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Ouch. I always wear eye protection when working. You only get 2.
I tore down an old stair climber for scrap. It took me probably two hours. I got less than $3.00 for it and nearly lost an eye.
If that's your plan to get rich, you may want to reconsider.... [LOL]Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Yeah 2 eyes that work are taken for granted till you can't see out of 1. Guy like irv needs both. Couldn't even imagine being up on a 12/2 with one eye not working. Forget a missing hub capQuote:
Originally Posted by hghclsswhitetrsh
What a week.
Flew out Sunday 0800 for the east coast, got back tonight at 2100.
Week was good, but slow going. Today started great then went downhill after an event knocked a very small part of a medical center system offline for a few minutes. Not a pretty situation to be in. Right down to the wire if I was going to make my flight or not.
Guess my contact didn't have the AOK from everyone for the work to be done. Doh!
For the record, the reason it took me two hours to take apart the stair climber, was because I separated every single thing that could possibly be separated, down to the screws on the circuit board. I kept all the hardware and was thinking that I'd get more for the steel sections and having removed all the plastic and stuff. I went to a new place and it turns out that they just weigh your vehicle when you arrive and when you leave. Had I known that, I could have been done in 10 minutes. However, I did get the opportunity to clean out pretty much all the metal I've been saving for the last 4 years or so. While I made under $20 over all, it was still nice to clean up my place a little.
Also, the Focus gets MUCH better mileage than the Amigo (around 20 mpg).
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When I was in high school, I had a sweet job scrapping old signs. The best was when GM dealerships all changed to a slightly different style of sign and the old ones all had to be scrapped - They had 3/32 stainless steel sheets going all the way up and around the sides of the sign and sign post (see pic below). I had to disassemble them, remove all other metal from the stainless, and then haul it to the scrap yard. After about 2 weeks of working 4-5 hrs a day, I hauled a flatbed trailer to the scrap yard and came back with $2200 in cash. Most money I had ever held in my life when I was 17. I paid the sign company their share (40%) and was very happy. I wish I still had something like that available to me... We'd be swimming in money! (and metal)
http://www.kitfoster.com/images/2009...nWeb-Large.jpg
That's a pretty cool gig for a high school kid.
Yeah, one of my dad's friends from church owned the sign company and was always looking for manual labor. He definitely couldn't afford to pay one of his sign techs at $30+/hr to break down wooden crates and scrap old signs. Most of them were not so lucrative, but that was a fun example. He also paid me $10/hr to do custodial work around the lot: cleaning, sweeping, organizing, etc. Even did some remodeling for him. It was a great job that taught be the value of good, hard work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Avast ye scoundrels
If I'm going to be cooking more to save money and eat better, where are we purchasing spices in bulk? I'll be researching that while I wait for responses.
Costco.
Cooking and eating leftovers is a HUGE way to save money. Most of my co-workers eat out every day and probably spend close to $50/week just on lunch. I probably spend about $6-8 week on my lunches because I always bring leftovers and fresh fruits and veggies. Packing my lunch also forces me to make healthier dietary choices. :)
I found it. I dare you to find cheaper bulk prices than this place. I compared with four other sites, at the 16oz/1lb size and this site is significantly cheaper on Ancho, cumin, and something else I already forgot.
http://www.spicesinc.com/default.aspx
For the month of January, we managed to only have spent $89 on eating out. January is the first month I've started tracking monthly expenses, but I'm positive that is a huge reduction from normal.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoneyBadger
It's amazing how quickly behavior can change with motivation. I started getting heavy into the idea of reducing my spending about a month before leaving my job, and eating the same sandwiches every day for lunch had never put such a smile on my face before.
On a negative note, Total Beverage was selling 30-pack of 12 oz cans of Honey Brown for $16.99 for months. I went in there tonight to check, and now the price is up to $18.99 for the 30-pack. A sad day in cheap beer history. Still way cheaper than Coors and Budweiser.
