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I think Ny is bringing bad karma. No good since he came on. I thought it would of been better for the team.

Ya my pop has the propane one. First attemped he had a passer by stop and tell him his house was on fire, there was so much smoke coming from it.LOL TOOOOOOO HOT. Like I said,I,ll stick with a electric. Watch when they are on sale at TSC. EDIT.......... Perfect day to do those fillets. No wind and the sun is beating down on the smoker.

Kappi isn't going anywhere. Nylander will most likely be gone before the draft. At least that's my thought on things.

I am happy with the little chief,my first,never will forget it and will keep it, but,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, If I want to smoke 12 months of the year, I need to find me a 12 month of the year smoker. With that said, I thought I would take advantage of this mild weather and do a smoke. First to get some fish. Did. Then I wanted to try brisket. So I seen on sale and bought and gave it a go. Ya I cheated, got one already cured. Safer for me to buy then try right curing self for now. I am very nervous about nitrites. Do not want to get it wrong ANYHOO Did the beast today. 2 hours of smoke and the rest in the oven to finish. Very damp cold today. Not as warm as they called for. Nice light dinner tonight was on my mind. YUMMY. Smoke was perfect. While the beast was yonder way, steel head was bathing, and is now in the fridge getting sticky and ready for Sunday afternoon smoke. Busy day, I must say. Now to look at the many smokers out there that will serve my purpose. I am thinking I will stay electric. Have heard propane is very hard to control, and needs to be watched more. Hope ya all had a great Saturday.

Had a crazy day of early winter splake fishing the other day, and was lucky enough to get it all on camera. No big ones, but some wild action out of ultra shallow water!

Some more Popa, just killing it here , probably IMHO one of the ten best blues guitarists out there playing today

Most of the guys my age always say we were born at the right time, 1950's. If you went down Burlington St. on a bus in Steeltown and got off at the wrong stop one could walk to the wrong front office of any plant and get a shift job for 30 to 40 years with benefits and a pension. That time was the closest one could say " I have a permanent job." Even then though many were severed off in the 90's a few years or less short of pensions. Many of the guys I worked with that had no plans of retiring that had more than 30 years in would get a tap on the shoulder from someone out of the Pittsburg office and were asked "What do you do here?" If they didn't have a good answer the bean counter would congratulate them on their retirement if they qualified. I had never reached into my pocket to pay for anything health related in my entire life until a few years ago. US Steel Canada cut medical benefits by 100%. Thankfully we got most of them back when Bedrock Industries bought us from US Steel. I got a small taste of what it is like to have to pay for major medical, Rx drugs and dental like both my brothers and their families. A sobering experience to say the least and a new empathy for those that don't get good if any medical benefits from their employers. I am sure there are many on this board today with young families that must pay for medical benefits out of their net earnings. It has to be a tough go of it for certain.