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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Howard Rush on July 10, 2015, 09:27:56 AM
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He had a vision Freudian,
And though he was annoyed, he an-
Alyzed it in the well-known styles
Of Doctors Jung and Brill.
I’m in a hotel in St. Joseph, MO on my way to the Nats. I just had the most bizarre dream I’ve ever had. The following issues were on my mind when I went to bed:
1. I had just composed a poem in a conversation on SSW which started with the chemical composition of Brodak contest hot dogs—particularly their molarity, but which morphed into Charles Dodgson’s affinity for little girls. I was proud of having rhymed, although imperfectly, “Canadian”, but I was ashamed of the meter. I think poetry should have rhyme and meter, such as the above excerpt from the story of the opera Thais. Being tired from a day of driving through Nebraska is no excuse.
2. I was wondering what TUT and Igor timer settings to use upon arrival in Muncie to calibrate the backup prop I’d installed before departure.
3. I have been having leg cramps in my sleep. I needed to decide to which muscles to allocate my one heating pad based on the propensity for cramping of different muscles and the relative pain of cramps among them.
The dream began as a concert or audition. I’m not sure which; I couldn’t tell the size of the audience. The audience would pick a country on a world map, then I would play the national anthem of that country on my electric stunt plane. I would then play the national anthem of an adjacent country, and the audience would color it in on the map using a color different than that of any contiguous country. Being asleep, I didn’t realize that the map color problem was trivial, hence the deck was stacked against me. We got to the Balkans and the game became very rapid.
The dream morphed. I was the commanding officer of the United States Air Force Thunderbirds. I received an irate phone call from my own CO. “The Thunderbirds perform all over the world,” he said. “You cannot require your pilots to pay for LiPo batteries for each country’s national anthem themselves, as you have been doing.” “Batteries are the tools of their trade,” I said. “They have to furnish their own. Besides, it’s not the batteries that are unique to each anthem. It’s the ESCs.” Being sleepy, I had: a) sassed my CO, and b) not realized that it’s not the ESCs, but the software. That’s the problem with dreams. You just don’t have your wits about you.
I enjoyed my first cramp-free awakening in several mornings.
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Mr. Rush. This all makes good sense .
1. Like poetry should have "rhyme and meter" so should stunt have "shape and symmetry"
2. Prepare well and enjoy
3. Rest well and enjoy
I get it, almost all of it. But this thunderbird thing is cause for concern. Never sass the co, wife, judge whatever. It never works
Good luck mr Rush. Glad you waking well.
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Truly bizarre. I like it. Terrible rhymes.
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Stop with the Starbucks and drink Gatoraid in the evening. If you have leg cramps, keep a bottle of Gatoraid handy in the fridge or ice chest and drink at least 8 oz. Electrolytes are the problem.
Dreams are an indication of deep sleep, so that's good. Weird dreams may indicate a problem, of course. ;)
What was your route through Nebraska? I-80 yet again? n1 Steve
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How did you wind up in St Joe? 80 should have taken you most of the way. I also know 70 does not go through At Joe either. Anyway, as stated get plenty of fluids in you. I know it means more stops at our age.
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I read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance in college (favorite quotation: "Assembly of Japanese bicycle require great peace of mind."). This is far better.
Thanks, Howard- I wish you a smooth travels and the best of success.
Derek Moran
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While the quality of the dreams might remain just as wierd, the leg cramps might improve significantly with more vitamin B complex and vitamin D and C. A tip from a very old "crampy" guy, who dreams about running sub 4 minute miles and used to wake up feeling like it! LL~ LL~
Try it, even if you don't like it you may improve, which I'm sure you'll like... "Jung" Really???? Nah....
Most of all have fun at the Nat's and fly well!
Randy Cuberly
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Also Howard, along with all the good advice from above, do a banana a day, it's worked wonders for me. It's the pottasium.
Have a great nats!!!
Will
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You must be inhaling too many electrons. Or maybe the magnetic fields are affecting your brain. Go back to IC power.
