JDEaston

Well I had the first Cuban sandwich that I have liked today, that wasn't made in South Florida. It came from "The Mill Cafe" in Ashland. They're a new locally owned restaurant that just so happened to open in the middle of this pandemic, so I felt the need to give them some business and give their Cuban a try. It was about authentic as it gets, with the exception of the ham being thinly sliced rolls of ham, but I actually liked that change. They make their own foccacia bread and it is what makes the sandwich, imo. When a Cuban is done right its as good as any sandwich around.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves. They're likely going to have to learn an entirely new style of play with a big man in the mix, they may actually regress.

Who's to say those kids aren't better than the kids coming in?

Are you saying they may have too much talent?

I'm hearing there may be another addition as well. Regardless the Tomcats are going to be loaded next season.

What about people that have labor intensive jobs? There are many negative effects for otherwise healthy people that wear masks in that type of work setting.

Another thing with the masks is that most people I see wearing them aren't wearing n95 masks or better. They're wearing cloth masks that are home made by someone selling them for profit, or at least the price of material, which is fine. But what if the person selling or distributing those type of masks, which aren't much more useful than covering your face with your own hands when you sneeze or cough, had covid when they made the mask? You're essentially putting it right up against your nose and mouth, breathing the spores in voluntarily at that point. I'll pass on that. EDIT: On top of that a good friend of mine works in the marine division for an oil refinery. The masks they were given were made in Wuhan, China. I'll pass on wearing one of those as well.

A well built pastrami sandwich is always a win for me. But I hardly ever turn down any cold cut sandwich, they're pretty much all good.

Playing pickup games of basketball. Thats frowned upon these days. If I had the money I'd create a self cooling hazmat suit suitable for playing sports in, then we could get sports back up and running and make millions or billions in the process. Phil Knight and crew likely already have pending pattents on that though.

Most hospitals furloughed essential employees that were high risk a while back, whether you were a nurse or parked cars for the valet services. If you're someone that is high risk you shouldn't be working, whether it be with a mask on or not.

Smoking bans and such have laws and city ordinances keeping people from doing that, as well as businesses that do allow it being fined. Completely different scenario, imo.

For the bolded a lot of people not wearing masks belive they can actually be a bad thing. One reason is they're not that effective, another is you're breathing in your own expended air can result in low blood/oxygen levels over long periods of time. They're also uncomfortable which can cause rashes and itchiness, which both cause people to touch their face more often. Not to mention that if the mask is really effective you're weakening your immune system every day you wear it. There are as many reasons to not wear the mask as there are to wear one. It wasn't that long ago that the CDC itself said that the general public should not be wearing them.

I can agree with all points there. People are on edge and need to stay in their lane and I'm not talking about the one way lanes at the stores either, those are pretty much useless as well. But yeah a business has every right to refuse entry to a customer that is not wearing a mask though. To be honest I haven't encountered one of those businesses yet, in fact most that I'm in don't even have their employees wearing masks.

I don't necessarily disagree with Guru's statement. But outside of that is why would the people wearing masks want to confront and potentially get in a hands on altercation with someone not wearing one? That seems counterproductive to me as well as a good way to get exposed to said virus. Why not just distance yourself from whomever isn't wearing the mask? Seems like a much better idea to me than confronting them and telling them they have to wear one. I can't see anything good coming from confronting or fighting with someone just because they're not wearing a mask. If the mask wearer is that concerned about it then stay away from them or just stay home. You can literally order anything you would ever need to survive these days so they're essentially picking a fight, with someone they likely don't want to fight with.

If you can find the pink butchers paper give that a try before you go no wrapping at all. It speeds things up and gives you a nice bark as well. Its kind of a compromise between the other two options. The other thing is that foil won't cook as evenly, the outside of the brisket will cook much quicker and become tough, even though its moist, if that makes any sense. The pink butchers paper doesn't overcook the outside like foil does, but does speed up the cooking process while allowing some of those juices to drip out, which helps save the bark.

