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Down Range Cafe / PSA. Warning. Don't Boil Ammunition.
« Last post by Big Frank on Yesterday at 07:38:33 PM »3
Down Range Cafe / Re: Classic joke thread...
« Last post by Big Frank on Yesterday at 07:03:05 PM »I was playing a word game on my cell phone when I realized the words ELBOW and BOWEL are spelled with the same exact 5 letters, but rarely do the 2 body parts cross paths. As it should be! 
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Cooking & Recipes / Re: Share those good things to eat!!
« Last post by Big Frank on Yesterday at 06:28:56 PM »My late aunt's holiday cheeseball, only made for Thanksgiving-Christmas and Easter. Hard to believe it's been two years since I last had this, and a year and a half since she passed.
Sharp Cheddar Garlic Cheese Ball
2x 8oz cream cheese, softened
2 sticks butter or margarine
2 jars Kraft Old English Sharp Cheddar Cheese Spread (MUST be this specific cheese!)
1 tbsp granulated or minced garlic
3 tbsp vinegar
optional: chopped walnuts, grated cheese (DB note: Try with bacon bits instead!)
Cream together softened butter and cream cheese until well mixed. Add in jars of cheese spread and mix well. Last add vinegar and garlic. (Aunt Linda's note: “I put the garlic in the vinegar while I blend the cheeses.”)
Roll in ball or log. Then roll in chopped walnuts or granulated cheese. Batch can be divided into smaller servings. (Aunt Linda's note: “I usually make 1/2 recipe but the same amount of garlic and vinegar.”)
Maybe make one each way. It takes balls to show up at a party with a pair like that.
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Cooking & Recipes / Re: What's the last thing you ate or are currently eating?
« Last post by Big Frank on Yesterday at 06:25:33 PM »An Italian beef sub au jus, with Chicago style giardiniera, and Colby-Jack cheese melted in the bun.
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Down Range Cafe / Re: What happened to the US BUDGET
« Last post by Big Frank on Yesterday at 06:21:37 PM »AS to what happened to the US budget, I had a GIF on my computer a couple years ago that I couldn't post because, even though it was small it was too big. It had someone, maybe the the head of the Federal Reserve Board, turning the crank on a little machine and it was spitting out money as fast as he could turn it. And it never stopped. That's what happened to the budget.
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Down Range Cafe / Re: What happened to the US BUDGET
« Last post by Big Frank on Yesterday at 06:11:27 PM »I didn't know the Ambassador Bridge was privately owned. The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel is 3 miles ENE of there too, if you want to drive under the river. A lot of people are afraid to and take the bridge, but the weather is always nice in the tunnel. 
I was talking about the Mackinac Bridge between the upper and lower peninsula. Everyone who lives below the bridge like me is a troll. I've been across the bridge from Port Huron to Point Edward, and Sarnia to go to casinos before, but don't think I've taken the International Bridge from Sault Ste. Marie, U.S to Sault Ste. Marie, Canada since my dad was alive. It's less than 70 miles to Canada from my house, and more than 4 times that distance to The Soo (Sault Ste. Marie). It takes 2 1/2 hours longer to get there than it does to get to Toledo, Ohio. It's kind of a big state.
There used to be a drawbridge over the Saginaw River that was replaced by the 125 foot high Zilwaukee bridge. Zilwaukee is a little city with a weird name where two brothers from New York City built a saw mill next to the river 176 years ago. It sucked really bad when we went up north or came home and the drawbridge went up for freighters in the river. There were problems building it and my brothers both got off !-75 and detoured down highway M-13 over the river for a few years. I never heard anyone call it the Z-Bridge like this Detroit news crew does. They say how much steel cable holds it together, but didn't mention that it's mainly glued together, with something like Liquid Nails you can buy at the hardware store. If this bridge ever gets knocked out of commission for several years, all that traffic will have to go down the highway that zigzags a bit as it goes though different cities. That would would be a nightmare.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilwaukee_Bridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJFLMmcWq3U
I was talking about the Mackinac Bridge between the upper and lower peninsula. Everyone who lives below the bridge like me is a troll. I've been across the bridge from Port Huron to Point Edward, and Sarnia to go to casinos before, but don't think I've taken the International Bridge from Sault Ste. Marie, U.S to Sault Ste. Marie, Canada since my dad was alive. It's less than 70 miles to Canada from my house, and more than 4 times that distance to The Soo (Sault Ste. Marie). It takes 2 1/2 hours longer to get there than it does to get to Toledo, Ohio. It's kind of a big state. There used to be a drawbridge over the Saginaw River that was replaced by the 125 foot high Zilwaukee bridge. Zilwaukee is a little city with a weird name where two brothers from New York City built a saw mill next to the river 176 years ago. It sucked really bad when we went up north or came home and the drawbridge went up for freighters in the river. There were problems building it and my brothers both got off !-75 and detoured down highway M-13 over the river for a few years. I never heard anyone call it the Z-Bridge like this Detroit news crew does. They say how much steel cable holds it together, but didn't mention that it's mainly glued together, with something like Liquid Nails you can buy at the hardware store. If this bridge ever gets knocked out of commission for several years, all that traffic will have to go down the highway that zigzags a bit as it goes though different cities. That would would be a nightmare.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilwaukee_Bridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJFLMmcWq3U
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Down Range Cafe / Re: Milspin Custom U.S. ARMY Stainless Steel Bar Key
« Last post by Big Frank on Yesterday at 05:24:35 PM »My last Milspin accessory to be put to use. The Save A Warrior Auto Metal Badge. Afer I put it on and looked at the picture online, I saw that they lined it up it over the V in V6, the same way I did over the M on my GMC. But I did it better. Like their other auto badges, it has 3M All Weather Adhesive, so you just peel and stick it where you want it. It's semi-permanent but can be removed with a heat gun, or so they say.
