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danmdevries Offline
#201 Posted: Fri, Jan 26 2024, 3:10 AM EST
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Can't sleep.

Couldn't stay awake on the couch, then 3 hours of wide awake in bed.
MACS Offline
#202 Posted: Fri, Jan 26 2024, 6:33 AM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
Every relationship has their own dynamic. What works for one couple doesn't work for others. But maybe I'll try that tonight.


Hey Honey,
I'd like to get the same deal as DanM's wife has in his relationship. To mirror that, this is how it is going to be going forward:

I'm going to quit my 18 hour a week job and bring no income into the family.
You work full time and bring in 100% of the income.
I'm going to let you have $500.
I get the rest.

This starts tomorrow.

MACS,
Any idea how that would be received?


You have any cardboard for your "will work for food" sign? Green Bay gonna be awful cold this time of year. You'll probably need one of them fancy sleeping bags that keep you warm in sub zero temps, too.

I'd be a pal and say you could come stay with me... but you ain't livin' here for free, neither. Gonz
deadeyedick Offline
#203 Posted: Fri, Jan 26 2024, 7:11 AM EST
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Separate accounts for the wifey and I. I brought 75% to the wedding and it seems to work out fine on most everything. She says I have too many cigars and humidors and I say she has too many shoes and goes to lunch with the ladies too often. Only time we really think about money is when all the 1099 forms start rolling in since we both have RMD. Holy chit!

Happy Friday folks. Headed to BJ with little brother and a buddy. BJ is like Disneyland for car guys.Angel
MACS Offline
#204 Posted: Fri, Jan 26 2024, 7:25 AM EST
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Traditional dynamic for the wife and I, as well. I made the majority of the income and now I am responsible for all of it.

Separate accounts. I manage money better, so I pay all the bills. I transfer money to her account each month about equal to what she took home when she was working. She does all the cleaning, most of the cooking, and it works for us.
DrafterX Offline
#205 Posted: Fri, Jan 26 2024, 8:51 AM EST
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Cool Dudes...
Ram27 Offline
#206 Posted: Fri, Jan 26 2024, 10:09 AM EST
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Friday greeting gang.............ram27bat



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Mr. Jones Offline
#207 Posted: Fri, Jan 26 2024, 10:58 AM EST
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Physical therapy today...pain in the ass but it has worked
HockeyDad Offline
#208 Posted: Fri, Jan 26 2024, 11:17 AM EST
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Three hours of conference calls.
8trackdisco Offline
#209 Posted: Fri, Jan 26 2024, 12:01 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
You have any cardboard for your "will work for food" sign? Green Bay gonna be awful cold this time of year. You'll probably need one of them fancy sleeping bags that keep you warm in sub zero temps, too.

I'd be a pal and say you could come stay with me... but you ain't livin' here for free, neither. Gonz


She didn't even look at me.

"No " in a fashion of This isn't even a conversation and if it was- its over.

Love that woman.
Gene363 Offline
#210 Posted: Fri, Jan 26 2024, 12:03 PM EST
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Good Friday Afternoon to All! A little blue sky amongst the rain clouds today, it 71° on the way to 77° today.
8trackdisco Offline
#211 Posted: Fri, Jan 26 2024, 12:03 PM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Separate accounts for the wifey and I. I brought 75% to the wedding and it seems to work out fine on most everything. She says I have too many cigars and humidors and I say she has too many shoes and goes to lunch with the ladies too often. Only time we really think about money is when all the 1099 forms start rolling in since we both have RMD. Holy chit!

Happy Friday folks. Headed to BJ with little brother and a buddy. BJ is like Disneyland for car guys.Angel


At what age do RMD start?

Heard there is this cool charity you can give $12,000 dollars each year. Someting like 8trackdisco LLC.
MACS Offline
#212 Posted: Fri, Jan 26 2024, 1:25 PM EST
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Got a letter from corebridge financial today. Apparently they used to be AIG or something...

Anyway, I rolled all my $$ that was in the AIG 457 to the Nationwide 457 yeeeaaaars ago. Well, there was apparently still $300 in it... so now I get to roll that over too. After I fill out paperwork and submit it... Brick wall Brick wall

These f---bags should have moved ALL my money when I f---ing told them to. Bastids.

Bright side... I got $300 I didn't know I had.
danmdevries Offline
#213 Posted: Fri, Jan 26 2024, 3:21 PM EST
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Finding money always good macs.

