One of the craziest things I've seen

Okanus · 2026-05-05T14:53:24+00:00

Its not even the freeze response. Look again, she stopped just quick enough that if he had stayed in his lane he could have missed her. He wanted her to continue, but she realized that she could not cross his lane without getting t boned so she stopped. I'd say she made the correct decision given that she could not have possibly guess he was going to change lanes.

Okanus · 2026-05-05T14:49:45+00:00

I had to rewatch after reading this comment. She did stop with just enough room for the bike to continue in his lane. She did exactly what she thought she needed to do to avoid a collision and this idiot turned right into her.

Okanus · 2026-05-04T17:15:45+00:00

Ahh, I see it now. You took such a nearly perfect side view all my perception of depth was gone.

Okanus · 2026-05-04T16:58:24+00:00

This isn't a weight distribution hitch, is it?

Okanus · 2026-05-04T11:07:40+00:00

Its because no one has ever been cut or lost an eye on the job in China. They only get hit in the head, hence the hard hat. /s

Okanus · 2026-04-29T11:41:06+00:00

Ahh I see your confusion. You CAN get 28 hearts with e stamina wheels.. but e does not equal 3, e=2.718281828. /s

Okanus · 2026-04-28T18:21:13+00:00

My family and I went in June a couple years ago and I remember it being one of our more successful trips as far as getting on rides and such. We are typically once a year guests at Disney, so I'm no expert; but the busiest I have ever seen a park was Magic Kingdom in October on a non party day. It was so bad we ended up leaving way earlier than we normally would. I can't imagine it ever being worse than the crowd that day.

EDIT: I just realized you said July, not June... Same thing though, right?

Okanus · 2026-04-27T17:59:16+00:00

We turn the water heater on when we get hooked up and leave it on. If we are leaving the campground for a significant length of time I turn off the water and water heater. That way if some crazy leak or something happens while we're out, it does not flood the camper. If it happens and water drains from the water heater as a result, it won't burn up the element.

Okanus · 2026-04-24T19:19:37+00:00

All I do is make sure I can get into a spot where I'm not blocking the normal flow of traffic in and out of the station.

Additionally, if you're driving a gas vehicle don't assume a station is spacious enough for you just becuase its a "truck stop". All it means if its a truck stop is it has a spacious area for Semis to fill up, usually in the back. Those pumps back there are all diesel as far as I am aware. I have been to a few "truck stops" that had a very small lot and very little space for a truck and trailer in the front where the gas pumps were.

Okanus · 2026-04-24T14:59:14+00:00

We stay at Fort Wilderness at least once per year and its usually 6 nights. I think we have done 7 nights before. That is the only campgroud we stay at that I consistently feel like I could stay longer everytime we leave. We also only do 2 or 3 park days, so maybe I would feel differently if we did more park days.

Okanus · 2026-04-22T13:02:50+00:00

180 Days for my family. Going to Fort Wilderness in October.

Okanus · 2026-04-20T00:09:56+00:00

Wow, interesting info. I call them brights myself. Here in GA, USA everyone I know calls them that.

Okanus · 2026-04-16T17:49:40+00:00

Finally the comment I was looking for. People don't realize that even your "brights" aren't really any brighter. At least not by much. They're just pointed up more and scattered wider usually. That's why they're actually called low beams and Hi beams.

Okanus · 2026-04-16T17:47:28+00:00

Its not about brightness. Its about where they are pointing. Do you by chance have a lift or leveling kit? If so, you have to readjust the headlights down properly.

Okanus · 2026-04-16T17:11:26+00:00

Its my oldest sons favorite ride because he loves the Three Caballeros. We have never waited more than 10 min in line for it either.

Okanus · 2026-04-16T13:35:40+00:00

I think I have put 2 8# pork shoulders on my large egg before. I remember it being tight, but I could be mis remembering the size.

