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  • Truck Battery Replacement

    The truck had died on me a couple of times and it took forever to charge it. It had the original batteries so it was time to get new ones. Yes I had to get two. Walmart had these for $179.84 and they have a 4 year warranty. It was a mostly uneventful process but the passenger side battery was a pain in the ass because you had to remove the air intake hose which means you have to take apart the air filter housing and its 5 or 6 bolts. But I got a chance to check the air filter, just a bunch of flies and bees. Also, the passenger side batter seems to have been leaking acid, I tried to remove the battery holder but no go, had to use paper towels to sop it up. At least it was a visual indication that the battery was bad. The other thing was the bolt that holds the battery down is gone, I unscrewed up but couldn’t get my hand down to get it so I just pulled the battery and I heard it hit something but it didn’t fall through and I wasn’t able to locate it. I drove it after I put it back together and then went back with the bike to see if I couldn’t find it. I’ll need to find another one…

    Other than that it was a cold morning but turned into a nice day. Lots of football on but nothing really worth watching. We had shrimp, zucchini and pasta for dinner. It’s one of those meal kits. This one wasn’t that bad but I’m not happy with them in general. Oh well, I’m thankful I have food and a roof over my head.

  • Server/Services On The Move…

    I’ve been on the fence about moving things over. I’m questioning having a native database and such on the server to host my main blog and photos. But that’s what I want and the rest of the services will be docker/podman. To which I’m really thinking I want to use docker even though podman is default for RHEL. I know they’re supposed to be the same aside from security isolation but docker just seams to be the industry standard.

    In any case, we’re going to start the move in earnest to the new old server so if there’s times when the site is down it may be from the move, I doubt it will be picked up on the news wires:)

  • Thanksgiving

    Thanksgiving was a success. There were 10 in attendance and it went great. I brought the grill over so we didn’t have to take up any room to get the ribs heated and everyone liked the cheesecake too. Sandy did carrots and they were good also, we had the turkey and there was a vegan offering for those who didn’t imbibe in animal flesh. We got home and caught the last of the Cowboy’s game and they won again! Although they were playing the New York Football Giants who are the worst team in our division. While still mathematically alive, there isn’t really an actual chance. No surprise, we knew this.

    I talked with Ron and he said that Jim has vacated the building and that he’s ready to set up an RV site for me on the property there on Peach St. I’m kind of excited about that even though I think they got 2 feet of snow overnight. When I lived up there that was par for the course for the winter months. With the warming, not so much. I’m conflicted because it’s ridiculous to try to cool your environment all the time because AC will kill you but how well do I function in the cold? The point is moot for the time being, we’d just be summering there.

    I’m thankful for life, it’s rough and not for the faint of heart but it beats the alternative.

  • Ribs Smoked

    Started cooking the ribs today at 11:15am and took them off at 5:15pm, they were seriously good eats. We did the 4 racks, ate half for dinner, will take a rack and a half over to dinner tomorrow night and 2 racks have been vacuum sealed and frozen.

    I’ve also decided that we’re going to try smoking turkey breasts. To this point I’ve only ever done beef and pork, time to do some bird. I really like the idea of getting a 2 pound breast and smoking it and slicing it really thin for low processed lunch meat.

    It was a beautiful day to do the smoking. This will be the last day for a while but it is like late fall meaning it’ll be nice and chilly tomorrow for the Thanksgiving holiday which is the way it should be in my humble but honest opinion.

  • Rib Rub Recipe

    This is the rib rub recipe that I deviate greatly from when I’m getting ready to cook up some ribs.

    8 tablespoons light brown sugar
    3 tablespoons kosher salt
    1 tablespoon chili powder
    1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
    1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
    1/2 teaspoon jalapeno seasoning
    1/2 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
    1/2 teaspoon rubbed thyme
    1/2 teaspoon onion powder

  • Ribs Rubbed & Ghee Made

    Since I’m doing the ribs tomorrow, I had to get them rubbed. So 4 racks of ribs are sitting in the fridge all rubbed up and we’re out of kosher salt. I’m excite about the plan to smoke up all the ribs and then taking half racks and vacuum sealing and freezing them. I figure we’re eating half a rack tomorrow, one rack to sisters meaning 5 half racks for the freezer. We’ll see how it goes but Billy Martin said it should be fine.

    Also made some Ghee today, I only got half a jar from a pound of butter, I thought it was more and I thought that it was easier to strain the product with coffee filters, but its still good. With the advent of the cast iron usage the ghee is pretty important as it’s the best possible oil for that.

    Made it to the gym and took the truck, I need new batteries for it. It lasts longer between maintenance but maintenance is more expensive.

  • Uneventful Day

    I like Monday’s that don’t feel like Monday’s. This is one of those. I had no work to do, well nothing that really needed to get done which let me do some of the other things that I needed to get done. But there’s an issue, I just don’t know where to start. One of the things I really need is a sharable task list. I’ve been looking for one and there’s tons of open source ones and I have a new server but I don’t even know where to begin there. I need to figure out how to be more… I don’t even know what to call it. I’m directionally challenged, not for directions but what to do. I’m at a place where I need someone to follow or at least point me in the right direction.

  • Parallel Universe

    So oddly enough, the Cowboy’s beat the Washington Redskins Commanders in a shootout to the last minute. It was exciting to watch a game that they hadn’t already lost in the first quarter and even more amazing that they won. We got to see the 49ers get spanked by the Packers in the second game so it was a win win.

    Got the sheets changed, and generally ready for the upcoming week even though it really doesn’t feel like there’s anything going on. I’m almost at a holding point so not a whole bunch for me to do.

  • Floor Finished and Visitors

    I finished pinning the molding down today so it’s complete. I have to caulk and do some clean up but for all intents and purposes it’s complete. There are a couple of spots I’m not very happy with. I mean I’d be pissed if a contractor left it that way but I’m not a contractor and this is the first one that I’ve done so I’ll give myself a little leeway but I’m going to have to go back and fix it. It’ll be nice just to get the stuff put back in there. It was a storage room.

    Johnny and Katie came over today and brought the InstaPot that Keli & David set aside for us from Claudia’s things. It’s newer than the one that we’ve got so it may be a replacement or good for the RV.

    We also made a trip to the mall today, it was packed. I was actually surprised how packed it was. Of course I can’t remember the last time I was there on the weekend as I’m usually there during the day during the middle of the week. We had lunch at the food court and then headed back to the house. All told I was up around 9k steps and that’s what I’m looking to get back to.

  • Love Me Some Friday’s

    I wrapped up work in short order and it’s Friday! Beautiful day out. I pulled out the smoker. We picked up 4 racks of ribs yesterday at Sam’s club. There are 4 racks so 1 rack per rack and rotate as needed. The premise is that we’re going to try freezing the finished ribs. I was told by Billy that it’s completely doable so we’re going to cook and cool them and then vacuum seal them. We’ll do them next Wednesday so we don’t have to do anything for Thanksgiving except show up.