I always thought that the tiny house thing was for those with some DIY capability. Kind of like a sailboat on land kind of thing. Most long term sailboat sailors are very handy for example. I worked with a guy about 10 years ago that bought an old school bus for $2k. He spent about another $5k refitting and working on…

Try using an electric turkey roaster for duck instead of a charcoal grill. It is damn near fire and forget, turn the knob to where you want it and leave it alone. You can easily get that 200 degrees cooking temp you wanted on demand. You can even use one of those beer can chicken inserts with a little wine of your…

Bed time trick. I know some people have a real issue with a tv in a kids bedroom but this trick is worth it.  Problems with the one more hug or I need a drink of water, turn on the tv but turn the sound down so low the only way they can hear it is to lay very still. Works great , especially if you sit there. 10 -15…

Ok, I’ve got to ask where you are shopping at. Average steak price near me is $20 for a pair of sirloins. If you can pull off $50 a week per person or less drop us a menu and how to. I am all ears. Also this is not sarcasm or being asinine. I’m genuinely curious.  

IDK where in the south that was but I can guarantee that if you’d talked to a deacon or pastor they would have gladly wrote you a permission letter. I remember one deacon bringing it up when I was a kid. The church we went to was easily visible from a state route and he’d found out that the deputies were chasing off…

This right here. One night of bad sleep most people can get by just fine. Multiple nights you find significant decreased function. With the pandemic stuff going on lots of ambulance services with a 24 hr on 48 hr off schedule as a standard started needing a lot of double shifts. I can tell you from experience that the…

Driving tired is dangerous but I find that Halls cough drops really help if its just you getting road hypnotized. I get that a lot since I use long drives for quiet thinking. The driving keeps my hands just busy enough I can have a nice quiet think all to myself, ( when life gets complicated I’ve been known to go for…

It’s not 100% but most of the time police , fire and EMS are automatically excused, ( even volunteers ). I got recycled through 3 jury pools one time and was disqualified by the do you know the defendant and how question. “ Well I’ve been on 911 calls to their house a couple of dozen times but we aren’t close.”…

Yeah, I’m aware of that. The problem is that it only looked at people that got audited and went to court. The percentage of people making in excess of $200k a year getting audited is far lower than that of those making less than $50k. Like I said you have really got to make an entirely stupid mistake so they have a…

I don’t carry it like I used to but I keep cash. An emergency C note in the bottom of your shoe or back of your belt can get you out of a bind sometimes when a card cant. I lived in ATL for a while and after a mugging I actually started carrying a cheap extra wallet and kept about $10 in 1s in it along with some old…

They bother people making $3 an hour because they cant afford a lawyer to take it to court to fight the audit findings. $2K in legal fees or pay $1200 in extra taxes. A billionaire paying a lawyer $100K in legal fees to save a million it makes sense for. That’s why really rich people are almost never audited unless…

Generally I tip pretty good for good service, ( obviously on task, working to get the order ready, etc). Crap service gets no tip, ( dragging along, focusing on things that don’t get my order or another order ready, socializing and making me wait).

Cash tips help because what the tax man don’t know about the tax man don’t know about. I know a guy that has a lawn service side hustle. The price is 10% cheaper if they pay in cash. He says about half do that gladly. 

I’ve been using this for a while. The biggest drawback is that it requires wifi and bluetooth to be on. Due to work requirements I travel a lot even during the average day I may be in several different locations. If I leave wifi on all the time streaming audio while I wait or move from location to location becomes a…

Ok, maybe I’m a bit paranoid but letting a third party back up your device and giving them your encryption key? A fairly unknown third party with an unknown privacy track record?

Best advice I was ever given on running was build up to boxing rounds. Normal boxing round being 3 min running one minute rest for x number of rounds usually 8-10. You start out in reverse, 1 min running , 3 min walking. Do the program 3-4 days a week. Trade 10 seconds each week to the other side, example week 2 , 70…

I’m usually ahead of this stuff due to my total nerdiness. But mine was turned on so for once I guess I must be in the 1%. Yay. Also thanks for the heads up.  

That is exactly one of the ones I was talking about. Easy peasy.

It’s just the canned ones. He won’t even look at them when I make fresh! Guess their are worse things for him to snack on. 

This sounds like a great meal. I found that if you check the spice isle and the box meals isles at the grocery store you often find spice blend packs just for pork tenderloins. Some of them have you mix the packet with something else like garlic or brown sugar and oil or butter. It makes a quick pork loin bake really…