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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

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Restrict the subject matter? That's ridiculous. I don't have, and never will have a number because I'm not a part of the TB clique.

To join our GOF fellowship one needs to be of a certain age and therefore a little grumpy, Snarky doesn’t cut it!

Come on man. You in or you out?
 
Jon’s initial post declaring a home for Grumpy Old Farts.


Heard enough talk about it. Time for the unofficial "Grumpy old amp tech/builder/user's" club?

"Grumpy Old Farts":

#1 Wcriley
#2 B-String
#3 BassmanPaul

Anyone want in? Not required to be grumpy all the time, just occasionally disconnect of judgement between the brain and fingers :D

Undecided if Mods should be eligible as we seem to drive them to it? :oops:
 
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On your way, if you pass through Cincinnati, let me know. Mrs. 12BitSlab and I will introduce you the local cuisine.
My wife is of German heritage and my mother-in-law used to make Scrapple for breakfast. When I got out of the army I was visiting an ex and had Cincinnati German Style Scrapple and eggs. It was delicious!
 
As promised, from last night's show:
 

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I don't think that smokerpot, er, uh, @toprekoms, that is, is grumpy all the time. Maybe he was just auditioning for us. I'd say he qualifies.

But, what do I know? Darn whippersnappers never listen to me, anyway.

Get off my lawn! :sour:
It's actually pot smoker. Please tell the higher ups to give me my number. I have earned it.
 
Stupid stuffin' heat wave is not all bad. First ripe fruit of the year from one of our trees, which looked completely dead two years ago after ~20 years of pretty good yields. But once again, nature did find a way. Fresh figs rule!

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Sorry to interrupt but I just saw the bowl of figs, need advice, I have about 6 fig trees and they are loaded with figs, not being educated in figs I have always just waited til they bust open to pick them,they are real sweet that way, can I just pick them as you did in the bowl, then how do I fix them ???? been picking blue berries for a week now!!!!!!!
 
Sorry to interrupt but I just saw the bowl of figs, need advice, I have about 6 fig trees and they are loaded with figs, not being educated in figs I have always just waited til they bust open to pick them,they are real sweet that way, can I just pick them as you did in the bowl, then how do I fix them ???? been picking blue berries for a week now!!!!!!!

You've already been doing it right for max flavor and sweetness. We're picking many a day or two before that stage, so they're still quite sweet and shelf life is a lot longer. Like a lot of tree fruit, it's not ripe unless a gentle rocking motion is enough to break it off the branch. Preserves like jam or chutney are nice, and my wife's also done some great fig cakes. But if you have a lot of them drying is pretty much the default.
 
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