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danmdevries Offline
#351 Posted: Mon, Dec 25 2023, 1:33 AM EST
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Welcome back to Monday fellas

And merry Christmas
Ram27 Offline
#352 Posted: Mon, Dec 25 2023, 6:33 AM EST
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
MACS Offline
#353 Posted: Mon, Dec 25 2023, 6:49 AM EST
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Merry Christmas to all... and to all a good day.


I said good day!
deadeyedick Offline
#354 Posted: Mon, Dec 25 2023, 6:51 AM EST
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Merry Christmas to all!
MACS Offline
#355 Posted: Mon, Dec 25 2023, 7:11 AM EST
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^That took a lot of effort... more than I am willing to expend. LOL
8trackdisco Offline
#356 Posted: Mon, Dec 25 2023, 8:07 AM EST
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Best birthday of the year.
Immediate family last night, adding my sister and her family today along with a cousin, couple aunts and mom.
Then to bed.
Hopefully three parts Joy to every on part stress.
Gene363 Offline
#357 Posted: Mon, Dec 25 2023, 11:18 AM EST
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Merry Christmas!
HockeyDad Offline
#358 Posted: Mon, Dec 25 2023, 12:53 PM EST
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Just dropped the daughter off at the airport, running by my wife’s office downtown to grab a final few things she forgot, now hungry. Didn’t plan the hungry part out well. Maybe should head for Chinatown.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#359 Posted: Mon, Dec 25 2023, 1:38 PM EST
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Merry Christmas to all my favorite azzhats
MidnightToker( • )( • ) Offline
#360 Posted: Mon, Dec 25 2023, 1:42 PM EST
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Merry Christmas to all yinz smokers and tokers
MidnightToker( • )( • ) Offline
#361 Posted: Mon, Dec 25 2023, 1:44 PM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Merry Christmas to all!

So you're the chosen one huh? With the power to control the matrix
Palama Offline
#362 Posted: Mon, Dec 25 2023, 1:45 PM EST
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Mele Kalikimaka everyone!
Ram27 Offline
#363 Posted: Mon, Dec 25 2023, 5:56 PM EST
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👋 Hello 👋
deadeyedick Offline
#364 Posted: Mon, Dec 25 2023, 7:01 PM EST
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Doing 1 1/2" thick NY strips via sous vide then finished on the grill. We'll see how it goes.
MACS Offline
#365 Posted: Mon, Dec 25 2023, 7:23 PM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Doing 1 1/2" thick NY strips via sous vide then finished on the grill. We'll see how it goes.


It's gonna be good. Had a really hot sear burner on my last grill... I miss that, but now I just do cast iron pan to get the sear.
DrafterX Offline
#366 Posted: Mon, Dec 25 2023, 8:24 PM EST
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Merry Christmas Dudes..!! Laugh
BuckyB93 Offline
#367 Posted: Mon, Dec 25 2023, 8:50 PM EST
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It was and still is a nice Christmas season. Spend time with the kids, relax, exchange gifts (I demanded they not buy anything but they didn't meet my demands). A nice hug is priceless, I don't need typical physical gifts. Then again they did kinda follow my demands.

A nice picture framed montage of them and me timeline thing as they grew up and a hand made ceramic sculpture of our dog, Madison, who is waiting for us at the Rainbow bridge.

I'm not too proud to say that I had to fight back the tears and excuse myself into the kitchen under the false pretense to make brunch.
BuckyB93 Offline
#368 Posted: Mon, Dec 25 2023, 9:13 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
It's gonna be good. Had a really hot sear burner on my last grill... I miss that, but now I just do cast iron pan to get the sear.


I love my cast iron pans. They are my first go to to cook with. As for steaks, I sear them in a cast iron pan then transfer them oven at about 350° (pan a and all) to cook them to the desired doneness. I prefer med rare. Take them out of the oven and let them rest for about 10-15 minutes before cutting and serving.
frankj1 Offline
#369 Posted: Mon, Dec 25 2023, 10:28 PM EST
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BuckyB93 wrote:
It was and still is a nice Christmas season. Spend time with the kids, relax, exchange gifts (I demanded they not buy anything but they didn't meet my demands). A nice hug is priceless, I don't need typical physical gifts. Then again they did kinda follow my demands.

A nice picture framed montage of them and me timeline thing as they grew up and a hand made ceramic sculpture of our dog, Madison, who is waiting for us at the Rainbow bridge.

I'm not too proud to say that I had to fight back the tears and excuse myself into the kitchen under the false pretense to make brunch.

It's all good.
Everyone cries when you make brunch...


HA!
BuckyB93 Offline
#370 Posted: Mon, Dec 25 2023, 10:35 PM EST
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Part of my heart & brain hurts. Not physically but at another level.

I was able to spend some time today with someone who's early life was not the best. Her mom is a single mom raising two girls and her dad was not around to help. She works part time at a grocery store and is going to college to be a psychologist/therapist for young kids. She's been through some rough times and wants to dedicate her time to help kids that have had similar issues. A very noble goal and I'm confident that she can do it.

