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[_Rooster]

Good morning from ATX. We've got 69°F, cloudy and humid. Some drizzle. Front moving in late tonight. Our high today should reach 82°F. We'll take it.

That's all I got for right now. It's too early for anything else.

Wishing happiness and good health to all our fellow D-League members.

Folks are working through obstruction issues. Biden's lead to under 15K. When that is out of the way. The instant ballot issues at the polls can be addressed. The truth will set (& keep) you free. Show the world what freedom looks like . . . Rule of Law.

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There are pictures of these online, one is a shield and one is a heart.

Shield will follow.

 

[cordmaker]

Folks are working through obstruction issues. Biden's lead to under 15K. When that is out of the way. The instant ballot issues at the polls can be addressed. The truth will set (& keep) you free. Show the world what freedom looks like . . . Rule of Law.

Shield will follow.

The one I will be making will have a black piece of glass across it.

 

[_Rooster]

The one I will be making will have a black piece of glass across it.

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[cordmaker]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!! Thanks Mr. Rooster!

 

[_Rooster]

 

[BBUK]

Reminds me of "Hard Times"...

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Here's an YouTube channel that I thought some of you might enjoy. I love how the tracks in LaGrange go through the middle of town.

 

[_Rooster]

Reminds me of "Hard Times"...

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[_Rooster]

Here's an YouTube channel that I thought some of you might enjoy. I love how the tracks in LaGrange go through the middle of town.

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@Bkocats habitat

 

[cordmaker]

Here's an YouTube channel that I thought some of you might enjoy. I love how the tracks in LaGrange go through the middle of town.

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Been around trains all my life, my DAD was an engineer and have never seen those types of rail cars, what kind are they and what are they hauling?

 

[_Rooster]

Been around trains all my life, my DAD was an engineer and have never seen those types of rail cars, what kind are they and what are they hauling?

Automotive vehicle transport.

 

[warrior-cat]

That's right. Mogas.

I was out at Graf once sitting in a GP Medium tent with a Yukon stove. Soldier went into a seizure and kicked the stove over. Started a small fire. We laid down hay for flooring. Damn, what a mess. Saved the tent. Soldier later got chaptered because of those seizures.

Almost all of my time there (which was a lot) was in tent city. I knew Graf better than most other training centers I ever visited in the Army. A close second was Hoenfels.

 

[Cawood86]

My dad worked for Southern railrod way back when. Him and my mother lived in Cincinnati at the time. This would have been in the early to mid 60's.
He said they had 4 man crews at that time. He was a brakemen. He talked how they paid really good even back then. Always made me like trains after knowing he worked on them.
Good friend of mine's dad was an Engineer for L&N. He made killer money. This was early 80's and he was making big money.
He works for CSX now.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Almost all of my time there (which was a lot) was in tent city. I knew Graf better than most other training centers I ever visited in the Army. A close second was Hoenfels.

I figured it up years ago. Over 11 years, I hit up Graf more than 20 times. I even rotated there twice for school (Vilseck) during my 2-year stint at the missile site. Crazy. Really liked Graf much more than Hohenfels. I attended BNCOC at Hohenfels.

 

[cordmaker]

Can't beat having a roof over your head and grillin in a pouring down rain!!!! Steaks and chops!!!!

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Been around trains all my life, my DAD was an engineer and have never seen those types of rail cars, what kind are they and what are they hauling?

Automotive vehicle transport.

In the late 70's and early 80's, I was the market manager at CSX for autos.

Oh my do I know about "bi levels" and "tri levels".

The "bi levels" are gone now; however, the "tri levels" go through Smiths Grove all the time. GM was the first company willing to pay for the enclosed "tri levels" so folks could not throw rocks at the new cars.

