Everything posted by LosIllini
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Breakfast Tacos
Had some pretty good bacon/ potato breakfast tacos from the La Banqueta locations on Carroll and Gaston. They have the jalepeno/ dona style salsa, as well as a hotter orange/ taqueria-style salsa. Need to get over for lunch, and try their pastor.
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Homemade Pizza Tips...Just the Tips
That's perfect! I'll go even simpler for thinner crust/ tavern style pizza. 1 Can of Cento Puree, salt, and sugar. I like the Cento alot--- cheap, you can find it at most stores, and not as acidic as some sauces. If you want it thicker, add in some tomato paste. Jimmy's in Dallas has some great tomatoes/ sauces- lot of times random, but, they usually have Sclafani Crushed Tomatoes which are good, and big cans of Tomato Magic, which is a great sauce for pizza.
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Vintage menu
never thought of cooking them. I'll have to give them a try--- when we clean birds, we usually feed hearts to our labrador retrievers as a reward--- they love 'em!
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Diagnosing an internet speed problem
Are you using the wifi from the ATT router, or do you have it in passthru mode with another router? (ATT doesn't allow a true 'bridge' mode, but, you can work around it) I've always used an Asus router- running Merlin firmware, and have gotten speeds mentioned above. Sometimes I've seen channel interference from neighbors, but, the Asus seems to handle switching/ overlap pretty well.
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Android Thread
Anyone on Verizon, having data/ speed connection issues since they started turning on 5G? Have a Galaxy S21, and 5G sim card. Don't pay for the super duper 5G service, cheap plan, but, 5G Nationwide is included. And, am centrally located in the 5G area. Seems like the old days on the voice side- when you'd be outside of tower range, and the service would keep trying to connect, with bad connectivity, and would never switch over to roam. Or, in this case, data/ voice back to 4G LTE. Not sure if the Galaxies have weak modems/ antennas. But, am going to swap out to a 4G sim and see if that helps at all.
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Diagnosing an internet speed problem
My ATT giga internet hits 900+ Mbps via speedtest.net over cat5/ ethernet, using an Asus router. Newest laptop gets ~500Mbps or so over wifi (5Ghz band) in the same room, and about half that speed on the opposite side of the house. Old 2012-era macbook is 150 or so in the same room. My experience is that wifi usb-dongles are slower than dedicated wireless cards w/ antennas, so depending upon how you're set up on your pc, your speeds may be impacted. Same, if your wireless router is blocked, in an enclosure, etc. How large of files are you downloading? What kind of speeds do you get if you try your iphone/ ipad right next to the router?
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Android Thread
I have some cheap ones, and some more expensive ones for my Galaxy-- current favorites are the Jabra Elite Active 75ts. Think I bought renewed on Amazon (Jabra sells directly through Amazon) for $100 or so. Been using Jabra products since the early 00's- good company.
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Cord Cutters Thread
Had deals expiring, and was going to pay out the ass for Directv and ATT fiber. Called in, and got some relief on Dtv. Still not sure what I'm going to do--- sports channel coverage is just too good, but, pricey overall. Sounds like a mix and match of providers to get everything streaming. What was really surprising was that they were able to drop 1GB internet to $65/ month for a year. Guess there's enough competition in Dallas, that they are trying to be more competitive. (1GB is probably overkill, but, house is hardwired, and do a lot of streaming/ moving data, working from home, and it just works).
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Homemade Pizza Tips...Just the Tips
Pizzas look great! Do the Oonis have a temp regulator? Can you dial the temp down for a thin crust/ non-Neopolitan pie?
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Favorite Hot Sauce
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How much do you pay for Sirius
That's in the ballpark of what I just paid for one vehicle--- ~$125 with taxes/ royalties/ etc. So, there's probably some wiggle room to negotiate. They said going forward that I would be auto-renewed at this price, and not have to do the annual price savings dance. I set a calendar reminder to make sure.
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Yes: Pools are worth it....
I think Heat and Maintain are two different things. Don't have a heater, so, can't comment on that. But, my maintenance service here in Big D went up from ~$125 (which was above my threshold for pain, but, convenient) or so a year or two ago to $200 now (per company- chemical costs are killing them, and therefore, passed on and killing me). Weekly cleaning, and this is a smallco/ family business. ...Probably need to figure out how to do this myself.
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Homemade Pizza Tips...Just the Tips
Poolish works- you'll get some preferment aroma/ flavor with regular/ storebought yeast. Or, you can really go down a rabbit hole w/ all kinds of yeast/ sourdough cultures. I've had good luck w/ basic poolish from SAF, Italian yeast, homebrew beer yeast, and sourdough starters. Yeast is amazing. Bunch of dry yeast on Ebay for sale- from San Francisco sourdoughs to Italian pizza yeast. Just gotta feed/ water them, and, they'll stay dormant in your fridge for a long time when you're not baking. Really adds flavor to your dough.
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Homemade Pizza Tips...Just the Tips
Have you tried using parchment paper? I use it w/ a peel and pizza stone. Pull the paper after a couple of minutes. Does a real good job.
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Tamales
Pretty good for store bought--- Dallas area Costcos have these. Made in Irving. (though they're not as fun as rolling the dice w/ the folks selling out of an Igloo cooler at the 276 crossroads between Lake Tawokoni and Lake Fork.)
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Germany in December
My Man!
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Germany in December
A couple Kranzes of Kolsch and a nice plate of Schweinshaxe should get the evening going just fine!
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All Things Brisket
FWIW- I've had good luck w/ these rolls--- generic version of the Foodsavers. Cheaper, and work pretty well. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0052BOEXG
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Germany in December
Fifteen is my limit on Schnitzengruben.
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HDMI No Audio Out
Clicked on the Win 11 magnifying glass, and searched for 'sound settings', and that panel pulled up. I remember that Win 10 had something that looked different, but, did the same thing (allowed you to direct audio). Another thing I remember, is that I had a video/ sound card in one of my old machines that would sometimes conflict, that I had to reset/ override.
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HDMI No Audio Out
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HDMI No Audio Out
Sounds like you probably have a pc audio out problem- either have wrong digital out set in the control panel selected, or, drivers need updated. Did you check the Windows System => Sound, panel? I know that when I've updated drivers in 10 and 11, my audio sometimes switches to my monitor, or speaker, and I don't get sound through my Klipsch Promedias, until I mess with the panel. (in this case, I run sound through the 3.5mm jack on the soundcards, not through HDMI). Also, if you do get the audio going through HDMI, make sure the receiver is matched up on the correct video and sound inputs. Some receivers allow mixing/ matching video/ audio inputs (depending upon mfg, and if you are using HDMI and non-HDMI sources).
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Germany in December
Great job! Keep up the pics/ reports on the Christmas markets, food and beer!
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Golden Corral, Pancho's and Other Low-Brow Eateries of Your Youth
Worked with a bunch of old NASA engineers in Clear Lake right out of school. Their weekly routine would be Ryan's, Mr. Gatti's, CiCi's, Pancho's (they'd occasionally skip this for Grandy's or double up on Mr. Gatti's, or Ryan's every other week), Oasis (for the all you can eat shrimp), and Genghis Grill. Ryan's was always the safe goto. Rinse and Repeat.
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Buying a New Vehicle in this environment
Anyone purchased a Chevy Tahoe recently? MSRP? Or, are they marking them up even more? Looks like the 2022's are being built, but, haven't seen any on lots. Website says 'In Transit'. Assuming all stock are pre-orders at this point.