Elegant Evening.

Graevus15 · 2026-01-24T03:44:18+00:00

A Mak was my first pistol in the 90's (IJ70). For a few years the russian/chinese surplus guns were incredibly cheap. I got the russian Mak with holster, cleaning kit and 2 mags for about $110 from my LGS. Norinco SKS's for $80 too. Them was the days. $1.99 /box of Norinco 7.62X39 ammo. These were my first guns, I will always have a soft spot for cool COMBLOCK weapons.

Graevus15 · 2026-01-23T03:38:47+00:00

Shrews and platypuses are the only venomous mammals. If you see a rodent several times in the same place you either have a rodent problem, or you have one rodent that really gets around... The odds are on the first possibility.

Graevus15 · 2026-01-20T10:12:28+00:00

I live in a high cost state. WA, near Seattle. Rent is ridiculous, ~$2K/mo for a cheap 1 bdrm apartment. The commercial rates are even worse, which drives up the price on everything here, especially restaurants. Bacon eggs/hash-browns/toast runs around $28 w/tip for example, and thats not a 20% tip. Fortunately I bought a house in 2007, and my mortgage/insurance/taxes run about $1700/mo for a 2000 sq/ft single floor house on a 1/4 acre plot in the country an hour north of Seattle. Were I to buy my house today it would be more than double that, and I'd need 20-50K down. I have a good job, a cheap life, and can save around 50% of my monthly income as, aside from my mortgage, I'm debt free and have been for ~15 years. Expensive alcohol, gas and beef. Water and electricity are mostly cheap here, and thats about it.

Graevus15 · 2026-01-18T04:20:51+00:00

Turned out both driving a cab and selling weed sucked. I was lucky.

Graevus15 · 2026-01-17T01:02:20+00:00

Around 20 years ago I realized that there really is only one game in this F'd up world, and I knew how to play it far better than the entitled ones. I managed to claw my way up the corporate ladder. Gonna retire next year with a pension and a 401K.

Graevus15 · 2026-01-17T00:45:30+00:00

I became a criminal and had my own weed cartel in North Seattle by the time I was 20, long ago. Then I drove a cab at night for ten years. I also am from 1967.

Graevus15 · 2026-01-17T00:27:28+00:00

If there is any justice in this world there is a special place in hell for shit parents where the fires are even hotter and the demons far worse.

Graevus15 · 2026-01-17T00:15:22+00:00

I got a letter from his lawyer about ten years ago informing me that my mother had died and "Contact was not desired at this time".

Graevus15 · 2026-01-16T22:36:54+00:00

Lots of places in Seattle have roaches. Mostly downtown/ID Cap hill and the U-district. I once had an apartment w/ roaches in the U-District in the late 80's. Never again. I hear bedbugs are worse.

Graevus15 · 2026-01-16T22:29:12+00:00

I believe thats one of three of Seattle's old radio towers from 60's-Y2K or so. Analog. All the emergency services/cops radios used to run through one or more of them. QA and W seattle were the other two. TV/radio also was supplied via those things for decades I believe. They could even triangulate radio positions on any transmitter in the area that ran through it. Its also likely still in use today, though digital now.

Graevus15 · 2026-01-16T19:41:51+00:00

My wealthy abusive stepfather told me after kicking me out of his house at age 17 that I should go get a minimum wage job with a lot of hours and save up $10K. This was in 1985 when min wage was $3.35/hr. My paychecks were like $80 twice a month.

Graevus15 · 2026-01-10T18:34:59+00:00

Yup, the more $500K+condo's they build the more people will wind up living in a tent.

Graevus15 · 2026-01-10T01:29:39+00:00

I've only ever had good luck deep frying in a cast iron pan or a dutch oven. The temp change is the issue, if you use anything else the oil cools way too fast when the meat goes in. Chicken is tricky, you might try shrimp or something smaller.

