Random randomness

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 3:38 pm

So funny...I actually just made the switch to a cast-iron skilled back in August and have been using it daily to make eggs. There was a learning curve and it does require a little more maintenance, but I've come enjoy the process. It takes a bit longer to cook (in comparison to using a non-stick pan), but nothing unreasonable. Just read up on how to prepare it (don't believe anything saying it comes pre-seasoned) and have at it.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 4:38 pm

I've come pretty close to get getting a case iron skillet a few time, mainly so I can go from oven to stovetop or vice versa. I have a nice steel skillet that is seasoned for hightemp cooking but it has wooden handle, so it's never going in the oven.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 4:54 pm

Z-Corn wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 3:26 pm
hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 3:13 pm i'll take one of these over modern teflon-coated pans anytime (despite the heaviness and handles that heat up)
You ever fucks with carbon steel pans? They are my new favorite.

lel @ autocorrect

haven't *cooked* with carbon steel, myself...

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 4:58 pm

Don't kink shame.

Z-Corn · Post by **Z-Corn** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 6:01 pm

hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 4:54 pm
Z-Corn wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 3:26 pm
hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 3:13 pm i'll take one of these over modern teflon-coated pans anytime (despite the heaviness and handles that heat up)
You ever fucks with carbon steel pans? They are my new favorite.
lel @ autocorrect

haven't *cooked* with carbon steel, myself...

Naw son, that wasn't auto correct. Let me rephrase, "Have you ever fucked with carbon steel pans? On a stove? In a kitchen setting?"
I see not...harumph...

When I get new cast iron I'm pretty obsessive with seasoning it. I bought a 4.5 quart dutch oven last winter for baking bread and I used flaxseed oil, which is expensive, like $14 for 12 oz. Flaxseed oil is best for polymerization.

The whole routine took something like 24 hours. Rub the whole dutch oven and lid with a megathin layer of oil and then 500 degree oven for an hour then cool for an hour and repeat and repeat. Took me a couple weekends but that thing is like a mirror and I can proof and bake bread in it with no sticking.

Carbon steel is great because while you still have to season it and baby it after use it is much lighter in weight than cast iron and heats up quicker. It's still way heavier than a teflon sautee pan but I can still flip food in it because I'm a beast in the kitchen with forearms like Popeye.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 6:22 pm

I found the best way to season my pans. Once I got them seasoned I reseason almost every use. Not every one but stuff thats acidic takes it off good and baking in a hot oven does too. Plus sometimes I do wash them when they have something I need to wash off. But I simply put them on a red hot stove until the heat reaches half way up the side wall of the pan to where i cant hold it for 2 seconds. Then I remove and put a quarter sized drop of oil in it and rub all around. Its just the perfect temp to have that seep in and as it cools it stays in.

My pans look like black glass and I can see myself in them. Eggs and cheese just slide around.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Fri Nov 22, 2019 3:22 pm

Why the hell did I offer to drive 3 1/2 hours one way to pick up a friend who could have just taken a bus up to Chicago like he did to get to where he is in the first place?

aaarrrggghhhh

Man, i hate long drives. what was i thinking?

MonkeyFinger · Post by **MonkeyFinger** » Fri Nov 22, 2019 4:26 pm

hepcat wrote: ↑Fri Nov 22, 2019 3:22 pm Why the hell did I offer to drive 3 1/2 hours one way to pick up a friend who could have just taken a bus up to Chicago like he did to get to where he is in the first place?

aaarrrggghhhh

Man, i hate long drives. what was a thinking?

Caught up in the moment, I guess.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Fri Nov 22, 2019 4:41 pm

hepcat wrote: ↑Fri Nov 22, 2019 3:22 pmMan, i hate long drives. what was i thinking?

"I wonder if there are any local gaming stores I can stop in on the way?"

