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Smoked a turkey breast yesterday, Cajun brine, light rub, 7 hours smoke over cherry and pecan. Also did a tray of smoked mixed nuts, and a dozen slices of pig candy (carmelized candied bacon) Mmmmmmm... Of course, they all would have sucked if I’d just boiled them in a crock pot.

Welcome to the forum. If this happened in 1990, then what actually happened is known, and probably of more use than the speculation from the forum members that is to follow. :-)

I decided a long time ago that I will NEVER again live anywhere that a Homeowners Association exists. I don't know if membership on an HOA board naturally attracts the fascists, or if otherwise reasonable people quickly become tin pot dictators when given the paltry power that should come with being on the board, but living in some/many communities with a HOA is a little like what I'd imagine living in North Korea is like, minus the possibility of being publicly executed by Dear Leader. A few things I've experienced or heard recounted by neighbors when I lived in the condo complex: Put up a screen door: Fine levied Plant a couple of flowers: Fine levied Hang a towel to dry on an upper floor balcony where it can be seen if you walk far enough out into the common area: First warning, threat of fine if repeated Open your car hood in the parking area (attempting to check oil, but the neighborhood enforcer pounced immediately): First warning for performing automotive repairs in the parking lot, threat of fine if repeated. Attempt to hook up a 12 v compressor to inflate a low tire: same response as above Ban imposed on parking any vehicle with writing on it...with a week's notice, they banned everyone who drove a work vehicle that was in any way labeled as such, everything from a drywall contractor's panel van to a Merry Maid's Corolla. So yeah, be aware. And be wary.

Well that’s a great use of taxpayer money.

I wouldn't be too quick to bet against a Texan in a BBQ contest, especially if you bought your cooking gear at Bed, Bath, and Beyond.

Not everybody. Whoever wrote that quote isn't right.

From Zeke's description, I'd go with Formerly Ribs.

Methinks you've never had real BBQ. The smoke works the magic. If you boil wood chips soaked in Sweet Baby Ray's in your crockpot long enough, the less discerning palates would also declare them to be Most Amazing. The true gourmand knows better.

I do ribs fairly often on the smoker (I run a Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker), and the recipe I keep coming back to is the classic BRITU (Best Ribs in the Universe, so named after the recipe won the cooking competition of the same name. The winner reportedly smoked 173 batches of ribs while tweaking the recipe for the competition). BRITU ribs The dry rub is easy to make from scratch, and they are sauced only after they come off of the smoker (I like them with the sauce, but it could easily be left off for those who prefer them dry).

Meh. If put in production, this would become one of those guns that quickly comes up on the used market for about 70% of the purchase price, and includes ‘nearly a full box’ of ammo.

There is a market for communications majors, though I don't know how it compares to the number of students majoring in communications. Any company of any size will have a corporate communications department (could be one person, could be a few dozen), and media companies tend to hire a lot of them. The history degree would only be viewed as a plus for some small fraction of those jobs, but a second major, like a minor, wouldn't be viewed as a negative. Continuing the Chad Haag quote that Sniper began, I was bothered by: "More than 9,000 miles away from Colorado, Haag said, his student loans don’t feel real anymore. “It’s kind of like, if a tree falls in the woods and no one hears it, does it really exist?” he said." The CNBC article seems to paint Haag as some kind of clever folk hero, but to be clear: Haag is an irresponsible deadbeat.

That response makes no sense. The intent is to limit concealabity? A telescoping stock legally pinned in the shortest position is exactly as concealable as the same telescoping stock illegally left unpinned and adjusted to the shortest position. The unpinned stock can be made LESS concealable than the pinned stock, but never more concealable.

NJ has, in the past, deployed police to PA fireworks stores near the border, lest anyone with NJ plates attempt to smuggle sparklers across the state line. If there is a chance that a NJ sportsman might try to bring in a brick of .22, I'm sure Murphy would happily deploy SWAT teams in full body armor, accompanied by film crews, to hang out in the parking lots of PA gun shops.

And, presumably, errant coffee cups and water bottles in a few scenes.

Neither. We were watching a fantasy.

I dunno. Mostly they lay around expecting someone else to provide for all of their daily needs. I’ll never be bitten by one, they believe it’s the job of a government dog to run around and do the barking and provide protection to people and property.

My club’s plane wash was two weeks ago, so I’ll be up flying a shiny aircraft on Saturday. Do you think anyone would notice if I joined the C-47 formation in a C-172? I’m willing to paint on invasion stripes for the occasion

If ammonia is the problem, you wouldn’t want to make the soil more basic.

I think there will be no cast members left. I predict that in the closing minute of the finale, someone from the crew, maybe the grip or gaffer, probably clutching a coffee cup, will wander onto the set and sit on the iron throne.

Video of the democratic reaction here: Heads exploding

I'm glad it worked out that way, though one could argue that living in NJ for at least 10 years should be grounds for failing a mental health background check.

The landscaper from whom I bought my original 48" Bobcat showed me the tip-on-the-side trick. It balances nicely on one drive wheel and the handlebar on that side, and you've got easy access to everything underneath. My current 52", while not much bigger, is a LOT beefier, and it doesn't balance as well when on it's side, so the jack would make sense. I just cut only my own lawn with it, so I only sharpen once a year, usually with blades on the mower, taking care to remove metal from each side evenly. Every third year I take the blades off to sharpen and balance, and so far, they've been remaining pretty well balanced through the off years.

Jussie Smollett may know a couple of guys you could hire.

It’s possible that PK90 was suggesting storing your kids in the gun safe. It’s the only way to protect them from those 1 in gajillion scenarios. Otherwise, I’d tell your wife that the absolute best you can do is keep individual gun locks on all of the guns you keep locked in the safe. It’s overkill, but would reduce the risk to (1 in gajillion)^2.