haha, lol
I’ve been to Bucksnort many times myself. Not much more than a sign on the interstate…
We went to see Raiders of the Lost Ark last night in IMAX, and wound up with a private showing.
Alas, we did not have a private dinner in the attached restaurant prior. There was the remains of a under socialized screaming meme’s apparent birthday party wrapping up, and the Ferrel children were bad enough to put my 17 year old off sex.
The food was worse. $54 for questionable takeout, and I think what they took out was flavor. The bun had more taste than the hotdog, and there was NO flavor in the cheese fries, even after dumping a packet of salt on them.
Wifes Lobster roll was OK, but sons clam strip plate with onion rings apparently had much more batter than onion in the rings. How they ever found a 6" long clam strip is beyond me–son said, soto voice, “That’s not a clam strip…(waves it coming out of my neck)…that’s a clam TENTACLE!!!”
Never realized how much soda bubbles burn nasal membraines…
Not many details, it involved the idea I was hunting down a large alligator in shallow murky water (in a place that doesn’t usually have them) when I suddenly found myself astride the muzzle of the beast without a weapon.
The only reason I make mention is because I just experienced a level of shrieking terror unlike any I have ever felt - that deep down lizard part of my brain was going bonkers. I woke up to find my legs bent in the position they were in around the alligator.
I have experienced many things in my 46 years but terror has never been one of them. I will mark myself a happy man if I never experience that sensation again.
My sole residence of the house (assorted squeaky things and things in tanks excepted) is due to come to an end in an hour or so- my housemate’s back.
Unfortunately, due to a combination of the oven being more than a bit temperamental, and me being not great at cooking, the cake went ‘clunk’ when tapped against the side, so has been humanely destroyed. I don’t have time to try bake another one, so there is to be no cake.
Oh well, I tried.
I understand that SolidWorks and/or Inventor can make creating the boards easy if you do a parametric design. I, however, will be using the wiring diagram in AutoCAD, drawn to scale. We shall see how it goes.
I’m waiting for *someone *to finish yammering on so he can take me to lunch. I’m getting a hunger headache and I don’t have keys, nor do I know this city, so I have no idea where to go to eat. He shall suffer as I am suffering.
Tomorrow is going to be a major driving day. We’re about 3 hours away from Muncy, and it’s 5 hours (not counting Baltimore and DC traffic) from Muncy to home. So that sucks. I’ll get a lot of afghaning done, anyway…
It’s so hard being me.
Pasta sallit for N.O.L.. YUM! Also, I am in possession of a brand new Verizon air card courtesy of irk. It even irks right. Wonders shall never cease. Anywho, it’s good to know when I travel about the territory that I can whip it out if’n I needs teh intartoobz.
Seanette, that recipe is so easy peasy, it’s crazy:
You need:
3-4 lb. boneless pot roast (I’ve used varying cuts - it’s going to cook in the crock pot, so an inexpensive cut will do okay)
1 large onion
1 jar of pepperoncini peppers, sliced or whole
1 pkt. of the Good Season’s Zesty Italian salad dressing mix
1 can/cup of beef broth/bouillion
Chop onion into crescent slivers, then put in bottom of the crock pot. Set the roast down atop the onion, followed by the jar of peppers, with juice*, followed by the packet of zesty italian dressing mix. Add 1-2 cups of beef broth or bouillon (I use the no-sodium kind - to counteract all the sodium in that dressing, I guess!), put lid on crock pot and cook on low for 8-10 hours. When it is done, flake it with a fork, serve on hoagie rolls. Use the pepperoncini and onion on the sandwich, and top with provolone cheese. You might want to then slide the sandwich into the broiler for a few minutes until the cheese melts. This stuff is truly delicious!!
- Note about the pepperoncini: I used the sliced ones last time, and I think I should have only used half a jar, it was a bit spicy. You do still need to add the liquid from the jar too; if you do that, you only need 1 cup of bouillon.
I think GT added this recipe to the Mumpers recipe blog. 
LOL Swampy, you can come have dinner at my house any time! I’ll let everyone know how that surprise birthday cake comes out (the one with the croissants).
You lost me at SolidWorks, 
What exactly are you all talking about, because it sounds interesting.
The Johnstown facility makes wire harnesses for UAVs - bunches of wires with various connectors attached to various wires according to what connects to what in the aircraft. Some of these can be 10’ long or have a dozen or more legs. In order to build them consistently, they are laid out on boards with tall pegs (nails) placed to keep groups of wires together and to assist routing the wires within the harness. Right now, their nail boards are hand drawn. I’m going to do CAD drawings so that as the paper on the boards wears out, they don’t have to draw new ones by hand. Plus the drawings will include labels and photographs to help the techs build the harnesses.
It’s pretty cool…
I *finally *got taken to lunch at 1. I’m feeling much better. Back to work…
Scuse me while I whip this out… (said in best Cleavon Little voice)
I swear, my brain is playing tricks on me, because I originally read that as “makes wireless hamsters”.
And I was trying to figure out if wireless hamsters were like wireless mice, or if there was a whole different thing going on.
Of course they’re not the same thing – a Wireless Hamster is a cross between a wireless mouse and a track-ball!
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**Mom **designs boards like this, probably starting with plans like this. The end product is an organized tangle of wires.
Pretty close, gotti! I’m impressed! Altho, our biggest harness fits easily on a single 4’X8’ sheet of plywood. The UAV I’m supporting is pretty small - I think it might be 12’ end to end, so the wire harnesses are shorter. Some are no more than 2 or 3 wires with connectors at each end, maybe 8" long overall, but a few are significantly more complex.
Anyway, we’re back at the hotel. **FCD **is snoring and I was trying to decide what I wanted to do for dinner. I’m going to suggest a place right across the street - not too expensive and a pretty big variety - it’s like a diner. So we’ll see when he wakes up.
It’s still up in the air whether we’ll go to Muncy tomorrow or not. We shall see…
my brain just s’plode :eek:
Well, the diner had a ridiculously long line, so we ended up going to Chili’s. Not only was the service slow and the food kinda ick, but I was overcharged. I ordered the soup and salad combo, but she rang them up separately, costing me $2 more. Plus the “potato” soup was more like a bowl of melted Velveeta with a few lumps of potatoes floating in it. blech.
We’re in for the night. Still not sure what’s going on tomorrow, but I guess I’ll know in the morning.
[Joan Crawford]WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRE HARNESSES! WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRE HARNESSES! NO WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRE HARNESSES EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!![/Joan Crawford]
Sorry, just had to get that out. 
So, dindin was teh num. Also, I baked chawklit chip cookies. Go Me! Just had a bunch of warm gooey tollhouse cookies. NUM!!!
Actually I find what MOOOOOOM and gotti are talkin’ about to be interestin’. I even kinda sorta understand it all. Go Me!
How does it come to pass that?
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Do y’all recall my bitching about having steroids injected to my lumbar vertebrae?
Have you read the story about folks getting meningitisfrom some company in Boston selling contaminated steroids?
(Gawddam Yankees, but I digress)
Apparently I am not going to die.
Dr. Kovaleski’s nurse assures me “there is nothing to be concerned about.”
It would be nice if they told me something like, “We didn’t buy it from those guys” or, “Since you are immune to rabies, you are immune to meningitis” or “It’s okay, we did it on Tuesday.”
Anyway, I view this as Good News.
We now return you to the MMP.
