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Good stuff. I didn't listen to the 2nd episode, but it has gotten much better from ep. 1.

I usually buy a Butterball Turkey breast netted once a month. great for dinners and sandwiches. I decided to try pressure cooking it. 55 min cooking, 20 min release time. I tried to follow this: https://easyfamilyrecipes.com/pressure-cooker-turkey-breast/ I went with what I had today. I used the rest of my Better Than Bullion with some water and a teaspoon of the chopped garlic jar, cut up an onion (I didn't have celery), S&P. Put that in the bottom of the pan and put it on Poultry 55 min. Oh the recipe called for Lemons on top. I didn't have those, so I sprinkled some lemon pepper on the breast with more pepper and salt. (I would admit the lemon, I didn't like the lemon taste.) Took the breast out of the freezer, opened it. Did the usual running warm water over it to disconnect the gravy packet. Re Adjusted the netting (important or the turkey usually stays connected to it when you remove it later.) I couldn't find my rack, so I did the balling of foil trick and placed the turkey on top of the three balls out of the liquid. Took it out, set the pot on saute, added some flour water to thicken the gravy. Made some wild rice and a can of green beans. It was nice and juicy. More so than when I usually roast it for 2.5 - 3 hrs.

Sounds good. What section is the Soup in?

Friends have backed out coming over this weekend, I was going to at least smoke some ribs and sausage. I am thawing out the ribs now. I may throw the 2 vacuum packed ribs in a pot and cook them for 10 hours? Then throw them on the Weber charcoal grill, instead of the smoker with wood chunks for an hr. Anyone try something like that? I will report back.

I am evil. I have lived in Austin all my life, so I have never experienced any major Catastrophe. I enjoy watching mother nature destruct.

looks good. I loved game shows as a kid. I read about the Press Your Luck scandal a few years back.

I was interested to hear the interview, so I am listening now.

Excellent. Yes, it has been a boring 2 weeks, but we have the double eviction coming up, so it should get really good coming up.

Now he's taking backlash from his Stern apology on The comedian drew the ire of social media after he told Howard Stern, ''You’d have to have Down syndrome'' not to feel sorry for victims of sexual abuse." I hate the PC world we live in.

I know the tests aren't accurate. That's why I asked for an accurate recommendation.

I stopped after 4 I think. I am assuming not worth finishing.

DTV NOW DVR response - Now at a PC.. It sucks. I haven't tried the others, as I am on a grandfathered plan. But it does suck, compared to traditional. I have come across the neverending time frame when watching something while recording. Hopefully they will fix it. Mine still says Beta DVR. It still takes quite a bit to bring up the guide or whatever. It seems like they would put some stuff locally, to make it faster in the cloud. It is still sort of new, but it seems like it has been long enough for them to work that out.... I also hate, and It think this is the same on all services, no channel numbers, so no chance for remotes. and no last button. It makes it hard to switch between 2 games.

I just started watching some Monk again. I still love the show. It is also a great family show. It is amazing all the Cameos they had through the years. I was trying to see how they had so many. I couldn't find anything, just an article about the show on Huffpost. A really good article for fans of the show. Tony deserved those Emmy's. A show like no other, that still lasts. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mr-monk-and-the-unexpected-hit-television-series_us_595e930fe4b02e9bdb0b6654 EDIT: I just tried finding a list of Cameos. This is all I could find quick: https://www.ranker.com/list/full-cast-of-monk-cast-list-for-the-show-monk/reference Korn to Willie Nelson..

His one comment of The victims don't know what they are going through, losing their career was stupid. I'm a pretty UN-PC guy, but that was bad. Norm has always been un-pc. I think he will survive. Hell, when I have been watching all his youtubes, there are collections on there titled, Norm on Gays, Norm on Blacks, Norm on Women., etc... Kathy Griffin tried to make news saying she doesn't know why she can't have a Netflix show, and Norm can... Uhhh..

Thanks for the Ally recs. My nephew was wanting to know where to invest his money. I remembered this thread, but could not remember the specifics.

I finally got a decent PC recently and bought Forza 3 with a bunch of packs for like $40 on sale. It wasn't really for me. I "downloaded" Forza 7 motorsport after that and I am loving it. Before that I had just played The Old Forza on my Xbox and the game that escapes me know on the PS2. I guess I like the RPG style of starting out slow, being required to stay on the track, finishing races in the top to qualify, upgrading and buying new cars. I did like this game by MS called I think Midtown madness back in the day, where you raced around with teams and played capture the flag or tag or some shit. I will try to give Horizon another shot. We were at dinner the other night and I gave my nephew 3 when it came out and he is obsessed with cars. He said when it came out he played for 18 hrs straight. He was 14 at the time. That's impressive. I think my best were playing Ghost Recon or Diablo II for maybe 13 hours. My 16 yr old nephew parks your 100K car if you go to Uchi, b/c his mom knows the Valet owner. He is always excited about backing up a lambo, etc (I would be too).

