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Lots of folks go to the Big Texan to try eating that monster steak, but few get the meal free because you also have to eat all the sides and rolls, too. I've never eaten there, but the locals told me the rest of the food on the menu isn't all that great.

Been there, had a very good steak dinner; but didn't try the monster steak. And the mountain oysters were a fine appetizer, too. Of course it was many years ago when we were there.
 
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Bird, I'll let you be the expert on mountain oysters, thank you...
I'm going to go there just to go there, and take pictures, but will not order that big steak.
I can eat maybe 6 oz. of steak before I get stuffed.

speaking of beef, do you know that right after Thanksgiving is a huge heart attack time due to overeating and too much salt intake, the salt apparently
being the worst problem. I love that stuffing but read the label on amount of sodium. No wonder it tastes good...

off to put up xmas lights.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #102,673  
Been there, had a very good steak dinner; but didn't try the monster steak. And the mountain oysters were a fine appetizer, too. Of course it was many years ago when we were there.

We ate at big Texan and loved it. Great steak. That was my destination to see there.
Drove by Cadillac ranch, got a decent pic from the westbound lane.
 
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Yea, look out, I’m off my meds.

Been off the strong codine pain meds a long time. Never even took any from the last bottle. But I stopped the gabapentin when I noticed I wasn’t having much finger pain. I weaned myself down. Now what to do with a bottle of 500. I still get pain in the feet if I’m on them a lot.


Drew, That 5.1 MW diesel plant was added to an exact copy, to make a 10.2 MW plant. But I only did the 2nd set in my project. I’ll post a picture when I find one.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #102,676  
69°F and .13 inches rain

Trucking company expected about 8:30 to pick up big generator to ship to Maui.
I need to get my old Oldback system on a pallet, make it easier to move around.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day
 
   / Good morning!!!! #102,677  
yes, funny thing that place even has an associated rv park which runs a limo into the restaurant.
I'm staying at another place but clearly this is quite the institution.
Thanks RNG. I'll print that out.

David that is the biggest gen I've ever seen. The replacement must take up half that space.
You have some excellent helpers/supervisors there.

A warm 68 today, 70 tomorrow. After seeing urology doc this morning, will be a good day to be outside.
going to put up solar powered xmas lights today at end of lane. Folks always slow down to look.
For now, nice cup of coffee and a hot shower awaits.

and a better barn pic

🤙Festive
 
   / Good morning!!!! #102,678  
Yea, look out, I’m off my meds.

Been off the strong codine pain meds a long time. Never even took any from the last bottle. But I stopped the gabapentin when I noticed I wasn’t having much finger pain. I weaned myself down. Now what to do with a bottle of 500. I still get pain in the feet if I’m on them a lot.


Drew, That 5.1 MW diesel plant was added to an exact copy, to make a 10.2 MW plant. But I only did the 2nd set in my project. I’ll post a picture when I find one.

We built hundreds of offshore O/G exploration rigs with EMD 645 and 710 series engine power plants. Most were 6-8 of the turbocharged 16 or 20 cylinder engines with AC alternators and 1 or 2 of the 8 or 12 cylinder engines for emergency generators.

Our very early "electric" rigs used EMD engines with DC generators connected to EMD traction motors to power the drawworks, mud pumps, and rotary table. The traction motors had shunt fields that you adjusted to vary motor speed.

In the late 1960's our company developed the very first SCR drives for electric rigs so the engines incorporated AC alternators. The SCR drive converted AC to DC for the traction motors.
 
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One of the EMD in the “test bay”
 
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23F this morning.. grand daughter had doc appt yesterday, they suspect the antibiotic she took for double ear infection was the cause of the itching and hives. Smart doc looked up the last time she had hives and it was right after the same antibiotic.. she has some Zertec now for itching.. her hives are gone today, still some itching. They made a note in her records so they don't use that antibiotic again.

Took the advice of TBN members and got some Stabil marine 360 and treated the fuel in the ZT mower, snowblower and generator. Seafoam and Lucas injector cleaner had been working fine, but snowblower had some issues this year so decided to try the Stabil.
 

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