The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[MOXOMUMD]

So I did something idiotic today. I bought a package of spare ribs, and a bottle of barbecue sauce, and I figured I'd be able to put them on the barbecue grill (I have charcoal) and cook them for dinner. A little while ago, I thought I should look up on the internet about how long to cook them, as I've never cooked spare ribs before. Well . . . I've never seen so much confusing cooking information about anything before. Some recipes say to boil them at first; others say not to. Some tell you to slow cook them for 6 hours (too late to do that for dinner tonight), some say to cook them in the oven for a while before, and then grill them. Some say just to cook and/or broil them in the oven.

Hence, I need to figure out something tomorrow from all these convoluted directions, when I have more time. I just told hubby we're having grilled cheese sandwiches, and tomato soup for dinner. He said, "What??!! I thought you told me that we were going to have delicious, barbecued spare ribs??!! " (He was right; I did say that . . .). "Um . . . slight change in plans . . . "

A little late here but I'm one of the few that put the ribs on the grill and let go for a few hours while basting them with bbq sauce. Toss in some different wood chips to the coals for smoky flavor. Last time I used sweet cherry wood.

 

[donaldtoo]

Mine too! At 11 during the summer I walked 1/2 mile each way to swimming or music lessons by myself. It was a very safe neighborhood.

We're native Texans, but, my mid to late childhood years were spent in northern California.
When we were younger, there were some crazy things goin' on there, at the time. The Zodiac Killer being one of them. We were watched a little closer 'til that all died down.
But yes, especially when we were older, we'd get on our bikes to head to the foothills, among other places, and not return until dinner.
Good memories...!

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Does it have a diving board? I like diving boards!

No diving board. That would be an insurance nightmare.

 

[donaldtoo]

Heard on the news this morning that Tropical Storm Bill is now headed for Texas. Man, you guys can't get a break.

Sounds like it's gonna' be closer to midnight now when we'll get more.

 

[Gabe1]

Gotta go grab laptop to label these photos from my little Hamlet. Yesterday left her mark.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

I love baseball...

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Gotta go grab laptop to label these photos from my little Hamlet. Yesterday left her mark.

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Yikes. I'm guessing those aren't normal bodies of water...

 

[donaldtoo]

We walked, ran, rode our bikes, sledded down streets in winter with (occasional) cars, climbed plenty of trees, and would wander through (miles) of the woods all the time. Basically, in the summer when school was out, my brothers, our pals, and I would take off each day from 8 AM - 5 PM (although we did stop in briefly for lunch and then go out again). When we heard the bell (like a cow bell) that my parents would ring (around 5 PM) we'd come home for dinner. (That big ol' bell had a very loud, wide range; but also at the end of the day, we were a lot closer to the house.) Can you imagine what unfit parents they'd be considered by "some" today??!!

We'd come back for lunch during these excursions sometimes, too, but, we usually had a little lawn mowing money in our pockets to pick up something inexpensive to eat.

 

[donaldtoo]

During summer vacation it was inside when the street lights came on for us.

We were still allowed to play outside at night. I think we were usually in by about 10p.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

More pics

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Those desserts look yummy!

 

[Cesar R M]

Just did a little internet research. Looked at tripadvisor.com at customer reviews and average ratings on airlines. Looked at Southwest, Delta, and United. Delta has an average of 3/5. Southwest has an average of 4/5 stars. Other sites reveal similar results.

did you filter on the latest years?
I think the airlines got worse when they started to megamerge...

 

[Cesar R M]

I was so fortunate to have a really good Doctor, who kept searching for an answer, when he could not diagnose..he sent me to an endocrinologist. She knew almost immediately, what was going on. Sent me to a really kind and great surgeon. He opened up my neck took out the tumor, a few weeks of recovery....and voila, I've lost lots of weight, due to a thyroid problem, on meds. and doing so good. I'm so great full that medicine has advanced in the last ten years....no one knew much about the parathyroid ten years earlier. Apparently this silent tumor grew for over 20 years....

20 years? it doesn't sound malign.. did it spread elsewhere?
in my case.. in less than 6 months.. it grew from a tiny bump to a pear sized (where I was told 95% probability I would die) sizes do not do much until you take into consideration that I was a 9 year old.

 

[Cesar R M]

Dinner is served.

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the tiny buns with the giant meat thing is hilarious!

Oh my. no fun.

The center of Bill made landfall at 11:45 this morning. Seems like Houston (for now) didn't get quite as bad of an initial hit as they thought it might, and all we've had, so far, is one pretty short heavy band of showers around 1p.
Coastal and inland areas between Houston and Matagorda Island (where the center made landfall) seem to be getting it pretty bad, right now.

no giant waves or storm surge hopefully?

 

[Cesar R M]

Gotta go grab laptop to label these photos from my little Hamlet. Yesterday left her mark.

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I'm insisting you should buy a canoe!

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Yep, I've had and made ribs of all kinds so many different ways over the years that are so good, but, by far and away the best will always be any kind of slow smoked ones...!

Amen.

 

[donaldtoo]

What happens when the raccoon gets off?

 

[StarWarsGirl]

20 years? it doesn't sound malign.. did it spread elsewhere?
in my case.. in less than 6 months.. it grew from a tiny bump to a pear sized (where I was told 95% probability I would die) sizes do not do much until you take into consideration that I was a 9 year old.

Yikes! That's scary. But that must mean you fought, and for that, I give you major points.

 

[donaldtoo]

Our flight home was interesting, as United didn't cool down the plane, and it had sat on the runway all night. It was over 100 degrees inside the cabin. We waited for them to cool it down to about 85, took 1 1/2 hours. Still really hot, it didn't cool down until we were about to land 3 1/2 hours later. United did offer us a bottle of free water....so generous...and free T.V. However, my TV and hubby's didn't work. I slipped and fell on our tile floor, and got a concussion. Ouch! Yesterday, was the pits. Doing better today, taking meds for headache. At least I waited until I got home, before falling.

Oh my! So very sorry about the fall.
Glad you're doing better!
Get well, soon...!

 

[donaldtoo]

I go on adrenalin in Disney, and the lower altitude with much more oxygen helps. Along with the grand kids, fighting about who gets to sit by Grandma and Grandpa, keeps us going. You may have noticed my crossed eye, due to a stroke in my 50's, along with losing my hearing in my left ear. Two years ago, I had a tumor removed from my parathyroid. I dragged around for the next year and a half. Going to Disney two years later, after surgery...surprised me as well. I've never kept this schedule, for a very long time. As I told hubby....I'm back, thanks to a very good Doctor, and surgeon.

Wow!
So glad you came through all that and are with us!

 

[donaldtoo]

We have written, many times, as United almost is always late....hubby was a frequent flyer with them, as their hub, is Denver. All we get back is a form letter...sorry about your experience, we are working to correct....blah blah blah....that's it. A very poor company, with no customer service. We have one more flight with them, and going to try southwest and frontier. So much for customer loyalty.

We've flown Southwest since our first family trip in '01, and we like them a lot. Have never had any major problems.
All of our flying before that was done on American, 'cause DWifey's sis was a flight attendant for them at the time, and we flew standby for free (except tax). We even got bumped up to First Class a coupla' times. Sweet...!