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Well, it looks a lot better than my redneck Riviera. I mean my "all bidness station", I wouldn't think of sitting in that folding chair and drinking beer 😁.

And now, "the rest of the story" behind that "smoker shed"...

I just wanted a little shed to put over the smoker to protect it- and me- from the weather. I talked to "fence guy" about building me something because he did a pretty good job with the fence, his wife just had a baby, and he does handyman work for a living. And he's just a nice guy.

I sent him this picture and told him I wanted something like this-

This was a "do it yourself" kit from Lowe's or Home Depot, I think it was about 11 or $1200. I told him it didn't have to be anything fancy, just a small shed like this one that I built myself out of scrap material that I accumulated.

So he said "ok, I'll build you something like that for $400".  So I said OK, and he came over here when we were still in Gladys and put this "monstrosity" as Zina called it up, taking up half the back yard. That shelf he put on it was about chest high.

When I saw it I was so pissed I made it look like this-

Zina was beyond pissed, she was irate. It was nothing like what I told him I wanted, and nothing on it was straight, nothing was square, nothing was level. It was way taller than I wanted, and it was turned the wrong way - I wanted it parallel to the fence, not sticking way out into the yard.

I had to take all those boards loose, and take the shelf apart with a ratchet. Not a nail in anything, he used all screws. And for some reason the screws were countersunk halfway through the board. I caught hell getting all those screws out, but I had to reuse the boards.

He sent me a text message a few days later and said he was coming over to put the roof on it. I texted him a picture of it completely dismantled and laying on the ground and told him he could just drop the metal off, i'd do it myself. Then I had to go to the hardware store and get a pair of tin snips to cut the roof sheets shorter, and they were $22.

But I'm real happy with the finished product, I think it looks pretty good. Now I've got to get the other grill that's still in Gladys over here. I'm going to need help loading it, it's really heavy. Hopefully I can get my neighbor to bring his tractor over this weekend to load it.

21 hours ago, doubleclutchinweasel said:

I sure wish somebody could convince Jim to come back.  I sure miss his pictures!  If it wasn't for Other Dog, I would be in serious withdrawal right about now!

By the way, Jim did tell me to say "hello" to the guys on here- "well, most of them anyway". I said "what about the rest, tell them to gfy?" And he said "don't be too harsh". 

I don't know who's who, or even what the issue was/is, and I didn't ask. It was nice to talk to him for a bit though.

11 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

Back in '86... I had a shit box 69 Camaro. I lived in the country..  it was a rust bucket.. 

I left my house,   500' dirt driveway with a shallow ditch across it for runoff..   So I leave, hit the bump as always...   I get a  mile or so down the road.. the car dies..  crank it no start..  i get out and look, and my fuel tank straps are dragging the ground,, no fuel tank....  I walk back to the house... theres my tank in the driveway with a stain around it in the dirt...  all i could do was grab a milk jug and put gas in it and walk back to my car and put a hose in the jug from the fuel pump under the hood, to get it home..   Looking back,  If it didnt have a 250 straight 6, I would have had to walk twice...  That car was a 'terd'  wish I had it now.....  

I had a 68 Camaro with a 250 in it. The rear main seal leaked the whole time I had it, ran it out of oil many times. I think they had to be one of the toughest engines ever made, I'd fill it back up with oil and ride on, never hurt it.

With that being said, at least we know what to get you for Christmas - a piece of wood!

1 hour ago, HarryS said:

Thanks for the great pictures. Now I don't feel so bad about not making it.

You're welcome!

1 hour ago, other dog said:

I agree.

I did get a picture of a dog and a Dodge that didn't get posted on Flickr.

3 hours ago, tjc transport said:

my friend is out there. posted video of their 5 acre field under 3 foot of water. the bridge off the land washed away. the stream which is usually 15 foot wide and 1 foot deep is no over 50 wide and 20 deep. 

also a hail mountain growing on the deck 10 foot wide and 3 foot tall from the hail and sleet falling off the roof down the valley and overflowing the gutters. 
what land is not under water is covered with 4-5 inches of ice/sleet.

Thankfully we've had no hail or storms here, but it's rained every day this week. We needed the rain though, and it's been raining ever since we got home, light and steady for the most part. Still haven't gotten the bed moved because of it, we're going to try to get it this weekend.

1 hour ago, Brocky said:

Tom

Thanks much for taking the time to post the whole gallery!!!

You're welcome.

5 hours ago, Swishy said:

Other Dog

gudday m8

U do gr8 pix

As much as I and everybody else like truck pix

U missd out on a bit of skirt pix .......................  as in   ( o ) ( o )

If U kno wot eye mean

LOL

cya

I agree.

