BS: Let's Brag

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: PoppaGator
Date: 18 Aug 05 - 01:14 PM

I think Joe F trumps everyone ~ no TV set in this day and age!

Congratulations; that's really something to brag about.

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: jeffp
Date: 18 Aug 05 - 01:50 PM

I make the best barbecued baby back ribs my wife or parents have ever tasted.

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Bill D
Date: 18 Aug 05 - 06:19 PM

Joe F didn't say he didn't HAVE a TV...or that he never looks at one. He said he never owned one....

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 18 Aug 05 - 08:10 PM

Well, I've been discovering my inner plumber and electrician lately. At our cabin up north, we've been having plumbing problems because particles of rust, probably from the well, have been floating through the pipes and clogging up the faucets. I've been learning how to take faucets apart and flush out the rust. And a couple of weeks ago, I replaced all the light switches—they were the old-fashioned kind that make a loud SNAP when you turn them on or off—with new silent switches. We're trying to get the cabin in shape so we can rent it out occasionally, and make a little money to defray expenses. Maybe this kind of work is commonplace to some people, but it's new to me, and I feel rather proud of myself for what I've accomplished.

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: bobad
Date: 18 Aug 05 - 08:56 PM

Well jeffp let's have that recipe.

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Little Hawk
Date: 18 Aug 05 - 09:12 PM

I have a body that some would kill for.

Well, not many, mind you, but some...

Okay, a few...

Well...at least one or two people I can think of...

And you know how I got it? Avoidance of marriage and several decades of very little physical exercise, that's how! I oughta write a book, eh?

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Bobert
Date: 18 Aug 05 - 09:22 PM

Well, seems that the braggin' has fallen off into, "Hey, my kid made the Honor Roll" so reckon it's time to turn up the heat a little...

Ahhhh, I weren't gonna bring this one up but before I came upon the Wes Ginny Slide Rule it had once been owned by a guiy named Pathagerous and it, not him, developed tyhe Pathagoriam Theory about that A2+B2=C2... Yup, that was the Wes Ginny Slide Rule... That lazy Pathagerous din't do jack... All he wanted to do was drink wine and chase women...

Yeah, almost forgot about that one...

Now, this ol' hillbilly is happy as punch that yer kids is makin' honor rolls so please, not hate PM's, thank you...

...but can we please get the braggin' past honor rolls???

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Janie
Date: 18 Aug 05 - 09:30 PM

I once had a dog so smart that he pretty near house-trained himself. The first time he messed in the floor, I rubbed his nose in it and tossed him out the screen door. I never had to do it again. From then on he'd mess in the floor, rub his own nose in it, and then jump on out the door all by himself.

Janie

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Little Hawk
Date: 18 Aug 05 - 09:33 PM

Ha! I thought only chimpanzees did that.

Did I mention my left-handed crocodile wrench?

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: bobad
Date: 18 Aug 05 - 09:37 PM

"Well, seems that the braggin' has fallen off into, "Hey, my kid made the Honor Roll" so reckon it's time to turn up the heat a little".

Have a friend whose bumper is plastered with "Proud Parent of a **** ****** Honor Roll Student"

Keep telling him it should say "Proud Parent of a Product of the Self Esteem Industry".

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Little Hawk
Date: 18 Aug 05 - 09:43 PM

My cousin had a bumper sticker that said, "Love Animals, Don't Eat Them". She was a very militant vegetarian.

Her sister carefully painted black over the middle part one night, so it said instead, "Love Animals ---- Eat Them".

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: bobad
Date: 18 Aug 05 - 09:47 PM

Some people hold to the the tenet that that is the ultimate expression of love.

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Janie
Date: 18 Aug 05 - 09:51 PM

When I was kid I was a really fast runner--fastest kid in the neighborhood.   

    One evening we were playing 'Whistle an' Holler and the Hounds Will Foller,' a combination tag/hide-and-seek game. I was on the deer team. We had whistled and hollered. The hounds had spotted me and I was running as hard as I could for 'base' through the neighborhood back yards. It was nearly dark and I didn't see the clothesline stretching across my path.

    I think I already said I was running hard. Well, that clothes-line caught me right under the chin....And I was running SO fast, that when they found me the next morning I was still spinning 'round and 'round that line by my chin!

