Useless Conversation

[Sky]

I like Empires when I can't get my honeycrisp fix, they're like smaller, less awesome honey crisps. I plan on putting in another honeycrisp and an empire next spring. Gonig to try some nylon mesh fencing through the woods, an old pot growing trick to keep deer out. If you use the black fine open mesh, it's almost invisible unless you're right on it. Goddamned deer, making me work for it.

Glad I didn't try to put in a garden this year, though. I really am going to have to fence the shit out of my yard to be productive.

[Nebu]

Yeah I hate Red Delicious apples, kind of tasteless but the skin is slightly bitter, and they have that weird mealy texture. Not delicious at all!

If you're getting mealy red delicious, then you're getting bad apples.  Washington red delicious are VERY crisp if picked a tad green off the tree.  Honeycrisp seem to be a more tasty version while retaining that level of slightly-green crisp to them.  Gala are a nice substitute, but only if they're VERY fresh and a little on the green side.  I look for them with stripes for the most crisp ones. 

[HaemishM]

The only apples I can eat are Granny Smith's - everything else I've tried in the apple family has that wet sand texture that makes me gag.

[Rasix]

Every single machine in the lab just lost power.  That was a scary sound.

[Merusk]

I've never had a Honeycrisp apple. Somebody toss out some analogies as to the awesomeness of said apple.

example - Honeycrisp is to apples what Krispy Kreme is to donuts.

We've had this discussion with you 2 years now and keep telling you to just to go out and buy some.  One of these years one of us is just going to ship you some.  Lazy monkey.

Honeycrisp = Krispy Kreme if you're into juicy, sweet tartness with a great finish and none of that sour aftertaste of the out of season golden delicious.  And when I say juicy I mean, "Fuck I need a napkin to eat this, I look like my 6 year old eating ice cream."

[Cyrrex]

And by crispy, he means they are so fucking crispy that you don't bite off a piece, you break off a piece.  You could sculpt with a honeycrisp.  Make a little apple David, or summat.

An Haemish, you are eating the wrong kind of apples.  Probably Braeburns (which can suck it) or some sorry red or yellow delicious apples.  Now isn't the season to go out and try something new, as everything sucks now (unless you get lucky).  In a couple of weeks, though, the heavens open.

[Strazos]

My next house is going to be...waaaay bigger than I need, probably 3BR and such.

I think I will just close off half the house for two years or something....better than looking at empty rooms at least.

[Selby]

Geez, I moved into a 900sq ft house with 2 bedrooms and it barely looks like anyone lives here.  I have so much open space it is unreal.  Unlike my ex who took the entire 1400sq ft house with her when she moved to Houston and then stuffed it all in a storage shed...

[Lantyssa]

I've never had a Honeycrisp apple. Somebody toss out some analogies as to the awesomeness of said apple.

It's like the best sex you've ever had exploding in your mouth.

[MuffinMan]

I think I'll pass on the exploding sex in my mouth.

No love for Jazz apples?

[Salamok]

I think I'll pass on the exploding sex in my mouth.

No love for Jazz apples?

Jazz are my favorite, but it can be tough to find them in good condition at a decent size.

[Cyrrex]

I think I'll pass on the exploding sex in my mouth.

No love for Jazz apples?

Honeycrisp apples push over Jazz apples on the playground and take their lunch money.

[Minvaren]

Down with the oppression of the apples!  Viva la pears!   

[murdoc]

We have a two story, 3 bedroom 1475 Square foot house and it's plenty big for the two of us, especially with the basement home theatre/PC area completed, but I think we're going to find space lacking with the twins showing up.

Muahahaha. 

Space, sleep.. you're going to find a lot lacking.  Have fun with that. 

3 weeks and my whole life is drastically changing. Still trying to come to grips with that...

[Paelos]

I kinda wish they had these apples in the South. We don't get apples here that are worth a damn. We get peaches, peanuts, and onions.

[voodoolily]

I love that I can disappear for months at a time, yet every time I return to this thread, y'all are talking about apples.   

[Merusk]

Our lives revolve around apples and melons.

[Johny Cee]

I love that I can disappear for months at a time, yet every time I return to this thread, y'all are talking about apples.   

It's quite obvious that f13 is a secret apple appreciation club.  Break it down:

F --->           F       Favorite
1 ---> Letter A....   Apple
3 ---> Letter C....   Consumed


Although I'm not sure what that has to do with the Black Company.