Maybe the rollover distribution happened as an inbound transfer was happening and it grew to 300 over those yeeeaaars. Or a prorated refund on annual fees credited back or something.
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#214 Posted: Fri, Jan 26 2024, 3:22 PM EST
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Went to Costco. I hate that place.

But I did buy the smallest brisket they had. 19.8lbs. They had a 26 pounder in there!

rfenst Offline
#215 Posted: Fri, Jan 26 2024, 5:27 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
Traditional dynamic for the wife and I, as well. I made the majority of the income and now I am responsible for all of it.

Separate accounts. I manage money better, so I pay all the bills. I transfer money to her account each month about equal to what she took home when she was working. She does all the cleaning, most of the cooking, and it works for us.

Separate accounts with both names on each. I use my monthly check to pay all the household bills + a set savings amount. Rest is mine to keep. She uses her pay check for all groceries, meals out and most other things + a set amount to savings from each paycheck. Basically, we pay ourselves first. Works well for us...
danmdevries Offline
#216 Posted: Fri, Jan 26 2024, 5:29 PM EST
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Generously trimmed the brisket because I mostly went there to buy ground beef. They had no ground beef. They had 90/10 and 85/15. I like 70/30 but would settle for 80/20. I'm not paying $5/lb for ground meat. So I ground my own. Weighed it out for about a 70/30 grind, got 4lbs ground beef off the brisket.

I left a lot of fat on the brisket too, barely trimmed the cap. Mostly just shaped the brisket. Rubbed it and wrapped it in foil to sit in the fridge overnight. I'll cook it tomorrow.
RobertHively Offline
#217 Posted: Fri, Jan 26 2024, 9:07 PM EST
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Cut a couple stumps this evening with my 271.

Then sharpened the chain and rotated the bar on both the 271 and 180.

Got several small to medium trees to cut toward the eastern end of the yard, near the burn pile. Idk when, depends on the weather.

I'm also going to build a wood pile down that way. Already got a tarp, some pallets and a few sheets of aluminum. Figure it makes sense to store the firewood near where we burn. I'll keep a few bundles on the porch for any future camping trips.
frankj1 Offline
#218 Posted: Fri, Jan 26 2024, 10:04 PM EST
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RobertHively wrote:
Cut a couple stumps this evening with my 271.

Then sharpened the chain and rotated the bar on both the 271 and 180.

Got several small to medium trees to cut toward the eastern end of the yard, near the burn pile. Idk when, depends on the weather.

I'm also going to build a wood pile down that way. Already got a tarp, some pallets and a few sheets of aluminum. Figure it makes sense to store the firewood near where we burn. I'll keep a few bundles on the porch for any future camping trips.


I forgot when my time-share weeks are...?
HockeyDad Offline
#219 Posted: Fri, Jan 26 2024, 10:55 PM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
I forgot when my time-share weeks are...?


It’s a floating week. You got 7000 points.
danmdevries Offline
#220 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 2:27 AM EST
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Happy Saturday fellas
Ram27 Offline
#221 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 7:00 AM EST
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Saturday morning check in....................ram27bat
deadeyedick Offline
#222 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 8:09 AM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
At what age do RMD start?

Heard there is this cool charity you can give $12,000 dollars each year. Someting like 8trackdisco LLC.


Damn! Iffn only we had known before we set up the CRT 3 years ago.

Gonna be 45/74 and sunny today. I see cigars and libations.
MACS Offline
#223 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 8:12 AM EST
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Slept until 7am today.

Puppy dog is lookin' at me... "Bruh, whut'chu doin' mang...? I gotta poop."

Well hold it, ya bastid... I gotta have coffee and do mine. fog
Gene363 Offline
#224 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 10:36 AM EST
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Good Saturday Morning to All! It's a cloudy 65° on the way to 73° today.
BuckyB93 Offline
#225 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 11:17 AM EST
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Forecast calls for crappy weather this weekend (rain and snow mix stuff). No biggies, gonna do some laundry, house cleaning, cooking. Gotta set up a printing place when my hobby 3D printer comes in.

I have an extra desk that turned into a flat space collecting random stuff. I'll just purge the random stuff and use it for the 3D printer desk. Tracking says the printer left CA today and is on the road or in the air. Kinda psyched to get it and start playing with it.
danmdevries Offline
#226 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 12:28 PM EST
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38 foggy and misty.