Electric power,
as odd as it seems,
may be giving Howard
unusual dreams.
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The only thing missing from your dream was Grace Slick singing "White Rabbit" in the background .
Mike
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I have heard this from the R/C pattern guys that have gone to electric. They have these same weird dreams where they are in a sort of tunnel. While there, there is a voice that says, "Go back, Go back" Many pay no attention to the voices and then the dreams become stronger. Some say there is no cure except to fly a Ringmaster with a Fox 35 for at least 2 hours, but it only lasts for a few electric flights. Of course, there is a real cure but no one wants to face up to it. And so the dreams continue. I heard they are working on an electron removal system which may help with the dream problem and leg cramps. But who knows how long that will take. Electron users travel at your own risk.
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A friend who flew Combat, later Racing, had a mid-summer night's dream, and regaled us with it as we drove homeward after a model aviation meet. He dreamt of Doc Holliday attempting to fly a Quickie Rat on fifteen foot lines. It quickly consumed Doc in a cocoon, and transformed him into a whirling dervish, not unlike the Tasmanian Devil in Disney cartoons. Doc was last seen rounding the corner of a house....leaving a trail of destruction.
One can only assume that combat flying pre-disposes one to bizarre dreams.....
Such is the fortune,
of Jivers flying combat....
to dream of devils, Tasmanian.
Perchance in Perth, Australian,
even a wombat.
Drive safe, Howard,
dg
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Spill the wine, take that pearl
Spill the wine, dig that girl
Take the wine dig that girl
Take that girl!
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Acute lipo poisoning.
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You need nitromethane and potassium.
Not necessarily in that order.
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I get my Charlie Horse's in the back of my legs while driving, the long drive takes its toll on me I'm in my room in Davenport, John L.
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The only thing missing from your dream was Grace Slick singing "White Rabbit" in the background .
Mike
From early morning Woodstock.
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Good luck sir! Enjoying the commentary.
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Howard,
Will you be traveling thru south central Minnesota on your way home this year?
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I haven't heard mention of the 4 color map problem in years. Maybe tonight you'll trisect the angle.
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
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Wait, violets are purple.
I guess im too literal for this poetry stuff...
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Steer the plane through ups and downs
round and round and round and round
and round and round and round and round
stay in the sky
to not kiss the ground
electric purring sound
judges to astound
a placing to be found
a dream that was profound
legs shall be unwound.
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Nice this afternoon but the forecast isn't too good . I'd prefer the contest was moved back a week ,,seemslike the weather simmers down later in the Summer maybe a week would help.
john
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My route this time was through Yakima for cherries and a peach, then Oregon, southern Idaho (the part that's not on fire), then Utah to I-80. Several states have bumped their speed limits to 80 mph. Idaho and Utah are particularly good about it, allowing 80 most everywhere on the Interstate. Wyoming is a little reluctant, allowing 80 only in desolate places. The trip went a little faster than usual, but made a dent in Prius gas mileage.
I received a call from Chuck Rudner while driving through Nebraska. Chuck has a kid in Nebraska working as a surgeon in North Platte. I stopped at the Starbucks there, but didn't see him. I did see the rest of the Rudner family at the F2D team trials in Muncie yesterday. His boy Mark was flying some excellent combat, and was 3-0 at the time.
Not much else eventful on the trip. I have been going across northern Missouri on a few of these trips, then taking the little-known I-72 through Illinois. I might not do that again, because of the dearth of rest areas on I-72.
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Will you be traveling thru south central Minnesota on your way home this year?
Marilou will be accompanying me on the return trip, so I don't get any say about route or cruise speed. If we pass through Albert Lea, I'll buy you the dinner I owe you.
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
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Wait, violets are purple.
I guess im too literal for this poetry stuff...
Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
Some poems rhyme
But that one does not.
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Marilou will be accompanying me on the return trip, so I don't get any say about route or cruise speed. If we pass through Albert Lea, I'll buy you the dinner I owe you.
