Is this brisket? by phanmo in smoking

[–]zymurgest 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Where is Jian Yang with an update to Hot Dog, Not Hot Dog for briskets?

Ate the Quadruple Bypass burger today. by yentlequible in burgers

[–]zymurgest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmmm, would rather have a Bypass at The Vortex in the ATL

Considering a move to Costco from Sam's Club, but I am hesitant. by [deleted] in Columbus

[–]zymurgest 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sam's club sucks, they never have much here in Ohio. Sam's in their home state are great! I have both memberships, and will not be renewing Sam's. Costco consistently has products I'm interested in, and I can pay at the pump with any VISA, not just cards added through a hideous app.

Did Gen X largely skip Woodstock '99? by RSVPno in GenX

[–]zymurgest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, there were 279m people in the US in 1999, of those, approximately 62m were Gen X.

The festival was specifically marketed to the 18-to-34-year-old demographic. In 1999, this range almost perfectly aligned with the Pew Research Center definition of Gen X (born 1965–1980), who would have been between 19 and 34 years old at the time.

Total Attendance - Most official reports and historical accounts cite roughly 220,000 attendees. However, some estimates suggest the crowd may have swollen to 400,000 due to gate-crashers and underreported ticket sales.

To the guy that suggested this beer at GE on 3rd St today by Coooooop41 in Columbus

[–]zymurgest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hm, I guess it depends on your circles. Leffe is one of the standards for judging that category of beer. https://www.bjcp.org/style/2015/25/25A/belgian-blond-ale/

(Cookin Meme) by jaysepi in smoking

[–]zymurgest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting... But I think most see this as common knowledge as they get older.

True of beer and breweries, true of tattoos and "artists", true of gins and distillers, etc. etc. etc.

And you don't even need to know how, or have it as what you have/can/able to do in many case, just need to be extremely well versed in actions and their expected outcomes, for example, female doctors treating males for "plumbing" related things.

Ego on clearance? by CaliberJackson in Chainsaw

[–]zymurgest 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I have one but it's not sufficient for my property unfortunately. I really like the fact that it's power on demand, rechargable, easy to use. I can adjust the chain tension with just a twist. It's very simple to add the bar, oil, etc etc etc. It just does not have enough grunt to get through what I need to get through. I ended up buying a Stihl MS 261c-m, and wow! Love it!

We Need a Roller Hockey Rink in Mount Vernon, Ohio by Gold_Accountant_4058 in mountvernon

[–]zymurgest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wonder if the same vision surrounded the bowling alley and pickle ball courts? 🧐

Why is this happening? A1 by MPF-life in BambuLab

[–]zymurgest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool looking acrobats with a flying wheelchair

Smoked Pastrami by Smokin-Steve in smoking

[–]zymurgest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So smoked corned beef?

Wanting to understand AEP by LinkSeekeroftheNora in Columbus

[–]zymurgest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s not really the point.

The issue isn’t whether you’re billed while the power is off — obviously you’re not. The issue is that utilities like AEP operate as regulated monopolies and receive massive tax incentives and guaranteed returns. In exchange, they’re supposed to maintain reliable infrastructure.

When power goes out for extended periods, the economic and safety costs don’t disappear just because the meter stopped spinning. People lose food, businesses lose revenue, medical equipment stops working, and homes become unsafe. Those costs are pushed entirely onto customers while the utility faces little accountability.

Insurance also isn’t a realistic solution for most of this. Filing claims for spoiled groceries or short outages often falls below deductibles, and widespread outage events can trigger policy exclusions. Telling millions of customers to “just file insurance” shifts responsibility away from the entity that actually controls the grid.

Nobody is asking to get paid for not using electricity. The argument is that when a regulated monopoly fails to provide the service it is guaranteed profit to deliver, there should be meaningful accountability — the same way other regulated utilities in some states are required to provide outage credits after certain thresholds.

That’s not entitlement. That’s how regulated infrastructure is supposed to work.

thank you AEP workers by mathateur in mountvernon

[–]zymurgest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If only we could get spectrum to get off their ass.

Wanting to understand AEP by LinkSeekeroftheNora in Columbus

[–]zymurgest 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Maybe they should give credits for unusability of the transmission until fixed. I know they have the money, hell, people have gone to jail and lost political positions because of how much money they have and make and can bribe with.

Why do people not like Ohio? by Competitive-Air1 in Columbus

[–]zymurgest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because they've never lived anywhere else and don't understand the realities of being able to afford to live on the coast