Has anyone taken a good one? I have never really thought about it too much until I watched something recently. I just googled them and tried a couple of quick ones. I took one on my phone, it was only 9 questions, and said I had a 133-149 I looked up what IQ ranges were. Over 140 - Genius or near genius. 120 - 140 - Very superior intelligence. 110 - 119 - Superior intelligence. 90 - 109 - Normal or average intelligence. 80 - 89 - Dullness. 70 - 79 - Borderline deficiency. https://www.arealme.com/iq/en/ It said I had a 170 of 200 "Einstein." I don't think I am a genius, but I think I am smart. I am interested to find my true IQ, but before I spend money on one, I would like to know what is a good one, and I don't know, do people study for these like SAT's? There were a few questions I educated guessed on. There was one I took that was totally different that had a timer of 5 min for 25 questions, Do they have timers? Is a paper and pad allowed. The last one on a timer was totally different than the rest. The first two I took seemed like they were all visual or math puzzles. The other one had other type of questions. Thanks

I'm subscribed to this guy. He cracks me up and shows you some cool gadgets. I present you The Russian Hacker -

I gave up on measuring coffee years ago, I act as a chef doing it now. I know the fill point and just dump it in until it seems like it is about that. But I know some have to have it exact.

Yeah, I've fixed my Dishwasher, Fridge and Washer watching youtube. Not to mention all the stuff I do on my PC, phone, etc.

I was just thinking, about battery life on phones, after my rant. I'm surprised a phone maker hasn't come out with a, in this case 4th phone, that is maybe tech of a Iphone 7 pretty much or whatever, with the latest chips for battery saving and the latest battery tech, and sell that model. Could it maybe last up to twice as long without the latest greatest screen, etc? That would be interesting...Throw new tech and low tech together to make the longest lasting smartphone. Sort of Like a watch I thought about getting. It has a E-ink or something overlay above the oled or whatever screen, and you can always see the time, and that may last you a week or 2, unless you start using other functions on demand.

Yeah, It seems like we have reached the point of if you want the latest greatest tech, you are buying a Mercedes that has the newest ABS technology, or Volvo with the lane assist and adaptive cruise control. They rich can afford the latest tech, but in a few years it will be available to everyone at a lower price. I don't know if that analogy is great (and thinking about it, it has been going on for quite a few years.). But, the older Iphones still are great. People will just be holding on to their phones longer and only upgrading one generation every two years instead of two generations. I have had an android for years, b/c I felt Iphone charged a premium for the tech, but Android caught up and now Samsung comes out with the "cool" new tech and the phones are now $1k plus also. There have been rumors of a folding full screen phone for years, and it may or may not happen next year, but the phones will be $1.5k I am assuming. It's good for consumers. The more people that but these latest phones, it makes the tech cheaper down the road. 90% of the people out there(probably 98%) don't need the the latest greatest. It comes down to how long will Apple or other companies provide the latest IOS or Android updates on the old phones. I think that becomes a major deciding factor going forward, how long does a company continue to support older HW. For me now, and I think most people. It is mainly about battery life(better batteries, or chips that require less "juice" , and longevity of the phone (better ability to not have the screen break from a drop, or be submerged). Camera is always a plus for me. They will never replace a true camera with a telephoto lens, but they keep keep getting better and better at night shots which is great.) So for me it seems like the Cameras are pretty good. The Watch tech seems cool, but it seems like at least the falling thing would be easy to do without too much hw tech and just sw. The watch detects a sudden fall (Isnt that they Gyro tech already, but more advanced maybe), then have the sw auto call someone with a sos message. That would be great for my 98 yr old grandma, but the battery would prevent that and she hated wearing the life alert thing. Anyways, so as a tech geek it is always disappointing when nothing breakthrough comes out.

I met him once. I was working at Circuit City at the time, and he drew a Beavis head for me. They filmed a scene with them picking out a big screen. I was a big fan of Ghetto Boys before then, they became bigger after that. I used "the O face" line and multiple others in the past.

I don't disagree with people calling him a genius, some of the stuff he comes up with.

Yeah I remember that from my first watch now. I remember being like wtf, that was some crazy shit.