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Everything posted by jerryskids
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***Geek Movie Character Draft*** Herbivore OTC
jerryskids replied to BiffTannen's topic in The Geek Club
https://brunchsnobrestaurant.com/menu It's in the same strip mall as my dentist -- I went from toof cleaning to some coffee and breakfast food. I tried the lobster omelet, which is new I think and has a bunch of ingredients I love, so I thought I'd try it. It was kinda meh. This place usually provides an inordinate amount of food done well, but there was not enough lobster in it to put that word in the name IMO. My favorite thing on the menu is the soft shell crab benedict. I also like the "cluckers" which include one or two large chicken thighs, but we just had chicken legs for dinner last night (and I'm having leftover tonight). -
Protests in Dearborn: Anti-Islam activists clash with Muslim residents
jerryskids replied to Maximum Overkill's topic in The Geek Club
Really? That seems quite short-sighted. Then again, I readily call myself an Islamophobe. I don't fear individual Muslims -- I've worked with many and consider some friends. But a concentration of Islamism is anathema to Western culture. I present as evidence: much of Europe. I fear that happening to our country. And it seems that about 1/2 of you are somewhere between oblivious and welcoming, built on a framework of fear of being labeled rrrrrracist! -
***Geek Movie Character Draft*** Herbivore OTC
jerryskids replied to BiffTannen's topic in The Geek Club
Sorry, I was at the dentist and then brunch. 4.1 Doc Holliday, Val Kilmer, Tombstone - Wildcard One of my favorite roles/performances ever, in one of my favorite movies. -
***Geek Movie Character Draft*** Herbivore OTC
jerryskids replied to BiffTannen's topic in The Geek Club
I was planning to draft everyone taken this round. 3.7 Ron Burgundy, Anchorman, funny Give me a few for the next one -
***Geek Movie Character Draft*** Herbivore OTC
jerryskids replied to BiffTannen's topic in The Geek Club
2.01 - Hannibal Lecter, Anthony Hopkins, villain. Have the lambs stopped screaming, Clarice? -
***Geek Movie Character Draft*** Herbivore OTC
jerryskids replied to BiffTannen's topic in The Geek Club
1.09 (or whatever) - He's saved the world 27-ish times, and banged a smoking broad countless times. Bond. James Bond. Hero. -
***Geek Movie Character Draft*** Herbivore OTC
jerryskids replied to BiffTannen's topic in The Geek Club
Why don't you take Toofy's place and join the draft? -
***Geek Movie Character Draft*** Herbivore OTC
jerryskids replied to BiffTannen's topic in The Geek Club
Vader is on the Mount Rushmore of villains... ... mostly. -
***Geek Movie Character Draft*** Herbivore OTC
jerryskids replied to BiffTannen's topic in The Geek Club
Just busting your balls. -
***Geek Movie Character Draft*** Herbivore OTC
jerryskids replied to BiffTannen's topic in The Geek Club
I thought about putting spoiler tags on it. -
***Geek Movie Character Draft*** Herbivore OTC
jerryskids replied to BiffTannen's topic in The Geek Club
Eh, he turned into a good guy in the end. -
Serrated is a must for bread. Our bread knife is the one cheap one in the drawer -- you don't need a finely honed knife to saw off a slice of bread. But we don't have our knives out/in a block, so looks don't matter. Agree on steak knives. We have two sets of Henckels for some reason; one with smaller serrations (think sharp butter knife) and one with larger serrations. I always use the larger serrated ones.
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We usually drive to a few vacation homes a year in the higher AZ country. We always take at least our Wusthof santoku (with the notches in the blade) with us; it's our most used knife. Usually also a serrated paring knife which is hella useful. Also a non-stick pan for eggs; for some reason most places don't stock one it seems, and you can get them cheap.
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Those look interesting. I'm intrigued by the tungsten slicing knife. I wonder how heavy it would be; tungsten is about the densest metal you can get. But that weight would be helpful in slicing difficult things.
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You are probably right that Wusthof and Henckels are on the "low" end of "high" end knives, at least from a price perspective but probably performance as well. I think we started getting them in 1993 from our wedding registry, and 32 years later we're still using them. My point about German was not so much the location of current manufacture, but whether or not you get the German style (20% blade angle) or Japanese (15% blade). Ima look into these Globals. My wife is a good cook and recognizes the value of a good knife. The question is, is there a knife we can use that we don't already have?
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***Geek Movie Character Draft*** Herbivore OTC
jerryskids replied to BiffTannen's topic in The Geek Club
I vote that it still counts. Biff was clear that we were picking characters, not actors. -
***Geek Movie Character Draft*** Herbivore OTC
jerryskids replied to BiffTannen's topic in The Geek Club
If a character is in multiple movies / a franchise, do we need to pick one of the movies? If so, does that mean somebody else could pick that same character but a different movie? I vote for we get that character for all movies. -
For more info for Biff, the Japanese knives (Global) have 15 degree blades, whereas German (Henckels) are 20 degrees. So the Japanese knives have finer edges (not necessarily sharper), but for a pro chef like Bier who wants to slice sushi, they can be useful. Our carving knives are mostly Wusthof, and our steak knives are Henckels, and we love them both. We do have a few Japanese blades (Wolfe) which I'm not as happy with, but maybe we use them too much on everyday stuff and should save them for the finer cuts like Bier says. If I were a guy starting a good knife set, I'd stick with the Krauts, either Henckels or Wusthof. If both are comparably available in your area, you could handle a few and see if one feels better in your hand. If one is easier to get, I'd probably just go with those. Now that I've flaunted my ignorance, I'll let Bier correct me.
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Miss these guys. RIP fellas.
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Operation Midway Blitz might be over. Next stop for CBP: Charlotte
jerryskids replied to TimHauck's topic in The Geek Club
What did you do with the dog? -
***Geek Movie Character Draft*** Herbivore OTC
jerryskids replied to BiffTannen's topic in The Geek Club
Interesting. Puts a different spin on the "chick you'd like to bang" category. I'm a bit busy later in the week but I'll give it a go. In. -
Nice! Celebration, or just another day for a Geek?
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Take a movie you saw 5+ times and tell us by a quote in the movie
jerryskids replied to MikeMatt's topic in The Geek Club
Groot -
Take a movie you saw 5+ times and tell us by a quote in the movie
jerryskids replied to MikeMatt's topic in The Geek Club
Say hello to my little friend! -
Take a movie you saw 5+ times and tell us by a quote in the movie
jerryskids replied to MikeMatt's topic in The Geek Club
Juuuusssstttt a bit outside.