Save A Warrior has officially partnered with Milspin to bring you the best gear possible. Milspin is a veteran-owned company based in Columbus, OH – employing veterans to craft the finest products known to man. Milspin is donating 20% of all revenue of sales from our store back to Save A Warrior to support our life-saving mission. We are grateful for their partnership, and know you’ll enjoy the quality of products they create just as much as we do.
Jake Clark
Founder -Save A Warrior
https://milspin.com/products/milspin-saw-auto-metal-badge-3m
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CqdxL7k1Nk
Like their other auto badges, it has 3M All Weather Adhesive, so you just peel and stick it where you want it. It's semi-permanent but can be removed with a heat gun, or so they say. Save A Warrior has officially partnered with Milspin to bring you the best gear possible. Milspin is a veteran-owned company based in Columbus, OH – employing veterans to craft the finest products known to man. Milspin is donating 20% of all revenue of sales from our store back to Save A Warrior to support our life-saving mission. We are grateful for their partnership, and know you’ll enjoy the quality of products they create just as much as we do.
Jake Clark
Founder -Save A Warrior
https://milspin.com/products/milspin-saw-auto-metal-badge-3m
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CqdxL7k1Nk
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Down Range Cafe / Re: What happened to the US BUDGET
« Last post by alfsauve on Yesterday at 09:58:11 AM »I’m familiar with the privately owned Ambassador bridge Detroit-Windsor. Dad was from Belle river. Just found out Alabama has one that the state is buying up this year. There are about a dozen others around the country.
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Down Range Cafe / Re: What happened to the US BUDGET
« Last post by Big Frank on Yesterday at 12:26:43 AM »We don't just have a toll bridge in Michigan, we have a TROLL bridge. 
It takes 7 years to paint it and when they get to the end they start again at the other end. Even with 67 years of maintenance being done the tolls have never been very high.
Passenger Vehicle – $2.00 per axle or $4.00 per car.
All Others – $5.00 per axle.
If I pull my single axle trailer over it again it will be 6 bucks each way. The Bridge is 20 years older, and over 3 times the length, but not 3 times the toll. A bargain to get to the U.P. $25 for a semi without any kind of discount doesn't sound too unreasonable, I guess.
But, we're ALL going to pay for the Key Bridge. Or the kids and grand-kids of those you who have kids will pay for it. Not me.
By the way, Trump is an idiot, but he's our idiot (unfortunately). Couldn't the Republican party find anyone better than THAT to run for President?
Choosing between Democrats and Republicans is like choosing how you're going to die, when you'd rather live.
It takes 7 years to paint it and when they get to the end they start again at the other end. Even with 67 years of maintenance being done the tolls have never been very high. Passenger Vehicle – $2.00 per axle or $4.00 per car.
All Others – $5.00 per axle.
If I pull my single axle trailer over it again it will be 6 bucks each way. The Bridge is 20 years older, and over 3 times the length, but not 3 times the toll. A bargain to get to the U.P.
$25 for a semi without any kind of discount doesn't sound too unreasonable, I guess. But, we're ALL going to pay for the Key Bridge. Or the kids and grand-kids of those you who have kids will pay for it. Not me.
By the way, Trump is an idiot, but he's our idiot (unfortunately). Couldn't the Republican party find anyone better than THAT to run for President?
Choosing between Democrats and Republicans is like choosing how you're going to die, when you'd rather live.
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