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Soil has a clear effect on taste, as do other matters of specific terroir, but it's the length of the growing season that is the biggest problem up there. Reds need time. We get bud break in late April, thankfully almost always after the last frost. Reds, at least French Bordeaux reds won't tolerate frost. Whites are a bit less impacted. We harvest around Sep 15 +/- about three days depending on the year, but I start measuring the chemistry on about Sep 8. The time from about now until harvest is critical. Not too much rain, not too hot and cool nights help. Rain at harvest is a killer. WNY has much later frosts and a smaller growing season. I wouldn't even try to grow a red up there, but I'm told some are successful. I've spent a lot of time in Chile, Argentina and European wine regions, and they have a huge advantage in climate, and require much less spraying. Still, grapes are grapes and will do their thing.

4. If you pick up a DigiQ or another temp controller, the learning curve issue is over. It holds the temp at the exact setting you select, with almost no variance by activating its blower. Additionally, I place the temp probe at the meat location, so I know what the actual cooking temp is. The dome thermometer that comes with these is quite off from the cooking height temp. In my Primo, I cook ribs/brisket/pork shoulder at 225. The dome temp always reads close to 305 when the grill temp is 225. 6. Simply have to have a meat thermometer for thicker items, like chicken, turkey, pork or steak. Not necessary for ribs, as the bone is too much a part of the feat. 7. I have no problem lighting lump using a chimney starter. I never use briquettes. On a typical 12 hours at 225, I use about one third of a 20 pound bag and it never is used up, and I never open the lid. Keeping the moisture in is mandatory.

Not in New York. I honestly don't know how they grow decent reds there. I'm in the Monticello Appellation in the Charlottesville VA area. 1000 vines. Petit Verdot.

Run a commercial vineyard growing a French Bordeaux grape, and astronomy.

As I understand it, Kamado is a ceramic construct. What I do know is that they hold moisture and heat much better than a Weber or other grills designed for short, kinda hot cooking. My Primo will go for 15 hours on a not full load of lump, and whatever I cook will retain moisture far better than an indoor oven, and certainly better than any Weber, but that's using the DigiQ to control temp, which is does to the degree. If all that's needed is to cook the basics, a Weber is fine. If you want to do pulled pork, brisket or chicken/turkey low and slow, or anything really fast and really hot, like pizza, a Komado is the way to go, and as they say on the Nakid Whiz, (a Komado site), if you use briquettes, the terrorists have won.

Great day for Bills rookies. During a water break, Ed Oliver cured cancer and Cody Ford launched a rocket to Mars. Don't believe fan opinions of the value of these things. They are HUGE.

But BBQ'ing does.

We have two. The Mrs. uses the Weber for simple stuff, like hamburgers. I use the Primo XL, a high quality, US made Kamado. Lump charcoal only. Briquettes are full of glue to bind. That's the crap that's left over when they burn out. I use a DigiQ controller for temp control, which is critical on low/slow cooks, and for anything I really care about. For pizza, I just open everything up and let it get to about 500.

Sure you can. This industry doesn't tolerate it. If her union has a standard contract, she will probably be sent to rehab, but in this industry you can absolutely be fired for showing up drunk.

Because almost all of the passengers on that flight didn't originate in Chicago, they started somewhere else and connected through there. That's how a hub and spoke system works.

Nope.

Jet lag? She is an Air Wisconsin flight attendant, working for a United contractor who goes nowhere outside the US, and rarely out of the central area.

I thought Wood was really good. Great timing. Great observations. I thought Kelso was always a bit too descriptive, rushing to get too much information in. I was very impressed.

Sep 22, 1963. Bills vs Kansas City Chiefs. Tied, 27-27. We sat behind KC wide receiver Chris Burford's parents.

That is Mosaic law and only applied to Jews. Not relevant to anyone else, anymore than blood sacrifice or various diet rules. The "love your neighbor" still applies though.

I dislike look at me stuff, but I sat to him on a Miami to DC flight a number of years ago, and talked about the absolute domination the Dolphins had on us during those years, and OJ's expressed view that he was the best linebacker he faced. Nice guy, very small. Stature wise, nothing like what you see from LB's now. Just a really smart player who knew where to be.

Kiko Alonso, but only when he played for us.

Meth lab. Make it count.

I have a commercial vineyard, and they landed about 200' from it, so the last thing I need is wine. Good guys. Good time.

I have a larger piece of land, so there's some distance to my "neighbors," but you never know what can happen. Yesterday morning about 7:40, my wife and I were watching the news and the doorbell rings. I open the door and this guy asks me if they can land their balloon on my property. I've seen them many times in the past, and I always hoped they would land here so I said sure. This huge hot air balloon is about five feet in the air and about fifty feet from my house. Anyway, they land the thing and the customers get out of the basket and I am conversing with the pilot and owner about my aviation stuff, and he offers the wife and I a quick lift, which I of course, am interested in. We go up to about eighty feet, tethered, so we don't drift, and the come down. Really an interesting way to start the day, and we had a great time with them. Here's the balloon Boar's Head Balloon

Not tilting amigo. There are just some things that are common belief that have not been thought out.

A carrier battle group would not be used as an escort. That area is too narrow for carrier ops. We never even flew into the Strait of Hormuz, because even turning around came too close to violating other's airspace, and certainly were never used as an escort. A carrier needs room. It would sit in the Gulf of Oman and be ready to "project" if called upon.

If a Naval officer got "busted in rank," his career would be effectively over. Two stars don't talk to Captains like that. It's just silly., and O6's don't have regular operational flying jobs. I especially like the way the F-18 engines are in full burner and after that they show him selecting that throttle position. Things a bit out of order

I'm a Primo XL guy, with a DigiQ temp controller. Been workin' for me for years.

I'll sell you a '64 for 40k, just to get your collection started.