Until you have a food saver, you're wasting money on spices. etc. You can cook up 20 lbs of poultry with every seasoning imaginable. Unless you have a way to freeze them , without a lot of freezer burn. It's (IMO) a waste. Sure freezer bags work. Unfortunately you don't get the same level of freshness from a freezer bag as you do with vacuum sealingQuote:
Originally Posted by Irving
When we turn the smoker, grill , oven or stove on. There's at least 2-3 different foods being cooked. Some done for freezing to be used at a later date. It's nice grabbing a few different vacuum sealed food items out for next weeks meals. YMMV
Making deer sausage today hoes. Got my foot pedal so it'll go smooth I'm sure.
I'm awake....working nights was killing me....glad to be done with it for a while
Food saver is a good idea.
Got a freezer full of deer meat we need to work our way through.
Can't imagine working nights on the fly is much fun.
Deer and pork breakfast sausage.
Glad I didn't see this before breakfast. Grumbly tummy hard to ignore in morning...
Car for a flat tire. Screw through treads, but hole in cheap sidewall anyway. Waiting for response from person on Craigslist.
It's a smoke off. I don't think wife understood how much rub to apply.
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I don't see anything wrong... but I'm a little confused why its sitting on the trunk of your car. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Irving
I moved the smoker to the front yard where it will be in full sunlight the whole time, and on dry concrete and not 2 inches of packed and uneven snow.
Ahhh yes. Snow. [LOL]
Solar cook off. Latest hipster trendy way to cook.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoneyBadger
for people you don't like
The red rubbed pork looks real good. Perhaps it is you who misunderstood how much rub to apply. The real test is when it hits the dinner plateQuote:
Originally Posted by Irving
But did you wrap it in plastic and let it take hold?Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Throwing rub on a piece of meat right before smoking is akin to painting a dirty car, IMHO.
Not saying it won't be good, just saying possibly could be gooder. [emoji481]
Cheers on the effort, though. I'm sure it will turn out tasty. [emoji106]
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We're doing some baked chicken wings with a homemade spice rub. I might actually be able to nibble on them. :)
What are you cooking up, Kazoo?
Red rub is mine. I applied oil to hold rub and it seems to be working. Two hours later and it still pretty much looks like that. I wasn't liking the amount of heat I was reading when I snuck a thermometer under the lid, so we moved them down to bottom rack instead of top rack. Temp down there is reading 267, compared to barely 205 up top. Also blocked up some gaps. Should go better now, but I'm sure I wasted two hours.
peeled 6 lbs of roma tomato's, diced 2 cloves of GARLIC, 2 tablespoons of basil & oregano, s&p, onion powder and 1/2lb ground sweet italian sausage. Been simmering about 30 min. Probably remove from heat around 5.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoneyBadger
While sitting i'm doing some angel hair pasta. Have a baguette defrosting , some going for garlic bread. the rest will sit till left overs tomorrow.
Other than that, not much ;)
OH yeah. probably binge watch S3 of BLACK SAILS. i can catch the last 5 minutes of the stupor bowl to know everything there is about the gme.
Hitlery for P(rison)RESIDENT 2016 !!!
Greetings from Russelville, Alabama.
I still hate to fly commercially.
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Pulled them at exactly 140 degrees and letting them sit for 15 minutes.
Wife
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Mine
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Wife thinks mine will be better since I mostly followed a recipe. I think hers will be better because she knows what she's doing. Also, my rub is pretty spicy. I like the more garlicy flavor of hers. Potential smoke ring photos to come.
Wife's rib is way better. :)
Mine is much more tender, but a little under cooked. 10 minutes in the oven at 350?
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They both look good. What's your opinion? . Smoke ring (from the pic) looks ok. It's how everything taste when you're at the table that counts.
140??
145, That's a basic temp for regular pork. Once you go to pulled / shredded pork. The temp jumps to 185-200~
http://www.smoking-meat.com/pulled-pork-recipe
I need to get out of the cooking to the suggested (for some food) temp when it comes to smoking. Like you i keep removing the pork off at 145-150. Never remembering to let it go Longer. It's one of the reasons i strike out when it comes to a good smoked brisket. Letting a cut of beef go to 195-200 is sacrilegious.
Just me and the wife for sb nite...kept it simple, smoked bacon & cheese jalapenos and brats....Attachment 63956
Dry county on Sundays. Some shit in the south is freekin stupid.
The county I lived in S Carolina had similar rules in place. Luckily they changed during my residence there.
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