Janie

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Rapparee
Date: 18 Aug 05 - 11:14 PM

Queen Victoria, she fell in love with me
We were married in Milwaukee secretly
But I got tired and shook her
And went off with General Hooker
Swattin' skeeters down in Tennessee.

But enough about myself. Lemme tell ya about my blood kin.

My brother Tony's had more heart bypasses than anybody else I've ever heard of. Nine of 'em. And if you doubt that, I'll rip his heart out and show ya, dammit!

Now, nephew Tony (my other brother's oldest boy) is into either experimental or theoretical physics. He's goin' to a high-power science school that's got like a million Nobel laureates on the faculty. He kin do seven-dimensional Fourier series in his head while playing chess with Stravinsky or something, and he once won a genuine personal pan pizza for memorizing the value of pi to three HUNDRED decimal places. Over the summer, his dad had to reformat and reload all the stuff on the kid's computer 'cuz the kid had downloaded so many games offen the Internet.

Neice Marian is 14 and runs 12 danged MILES every day forecause she wants to run in a marathon and there ain't nobody chasin' her, either. She also gets straight A's in school and was honored by her class for making them the class with the highest GPA. Worse, she's a knockout of a blonde.

I'm just a lonesome traveler, a great historical bum
Highly educated, through history I have come
I built that rock of ages, it was in the year of one
And that's about the greatest thing that man has ever done.

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: GUEST,Bill the Collie
Date: 19 Aug 05 - 01:51 AM

be rumbustious and grateful

Subject: Baby Back Ribs Recipe
From: jeffp
Date: 19 Aug 05 - 09:11 AM

Bobad asked for my baby back ribs recipe. Here it is.

First, pull the membrane off the underside of the rack of ribs. This can be done by working the tip of a butter knife under the membrane and carefully working it loose. Then use a paper towel for traction and slowly, but firmly, pull it off. Then rub the ribs (both sides) with the following rub.

Pork Rub

3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/8 cup sweet paprika
1/8 cup hot paprika
3 tablespoons black pepper
2 tablespoons coarse salt
2 teaspoons garlic powder
2 teaspoons onion powder
2 teaspoons celery seeds
1 teaspoon ancho chile powder

Mix with your hands until thoroughly combined.

Rub it in nicely until the ribs are nicely covered. Wrap the ribs and refrigerate for 1-4 hours.

Prepare the smoker. You will want to maintain a temperature of 225-250 degrees Fahrenheit for a 4-hour period. This will take a fair amount of charcoal. You also want several chunks of hardwood for smoke. I prefer fruitwoods for ribs. My favorite is a combination of apple and plum. Pecan and apple makes a nice combo also. Mesquite is too harsh for my taste and hickory can be tricky also.

Smoke the ribs at 225-250 for 2 hours. Then wrap them in aluminum foil and cook at the same temperature for 1 hour. Unwrap them and cook for another 1/2 – 1 hour until done. You may add more smoke during this period if you wish. They are done when there is about 1/2 – 3/4 inch of bone ends sticking out and the rack flexes easily when picked up with tongs.

If you like, you may baste with the barbecue sauce of your choice during the last period of unwrapped cooking. I don't, because I like dry Memphis-style ribs. Follow your own instincts. It's barbecue, not rocket surgery.

ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: bobad
Date: 19 Aug 05 - 09:31 AM

Thanks for that jeffp, sounds delicious though a little labor intensive - but that's what makes them so good I'd guess.

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: jeffp
Date: 19 Aug 05 - 09:34 AM

It's not that bad, really. I only have to stoke the fire about once an hour. You could cook the ribs in the oven, but you would miss that smoky flavor.

BTW, you can do the same thing for spare ribs, but adjust the cooking time as follows: 2 hours unwrapped, 2 hours wrapped, 2 hours unwrapped. Should be just as delicious.


You should see when I do pulled pork. 2 Boston Butts will take anywhere from 10-12 hours to cook.

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: bobad
Date: 19 Aug 05 - 09:41 AM

jeff

What kind of smoker do you use?

Pardon my thread drift.

