Cabin Fever "2019"

[richard5933]

At least we didn't have the blizzard that rolled through the more northern parts of Wisconsin this weekend, complete with 100+ car pile up which shut down the Interstate. Many injured and I believe at least one death. What they got makes our weather seem downright mild.

[manholt]

Your right..there's more coming!  Makes one realize, the Ice Age, is still retreating...one foot forward, 2 back!  

[obedb]

Joe/ 60 mph gusts/ 30 or so constant. We are surrounded by tall trees which amplify the sound. Would have bet that we would lose power. We didn't.   Our circuit comes from a rural connection. The houses near us were built on a corn field. Underground power from the town. MET ED has a robot that answers when reporting an outage. Always recognizes us because of Caller ID. Robot is programmed to tell us You are last!! 😎  Several times  we were over 5 days getting our power back. 

Bill/ did you visit the boat museum in Clayton?  Worth every penny. Got a kick out of the building across the street displaying hydroplane racing boats.  Many had V-12 water cooled engines from WW II

Carl/ have stayed in this area several times over the years. The Clayton/Alexandria Bay Area on the St. Lawrence is well worth the time.

[dbenoit]

Did we get more snow? Did the little piggy cry we we we all the way home.

[manholt]

Byron...If not water cooled, did you think air?    Did it say WWII ?  Or you assuming so?  Some Hydro boat's run Lamborghini V-12's!  I ran a Blue Water Race boat, with twin 502's, produced 648 hp each!  Also a Cat with twin 1,000 hp's!  Both was water cooled... 

[wildebill308]

  On 2/28/2019 at 12:00 PM, DBenoit said:

Did the little piggy cry we we we all the way home.

No just till he got far enough south it warmed up.🤣

  On 2/28/2019 at 8:15 PM, manholt said:

Both was water cooled... 

Directley or using a water cooled intercooler?

[dbenoit]

  On 2/28/2019 at 8:56 PM, WILDEBILL308 said:

No just till he got far enough south it warmed up.🤣

 

And then got barbecued? That's what I miss in TX. Best barbecue I ever had, pork and beef. (Drooling)Definitely had the feed bag on.

And actually the 2nd best was in Germany, go figure. The wild boar and elk there is excellent.

[kaypsmith]

  On 3/1/2019 at 1:22 PM, DBenoit said:

And then got barbecued? That's what I miss in TX. Best barbecue I ever had, pork and beef. (Drooling)Definitely had the feed bag on.

One should try the BBQed beef in Florida when put on at a political rally. These people build a fire in a hole, it burns for two days before the whole beef that has been cleaned of course, wrapped in palm leaves covered with foil then the fire is kept burning on top of all that for 24 more hours. Results are very tasty.

[wayne77590]

We have so many good restaurants around here I could not list them all as we'd run out of space.

Just about anything you would want. BBQ places galore and all good.

Get out of the cabin and head south.

[dbenoit]

I'm about ready to BBQ that ground hog and then not eat him.....

[wildebill308]

  On 3/1/2019 at 4:32 PM, DBenoit said:

I'm about ready to BBQ that ground hog and then not eat him.....

Taste like chicken. Well tough chicken.

Thought I would add to the list of realey good BBQ. These guys have won nearly all the BBQ cook offs in the world. This place started as their "test kitchen" It is still only open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, till the meat is gone. 

http://bbqnorthmain.com/

Bill

[dbenoit]

Oh I better leave now so I can be there early.

The BBQ around here is good but nothing like right off the hoof

[hermanmullins]

  On 3/1/2019 at 5:30 PM, DBenoit said:

but nothing like right off the hoof

DBenoit,

Right off the hoof is not where the best cut of meat is.

