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  1. KYTGuy

    Do you like spam?

    The stuff is Wonderful! Tasty! Yummy! In all its forms, Turkey, SPAM, Tobasco, Low Salt (For the Poster who likes Treet) - I just can't get enough of it. I also Love Vienna Sausages! They go great in Noodles, whether Pork, Beef, Chicken, or Vegetable flavor, because the snorkers are made...
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    Post the last thing you bought. Oh fun!

    Just bought (they mailed it to my house, and left it outside my door!) a Synthetic Stock, Stainless Barrel, .50 caliber, Electronic Ignition (No Primers/caps/flints) Black Powder Rifle! What fun I will have getting Deer and ELK (Yummm!)! Only cost me $206, after $100 rebate.
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    FM Transmitter

    ccrane.com has a pretty OK one.
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    your favorite cocktail?

    Double (or Triple) Tanqueray (Number 10) Martini, three monster olives (preferably Jalapeno/Garlic stuffed), up, and Dirty. NO VERMOUTH!
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    Breakfast-Fi

    Cinnamon/Raisin Muffin, split and toasted, with crunchy Peanut Butter on it. Usual Huge Cuppa PG Tips, with milk and Honey.
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    Advice needed noisy ground electricity

    It is limiting current in your Jumper - if it is unlimited, it will burn, setting a fire. The connection I was describing was from the ground of the outlet, to a ground on the cold water pipe. This is to provide a low resistance path to ground for the current/voltage present in your "Ground...
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    Advice needed noisy ground electricity

    1: Notify Apartment Management that there is a problem. 2: If they do nothing, MOVE AWAY, as there may be a fire soon.
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    Dinner-Fi

    Fresh Venison Tenderloin Medallions, wrapped in Maple-Cured Thick-Cut Bacon, Grilled Medium-Rare over Mesquite coals, sauced with Cranberry-Onion Marmalade. Garlic/Reggiano potatoes. Asparagus spears, with a touch of butter. A nice '93 Cabernet-Merlot. Asian Plum Sorbet. And Luciano!!!
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    Breakfast-Fi

    ...looks like some Hominy Grits (avec butter, salt 'n peppa),a nice big fried hamsteak, red-eye gravy, and three eggs. Quart or so of Kauai Cawfee with milk and sugga. Nice start to a busy day - gonna get my teeth cleaned, then fix the delay wipe on the Turbo-Diesel 4X4 Hunting Brake, then go...
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    Breakfast-Fi

    This AM, it was an Onion Bagel, split and then toasted well, spread with Salmon Cream Cheese, topped with sliced Tomatoes and Capers. Large (nearly a Quart) cuppa Tea - It was PG Tips "Special Blend", brewed strong, with one teaspoon of Tasmanian Leatherwood Honey, and about a half cup of skim...
  11. KYTGuy

    Bottled Water-Fi

    I bottle my own, in a thermos. It is from my all stainless and glass distiller. Distiller makes .9 gal per batch, takes three hours. Wife and I use about 1.8 gal per day. Uses electricity. Costs us about $0.40 for the two batches. Distiller cost me approx $400US, about three years ago. Has...
  12. KYTGuy

    Moving to the USA - rec me somewhere to visit/live!

    As posted earlier, best bet is Live/work in Vancouver WA, and shop/recreate in Portland Ore. Additional benefits are Big City Seattle is a short transport away.
  13. KYTGuy

    frying pan - fi

    We have had only two fry pans for the last thirty years or so: a Mauviel copper/tin washed interior, of approx 12 inch diameter - wife likes that one more, it has even heat, and it is lighter for her to move around. I like the Lodge 15 inch cast Iron...hand me down from my grandmother - it has...
  14. KYTGuy

    So...Let's Talk Classic Sport Cars!!!

    Classic Sports Cars I drove while they were "au courant": VOLVO P1800: not really peppy, but solid and individual, pretty good handling. FERARRI 246 DINO: Underpowered, but real pretty to my eye, and it sounded SOO Good!! FERARRI 308: Almost bought one - didn't sound proper, but handled...
  15. KYTGuy

    Long-time Head-Fi'ers: I just found out we lost RickG last year.

    He wil be missed by this writer... R.I.P. Rick, Catch Ya on the Flip Side...
  16. KYTGuy

    Hour 14 at work

    @DreadHead: Yep, Eight on, Six off. Too bad I've thrown away my copies of the timesheets. Only four men in the supervisory position, to keep a shop humming 24/7. Add in Union, and any time after 40 gets Comp time, and I was entitled to Six weeks a Year of Vacation. The others were Entitled to...
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    Hour 14 at work

    I worked 26 years of 13 hour shifts, from 1700 - 0600, with enough extra comp time that I usually earned about six extra weeks' time off every year, and in several of those years, I earned over ten extra weeks a year of comp time. The first thirteen years were also done with a two to three hours...
  18. KYTGuy

    Auto insurance in the US

    USAA, for nearly half a Century.
  19. KYTGuy

    Burger-Fi: what makes a great burger? Post your toppings!

    Two of my Favorite Head-Fi'ers in a Row! Greetings to you both! Yumm - KimChee is a GREAT condiment...guess I like "Weird" Condiments....
  20. KYTGuy

    Tornado, in my front yard!!! Holy!!!

    In about 1987 or so, i watched a waterspout come in off the water and go through the container yard of the port facility I was working at - the funnel passed by my window less than 300 yards away, flipping containers (empties) off stacks, and moving empty chassis in a haphazard way. It moved a...
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    Burger-Fi: what makes a great burger? Post your toppings!

    Fave Burger Construction notes: In order - Top Half Kaiser roll, toasted Thin coat of Vegemite Tomato Slices Bacon strips Thick cut of Old Swiss Ground Chuck Patty, 1/2 Pound, Med. Rare Layer of Mustard Pickle (Aussie product - pickled onions, Cauliflower, Mustard, enhancements)...
  22. KYTGuy

    Throwing away electronics? How?

    Best Buys will take most things - give 'em a call first.
  23. KYTGuy

    The lowest (regular) gasoline prices that you've ever seen in the USA? - What are the gasoline prices in your area now?

    In my youth, when I was Learning to drive in Panama City, Florida, at age 14 there was a "Gas War" between two dealers on opposite corners in Downtown. The "regular" price was $0.26/gallon, but the "War" brought it down to $0.19 per gallon. I could fill up my Datsun Pick-up with Eight gallons or...
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