GM's thread about nothing (11 Viewers)

[Flash]

Performed some pretty decent soap fusion in the shower tonight.

Pics?

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[Flash]

These chips over spears people are .

XChips is where it's at.

 

[desert rose]

Am I the only one who craves chili cheese fries?

 

[Tiger Fan]

my bean soup tastes ####in awesome the next day

 

[Tiger Fan]

Am I the only one who craves chili cheese fries?

i also like chili cheese fries

 

[YSR]

At the Jags' game. This is fun.

 

[SofaKings]

I've tempered my Crimson Tide arrogance in CFB by following Tottenham in EPL play so far this year. Only 30 minutes in for me on the DVR, so I guess things could change over the course of the match.

Hotspurs till I die!!!

 

[shuke]

If a guy finishes 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 2nd in his first four years of playing roto baseball in a 14 team league of self-proclaimed sharks, is that complete domination?

 

[Tiger Fan]

If a guy finishes 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 2nd in his first four years of playing roto baseball in a 14 team league of self-proclaimed sharks, is that complete domination?

nope

 

[mr. furley]

feeling sorry for this Dodge guy

 

[OtisSpy]

1 packet of your favorite chili in a packet (I used McCormick)

if FDAS wasn't dead i'd suggest contacting him for a Hard Times Cafe chili powder hook-upchanged my life

I'm here, and I have more Hard Times chili. You need/want some more?

 

[mr. furley]

1 packet of your favorite chili in a packet (I used McCormick)

if FDAS wasn't dead i'd suggest contacting him for a Hard Times Cafe chili powder hook-upchanged my life

I'm here, and I have more Hard Times chili. You need/want some more?

still got some left. should be enough to hold me over for a bit.

 

[Frostillicus]

1 packet of your favorite chili in a packet (I used McCormick)

if FDAS wasn't dead i'd suggest contacting him for a Hard Times Cafe chili powder hook-upchanged my life

That #### is too hot for me. I received two of them, might still have one I can send off.

Somebody hit me up with one of these. Shoot me a PM if you're sending.

 

[Frostillicus]

Last night I made a latenight snack of chicken, refried beans, cheese, salsa, and ranch dip, rolled in a tortilla. It was ####### delicious.

My late night snacks consist of american cheese melted on saltines. Why you gotta get all fancy?

 

[kevzilla]

Kanye West on SNL. Does he have discernible talent, or am I officially old?

No and yes.

 

[Disco Stu]

"Taxi cab" made me snicker.

Somedays I just feel like you single me out.

Get in line toots.

 

[jplvr]

I wasn't sure what I was going to do today, but the recent cool spell here and mentions of TF's disaster here decided my day.2 onions2 bell peppers2lbs stew meat1lb pork sausageSpices: Sort of followed the "Legendary Chili" thread here. I forgot to but some beef broth at the store and had nothing here, really, so I threw in a beef boulion cube and the rest of a Pickapepper Sauce bottle I had1 can of whole peeled tomatoes (hand squeezed)3 jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped in the food processor1 small can of tomato paste (I was just going to use half of it, but ended up using the whole can)I followed the Chili thread for directions on adding veggies, meats and spices and it turned out ok. In the end, the main problem I had was the beer I had on hand which I wanted to use as I wasn't planning to drink anymore: Sam Adams Double Boch. I wasn't a fan of it previously and I'm not a fan of it in the chili. I added a lot more heat than they Legendary Chili likely has, but I do want to try making that one day following the entire recipe exactly and completely since so many people rave about it. I looked for some dried chiles like that recipe calls for, but was at a grocery store which was very lacking in that department.***Oh, I like beans too, so I threw in a regular can of dark red kidney beans at the end like Judge's recipe suggests. Worked out pretty well.

I apparently left this on low on the stove for pretty much the entire day. Surprisingly it was not burned and this is probably the first time ever I've found something nice to say about my electric, ceramic cooktop.Anyway, I took a bite (turned into 2) as I put up the chili for later and it was pretty awesome. Times like these I wish I measured things and wrote them down. Looked over this list again and remembered throwing in some cinnamon as well, but just a pinch or two. I also didn't point out the time spent over the pot adding Cholula and Tabasco to get the heat up, so I'll probably add more peppers next time around. I can't remember if the "legendary" thread calls for garlic powder, but I added plenty of that too as I incorrectly thought I had fresh garlic at home and was working with the jarred variety in the beginning.Saving this for later. Sam Adams Double Bock might be good for something afterall... or at least I'll be using my last bottle in another pot sometime this winter.

