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Baboontyme

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  1. I don't think I am going to be able to do much experimenting on my own here. It will require plumber involvement to even replace the line. There would be a significant amount of fish taping, tight connections, water shutoffs. I think I probably could do it but it would take me 2.5 hours, a lot of curse words and another piece of my rapidly diminishing sanity. And while the builder is a pos who is terrible at his job the plumber is awesome and could change the line out in 10 minutes. Between the boy and I we spent about 90 minutes doing this tonight just to make damn sure that taste isn't going away. It's not. I ordered a 15' run as I think that can work with pex core instead of pvc and I will have him switch that and just hope it's better. Is pex core probably the same as pvc? Yes. I'm resigned to thinking we're going to have to find a different drinking water source. I guess at the end of the day it's just people's recycled piss anyway. And I made scrambled eggs in the Oxo on the hot plate.
  2. If you want to spend a couple of bucks I really like the Nvidia shield box. It's fast. I have no idea about the casting stuff but it's pretty feature rich so I would be surprised if it didn't.
  3. Oxo carbon steel pans arrived today. They are beautiful. If only I had a range to use them on. I have something for you guys. Been giving me anxiety all week. Water line to ice maker/fridge was replaced because the fridge location is moving over slightly and we need more line. Still using existing fridge until flooring is in. Water and ice from existing fridge tasted great. I went to Lowe's and bought a braided stainless pvc core water line. The plumbers installed it. It tastes awful. It's quite clearly the water that sits in that line that tastes terrible. If I don't get water for a couple of hours, the first 16ish oz taste totally fine. I assume this water has been sitting in the fridge line between the water dispenser and ice maker. The next 60-75 oz are bad, and then it tastes fine again. 20 ft hose. I wondered if I had a bad hose so I ordered another one, same style different brand. It arrived today and I ran some water from the sink through it, then let the water sit in it for a couple of hours coiled up in the sink and tasted it. Blech. Same plastic/metallic/whatever taste. I have changed the filter in the fridge and also spent a lot of time just running water through the one that is currently hooked up but the bad taste doesn't seem to be lessening. What is strange to me is that I have googled this and there are surprisingly few results. Where I have found results that closely matched, they were questions on forums with no real solutions. it's not just me, either, everyone tastes it. I could have them replace with pex or even copper maybe but that seems risky. Drywall ceiling below in basement and the stainless ones have an auto shut off. frustrated. Anyone ever experience something similar? We/I drink a ton of water from the fridge.
  4. I spent a summer working at a place called Rouge Steel building a conveyor in that tube pictured below. We had to wear CO detectors and as we would get towards the top of the tunnel above the pot they would start going off and we would have to run back down. I spent the next 6 months with black boogers. One day during our daily safety meeting the steward on the job threw in Yeah yesterday afternoon Joe Smith fell to his death from up 6 stories. He was a good ironworker. There's a coffee can in the break room if you want to donate to his wife and kids. I got better grades the next semester.
  5. I found them online. They're $12 knives. I am going to melt them all down and forge a katana.
  6. Any of these knives look like they're worth a crap?
  7. Nice. They were a serious eats "budget" rec. I also ordered the dcbc chain mail scrubbers.
  8. I have ordered a bunch of stuff. Disclaimer, not surly cooking elite, no goal to become surly cooking elite. After pondering everything from the all clad stainless to ceramic I decided that I can't remember the last time I made anything in a frying pan other than eggs/breakfast or ground beef for tacos. That said I do like to tinker and I like to have decent stuff, especially in a new kitchen. With a decent range and an actual hood vent instead of a microwave one who knows I may start trying to cook my chicken breasts in the house. I read lots of reviews, and relied pretty heavily on serious eats. Let me know how I did. The range I settled on that has been sitting in my garage for 3 months is this one steak knives ordered 2 sets 4 qt saucepan I also bought a 1.5 qt matching. I own a decent stock pot. 10" preseasoned OXO carbon steel pan I also bought the matching 8" and 12" so I can throw just about everything else I own away. I will keep my 12" lodge cast iron and an 8" and 10" non stick TFAL that I recently purchased for use on the hot plate that I have been trying to use for 5 months 🙄. Wife can use those. Sam Lin's knife block - do I need knife guards? I'm not sure I need any other knives. I have a serrated Wusthof slicer which is my go to for roasts, in addition to an edge slicer that sometimes I will use for brisket. I have a decent chef's knife, a Victorinox paring knife and another Wusthof 8" filet knife. What's missing?