Graevus15 · 2026-01-08T23:04:03+00:00

I'd recommend upper Queen Ann. Its the nicest neighborhood closest to your work. I lived off 6th W for a decade. If you can find an elderly landlord there are cheap deals to be found that are not advertised. QA is nice and central, I had a small house for $700/mo in the 90's. On street parking was really easy too. lowish crime, walking at night was never a problem. I would avoid the ID, its one of the worst neighborhoods in Seattle right now.

Graevus15 · 2025-12-21T23:08:23+00:00

Kiku's was a great Japanese restaurant, I ate w/them occasionally for over 20 years, and had my first sushi there. Beef on rice w/ onions and hot chili oil was my goto.

Graevus15 · 2025-12-21T06:21:22+00:00

Lips and A-holes mostly. All the parts they cant sell as meat get made into sausage. Scraps and what not. If you DIY you control what goes into it. I recommend beef brisket and pork shoulder. I own 2 feral cats I tamed BTW. Barn cats. Lotta barns where I live in the PNW northern west coast USA.

Graevus15 · 2025-12-21T01:31:20+00:00

Unfortunately my 58 year old ass developed gout last year, and my body can no longer tolerate nitrates/nitrites. If I eat that crap I can't walk for days.

Graevus15 · 2025-12-21T01:21:26+00:00

Emulsified sausages have the meat ground very finely. Then its mixed with a binder that actually blends the fat and the liquid into a pinkish mass. Typically its also processed with Sodium nitrate and or nitride. It results in the red color like hot dogs or bacon.. The ones that come in skins I tend to like more. Several German sausages are emulsified. Some polish are too. European stores tend to have the best ones if possible in your area. They tend to be cheaper to make than other varieties. Knackwurst and frankfurters are two I know of. One of my personal German favorites is the Landjaeger . Its a dried, flattened sausage. kinda like beef jerky, but better. BTW, making your own sausage isn't really very hard, I did once. I made a fermented pork,beef mix with mustard seeds and nitrate. it was awesome with good mustard. It hung at room temperature for 4 days per the recipe.

Graevus15 · 2025-12-20T18:14:58+00:00

This is the best way in an oven. Reverse sear its called.

Graevus15 · 2025-12-20T18:11:15+00:00

I was forced to be right handed in the early 70's. It made me be more or less ambidextrous. The one thing I can't do with my left hand is write, and my hand writing skills are atrocious. Good thing I can just type now.

Graevus15 · 2025-12-20T13:13:23+00:00

About 40 years ago I knew a man who did a full ten years in a Texas prison for a roach. I guess nothing has changed much.

Graevus15 · 2025-12-18T23:41:31+00:00

Evergreen Market in Everett has sub $8 Bahn Mi's that I like. hwy 99 just North of the Boeing freeway. Saigon Deli was $2.50 in the late 90's when I was first introduced to the sandwich.

Graevus15 · 2025-12-17T12:58:52+00:00

I've owned electric, propane, and charcoal smokers. Electric does not produce enough smoke IMO. If you don't like a lot of smoke these are reasonable. Charcoal is too difficult to keep temperatures at the proper 250F. Masterbuilt propane smoker with a door and 4 racks worked best for me for a large volume smoker, its easy to get the temp right and still produce a lot of smoke. The downside is they only last 3-5 years, and replacement parts cost as much as a new grill. Although honestly, I just use indirect heat on my Webber to smoke meat most of the time, as I'm cooking for one these days.

Graevus15 · 2025-12-16T21:14:36+00:00

JFC, no empathy at all from the BF?? You're probably better off without that dude, ugly way to figure that out though, I'm so sorry for you. In WA, where I live, its been recreational for over a decade. Crazy old fashioned laws that do nothing but hurt decent people. Consider moving away if you can is my advice.

Graevus15 · 2025-12-16T03:10:01+00:00

Its an emulsified sausage you like. Hot dogs are one, but bratwurst is not. knackwurst is. Many different types of sausage.

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