 

[bentley]

I'm ####faced and sitting out on a balcony overlooking 6th Street in downtown Austin. Life couldn't hardly be better. Unfortunately, I couldn't talk AW into doing the only thing that would be better out here.

 

[Tiger Fan]

Bypassed the LSU/TEN game today. Sold my tix and am gonna relax with a few folk and watch it at home. We've got LSU and Saints season tix, so it's tough on my body and liver when there's back to back home games. Did it last week and it was rough....likely aided by Hartley blowing a 28yd fg to win the game in OT....but oh well.

We should kill Tennessee

I think the internet exploded after that game on Saturday. Les Miles is absolutely incompetant.

 

[jplvr]

Bypassed the LSU/TEN game today. Sold my tix and am gonna relax with a few folk and watch it at home. We've got LSU and Saints season tix, so it's tough on my body and liver when there's back to back home games. Did it last week and it was rough....likely aided by Hartley blowing a 28yd fg to win the game in OT....but oh well.

We should kill Tennessee

I think the internet exploded after that game on Saturday. Les Miles is absolutely incompetant.

Can you decipher this for me?Les Miles Waxing Poetic About Saturday's Performance

How do you force out some of the fat and get to the leaner meat? Is this part of the butchering process or some cooking method I don't know?

 

[St. Louis Bob]

I also see why my Dad doesn't gamble any more. Completely out of control. When I was 6-7 he used to have buddies over to play poker. On weeknights. All night. I would watch with fascination and couldn't wait until the morning because there would always be $5-$10 bucks on the floor. I woke up this morning thinking, "wow, why would I put a hundred on black for my Dad, he's probably pissed." Apparently he was up with my Mom until 3 am putting 3 hundred here 4 hundred there and actually won.

I don't know.

Are you still drunk?

Yes?I'm kind of depressed, my Gb, best friend if you will, proposed to his girl friend yesterday. We've been friends since we were 8 and he was the Dsico Stu of the group. First marriage for him and she has 2 kids. And she looks a lot like Mrs. SLB. And she is divorced from Mrs. SLB's good friends BIL.

*sigh*

Tell me why you're depressed? Do you think she's bad news for him? Trying to figure out why you wouldn't be really happy for your BGB.

She is a nice gal and everything but it just seems like he's settling. You get to know somebody when you've been friends for 30+ years and I've seen him much happier with other women. Did I mention she has two kids one who is a sophomore in high school?

 

[St. Louis Bob]

I got home from the Rams game/bar yesterday in a great mood and went to give Mrs. SLB a kiss. Her smile quickly turned to anger as she pulled a long blond hair off my face. I have no freaking idea where that came from but she looked at me funny for about an hour.

 

[Sammy3469]

I also see why my Dad doesn't gamble any more. Completely out of control. When I was 6-7 he used to have buddies over to play poker. On weeknights. All night. I would watch with fascination and couldn't wait until the morning because there would always be $5-$10 bucks on the floor. I woke up this morning thinking, "wow, why would I put a hundred on black for my Dad, he's probably pissed." Apparently he was up with my Mom until 3 am putting 3 hundred here 4 hundred there and actually won.

I don't know.

Are you still drunk?

Yes?I'm kind of depressed, my Gb, best friend if you will, proposed to his girl friend yesterday. We've been friends since we were 8 and he was the Disco Stu of the group. First marriage for him and she has 2 kids. And she looks a lot like Mrs. SLB. And she is divorced from Mrs. B's good friends BIL.

*sigh*

Tell me why you're depressed? Do you think she's bad news for him? Trying to figure out why you wouldn't be really happy for your BGB.

She is a nice gal and everything but it just seems like he's settling. You get to know somebody when you've been friends for 30+ years and I've seen him much happier with other women. Did I mention she has two kids one who is a sophomore in high school?