  9. I ordered this. Thanks. I only have quality BBQ knives at this point, I will have to start building the collection. I am definitely not surly pampered chef elite. I have been looking at cookware. I could handle the maintenance on something like carbon steel. I floated it to the wife and explained if we go that route it's not something where she can go make scrambled eggs and then put it in the sink to soak for 3 days and she looked at me like I was an alien. I'm now looking at nonstick. Probably more our speed to be honest. Anyone have any opinions on Swiss Diamond?
  10. Hey Russ, let's go find your sister. (mock punch, mock punch, mock punch) Crazy to think Quaid was 39 when this was filmed and Chevy was...exactly my age. No wonder I understand Clark better every year as I age out.
  11. I'm going to go back through this thread tonight. My kitchen is finally coming together after 5 months of being torn apart. I have a working sink, countertops and so much cabinet, drawer, and pantry space I don't know what to do, and that is a beautiful thing. I would love to see some pics of the above referenced knife drawer organizers, as well as any other kind of shelf/drawer/cabinet organizers people like. I'm also leaning heavily towards throwing away every single shitty pot and pan that we have minus my cast iron skillet and just starting fresh with a basic set. I think there are some recs above but feel free to post any other thoughts.
  12. trade him to Jr, he'll go for it, his team sucks. Hell I will trade you for him. Getting some shooters back on the court (and Duren) is going to help him. re Cade @shadow_operative
  13. I didn't know Rudy passed, my consolances. How did he go out?
  14. Pan, thin crust, hand tossed, or NY style? Need specifics.
  15. 😂😂😂 Dr. Pepper Fansville transfer portal spot is pretty good.
  16. That thing is pretty sweet, even as a non longhorn. How big is it?
  17. That is interesting. I have been seeing those pop up in my algorithms. No way I could do the ladder, and I kind of assume they are going to turn to crap after a year or two like every other Govee item I've gotten. But definitely intrigued. Keep us updated please.
  18. Remodel. Told my mom last night I was punting on the turkey so she ordered one. Tonight she started asking me questions about how to cook it since it's been my job for the past decade plus... And I temporarily lost my mind and said I'm going to come over early and cook it. I'm thinking Big Easy fryer. Just ordered one for curbside at Lowe's.
  19. Annual bump. No kitchen so I don't get to do my bird and brine this year. Hopefully someone can spatchcock their bird with a reciprocating saw this year in my stead.
  20. Y'know what, screw it. I'm going to tell them to get lost. I think the odds are pretty good we can get it to match pretty closely, and if it doesn't? It's a good story and it will make me feel happy inside that I told that fat fuck to piss off. Thank you for helping me see the light SB. That was the tipping point I needed.
  21. I am fuming the more this dances around in my head. My sanity is worth a grand. My sanity is worth a grand. I need a distraction and a drink.
  22. It's 15 extra square feet and they have do a subfloor so $990. Only $66 sq/ft. I told them to order the tile but before I sign I want it line item'd. And I'm going to sign but I'm going to tell them that I am aware they are price gouging me and will make sure that my neighbors and community know how they operate. And I guess I have to now turn into that guy pretending I care about every little thing that they fucked up and calling them out on it. We are really laid back in reality but gloves are off now.
  23. Buy the hottest reaper sauce you can find, dilute it with tequila or water or antifreeze and spray it along the perimeter of the house. I have no idea if it would work but it might be fun to watch the results play out.
  24. Oh I'm aware. I just don't have any leverage and I want them out of my house asafp. It's lovely sending two kids to school every day having to make lunch on a card table with no kitchen sink. This was all supposed to be done over the summer. My kitchen was torn out on 7/5 yet here we are.
  25. They say that the original pricing was done at cost with zero markup. They say that standard markup is 50% and the new quote includes tear out and haul away of the existing carpet and padding in the living room, floor material and installation, and trim/baseboard finish. I asked what if I do the tear out and haul away and that brought the quote down to 4600 🙄 A friend gave me a great suggestion that I hadn't thought of and that is to ask to swap out the basement office flooring, which was in scope, with the living room. They are roughly the same size and if I do the carpet tear out I can't imagine that this would be anything other than easier for them. I would have to do the basement flooring and trim on my own but bfd, then I don't have to worry about matching anything. I should have an answer on Monday. Fingers crossed, this shit ruined my week.
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