BearSchlong

Raise the flags. Never apologize for being concerned, but phrase it in such a way that you’re asking for help. “Hey, I have something I really need your/his input on” But be prepared that when alcoholics go off grid, they’re just being alcoholics. Isolation is the center of the bingo card.

That sucks.

So does the Attorney General have to call the Treasury secretary to advise him that the secret service has to stand down and let the FBI or US Marshals take him into custody? Interesting logistics.

But those of us who have solid sobriety don’t miss drinking at all because we know we were just filling a void with the wrong thing which was going to end up killing us. We found sufficient healthy substitutes. Wu, when you do finally get to eat again you can have “pizza fix” which is crust-less pizza, all your favorite toppings baked together. And BW3 wings with dry rub have about a gram of carbs each. And papa John’s and BW3 will deliver that stuff on demand. I refuse to feel like I’m missing out, and though keto is a little different than what you’re going through, there are similarities. For me my weight was just unacceptable anymore so I found a diet that was my favorite things in a different form. Pork rinds with queso. Fajitas with no tortilla. Shit that I LOVE just eaten a different way. A bowl of guacamole and a spoon. My favorite desert is “whip” which is sugar free pudding mix, cream cheese, and heavy whipping cream all whipped up with a hand mixer. It’s amazing. My wife can make a keto cheesecake that will blow your mind. You’re going to come to the realization that wheat was a major contributor to your isssues, and that they do wonders with almond flour and cauliflower. My neighborhood Italian joint has a cauliflower almond crust pizza that is indistinguishable from traditional crust. My newest beverage obsession is this polar carbonated water that tastes like an orange vanilla creamsicle. I can’t slam beers anymore, and so I’ll slam topo chicos. I gave an hour long AA talk tonight in front of about 50 people and driving home I so desperately wanted a large blizzard. I just kept driving, and when I got home a diet Pepsi on ice took care of the sugar craving. Costco sells almond flour crackers that are better than wheat thins. You’re just going to have to trick your mind into getting satisfaction from different things. Read up on it. I suggest “wheat belly” and “salt sugar fat” which pulls back the curtain on how food in 2023 isn’t remotely close to what people ate 100 years ago. It’s just going to take practice.

Obligatory - on that PH doc, should I just skip to right before the end?

I’ve got a new ryobi 40v shop vac that I can turn in to a blower, I’ll use my old vac for ash then blow the dust out the firebox end.

Recteq customer service is amazing. I opened a ticket and they replied quickly, the net of it is I’m basically getting all new guts (controller, auger, motor) for about $225. Also on March 20 they are unveiling two new models, I’m excited to see what they’ve got.

I have nothing against these guys personally but I hope they all miss the cut at Augusta. But if I were them, I would gladly trade villain status for those paychecks.

Pete Dye appreciates your compliment. You must hate some of the Par 3s at Pebble Beach too, right? Did you even watch the tournament? Hoge shot a fucking 78. And then sets the course record and finishes T3. Danny Willett is exactly the kind of guy who I want to win the Masters. But then again, I always pull for the underdog. And If I'd won the Player’s, I might take my foot off the gas for a few weeks in anticipation of the Masters too.

Iran, Saudi, and China’s sleepover last week didn't exactly give reason for pause either.

Not gimmicky at all. It's part of the reason the PGA tour grew so big and why people tune in. You think people would give a shit about the 16th at the Phoenix if it wasn't a zoo? Money runs golf, and those of us watching from home would lose interest. If you think it's gimmicky then I don't want to know your opinion on amen corner. Or the 17th at St. Andrews. Or pretty much every set of finishing holes on tour.

That's going to be the $500 question. I'll post a pic but the augur is half rusted so I'm not putting it back in, and there's no telling if I damaged the motor. At this point it's do I pay $500 for parts or $899 for a new one. And I have a dedicated wet dry vac and was meticulous about the ashes, but apparently not unburned pellets. And the clog was far to the left, not near the burner box.

I just dismantled my Recteq 590; the front half of the augur had rusted, and the sawdust inside had turned into cement. I got a good four years out of it, and I suspect that the humidity of SETX, as well as my lackadaisical maintenance, contributed to its demise. My initial thinking is to buy another, but I wanted to check with you all to see if any other brand and model worthy of consideration had entered the scene recently. At $899 the Recteq is priced exactly as it was Christmas of ‘18, IIRC. Which means that it's effectively less expensive than before.

It's been at least 13 years since I've had THC, but my go-to was a box of saltine crackers with hot sauce and several boxes of popsicles. Wu, I'm definitely one of your fans and though I haven't needed surgery I was bought into the “low fat” SAD and was up to 260 when I hit my emotional food bottom at a subway sandwich place on a Sunday afternoon in 2014. I was eating a six-inch turkey sub with no mayo and baked lays after an hour on the elliptical wondering why I couldn't lose weight when I discovered keto on the internet and said fuck it, I'm in. The day I hit “Onederland” was an accomplishment, and I've kept it right around there since then. My wife’s love language is food and her very infrequent edible go to is OG Cheetos and a DQ blizzard. Good on you both and I'm rooting for you.

Scottie is just so fucking dialed in right now. (until I started thumbing out this post) A year ago today I was watching this tournament on Saturday with my dad. His health was failing and I was plotting on how I was going to get him in the boat without him having to climb around too much. He looked at me and said “Son, you know my entire life has been fishing, but with as much effort as your stepmom has made in keeping me alive I'll be damned if I'm just going to announce that we’re going next weekend.” He died on the following Wednesday. So between the joy of watching Scottie play lights out and going through some delayed grief, I'm in a glass cage of emotion today. Just so dusty right now. How did that birdie on 6 not fall? Then a tee shot into the water at 7. I'll shut up now.

All the old guys in my recovery meeting (who drank together in the 70s and who got sober in the 80s) love telling war stories about “back when we drank at “Steak and Stagger (ale). . . And yes, I'll be eating with those guys at Luby’s today, just like every Friday.

Good point. I'm not exactly sure how the entities are structured so I will be finding out. All I do know is that with dads passing my sister and I are now partners.

Now locked, per the WSJ notification that just flashed across my screen.

Blame? Hell, I wondered why you put up with it for so long. If anything the membership should be applauded for their benevolence.

Same here.

To clarify my comment should have been reverse racist but I'd like to apologize and retract that comment. Pray tell, what other industries were begging to move to SETX? "Silicone Bayou" doesn't really resonate. And it's not like the Broussard's Dishman's, Leger's, and Parigi's didn't have land to sell. Beaumont and Port Arthur thrived when company ownership and management was local, before they all moved to Houston, Dallas, Austin, and Doha. Port Arthur survives on federal grants and whatever tax revenues it can shake loose from Valero and Motiva. I've said all along that if Texas has to be red, then whew, good, at least I know the speaker isn't a raging MAGA asshole. I came up when Mark Stiles was my rep and Jack Brooks was my congressman and so I'm predisposed to vote D. Unfortunately, the local democrats are so inept that the lady they trusted with their bank account is sitting in Jefferson County Jail for trying to blackmail and extort Joe Deshotel.

Man that is an interesting take. Probably the most indirect borderline racist post I’ve ever seen.

Yeah nah. But it is CR, so I’ll allow it.

(Baffled, oh yeah, I’m in CR)

Also, he is working. Should be Captain very soon. GMP_RmlsZXNHSDAx