She's an amazingly strong person (not physically but mentally and emotionally.) It puts my life in perspective. My 1st world problems pale in comparison to other people's issues. I have plenty of food, a warm house, a bed to lay my head down at night. I'm blessed for what I have. Meanwhile others have a struggle every day just to get through thee day.

I need to be more proactive to extend a hand of help were I can.

With that said, I think I'll curt up some Colby cheese and eat it with some summer sausage on some crackers for a nighttime snack. Then put the head down on my pillows and drift off to slumberland.
Stogie1020 Offline
#371 Posted: Mon, Dec 25 2023, 11:29 PM EST
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I hope you all had a very merry Christmas!
MACS Offline
#372 Posted: Tue, Dec 26 2023, 5:45 AM EST
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I figured SF would lose, but I didn't think Purdy would be the reason... 4 picks. Oooof. d'oh!
deadeyedick Offline
#373 Posted: Tue, Dec 26 2023, 8:08 AM EST
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MACS wrote:
I figured SF would lose, but I didn't think Purdy would be the reason... 4 picks. Oooof. d'oh!


SF moved the ball well but no one can win with 5 picks including the last one by Darnold. Ravens did a good job of ball hawking.
danmdevries Offline
#374 Posted: Tue, Dec 26 2023, 8:20 AM EST
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Happy Tuesday fellas.

May have to go back to work tonight again. Nurse that chopped her finger off hasn't sent in a return to work thing yet but as of last Monday it was sposeda be 7 days. I'm exhausted and probly gonna sleep till 6 anyway and got nothing else going on.

Maybe if I work enough overtime I can get flight and rental car for Florida trip. Still over $2k.
Gene363 Offline
#375 Posted: Tue, Dec 26 2023, 9:31 AM EST
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Good Tuesday Morning to All! It's an overcast drizzley 62° on the way to 66° later today. Headed to the range to shoot pistols.
Ram27 Offline
#376 Posted: Tue, Dec 26 2023, 9:51 AM EST
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Goodmorning folks...............
delta1 Offline
#377 Posted: Tue, Dec 26 2023, 4:06 PM EST
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sometimes it feels like the day after Christmas is the best day of the year...ruined it by scheduling a dentist appointment today...wth was I thinking...
Ram27 Offline
#378 Posted: Tue, Dec 26 2023, 4:31 PM EST
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Howdy all....Herfing
HockeyDad Offline
#379 Posted: Tue, Dec 26 2023, 4:39 PM EST
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Went to the Houston Farmers Market. Lots of Hispanic stuff I didn’t even know. If I wasn’t moving soon I would have gone wild with googling and then buying.
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#380 Posted: Tue, Dec 26 2023, 4:40 PM EST
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The day after Christmas is pretty awesome. You get to lounge around and play with new stuff, or watch kids and grandkids play with new stuff. If you're like me you got to see both.

After being well caffeinated, fed and well...ready for a new year!
deadeyedick Offline
#381 Posted: Tue, Dec 26 2023, 5:27 PM EST
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Kinda strange weather for the desert. After rain last Friday/Saturday we had two days of fog in the mornings which happens very rarely. Today started out a chilly 38 but warmed up to 62 and sunny. Mid to high 60s the rest of the week so back on track.
danmdevries Offline
#382 Posted: Tue, Dec 26 2023, 7:57 PM EST
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No work for me tonight.

Cigar and coke in the garage watching family guy.

BuckyB93 Offline
#383 Posted: Tue, Dec 26 2023, 9:16 PM EST
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One if the engineers abruptly quit last week. Assignments, duties, and responsibilities have been, how should I phase it... dynamic and lately the engineering director has been difficult to work with.

The engineer coworker had enough and put in his 2 weeks. We will see where the dust settles. Lately I too have been contemplating if I made the right choice accepting this job. It hasn't turned out be be what I anticipated and targets change on monthly basis. They do knee jerk reactions rather than making a plan and working with it. Impulse reaction vs planning and proactive.

The sayings of "To busy driving to stop and get gas" or "don't have time to do it right but we have enough time to to it wrong 2 out of 3 times" seem to apply.

Time will tell.
Ram27 Offline
#384 Posted: Wed, Dec 27 2023, 7:06 AM EST
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Happy Hump Day danm & peeps.

ram27bat
Burner02 Offline
#385 Posted: Wed, Dec 27 2023, 7:35 AM EST
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Another day in LA. First, I hope all had a great Christmas celebration with plenty of family, friends and food around. Here in LA it is going to be partly cloudy, a high of 61 with no rain.

Dog walk on tap first thing and a little yard work to follow.
danmdevries Offline
#386 Posted: Wed, Dec 27 2023, 9:02 AM EST
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HHD Ram n dudes
Gene363 Offline
#387 Posted: Wed, Dec 27 2023, 9:25 AM EST
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Good Wednesday Morning to All! The rain has stopped, but the clouds are still heavy, it's 57° on the way to 66° and I'm headed to the range today.
danmdevries Offline
#388 Posted: Wed, Dec 27 2023, 10:51 AM EST
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Drove 5 miles out of my way to get shrimps for $2/lb less than the closer grocery store.

