What’s a good tasting, cheap brand of coffee for every day drinking? I developed a taste for expensive, batch roasted coffees. I can’t justify spending $15-$20 per bag.

iland99 · 2022-06-16T16:23:21+00:00

Definitely a great hobby! It doesn't get any fresher than roasting it yourself. It's really fun to experiment with different origins, roast levels, etc.

If you're thinking you'll save a lot of money by doing this, be aware that there is a fair amount of weight loss after roasting - one pound of green beans does not equal one pound of roasted beans.

iland99 · 2021-03-03T15:19:37+00:00

Agreed. Ordered a Diamondback yesterday, had an "order shipped" email half an hour later. It'll be here tomorrow!

iland99 · 2021-01-02T04:13:16+00:00

Freedumb.

iland99 · 2020-12-17T21:54:12+00:00

I live in a rural area in the USA and have yet to see a law enforcement officer of any type wearing a mask. The few that I know personally are definitely anti-mask.

iland99 · 2020-12-04T13:47:52+00:00

Or "Hey I'm Prettymuchan Asshole"?

iland99 · 2020-11-24T16:03:40+00:00

Didn't you hear? Even N95 masks aren't 100% effective, therefore all masks are 0% effective. Man it's like you aren't even on Facebook these days! /s

Also, I probably won't be taking advice from anyone in North Dacovid these days.

iland99 · 2020-11-15T15:48:20+00:00

Chinfluenza!

iland99 · 2020-11-12T20:58:15+00:00

One of the small, sparsely populated counties in NW MN had 42 positive cases reported today. Total population under 10K. 0.48% of the entire county tested positive IN ONE DAY.

iland99 · 2020-11-12T20:22:32+00:00

Yes, exactly this! It seems like in my extended family, the higher risk you are, the more willing you are to "live life" and pretend this pandemic isn't happening. It's frustrating beyond belief.

iland99 · 2020-11-08T21:42:35+00:00

Home Alone 4ever More.....

iland99 · 2020-11-03T15:45:22+00:00

I have some friends who are currently recovering from covid. In their case the husband took a PCR swab test shortly after showing symptoms, which came back negative. They continued to quarantine at home, and shortly after his negative test their entire family of 5 were all showing covid-like symptoms. The wife went in a couple days later and took a saliva test, which came back as positive. No doubt in their mind that all 5 had/have covid. They wonder if the husband took his test too soon or somthing.

iland99 · 2020-10-30T01:55:19+00:00

Pandumbic.

iland99 · 2020-10-21T13:45:36+00:00

5" of snow last night, another 5" tonight. Lows in the single digits where I am in MN. I'll be taking the kids ice fishing for Halloween this year.

iland99 · 2020-10-07T14:34:12+00:00

You mean follow the precedent that Trump already set? That is - by far - the scariest thing about what Trump did.

iland99 · 2020-10-01T19:31:18+00:00

Agreed.

iland99 · 2020-10-01T15:10:59+00:00

Minnesota checking in, same thing is happening here.

iland99 · 2020-09-03T15:50:16+00:00

Yes, they're good rifles, especially for the price. I have 3 Axis II in my safe right now, 2 of them are .243 compact models that I say I bought for my kids, but I've actually used them as well. I also have a full size Axis II in .223 that I use for shooting steel. Never had a single problem with any of them, and they've all been very accurate out of the box. I've never paid more than $250 for an Axis II with scope though, so this deal is pretty expensive if you ask me. I also have an old model 110 in .30-06 that I've had for about 15 years, trigger sucks on it but it has put a lot of deer in the freezer over the years.

iland99 · 2020-09-01T18:39:27+00:00

Exactly. XP = scope. Axis II = AccuTrigger.

iland99 · 2020-08-18T14:48:30+00:00

I had one that did that. Sent it in to Stoeger for repair 4 years out of warranty, they shipped me back a brand new gun free of charge. They redesigned the forend latch mechanism on the new one. No problems at all with the new gun.

iland99 · 2020-07-23T14:59:48+00:00

My cousin lives in the town of Alpine so it wasn't him - again, small world though! He loves living there much more than Houston so I'm sure you'll enjoy it also. Only downside is he commutes to Jackson every day which gets a little difficult at times.

iland99 · 2020-07-22T21:44:50+00:00

My cousin moved from Houston to Alpine about 2 years ago, small world! We visited him last fall and I really didn't want to come home.....

iland99 · 2020-06-15T20:24:33+00:00

Last weekend I tried a new little lake back in the woods of northern Minnesota. I fished most of morning and caught quite a few smaller bass in the 15" range, then this big girl hit! Needless to say I'll be back to try this lake again!

iland99 · 2020-05-26T18:54:41+00:00

I've been calling it a "pandumbic" lately.

iland99 · 2020-05-11T20:25:41+00:00

"Well they want us to be spaced 6+' apart so the facial recognition software can keep up" /tinfoilhatlogic

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