I got all my pictures from all the cameras on all the days posted up on Flickr...except maybe a few that's on my phone...anyway, here's what i've got so far-

just click on the picture.

Just now, other dog said:

Yes indeed, very good eatin'!

...and that barbecue that Star made was fantastic!

9 hours ago, 1958 F.W.D. said:

The 9lb pork loin. Rubbed with olive oil and an applewood dry rub. Smoked for 4 or 5 hours until it hit 160 degrees. They say you can safely eat a pork loin at 145 but no thanks I just dont trust pink pork meat. I sliced it thin for sammiches. It was some good eatin. 

Yes indeed, very good eatin'!

20 hours ago, tjc transport said:

find a 4 year old. they will have it hooked up, pictures downloaded, and posted to the interwebs in 5 minutes!!!

I got it hooked up and working, got all the pictures downloaded off of both cameras, but I'm not connected to the Internet. One camera had 240 pictures, the other had over 200, I forgot the exact number, but there's over 400 pictures anyway. Lots of duplicates I'm sure, because when I passed by a truck that I really liked I'd take a picture of it. Then if I passed by it again 5 minutes later I'd take another picture. 

I think I can at least upload the pictures from the camera to the computer without being connected to the interweb, I just can't post them anywhere. But I'm not sure. I'm not even sure I can remember how to hook everything back up 😜

30 minutes ago, Vladislav said:

Tom, do you need any donation to cover the expences on the car's battery to drive to Gladis to pic up the computer to take the show pics from your camera to post on here?

Ohh, sorry. Right at the mement I'm the man who's splitted from making international money transfers.

Thanks Vlad, I went over and got it today, along with everything else that I could cram into the car. I'll try to get it hooked up tomorrow and see what happens. I had hughesnet over there, satellite internet, I don't even know what we've got going on here.

I might not be able to do much myself because I can't mess up Zina's work computer. I used the hughesnet in Gladys and she was on CenturyLink so nothing clashed, there was no issue with using too much data. I was with hughesnet ever since I moved there in 2005 or 2006, and it served me well.

15 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

Ok... I smoked some Thigh's..  Beautiful smoke ring and fall apart tender..  Maybe we need a ''Smoker Thread''  Led By O.D.   

 

I'm just having fun..  I can stop right here...  Ive worked almost everyday for the last 6+ weeks and weekends..   So this weekend I just took a Break..   

That's a great looking smoker, it's kind of like the old gas or electric stove smokers, only better!

On 6/18/2023 at 3:56 PM, other dog said:

We had some produce to pick when we got back. The darker yellow things are yellow zucchini, the other is regular yellow squash. The tomatoes and peppers are looking good too, especially since we've had no rain. We're having fried squash and onions for supper.

I picked some peppers too, but I think I should have left them a little longer. The big jalapenos were fine, but I don't know if those long ones will turn red or what, I've never grown them before.

10 hours ago, mechohaulic said:

now you guys have to stop this conversation!!! when I laugh this hard I start coughing uncontrollably;; YES i'm at that point now !!🤣🤣🤣

THANK YOU ever sooooo much JoJo  for the picture of the rack ON the alum foil= that was a major debate at my younger daughters today when my "son-in-law had the chicken on alum foil while on the grill. showed the picture to know-it-all wife , first time ever she was speechless. LMAO

I use a lot of foil, those ribs will smoke like that.  I usually smoke stuff right in the grill grates first, then wrap it to finish it, then unwrap to smoke a little more. Except burgers and chicken, I don't use foil at all for them. 

My former know-it-all brother in law used to cover his entire gas grill with foil to cook hamburgers. Of course by the time they were cooked they were swimming in grease, so he might as well have fried them on the stove in a skillet. I only use wood and charcoal, never had a gas grill, and the grease dripping onto the coals makes more smoke and more flavor.

There's a hickory tree in the edge of the woods right by the yard here that's been cut down. It's just laying there, I guess they cut it down for some reason when they put the house here. 

I'm working on cutting it up, I've been cutting "slices" off of it about 2" thick, so maybe I'll be able to split it. I'm going to put the pieces in the shed and use it to smoke with.

6 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

This Post goes out to O.D..   You inspired me to make another Wood Fired Cooker....   and I DID!..  It's fired up right now, and sittin at about 225 Degrees..  With a rack of Baby Back's on it...  Thank You for the Inspiration..   I needed that!!!   

Oh my!

We had some produce to pick when we got back. The darker yellow things are yellow zucchini, the other is regular yellow squash. The tomatoes and peppers are looking good too, especially since we've had no rain. We're having fried squash and onions for supper.

27 minutes ago, Brocky said:

Glad your had a safe trip!!  Have a Miller for me!!!

Thank you, I will do that!