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The Hobbit Hole XIX - Tomorrow we may come this way...
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Posted on 01/27/2005 9:59:05 AM PST by ecurbh

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To: Corin Stormhands
Hmmm... not much... but it's something:

Additives that are marketed as septic tank cleaners, rejuvenators, or primers are not needed. Most of these additives won’t harm your system, but they don’t help them either. Some of these additives are strong chemicals that can harm a septic system.

From:
http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/water/az1161.html

Yahknow... you really know that you have no life when you're sitting around on a friday night googling for info on septic tanks. [sigh] :-)

5,681 posted on 02/25/2005 8:55:00 PM PST by Ramius (It's not an optical illusion. It just looks like one.)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Ah, thanks for the clarification.


5,682 posted on 02/25/2005 8:55:54 PM PST by JenB
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To: Corin Stormhands

Roger that... Twin Peaks was an awesome show. It was filmed actually just a few miles from where I'm sitting. Up at the Snoqualmie Lodge. The hills in the Twin Peaks opening shot... I can see from my office. One of them is Mount Si.


5,683 posted on 02/25/2005 8:59:12 PM PST by Ramius (It's not an optical illusion. It just looks like one.)
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To: Ramius; HairOfTheDog; g'nad; All
Okay, here's the line of the night...
5,684 posted on 02/25/2005 9:00:47 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (One Iraqi purple finger took more courage than John Kerry's three purple hearts.)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Ohdeargod. ROTFL.


5,685 posted on 02/25/2005 9:01:51 PM PST by Ramius (It's not an optical illusion. It just looks like one.)
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To: Ramius

Yeah, we liked what we saw of it. I did the conference in Seattle in 1991 when Twin Peaks was still on (or just over).


5,686 posted on 02/25/2005 9:01:55 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (One Iraqi purple finger took more courage than John Kerry's three purple hearts.)
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To: Corin Stormhands; JenB

Click the pic!

5,687 posted on 02/25/2005 9:02:13 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (I want a new tag - One that won't spill - One that don't cost too much - Or come in a pill)
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To: Corin Stormhands

I have no response to that... ;~D


5,688 posted on 02/25/2005 9:05:18 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life!)
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To: HairOfTheDog; Ramius; Bear_in_RoseBear
I think there's a full moon out tonite.

Check out this thread.

5,689 posted on 02/25/2005 9:06:28 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (One Iraqi purple finger took more courage than John Kerry's three purple hearts.)
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To: HairOfTheDog

I'm not gonna say it...I'm not gonna say it...I'm not gonna say it...


5,690 posted on 02/25/2005 9:07:07 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (One Iraqi purple finger took more courage than John Kerry's three purple hearts.)
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To: Corin Stormhands

It was a full moon a couple days ago.

Say what you want... full moons bring it out.

Brain tides.


5,691 posted on 02/25/2005 9:09:37 PM PST by Ramius (It's not an optical illusion. It just looks like one.)
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To: Corin Stormhands; Rebelbase

Alder Plank Salmon is the signature dish of Anthony's Restaurants here in the Puget Sound area. An absolute delicacy. Alder and Cedar Plank Salmon is very common in this area -- in fact I have 3 Alder Planks sitting in my pantry now. We BBQ salmon about once a week, and occasionally I will do so on an Alder Plank over low heat. It imparts a mildly smokey flavor to the fish -- it's fantastic.


5,692 posted on 02/25/2005 9:10:22 PM PST by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

~sigh~


5,693 posted on 02/25/2005 9:16:15 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (One Iraqi purple finger took more courage than John Kerry's three purple hearts.)
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To: All

'nite folks


5,694 posted on 02/25/2005 9:16:32 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (One Iraqi purple finger took more courage than John Kerry's three purple hearts.)
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To: HairOfTheDog; Rebelbase
apparently you immerse and saturate the plank in water... so that's why it doesn't burn up.

Same concept with wooden teriyaki skewers; you soak em well before you load the meat onto them.

5,695 posted on 02/25/2005 9:18:08 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: Rebelbase
I saw some planks for sale at the fish market and couldn't figure out they are used

It's really easy...you just soak the plank in water for a couple of hours and be sure to keep your grill heat low. The water saturates the plank and prevents it catching on fire -- some folks soak the planks for 4 hours or more if they have a whole side of salmon, but usually I just have filet and 2 hours is plenty. Some people put a cup of wine in the water while the plank is soaking. You cook the salmon slowly over low heat (takes about 20-25 minutes this way). And hang on to that olive oil...use it with some dill mixed in and baste the salmon with it...that's a nice touch. Up here we have lots of rubs for salmon that can be used by themselves or with a light brush of olive oil on the fish first.

Buy the planks and try it next time you see them. Some folks go so far as to use alder chips with the BBQ briquets and an alder plank to cook the salmon on -- but I'm sold on my SS gas grill.

5,696 posted on 02/25/2005 9:25:30 PM PST by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: g'nad; ExGeeEye
WTF is he thinkin' sleepin' undressed in a combat zone?... his Sgt and his Platoon Commander need a boot to the head...

that said, I'm sure we can come up with somethin'...

I've been googling. I've found genuine marpat cammo gear online, but not coveralls (yet). I've found 3-color DCU coveralls. Just no combination of the two, yet. The stuff must be out there somewhere.

However, I will certainly mail out a Camillus "Black Ops" (just finished the handwork on one yesterday) and pocket knife on Monday.

He may be wanting coveralls, but any Marine would love a fighting knife even more.

5,697 posted on 02/26/2005 12:07:22 AM PST by 300winmag (FR's Hobbit Hole supports America's troops)
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To: 300winmag
Thanks for handling the knifage. From what I got from the mom, DCU coveralls are probably 'zackly the thing. I'll compose an inquiry e-mail and freepmail it to you for comment before sending it on. I'd like to contribute something, either by reimbursing costs of buying coveralls or adding additional items to the package or some combination.
5,698 posted on 02/26/2005 3:55:46 AM PST by ExGeeEye ("...steel my soldiers' hearts...")
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To: SuziQ

"Same concept with wooden teriyaki skewers; you soak em well before you load the meat onto them."

Thanks for the tip! Now I know why the ends of my bamboo shiskabob skwewers have always burn off.


5,699 posted on 02/26/2005 5:36:23 AM PST by Rebelbase (Who is General Chat?)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

From what i've read about it, alder gets high ratings for smoking fish. I've never seen any here on the east coast and I don't even think it grows here. Hickory and mesquite are avaiable in the stores. Sometimes apple, cherry and pecan come into play if I know someone who has some of those trees on their property.

Oh yeah, a couple of years ago the high-dollar grocery store was selling bags of chipped up old wine barrels for smoking chips. It never did anything for me.


5,700 posted on 02/26/2005 5:46:11 AM PST by Rebelbase (Who is General Chat?)
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