The Coffee House

[Frank F.]

Sale, sale ... I see the D5 is coming to a sub 4000€ price point soon: Nikon D5 DSLR Camera Body Double XQD Version (Dual XQD Slots)

, which is less than I paid for my D850 + grip + battery (I am a early adopter of stuff like this)

... tempting!!!

 

[davidharmier60]

In the meantime I am ever so grateful to have a Sony NEX-5 and a Canon XTi to play with. It would be great to have a gazillion megapixels and L glass but it ain't likely to happen in my life.

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[JonA_CT]

In other news, one of my wife's co-workers is offloading a kamado-style ceramic grill for cheap. I should have it by the weekend.

Nice! Have you ever used one before? If not, do some googling.

I haven't, but I've done a bunch of research. I almost pulled the trigger in the fall, but my wife asked me to wait for spring. After the miserable winter we've had, she made the right choice. I even stopped shoveling to the gas grill, haha.

@Jon: Which Kamado? Gary gives himself about 40 minutes to an hour of prep/clean/heat time until you're good to toss raw stuff on the grill. Gary recommends you get a twin probed, bluetooth thermometer.

This one was made by Vision Grills. Looks like a warehouse club brand, primarily (they got theirs at Sam's Club but I think Costco sells them too). It's only $100 though, and comes with the smoking stone, and they're going to deliver it...sooooo, no complaints here. I might replace grill grates, but that's short money.

Which Kamado? Gary gives himself about 40 minutes to an hour of prep/clean/heat time until you're good to toss raw stuff on the grill. Gary recommends you get a twin probed, bluetooth thermometer.

Yep, Thermoworks makes the best. Period. Not cheap. I've slowly replaced all of my thermometers with their stuff.

[URL='https://www.thermoworks.com/']Welcome to ThermoWorks[/URL]

Lots of other brands out there. Just not accurate. Maverick is a great budget brand. Started with these. Accurate. Still use the ET-732 for my smoking. Only complaint is the wireless distance. Sounds like the ET-733 is better. Plan to replace it with Thermowork's Smoke.

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Yeah, it's on my list. I have a Thermopen and a Thermopop that I use constantly in the kitchen. They've been bulletproof, so I'll be looking at the Smoke for sure.

 

[tirediron]

In the meantime I am ever so grateful to have a Sony NEX-5 and a Canon XTi to play with. It would be great to have a gazillion megapixels and L glass but it ain't likely to happen in my life.

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The best camera in the world is the one you have!

 

[Gary A.]

@Jon: I dunno ... $100 new doesn't sound right.

 

[JonA_CT]

@Jon: I dunno ... $100 new doesn't sound right.

Not new -- they've had it for a few years and haven't been using it. They heard me talking about buying one, and offered a mutually beneficial deal to get some patio space back.

 

[davidharmier60]

4.25 and a minute or two today. A few stockers and most customers will work with me. Others don't deem what I'm doing is important enough for just a little cooperation.

Anyhow, I'm at the Deli to have biscuits and sausage gravy that Brenda made.

Gotta call Dad and find out if I go from here to get a drum of soap for my Dad to Houston. After breakfast of course.

I'll admit the picture doesn't make look as good as it tastes.

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[smoke665]

Well shoot just took Sadie out and heard a Turkey gooble. Have the granddaughter so I can't sit out and wait. Otherwise I'd be sitting out trying to call him in closer for a photo op, or a meeting with Mr Browning.

 

[SquarePeg1]

draft night! No not the good type of drafts.

 

[davidharmier60]

As of now it would sem my uncle (Moms Sisters Husband) is jacking us around. Dad can't get them on the phone nor have they returned any calls.
Ain't life just swell?

 

[waday]

Gooble, haha

 

[Gary A.]

This was another splendid day. Temps in the 70’s, nice Pacific breeze ... nothing but blue skies all day long.

 

[waday]

This was another splendid day. Temps in the 70’s, nice Pacific breeze ... nothing but blue skies all day long.

We had blue skies, too! We just couldn’t see them because of the clouds.

 

[JonA_CT]

I spent my entire day under a "shelter-in-place" protocol at my school because an unfired bullet was found in a classroom down the hall from me.

It was a nightmare, but after searching roughly 600 lockers and interviewing the 60 kids that were in the room before it was found, it was determined that there was no imminent threat at the school. That took 5 hours. The kids were great for the most part. We were able to quietly get them to and from the cafeteria, and we were able to keep them out of the hallways where the searches were active. The toughest part was that we couldn't tell students why we were in the protocol for security reasons.

Then we had an hour-long faculty meeting to debrief. It's been a day.

 

[Gary A.]

I spent my entire day under a "shelter-in-place" protocol at my school because an unfired bullet was found in a classroom down the hall from me.

It was a nightmare, but after searching roughly 600 lockers and interviewing the 60 kids that were in the room before it was found, it was determined that there was no imminent threat at the school. That took 5 hours. The kids were great for the most part. We were able to quietly get them to and from the cafeteria, and we were able to keep them out of the hallways where the searches were active. The toughest part was that we couldn't tell students why we were in the protocol for security reasons.

Then we had an hour-long faculty meeting to debrief. It's been a day.

Exhausting ... but it would have been much worse than exhausting if the search had been short, less than complete and someone got hurt.