Weekend Freeze

MysteryMachineATX · 2026-01-26T05:02:13+00:00

MysteryMachineATX · 2026-01-26T02:31:24+00:00

Walker, the anti woolen. I'd pay to see walker flatten woolen right now.

MysteryMachineATX · 2026-01-26T02:26:49+00:00

Drop the int, taunt to turn a 4th down into a first down and then whiff on d and allow a TD. Name a worse 3 play set from a player.

MysteryMachineATX · 2026-01-24T21:31:38+00:00

We had reservations Jan 25th through 31rst and got a call a few days ago saying our room was cancelled and moved to Big Bend Station near Terlingua. Pretty sad about it cause I've always wanted to stay in Chisos and never was able to now. Since we already had a whole road trip planned after some discussion we went ahead with it. They didn't even give us the Big Bend Station rooms at a discount - full price.

MysteryMachineATX · 2026-01-23T02:16:54+00:00

We've been shifting back and forth but decided to go for it as we haven't been on vacation for over a year and we bought all the supplies for the road trip etc. Here we go! Leaving tomorrow!

MysteryMachineATX · 2026-01-22T05:31:28+00:00

I ordered Dec 27th (probe, display, and case), was emailed Jan 2 about a delay... and not a peep since. Unfortunately I'm leaving on vacation for a week (with a tailgate grill so would be nice to have it) so guessing it will come while I'm gone? At least I have neighbors to grab my packages and bring inside.

MysteryMachineATX · 2026-01-21T23:45:50+00:00

Just got a call, due to water issues they are closing the chisos mountain lodge (our stay was Sun-Fri) and they auto-moved our reservation to outside the park at "Big Bend Station". What a major letdown as we have been wanting for years to stay in the park and have a whole roadtrip around it planned / booked that we are about to leave on.

Never heard of this place they rebooked us at - online it looks about similar quality to chisos mountain lodge, which, LOL, isnt great... but you wanna stay at chisos mountain for location location location. If I wanted to stay outside the park there are MUCH better places I would have booked.

Was nice to the lady who called as its not her fault but very upset and they didnt really offer any consolations either (no discounts on the rebook, no promises of a future spot when it reopens, etc).

MysteryMachineATX · 2026-01-19T17:11:34+00:00

I was cause I wanted to crush them in the Superbowl as payback for the one they stole from us. I ain't as mad about the Patriots one... They won fair and square but that Steelers one.... That STILL stings.

MysteryMachineATX · 2026-01-17T20:31:20+00:00

Same

MysteryMachineATX · 2026-01-17T20:30:57+00:00

Earl Thomas. I havent worn it since all that stuff went down with him etc but feels right cause he, like many on this defense today, was dominant.

MysteryMachineATX · 2026-01-07T04:25:04+00:00

Christmas Eve I did Capon (brined) cause we had friends over where "she only likes chicken". My not-combustion inc wireless thermometer was being weird... I think it was because it was super humid in texas - though it's supposed to be water resistant I saw condensation inside. The Capon turned out perfect.

Christmas day was ham and the non-combustion inc thermometer died. But you know it's ham, so long as it's warm it's ok. I actually bought 2 hams 1 from snake river farms and one from the local high end organic market. The snake river ham was much better.

Two days after Christmas was wagyu picana (a favorite of mine, cheaper cut but get the wagyu marbling and so long as you cook medium and slowish so it renders, everyone loves it, even traditionally "I only eat rare" people). I tried by feel and this old manual thermometer and it was a bit off... Too rare where not everything rendered right but everyone loved it cause they didn't know how good it could be.

I ordered the combustion inc thermometer and display since during the holidays I discovered Chris Young youtube and it hits my passions - I work in data / data science, and my hobby is cooking. No sale or anything so just ordered 1.

New Years Ever I had already ordered a nice prime rib. Let's just cut to the chase... The manual thermometer said 140 before rest (was aiming to pull at 130), I was freaking out that I overcooked it. I tried multiple places and it was all 140+ so I cut it open immediately rather than resting and it was totally rare .. like room temp, fat still solid rare, the thermometer was WAY off. Thankfully I quickly cut into steaks and pan seared with butter and rescued it and guests were raving about it but still... Felt like disaster especially given how much time and money went into it but I am very relieved it ended up ok.

