The natives are getting restless.

[1Buckshot]

I smoke my bird about two hours and then finish it off in the oven. It takes about four to five hours to cook a 15# turkey including smoking. The smoking seals the skin and they come out real juicy. So fare people have liked it better than the deep fried birds they have had.

[TAB]

Went that route myself. After a business degree I decided sitting in an office wasn't what I wanted after all. At the time there were more (and better paying) opportunities in the hands-on tech and industrial fields.

I got a degree i math and structural engineering.  Left it all behind and went back to construction.

[tombogan03884]

I got a degree i math and structural engineering.  Left it all behind and went back to construction.

Dude, You've posted pictures of some of your "construction", the word does not exactly do justice to the work.   

[PegLeg45]

Actually to tie the slight drift (we are good) in with the original gist of the thread, people who can build/construct usable tools and equipment with minimal/simple supplies will be a valuable asset in a long-term SHTF situation.
For example, since we were talking about frying turkeys, if you had a large supply of LP gas, how many folks out there can fabricate a homemade gas burner/heater from scratch (not hard at all with simple tools and supplies)?

[twyacht]

Some of us just are never going to be suit and tie folk, myself included. Taking a heap of wires, a notepad, a schematic, and someone else's very expensive toy, and "lighting it up",...is a great feeling.

My Father had such "plans" for me in Finance, but respects me more (now), for going my own way and making a career out of it.

Somehow my Business Mgt. degree still has merit on larger refits, and projects. But working with a 480v, 3Phase megayacht, and making it "light up, pump and run" makes me smile.

and they never quibble about the bill...

[Sponsor]

[cookie62]

Went that route myself. After a business degree I decided sitting in an office wasn't what I wanted after all. At the time there were more (and better paying) opportunities in the hands-on tech and industrial fields.

Me too, when I was laid off last year i took an office job for awile. It drove me nuts sitting in front of a computer all day. Everyone thought I was crazey to go back to my old job. But I like the physical work.

[tt11758]

Decided to smoke it this year and got pretty pissed. 

Where do you find rolling papers that big?   

[tombogan03884]

Where do you find rolling papers that big?   

Big Bamboo 

[fightingquaker13]

Decided to smoke it this year and got pretty pissed.  Started at 0900 and ate at 1500 and it wasn't completely done.  Looks like it didn't defrost all the way.  20 min in the oven finished it off though.  Next year I may smoke for a few hours then fry to finish it off.  Once it was done it tasted awesome.  Brined in apple juice and spices, peach/chipotle rub, then smoked with cherry wood.

sounds great! Details please.
FQ13