Smoker's chooching away with the brisket in there since about 0830.

Pulled the last of the sliced flat out of the freezer from my disaster brisket and had me a brisket sammich. It's OK when mixed with mayo and cheese and onions and mustard n stuff. Not great on its own.

Got my gridlife w2. Didn't even have me paying IL taxes. Looks like I'm an employee of collective payroll, not gridlife, and only paid out IN and feds so that's helpful. Gonna send in my return. Looking like almost $2k coming back, I'll just send that straight to honda financial. I hate having car payment.
MACS Offline
#227 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 2:20 PM EST
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82 degrees today. Sunny... warm... sat in the garage with a pour of Russell's Reserve 6 year rye and a Padron 1926 90th anny.

Had the sirius xm cranking on the garage sound system, and Tank laid in the driveway sunbathing.

What a beautiful day.
Abrignac Offline
#228 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 4:38 PM EST
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Had a run of good luck. Then blew two tires in two days. Both on the same run. Though it set my deliveries back it didn’t matter because I’m going to be sitting in Graham, NC from now until sometime Sunday evening or Monday morning. I’ll leave around noon for Seattle, WA and have 4 days to cover 2,900 miles for a Friday delivery.
MACS Offline
#229 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 4:40 PM EST
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Abrignac wrote:
Had a run of good luck. Then blew two tires in two days. Both on the same run. Though it set my deliveries back it didn’t matter because I’m going to be sitting in Graham, NC from now until sometime Sunday evening or Monday morning. Then I leave around noon for Seattle, WA. I’ll have 4 days to cover 2,900 miles for a Friday delivery.


Quick math... 725 miles a day?? Running at Semi truck speeds?

You breakin' laws in all 50 states, muh fugger. Drive safe.
danmdevries Offline
#230 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 5:23 PM EST
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Brisket is wrapped at 170 and brisket trimmings burgers on the blackstone.
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#231 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 5:29 PM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
I forgot when my time-share weeks are...?


Lol Oh I remember those conversations.

Is Boston under water yet? I haven't been keeping up with it.
MACS Offline
#232 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 5:42 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
Brisket is wrapped at 170 and brisket trimmings burgers on the blackstone.


I smoke that muh fugger for about 5 hours, then wrap it. After 5 hours it ain't getting no more smoke. And my pitmaster always said you cook to "feel" not temp. If the temp probe doesn't slide into the brisket like room temperature butter... keep cooking.
Cheno Offline
#233 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 6:06 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
I smoke that muh fugger for about 5 hours, then wrap it. After 5 hours it ain't getting no more smoke. And my pitmaster always said you cook to "feel" not temp. If the temp probe doesn't slide into the brisket like room temperature butter... keep cooking.


Hardest part of making a brisket is getting the timing right.
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#234 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 6:40 PM EST
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I've smoked at many different times.. morning, noon, afternoon and even at night... Mellow
danmdevries Offline
#235 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 7:13 PM EST
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Just pulled it off probe tender. Thermometer reading 198 in the point 202 in the flat. Only resistance was from the paper.

Tossed it in a cooler. Watching the 3rd Hobbit movie and then I'll go slice n vac pack it for the freezer.
danmdevries Offline
#236 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 7:29 PM EST
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Cheno wrote:
Hardest part of making a brisket is getting the timing right.


I've been experimenting with the wrap time/temps/type of wrap.

Not sure what I'm trying to learn though other than everyone says their method is best or works best for them. So I want to try all of them. Pre stall vs post stall wrap, no wrap, foil boat half wrap, sous vide rest, tallow wrap, foil vs paper wrap.

Not seen a huge difference between them. But I also don't eat it when it's done, I think my method of cutting bagging and freezing probably minimizes the differences. I just have no interest in eating anything I spent all day cooking.
danmdevries Offline
#237 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 7:49 PM EST
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Burgers turned out excellent. Smashed super thin on a ripping hot griddle the edges turned lacey and crispy, good solid coating of mailliard converted fats on the surface of thr patty. Then top with American cheese and a steamer bowl to melt it into the gaps in the meat left behind by fully rendered out fats.

I didn't even put any condiments on mine. Lightly toasted bun in the melted tallow left on the flattop and the burger.
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#238 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 8:06 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
I've been experimenting with the wrap time/temps/type of wrap.

