Good morning!!!!

[dave1949]

Good Evening.

1*F, clear and calm.

There is a chance to see the Northern Lights as far south as Connecticut tonight, but I see nothing at the moment.

 

[Larro Darro]

interesting, I tried some for the first time last week. I usually just walk on by the fish counter at the Acme, but when this Tilapia looking whitefish was advertised by 5.99 a pound, I tried it. Sort of like a pumped up Tilapia, but what I bought unfortunately didn't seem that fresh. So I dumped a bunch of mild salsa on it and it was fine. Now I wonder what the heavy metal content is...it's not the water they swim in I worry about, though it's a catfish so I assume it will eat anything on the bottom , but it's the cheap Chinese fish food of unknown purity they are likely feeding the fish in pens. Before I get intimate with a fish I'd like to know where's she been...

Drew, I thaw the fillets in water just before cooking them. I have found that cooking in the oven using a roasting pan works out best for me. I don't use any oil, just a light spray of the non stick stuff. I use lemon pepper, salt, pepper and something with a few dried red peppers in it. Right now I'm liking Roasted Garlic and Herb, but you can't go wrong with Smokey Mesquite. It says to cook at 425 for 6-10 minutes per inch of fillet thickness. Margie likes hers a little more well done, so I do it for 8 minutes on each side.

Larro

 

[deerseeker001]

9 degrees above for a change sounds like freezing rain/snow in the forecast for tomorrow.

 

[daugen]

Drew the comment about the samsung tv got busy and had to leave for work so I'll finish that now wife got me one for Christmas so could watch TV at kitchen table nice LED set 24in. New TVs are so complicated now not like old RCAs or Zenith just plug in and watch one of three channels back in the day

Oh yes, this Samsung isn't a tv, it's a giant computer screen, all the inputs are digital, except i did find one throwback connection, and it took forever to punch in all those wifi and password numbers to get set up for Amazon and Netflix. But i did, and it works. yeah, it's not like this thing defaults to Channel 3 like the old days.
This is one of the "last" of the plasmas, and I did have to turn up the brightness a little. But then what a beautiful picture. And the sticker says it uses only seventeen dollars a year in electricity. I bet my old 32 Sony Trinitron used that in a month.

 

[daugen]

Going over to Flemington NJ this morning to order a headstone for my late wife. Just a small thing, and one of the last things on my list to do.
Simple software program they use, like a sign maker I guess.
I told my wife she had my love forever, so I'm going to put a small heart on the reverse side. Probably an unapproved adornment, but since I've been on the graveyard/Trustees committee for decades, I don't think anyone is going to object...

27 degrees and freezing rain. Messy day.

 

[Thomas]

12F cloudy..snow showers follow by freezing rain later on tonight,Saturday rain heavy at times,looks like inside days ahead.

 

[wngsprd]

34F and the forecasted freezing rain hasn't made it this far south.

I'll be out shopping today for some okra to grill, but no eels.

 

[Buppies]

32 and freezing rain, rain later then more rain tomorrow but milder high in 50s then roller coaster next week up and down. Drew have two older pioneer plasma 40in ones and love the picture very clear. One is in use other sits until old 40in From the 80s bites the dust. Good morning

 

[daugen]

32 and freezing rain, rain later then more rain tomorrow but milder high in 50s then roller coaster next week up and down. Drew have two older pioneer plasma 40in ones and love the picture very clear. One is in use other sits until old 40in From the 80s bites the dust. Good morning

Pioneer was the quality leader when plasma first came out, with some amazingly expensive stuff, but if you wanted the best you bought a Pioneer.
But then Pioneer could no longer compete with the lower end and the LG's and Panasonics took over. Sony has had a very hard time making money in this market btw.
Your two old Pioneers cost thousands of dollars apiece. My new 51 Samsung cost 799. Kind of amazing actually.
I had to get rid of the old tube tv because nothing would run on it other than dvds. Too bad, it was sure built to last.
Just that fact made me want to keep it, sort of appreciation for a job well done, but in reality, it's an enormously heavy eyesore that has to go.

