so waht ya doin today?
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Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Up till 11PM helping oldest boy with a problem brake on his truck. At least he'll be able to get back to work Monday. A little drier here today, I hope! Fixed a tractor front tire yesterday, darn near killed me. Also got a pen rigged for some chicks. At least time it's not on the floor of my milkroom where al my stuff is. Should be easier cleaning up.
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358156 hp
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It's good to be the bachelor!Baked ham and all the trimmings over at Mr. & Mrs. Winelover's.
blackthorn
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Gail cleans oven racks like this---Place rack in bathtub (or other container) ,cover rack with new drier sheets (from dollar store), barely cover with water, making sure sheets do not shift, sprinkle with blue dawn, soak for a couple of hours and wipe off grunge with steel wool. Do not know if this will work with smoker grates but might be worth a try.
I can give that a try.
With a smoker it is a double whammy. Lots of grease, and I mean a lot. Bits of fat too. Over time it bakes on like a grill.
I could get more propane for the long unused gas grill and get it really hot and burn off much of the grunge.
With a smoker it is a double whammy. Lots of grease, and I mean a lot. Bits of fat too. Over time it bakes on like a grill.
I could get more propane for the long unused gas grill and get it really hot and burn off much of the grunge.
uncle jimbo
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That is how I clean my grats. Put them in the bbq grill on high with the lid down till everything burns off and all that is left is the white powdery residue. Use a wire brush on that when they cool and good to go the next time.
uncle jimbo
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Oh, I did smoke some beef ribs yesterday for 420. They turned out good.
Got some ribs on the smoker now.
Picked up 20 bags of mulch and got them spread.
Realized the house needs siding. Our entire ‘hood was made built in the earlyto mid 80s with essentially a fiber board siding. Ours has enough bad spots to warrant a replacement. I could fix and patch here and there but it only puts off the inevitable.
Picked up 20 bags of mulch and got them spread.
Realized the house needs siding. Our entire ‘hood was made built in the earlyto mid 80s with essentially a fiber board siding. Ours has enough bad spots to warrant a replacement. I could fix and patch here and there but it only puts off the inevitable.
Pistolero
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Ah, the incredible midwest melting cardboard house syndrome. Yes, I know it well. Board and batten,
but the "board" is cardboard, or a slightly improved grade of it, mostly just painted. I have
managed to nurse ours along since 84 and replaced a few whole sheets two years ago, and at least
50% of the battens a few times. Eventually, I suppose I should call in a pro siding crew.
A few years back some teens in a nearby neighborhood were screwing around with a potato
cannon.....and were really shocked when they shot it at a house....and it went through the wall.
They were NOT expecting to cause any harm with a potato. Surprise!
Ah, cardboard homes.
Bill
but the "board" is cardboard, or a slightly improved grade of it, mostly just painted. I have
managed to nurse ours along since 84 and replaced a few whole sheets two years ago, and at least
50% of the battens a few times. Eventually, I suppose I should call in a pro siding crew.
A few years back some teens in a nearby neighborhood were screwing around with a potato
cannon.....and were really shocked when they shot it at a house....and it went through the wall.
They were NOT expecting to cause any harm with a potato. Surprise!
Ah, cardboard homes.
Bill
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Lots of labor cost there Walter. We had a cedar shake roof. Had. I replaced it with asphalt shingles because with I tallation the cost was roughly twice as much for the cedar shakes.
On a positive note I got another 450-500 200 swc cast up for the 1911. Now I am waiting on the smoker to do its thing and watch some hockey.
On a positive note I got another 450-500 200 swc cast up for the 1911. Now I am waiting on the smoker to do its thing and watch some hockey.
Pistolero
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But Brad you took the solidified napalm shingles off or your roof?
I had literally never seen cedar shingles on a house growing up in the southeast. I was setting off
some bottle rockets the first year here, and my police officer neighbor (friend) came over to warn me
that it was illegal to shoot bottle rockets there. I asked 'why'? , I had been shooting off bottle rockets on
the 4th since I was about 8 or so. He said, "Well, they catch roofs on fire"... At first I thought he
was pulling my leg, and said so. He pointed out that some in the neighborhood had shake roofs
and they HAD been ignited by bottle rockets. I was surprised, and of course stopped it.
Two cities nearby had most neighborhoods with covanants REQUIRING shake roofs when I moved
here and for the next 10-15 years. Finally, sanity prevailed and the city invalidated that because of
the huge fire risk of that kind. Now maybe 20% or so have them still, few are going on.
I try to get a box of old ones whenever I see a crew ripping off a roof. They make fabulous fire
starter at the cabin........ I can see using them in 1870 when composition shingles didn't exist,
but amazing that the fire insurance companies would permit them for that long. A friend lost a
house to lightning.....lit the shakes.