Sounds good Howard, give me a little "heads up" if you end up coming this way.
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Thanks for the cramp tips, guys. I've employed most of them.
Although the weather predictions have been dire, it has been quite nice for practice much of the time. I put in a few Saturday morning, then stayed out in the sun and heat chatting with people at the F2D team trials and the stunt circles until I was too tired to fly. I then flew some more. Not too bad for a tired geezer, I thought. I expect that some sleep will tighten up my stunt to JCT standards. I haven't flown much since Saturday, but I have done a bunch of visiting.
Today was appearance judging and the flight order draw. Lots of pretty airplanes. Layla Berry drew my flight order better than I could have done. The revised program seems to work so far. It did the seeding and printed out the flight orders OK, although I forgot to take mine. Went to dinner with the guys tonight, had a swell time, then raced back to the hotel to beat PW to the prime parking place, which had, alas, been occupied in our absence. I guess it's time now to bear down on stunt practice. Weather tomorrow looks iffy and practice circles will be few. Wednesday we get down to the nitty gritty.
Speaking of F2D, the 2016 US team is Sasha Nadein again as the Junior, her daddy, Andy Minor, and Greg Wornell, the latter formerly of the West Coast Dreaded Canadian Combat Contingent.
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Does watching that stuff make you wish you were still doing it. It always does me...then I realize I would probably be stepping on my tongue after about 45 seconds and realize Stunt is just the ticket!
Oh well! Gettin' old ain't for sissys!
Randy Cuberly
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I actually practiced a little stunt this morning until I was scolded for chickening out on an overhead in a slight breeze. Went to the Twelfth Street for the customary mush, then off to the hotel to shoot a different breeze with various stunt luminaries, absorbing aerodynamic wisdom from Frank Williams. We showed stunt movies. Some combat fliers showed up and I invited myself to their celebratory dinner. Then back to the hotel to tell stories with the Texans and Gilberts. All in all, a most enjoyable day, but I didn't practice much stunt. I intend to bear down tomorrow.
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This be the day
Time to play
First up in group C
Oh Damn....I need to Lee
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Fly well Howard
I shall attempt to make the northwest advanced pilots look somewhere above average?
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Never mind that, Mark. Just relax and have a good time. I hope your battery is good for the whole flight. If it is, I'm sure you'll do well. H^^ Steve
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Does watching that stuff make you wish you were still doing it. It always does me...then I realize I would probably be stepping on my tongue after about 45 seconds and realize Stunt is just the ticket!
Oh well! Gettin' old ain't for sissys!
Randy Cuberly
Hey Randy, don't tell Stubblefield he is getting old. Watched him here whip up on the young guys at the F2d meet here in KC not that long ago.
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Leg cramps are a sign of dehydration. I get them frequently, but almost always while connected to the dialysis machine. I'm not allowed to consume foods with potassium or phosphate. Good old plain water is the best cure, although it takes a while to take effect.
Floyd
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Never mind that, Mark. Just relax and have a good time. I hope your battery is good for the whole flight. If it is, I'm sure you'll do well. H^^ Steve
Well, it turns out that it didn't last the entire flight!
I'll let Mark fill you in.
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We flew some official stunt today. It's a tough crowd. I'm third on my circle so far, despite a dust devil conjured by Brett to mess up my triangles. Then off to the Twelfth Street to socialize, back to the field to visit with more folks, home for a nap, then out for evening stunt practice. I finished the day at the DQ listening to Capt. Gleason's stories. Tomorrow I'll bear down.
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Tomorrow I'll bear down.
Ya'd better bear down
'cuz the others won't be layin' down
while the JCT is hangin' 'round town!
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Good luck, Howard.
R,
Chris
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Well, it turns out that it didn't last the entire flight!
I'll let Mark fill you in.
Now.Paul.it did last the whole flight..it's the flight that didn't last the whole flight..
