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    Home again! 9pm update

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    5 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said:

    The fire got pretty close. 23 paces by my count.

     

    Too close by 1,000 paces.

     

    5 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said:

    The small canyon is on my neighbor’s property about 50 yards from my driveway. It funneled the flame north like the firecrew chief told me he anticipated. And that’s where they stopped it!

     

    St. Florian was working overtime for them. 

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    Old West Coffee

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    5 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said:

    That's why we went the K-Cup route. Only make one cup at a time of whatever hot beverage you desire. Super convenient in the camper!!

     

    We'd had one of those combo machines, pot or K-cup. But those things are bloody expensive and,  frankly, not much better than instant.  Certainly, not worth the jump from maybe 15 cents per cup to 50 cents to $1 per cup.

    Home again! 9pm update

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    Thanks for the photos.

     

    From what I could tell from the maps,  it looks like they held the line right at County Road N, which I gather is your access road. 

     

    There were a few times that the overlay showing the winds made me sure it would jump the road. Those crews must have worked like Stakhanovites on speed to beat it back. 

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    Old West Coffee

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    3 hours ago, Dantankerous said:

    It's hard to find decaf that has a good flavor as it seems everyone roasts the flavor out of decaf, but not so with this.

     

    Not just decaf.  That's why I usually prefer light or medium roast to dark roast. 

     

    Although,  for about a year we've been using instant. Our sleep patterns are so dissimilar that making a pot isn't worth it. Sometimes in the evening I'll do one French Press pot for us right after dinner.  It makes just enough for two mugs of coffee.

    The Brilliance of the Corned Beef Can and Other Simple Marvelous Things

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    I think we're all familiar with the trapezoidal tins of corned beef.  The funky shape, the Peel-Strip aka Key-Wind Closure System are iconic. 

     

    Also a brilliant bit of engineering. The scored narrow strip and the little key soldered or spot welded on eliminate the need for a separate tool to open the tin. Even little kids can open them.

     

    But the real brilliance is that the little strip of metal peeled off is just wide enough to allow the short bottom to be pressed back on as a friction fit lid if you don't use the entire contents of the can.

     

    It's simple, efficient, convenient,  and darned good engineering. 

     

    What caused me to expound on this? A couple of days ago I used about half a tin of corned beef to make corned beef hash for my wife and me. Without thinking about it I  pressed the bottom back on to make the lid for the unused portion. 

     

    Today I grabbed it out of the fridge to make a version of SOS for breakfast and was contemplating the genius of the design. 

     

     

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