The Mediocreef

Soren · Feb 9, 2023

tbrown3589 said:
Man... I haven't even gotten drawn yet and you guys are all planning my elk...

I'm still awaiting some dividends from my cousin who went on an elk hunt last fall and got one on the last day of the hunt.

Mschmidt · Feb 9, 2023

Soren said:
That is essentially my current process, though I have a jerky slicer so I typically pre-cut and re-freeze the meat in bulk until I am ready to make a batch of jerky. Marinate for about 24 hours, start the dehydrator in the morning, taste the finished jerky that evening.

I have plans (possibly soon) to make a combination cold/hot smoker/dehydrator that should greatly improve the quality of the jerky due to actual smoke rather than smoke powder added into the marinade. I've cold-smoked bacon several times in the past few years in a converted old refrigerator, but don't trust the plastic interior at hot-smoke/dehydration temperatures.

I wouldn't trust it either. you have a serious operation there!

tbrown3589 said:
Man... I haven't even gotten drawn yet and you guys are all planning my elk...

That's what we're here for.

Mschmidt · Feb 10, 2023

Jury duty today. report at 830. 905 get word that the defendant is opting to forgo the jury. No longer needed. Not a bad time, not sure why people try to avoid this.

Projects with Sam · Feb 10, 2023

Mschmidt said:
Jury duty today. report at 830. 905 get word that the defendant is opting to forgo the jury. No longer needed. Not a bad time, not sure why people try to avoid this.

did you get the free bag lunch first?

Lowell Lemon · Feb 10, 2023

rmorris_14 said:
Many years ago, I was a little insulted when my husband got me this as a present. "Like seriously, our love has moved to kitchen appliance purchases". Now, I consider it one of my favorite things he has gotten me LOL.

I bought my wife a Roomba vacuum and now she thinks it is better than diamonds!

tbrown · Feb 10, 2023

Mschmidt said:
Jury duty today. report at 830. 905 get word that the defendant is opting to forgo the jury. No longer needed. Not a bad time, not sure why people try to avoid this.

I asked for Jury Duty the other day. They said I had to wait 18 months.

tbrown · Feb 10, 2023

Projects with Sam said:
did you get the free bag lunch first?

What??? We always got dismissed for lunch on our own... Downtown restaurants are pricey.

tbrown · Feb 10, 2023

rmorris_14 said:
Many years ago, I was a little insulted when my husband got me this as a present. "Like seriously, our love has moved to kitchen appliance purchases". Now, I consider it one of my favorite things he has gotten me LOL.

I bought my wife a set of shooting earmuffs last year.

Lowell Lemon · Feb 10, 2023

tbrown3589 said:
I bought my wife a set of shooting earmuffs last year.

Now her world is peaceful and silent each night as you snore away next to her right?

tbrown · Feb 10, 2023

Lowell Lemon said:
Now her world is peaceful and silent each night as you snore away next to her right?

Except she's the one that snores.

crusso1993 · Feb 10, 2023

tbrown3589 said:
What??? We always got dismissed for lunch on our own... Downtown restaurants are pricey.

There's a downtown Peoria, AZ?
Ohhh, don't get all up at arms. I'm just teasing. I'm semi-familiar with Peoria and know there's about 175,000 people that live there. As a matter of fact, I know a couple of the upper brass on the PD through my brother. He's with Phoenix PD but who knows for how much longer. He's been in law enforcement for 38 years and can retire today if he so chose.

tbrown · Feb 10, 2023

crusso1993 said:
There's a downtown Peoria, AZ?
Ohhh, don't get all up at arms. I'm just teasing. I'm semi-familiar with Peoria and know there's about 175,000 people that live there. As a matter of fact, I know a couple of the upper brass on the PD through my brother. He's with Phoenix PD but who knows for how much longer. He's been in law enforcement for 38 years and can retire today if he so chose.

There is a downtown Peoria but Jury Duty for us is usually county in downtown Phoenix.

Mschmidt · Feb 10, 2023

Projects with Sam said:
did you get the free bag lunch first?

Never was going to get a lunch. Not sure when or how I get the $15 the promised either.

Lowell Lemon said:
I bought my wife a Roomba vacuum and now she thinks it is better than diamonds!

Noted. Especially since I'm the one who vacuums

tbrown3589 said:
I asked for Jury Duty the other day. They said I had to wait 18 months.

What did you ant to get out of?

Mschmidt · Feb 10, 2023

tbrown3589 said:
There is a downtown Peoria but Jury Duty for us is usually county in downtown Phoenix.

This was downtown Towson. County court. I'm a little bummed I got out so early because all the stores I wanted to hit don't open till 10. Guess I'll go back out.

Lowell Lemon · Feb 10, 2023

tbrown3589 said:
Except she's the one that snores.

I feel your pain and as a result I suggest separate bed rooms! Hahaha....no really.

crusso1993 · Feb 10, 2023

Mschmidt said:
Not sure when or how I get the $15 the promised either.

I read the above as, "Not sure when or how I get the $15 the promised ether." I thought, "Oh, he's going to have some fun tonight." Then I thought, "$15 in ether isn't much maybe he should get more."

Mschmidt · Feb 10, 2023

crusso1993 said:
I read the above as, "Not sure when or how I get the $15 the promised ether." I thought, "Oh, he's going to have some fun tonight." Then I thought, "$15 in ether isn't much maybe he should get more."

I should get more I sat there for 30 whole minutes! They haven't accounted for inflation in a while I guess.

tbrown · Feb 10, 2023

My LFS today:

I think I know what I'm doing with the 5 gallon.

Mschmidt · Feb 10, 2023

tbrown3589 said:
My LFS today:

I think I know what I'm doing with the 5 gallon.

I want to get back to breading cherries. they pay so well at my lfs.

Endlers too, but that's a lot more work to keep up with.

Soren · Feb 10, 2023

crusso1993 said:
There's a downtown Peoria, AZ?

Peoria is my closest city! ...Peoria, IL that is.

tbrown3589 said:
My LFS today:

I think I know what I'm doing with the 5 gallon.

Wow, those are great deals! I've been looking into getting cherry shrimp and plan to do so soon once I get my 40B double-stack systems reconfigured.

I've had Endler's for a year and a half now in a 20g tank I started as a "pond" for toad tadpoles. The original 7 Endler's were free from the guy I bought tanks from in summer of 2021. They are the true "wild type" with a little less color and not as long of fins, though the males still pretty closely match the one in that picture. I like the relative plainness of the females.
They've bred up to and maintained a population of about 45-50 in this tank with essentially no maintenance other than feeding!

Mschmidt said:
I want to get back to breading cherries. they pay so well at my lfs.

Endlers too, but that's a lot more work to keep up with.

What makes Endler's more work? I have a pond tank 20g that I have run maintenance-free (other than obvious feeding as well as removing a handful of green hair algae every few months) with a thriving community of Endler's. I don't try to sell some, though, so maybe that process is where I am missing the work?