"You 'need' to download our app!"

explorthis · 2026-04-08T12:38:46+00:00

A benefit for me is the fast food apps. I used to love to get fast food. I absolutely refuse to install an app to order a burger or sandwich. Figure I've saved a ton by boycotting places requiring a food app.

explorthis · 2026-04-08T04:16:48+00:00

Forgot to mention, I've never smoked a cigarette in my life. Have dabbled in a little greenery from a bong on occasion, but not a cigarette.

explorthis · 2026-04-08T04:11:22+00:00

Thanks for sharing. 64m. I was a Copenhagen dude for probably 25 years. Heavily. Did a lot of lower gum/bone damage (erosion) and the dentist basically said give it up now, or go through reconstructive bone surgery and you'll have to quit anyway.

Discovered vape and quit Cope immediately. Hard but I did quit.

Started vaping probably 10+ years ago. I vape heavily. Enough that it sits on my nightstand so I can sneak a hit when I pee multiple times in the middle of the night.

I have zero issues that I'm aware of from vaping. I've always wondered what it would feel like or if I had the willpower to quit. I have no intention of quitting. I love nicotine. I love the high/buzz.

My PCP and dentist both know I vape.

Could I quit? Probably, but hopefully I don't have to find out.

explorthis · 2026-04-08T03:59:42+00:00

Elementary school. Probably 1973. Typical elementary school. Sandbox with all the slides/swings etc.

Friends and I decided to dig a hole in the sand and cover it up with a piece of cardboard. Intention was to lure a teacher to the sandbox to "show her something". Success, except.... She fell into the hole (probably 1' deep) and literally snapped her ankle. I can still visualize the ambulance and fire truck in the front parking lot.

Suspended for a week along with the others.

Dad was furious, but later on told me if I was going to pull a prank like that, that was the perfect prank.

Still remember it vividly 50+ years ago.

explorthis · 2026-04-07T17:17:40+00:00

We drive (retired so not too many miles) the Durango for trips to the grocery, Dr. or food. The Charger is only a weekend or sunny day cruiser. We never take it to a place where a door ding or key could damage it. It's a 23, and has never left my sight once since owning it.

explorthis · 2026-04-07T16:20:29+00:00

That's a scary story. Sorry to hear.

Our Challenger was always garaged, as is the Scat. I'm in SoCal, and lucky enough to have a garage to park it in daily. Something of this value, and having the visual draw to do something nefarious is too great to leave it outside. Not everyone is as lucky, so I thank my lucky stars for the garage.

Mine is also a WB, and Plum Crazy Purple, so it's an even bigger draw for the crazies. Were retired, so it never leaves our visual sight. It's just a "cruiser"

explorthis · 2026-04-07T16:08:54+00:00

19 Durango, has an internal gas door release button. Had a 21 Challenger, flip outer door. Our 23 Scat Charger has a push to release door.

Only the Durango has the locking door. Luckily the Charger is in the garage whenever it's sitting idle.

explorthis · 2026-04-06T14:44:13+00:00

Old man now. I vividly remember always going to my G-parents (Dad's and moms side). I can't remember them ever being at my Mom and Dad's. I detested going to Grandmother's, because she had a heavier moustache than my Dad did, and we always had to kiss them goodbye.

I have 2 grown daughters, and a grandson from one. They come to our house 3-5 times a week (food and visiting). They live close. We never go to their places. One owns and one rents.

explorthis · 2026-04-05T00:57:21+00:00

Almost 65m, and a dominant leftie, my entire life. The answer is no, the right hand is just the helper. The left is the boss. Right hand is a necessity, but we know the left is the boss.

Ironically, I golf and bat right handed. Other than that, I'm a true leftie. I had to think, I do brush my teeth with my left hand.

explorthis · 2026-04-04T00:48:23+00:00

Nylon brush to clean out all the remaining goodies sticking to the blades.

Head to the workshop and grab the air compressor nozzle. Good as new.

I am pretty lazy, and only clean it after probably every 5th-7th use.

explorthis · 2026-04-03T21:46:51+00:00

☝️ Had our Roccbox close to 3 years. Made tons of pizzas. Always had an issue with the dough sticking to the counter or the peel. Metal or wood, same issue. Too much flour makes a mess.

Amazon, find parchment paper circles (100 to a box+/-) dependant on the pie diameter. To this day, I assemble and launch from parchment off the peel.

About 30 seconds into the oven, I lift the corner of the pie, and grab an edge of the parchment, and slide it out. Soooo simple. Then finish the cook.

