I Want One!

It's Big! It's Bad! It's The King, Baby!


Kawasaki ZX14R : 200HP and 200MPH. It comes in red, of course.






Nate wants one optioned out in black, and it's Baa-aa-aahd!
MS Paint photo props to Utah Jeff (The Utard) from the GPz list






Note to riders of slower bikes; if you happen to catch someone on a faster bike than you napping the best thing to do is roar past him and then get off the throttle immediately so when/if he roars by it'll take some of the fun out of it for him. The above advice does not apply to Hardley riders, instead you should pull over immediately after passing and pretend to work on something, or actually work on something as necessary. If you see the ZX14R in your mirrors just get off the road or prepare to feel the Thump!

What did y'all do with Spacebunny?`

Anybody seen hide or 'hare' of her lately?

World's Best Baked Potato

I was smokin' a shoulder roast today and got to thinkin' a fella could throw a few bakin' potatos in there, too. I'm happy to report it works like a charm!!

* 8 baking potatoes (Yukon gold's are good for this)
* 1 cup bacon grease, softened, not melted
* HERB MIX:
* 2 tablespoons ground sage
* 2 tablespoons granulated garlic
* 2 tablespoons dried parsley
* 2 tablespoons salt
* 2 tablespoons coarsely ground black pepper
* 2 tablespoons sugar
* 2 tablespoons paprika

PREPARATION:
Wash and dry potatoes. Rub warm, soft bacon grease into the skin of each potato, covering completely. Mix the herbs together; roll each potato in herb mixture, making sure to cover completely. Puncture each potato several times. Place on hot grill in a smoker, and smoke for 1 hour at 250 deg, turning once. Remove potato and wrap each in double layer of heavy duty aluminum foil. Seal the foil and place back in smoker for another 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until soft when poked.

Now, I didn't do all that. I took seven medium sized 'taters, washed and dried, rubbed 'em with vegetable oil, and rolled 'em in some off-the-shelf bar-b-que spice I had layin' around, then followed the smokin' directions. That part about wrappin' 'em in foil is real important. The first hour gets the smoke flavor in, and the rest cooks the tater. I was surprised the whole thing tasted smoky into the center. And talk about tender - melts in your mouth.

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Bill's palm nailer review:

Palm nailer. palmNailer. PalmNailer. Palmnailer.
You'll go blind doing that.

Totally off topic, I had a chance to use my new palm nailer over the weekend. Good news, they work as advertised. Bad news, I got a Stanley instead of a Senco. Damn thing had to be tuned up before I used it even once! As soon as I hooked up the air hose it started hissing. Turns out a gasket was pinched on the piston, so I replaced the gasket (they were nice enough to include a pack of gaskets with the nailer). After that I had maybe a half dozen times when the piston would just hang and I'd have to bang it around to get it to start working again, this was in the course of a 5 pound box of nails. Should'a got the Senco. But the Stanley came with a case and several different sized heads for less money than the just the Senco nailer (which was just the nailer itself in a cardboard box), and I really wanted a case. Looks like I might end up with a Senco nailer in a Stanley case.

It worked great for joist hangers and for pounding in 20d nails. I was pushing in 10d twist nails like I was pushing them into warm butter. The best way to use it seems to be to set the nail with a regular hammer, then push it in with the palm nailer. The nails vibrate rather painfully when you try to hold them and push them in with the nailer, and the magnetic holder is not strong enough to hold even a little 10d nail straight. The only serious problem I have with it is that it's just a skosh too big to fit next to the joist, if it were about a half inch narrower, even on one side, it would be much better.
Bill | Email | Homepage | 09.12.05 - 2:04 pm | #

Thanks, Bill. I was at BiG Lots the other day and they had roofing nailers for $89.00. Hmmmmmmmmm....

It's Never Enough.

It ain't like those people in New Orleans haven't been livin' off of productive america already for years. Now we're all supposed to raise MORE money for 'em? Telethon's, firemen on street corners, bake sales. Bah!
They've had enough of my money by government theft already. They'll get none willingly.