Displaced Texan

My favorite bbq place in DFW is Sonny Bryan’s. 2200 Inwood drive, if I recall correctly. Its a hole in the wall, but you’ll LOVE it!!! Bring me back some ribs, please. Lol

Want a good dry seasoning for crackers, fries, tator tots, etc, try this: https://www.savoryfinefoods.com/products.php Made for crackers, but I use it on a lot of things. Many different flavors and heat levels. It ain’t low sodium, but it’s damn good. You’ll thank me later...

Awesome. I need a few stripped Mega lowers.

This is my view this morning....

Bahahahahaha!!

Damn, you’re speaking my language, my friend!! That looks quite tasty!

Ringnecks are tasty!! Good eats, my friend!

Yep, train with them. Someone earlier said ‘the time you NEED an extinguisher should not be the first time you have ever used one’...or something like that. Lot of truth there.

Yep, I use these. Light and compact, and they filter a lot of water.

This thread reminds me of a cute, but somewhat painful story.... Years ago when I bought the ranch in Texas, I had contacted the Texas Agricultural Extension service about putting pheasants on the property. My dad had grown up on the banks of the Mississippi River near Alton, Il, and loved to pheasant hunt as a young man. I though it would be a cool idea to put some birds out there for him to hunt, if they would take to the area. TAE said they would be fine, and recommended I buy 250 breeding pairs, and let them loose. It wasn’t cheap, but I was kind of proud of myself, being able to bring back cool memories from my dads younger days of hunting pheasants. We received the birds, and released them as instructed, and never saw another one again. The coyotes, and bobcats were awful fat that year. Skunks too, as they will eat the eggs. That turned out to be not such a good idea, and an expensive lesson.

It was a smaller truck. Maybe it was not quite mature yet.

Neighbors just came over to thank me for helping out yesterday, and I had a chance to take a look at the inside of their house. Minor smoke damage to the inside wall where the fire started. Window broke due to the heat, and a window curtain caught fire. This could have taken out the entire kitchen had it gone any further. The FD knocked holes in the sheetrock around the area of the fire. Minor inside overall. I didn’t take pictures, after all, it’s someone else’s house. Outside, the electrical box and all wiring to the house needs to be replaced. Wood, siding, insulation, the window, and the eaves. One thing I did not notice yesterday was the gas meter is 2’ from the fire. I know the lines and meters are rated to withstand fire to a point, but had it gone on any longer, it very well could have been a BAD situation. The owner told me one of her friends was in a back bedroom ajecent to the fire watching TV. She had NO clue the house was on fire. Not until I started yelling for them to get out. These girls were lucky. They had zero fire extinguishers in the house. The girls are now headed to Lowe’s to buy 4 or 5. I will install them when they get back. @1LtCAP, I was told the white truck was Somerdale, and they were first on the scene, Stratford arrived about a minute later.

Good story, thanks for sharing that. One thing I’d like to point out is that you are lucky the ‘squirty thing’ from the sink would not reach the fire. Spraying water on a grease fire is not a good thing. A dry chem extinguisher like you used is the best solution. I am not a trained firefighter (other than Navy Submarine firefighting training, which is a bit unique and specialized), but I know the basics. Maybe some experienced FF’s can chine in here like @Sniper22 will share more infomation and experience with the rest of us.

I do this at the beginning and end of daylight savings time. Those things can save your life.

Yep, thanks for pointing this out to everyone. I had a couple of my units replaced under the recall earlier this year. Check your extingushers, folks!

The only sirens I heard were from Somerdale FD, who (I believe)showed up before Stratford. I wasn’t paying attention to which FD showed up first, but I remember a white fire truck arriving first. Stratford has red trucks. Stratford PD showed up within 4-5 mins. About what I had expected.

Excellent tip! I did not know this.

Had an interesting day.....with a couple of good lessons resulting for ALL of us to keep in mind. I was cutting the grass this afternoon, and saw a big plume of smoke coming from my neighbors house. I grabbed my fire extingusher, ran across the street while calling 911. The fire was on the side of the house, was not sure what started it, but I was able to put it out before the FD arrived on scene. Another neighbor showed up with his garden hose and soaked it down pretty good, reducing the chance for a reflash, while awaiting the FD. The fire caught the siding on the outside of the house, and a curtain on the inside of the house on fire, causing limited damage to one of the bedrooms inside. Damage to siding, wall, and framework outside. All of the fire was contained before the FD arrived. Once they got here, we got out of the way and let them sort the rest of it out. It was determined that one of my neighbors has thrown a lit cigarette butt into a trash can that was against the house. The fire chief told me that 2 more minutes, and my neighbors would have had a VERY bad day, instead of a pretty crappy one. We got it under control before it became an extremely ugly situation. I’m not telling you this story to pat myself on the back, I’m telling you because there are some good lessons learned here, and I don’t want this kind of crap happening to my ‘online family’ members. Please pay attention. The lessons here are 4 fold. 1) The most obvious....don’t be stupid and throw lit cigarette butts into a trash can. This is just moronic. Don’t do that. 2). Have an ABC fire extingusher...for EVERY floor of your house. LEARN how to use them. Most FD’s I am aware of will teach you how to use them properly!! Check the damn things annually, because they DO expire. Replace them when they are expired or if they don’t indicate a full charge. If you don’t have at least one in your house ( the fire ‘victims’ AND a few of my surrounding neighbors, do not have ANY), you are an idiot. No excuse for this, IMHO. The damn things are cheap enough and are widely available. 3). When someone screams LOUDLY that your house is on fire, GET OUT OF THE HOUSE!!! Don’t stand on your porch with a stupid look on your face. Don’t run back in the house to get your bloody phone. GET CLEAR if you are not going to engage the fire with an extinguisher. 4) Most important lesson. When seconds count, help is minutes away. I am NOT knocking the FD, PD, or EMS, they can’t be everywhere at once...in any emergency, it takes time for them to respond. It took them about 9 minutes to get a fire truck on scene, and they are about 4 blocks away. Again, not knocking ANY of the first responders, I am just making the point it takes time to respond. Be prepared!! I am a bit cheesed off with the 911 operator, who was more concerned about getting my name, addess, and phone number before she dispatched the FD. Get the first responders on the way first, then worry about my damn name, and contact information.

I was gonna say Costco or BJ’s Wholesale club. There are a lot of commercially available rubs too. I usually use a mix of kosher salt, black pepper, paprika, brown sugar (for pork, not brisket), granulated garlic/onion, and a few other odds and ends. I know a lot of bbq pros just use salt and pepper on brisket and beef ribs.

Tactical weiner dawg on duty....

My friend just used Allied Reliable Moving to go from South Jersey to Maryland. He was VERY happy with them.

Rest In Peace, Gunny. You were a great man who I deeply admired. Semper Fi. http://www.nydailynews.com/amp/entertainment/movies/lee-ermey-full-metal-jacket-star-dead-74-article-1.3935625

Never noticed the AR-15.....there were bigger guns in the way.

Yep. You win the internets today!