[Sky]

No love for Jazz apples?

Jazz are my favorite, but it can be tough to find them in good condition at a decent size.

Ok, based on this I grabbed a nice looking Jazz at the market. Nice crisp texture, you can pull away a slab in a bite. Really sweet, almost a peachy flavor. Very juicy.

I put Jazz alongside Empire, maybe even a bit above. Which in turn is only bested on my scale by Honeycrisp, of course. Empire is a bit more of a traditional apple taste, though.

[voodoolily]

I'm making brandy (infusing, rather) with some tiny heirloom apples that I picked in my neighborhood. They have that heady apple fragrance that smells like candy, but are hard and prone to worms (i.e., not ideal for eating out-of-hand). I'll use this brandy for a warming toddy or such this fall.

[Sky]

Update to the apple tree incident: I bought a spray that has crap like mint extract and rotten egg solids that's supposed to be good for 30 days or so. Sprayed the tree and the paths they use to get in my yard.

I will plant muthafuckin' land mines if they are still doing this when it becomes fruit-bearing.

[Yegolev]

Sigh.  OK, for bandwagony goodness, I have the materials to make apple jelly.  Now to find the time.  Being smart, I bought a jar of apple jelly when I bought this stuff so the wife would not get angry at the lack of apple jelly.

[Salamok]

No love for Jazz apples?

Jazz are my favorite, but it can be tough to find them in good condition at a decent size.

Ok, based on this I grabbed a nice looking Jazz at the market. Nice crisp texture, you can pull away a slab in a bite. Really sweet, almost a peachy flavor. Very juicy.

I put Jazz alongside Empire, maybe even a bit above. Which in turn is only bested on my scale by Honeycrisp, of course. Empire is a bit more of a traditional apple taste, though.

I just find honeycrisp a tad too sweet (maybe my experiences were overripe) Jazz apples seem to have a tartness that is missing in the honeycrisps.

[Viin]

Update to the apple tree incident: I bought a spray that has crap like mint extract and rotten egg solids that's supposed to be good for 30 days or so. Sprayed the tree and the paths they use to get in my yard.

I will plant muthafuckin' land mines if they are still doing this when it becomes fruit-bearing.

Aren't you suppose to plant Marigolds around your yard or something like that to keep deer and bunnies away?

[bhodi]

I climbed Devil's Tower today.

I was at the base by 5am, summited at 10am. Did the pseudo-wiessner route, 5 pitches with a gnarly crack climb through a kick-ass stem box, finishing with a mellow 5.6 to link up with the traditional Durrance route finish which is an exposed scramble through the "meadows" to the top.

It was the hottest day of the year here in Wyoming, and the rappel down was pretty brutal. I was super done by time we hit the last rappel station; the rock face was actually too hot to touch for more than a second.

It was an incredible climb that was 6 months in the making and worth every moment of training and preparation. Pictures and video to follow when I get home.

[NowhereMan]

Weekend before last I got to enjoy a weekend wild camping and scuba diving off the West coast of Scotland near Iona. Fantastic weather, the Atlantic was actually flat calm which never happens, and I got to see a couple of Basking sharks up close (sadly from the boat but one swam pretty much right up next to us to see what the weird, noisy orange thing was). I'll also put up a couple of pics, though they might lack the awesome factor of the climbing.

[WayAbvPar]

Hopefully you didn't see any wicker men.

[Nebu]

I climbed Devil's Tower today.

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As someone that has spent a considerable portion of my adult life in Wyoming, I'll congratulate you on a significant accomplishment.  Most people will live their whole life without attempting anything as ambitious. I bet it was beautiful at the summit! 

[Yegolev]

My wife wanted to know about the AT+T U-verse installation and asked what they were going to do about cabling.  I said they would use the existing cabling when possible, the only place missing it would be the master bath.  She said no, there's no cable from the road to the house.

She's been tired lately.  We all have.

[Ironwood]

I cleared so much hedge, tree and leaf today, it's not real.

Tomorrow;  The burning.

[Cheddar]

'tis the season for layoffs!  YAY!   

[Strazos]

 

[JWIV]

Gah. 

[Engels]

fuck man

[Viin]

fuck man

You mean "fuck THE man". Cheddar being the man in this case.