Long story...maybe I will fill my column with my journey lol..
I flew today..the avenger...the impact lived up to its name yesterday
I had a battery containment failure on my second flight..my first flight the esc wouldn't play...
It's repairable..So I processed the avenger for a backup and flew it today...
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So I processed the avenger for a backup and flew it today...
Good for you. I do want to hear the story, particularly if "battery containment failure" is anything like "reactor containment failure".
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Each maneuver on my first flight today had an imperfection. It would have made a good judge training flight. These judges seemed already trained, because they caught the imperfections. I flew my second flight during a peculiar wind shift that lasted for half an hour or so. Wind was perfect for my flight. I flew some pretty darn good stunt. My mentor agreed, but said that to get credit for good stunt, one must fly opposite the judges' position, which I did not. There's a lot to this stunt.
I went out tonight and got some practice and some advice from Jack Pitcher. He refixed some problems that had been fixed earlier in the week. Hope they stay fixed. We then went to the DQ and socialized. I retired early because I really need to bear down tomorrow.
Tomorrow looks crazy. Forecast is for 14 mph wind gusting to 20.
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Tomorrow looks crazy. Forecast is for 14 mph wind gusting to 20.
A little more nitro and a click or two in on the needle oughta take care of it.
Hope this helps. ;D
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Today was crazy as advertised. I went into it smug because my flights were early and the wind was forecast to increase. I flew in some wind, survived, and went to the Twelfth Street for some mush as a thunderstorm approached the L-pad. We were disappointed not to see limbs blowing off trees from the window at the Twelfth Street. Two things conspired against me: 1) the wind actually abated after I flew, and 2) good stunt fliers can fly as if the wind is not blowing at all. Nine of them remembered their maneuvers and flew better than I did. Aw, shucks.
The bearing down being over (if it ever started), we attended a party in the Gilberts' room in preparation for the evening trip to the Dairy Queen.
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OK Howard...I keep hearing about the Mush. What is it exactly? I just looked up the 12th Street Cafe on Yelp and even it says, "Try the Mush." The biscuts and gravy look good as well. :)
Shawn
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OK Howard...I keep hearing about the Mush. What is it exactly? I just looked up the 12th Street Cafe on Yelp and even it says, "Try the Mush." The biscuts and gravy look good as well. :)
Shawn
It's what's on the bottom of his shoes once in the barnyard!
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PW..sounds like you are not a much of a fan of the stuff as is Howard. Good luck tomorrow in the finals.
Shawn
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I witnessed Mr. Walker's own wife eating mush this very morning. Mush is one of the foods of my people. It's made of corn meal. My family would eat it the first day in its amorphous state, then fried in small pucks the second day as it is served at the Twelfth Street. I don't know the difference among mush, grits, or polenta.
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If only I could find some place that served genuine Army-style SOS.
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Corn meal mush was the main stay for meals when I was barely old enough to walk. My brothers loved it especially with a soft fried egg on it or good old maple syrup, It was also eaten with greens that Mother and Grandma would pick along the country roads. You had to live during that period of WW 2 and shortly after.
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I first learned about "fried mush" from Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath". That's what the poor people ate when nothing else was available. So, I tried it, and I found another gourmet breakfast!
Floyd
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I witnessed Mr. Walker's own wife eating mush this very morning. Mush is one of the foods of my people. It's made of corn meal. My family would eat it the first day in its amorphous state, then fried in small pucks the second day as it is served at the Twelfth Street. I don't know the difference among mush, grits, or polenta.
I believe that if you call it "polenta" you are either a perfectly normal Italian, or resident of the northern US who wants to be highbrow.
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now your talking
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I witnessed Mr. Walker's own wife eating mush this very morning. Mush is one of the foods of my people. It's made of corn meal. My family would eat it the first day in its amorphous state, then fried in small pucks the second day as it is served at the Twelfth Street. I don't know the difference among mush, grits, or polenta.