Herman

[wildebill308]

Here is anouther BBQ place that should be on your bucket list, Angelo's BBQ. They are known for more than just the bbq. They have large frozen mugs of beer. At one time they were the largest retailer of Budweiser in Tarrant Co.

https://angelosbbq.com/About

Bill

[dbenoit]

I already have TX on my list. I can always find CG's going from one BBQ to the other. I always wanted to go back and visit the

Armadillo Club in Austin and the Crazy Horse Saloon in Kileen but they are long gone now. I also like catfish, yummy. I better

get a map and start pinning.

[wildebill308]

  On 3/1/2019 at 7:18 PM, DBenoit said:

get a map and start pinning.

Here is a place you definitely need to pin. The Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo on Route 66. They have a FREE steak just for you. https://www.bigtexan.com/

Bill

[jleamont]

  On 3/1/2019 at 7:34 PM, WILDEBILL308 said:

Here is a place you definitely need to pin. The Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo on Route 66. They have a FREE steak just for you. https://www.bigtexan.com/

Bill

Back in 2008 I was going to give that a run. I'm not sure but I think I could have taken it back then.

[dbenoit]

  On 3/1/2019 at 7:34 PM, WILDEBILL308 said:

Here is a place you definitely need to pin. The Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo on Route 66. They have a FREE steak just for you. https://www.bigtexan.com/

Bill

Nice. Thanks for the link. I saw this place on TV (old Man vs Food).

[wayne77590]

  On 3/1/2019 at 5:39 PM, hermanmullins said:

DBenoit,

Right off the hoof is not where the best cut of meat is.

Herman

Now Herman, cut that out! You know what he meant. You can talk Texan and say "Shank."  His "Off the hoof" = "Fresh.

[wayne77590]

DB, we have a place about 10 miles up the road where you can "Eat All You Want" catfish for about $12. They also make the best Jalapeno Poppers you have ever eaten.

LIke I said, we have the resturants around here.

[wildebill308]

Wayne, you need to come up north. We have towns that were re invented as dining destinations. Like Roanoke they were nothing and now have over 50 restarants and still building. https://roanoketexas.com/DocumentCenter/View/2025/Roanoke-menu-v29

Then we have places like Southlake. Small bedroom community that kept growing and moving upscale. Well they didn't have a downtown and the city hall was in a old building and to small. So they hired a big name architect and built a down town and town square. 

I did a little research The median home value in Southlake is $677,000, I did say it is upscale.

https://www.opentable.com/landmark/restaurants-near-southlake-town-square-shopping-center

Bill

[wayne77590]

Might just have to make a stop up in that area some day.

I can stay home to have some really good food.
My creation of Pasta Bolognese in the Instant Pot.

 

 

[obedb]

Carl/ the boat museum in Clayton NY is a Museum. There are descriptions at every display. I only put the "water cooled" in mention of V-12 engines because not everybody is as smart as an old boat racer like you.😎😉 There  are a few V-12 engines displayed on shop Dolly's. All old and the workmanship is impressive. Would be tough to air cool a V engine of any size of course

 

[wolfe10]

  On 3/3/2019 at 11:35 PM, obedb said:

Carl/ the boat museum in Clayton NY is a Museum. There are descriptions at every display. I only put the "water cooled" in mention of V-12 engines because not everybody is as smart as an old boat racer like you.😎😉 There  are a few V-12 engines displayed on shop Dolly's. All old and the workmanship is impressive. Would be tough to air cool a V engine of any size of course

 

YES, spent many enjoyable hours there as well as at nearby Boldt Castle.

 

Now, can you teleport my boat up there for the summer (ONLY)-- way too far to go from Texas at 6 NMPH

[wildebill308]

  On 3/3/2019 at 11:50 PM, wolfe10 said:

Now, can you teleport my boat up there for the summer (ONLY)-- way too far to go from Texas at 6 NMPH

No but you could sail your boat all the way. This will get you to Lake Michigan. https://www.imusgeographics.com/great-lakes-to-the-gulf-of-mexicoby-boat

From there it is only a "short sail" to the mouth of the Saint Lawrence river and Clayton. Those lakes arn't all that big.😋

Bill