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Fri Nov 22, 2019 4:56 pm

At my age, I'll probably stop every hour to sleep 8 hours.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Nov 22, 2019 5:02 pm

I ran across a can of BOLD Manwich the other day and couldn't resist grabbing it. We used to love that version and hadn't had it in a good long while. So for old times sake I thought why not. I was very lucky to find some cheap cheap ground meat for $2.50 a pound. I haven't seen any that cheap in 20 years. I figured it would be awful or kill me but so far Im good. Love that bold manwich flavor. I gave up on the Sloppy Joe brand years back as its just way too salty.

Well looking back that whole post seemed to be gay porn related.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Fri Nov 22, 2019 5:07 pm

Daehawk: Now a subsidiary of ConAgra Foods and Hunt's Corporation.

morlac · Post by **morlac** » Fri Nov 22, 2019 6:15 pm

LOL. Daehawk puts the BOLD in a Manwhich.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Nov 22, 2019 7:39 pm

Whoops. I was doing a sound test to see how high a frequency I could hear so Im supposed to click when I first hear a sound. The test starts at 22,000 htz and I turned my speakers up a good bit. Im hearing nothing at all then I see my chihuahua freaking out at my feet.For a split second Im like whats wrong with my dog then it hits. SHIT! I hurt the little guys ears. He was scared. Poor little guy.

No more of that. Ill stick to the reaction speed test. I saw it ran on a pro gamer and his were a pretty constant 186 ms or there bouts. Mine run around 202 now..i suck . I bet when I was younger I was damn fast. The fastest I got was 56 but I think that was pure luck.

https://www.humanbenchmark.com/tests/reactiontime

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Fri Nov 22, 2019 8:00 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Fri Nov 22, 2019 7:39 pm Whoops. I was doing a sound test to see how high a frequency I could hear so Im supposed to click when I first hear a sound. The test starts at 22,000 htz and I turned my speakers up a good bit. Im hearing nothing at all then I see my chihuahua freaking out at my feet.For a split second Im like whats wrong with my dog then it hits. SHIT! I hurt the little guys ears. He was scared. Poor little guy.

No more of that. Ill stick to the reaction speed test. I saw it ran on a pro gamer and his were a pretty constant 186 ms or there bouts. Mine run around 202 now..i suck . I bet when I was younger I was damn fast. The fastest I got was 56 but I think that was pure luck.

https://www.humanbenchmark.com/tests/reactiontime

You should note that your internet connection, computer speed, and monitor speed all played a role in your timing. So you might be a bit faster. 202 is right around what is generally accepted as the human average, so you're not exactly slow.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri Nov 22, 2019 9:01 pm

I did it twice. The first time I was ~190, the second at 160. Keep in mind that I have a mouse and monitor optimized for minimal delay.

Spoiler:

/edit - I also just came off an hour of Borderlands 3, so I'm pretty warmed up.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:57 pm

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Nov 23, 2019 1:08 am

Spotting fake amazon reviews.

https://www.wrcbtv.com/story/41361961/h ... n-products

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sat Nov 23, 2019 1:17 am

I use the ReviewMeta addon for Firefox myself. Anytime I'm on an Amazon page, it shows me the 'honest' review score, and a click lets me see the breakdown.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Sat Nov 23, 2019 5:19 am

Kids getting the flu...even when they deal with it fairly well...stinks. And always seems to happen in the middle of the night.

Exodor · Post by **Exodor** » Sat Nov 23, 2019 12:00 pm

They killed my car.

I had a 2017 Honda Accord Hybrid that I loved - best car I've ever had. I got rear-ended on the freeway last week which put a huge dent in the bumper and left one side hanging off. Got a call from the other driver's insurance company yesterday - they're totalling the car. It's worth ~$24K and has $12K worth of damage. I can't figure out how it makes more sense to pay out $24K than it does to pay the $12K repair bill but here we are.

Now I get to go car shopping.