 

[Bluewest]

My grandparents had a Warm Morning coal stove right in the front room. It's job was to heat the entire house and it looked a lot like this. When I was ready to go into the army I visited my grandparents in Pike Co and met up with some old buddies for one more good time before Uncle Sam had me. One was Rick Kestner who played football for Belfry and UK. He was really good people and made it to the NFL

We took off to Williamson, WVA for some refreshments because it was wet and Pike was dry. About 2:00 AM we headed up the road and one of my buddies, Cecil Hunt, was so drunk he couldn't make it home. So we decided to bring him up to grandpa's house and find a bed for him. The only bed was a roll away bed and we rolled it up to the coal stove, stripped ole Cecil of his clothes and covered him with quilts to keep warm.

He finally stirred the next morning about 10:30 AM after grandpa had poured a couple of buckets of coal in it and opened up the damper. The fire was roaring and was hot hot. Cecil woke up sweating and burning up with grandma's prayer group staring at him as they sit for their weekly prayer meeting grandma hosted. Cecil was confused and still drunk when one of the sisters grabbed him by the arm to pull him out of bed. What happened after that the Lord only knows because I ran out of the house down the hill. There are a million stories centered around the coal stove back on the hill.

This is why I lurk the D-League!

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

My dad worked for Southern railrod way back when. Him and my mother lived in Cincinnati at the time. This would have been in the early to mid 60's.
He said they had 4 man crews at that time. He was a brakemen. He talked how they paid really good even back then. Always made me like trains after knowing he worked on them.
Good friend of mine's dad was an Engineer for L&N. He made killer money. This was early 80's and he was making big money.
He works for CSX now.

I retired from CSX. 1968-2000.

 

[Cawood86]

I retired from CSX. 1968-2000.

Good for you sir...that's great

 

[_Rooster]

This is why I lurk the D-League!

Way I started too!

 

[Cawood86]

Me when it's getting closer to Thanksgiving

 

[starchief5]

This swamp is in Perry, Florida and is the final resting place for many who "needed killing" My Uncle Lee would always say if someone did a dastardly deed, take them to Perry and ....... I often wonder if these swamps could actually talk. Wow

Swamps ain't no snitches.

 

[starchief5]

My house growing up was no more than 25 yards from a train track. It was just a spur that went back to the tipples in the hollow. so there was not a lot of traffic. I used to put nails on the tracks to flatten them for arrowheads. Used to think, "Man O man, am I going to be in big trouble if one of those trains goes off the track because of that nail."

 

[starchief5]

The one we had was like the one in the top picture. Talking about the pipe getting red, we had it so hot in the house one time, that the candles were starting to melt. We had to open the patio door to "cool" the house down.

It just occurred to me. Nobody that I know of had a patio when I grew up. There was just the back door and very possibly a back porch.

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

Can't beat having a roof over your head and grillin in a pouring down rain!!!! Steaks and chops!!!!

Just picked up an indoor countertop smokeless grill today at WalMart. Was part of their pre-Black Friday deals.
I've used the built in the countertop type that vent outside and they work pretty good. So we'll see how this thing does. Wasn't a lot of money if it doesn't work good.
Too cold for 2 or 3 months to grill out in Ohio and I miss grilled burgers and steaks then (just don't taste right in a frying pan on a stove)

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

My house growing up was no more than 25 yards from a train track. It was just a spur that went back to the tipples in the hollow. so there was not a lot of traffic. I used to put nails on the tracks to flatten them for arrowheads. Used to think, "Man O man, am I going to be in big trouble if one of those trains goes off the track because of that nail."

When my kids were little we use to go to Stone Mtn Park in Georgia all the time. Had a train running around the base of the mountain. They loved putting coins on the track and having them flattened. Good memories...sitting on the lawn in front of the mountain with a picnic with the kids playing.

 

[UK82]

Adolph always had the chili. There was a guy who had a restaurant in Midway, who had the recipe, and served it, until a fire burned his restaurant. A year or so later, he opened a Barbeque restaurant, just off Winchester Rd., in Lexington. I loved to eat there and talk to him. He was from Louisiana and he served some cajun dishes as well as smoked meats. He also had the old Brookings chili. He ended up selling out to a couple of younger guys who changed the menu to just smoked entrees. It's now called the Blue Door and is a popular take-out place.

