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kastein
Aug 31, 2011

Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.

Darchangel posted:

I'm worse. I use an *shudder* electric razor. Rotary, of course. I also have a goatee, and not long ago, a full beard. I don't shave because:


(Seriously. those that have seen my FB know.)


So, yesterday, I get asked to meet with my boss's boss, because my boss is out of town.
I didn't really think anything was up, because there's a lot going on, but as it turns out, I have an HR complaint from someone in our host company. Not only that, but it's apparewntly my second complaint - they decided they didn't need to tell me about the first one whatever that was. Now the beauty of being a dirty worthless oursourcee is that apparently I don't get a chance to defend myself, or, so far, to even know what the complaint is. I've worked at this company, for three different companies, for 17 years, and this is what I get. All I've got is that it's something about my attitude, I think. Which, of course, just makes me want to scream at them "well, yeah, you outsourced me after 10 years of service then keep trying to treat me like a push-button replaceable cog!" (That they haven't managed to figure out how to replace *yet*.)
Good news - the actual company I work for has no intention of firing me. Boss boss emphasized that. Boss boss would rather not remove me from the contract right now as it is - we've already got another guy leaving that he has to replace. Another one like me, who originally worked for the host company, and made it to both oursourcers. Lot of tribal knowledge going with him, so good luck with that.

About time to leave anyway, I think. Familiarity is definitely building contempt, and it is painful working with a company that is transitioning from smaller company tribal knowledge to big company processes and knowledge-bases.
I'd love to work for a small to medium company, but I'm afraid I may need the benefits of a larger company if my wife's health issues don't get any better. Id rather not work for an outsourcer, but that may just be what's do-able.

drat dude, that sucks. Time to spin up the resume shotgun I guess? One of my coworkers timed this sort of thing perfectly a few years ago, he got dragged into the VP's office to "have a discussion about his work enthusiasm" and took the wind completely out of the guys' sails by resigning on the spot since he had literally just accepted another job offer the day before and hadn't quite thought through what he was going to say while resigning.

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bird with big dick
Oct 21, 2015


Not done to anywhere near the proper temperature.

:sad:

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

I got so good over the years at grilling the perfect steak that going to a steak house is a complete waste of money to me now. I can't remember the last time I went out for steak :smug:

Fender Anarchist
May 20, 2009

Fender Anarchist

scrubs season six posted:

Not done to anywhere near the proper temperature.

:sad:

Look at this infant what can't handle a little raw beef.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Some people here would probably gag at the thought of sashimi.

Oh god I love me some good sashimi.

slothrop
Dec 7, 2006

Santa Alpha, Fox One... Gifts Incoming ~~~>===|>

Soiled Meat

scrubs season six posted:

Not done to anywhere near the proper temperature.

:sad:

That was my first attempt a the deep fried sear so it did end up a little overdone

meatpimp
May 15, 2004

Psst -- Wanna buy

:) EVERYWHERE :)
some high-quality thread's DESTROYED!

:kheldragar:

Applebees Appetizer posted:

Some people here would probably gag at the thought of sashimi.

Oh god I love me some good sashimi.


Applebees Appetizer posted:

I got so good over the years at grilling the perfect steak that going to a steak house is a complete waste of money to me now. I can't remember the last time I went out for steak :smug:

Yep to both of these. My wife and I had some stupid-thick Strip steaks last weekend. Once you get seasoning and cooking down, there is no benefit to a steak house. You can absolutely hit peak steak in your own house.

drat. I want more steak now.

MrChips
Jun 10, 2005

FLIGHT SAFETY TIP: Fatties out first

I'm a big fan of Alton Brown's pan sear method. And just simple with salt, pepper and olive oil, done rare.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

I learned the best way to cook brown rice from Alton Brown.

:ssh:in the oven

angryrobots
Mar 31, 2005

I agree that I can cook a steak as good as any steakhouse BUT

I have a couple restaurants that occasionally get cuts that I just don't have easy access to. I had a huge aged bone-in cowboy cut ribeye a couple months ago that was amazing. Rare, of course.

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


If you're not taking bites straight out of the cow, you ain't poo poo.

bird with big dick
Oct 21, 2015

slothrop posted:

That was my first attempt a the deep fried sear so it did end up a little overdone

It's supposed to be so well done that it "rocks on the plate" you philistine.

bird with big dick
Oct 21, 2015

Applebees Appetizer posted:

I got so good over the years at grilling the perfect steak that going to a steak house is a complete waste of money to me now. I can't remember the last time I went out for steak :smug:

It's a good reason to never go to a mediocre (or even good) steakhouse but I think there's still a point to going to real top end steakhouses. Namely ultra high quality meat that isn't easily located, plus the stuff they serve besides the steak.

