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I find it interesting that there's such a global push go renewable/green energy yet the economics and incentives just aren't there yet for the 'average' homeowner to make the switch. Hopefully all that changes soon. I am aware of one housing development near Austin TX. that put in a...

Wasn't familiar with the term 'ground source heat pump' but google tells me it's what I talked about in my earlier post. We call it 'geothermal heat pump' :shrug: I'm curious though, here in the states they're crazy expensive and I'm not aware of any rebates or tax credits for them. ( Solar...

What are the 6 scariest words you'll hear at the NFL draft? "The Jets are on the clock." :D

I just saw an episode of 'This Old House' where they installed a fancy heat pump combined with geothermal that did all you're asking about. However the cost for installation alone had to exceed $60k, maybe more. So not really an option for most people. Also, living in the southern US where...

Completely agree! I used to make a simple salad of diced avocado, tomato, red onion and jicama lightly salted and dressed with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Wife and I really liked it. One evening I went to make it and we didn't have jicama. I wanted something crunchy like it to...

I agree with a lot of the advice given here but no has mentioned learning the proper techniques of cooking various things. It's critically important imo. The best book I've ever seen and owned is "100 Techniques: Master a Lifetime of Cooking Skills, from Basic to Bucket List" by America's Test...

It can be done but it's nowhere near as good as an offset smoker.... not even close. Indirect is not the same as low n slow imo, and the results bear that out.

There may be a bit of a language barrier/difference here, so forgive me if that's the case. If you want to grill food ( cooked at high temp over charcoal ) then a Weber kettle is among the best you can get. If you want to BBQ (cooked at low temp with smoke for a long period of time ) then...

I've never had a bottle but I have drank it on a few occasions. Amazing! Prices vary depending on the age and other factors. I saw an ad for 23 y/o family reserve for $4799.99....

Blantons is gettable but expensive. Highly regarded in the States. If you tour their distillery you can sometimes pick up a bottle of 'single barrel' in the company store, very hard to get. Pappy's is the most sought after Bourbon in the States and perhaps the world. It's generally...

Can't speak to the 'procook' line but I've always been a fan of 'All Clad'. Expensive but worth every penny imo. Took me some years to acquire a full set. I'm deliriously happy with them. I do have a small set of 'Fleischer & Wolf' that I like a lot. Not as heavy as the 'All Clad' but still...

I haven't tried it ... yet! :D I've heard good things about it though and it's on my list to try. On a side note, a friend of mine sent me this pic just to **** me off... :D [/url][/IMG]

I have no idea about the UK, but in the US if anything hangs over on your property you'd better do something about quickly otherwise you may lose the right to fix it later. Example: If a neighbor builds a new fence and it's 6 inches over the property line on your side and you let it go, with no...

I think it would be worth it especially with a concrete floor. Heat moves to cold in every direction so you're losing heat through the floor. It's not the windows themselves that leak heat, it's the air gaps in the frames. Older homes will be worse than newer generally speaking. You can...

Yep. A really poor game by KC. What's an 'ock'? ;) No style points in the NFL. Only in college ball. Doesn't matter how you do it, just that you do it.

A complete and total butt whipping by Tampa. Brady gets his 7th ring.

I think you need to watch that play again. And yes, the Chiefs have embarrassed themselves today. If I bet on sports, which I don't, I would bet heavy on the Chiefs.

Intent doesn't matter in these cases. Either you interfered with the receiver's ability to catch the ball or you didn't! Yes, the Chiefs could still storm back, and I hope they do. But not if their secondary continues to make stupid plays.

Fair, but at the end of the day it's a split second judgement call for the ref. And if the Chiefs hadn't already established that they were committing fouls on almost every play it might have gone their way. But they did and it didn't. :shrug:

Here's the thing, both were clear fouls. There's no question about that. Were the balls uncatchable? That's a much harder question to answer. And after seeing both, I'm not sure you can say with confidence that barring the fouls they couldn't have caught the ball. All that aside, the...