Maybe he's laying the groundwork for future endeavours

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Oh yeah, Jose & GM, you laugh at my Mom having me at 19, my GB that just got engaged? His Mom was 15. His Dad tells a funny story about trying to get a hall pass so he could make it to the hospital.

I wasn't laughing at you...at least not about that. My wife's mom had her when she was 15. What's weird is that my mom had me when she was 34. My oldest brother is only 8 or 9 years younger than my wife's mother. My wife's grandparents are only about 5 years older than my parents.

 

[McJose]

I got home from the Rams game/bar yesterday in a great mood and went to give Mrs. SLB a kiss. Her smile quickly turned to anger as she pulled a long blond hair off my face. I have no freaking idea where that came from but she looked at me funny for about an hour.

Are you sure it wasn't yours? Oh, nevermind.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Oh yeah, my Dad said he was shocked I didn't wear my cat shirt to their anniversary party.



I was really close to wearing it.

 

[McJose]

Oh yeah, my Dad said he was shocked I didn't wear my cat shirt to their anniversary party.



I was really close to wearing it.

Mine has almost had it. I'm 99% sure they're out of print. I'm tempted to have a new one made...featuring a photo of me wearing the shirt.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Was craving chili, but didn't feel like putting in the time, so I went with a new concoction: "TF express chili"

6 cans of your favorite beans (I used 2x black, 2x red, 2x chili)

1 packet of your favorite chili in a packet (I used McCormick)

hunk of diced garlic

1. Put all into a pot and stir on medium heat until it comes to a boil

2. Simmer for 10 minutes

While it's simmering, feel free to add any spices from your pantry to taste. I added a bit of cumin, chili powder, garlic salt, and cayenne pepper. In retrospect, I shoulda just bought another chili packet....but it still came out pretty good and only took 15 minutes to make.



ETA: sorry to offend the "chili shouldn't have beans crowd"

 

[OtisSpy]

page two, ######s.

 

[Running with scissors]

page two, ######s.

It was a good run.

 

[bostonfred]

I had always had beans in my chili when I was growing up. I didn't try chili without beans until a couple years ago, and only then when I was making it for myself. Now I like kidney beans and cheese, or no beans and no cheese.

 

[Tiger Fan]

anyone have spray foam insulation in their house? If so, are you pleased with lower electricity bills?

the payback calculators online are all over the place.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

A sales guy called me a few minutes ago and I told him to just send me an e-mail. So he does.

Hello Larry,

I spoke with you today about improving the ####### website...

 

[kevzilla]

A sales guy called me a few minutes ago and I told him to just send me an e-mail. So he does.

Hello Larry,

I spoke with you today about improving the ####### website...

I think we all wish an improved website to our GB SLL.

 

[SofaKings]

Is GM safe? Did he make it back from the game on Sat.? No tweets, fb, e or even "g" rated updates here. Do we need to start cashing in wheat pennies to get him out of jail?

 

[commisholio]

Went to RKade Fire (thanks Truck) at the Greek last night, just about melted my face. Hope they were just as good on Saturday.

 

[Frostillicus]

Anybody ever tried wild boar? I'm going to a restaurant with work peoples for a fancy dinner and see they have it on the menu and am intrigued.

 

[YSR]

Anybody ever tried wild boar? I'm going to a restaurant with work peoples for a fancy dinner and see they have it on the menu and am intrigued.

Never tried it but this post made me finally Google '"meat raffle" Jacksonville'. Only results that came up were in MN.

 

[Frostillicus]

Anybody ever tried wild boar? I'm going to a restaurant with work peoples for a fancy dinner and see they have it on the menu and am intrigued.

Never tried it but this post made me finally Google '"meat raffle" Jacksonville'. Only results that came up were in MN.

I didn't even know we had a Jacksonville.

 

[YSR]

I'm watching "Cash Cab" right now and angry, angry, angry.

 

[McJose]

I'm watching "Cash Cab" right now and angry, angry, angry.

I can't watch that show.