The Royal Nonesuch
Nov 1, 2005

Applebees Appetizer posted:

Some people here would probably gag at the thought of sashimi.

Oh god I love me some good sashimi.

Yeah if I find a good sashimi place I won't stop ordering until my stomach lining is about to burst, cost be damned. I have pretty good self-control when it comes to eating but that is my weakness. gently caress sashimi is awesome!

The best steak I ever cooked was miles out into the California desert - my buddy and I had done a 10-mile hike that day, and I had a nice steak & vegetable dinner planned. I was stoked; the night before we had discovered that the aged Desert Ironwood snags our camp was surrounded with burnt cleaner and hotter than any wood we'd ever encountered. Years of sitting in blinding desert heat had removed every single bit of moisture and it was just amazing firewood - I was excited to cook over it. I got a huge fire going and stoked it until I had an amazing bed of coals, and went to get the grill from the jeep.

I left the grill at home.

In a half-drunken panic I went out with a flashlight and searched around until I found the perfect flat slab of ~3" rock. I put that motherfucker directly on the coal bed, slapped the steak on it, and once it hit rare we started cutting thin slices off and eating them straight off the rock while sipping bourbon. It was perfectly seared, holy gently caress.

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

Powershift posted:

If you're not taking bites straight out of the cow, you ain't poo poo.

Done that. Just make sure the cow is well sedated or dead first, they kinda kick hard. Oh and they are actually pretty disgusting animals in the flesh, they really dont taste good if you get a mouthful of skin and you are very likely to eat some pretty nasty bacteria


scrubs season six posted:

It's a good reason to never go to a mediocre (or even good) steakhouse but I think there's still a point to going to real top end steakhouses. Namely ultra high quality meat that isn't easily located, plus the stuff they serve besides the steak.

This is quite true. A top line steak will be taken from premium herds and and aged quite differently. Usually there is a bidding war over a quality carcass by butchers - the best meat come out of hook and hoof competitions, where the aim is to produce the best steer living and the best carcass dead. Those hunks of beef go for some serious dollar per kg, anything from 10 to 100 times the usual lean price, mostly because the producers can then demand top dollar and get access to the best customers. A normal consumer wont get their hands close to any of that, the best you can do is get them via a premium butcher who usually also supplies a top end restaurant. Maybe. But you then wont get access to the aging process.

oh and I would point out that how an animal is bled out has a direct effect on the end quality of the meat. Believe it or not, proper Kosher / Halal slaughtering gives you the best quality meat (proper as in done bloody fast with as little stress to the animal as possible, bleeding out with a rapid loss of awareness). Knida ick so the captive bolt process is the best we have otherwise. Bleeding out leads to less death hormones degrading meat taste.

So you can make a drat fine steak at home, you might not be able to access the absolute best meat however that a real top end steakhouse can get.

The Locator
Sep 12, 2004

Out here, everything hurts.





Best steak I ever had was in the strangest place. A place called the Babb Bar, in the tiny little town of Babb, Montana (population 174), which sits on the east side of the Rockies just outside the boundary of Glacier National Park. Just a stupidly amazing steak, and I ate there far too often when I was working in the park.

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


The best steak i ever had was prime rib at the back of a little casino in mesquite nevada.

It was 2pm and the prime rib dinner just started when i got there. i got it and it was probably an inch and a half thick and the size of the plate. had to be 50oz of prime rib, and it was so buttery and cooked so perfectly all the way through almost like it was sous vide. it filled the plate, so the mashed potatoes came in their own bowl on the side. It was also $11, which was nuts.

I didn't poo poo for like 3 days. i had to take a nap in the car at 3 in the afternoon before carrying on to vegas.

I stopped in there a few years later for the same thing and it was like a tv dinner, just 100% disappointment.

nm
Jan 28, 2008

"I saw Minos the Space Judge holding a golden sceptre and passing sentence upon the Martians. There he presided, and around him the noble Space Prosecutors sought the firm justice of space law."
My local butcher does the meat for most of the better resturants in town and does thier own dry ageing.
You all just need a higher class of butcher I guess.

The periods of time I haven't lived here have been quite painful due to not having that. Even more than beef, pork really depends on sourcing. Commercial pork is absolute poo poo with no marbling at all. A good "heritage" pig just produces a much better chop.