They used to sell the mix in stores.

 

[cordmaker]

This is why I lurk the D-League!

Welcome Mr. Bluewest!!!

 

[cordmaker]

Just picked up an indoor countertop smokeless grill today at WalMart. Was part of their pre-Black Friday deals.
I've used the built in the countertop type that vent outside and they work pretty good. So we'll see how this thing does. Wasn't a lot of money if it doesn't work good.
Too cold for 2 or 3 months to grill out in Ohio and I miss grilled burgers and steaks then (just don't taste right in a frying pan on a stove)

The way my house sets, the part that is under roof is out of the wind most of the time, so if the sun is shining with my metal roof it's warm enough to grill, even in the snow!!!!

 

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[UK82]

Just picked up an indoor countertop smokeless grill today at WalMart. Was part of their pre-Black Friday deals.
I've used the built in the countertop type that vent outside and they work pretty good. So we'll see how this thing does. Wasn't a lot of money if it doesn't work good.
Too cold for 2 or 3 months to grill out in Ohio and I miss grilled burgers and steaks then (just don't taste right in a frying pan on a stove)

Nothing beats a grill for steaks and burgers but I do love burgers on a blazing hot cast iron skillet. A good exhaust fan is necessary though.

 

[cordmaker]

Nothing beats a grill for steaks and burgers but I do love burgers on a blazing hot cast iron skillet
What do you put in the skillet before you start frying the burger Mr. UK82?

 

[UK82]

I use butter mostly Cord but any oil will do. Regardless, it sure does create a lot of smoke.

 

[KRJ1975]

Just picked up an indoor countertop smokeless grill today at WalMart. Was part of their pre-Black Friday deals.
I've used the built in the countertop type that vent outside and they work pretty good. So we'll see how this thing does. Wasn't a lot of money if it doesn't work good.
Too cold for 2 or 3 months to grill out in Ohio and I miss grilled burgers and steaks then (just don't taste right in a frying pan on a stove)

Have you tried a sous vide

Nothing beats a grill for steaks and burgers but I do love burgers on a blazing hot cast iron skillet. A good exhaust fan is necessary though.

This. Burgers are better in cast iron than in the grill.

I sous vide steaks pretty often. Throw some thyme, garlic in the bag, set to 129 for about an hour, then salt and pepper the holy **** out of it and sear it on a scorching pan, baste in butter. Pretty fantastic.

 

[UK82]

Have you tried a sous vide


This. Burgers are better in cast iron than in the grill.

I sous vide steaks pretty often. Throw some thyme, garlic in the bag, set to 129 for about an hour, then salt and pepper the holy **** out of it and sear it on a scorching pan, baste in butter. Pretty fantastic.

Love my Anova sous vide. Use it quite often.

 

[KRJ1975]

Love my Anova sous vide. Use it quite often.

Yep. Set and forget. I cook eggs in there a lot. Takes awhile but you get a PERFECT soft boiled egg.

 

[UK82]

Classic Johnny Carson skit.

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Nothing beats a grill for steaks and burgers but I do love burgers on a blazing hot cast iron skillet. A good exhaust fan is necessary though.

Speaking of grilling, my grill was acting up a couple of weeks ago (thought it was the pressure regulator). Anyways I did some online reading and one article suggested that it might need "burping", so I tried it and it worked. I had never heard of that before.

 

[UK82]

Speaking of grilling, my grill was acting up a couple of weeks ago (thought it was the pressure regulator). Anyways I did some online reading and one article suggested that it might need "burping", so I tried it and it worked. I had never heard of that before.

Burping to me is a term used for high temps on the Big Green Egg. If you don't burp the Egg then you may wind up with crispy eyebrows. I know this from experience.

 

[KRJ1975]

Burping to me is a term used for high temps on the Big Green Egg. If you don't burp the Egg then you may wind up with crispy eyebrows. I know this from experience.

Crispy or no longer present?