I asked a friend at work who was raised around here why anyone would want them, let alone
require them. He looked confused, and said, seriously, "Because they are so much better
looking..." Again, I asked if he was kidding. Apparently folks were convinced that a normal
shingle roof was just too ugly to contemplate, and shakes were beautiful. OK, whatever.
Bill
I had literally never seen cedar shingles on a house growing up in the southeast. I was setting off
some bottle rockets the first year here, and my police officer neighbor (friend) came over to warn me
that it was illegal to shoot bottle rockets there. I asked 'why'? , I had been shooting off bottle rockets on
the 4th since I was about 8 or so. He said, "Well, they catch roofs on fire"... At first I thought he
was pulling my leg, and said so. He pointed out that some in the neighborhood had shake roofs
and they HAD been ignited by bottle rockets. I was surprised, and of course stopped it.
Two cities nearby had most neighborhoods with covanants REQUIRING shake roofs when I moved
here and for the next 10-15 years. Finally, sanity prevailed and the city invalidated that because of
the huge fire risk of that kind. Now maybe 20% or so have them still, few are going on.
I try to get a box of old ones whenever I see a crew ripping off a roof. They make fabulous fire
starter at the cabin........
I can see using them in 1870 when composition shingles didn't exist,but amazing that the fire insurance companies would permit them for that long. A friend lost a
house to lightning.....lit the shakes.
I asked a friend at work who was raised around here why anyone would want them, let alone
require them. He looked confused, and said, seriously, "Because they are so much better
looking..." Again, I asked if he was kidding. Apparently folks were convinced that a normal
shingle roof was just too ugly to contemplate, and shakes were beautiful. OK, whatever.
Bill
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California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Didn't pull weeds, again.
Installed a new security light, re-aimed an existing one, and tonight will find a place to mount the new light's mate. Now that the rain is essentially done till Halloween, cleaned about half of the windows.
Bought a majesty palm that is almost the same size as one we've had for a while, and potted it.
Installed a new security light, re-aimed an existing one, and tonight will find a place to mount the new light's mate. Now that the rain is essentially done till Halloween, cleaned about half of the windows.
Bought a majesty palm that is almost the same size as one we've had for a while, and potted it.
Didn’t pull weeds again? Are you conceding? I prefer chemical weapons.
Bill, shakes are pretty common in the Omaha area in certain housing divisions. If I have my choice I would have a tile roof or a faux slate roof. My biggest issue with the cedar shakes was the fact a portion of my roof gets co plate shade all summer and they never had a chance to dry out. Moss isn’t something I like on my roof.
Bill, shakes are pretty common in the Omaha area in certain housing divisions. If I have my choice I would have a tile roof or a faux slate roof. My biggest issue with the cedar shakes was the fact a portion of my roof gets co plate shade all summer and they never had a chance to dry out. Moss isn’t something I like on my roof.
358156 hp
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Brad, toss the smoker grates in a clean plastic garbage bag, hose them down with oven cleaner, and let them sit for a day or so. Then scrub them a bit with a Chore Boy (finally a use for stainless!), and rinse them off. They should be really clean. Or, if you have an electric range in the house, set them in the oven and run a long cleaning cycle. All that will be left is a clean grate, and some ash. If they are really greasy there's a chance of some smoke.
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California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Nope, Brad, am not conceding, just working up the gumption to finish. An early morning drizzle nixed yesterday's planned pulling.
Too many flowers, plants, shrubs, and iceplant, to use Roundup. Not against the stuff, just don't want to kill what we try to grow in the sandy, former seabed.
My ex-chemical weapons of choice were VX and napalm, never load VX, however loaded enough napalm to burn much of a certain country. What the napalm didn't burn, pre-Roundup did.
Too many flowers, plants, shrubs, and iceplant, to use Roundup. Not against the stuff, just don't want to kill what we try to grow in the sandy, former seabed.
My ex-chemical weapons of choice were VX and napalm, never load VX, however loaded enough napalm to burn much of a certain country. What the napalm didn't burn, pre-Roundup did.
I have to admit that I absolutely hate yard work. I sometimes do it because I have to but I hate it. No gardening for me.
I have good soil but we have to plant stuff deer won’t eat. Things like hostas do great in deep shade like we have but they are like deer candy.
Tulips? No dice. Daffodils are safe. Damn deer are worse than rabbits.
I have good soil but we have to plant stuff deer won’t eat. Things like hostas do great in deep shade like we have but they are like deer candy.
Tulips? No dice. Daffodils are safe. Damn deer are worse than rabbits.
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