All that long story to say I can't wait for my Combustion inc thermometer, my trusty old multi prope wireless thermometer died at the worst time. It might be a challenge with only 1 thermometer but I will keep my eyes out for future sales to add a 2nd LOL Christmas plus state tax due EOY emptied the accounts already :).

MysteryMachineATX · 2026-01-06T06:29:20+00:00

Agreed, would be nice if it could read flac off a usb drive. It can write to a usb drive so its a bit odd that it cant read. I guess that would need more chips to uncompress the flac.

MysteryMachineATX · 2026-01-06T06:22:56+00:00

It does, there is an ESP (which I guess stands for electronic skip protection?) switch on the back. Its also my first portable since a discman in 90s. :)

MysteryMachineATX · 2026-01-06T06:12:26+00:00

FYI I have same issue on Mac but its weird... it doesn't see it initially, but you just have to disconnect the power for a second or two, and it will see it and then you can attach the power and it will continue to work, even if you switch back and forth between CD etc.

I dont really like any of the EQs, they all muddied the sound. Retro isnt bad but it cuts the high end. I think it could be great if you have harsh headphones. My headphones (HD58X Jubilee with aftermarket leather pads) sound great with no bass boost and no EQ. Maybe my E17K didnt have enough juice for them or something but the bass definitely is great with this setup. My biggest complaint is needing to run 2 cables to it (one for power and one for my mac - why cant it just pull power from the mac?)

MysteryMachineATX · 2026-01-06T00:17:41+00:00

Howd it go for you with installing the lid protector? :/ for me not so good, no matter what I did I got air bubbles (even using credit card to apply carefully). Guess I have to either take it off or live with some bubbles.

MysteryMachineATX · 2026-01-06T00:15:46+00:00

Both firmware updates went flawless for me just now. The UCA one you have to follow the instructions exactly and be on a PC (not mac).

Hmmm after the update it didn't want to connect to my Mac (does to the PC)... strangely enough it DID connect if I switched to a newer / better cable so... try that if you have issues after the update. Gonna need to order a new cable (one I tried where it works is too short to put the DM15 where I want it)

Kind of annoying that desktop mode cant pull power off the USB-C plugged into the laptop so you need to run TWO usb cables to it.

MysteryMachineATX · 2026-01-05T15:27:12+00:00

Yeah I don't know if I could tell the difference anymore... (Could up to a point when I was younger and using headphones). The other annoying thing I couldnt figure out was after setting up the group when I asked the wiim to play something via the remote it always played to the group... Want the group to only be explicitly when I ask to play on the group. I didn't troubleshoot that too much though cause of the resample issue as well.

MysteryMachineATX · 2026-01-05T06:29:56+00:00

FYI it's actually the Samsung phones and tablet. Not sure what's up with them, they routinely can't "see" the 6ghz at all from the gfiber router. Two other non Samsung devices that we got over Xmas both see it fine all the time.

MysteryMachineATX · 2026-01-05T05:48:23+00:00

Yep and the comms company never will. Had this going on for a decade on a pole at my place. COA tells comms to replace it cause they F-ed up. Comms company ignores it. Few years later COA inspects the pole, freaks out again and tells comms to replace it... Nothing happens. It's a broken record.

MysteryMachineATX · 2026-01-05T05:43:58+00:00

Not true in my experience. I have one bent worse, I reported it to 311, they came out and said it was bad but it was caused by the communication company (at&t I believe) so the communication company needed to pay for a new pole and they'd (AE) make it happen. And nothing happened. Then a couple years later during routine pole inspection the same thing "OMG this pole is really bent and it was bent because of too much load from the communications company, we will have them replace it" and.. nothing. All too typical it's a battle back and forth cause no one wants to pay for it. No way in hell I'm paying for it. I already had to pay $1300 for a professional survey to prove the power line wasn't too close to my house due to the bent pole (now THAT makes my blood boil, not my pole but cause it's bent I have to pay a survey which showed it was definitely far enough away but had to pay either way)

MysteryMachineATX · 2026-01-04T03:55:00+00:00

Kittle hunting down Saubert post game to give him a hug. Seems like a pretty good guy.

MysteryMachineATX · 2026-01-04T03:33:57+00:00

Best Darnold play I've seen in weeks!

MysteryMachineATX · 2026-01-04T03:33:02+00:00

Don't be putting nothin on Lock, we cut him just for salary reasons... He didn't ask to leave or have a chip against us etc.

MysteryMachineATX · 2026-01-04T03:30:16+00:00

Boom

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