 

[Frostillicus]

When I was a kid we used to go to our church carnival all the time, and my favorite thing to do was to gamble on the mouse hole game. It was a game where there was this big cage full with a tiled floor of several different colors, all with a hole in them. After all the bets were in on the different colors, the man in charge would pick up a little box, set it down on the game board, and then pick it up, and there would be a live mouse, sitting there, who would explore the game board before going down a hole, the color tile of which would determine who won, and who lost.

This never seemed weird to me.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

A sales guy called me a few minutes ago and I told him to just send me an e-mail. So he does.

Hello Larry,

I spoke with you today about improving the ####### website...

I think we all wish an improved website to our GB SLL.

I thought it was funny because a month or so ago we were incorrectly calling the two guys we played golf with Larry the all day and then this guy calls me Larry.

 

[McJose]

When I was a kid we used to go to our church carnival all the time, and my favorite thing to do was to gamble on the mouse hole game. It was a game where there was this big cage full with a tiled floor of several different colors, all with a hole in them. After all the bets were in on the different colors, the man in charge would pick up a little box, set it down on the game board, and then pick it up, and there would be a live mouse, sitting there, who would explore the game board before going down a hole, the color tile of which would determine who won, and who lost. This never seemed weird to me.

I wish I understood this. Rodent based gambling games intrigue me.

 

[YSR]

I'm watching "Cash Cab" right now and angry, angry, angry.

I can't watch that show.

Never seen it before today. Got home this afternoon and am guessing that it's on whatever channel was on last night. Was mindlessly doing things in the kitchen and the first contestants were intelligent. Not so bad.I quickly found myself yelling, "TUSCANY""WARREN BUFFET""FIAT""TACOMA" (this one killed me - city named "Seatac that is located between Seattle and what city?)

 

[General Malaise]

hubba hubba

 

[El Floppo]

I'm watching "Cash Cab" right now and angry, angry, angry.

I can't watch that show.

Never seen it before today. Got home this afternoon and am guessing that it's on whatever channel was on last night. Was mindlessly doing things in the kitchen and the first contestants were intelligent. Not so bad.I quickly found myself yelling, "TUSCANY""WARREN BUFFET""FIAT""TACOMA" (this one killed me - city named "Seatac that is located between Seattle and what city?)

I've always told myself that if I ever get in that cab, I'm going as far away as possible... I still make a point of checking the driver whenever I get into a minicab/suv taxi.

 

[kevzilla]

hubba hubba

Maintain hope, guys! It IS possible to out-kick your coverage!

 

[YSR]

I'm watching "Cash Cab" right now and angry, angry, angry.

I can't watch that show.

Never seen it before today. Got home this afternoon and am guessing that it's on whatever channel was on last night. Was mindlessly doing things in the kitchen and the first contestants were intelligent. Not so bad.I quickly found myself yelling,

"TUSCANY"

"WARREN BUFFET"

"FIAT"

"TACOMA" (this one killed me - city named "Seatac that is located between Seattle and what city?)

I've always told myself that if I ever get in that cab, I'm going as far away as possible... I still make a point of checking the driver whenever I get into a minicab/suv taxi.

I have memorized the front license plate (knowing good and well it's a staged effect - BUT STILL). And I think I'll greet every cab in NYC with a leery glance.Cabbie: Where you heading?

Me: Not sure... where are you heading?

 

[videoguy505]

I'm watching "Cash Cab" right now and angry, angry, angry.

I can't watch that show.

Never seen it before today. Got home this afternoon and am guessing that it's on whatever channel was on last night. Was mindlessly doing things in the kitchen and the first contestants were intelligent. Not so bad.I quickly found myself yelling, "TUSCANY""WARREN BUFFET""FIAT""TACOMA" (this one killed me - city named "Seatac that is located between Seattle and what city?)

I've always told myself that if I ever get in that cab, I'm going as far away as possible... I still make a point of checking the driver whenever I get into a minicab/suv taxi.

Absolutely. I stumble into that guy's cab, I'm going all the way to the farthest point in Manhattan (assuming he never leaves the island, never seen him pick anyone up for a run to JFK airport). Then I'm calling my dad and telling him to sit by the phone with Wikipedia up on his computer for the phone-a-friend.Oh, and I'm always going for double-or-nothing.Big fan of Cash Cab. But it's harder to wager on than Jeopardy.