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    Shipping frozen goods?

    If you buy a thick styro shipping box, which itself is inside a cardboard box, and add half a dozen freezer gel packs, it will arrive frozen. I've shipped frozen food to my family in the mid west from Texas in the heat of summer many times, and other than one episode where they lost the box...
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    What in the Sweet Baby Jesus is going on? Meat prices.

    Not to put too fine a point on it but.. The minimum wage was established in 1938 through the "Fair Labor Standards Act". It set the minimum wage at $.25 per hour. It was aimed to protect workers from exploitation and improve living standards during the great depression.
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    What in the Sweet Baby Jesus is going on? Meat prices.

    I think the idea was to prevent employers from using workers as defacto slaves. Outside of urban centers where rents are non-stratospheric, it might be possible to survive with no kids a second hand car and an appetite for beans and rice.
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    What in the Sweet Baby Jesus is going on? Meat prices.

    It comes down to supply and demand. Supply is at historic lows now but with a massive decrease in demand something has to give. If I were king I would mandate the producers get the profits. Never did like a middleman.
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    What in the Sweet Baby Jesus is going on? Meat prices.

    Don’t get me wrong I harbor no ill will towards farmers or ranchers. But as a consumer trying to find affordable beef I’m looking on the bright side of our shared dilemma . Anyway I sure don’t blame the farmer/ranchers. I suspect there’s a culprit but voldemorts name must not be said aloud.
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    What in the Sweet Baby Jesus is going on? Meat prices.

    Well the good news I guess is that China's American beef purchases dropped from $118 and $125 million in July and August of 2024 to $8 million and $9.5 million in 2025. I'm on the lookout for desperate farmers and packing plants to begin to lower prices in order to survive the loss of the...
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    Probably my last race at Loudon

    Not sure all I know a that it was an AMA Superbike round. We raced the entire Superbike season in 1996. We competed in the Supersport class but also ran in the Superbike class . We never challenged the factory guys, but we held our onn. Finished the year 7th in 750 class points which was...
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    Probably my last race at Loudon

    I got to participate in the AMA Superbike race at Loudon back in 96 as a crewchief and engine builder for "Team Suzuki Sport" tuning bike #50 riden by Mark Black. Great track, great time!
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    Any new Rib Rubs out there?

    I just grabbed some Hot Honey Hog before reading this!
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    15 year old Generac not running...replace?

    If the funds are available buy a new one for sure.
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    15 year old Generac not running...replace?

    Lack of skilled repair guys is the root cause. A stepper (WWII term for a hot shot mechanic), (true term to describe a hot dancer who moved his feet so fast he could cut a rug) would follow logical test steps and diagnose the issue/s. Remember “Sling Blade” where the unfixable lawn mower was...
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    15 year old Generac not running...replace?

    My mentor, when I first applied my self taught skills as an entry level mechcanic, was A.J. Pagnozi (he his name was on the patent for the idle mixture design used by all carbs). He told me that doing is one skill but teaching is another skill and you have to train on how to teach. I know, I...
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    15 year old Generac not running...replace?

    It's getting to be the same problem in the auto repair field. All the old techs who had experience on non fuel injected engines are retired and the newer guys learn injection and black box emission control stuff plus the high profit margin moves like brakes and a/c systems. Take in a lawn mower...
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    First time making beef back ribs

    I'm enamored with "Tuscan' pork ribs which are very hot and very fast. Flavor is outstanding but they are TOUGH, so following interweb advice, and after cooling completely, I foiled them with tablespoon or two of water and baked them for 1 hour at 300. Fixed them!
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    1st Attempt At Hot Sauce

    Here's my starting point, it's borrowed from the "Pepper Geek" page on YouTube, if you want to watch the tutorial.
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