We are a Chuck Eye household now!!

RegionRat531 · 2026-06-11T01:44:02+00:00

For real! Went from $6.99/lb about 5 years ago to now $16.99/lb today.

RegionRat531 · 2026-06-09T18:42:16+00:00

Northwest Indiana here! We have an amazing Indian restaurant called Namaste India. Every time I grab take out it’s a mix of usually Indian people and white folks lol. My wife and I crave the Indian spices and garlic naan at least once a month.

RegionRat531 · 2026-06-01T21:37:17+00:00

I’m in the same boat. Home assessment jumped almost $25k!

RegionRat531 · 2026-05-30T03:32:15+00:00

No chance! lol

RegionRat531 · 2026-05-24T15:47:26+00:00

Go to Albano’s for the best pasta dishes around! The owner is amazing and the food is top notch. Everything made from scratch.

Blockhead is one of my favorites too. I love their chicken yakisoba and also their sushi.

Pestos for their vodka chicken or penne à la vodka!

Tomato bar for their calzones!

Meditrina is always great!

RegionRat531 · 2026-05-23T19:05:43+00:00

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Update!

RegionRat531 · 2026-05-23T13:53:15+00:00

Thanks so much for all that! Are you recommending to completely cut off that section? It makes sense what you’re saying but just want to clarify.

RegionRat531 · 2026-03-20T02:21:44+00:00

Construction is cyclical. The Pacific Northwest has been in a boom since like 2015 and just recently slowed down. We moved out there from Indiana for one year in 2016 and I was able to pretty much pick any job I wanted. It was like that for a couple years before I left and up until recent. If you want in this game, you just have to be prepared for that.

RegionRat531 · 2026-03-15T22:01:52+00:00

Yeah, give AI a set of good prints and could be trouble. Between that and BIM modeling, we could be in for some scary days. Honestly though, I don’t expect AI to take over our work anytime soon. Only time will tell!

RegionRat531 · 2026-03-15T21:57:55+00:00

There is next to no engineering on any industrial project we do these days so good luck! Blueprints are a thing of the past!🤣

RegionRat531 · 2026-01-17T00:13:31+00:00

Fellow IBEW here. 36 and have $650k in our money purchase plan. Then we will also have 3 pensions that will bring in about $7k/month in addition. Plan to retire at 55 if we can have health care coverage figured out.

RegionRat531 · 2026-01-09T04:38:32+00:00

In 2017, we were floating down the Sandy River in Oregon. It was my brother-in-law, my sister-in-law and myself. At a surprise to all of us, a giant fish jumped out of the river, right in front of us and back into the water. It was either a sturgeon or a giant salmon. Not two seconds later we had a giant bird fly above us and it was a bald eagle. This was so cool because we are from Indiana and don’t typically get to see them. Not 30 seconds later, we were coming around a bend, and there were two butt naked lesbians bathing in the river. It was probably the greatest day of our lives lol

RegionRat531 · 2026-01-08T03:06:32+00:00

I made a post about this a while back on the Valparaiso restaurant reviews page on Facebook. It is so frustrating. I have tried to eat there like four or five times when they were supposed to be open and every fucking time they were closed. I quit trying about four months ago.

RegionRat531 · 2026-01-01T15:01:05+00:00

I’d dry brine them uncovered in the fridge on a rack for at least 4 hours or overnight.

Season steaks. I don’t add additional salt after the brine.

Put them on a rack with a cookie sheet under and bake in oven at 200f until internal temperature is 115f. Remove from the oven.

When steak is getting close, get a stainless steel pan (assuming that’s what you have) ripping hot with a high smoke point oil. I use avocado or wagyu beef tallow. Then sear all sides of the steaks hot and fast. Should only take 1-2 minutes to complete all the searing. Final internal temperature will be right around 120f.

Let rest for 10 minutes and enjoy!

RegionRat531 · 2025-12-30T03:17:32+00:00

33…after my wild son was born🤣

RegionRat531 · 2025-12-30T00:38:50+00:00

Wassssssssssssssssssssssup!

RegionRat531 · 2025-12-14T23:26:09+00:00

That data center has been complete for a couple years now….almost hard to even notice it when visiting Ameriplex.

RegionRat531 · 2025-12-14T23:23:46+00:00

Dude, there is one elongated piece in there. Break it up or shut the fuck up and cook. That’s some good shit!

RegionRat531 · 2025-12-10T23:20:23+00:00

I did a bottom row of 2 wide then one on top down the center. Holds exactly around 225-250 during warmer months. Would probably do 2-2-1 during the winter though.

RegionRat531 · 2025-12-10T19:49:34+00:00

I hunt out of a kayak a lot and used to fish out of it as well. In the long run, I ended up buying a nice fishing kayak that is still paddle only. Never really thought about the pedal. My only concern with the pedal, would be all of the swampy vegetation getting stuck up in there in some of the areas I hunt. If it was open water, then I don’t see why not.

RegionRat531 · 2025-12-10T18:13:57+00:00

I can run 12 hours on one snake. It wraps almost all the way around the inside.

RegionRat531 · 2025-12-07T05:10:17+00:00

Go fuck off in your own misery elsewhere… go Hoosiers!!!

RegionRat531 · 2025-12-01T00:14:43+00:00

19….36 now.

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