If you butcher doesn't buy halves of cows and break them down, you need to find a real butcher.

Prime rib is a good thing to go to a resturant for because how many times a year can you justify making that at home?

nm fucked around with this message at 04:25 on Mar 3, 2017

Ether Frenzy
Dec 22, 2006




Nap Ghost
If your butcher doesn't... butch.. he's just a meat dealer. A meatpimp, if you will.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
I'm only a mediocre steak cook but nobody deep fries chicken like me.

kastein
Aug 31, 2011

Moderator at http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/and soon to be mod of AI. MAKE AI GREAT AGAIN. Motronic for VP.
You guys know what the difference between roast beef and pea soup is?

I can roast beef.

MrChips
Jun 10, 2005

FLIGHT SAFETY TIP: Fatties out first

But you can't pea soup? :haw:

Applebees Appetizer posted:

I learned the best way to cook brown rice from Alton Brown.

:ssh:in the oven

I've tried that before and it turns out pretty good, but a little on the salty side for my taste.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

A buddy of mine is a professional drummer, has shitloads of gear, and recently upgraded his electric drums so he sold me all his old Yamaha gear for a song. HOLY poo poo these things are amazing I had no idea, ten times the fun and 1/4 the size of an acoustic set which is the perfect size for my house, and of course the main thing is it won't annoy my wife or the neighbors :)

Fermented Tinal
Aug 25, 2005

by Pragmatica
Today at work I found out my job security p. much hinges upon a good person with heart problems not returning to work. :v:

The bosses have finally admitted the writing is on the wall and offered my entire shift a voluntary buyout because they have to eliminate 52 jobs (13 out of 77 on each shift) in my already poor as gently caress and brokeass city.

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


grab a mask and hide in his bushes.

Fermented Tinal
Aug 25, 2005

by Pragmatica
You know it is bad when your boss' boss' boss is the one doing the talking, and he talks about future downsizing as if it is going to happen. We've already started getting rid of some of the bindery equipment and are potentially phasing out more.

Previa_fun
Nov 10, 2004

Applebees Appetizer posted:

A buddy of mine is a professional drummer, has shitloads of gear, and recently upgraded his electric drums so he sold me all his old Yamaha gear for a song. HOLY poo poo these things are amazing I had no idea, ten times the fun and 1/4 the size of an acoustic set which is the perfect size for my house, and of course the main thing is it won't annoy my wife or the neighbors :)

High end electronic drums are really nice to play and sound really good.

Mid to entry level electronic drums still suck rear end on both counts and are basically compromise purchases for the reasons you listed.

randomidiot
May 12, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

(and can't post for 11 years!)

Darchangel posted:

I have an HR complaint from someone in our host company. Not only that, but it's apparewntly my second complaint

Admit it, you told them to do the needful, didn't you?

cakesmith handyman posted:

I found out today one of my co-workers thinks rice is a sort of pasta. I'm still not entirely sure he wasn't just trolling.

Maybe he's thinking of orzo, which is sort of rice shaped?

Coredump posted:

drat both of you destroyed my hypothesis. In my experience people who like dark meat like well done steak and sweet potato pie. And then people who like rare/medium rare steak prefer white meat chicken and pumpkin pie.

Me: Medium steak, white meat, sweet potato pie. But really I'm fat bastard and will eat white/dark meat and yes pie.

Medium here as well for steak, medium well for burgers (I spent enough time in a meat department to know just how disgusting ground beef can be).

Chicken: white meat only (same w/turkey). Can't do dark meat.
Pie: pumpkin pie with a ton of whipped cream on top. I can't do sweet potato anything. Just keep the insulin nearby.

mariooncrack posted:

Good luck. Cable companies are notorious for that kind of thing. Chances are, they'd erase the $70 service call and add on another $20 service call for calling them about their gently caress up.

In addition to locking you into a new contract without telling you... then extending it every loving time you call.

The Locator posted:

What you just described is called a tostada. Not a pizza.

NO SIR. A tostada has refried beans as the base, lettuce, tomato, maybe beef or chicken, and cotija cheese sprinkled on top (cheddar if you're in a place that has a bit of a gringo crowd). :colbert: (and comes on a crispy fried corn tortilla... not pizza dough). Some places include guacamole and/or sour cream on them; I'm all about guac, but keep the sour cream away from me.

fridge corn posted:

i shave wirh a Gillette fusion blade that i change maybe once a year lol

Jesus Christ. If I use those they're DONE after 4 or 5 shaves - they just start ripping and cutting my face.