I may wind up with the exact same car but in gray. They dropped one of my favorite features of the 2017 model ("LaneWatch", a camera on the right mirror that lets you see your blind spot) in the later models. And I can't really find another hybrid that I like as much as the Honda.

I briefly looked at Teslas but they're still out of my price range even with about $15k to put down (I have about $9K left on the loan for the Honda so I should have about $15K to spend once that's paid off).

I really just wanted to keep driving the same car.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Nov 23, 2019 12:41 pm

Ive never done it myself but if you have spare money you should be able to keep your old wrecked car and repair it yourself. Or maybe you have to pay something for it. Cant recall.

Exodor · Post by **Exodor** » Sat Nov 23, 2019 1:34 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sat Nov 23, 2019 12:41 pm Ive never done it myself but if you have spare money you should be able to keep your old wrecked car and repair it yourself. Or maybe you have to pay something for it. Cant recall.

If I decide to keep it they'll deduct the "salvage value" of the car from the payout. I'd walk way with $12K which might cover the repairs, leaving me making monthly payments on a car that's been totaled and couldn't be resold or traded in - or given that the car is totaled I might have to pay the balance of the loan forcing me to pay out of pocket to have it fixed.

I considered it but it doesn't seem to make sense to keep it.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Sat Nov 23, 2019 1:42 pm

Also, depending on the location of the accident (on the car) and the speed at which you were hit the insurance agency doesn't want to take any risk that anything happening after another accident could in any way be tied back to them paying you to fix the car. Like if the frame was compromised and the assessor didn't catch that and you lose both legs in a car accident next week because the frame was weakened from this accident. Now all of a sudden that $24k they could have paid for totaling it seems like a bargain.

We live in a disposable society. Washers, coffee pots and cars. Take the money and run.

That does suck though about not being able to get an exact replacement. My (soon to be) classic car is likely irreplaceable as well.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Nov 23, 2019 1:56 pm

The Weather Channel was showing items you can and cannot carry on a plane according to TSA. Strangely you CAN carry on knitting needles and a charge pack. WTH?

Knitting needles are 1 foot long, made of metal, and have a sharpened point!

Battery packs could explode or catch fire.

What kinda stupid rules are these?

gilraen · Post by **gilraen** » Sat Nov 23, 2019 2:10 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sat Nov 23, 2019 1:56 pm Battery packs could explode or catch fire.

They know people need to carry their battery packs (if you're carrying a spare with you, it's probably not for just for giggles - your device needs it). The crew would much rather see the battery pack catch fire in the cabin, where everyone can see it, and it can be put out quickly. If it catches fire in the cargo hold, the fire will spread before anyone is aware.

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Sat Nov 23, 2019 5:39 pm

Z-Corn wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 6:01 pm Naw son, that wasn't auto correct. Let me rephrase, "Have you ever fucked with carbon steel pans? On a stove? In a kitchen setting?"
I see not...harumph...

That kind of sounds like Dr Seuss

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Nov 24, 2019 6:40 pm

As a little kid.....Im talking under 6 years old....I put prune juice in my orange juice and loved it. Not sure when I stopped but I know I haven't tried that in 44 years. I wonder if its still as good as I remember? I cant even find a mention of doing that on the world web.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Nov 24, 2019 8:04 pm

A few weeks back I woke up to a voicemail that came in the night before at 7pm. Who calls to confirm an appointment that late? Anyways it was for my 6 month post kidney op checkup. I had to call and cancel. For one I didn't even know I had one. I was actually going to call the next day to set one up. The biggest reason I couldn't go was the cold weather. I only have space heaters and cant leave them on if I leave. And with a little tiny 2 lb Chihuahua at home I cant leave him in the cold for any period of time. So they set it for Dec 3. If they could have set it 2 days later than originally I could have gone. I warned them if it was cold Id have to cancel again.

