Naturalhoosier

7 hours ago, DWB said:

Try warming it up on a frying pan, with a lid over it. Heard it works great, and pretty fast too.

The only way I reheat pizza. 5 minutes on medium heat. Put a half dozen droplets around the slices and place a lid. Walk away for 5 minutes. Tastes nearly as good as when it was made. 100% no cap.

9 minutes ago, DWB said:

Bottle jacks have far more leverage than (any kind) of jack supported by a crowbar with the  end down on the ground.

I don’t disagree. 

On 5/9/2024 at 8:57 AM, Drroogh said:

What could possibly go wrong?😂

I've seen guys use bottle jacks before.  Guess you use what you got.

1 hour ago, Proud2BAHoosier said:

Welp the Astros avoided their second sweep by the Yankees by winning 4-3 today.

Newly acquired, former Cubs pitcher, Marcus Stroman, gave up 3 runs in the 1st inning, OUCH....

Yea!!!!  Beat the Spankees!!!!  I know i know. You can talk about your 582 tired rings like we Hoosier fans talk about tired banners!

Feels like he’s leveraging a visit for extra NLI monies elsewhere. Hope to be proven wrong…and that he’s not an entitled diva. 

6 hours ago, Drroogh said:

Anybody and everybody! We should come up with a HSN day! But then again I doubt we could come up with an agreement!😂

Disagreeance Day!!!!

On 5/6/2024 at 8:03 AM, Drroogh said:

International No Diet Day😋

Also, Great Lakes Awareness Day and National Beverage Day!

Who comes up with these?!? lol

22 hours ago, IUFLA said:

To bring this back to the top...Ate at Torchy's in Kingwood yesterday, and off the "secret menu" got these 2...

You guys in Indiana have Torchy's in Fishers and Jeffersonville...If you've never tried them, they certainly are "Damn Good Tacos"  

I can’t read this without hearing Lemmy’s voice singing, “The Ace of Spades…”. Lol

Would love to do that!  Good luck to her!!!!

On 5/1/2024 at 10:08 AM, jefftheref said:

Picked up my wife yesterday after her stint on the Appalachian Trail. She hiked 153 miles in 9.5 days, an average of 16.2 per day.

The pics are of her finishing up.

I love this!!!!!  Why didn’t you join?

Abreu was DFA’d as expected. 

National Whatever Days. 

Astros starting rotation slowly coming off the DL. Time to turn this ship around. 2 games against the Rockies never hurts either. 

On 4/22/2024 at 6:48 PM, Proud2BAHoosier said:

Guys beat me to it, but in my 73 years of life, I don't think I've ever seen anything like what happened in the Yankees game. Boone gets ejected in the 1st inning by the home plate umpire because of a fan heckling! Crazy

Aaron Boone ejected in first inning of Yankees' game against A's (mlb.com)

Yanks lose 2-0 and wasted a 1 hit gem by Rodon, by far his best outing in pinstripes. Don't know what it is with the Yankees as they seem to struggle beating teams with losing records. Yank hitteres were limited to 3 hits for the whole game.

That was one of the craziest tosses I’ve ever seen. I mean, I laughed really really hard. But damn. 

1 hour ago, bronkonagurski said:

When I played in Little League, my team was the Astros and we got to wear these classic jerseys.

I have one of those throwback jerseys. Love it!!

7 hours ago, IUFLA said:

The union guy I have to deal with is a huge Astros fan...I swear he has every color of the rainbow in hats and jerseys (they don't make controllers dress very professionally  )...He's already on the "fire Espada" train...

I told him he needs to be an IU fan  

The Astros have a very colorful palette.  Here are my hats, minus the Space City one not pictured. 

6 minutes ago, 5fouls said:

Having Verlander back won't hurt.

Abreu is a bust (could use just a hint of his mvp season). The starting rotation is broken (agreed re:Verlander however). The daunted 7-8-9 combo of Abreu, Pressley, and Hader has been abominable.  Fortunately it’s a long season. Work these kinks out and have some midseason success. 

Espada's pregame speech to the Astros today should be: "OK, we won a game yesterday. If we win today, it's called "two in a row". And if we win again tomorrow, it's called a "winning streak"... It has happened before!"  Damn.  Terrible start. 

37 minutes ago, Maedhros said:

Hey folks. I'm booking a quick trip for St Louis in June. Seeing the zoo, aquarium at Union Station, botanical gardens. I'm looking for fun places to eat and to stay. Let me know if you have any recommendations, especially for brewpubs and breakfast in and around those areas. Thanks!

Fitz’s is a cool place to check out.  It’s a pop bottling company and restaurant. Haven’t been to St Louis in a long time (decade ish) so do your due diligence, but this really stands out to me for some reason. 

A pic from the east coast. Not nearly as cool as those in the 100% zone. We were around 88%. 

6 hours ago, Maedhros said:

Pretty sure that's semolina. It's the flour used for english muffins to keep them from sticking.

6 hours ago, IUFLA said:

Semolina is simply used to keep the dough from sticking...it does become part of the crust, but only surface level...

Worked at Dominos for a couple of years, and that's what they use it for...They keep the dough itself cold, and that helps with the stickiness too...

Thanks fellas.  I will keep an eye out for this Semolina.

20 hours ago, IUFLA said:

Yes, I do...

 

I'm very much a traditionalist and fought the electronic strike zone initially.  But the technology has become what it is so it only makes sense to include in the game.

What type/brand of flour do you guys use to roll out your dough and keep it from sticking in the wood stove?  I've watched some vids and it the flour I'm seeing is different than the standard white all-purpose flour.  Thoughts?

Iron Eagle was one of my favorite movies growing up.  RIP Chappy.

On 3/31/2024 at 5:13 PM, 5fouls said:

@Naturalhoosier  Not a good start to the Joe Espada era in Houston.  

Just seeing this. Wrapping up our stay in the Cayman Islands. Slooooow start for my Stros. The bullpen is struggling hardcore.  Makes me crazy in the head. Ah well. All I can do is continue rooting them on!  Like the old adage goes, “That’s why they play 162”.