Mush from Indiana is a lot like North Carolina fried grits, not to be confused with another North Carolina speciality. Liver mush , a very different animal
Ask Sean emery about grilled pimento cheese and liver mush sandwich
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now your talking
Did I mention that I call it polenta?
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Never would touch the stuff thanks to "Our Gang Comedy". The kids were all orphans run by a wicked witch of an old lady and a nice old gent named "Cap". Of course, Spanky and Stymie were at their best; Dickey, too. Old Cap's "back pension" comes through and he treats the kids to a day at an amusement park, new clothes and a high class French restaurant. The waiter serves all the main coarse under fancy pewter plates, the kids all lift the covers in unison, and announce "it's mush" ! Old Cap asks the French waiter about it who replies in a thick accent" ALL de children each mush" .
Old Cap promptly pushes the bowl in the waiter's face.
BTW, they had mush( among many offerings) on the breakfast buffet at the NAVY NATS .
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Forget about the mush now Howard.....Concentrate on the Starbucks on the way home!!
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Never tried mush, but sure do wish I could find a place that served genuine Army S.O.S.
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Mike you're sick. I remember the 64 NATS at Grand Prairie NAS. Mid week they said what I had on the tray was SOS. Traded to Ron Meriwether for his fruit.
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Never tried mush, but sure do wish I could find a place that served genuine Army S.O.S.
When I was a very little kid, my Dad (a WWII Pacific theater Mstr Sgt Vet) made a big to-do out of opening his last can of C rations canned Boston bread and sharing it with me. Kind of a dark, almost sweet, molasses affair, and was pretty darn good as I remember. He said it was as good as it got back then. I have a feeling that can of bread meant something a bit more special to him than I'll ever know, I wish I could ask him now...
EricV
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. . . sure do wish I could find a place that served genuine Army S.O.S.
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Anyone? Anyone? Buehler? Buehler? . . .
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Mike, there was a "Diner" on "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" that made SOS, and was acclaimed by Vets. If you get back to Fountain Valley, CA, you can find it there, at Paul's Coffee Shop. Otherwise, you can make it yourself...how hard could it be? LL~ H^^ Steve
PS: I have had "Fried Mush", made by one of my canoeing/shooting buddies (RIP). It was OK. I haven't had grits or hominy yet, but I have had biscuits and gravy a couple times.
Total Time:1 hrPrep:35 minCook:25 min
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Yield:6 to 8 servingsLevel:Easy
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Ingredients
3 pounds ground beef
1/2 pound butter
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon chicken base paste
1 tablespoon seasoned salt, such as Lawry's
1 teaspoon granulated garlic
1/2 gallon 2-percent milk
2 tablespoons freshly ground black pepper
1 loaf white bread, sliced
Home Fries, recipe follows
Fruit, for serving
Home Fries:
3 pounds potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
3/4 tablespoon cooking oil
3 green bell peppers, seeded and diced
2 white onions, diced
Directions
Brown the ground beef in a skillet over medium heat and set aside.
Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat, being careful not to burn it. Slowly whisk in the flour to make a roux. You are looking for a thick consistency. Add the chicken base, seasoned salt and garlic. Slowly whisk in the milk. Turn the heat to high and bring to a boil. Let it boil for 2 to 3 minutes and then lower the heat to medium, whisking periodically until the mixture gets thick. Whisk in the black pepper and browned beef.
Toast the white bread and put the slices on serving plates. Ladle the SOS over the top of the toast. Serve with home fries and a piece of fruit.
Home Fries:
Put the potatoes in a large skillet with cooking oil and cook for 10 minutes. Add the bell peppers and onions, and continue cooking until golden brown. Yield: 6 to 8 servings.
From Food Network Kitchen: This recipe has been updated and may differ from what was originally published or broadcasted.
Professional Recipe: This recipe was provided by a chef, restaurant or culinary professional and makes a large quantity. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe in the proportions indicated and therefore cannot make any representation as to the results.
