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You guys are missing out with sushi. 🍣

It’s up to you. I’m not trying to convince anyone. But what you don’t try, it’s hard to know about.

I was the biggest sushi-hater (never having had it). Walking up to restaurants that sold sushi amongst other things which were fully cooked and not being able to go in. Getting to the door and turning around.

Until one day I was trying to date this girl (not the one who became the wife) and she invited me to sushi with her sister and BIL and I wanted to be with her more than I wanted to stay away from sushi.

And it turned out I really like it.

For many who’ve not had it it’s a mental thing. A mental block. I’ve heard similar stories to mine that when the mental block was overcome , folks like it.

Don’t need to eat the weird stuff. But if you have a chance try tuna and salmon. 🍣

And if you never do try it , that’s fine too.
 
Well, after snowing all day yesterday, we are scheduled for a clear day today. I hope so as I would like my batteries to get recharged. Two days worth to make up.

Still freezing, but the sun is out.

Heading to the base in a few for an optometry appt. Hope he has a solution for the floaters.
 


Kusojiji said:
You like uni (sea urchin)? Looks like baby sh!t. There was one on a platter and we passed the platter around until it was the only one left. And it was still there when we left.

Turns out, I like it.
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It’s one of the ones I let others eat. I’ve had it once or twice and I’d eat it before letting it go to waste but if others want it I don’t stand in the way.

On the other hand I like amaebi (sweet ie raw shrimp). Over places deep dry the upper body (carapace) and that is awesome too deep fried.
 
I will eat anything a Japanese run Japanese restaurant puts in front of me, but for raw salmon. I like smoked and cured, but just can't get into salmon raw. If I order salmon, in a regular restaurant, and the menu says it is served "seared" I always ask to have it "cooked". Just a quirk I have.

I love Uni, but can't justify the cost now.
 
westtexjohn said:
I read on another forum ( one that Ken Patterson has connections to ) and there was a discussion going on about using foam board as a base for your layout. As most know, Ken Pattersons layout caught on fire due to a short circuit. I guess Ken finally got his 3 minutes of fame although probably not for the reason he would have liked. I have never been a fan of Kens construction methods or wiring practices. What was not visible on the finished layout was done, in my opinion, in a sloppy manner. And of course he was an idiot for leaving trains running in his basement while he went upstairs to make a cup of what ever he drinks and then smelling smoke.
The point being discussed was a lot of folks have decided to quite using the foam board due to it being flammable. Ken even said he was NOT going back on his layout using fb as a base. For me a minimal use of fb for scenery might be ok but not as a base. And of course some folks say well plywood burns too and it does but I don't think it will grow into a large fire nearly as quick as fb and should resist bursting into flame much more than fb will.
Each to their own here but this does deserve some thought. I thought it deserved being mentioned. While we only run 12 to 16 volts with low amps, a short on the rails can get hot enough to melt those plastic ties and the shell of a plastic loco. The use of circuit breakers is very important and good wiring practices are paramount.
None of us want to read about someone loosing their layout and or home due to a fire caused by the very thing we love, a model train layout.
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Larry Puckett just did a vid about mitigating fire risks on your layout, and he expanded on what actually happened on Ken P's layout. It wasn't a wiring short as the main cause, but a turnout that was wired incorrectly, with a loco that became stuck, with power still going to it. It overheated and melted.... causing the fire...

I'm in the "foam is fine, just do it right" camp.

Here's Larry's vid on mitigating shorts, with a recap of Ken's situation

Edit: Here's Ken's vid... I hear a lot of "reaction" in his recap...
 
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I didn't watch though I did Google the score when I saw it was approximately the time half time should be and also about near the end (7 minutes left). Mildly disappointed (not) that the Pats did so poorly. I couldn't tell you one thing about the Pats today but since it is my adopted home's team from when I moved to Mass as a 10 year old, of so long ago, whenever they come up I kind of spare one brain wave to hope they win.

If it had been Miami, my "favorite team" since I was about 5 other 6, I might have spared 2 brain waves in hoping they win.
 
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