Not sure what I'm trying to learn though other than everyone says their method is best or works best for them. So I want to try all of them. Pre stall vs post stall wrap, no wrap, foil boat half wrap, sous vide rest, tallow wrap, foil vs paper wrap.

Not seen a huge difference between them. But I also don't eat it when it's done, I think my method of cutting bagging and freezing probably minimizes the differences. I just have no interest in eating anything I spent all day cooking.

We’ve been happy with smoking to 170, then wrapping in butcher paper and cooking to 205…. Then resting in a cooler for an hour or so. Applause
MACS Offline
#239 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 8:14 PM EST
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Like I said... a friend of mine who is a competition winner in multiple states, and now a competition judge, says you cook it to feel, no matter if you wrap it in paper, foil or don't wrap it.

Beef is organic. It's not going to be the same no matter what you do. Every cut will be different. So... if you want consistency, you cook to feel. Not time, not temp, not anything else. When the probe slides in like room temperature butter... it's done. Otherwise, keep cooking.

Undercooked... it's rubbery and inedible. Overcooked it falls apart but it's still edible. Better to overcook. Add bbq sauce and most folks won't know the difference.
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#240 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 8:46 PM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Damn! Iffn only we had known before we set up the CRT 3 years ago.

Gonna be 45/74 and sunny today. I see cigars and libations.


We just got something in the mail today saying our RMD has been moved from 72 to 73. Should be well dead by then with a litttle luck.
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#241 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 9:40 PM EST
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I pestered the wife to try the tiniest bite. She refuses to eat brisket cause she "don't like it" never had it either.

She said "holy chit that's good"

This day, I won.
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#242 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 9:44 PM EST
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To my credit, it did turn out exceptionally well.

I think the overnight rub wrap n nap helped. Or it was just a better cut. It was very nicely marbled in the flat.
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#243 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 10:00 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
Like I said... a friend of mine who is a competition winner in multiple states, and now a competition judge, says you cook it to feel, no matter if you wrap it in paper, foil or don't wrap it.

Beef is organic. It's not going to be the same no matter what you do. Every cut will be different. So... if you want consistency, you cook to feel. Not time, not temp, not anything else. When the probe slides in like room temperature butter... it's done. Otherwise, keep cooking.

Undercooked... it's rubbery and inedible. Overcooked it falls apart but it's still edible. Better to overcook. Add bbq sauce and most folks won't know the difference.

Frying pan
dkeage Offline
#244 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 10:01 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
I pestered the wife to try the tiniest bite. She refuses to eat brisket cause she "don't like it" never had it either.

She said "holy chit that's good"

This day, I won.

Beer
HockeyDad Offline
#245 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 10:27 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
I pestered the wife to try the tiniest bite. She refuses to eat brisket cause she "don't like it" never had it either.

She said "holy chit that's good"

This day, I won.



Sometimes it’s the little victories that count.
BuckyB93 Offline
#246 Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2024, 10:28 PM EST
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I could go for some brisket right about now and I'm not even hungry.
Abrignac Offline
#247 Posted: Sun, Jan 28 2024, 12:12 AM EST
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MACS wrote:
Quick math... 725 miles a day?? Running at Semi truck speeds?

You breakin' laws in all 50 states, muh fugger. Drive safe.


Who me, break laws. Nevah.

My truck is governed at 72 which just above some some speed limits but lower than most others.

On flat land I average 69.5 - 70 over an 11 hour day. This past Wednesday I drove 748 miles from my exit to the Pilot at YeeHaw Junction in 10 hrs & 48 minutes. That was an average of 69.25 mph. Speed limit was 70 - 75 all the way.

On the other hand don’t get in front of me though if I’m coming down a hill.

My best day since I started driving is 766 miles.
danmdevries Offline
#248 Posted: Sun, Jan 28 2024, 1:06 AM EST
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Sunday Sunday Sunday
deadeyedick Offline
#249 Posted: Sun, Jan 28 2024, 7:11 AM EST
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Morning folks. Gonna be a goldilocks 55/75 day. Walk, gym, cigar, football.
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#250 Posted: Sun, Jan 28 2024, 7:12 AM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
We just got something in the mail today saying our RMD has been moved from 72 to 73. Should be well dead by then with a litttle luck.


Kids nowadays. Not talking
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