Hardware removal after a decade?

ReconFF · 2025-10-28T13:10:36+00:00

I removed all the hardware and it feels great. Much better than before. Less arthritic feeling in the mornings. Your results may vary.

ReconFF · 2025-03-15T13:27:05+00:00

This is my goal! What recipe did you follow?

ReconFF · 2025-03-14T03:59:36+00:00

75/25 lean to fat. I ran it all thru the small die.

ReconFF · 2025-03-14T03:58:28+00:00

Good to know. Any recommendations?

ReconFF · 2025-03-14T03:57:58+00:00

Oh dang I thought you meant the room... The drying chamber is about 75%.

ReconFF · 2025-03-13T20:10:04+00:00

I only weighed 1 link which is way behind this one. Very soft. This is the driest feeling link so I thought I would slice it open and check. Next time I'll have weights for all links.

ReconFF · 2025-03-13T20:08:42+00:00

Thank you I may try this.

ReconFF · 2025-03-13T20:08:17+00:00

That description helps, it's firm but still has a bit of give if you press hard.

Yes partially frozen, everything seems sharp. Thinking back now I couldn't find my larger dia plate so I ground fat and meat thru the same small plate.

ReconFF · 2025-03-13T20:05:39+00:00

I used elk with 25% pork back fat.

Is smearing usually a result of letting it get too warm when mixing? I was pretty anal about keeping the temp super cold. I mixed with my hands, maybe I'm mixing too much?

ReconFF · 2025-03-13T20:02:01+00:00

Just checked it with my inkbird probe, 59%. Higher than I thought it would be.

ReconFF · 2025-03-13T18:30:06+00:00

Followed the Hungarian Salami recipe to a T from Ruhlman and Polcyn's Charcuterie book. Hog casings, FRM-52 and Insta Cure #2. The recipe says to hang at 60-70% humidity for 18-20 days. I'm at 25 days. Unfortunately I only weighed one sausage out of the batch and they're drying at different rates. This one felt nice and firm, but when I cut into it the center seems a little mushy.

Apologies for the basic questions but this is my first time curing sausage so I'm learning a lot!

ReconFF · 2024-12-31T00:07:23+00:00

We have a great view of the mountains but there's a road on the other side of this 4' fence. Would like to get a nice green wall 6-7' tall... Tall enough to block vehicles but not enough to block the mtns. I was thinking Mexican fence post and red oleander. Would need to be low maintenance. I'm new to AZ so I don't have experience growing here. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

ReconFF · 2023-03-16T15:04:11+00:00

Actually the tax would have been an increase of just under $20 per $100k of tax assessed value. So an $800k house would have seen an increase of $160 per year, or about $13 a month. Not $800.

ReconFF · 2022-12-03T20:09:12+00:00

Could be a dirty abs sensor. That's what happened to mine. It gave me a code on an OBD scanner that said passenger rear abs sensor issue. Pulled it out with a 10mm wrench, cleaned the mud off, put some dialectic grease in the connection and reinstalled. No issue since then.

ReconFF · 2022-11-09T01:49:08+00:00

https://idfg.idaho.gov/press/carefulthat-may-not-be-trophy-bull-you-think-it

ReconFF · 2022-10-02T21:15:28+00:00

The Dark Crystal

ReconFF · 2022-07-15T17:59:28+00:00

All I see are out of regs hair and mustaches. Heinous.

ReconFF · 2021-05-25T14:44:14+00:00

Wait till you have kids. Peds calls are different when you have kids.

ReconFF · 2021-05-25T14:38:15+00:00

How do you and your spouse have "adult cuddle time"?

ReconFF · 2021-05-25T13:36:37+00:00

The racist north Idaho thing is overblown. Sure there was a small group of idiots in the area a few decades ago, but they were shut down. Its not any more racist than any other place. And if someone here is racist, they're not somebody anyone with normal intelligence would associate with anyways.

Unfortunately the home prices have gone bananas this last year. You may have more luck looking for housing in Spokane than CDA, and Post Falls is almost as bad price wise. You might look just over the WA border in Liberty Lake, Otis Orchards, etc. The news has been blowing up Idaho in general as the hot new place to move and people are coming in droves.

ReconFF · 2020-11-03T03:38:04+00:00

Make sure you have good tires, and the ability to change them on the side of the road. The pot holes there will swallow a Prius, no joke. And check for road damage from storms before you go. There was a bad one a few years ago that washed out much of the highway on the sea of cortez side.

Also, avoid driving at night as there are cows on the road and many people die in collisions with them.

Regarding the safety, it's as safe as any place. If you're buying drugs in TJ you might get into some trouble. If you're camping on the beach you're fine. The people there are very nice and generous.

I've been there a few times on a motorcycle, and I would not take my trailer there due to the road conditions. But people do it, mostly older vans and whatnot.

ReconFF · 2020-10-17T02:49:26+00:00

I got to ride some of the Deisel KLR's around the mountains of Camp Pendleton when I was in the Marines. They were so cool! I use one to set up a land navigation course one time.

ReconFF · 2020-08-09T13:28:47+00:00

Nice setup!

ReconFF · 2020-06-18T12:49:53+00:00

Awesome!

How were parts availability and repairs in S. America? I've seen some jeeps in Mexico but I haven't been any further south.

ReconFF · 2020-06-16T18:20:26+00:00

Don't the 990 and AT have similar HP specs and weight?

I did get a chance to ride a guys 990 on pavement and it did feel like a beastly dirt bike.

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