 

[WayneB]

7 degrees this morning waiting on the snow to come (40% chance) then freezing rain tonight
and tomorrow with the temps tomorrow heading toward 50 degrees!
TGIF and I am ready for it.

 

[daugen]

50 degrees!
TGIF and I am ready for it.

Yeah Baby!
:cool2:
the proverbial heat wave
Just go out and let the sun beat down on your face, pure heaven.

 

[farmgirl19]

34F and the forecasted freezing rain hasn't made it this far south.

I'll be out shopping today for some okra to grill, but no eels.

Place it on a baking sheet, and drizzle it with a little Olive Oil. Sprinkle with salt and papper, or Lemon pepper, or seasoning salt, and place okra directly on a grill tray. (IOW, you remove it from the baking sheet.) I put my okra on the grill on the warming rack. Cook 5 minutes, then turn with tongs. When the okra "gives to the tongs, it is ready, which will take another 3-5 minutes, depending on the heat. ENJOY!

And, if you line the baking sheet with foil before drizzling the oil, clean up is easy too! However, cooked this way, the okra is not good left over. I never have had any left over, at lesat, not that I can remember!

 

[farmgirl19]

52 heading to 70! Light mist falling, and is supposed to be rainy, most of the day. I hope so! I like the precip, when temps are warm!

 

[Buppies]

Drew if remember correctly they were in the 1100-1200 dollar range, really love the picture and sorry they quit making them

 

[Buppies]

Back deck is a solid sheet of ice right now from light rain falling temperature is 31 and holding

 

[bakerg]

Morning all. 30F here heading to 39F with a 40% chance of rain.

 

[MossflowerWoods]

Pioneer was the quality leader when plasma first came out, with some amazingly expensive stuff, but if you wanted the best you bought a Pioneer.
But then Pioneer could no longer compete with the lower end and the LG's and Panasonics took over. Sony has had a very hard time making money in this market btw.
Your two old Pioneers cost thousands of dollars apiece. My new 51 Samsung cost 799. Kind of amazing actually.
I had to get rid of the old tube tv because nothing would run on it other than dvds. Too bad, it was sure built to last.
Just that fact made me want to keep it, sort of appreciation for a job well done, but in reality, it's an enormously heavy eyesore that has to go.

My soon to be Ex has our Magnavox 27" we bought together when we first started dating (Jan/Feb 1990 I believe). The remote quit working years ago, but all we do with it is DVD's...

I have a 53" Sony XBR in the basement, but the pincushion seems to need adjusting and I'm not sure I remember how to do it. I just boght a used 32" sony (outrageously heavy) that I use in the living room for DVD's for my kids when they are over (it has a very nice picture and the price was amazing).

So far I have resisted the blueray, flat screen, MP3 player, pad computer, etc. trends...

Hard to tell I am a technologist with 32 years experience in the computer hardware field... LOL...

I've been thinking about some of these "trends" and my reactions to them the last 20+ years and wondering where this is due to ME and where it was inherited from Ex?

Hmmm...

Weather in next post...

Be well,
David

 

[dave1949]

-1*F, mostly clear.

Snow flurries tonight becoming freezing rain tomorrow morning, then all rain later Saturday with a high of 45*F. It will be a good thing if it melts off the sheet of ice on the driveway.

 

[kf4uda]

The weather is crazy here in TN. Monday morning it was 2 deg. This morning (Fri) it is 43 deg. I always did like Fridays better anyway.. Hope everyone has a blessed day.

 

[daugen]

I just bought a used 32" sony (outrageously heavy)

yup, about 140 pounds...this is the one I'm trying to get rid of, likely an older version, and even the delivery guy said he couldn't do it by himself.
Hopefully my BIL's two big sons will be over tomorrow to get it out without wrecking the house doing it. It's physically not that big, sort of, but it's
immensely heavy. Must be some serious copper or something valuable in there...going to the tv recycler, no one else takes these things.
Hernia city.

I guess I should have looked outside earlier. Everything is white again. Should make for interesting driving.