Freezer broken, no shrimps. Must've happened overnight cause I could smell seafood when I walked in the door and the meat secton is at the back of the store. Much stronger smell back there.

Got shrimps for $8/lb instead. Took a picture of the wife's fridge mounted grocery list before I left and got everything on the list. Got home and she was pulling into the garage she went to the grocery store while I was out so now we got doubles.

Christmas for wife's side of family at my house Saturday
RiverRatRuss Offline
#389 Posted: Wed, Dec 27 2023, 11:01 AM EST
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Mornin Ya'll survived the Christmas Holiday... Lets get on with 2024!!! Herfing
Ram27 Offline
#390 Posted: Wed, Dec 27 2023, 4:13 PM EST
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How y'all doing Think
danmdevries Offline
#391 Posted: Wed, Dec 27 2023, 4:48 PM EST
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Boring day. Gave the dog a bath. That was the highlight of my day.
delta1 Offline
#392 Posted: Wed, Dec 27 2023, 4:55 PM EST
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woulda thought seeing the expression on wifey's face when she saw you bringing in the groceries was the highlight...
deadeyedick Offline
#393 Posted: Wed, Dec 27 2023, 6:33 PM EST
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Just a nice 68 degree day to be out in the sun. Managed 2 cigars earlier while reading a book. Backed out the Corvette, checked and filled the tires and fluids, then took it out for a short cruise and stopped at Costco for gas.
8trackdisco Offline
#394 Posted: Wed, Dec 27 2023, 7:54 PM EST
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MP3 came into town on Sunday afternoon.
Dog walks, family walks, 1x1 walks.
Day after Christmas wife and I both worked, while he had the house and dog to himself. A total detox day for him to unwind.
Today was the third and final family Christmas celebration.
He heads back west tomorrow morning.
It has been great.
BuckyB93 Offline
#395 Posted: Wed, Dec 27 2023, 9:31 PM EST
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I have like 25 hrs of sick time that is use it or lose it. I think I have a cold or flu coming on this Friday. Cough, cough, puke, puke.

I'll likely need a 4 day weekend to recover from the bug.
BuckyB93 Offline
#396 Posted: Wed, Dec 27 2023, 9:52 PM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
MP3 came into town on Sunday afternoon.
Dog walks, family walks, 1x1 walks.
Day after Christmas wife and I both worked, while he had the house and dog to himself. A total detox day for him to unwind.
Today was the third and final family Christmas celebration.
He heads back west tomorrow morning.
It has been great.


Spending time with family is priceless. Both the kids plus my son's girlfriend were here over for the week of Christmas. It was great and irreplaceable.

I too had to work the day after Christmas and they had the run of the house. Zero complaints on my end other then they had to leave today for other responsibilities.

Looking forward to another long relaxing weekend with them for the start of a New Year.

Since NH is only a 15 min drive away I'm complicating buying some nice fireworks (they are legal in NH but not in MA) but then again, I have to keep the neighbors in mind since they have young kids with bed times. They don't need me shooting off fireworks at midnight. Besides, I'm old and might not even be able to stay awake until midnight.
8trackdisco Offline
#397 Posted: Wed, Dec 27 2023, 10:26 PM EST
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BuckyB93 wrote:
I have like 25 hrs of sick time that is use it or lose it. I think I have a cold or flu coming on this Friday. Cough, cough, puke, puke.

I'll likely need a 4 day weekend to recover from the bug.


You are posting pale. Call in now.
8trackdisco Offline
#398 Posted: Thu, Dec 28 2023, 7:00 AM EST
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Wisconsin Sofffft.
Last three weeks have had temperatures anywhere from normal to 20 degrees above normal. Dry with a little rain here and there.

It will get to 40 (12 degrees warmer than normal), with rain and freezing rain.

I’m cold.

Think I just became an honorary Floridian.
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#399 Posted: Thu, Dec 28 2023, 7:16 AM EST
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Today will be 63/50F with rain until around noon and then I presume the temperature will start fallin
dropping as the back of the cold-front's rain is over.

Typical January weather for Orlando.Cod front with rain came through overnight. High yesterday was 70F, but we are going to have progressively colder weather over the next 5 days or so.

Just fired up the hot-tub for a morning dip and cigar.

Painters are still here today, tomorrow and Monday.

Prolly won't go out of the house today, unless I must.
RiverRatRuss Offline
#400 Posted: Thu, Dec 28 2023, 7:28 AM EST
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Mornin Ya'll... could snow.. d'oh!

SO anyone good with MS Office? I'm running Office 2007 upgraded from Office 2000. and my dinosaur laptop PowerPoint program keeps locking up asking for updates, well the only update is MS Office 365... the Mrs. has this on her laptop, personal, and I'm to tight to spend the money for the Business upgrade.. but probably will have to, just to get this project completed... DOH!!!

My question is, if I upgrade to 365 will my saved files update as well or will I have to create them new? TIA for any inputs!!!
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