Looking at the 10 day its supposed to be 27 that night. So Im going to have to cancel again it seems. With it being fall and winter Im just going to simply cancel all together and tell them Ill reschedule in the spring when it warms up. So my 6 month recheck will be a 9 or 10 month recheck. Hope all is well hehe.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sun Nov 24, 2019 8:59 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:57 pm

Here's a sense of it with regard to income.

If you were so awesome at your work that someone hired you at $5,000 *per day*, and you worked five days a week, you would earn $25,000 per week.

If you worked fifty weeks a year, giving yourself just two short weeks off for Christmas and nothing else, you would earn $1,250,000 every year.

During a long, stable, uninterrupted forty-year career at five grand a day, never once slacking, you would earn $50,000,000 in total.

Even so, you would have to do this job for *TWENTY LIFETIMES* to earn even one billion dollars, and that's not counting the normal and incidental expenses (food, education, housing, luxuries, everything else) you would accrue along the way.

Ask yourself if any of our celebrity oligarchs have ever actually earned a billion dollars.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sun Nov 24, 2019 9:38 pm

So how many days did Donald Trump work to earn his billions?

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Sun Nov 24, 2019 10:20 pm

dbt1949 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 24, 2019 9:38 pm So how many days did Donald Trump work to earn his billions?

Without seeing his tax returns, we don't know if he has any. Dude has probably been kiting checks all these years.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Nov 24, 2019 11:02 pm

Just watched Brendan Fraser's Center of the Earth. I remember seeing the trailers back around 2008 and thinking it looked awful. I love the original so wasn't impressed. But it was actually better than I thought it would be. We always loved his work and he was its saving grace here. The girl was cute. The kid though pissed me off as kids tend to do in movies that shouldn't be about them. Here the kid just kept on and kept on rushing forward and getting into trouble. Also Im glad about the ending. Usually these type things the characters have nothing to show for it and its like it never happened. I hate that. Its also a reason I liked the National Treasure movies too.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Mon Nov 25, 2019 1:53 pm

Faced with a computer problem that could be solved with $10 worth of thermal compound and possibly a new CPU cooler, I am of course opting for the 666 million Venezuelan Bolivar solution (a CPU/motherboard/GPU/SSD upgrade).

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Nov 25, 2019 4:02 pm

Dead bodies thrash around for up to 17 months after death.

https://futurism.com/neoscope/dead-bodies-thrash-year

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Mon Nov 25, 2019 4:15 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2019 4:02 pm Dead bodies thrash around for up to 17 months after death.

https://futurism.com/neoscope/dead-bodies-thrash-year

"Thrash" is a bit of sensationalism to say the least. Parts slowly decompose or deform creating slow, imperceptible movement that can be seen in time lapse photography.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Nov 25, 2019 4:17 pm

Brings new meaning to Elvis rolling over in his grave.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Tue Nov 26, 2019 12:01 am

Shingles vaccine is kicking my ass tonight. Chills, body aches, and my arm feels like someone slugged me hard. At least I know it's not the flu coming on. This shall pass.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Nov 26, 2019 1:23 am

Kraken wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 12:01 am Shingles vaccine is kicking my ass tonight. Chills, body aches, and my arm feels like someone slugged me hard. At least I know it's not the flu coming on. This shall pass.

I got the pneumonia one a few years back. My arm swelled like a golf ball and stayed red and hot and swollen for over 2 weeks. Super sore too. Never again.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Tue Nov 26, 2019 1:28 am

Daehawk wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 1:23 am
Kraken wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 12:01 am Shingles vaccine is kicking my ass tonight. Chills, body aches, and my arm feels like someone slugged me hard. At least I know it's not the flu coming on. This shall pass.
I got the pneumonia one a few years back. My arm swelled like a golf ball and stayed red and hot and swollen for over 2 weeks. Super sore too. Never again.

I need a shingles booster in 2 months and I will get it, because a night of discomfort is nothing compared to shingles. This assumes I feel fine in the morning.