Balsamico - A Food Diary

[Spidey2112]

Do your boys know you refer to them that way?

From day one.

 

[Passinwind]

That’s some incredible stuff dude, cool storyThanks

That track was actually on the small side compared to what I was used to as a kid. There was a 240 foot model that was fairly common for at least a few years

Later on, after I got my driver's license, the scene changed and the 155 footer became the standard, and the venues got smaller and only had one or two different tracks. And where I was it was mostly engineer geeks who could throw way too much money at things who were winning. I was always into DIY building, but some things like the motors just got too evolved to allow doing that and still being competitive. So I moved on to music and working on amps and stuff, and eventually building them. That's actually a pretty common theme with geezers at NAMM, and here on TB too. Once you have that mentality, why not DIY food and beer too, eh?

 

[fcleff]

Coffee. Toast with fancy salted butter.

 

[4stringsjack]

Need coffee... Need so many coffees... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[XXL]

A V8 Hydrate.

 

[4stringsjack]

Last night I cooked steak tips on the grill marinated in Sweet Baby Ray's steakhouse marinade, mushrooms & yellow, orange, and red cherry tomatoes on skewers, and sliced zucchini brushed with balsamic vinegar. We ate like vikings. (Then we made the blueberry crisp.)

 

[Passinwind]

Need coffee... Need so many coffees... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Yep, this is looking like a two latte morning. Trying to learn a Charlie Parker head on fretless is kicking my ass pretty hard.

 

[Mktrat]

Frose Rose
It's like drinking grape Nerds!!

 

[XXL]

Hydrates are great for drinkers.

Pro tip

 

[kasken]

For those in a holiday mood, today is National Tequila Day

 

[TinIndian]

Sergeant Storm and Major Matt Mason.

Major Matt Mason! Yeah we must be in the same generation. Somewhere there are pictures of me happy as a clam on Christmas Day playing with my new favorite toy, Major Matt Mason's Moon Base or whatever it was and that crazy rover thing with suction cup wheels. Years later I took the kids up the street to Cape Kennedy to check out the displays and launch pads and in one of the displays behind the glass is that Moon Base and all the figures. Pretty Cool

 

[TinIndian]

Nope, old school 1/24th scale.

That is a 155" American King". Although it looks like a later build from Hasse' Nilson.

Nice Track. Always liked those and an Orange the best. Hill Climbs were fun too.

 

[TinIndian]

That model still exists and I actually know someone who has all the pieces for one warehoused. Way back when that was my jam the world record was around 4 seconds and I think I was at 4.2 or so on good power, and 4.5 all day.

Over the years it's gone down considerably though: Invalid Link Removed

I assume that was the old Open cars. Never went quite that far, ran group 15's and group 27's. Went to a few different Nationals back in the 80's. Good stuff. Learned how to solder doing that.

 

[TinIndian]

I assume that was the old Open cars. Never went quite that far, ran group 15's and group 27's. Went to a few different Nationals back in the 80's. Good stuff. Learned how to solder doing that stuff.

And HOLY COW! Those numbers are insane!

 

[TinIndian]

That track was actually on the small side compared to what I was used to as a kid. There was a 240 foot model that was fairly common for at least a few years

Later on, after I got my driver's license, the scene changed and the 155 footer became the standard, and the venues got smaller and only had one or two different tracks. And where I was it was mostly engineer geeks who could throw way too much money at things who were winning. I was always into DIY building, but some things like the motors just got too evolved to allow doing that and still being competitive. So I moved on to music and working on amps and stuff, and eventually building them. That's actually a pretty common theme with geezers at NAMM, and here on TB too. Once you have that mentality, why not DIY food and beer too, eh?

The engineer geeks around here spent way too much time trying to find that little edge and not enough time learning how to drive. Always fun beating them.

 

[4stringsjack]

For those in a holiday mood, today is National Tequila Day

I heard that somewhere earlier today! Now I've heard it twice, from two totally different sources, so I know it's true!

To paraphrase another member here:

Ba na nana nana da da. Ba na da na da da na.
Ba na nana nana da da. Ba na da na na da na.
Ba da da brbrbrbrbrbrbrbrb bah! (bah!)
Ba da da brbrbrbrbrbrbrbrb bah! (bah!)
Ba da da brbrbrbrbrbrbrbrb bah! (bah!)
Ba da da da da da duh.

TEQUILA!

 

[InDaDoghouse]

Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! TEQUILA!

 

[fcleff]

Yep, this is looking like a two latte morning. Trying to learn a Charlie Parker head on fretless is kicking my ass pretty hard.

Bird’ll do that.

 

[fcleff]

Gonna trade in some more gear to my Yammie today.

Saltine crackers.

 

[4stringsjack]

Gotta see if I can remember the songs I need to play tonight.

Leftover steak tips, shrooms, tomaters, zucchini, and blueberry crisp.