assfax Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Weather's good. It's Saturday. It ain't even noon yet. Two pounds of filet mignon from the butcher shop pre-chunked up for kabobs. Grill is cleared for take off. Screaming hot charcoal chimney is white hot. Haven't even gone to the liquor store yet. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Last summer the wife and I rented a condo for a weekend getaway. As part of that, I bought a package of filet mignon from Costco, something in the 2 or 2-1/2 lb range. First time I'd ever had filet mignon where I got as much as I could possibly want to eat. Restaurants, you're lucky to get 10oz. Had never bought it for myself to cook - I always buy ribeyes instead. So this was a special treat. And holy cow was it awesome. The lobster tails we had with the steak was just a nice bonus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSC Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Last summer the wife and I rented a condo for a weekend getaway. As part of that, I bought a package of filet mignon from Costco, something in the 2 or 2-1/2 lb range. First time I'd ever had filet mignon where I got as much as I could possibly want to eat. Restaurants, you're lucky to get 10oz. Had never bought it for myself to cook - I always buy ribeyes instead. So this was a special treat. And holy cow was it awesome. The lobster tails we had with the steak was just a nice bonus We NEVER go out for steak anymore because of the high quality ones you can get from Costco. We typically get the New Yorks (which, for a pack of 4 is less than one steak going to a good steakhouse around here), cook them up rare in a grill pan and they are amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driver Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 I weighed in yesterday at 269 lbs. When I started this journey at the end of May in 2012 I weighed 364 lbs. Five more lbs and I'll have lost 100 lbs. Through a combination of watching what I eat/drink and some exercise I was down to 289 by April '13. At Xmas I weighed in at 300. Somewhere between then and now the weight started coming off again. During that time the only real physical activity I have had has been loading/unloading my truck during my route at work. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted April 12, 2014 Author Share Posted April 12, 2014 Congratulations, driver! I need to go on a major diet myself. Alas, the fat will probably kill me soon enough. But optimism, just a bit, still gives me hope that I'll find the motivation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driver Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Thanks, Burgundy. Staying motivated was the hardest part of it all but once I found the motivation I was almost unstoppable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLSigman Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Thanks to the AHCA, I have health insurance for the first time since November of 2010. I am seeing a doctor at a practice which is under one of the big health care umbrellas here in town (which means they'll all take my insurance), and he has plans to send me to a pain specialist. While checking other doctors, the dude who put my pacemaker in back in Dec 2006 is now with a practice associated with the same group, so I can get that checked more regularly. So, for the first time in a year or more, since the fibro got worse but I had no pain meds to help, I feel like I might be living a little, not just existing. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 That was a badass lunar eclipse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Just got a bunch of grant money for SDSU. Hit me up if you want to get emotional to big blurry rap songs. Still alive, so I gotta be the chosen one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red is Dead Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 wife got 600 quid back pay from her work. operation "garden transformation - red takes a week off to excavate" is a go. Now to research garden excavation... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Drink a few pints, grab a shovel, and the rest will take care of itself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red is Dead Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Pretty much. Figuring a good way to work out some manly agression as well! Weighing up the skip vs stick it in the boot and take to the local tip option. Costs and benefits of both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Weighing up the skip vs stick it in the boot and take to the local tip option. You likely lost most of the board with that sentence My good news is that I've made almost $500 in overtime this year... despite not having worked a lick of overtime this year. Our company started using a new payroll company at the start of the year, and three times now I've been paid a handful of hours overtime pay. I'm not complaining obviously, and I'm not about to mention it to anybody, but I'm still curious as to how. I can only assume it's some incompetence on their part. Good Friday ended up as 4 hours stat pay and 4 hours overtime. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red is Dead Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 2 nations divided, by a common language, and about 200 years of new songs and dances. Just the bits you got wrong though... Let me rephrase. Fixin' on decidin' whether I oughta dump the back yard vegetation in the purchased steel receptacle or whether I oughta dump the back yard vegetation in the trunk of my saloon and recycle it. I need to lie down now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red is Dead Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 And the trip to malvern, PA is booked. Now to book out touristy stuff for philly proper. Prussia mall and big red tour bus should do it. Lovely stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 I gotta say, I thought the tour buses in NYC were going to be lame, but we wound up buying a 3 day pass for like $20 more and basically using it as a Taxi surrogate. All in all they were pretty interesting too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red is Dead Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Same, when i went. It was so much easier than using a taxi or even the subway. once you get on the big island, those were indispensable, especially when it started pissing it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Ape Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 You and I need to meet up and have a drink if you're in the Philly area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 I did the fucking monkey bars ALL THE WAY today. I've never done the monkey bars in my 30 years of life. I LOVE LIFE. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRGoldman Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Red and SuperApe, we should have a Philly get together. Also, I work in King of Prussia mall, so come to my store and say a quick hello. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 I just cooked and consumed PERFECT chicken cordon bleu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Ape Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Which store? If you say Jay Street, I'll spit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 new album's all done recordingnow to just stab it with "how to sound engineering" guides until we both stop crying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Good for you! I play in the slowest band in the world when it comes to recording. Complicated music, complicated people... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Good for you! I play in the slowest band in the world when it comes to recording. Complicated music, complicated people... "other musicians" is why I'm a DIY hermit who writes, plays, and records everything. I want to make art. I don't want to chase adults down to do it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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