It would stall and take longer to cook, but you would get a better bark on the outside. What I've found works best is finding a really well marbled cut of it and if you are going to wrap it to speed things up use pink butchers paper instead of foil, then let it cook for that last hour or so out of the wrap. If you buy from a butcher they will most likely give you enough of the pink butchers paper to wrap it up good, assuming they have it. I've had great results too without wrapping at all, it really depends on the cut of meat, as well as the grill you are using. The less airflow the better its gonna turn out, kamado style grills can make a great brisket without wrapping it at all, due to very little airflow, they essentially create their own moisture. Edit: Another tip if its a whole brisket is to separate the point from the flat unless you want to make burnt ends from the flat. It will cook much quicker than the point.

Its hard to screw up anything Waygu, even brisket. Brisket in general is a tough piece if meat and was always dirt cheap until the people in Texas figured out the proper way to cook it. Now its as expensive as better cuts of meat like prime rib and ribeye. But I wouldn't worry too much with ruining a piece of Waygu if you have experience cooking large pieces of meat. To me thats the thing with brisket. Its really not that difficult to cook, it just takes a lot of time to do it right. The quality of the cut of meat is what makes it phenomenal or average, imo.

It likely was Morrisons, they were common in large malls, there was one locally at the Huntington Mall when I was a kid. I was too young to remember the food well, but I do remember eating there a couple of times with aunt and uncle. I don't remember it being an all you can eat type of place though, you more less got to pick your protein and sides to make a dinner on a tray.

You're likely right in the fact that they announced who they are, i'd almost guarantee they did, they dint want shot either. But my issue with the no knock warrants is situations like this one. Say everyone in the house is asleep, but the homeowner(s) have firearms. So you kick in the door, which likely wakes them up and startles them, then you yell police. At that point whether they hear you yell police or believe that you actually are police or someone else is a different story. When you really think about it, given how many people in this country own guns its a bad situation all together. Bad for both sides, the police as a well as the residents of said house. I would hate to be a police officer going into that situation hoping they have the right house. I'd also hate to be shot by them due to the fact that they startled me in a dead sleep. In other words I get the reasons for no knock warrants, but they need to make sure they have the right house.

I accidentally left two important words out when I edited my post prior to submitting it. I'm all for gun rights, those two don't deserve to have any though.

You're right, I accidentally edited out two important words when I posted that. I was referring to people "like them" who are irresponsible gun owners. Like them are the two words I accidentally left out, I'm all for gun rights in general. But to put what I meant to say into perspective with a DUI driver killing a family while drunk and driving, they would lose their right to drive as well.

I don't see how they can prove that he was trying to rob the house, from any videos I've seen at least. The only thing going for them is that he tried to disarm the son which eventuality shot him. But I'm not sure that will work either unless they have a really good attorney and paralegals that can dig up more information on AA. The assumption of him committing a crime or attempting to at a later date isn't going to work imo. That said I'm not up on Georgia's laws and don't know anything about their court system, but I could see it being dropped down to aggregated manslaughter or whatever they call that down there. Unfortunately that will likely happen even though I feel like AA was killed in cold blood myself. If there is ever a reason for people not being allowed to own guns, this father son combo fits the bill.

I get what you're saying but you did say its an assumption. You don't run up on someone and start pointing guns at them over an assumption that they may or may not be casing a house. I don't believe that you would do that yourself for what its worth, most logical people wouldn't. The fact that these dudes did either tells me they're ignorant, or they had bad intentions to begin with.

But he didn't have a truck? He was on foot. He did play football though, maybe he was going to see what his 40 time would be dragging a few hundred feet of wire behind him.

I'm not defending these guys at all, they're guilty of murder imo. But my stepfather was a defense attorney prior to retiring from that and becoming a state prosecutor, so I've seen both sides of arguing cases in my lifetime, including him getting three not guilty verdicts in murder cases that the defendants told him they murdered their husband's. So I'll bite, I'd ask him what his defense would be but unfortunately he has dementia now. But given what you mentioned prior about the citizens arrest law in Georgia, as well as it being a stand your ground state I'd run with that and hope for the best. So, here it goes. The two defendants knew of recent burglaries in their neighborhood and witnessed AA walking into a home under construction, they notified the person that filmed the video and asked them to call the police while they were trying to locate the suspect after he left the construction site. Once located they attempted to ask AA questions while waiting on the police to arrive but he attempted to disarm the younger defendant which feared that his shotgun could be used against him if he was disarmed, so he fired at AA until he was no longer a threat. I hate to even type that because I believe they're guilty of murder myself. But I feel like the defense strategy could be something similar to that.