Recipe courtesy of Phil Martinez, owner Paul's Coffee Shop in Fountain Valley, CA
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Home yet?
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I'm home now. Behold below two features of the trip out: the new speed limits that reduced my gas mileage and the Lincoln statue that so frightens Brett. Abe seems to have the same neck anomaly I do. A little physical therapy before and after the trip fixed me up.
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Some pictures from the Nats:
1. Jim Lee wearing his Jim Lee shirt. I thought that was really cool.
2. Folks drawing for flight orders at the pilots' meeting. The yellow fields on the screen are Open. Purple are Advanced. Note that Advanced was on three circles.
3 and 4. Mark Scarborough's pretty airplanes. The gold Avenger was about 3 mm too low on an outside, as one can see from the tip of the tail.
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5. America's Stunt Team
6. Chris Cox launches Paul Walker's Flaming Dog Head Airplane for the third Open finals flight.
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7. The Open finals result. There was more point spread than usual. Nobody won by an appearance point this time.
8. The Open winners.
9. The combat winners. I had signed up for combat, but my preparation time went to switching stunt planes instead.
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I was accompanied on the trip home by my lovely wife. Speed and travel-after-dark restrictions were thus imposed, so it took longer than the trip out. Below is one of the two westbound Indiana I-74 rest areas, now converted to native plant refuges by the ecologically minded Indiana government. It must be nice to live in a rich country like Poland that can afford good freeway rest stops. I really can't complain about the rest areas in other states on the way home, particularly Iowa and Montana. We eschewed South Dakota, Land of Billboards, to go through North Dakota, which has unencumbered vistas and well-maintained roads. We stopped at a Comfort Inn in NoDak and were assigned to the same room as another family. Fortunately we were not shot, as is the custom for the second party to enter an American hotel room, because it was occupied by unarmed Japanese. The twit desk clerk's solution to the problem was to evict the first occupants of the room, which she meant to assign to us, and send them to the room she had in mind for them. Both parties assigned to the double-booked room set her straight. We freeloaded with friends in Bozeman the next night and got home before dark the next day. The following day was Marilou's birthday, so we went to an upscale restaurant where she had polenta. It seemed to be chemically identical to first-day home mush, and wasn't nearly as good as the Twelfth Street's.
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Some pictures from the Nats:
1. Jim Lee wearing his Jim Lee shirt. I thought that was really cool.
2. Folks drawing for flight orders at the pilots' meeting. The yellow fields on the screen are Open. Purple are Advanced. Note that Advanced was on three circles.
3 and 4. Mark Scarborough's pretty airplanes. The gold Avenger was about 3 mm too low on an outside, as one can see from the tip of the tail.
upshot of the whole deal,, both airplanes started pretty,, both not so pretty at the end of the trip,, sigh,, lesson learned,, velcro bad,, low bottoms,, ( well really low bottoms) bad,,
Nats experience good,,
Dave Fitzgerald suggested alternate methods to reshaping my rudder,, I appreciated them,, Later I suggested perhaps his rudder was to tall and offered to improve its shape for him,, he declined,,
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On my drive home , I left Friday at 8:20 EDT my drive up I-74 showed me just how screwed up the Interstate system can be & how it varies from state to state, Indiana & Illinois were constant chuck holes & bumps at section intersections once I hit Iowa it was smooth ,,,got on I-80 through Iowa , followed a sleepy truck driver for a while & at the border of Nebraska I went north to Sioux Falls & hit I-90 drove into the night & a storm I hit a place to sleep for a few hours & hit it in the am . South Dakota is wide open & 80mph so I set the cruise at 90 & drove ... found a few people that understand that below the posted speed limit doesn't belong in the passing lane,,, I pushed on until almost dark felt sleepy & pull off again near Butte , Mt. was up at 4:00am & hit Butte for coffee got home at 2:30 PDT outside temp 98 degrees. The hottest place during the whole trip.. pretty grueling drive 2,424 miles one way.
John