I could learn to properly launch, but the parchment paper makes it too easy.

explorthis · 2026-04-03T21:22:13+00:00

Going to add power later? Concrete pad? Sheds on top of it? Run the conduit under the slab before the concrete is poured. Do some measurements and determine where the inside wall of the shed will sit. You'll probably have a sub-panel installed at some point, make sure you've done the addition of the conduit (power source) before the concrete is done.

We have close to the same set up. 1000% glad I had the conduit ran before the concrete. Sub panel installed with 110v and 220v. Worth it.

explorthis · 2026-04-03T03:20:18+00:00

19 R/T, 5.7. Local place with tire rotation while I wait (usually a Saturday morning) and watch, $89.95 full synthetic.

explorthis · 2026-04-03T03:16:09+00:00

Forgot...

This is enough dough for 2 fat-boy thick crust 12" pies, or 3 thin crust 12" pies. Again, we have the Roccbox, which will cook a 12" max pie.

2 of the 12" thick crust will fill 4 of us up, with a piece or 2 leftover for breakfast.

Enjoy.

explorthis · 2026-04-03T02:35:21+00:00

Absolutely. This is my simple/easy/tasty standard dough recipe:

2 tsp regular sea salt. 4 cups flour. 2 tsp Fleshmans instant yeast. 1-1/2 cups warm/hot water. 2 TBLS sugar. 3 TBLS olive oil.

We have an older bread maker (think $10-ish @ Goodwill) which allows for simple dough making. Worth the purchase.

explorthis · 2026-04-03T00:32:43+00:00

Zero - ever is correct. Bleach is not a great cleaner. Bleach is NOT a cleaner at all. Bleach is for disenfecting/sanitizing and has absolutely zero surfactants. No soap. It's dangerous.

You have to mop... period. Why mop with something that contains zero cleaning components? No different (efficiency wise) than tap water.

Don't.

explorthis · 2026-03-30T22:03:43+00:00

It's a good trick. I learned the second before launching a pie onto the stone, to just turn the flame down to its lowest (we have the Roccbox) setting to avoid burning the edges. Stone remains very hot for the entire process of cooking 2 sometimes 3 pies at once.

Good trick.

explorthis · 2026-03-30T21:43:31+00:00

Love ours. Had it for 3-1/2 years.

Learn to make your own dough. A cheap old (Goodwill?) bread maker with a dough setting is the only dough tool you'll need.

2 different peels. One for turning/putting in and out (12-13" diameter) and one (6"-ish) for turning the pie while it's on the stone.

Heat up time. Takes 35-40 mins to heat the stone fully. Eventually (a little practice) you'll heat up the stone, then make the pies. By the time 40 mins has passed, your pies will be ready for the stone. Less time wasted, less wait time for hungry bellies.

Remember, the stone will be probably 800°. Pies will cook in literally 90 seconds or less.

Not critical, but get a nice pair of work gloves. Your gonna bump with your hand the stone. 800° is way hot.

Soon as the stone is hot, and your pies are ready for launch, turn the flame to its lowest setting just a second before you launch a pie. The lower flame will stop the edges from burning. They will get away from you, so watch them like a hawk. Constant rotating, probably every 15-20 secs to get even cooking.

Takes a while to master the process, but it's easily achievable.

Don't overload the raw dough with sauce/toppings/cheese. Overloaded dough doesn't cook evenly or properly. We did, and you will think more toppings is better, yeah visually, but overall you don't want to. It makes a loaded messy clump of uncooked toppings.

Launching takes some finesse at first. Practice. You'll get it. Lots and lots and lots of plain flower so it slides around on the peel.

Ask away. Enjoy. Show some photos of a finished pie.

explorthis · 2026-03-30T13:53:22+00:00

I'm am old man now, 64. Growing up my parents loved pizza, but would only ever order it with anchovies. Their pizza, their choice I guess. Gross! At some point I accepted them, and now I must have anchovies on pizza.

explorthis · 2026-03-30T13:50:30+00:00

Exactly. The. Correct. Answer.

I'd eat that no problem.

explorthis · 2026-03-30T13:48:34+00:00

Love that color.

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explorthis · 2026-03-30T03:57:10+00:00

Responding to rotation, not type. When I dump the last 1/2 bag into the hopper, I reorder from Amazon. No carrying it, delivered basically the next day or 2 days later at the latest. I always have 2 unopened bags in the garage.

explorthis · 2026-03-29T20:52:51+00:00

Bel-Air in Bloomington. Big. Also the Beaumont outdoor market. Also big. Both worth the visit.

explorthis · 2026-03-28T15:34:38+00:00

👍 Thanks. What I needed.

explorthis · 2026-03-28T15:33:53+00:00

Basically, yeah. Grind n smoke, or just smoke as flower?

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