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: jeffp
Date: 19 Aug 05 - 09:49 AM

This is the one. Actually I have last year's model. It's been improved a bit with some internal redesigning since then. I love it for grilling and smoking. I can do 6 Boston Butts at once on this puppy.

Jeff

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: PoppaGator
Date: 19 Aug 05 - 11:07 AM

My kid can beat up your honor student.

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Rapparee
Date: 19 Aug 05 - 11:48 AM

My honor student will downsize your bully.

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Little Hawk
Date: 19 Aug 05 - 11:58 AM

My dachshund can beat up your weimaraner.

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Rapparee
Date: 19 Aug 05 - 11:59 AM

I don't HAVE a weimer...what you said.

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: PoppaGator
Date: 19 Aug 05 - 12:12 PM

You don't have a weiner??!?! And you're bragging about it??!?!

"My honor student will downsize your bully"

Reminds me of a famous football cheer at Benjamin Franklin High School in New Orleans, an academically elite "magnet" school and my kids' alma mater. The school actually has a very good overall won-loss record in most sports (especially, for some reason, in girls' athletics, where they've won state championships in several different sports), but they never seem to have enough big tough boys to field a competitive football team.

Anyway, after each of the many losses, this rousing chant could always be heard:

"That's alright, that's OK, you're gonna work for us someday!"

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Little Hawk
Date: 19 Aug 05 - 12:13 PM

Ha! Great chant.

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: GUEST,Joe_F
Date: 20 Aug 05 - 10:03 AM

Bill D: In fact, I have never had a borrowed or stolen TV either. I have occasionally glanced at one in a bar. Also, I have lived in buildings (dormitories) that had TVs in public places, and I even watched them on ceremonial occasions (election night, Times Square on New Year's Eve, President Kennedy's funeral). But that is the limit.

--- Joe Fineman    [e-mail]

||: I know there are things I know nothing about, but I can't actually think of any. :||

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: GUEST,Bill the Collie
Date: 20 Aug 05 - 11:36 PM

big round and green

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Metchosin
Date: 21 Aug 05 - 01:13 AM

uh, buttercup squash?

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Hrothgar
Date: 21 Aug 05 - 04:52 AM

Hey, Janie, I thought North Carolinans were able to boast of having shot Stonewall Jackson???

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 21 Aug 05 - 07:45 AM

I'm going to brag about me now.... because I did a good thing and got crapped on at the end of it and I want some sympathy.

My mate with the broken leg has been doing a computer course. He was on his way home from the course when he had his accident and the following fortnight was the final module exam. He asked for, and was granted an extension and did the exam 2 weeks later, on this Friday (4 weeks after the accident). Limpit and I drove 30 miles to his house, picked him and his wheelchair up, drove them 10 miles into London to the venue, sat with him until the examiner turned up, waited until the exam was over, bundled him and his wheelchair back into the car, drove them the 10 miles back to his house, stopping for a very welcome late lunch on the way. We don't know if he passed or not, but the examiner was very positive. Limpit and I were looking forward to a bit of a sitdown and a chat with him, before our 30 mile drive home durinf rush hour. His Ex (remember that *EX*... they split up over a year ago) girlfriend turned up just as we arrived back at his place. Limpit and I carried his pillows in, his bags, his wheelchair, she stood chatting to his parents. I helped him into the house, got him settled comfortably. He'd had a stressful day and was starting to hurt, he just wanted to lie back and rest. When I came in with the last bag, she was sitting on his bed, practically on top of him and made it very clear that I was not welcome to stay and chat even for a few minutes. She didn't offer to help with any of his stuff, she didn't say thank you for helping him, or seem to want him to speak directly to me.... she sat so close to him that she knocked his bedside table over... she staked out her territory with her bags and blocked half the room against Limpit and I. I swear if she was a tomcat, she would have sprayed him.....

I had a lovely day, spending time with my friend, helping him to do something that he otherwise would have fretted over and would have wasted a 14 week course. I offered to do it, with no thought of reward (although he did buy lunch), because he needed help and I could provide it. I did a good thing and it got spoiled through no fault of his....