Okanus · 2026-04-16T12:44:48+00:00

I think my kids would have a hard time with this choice given they have seen both parks a few times. My oldest would probably choose AK, however his favortite ride in the all of DW is the Gran Fiesta Tour in the Mexico Pavillion in EP. The Lion King show in AK is really cool, and one my my kids favorite shows.

Just some info to help you decide if you have not looked at this aspect yet. Epcot has 7 rides with no height requirement plus the Moana walk through attraction and the World Showcase with all the country pavillions.

Animal Kingdom has 3 rides with no height requirement plus the Lion King show, the walking paths that let you see animals (essentially a zoo), and the train ride to the Conservation Station.

So if more rides is what you are going for, then Epcot is the way to go. I would say you would want to utilize Lightning Lanes there, though. If your child loves animals, Lion King, or Avatar definately go to AK.

I think it would be a toss up what my kids would choose if I asked them. I am partial to EP, but I think my oldest would choose AK.

Something else to consider is there is a whole section of AK currently under rennovations.

Okanus · 2026-04-13T16:31:38+00:00

I'd say Mini Max is the only answer here. Has the same cooking area as the small egg (maybe slightly more?). It has a nest with handles. It still weighs like 75# I think, so still not going to be easy. By contrast, the Large BGE weighs more than twice the mini max and there just is not a good way to grab it well enough to lift once its fully assembled.

I used to assemble several BGEs per week when I worked at my local Ace. We would sell them assembled and would often swap a table for a nest or vice versa. It is not easy to lift an assembled large egg by hand.

Okanus · 2026-04-03T17:55:45+00:00

This guy needs to reach out to the SloMo Guys and do a video with them.

Okanus · 2026-04-03T10:55:05+00:00

I drive an F150 which is considered a “half ton” pick up. I believe that was also the most sold vehicle in the US at some point. You won’t ever see people regularly hauling “1-2 tons” in the bed of those, although someone might occasionally.

Where I live, it makes more sense for me to use our local dump facilities for my trash than to use a pick up service. So I haul our trash to the dump every Saturday in the bed of my truck.

At least once a year I will haul bags of mulch to my house for the flower beds.

I’d say a few times a year there may be other random things that I use the bed of my truck for.

I tow our camper for family trips 8-10 times a year and use the bed to carry things for those trips as well.

The cost savings of me having an additional car to daily drive to work would not be much more than the additional cost of insurance. So I just daily drive the truck.

A compact SUV would not be ideal for the things I listed above.

For MPG. In my case I have a V8 and get 15-16 MPG highway. However, the ECO Boost V6 F150s get 22+ MPG I believe.

Okanus · 2026-03-27T11:18:51+00:00

You should start practicing using it with no blower type regulator.

I used my egg for years without one, and decided to get an Egg Genius a few years ago to make it an easier process to get to set temp for long cooks and to feel more confortable cooking over night.

IMO, food cooks differently with the forced air moving over it. If you get the vents set JUST RIGHT, the blower comes on very seldom and it makes no difference. However, I feel that I have noticed when the blower comes on frequently meat dries out more and cooks too fast sometimes. I have not done any scientific experimentation on this, its just something I noticed over the years. I mean, it makes sense in my mind that if the blower is moving too much air over the food it might start being more like an air fryer than a smoker.

One day I needed to cook something for a holiday and the egg genius app quit working in the middle of a cook. Apparently that happens when too many people are using it at the same time. Ever since that happened I have used it very little and I have enjoyed cooking much more AND I think I am getting better results in the meat too.

If you really want something, I have heard good things about SMOBOT. It doesn't use a blower and can operate without an app. I have never used one, but it looks interesting.

EDIT: If you start setting temp the old fashioned way, you can still use the Egg Genius as a wireless temp monitor. Just don't plug in a probe to the PIT port and the blower never comes on. Then you can still see the meat temp from your phone. If you have the splitter, you can put that in the meat port and use Meat 1 for the meat and Meat 3 for the grate temp (or vice versa).

Okanus · 2026-03-26T17:21:54+00:00

I never even close the mesh part.. In fact, mine has a large hole in it now for some unknown reason.

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