only going up to 37 today.

DF, chuck looks good, never tried chuck roast in the smoker.... gonna have to try that.

RNG, the only poplar used was for the bottom panel. It was the remaining pieces I had been saving for years.... The rest of the trunks are made of white oak. All the remnants / cut offs / unusable pieces from the oak floor I put in the cottage. Thats why it is taking so long to do them, cutting straight line rips, cutting out defects, then re-planing to thickness. I can't bring myself to throw away any useful piece of wood.....

With that being said... I have to get out in the shop and dig for some more pieces for the legs for the next trunk....

Everyone have a great day!