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  1. BrutulTM

    Home Improvement

    Anybody have any tips on a brick hearth to go under my wood stove? I know the normal way to do it is to put down hardie board and then mortar the bricks to the floor, but it looks like the previous hearth they just used construction adhesive and put them right on the subfloor which seems to me...
  2. BrutulTM

    Smokers / Grills

    I usually figure a long cook is going to take a full 15 lb bag of pellets. My pellet grill is pretty large though. I've never actually measured but it's in that ball park.
  3. BrutulTM

    Better Call Saul

    That's a decent theory. For the sake of the show I hope you're right.
  4. BrutulTM

    Home Improvement

    It was pretty normal. No toilet paper, no beans, no hand sanitizer but they had most other things. Several things were restricted to one per customer. The biggest difference was there were like 10 people walking around with spray bottles just continuously disinfecting everything that people...
  5. BrutulTM

    The Fast Food Thread

    I'm with you. I refuse to use italian words to order coffee, even though they correct me every time.
  6. BrutulTM

    Home Improvement

    It's something you have to do from time to time when you live in the sticks. We're going to Lumber Liquidators, Home Depot, General Shale for bricks, and then going to see if there's anything left at Costco.
  7. BrutulTM

    The Fast Food Thread

    I hate it when restaurants give menu items cutsey names. I don't want to have to order a rompin stompin broncin burger or some stupid shit like that.
  8. BrutulTM

    Autonomous Systems

    I never thought about it before but drone trucks being driven by a remote human would actually be a big improvement over having drivers in the trucks. Instead of being an over the road trucker, you could go to an office and sit at a desk for 8 hours a day. The truck could run 24/7 with drivers...
  9. BrutulTM

    Home Improvement

    It's the closest one. 200 miles exactly. The next two are 217 miles and 231 miles respectively, but they both involve a lot more 2-lane highway so they take quite a bit longer.
  10. BrutulTM

    Home Improvement

    I'm driving 200 miles tomorrow to go to Home Depot. I just called them though and they assured me that they would be open. I actually called all the places I am going because who the hell knows what's going to be open right now.
  11. BrutulTM

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    So much for everyone in the Rams organization who have been saying "Oh he's fine, it's just a superbowl hangover, everything is fine." for the last year.
  12. BrutulTM

    Better Call Saul

    Everybody on TV is always the "best in the business". Maybe she is some amazing superlawyer, but if I had a lawyer who had tried to get me to change my plan and I said no and then her boyfriend was suddenly representing the other side and costing me thousands of dollars fucking with me, I'd be...
  13. BrutulTM

    Better Call Saul

    This whole thing is going too far. Who's paying Jimmy while he fucks around with this old man for weeks on end? What about his 45 other clients? Did he just drop all of them to work for this guy pro bono for a month? Why is the Mesa Verde guy not taking Kim off of the job with an obvious...
  14. BrutulTM

    The Joe Rogan Experience (JRE)

    This is the problem with the whole victim narrative. When you define someone as a victim you make them powerless. Just like other ghettos, Indian reservations are being held back by substance abuse, bad parenting, and political corruption, all of which are terrible problems that are difficult...
  15. BrutulTM

    Home Improvement

    A few years back there was an expose about laminate flooring from China having excessive amounts of formaldehyde. This was a real issue but it has since been corrected. Also the early LVP flooring had phthalates in them which are endocrine disruptors linked to various health effects (although...
  16. BrutulTM

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    Looking back this was pretty predictable. The Rams went all in mortgaging the future to get a shot at the Superbowl. They got it and now they're paying the price. Maybe it's a bit worse than expected because Goff and Gurley haven't become what they hoped they would, but they had to know when...
  17. BrutulTM

    Home Improvement

    Hmm, I can't speak for the whole chain but I have bought a lot of stuff from them at this point. I never even interacted with the sales people though. Just ordered from their website and picked it up at the store.
  18. BrutulTM

    Home Improvement

    Just the fact that it's waterproof put LVP over the top for me. Seen too many places where there was a leak with wood laminate and it all swells up and you throw it away. Even real hardwood is more vulnerable to water. Check with Lumber Liquidators as well as Home Depot and Lowes. They have...
  19. BrutulTM

    Home Improvement

    I just did this with my house and I'll say that the online stuff will only get you so far. Lighting makes a big difference to how colors look and also it will vary a lot depending on the settings and quality of the screen you're looking at it on. I tried looking at the same webpage on my phone...
  20. BrutulTM

    The Fast Food Thread

    A lot of good that will do you when people are ripping open your skull to feast on your brains.
  21. BrutulTM

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    I was expecting the opposite. I thought they would let Armstead walk. We'll have to see how it goes for them. Buckner is a stud even if Armstead did get more big plays this year. I think a lot of guys would look pretty good playing between Buckner and Bosa. Seems like a Belichick type move...
  22. BrutulTM

    Survivor

    Yeah, it's pretty miraculous he lasted as long as he did. I'm rooting for Parv but I don't think she's got much of a chance either.
  23. BrutulTM

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Thoughts and prayers. :emoji_pray::emoji_pray::emoji_pray:
  24. BrutulTM

    Westworld

    I kind of want to give this a chance, but I think I've completely blocked out Season 2. Going to have to watch a recap video or something to even remember WTF happened.
  25. BrutulTM

    Home Theater/Game Room Thread

    What's the purpose of foam behind the speakers?
  26. BrutulTM

    Home Improvement

    Fixed this for you.
  27. BrutulTM

    The Joe Rogan Experience (JRE)

    Yeah I listen to Radiolab too. I put them right below Freakonomics and This American Life. Radiolab is sort of an overproduced imitation of This American Life IMO, but it's very good.
  28. BrutulTM

    Stumptown

    When I saw this thread title I thought it was another name for Nub City,
  29. BrutulTM

    Home Improvement

  30. BrutulTM

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Nice. Looks like you nailed it.
  31. BrutulTM

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Did you wrap it?
  32. BrutulTM

    Survivor

    I really want Adam to fail bigly this season. I heard an interview with him after his win and he had retconned the whole season to make it sound like he had personally orchestrated everything that happened in the entire season which was just so much bullshit. I was never a big fan but that...
  33. BrutulTM

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    The only way I make short ribs is to braise them in red wine and beef stock for like 4 hours and then reduce the liquid for a sauce. It's about the best thing I know how to make.
  34. BrutulTM

    The Joe Rogan Experience (JRE)

    Freakonomics has overtaken This American Life as my favorite NPR podcast. I just love the rational way economists look at things. They're probably terrible to be married to, but fun to listen to. Planet Money is very good as well, kind of a shorter version of Freakonomics.
  35. BrutulTM

    Podcasts Misc

    I wonder how many podcasters could get away with only doing the ads at the beginning like Rogan does. I mean is there anyone that doesn't skip the first 6 minutes of every Rogan podcast? He can do it because he's the king, but I bet most people would have to put their ads in the show to get...