I just use body clippers with no guard on my face. gently caress actually shaving. I don't have to impress anyone, I just knock it all down when it gets itchy.

randomidiot fucked around with this message at 07:31 on Mar 3, 2017

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Previa_fun posted:

High end electronic drums are really nice to play and sound really good.

Mid to entry level electronic drums still suck rear end on both counts and are basically compromise purchases for the reasons you listed.

They sound pretty drat good to me for $75. Would I rather have acoustic drums? Sure, but I'd rather keep my marriage intact too :v:

Previa_fun
Nov 10, 2004

Applebees Appetizer posted:

They sound pretty drat good to me for $75. Would I rather have acoustic drums? Sure, but I'd rather keep my marriage intact too :v:

What model? Yamaha gear is pretty solid across the board. Most of the quality of Roland without the markup.

Edit: Drum shop talk time:

I've lived in apartments for the past several years and therefor haven't been able to play my acoustic kit. While my wife and I have been looking into buying a house we're still a ways off so I'm looking into selling some old gear. Is Craigslist my best bet or is there a better option for musical gear? I know my local Guitar Center buys used gear but I imagine I wouldn't get much.

If anything it'll be a good excuse to upgrade when I have the space to play again. I purchased my cymbals in my late teens and early 20s and while I made some good decisions (20" Zildjian A Custom Crash which is responsive at low volumes yet can get as bright and loud as you can physically hit it) I also made some bad decisions, like a 20" Sabian AA Rock Ride which is nothing but PING PING PING PING and overpowers everything.

Previa_fun fucked around with this message at 07:50 on Mar 3, 2017

Slung Blade
Jul 11, 2002

IN STEEL WE TRUST

slidebite posted:

You'll be first on the list SSS.

It's nothing special. My main kit is a Jaeger safety razor and a Tweezerman badger brush and whatever I have for lather soap. I think I'm using Wilkinson Sword Walmart-special stuff right now but I actually think that's part of the problem with nicks. I'm open to recommendations.

Not going to lie though, I have a costco bag of of Gillette good news twin pivoting razors and some edge shaving gel that I go to if I just want a quick shave.

I've also been told I'm weird that I shave in the shower, but drat, shaving in a super hot shower is just so much nicer than standing over a sink.

I'm a big fan of D.R. Harris' "Windsor" flavoured soap and aftershave. The Arlington is nice too, milder scent.



My grandmother gave me her father's razor a few years ago, I had used almost exclusively electric up until that point in my life. It was great to learn on, but I could never quite get it as sharp as I wanted, turns out it has an ever so slight bend in the blade, so it's just an heirloom now. This new one has been amazing so far. Sorry great grandpa :smith:

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Previa_fun posted:

What model? Yamaha gear is pretty solid across the board. Most of the quality of Roland without the markup.

Edit: Drum shop talk time:

I've lived in apartments for the past several years and therefor haven't been able to play my acoustic kit. While my wife and I have been looking into buying a house we're still a ways off so I'm looking into selling some old gear. Is Craigslist my best bet or is there a better option for musical gear? I know my local Guitar Center buys used gear but I imagine I wouldn't get much.

If anything it'll be a good excuse to upgrade when I have the space to play again. I purchased my cymbals in my late teens and early 20s and while I made some good decisions (20" Zildjian A Custom Crash which is responsive at low volumes yet can get as bright and loud as you can physically hit it) I also made some bad decisions, like a 20" Sabian AA Rock Ride which is nothing but PING PING PING PING and overpowers everything.

Module is a DTX500, and I got four pads, a kick, a cymbal, cords and some mounting hardware.I just ordered a brand new boxed Yamaha rack for it with all the mounts for $100 off ebay. Still need a few pieces (hi hat, ride/crash) but I think I'll have a nice setup for cheap.

I sold all my old acoustic stuff on CL, every last piece to about four different people but it all got sold. I couldn't sell it together so I parted it out and ended up making more money.

Applebees Appetizer fucked around with this message at 07:56 on Mar 3, 2017

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

Slung Blade posted:

I'm a big fan of D.R. Harris' "Windsor" flavoured soap and aftershave. The Arlington is nice too, milder scent.



My grandmother gave me her father's razor a few years ago, I had used almost exclusively electric up until that point in my life. It was great to learn on, but I could never quite get it as sharp as I wanted, turns out it has an ever so slight bend in the blade, so it's just an heirloom now. This new one has been amazing so far. Sorry great grandpa :smith:

You can have the blade corrected. I saw a YouTube guy do it once!

