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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #4980 on: May 30, 2016, 11:49:24 AM »
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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #4981 on: May 30, 2016, 01:31:56 PM »

Had the day off and spent it recovering from the race.

Fucking amazing race in general, but a ROOKIE won the race. It was the first time since 2001 that a first timer won. Now he had help, car owner was Michael Andretti (famous name here at Indy) and the team owner was Brian Herta (famous name, old experienced driver here at Indy). That is quite a bit of help!

Great race!
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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #4982 on: May 30, 2016, 01:40:27 PM »
I had rented a flat that is a 15-minute walk from the tube station but due to repairs they gave me one that is a 5-minute walk from it instead. My feet are thankful.
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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #4983 on: May 30, 2016, 03:37:21 PM »
while sorting out stuff and organizing I found some things lost a long time
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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #4984 on: May 30, 2016, 03:40:02 PM »
while sorting out stuff and organizing I found some things lost a long time

  I love it when that happens.  I wish it happened more often.  :autism:
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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #4985 on: May 30, 2016, 08:52:41 PM »

I made a really fabulous pork loin for dinner.
It was a co-operational effort with my dear wife. I started the loin on the grille outside, seared it quickly, then removed it from the direct heat and smoked it slowly using maple wood that I cut down last summer. After about and hour of smoke, I wrapped it up in foil and brought it inside to finish cooking in the oven at low heat for about another hour.

Toward the end of cooking I made some fresh grilled corn on the cob with the last of the coals, while my wife made mashed potatoes and used some of the juice from the pork to make gravy atop the stove. When I took the loin out to rest before we sliced it, she put some crescent rolls into the oven.

It was a wonderful meal.
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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #4986 on: May 31, 2016, 04:53:29 AM »

I made a really fabulous pork loin for dinner.
It was a co-operational effort with my dear wife. I started the loin on the grille outside, seared it quickly, then removed it from the direct heat and smoked it slowly using maple wood that I cut down last summer. After about and hour of smoke, I wrapped it up in foil and brought it inside to finish cooking in the oven at low heat for about another hour.

Toward the end of cooking I made some fresh grilled corn on the cob with the last of the coals, while my wife made mashed potatoes and used some of the juice from the pork to make gravy atop the stove. When I took the loin out to rest before we sliced it, she put some crescent rolls into the oven.

It was a wonderful meal.
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    Were there any leftovers?  :puppy:
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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #4987 on: June 01, 2016, 02:08:23 PM »

I made a really fabulous pork loin for dinner.
It was a co-operational effort with my dear wife. I started the loin on the grille outside, seared it quickly, then removed it from the direct heat and smoked it slowly using maple wood that I cut down last summer. After about and hour of smoke, I wrapped it up in foil and brought it inside to finish cooking in the oven at low heat for about another hour.

Toward the end of cooking I made some fresh grilled corn on the cob with the last of the coals, while my wife made mashed potatoes and used some of the juice from the pork to make gravy atop the stove. When I took the loin out to rest before we sliced it, she put some crescent rolls into the oven.

It was a wonderful meal.
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    Were there any leftovers?  :puppy:

Well, it was a nine pound loin roast. We ravaged on it quite a bit and there was little of the "fixin's' " left, but yesterday my wife and daughter  "pulled"  all the meat into slivers and put it in a pan with MUCH barbeque sauce and simmered it again for a bit, making the way for "loose meat"  sandwiches which we had for lunch. The left overs from that meal I finished for lunch today. (EDIT: Oops, I forgot to add that last meal to the total of human meals we had from that fabulous loin. I had it after I came from work and it "balanced" the total of the loin)

So, If we are counting:  A fifteen dollar pork loin fed our family a great feast (four human meals- one of whom reminds us of Chewbacca and he eats like a wookie might- my adorable son, maybe add twelve dollars for all the fixin's) and the left overs from that piece of meat fed us again (four more human meals, maybe another six bucks for those fixin's  half a bottle of BBQ sauce, a quarter thing of deli bought potato salad and some buns) and the remaining fed the two adults one more time using the other left overs as well (two more human meals).  So with thirty three bucks, rounded up to be conservative, we fed ourselves ten human meals of very high quality EATS.

I do not think there is any way to even approach that with fast food. You would have to give up quality to begin, for instance.
Of course I should probably add the cost of maintaining a working kitchen to that score, but I would keep my kitchen clean and ready and my pantry full of "bounty" anyway, even if I WAS trying to impress with cost savings of doing it all for yourself.

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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #4988 on: June 01, 2016, 07:08:31 PM »
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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #4989 on: June 02, 2016, 01:57:01 PM »
yesterday i found free wood hangers on the way home. really good because plastic coat hangers suck. today i found another four leaf clover. this was in a supermarket parking lot with a lot less clover. wanted to see if the strategy worked. found only one.

but also on the way there i found dozens of snails and maybe have a video of one eating. also got to eat lunch with py (we had indian, not escargot).
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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #4990 on: June 02, 2016, 10:44:17 PM »
pineapple, kiwi and raspberries
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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #4991 on: June 02, 2016, 10:58:33 PM »
pineapple, kiwi and raspberries

Those colors make like a fruity version of succotash.  :orly:
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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #4992 on: June 03, 2016, 05:41:34 AM »
I did well on my Occupational Health and Safety test. Got the results today. And I have passed all my assignments so far.

And technically it was yesterday.....but I passed my router installation and security test too.
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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #4993 on: June 03, 2016, 05:43:31 AM »
I did well on my Occupational Health and Safety test. Got the results today. And I have passed all my assignments so far.

And technically it was yesterday.....but I passed my router installation and security test too.

  You're inspiring me!  I want to take tests and get certifications too!  :viking:
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Re: Post something good that happened today, Parts Two
« Reply #4994 on: June 03, 2016, 05:56:03 AM »
I did well on my Occupational Health and Safety test. Got the results today. And I have passed all my assignments so far.

And technically it was yesterday.....but I passed my router installation and security test too.

You're inspiring me!  I want to take tests and get certifications too!  :viking:
It's been not too bad! I have had a lot of assignments but they have all been pretty small and so I have been able to do them without too much fuss.

Do they do night classes where you are?
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