So I'm blowing my own trumpet cos I did a good thing.... but I'm also blowing off steam because I got the flick off at the end of it.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: GUEST,Joe_F
Date: 21 Aug 05 - 09:43 AM

"(remember that *EX*... they split up over a year ago)"

Of all the components of love, jealousy has the longest decay time.

--- Joe Fineman    [e-mail]

||: To feel guilty is to be afraid of being punished. To feel ashamed is to be afraid of doing it again. :||

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Amos
Date: 21 Aug 05 - 10:20 AM

I just finished a marathon redesign of our front entrance; I was up until 1 AM finishing it off as it is a surprise for BBW who returns this morning after a weekend at Mum's.

It dramatically changes the way the house looks, and it was a pure bear involving tearing out a large beam and related parts, replastering and joing a new beam in at the front corner.   

I am well pleased!!

BBW will be stunned.

A

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: rumanci
Date: 21 Aug 05 - 10:24 AM

WAHEY !!!!!!!!!!
congratulations Amos

Now .......aincha just glad you had all that sterling advice thrown by an enthusiastic audience at you .....huh ?? huh ??
The last cut is the deepest !
LOLOL

rum x

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Amos
Date: 21 Aug 05 - 11:02 AM

I couldna done it without all that help!!! LOL

A

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Bill D
Date: 21 Aug 05 - 11:34 AM

Janie....I had smart dog once, myself...

If you said "sit up, or won't you?", he either sat up or he didn't!

...and I had a Grandfather clock SO old that the shadow of the pendulum swinging back & forth wore a hole in the back of the case!

on a serious note....as far as I know, I have no enemies, and can't remember ever knowing anyone who seriously disliked me. That can mean I'm a nice guy, or just to dull to care about..*grin*...but I'll take it.

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 21 Aug 05 - 05:36 PM

I used to brag a lot but I'm perfect now!

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Janie
Date: 21 Aug 05 - 06:31 PM

Hrothgar--I gotta confess-- I'm a transplant from West Virginia (makes me a tarheel-billy) And didn't know we had braggin' rights on that one.

Bill D.--do you suppose our dogs were from the same litter?

I am such a good psychotherapist that I cure most people on their first visit.....leastwise, that's my theory about why they never come back!!!

Janie

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Bill D
Date: 21 Aug 05 - 06:55 PM

Janie...no doubt they were! Yours was always doing those smart things whether you wanted him to or not, I assume? Like always being ready for dinner, 'cause he never left the kitchen?

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: GUEST,Peter Woodruff
Date: 21 Aug 05 - 07:07 PM

I live in America and we have the worst president ever!

Peter

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: JennyO
Date: 22 Aug 05 - 09:20 AM

I can top that, Peter. I live in Australia, and we have the worst Prime Minister ever.

Not much to brag about though, is it :-(

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Bill D
Date: 22 Aug 05 - 09:50 AM

...and some in the UK think they have the worst PM ever there. Anyone notice a trend?

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Little Hawk
Date: 22 Aug 05 - 09:59 AM

We in Canada have down our level best to have the WORST political chief executive ever! But we have not quite succeeded. We came close, though. Still, we haven't quite managed it... (sigh)

We DID once have the worst-sounding leader ever! Jean Chretien. But he retired. (sigh)

We now have a prime minister who is just really, really mediocre and uninspiring....but he's not the worst. (sigh)

DAMN THOSE FRIGGIN' AMERICANS!!!!! AND DAMN TEXAS!!!

They think they are soooo smart.

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: GUEST,wld
Date: 22 Aug 05 - 12:47 PM

are any states claiming a double whammy - the wprst governor and the worst president?

in england it it could be the worst mp coupled with the worst local council?

democracy sometimes throws up these anomalies

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Bill D
Date: 22 Aug 05 - 12:58 PM

California has a wonderful choice right now...a former bodybuilding womanizer as governor.

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Little Hawk
Date: 22 Aug 05 - 01:33 PM

And he could yet become president, with just one little amendment to the Constitution....

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 22 Aug 05 - 02:09 PM

I want to brag about getting the 100th post!

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 22 Aug 05 - 02:09 PM

Not yet though

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 22 Aug 05 - 02:10 PM

But almost!

Subject: RE: BS: Let's Brag
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 22 Aug 05 - 02:10 PM

100!