Liquid Communism
Mar 9, 2004


Out here, everything hurts.




slidebite posted:

You'll be first on the list SSS.

It's nothing special. My main kit is a Jaeger safety razor and a Tweezerman badger brush and whatever I have for lather soap. I think I'm using Wilkinson Sword Walmart-special stuff right now but I actually think that's part of the problem with nicks. I'm open to recommendations.

Not going to lie though, I have a costco bag of of Gillette good news twin pivoting razors and some edge shaving gel that I go to if I just want a quick shave.

I've also been told I'm weird that I shave in the shower, but drat, shaving in a super hot shower is just so much nicer than standing over a sink.

Get yourself a styptic pencil. It'll shut those nicks up right away.

Seminal Flu posted:

Yep to both of these. My wife and I had some stupid-thick Strip steaks last weekend. Once you get seasoning and cooking down, there is no benefit to a steak house. You can absolutely hit peak steak in your own house.

drat. I want more steak now.

I like steak frites and neither have a deep fryer in my apartment, nor want to keep one stocked with peanut oil so I can make fries every couple weeks. That's about the sum total of why I go out for steaks sometimes.

Liquid Communism fucked around with this message at 09:25 on Mar 3, 2017

KozmoNaut
Apr 23, 2008

Happiness is a warm
Turbo Plasma Rifle


Shaving? I bought a $30 trimmer 3 years ago, and maintain a manly beard :riker:

(Actually, I do maintain the edges with a Merkur HD with Personna blades, a Vulfix brush, and Proraso soap and aftershave. Good stuff)

Siochain
May 24, 2005

"can they get rid of any humans who are fans of shitheads like Kanye West, 50 Cent, or any other piece of crap "artist" who thinks they're all that?

And also get rid of anyone who has posted retarded shit on the internet."


Fermented Tinal posted:

Today at work I found out my job security p. much hinges upon a good person with heart problems not returning to work. :v:

The bosses have finally admitted the writing is on the wall and offered my entire shift a voluntary buyout because they have to eliminate 52 jobs (13 out of 77 on each shift) in my already poor as gently caress and brokeass city.

lovely man. What kind of work are you looking for? Move up north and there's some decent job opportunities still. Lumber mills, mines, etc. Good pay, to.

angryrobots
Mar 31, 2005

nm posted:

My local butcher does the meat for most of the better resturants in town and does thier own dry ageing.
You all just need a higher class of butcher I guess.

The periods of time I haven't lived here have been quite painful due to not having that. Even more than beef, pork really depends on sourcing. Commercial pork is absolute poo poo with no marbling at all. A good "heritage" pig just produces a much better chop.

If you butcher doesn't buy halves of cows and break them down, you need to find a real butcher.

Prime rib is a good thing to go to a resturant for because how many times a year can you justify making that at home?
We just added Kunekune pigs to our operation with two sows, one of which is bred. They say farrow to fork is seven months...how does AI feel about pasture raised pork bacon?

Look at that beauty

Seat Safety Switch
May 27, 2008

MY RELIGION IS THE SMALL BLOCK V8 AND COMMANDMENTS ONE THROUGH TEN ARE NEVER LIFT.

Pillbug

Rhyno posted:

You can have the blade corrected. I saw a YouTube guy do it once!

Slung is a master of metalfucking but I don't think he necessarily wants to risk damaging a family heirloom by running it through the ol' HellForge 3000.

Plus the new razor is loving crazy, and was sold by hipsters.

Fermented Tinal
Aug 25, 2005

by Pragmatica

Siochain posted:

lovely man. What kind of work are you looking for? Move up north and there's some decent job opportunities still. Lumber mills, mines, etc. Good pay, to.

Material handling preferably, I drive a forklift.

By moving North do you mean I should be looking for jobs in Sudbury or North Bay? Or are we talking like, Northern Ontario kind of North and I should be looking more towards Thunder Bay?

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Slung Blade
Jul 11, 2002

IN STEEL WE TRUST

Yeah if I were to heat it I could probably fix it, or totally re grind it.

But it's a 'silver steel' blade made in Sheffield. I'm not sure exactly when, but the box has a "by appointment to the king" mark on it so it's at minimum 70 years old, and given that my grandma is 85, I would guess it's closer to the century+ mark.

And doing either of those things would ruin the nice etched label on the blade surface.

I mean it's not like it's unusable, I used it for years and did OK, but it's nice to have a blade I can keep properly sharp.

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