Yup, a nod from a peanut/treenut allergy sufferer too. Navigating bake sales and on rare occasions, other people’s dinner parties and events like those can sometimes be a bit of a minefield. I’m just bluntly upfront in a matter of fact way with everyone who knows me about my nut allergies and people tend to be very…

Cool, good for them, but they have certainly withered within my particular area of reference. They went from being all over the place to just a couple of stores in the entire state.

I’ve been kind of wondering the same thing. I’ve wanted to give the Imp Burger a try, but I’m not sure if BK or some other chain would be the right place to do it?

Hell yeah! A fellow fire eater salutes you. It must be somewhat tricky for chains to do the spicy route. There are always those dipshits who claim they like spicy food and then they get past the Scoville scale for ketchup and they start whinging! And then they have to weather the scumbags who would do crap like trying…

That story must have flown under my radar? But HA! Imagine all the toof gnashing (and almost certainly death threats), if they went the route of the Steak ‘N Shake mentioned in that article and blinged out and ‘upscaled’ Whataburger. Despite being bought out, or maybe because of it, Whataburger sounds like it’s on…

That’s my general impression of Whataburger and their Texas roots. I hadn’t heard of their sale, but I would imagine that it might have been more of a fire sale than anything else. They seem to be a place that welcomes the open carry types and I can vaguely remember some dust up about them being happy to serve a…

Oh, and if I recall correctly, they don’t add mayo to their burgers, unless you ask for it. For mayo haters, they were the goto choice for fast food burgers. Lots of those tiny reconstituted onion bits too. A very different animal compared to places like BK. My mom isn’t a big fast food person, but she loves their…

I think they’re Texas based, but my impression is that they’re a dying brand that’s near extinction. They had a bunch here in Az, but BK and the other burger slingers gave them a thorough curb stomping and there are only a couple still open in Az. Not sure about Cali, but I would doubt that they have much of presence…

Curious, but have you had and, if so, do you prefer Whataburger over BK? Whataburger is definitely a mustard forward burger in stock trim. 

WOW! That’s an AMAZING response! Much appreciated! Your response goes into some details that I wasn’t fully aware of, such as the vapor lock and composite material issues. I managed to get a scant 35 hours of seat time in a R-22 and I learned about most of these issues, but certainly not to the level of detail that…

You’d probably love it here in the winter, but definitely don’t ever think about visiting here during the summer! And my mom’s a native Zonie, but after nearly having a heat stroke here about 35 or so years ago, she can’t deal with the heat any more and moved up north where it’s much cooler. She likened the effect…

Yeah, it was always like ‘Damn, it’s that hot out?’ The worst was that 122 degree day. I fought a brush fire in the middle of the day and it sucked mightily. Everyone felt sick and wiped out from it and I felt like I had a really nasty hangover the next day. I hope record breaking days like that are few and far in bet…

No one will probably see this, but bought this and I did 2 pork tenderloins with it last night. I butterflied/pounded one flat and pan fried it and braised the other one at 425. I cooked the pan one mostly through and then added the Goyo near the end and let it thicken up with the pork. The braised one was sitting in…

Interesting. Maybe they don’t do it any more and I’m out of the loop with that info (which wouldn’t be surprising). I don’t really have any knowledge pertaining to specific fixed wing requirements, but I did manage to get in a scant 35 hours of seat time in R-22s at Scottsdale Airpark and that was during the summer.…

My first real trip back east was for a one week tour of D.C. after my 8th grade graduation and about 30 of us went and most of us were fools and didn’t realize what we were in for when the pilot said something like ‘It’s 98 and 98, temperature and humidity’. Our tour guides were laughing at all the whining and…

‘Snap’(?), as in a personal pic I’ve taken, no, not mine, but it is from Phx and it’s not too unusual to have one roll through town during the monsoon season. Here’s another (net) pic of downtown getting nailed good. Luckily, they’re usually quick moving and the bulk of the dust dissipates within 15-20 minutes. Car…

Never done cash, but who turns down cash?! I’ve left gift cards in envelopes and have always gotten kind notes back with something like ‘Thanks much!’ left in the box. In the past when it’s been insanely hot, I’ve tried putting out a small cooler with drinks in it and my name written on the cooler for confirmation and…

Yeah, we get thick with those blue and white haired flocks out here too. My last trip to PS was in the spring and is was a bit hot down below and then we trammed it and there was still plenty of snow on the mountains. The temp drop was amazing! Like 10 minutes and you’re in a whole different world climate wise. I…

And the mountains sometimes stop the storms/rain moving in from the west. It can get pretty damn hot and miserable in the summer in Palm Springs! Beautiful weather during most of the rest of the year though.

Tucson’s an interesting place in that right above them is the southernmost ski resort in N. America, but they also get a lot more humidity and storms compared to Phx. During the monsoon season, which is now, Az has increased bouts of humidity streaming from directly in Mexico and it can get considerably higher than 20-…