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Boy, Tara really fired up the readers
All it took was a female emailer to change the emotions around here. Tara P. sent an email where she was asking for advice from guys on gifts they wouldn't be expecting, but they'd love to see under the tree for Christmas.
Annnnnnndddd...Tara also noted that she would like to see some male bodies to balance out the Instagram models. FIREWORKS!
Tim L. in Texas, who founded The Gauntlet -- yes, he has Screencaps street cred through the roof! -- fired off an email Thursday night letting Tara know she can leave her cucumber mint Bath & Body Works lotioned hands off of his beloved Screencaps:
I'm not exactly sure what's going on with Screencaps, Joe. I pretend to be as inclusive as the next guy, but let's not get soft. I want to hear about guys building gun racks on their mowers and doing dangerous stunts, not stories of California bros having their wives mow for them and requests for male Instagram models.
That's like going to the casino, sitting down to play blackjack, and finding out your cocktail waitress has a beard. This is not what I come here for.
I suppose there's a place and a time for cocktail waitresses named Eric and pics of instabros, but I have no desire to be there or then.
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I'll just come out and say it this morning -- Tim is 100% correct. Hands down best email of the week. I throw swole Troy Aikman and PED'd & leathered Dan Bilzerian (with his 20 side pieces) in Screencaps. That will be it!
Now, I will say that Tara was very nice with her email and didn't demand more ripped IG male models or she was leaving forever. Tara's email was nowhere near the ISIS-level insurrection that went down when the emailers launched a coordinated attack against me for not featuring IG models 45-and-up.
There must be some secret discord account out there where Screencaps readers agreed to bombard my email at the same time demanding Elizabeth Hurley-types or they were out.
• Dan McM asked what readers are doing to keep busy this winter and Berend S. in Nashville couldn't wait to fire off an email.
Berend writes:
I have started building a bar/man cave in my basement. As a new topic I would love to see what others in the Screencap community have for at home bars and man cave set-ups. Will definitely send a picture once I have mine all done. Looking forward to seeing what yall have done!
As always, thanks for what you do!
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I've written extensively about my very own basement build and guys have asked where things stand, so I'll go ahead and show off the after-hours command center. Keep in mind I was working with a room approximately 11x24. The room was a blank slate. Completely unfinished when we started.
Finish work that needs to be completed:
• Component center for receivers/game systems needs constructed
• Finish trim
• Projector mount install
• Purchase barstools
• Keg wall grout
• Paint the cabinet, lay stone into a tray above the fireplace; LEDs will illuminate the rocks
• Mount one more TV next to the cherry bar top
• Hang things on the wall
• Figure out where the Golden Tee will fit best
My main objectives with the basement build were to make it so the room can be transformed from family time to bash with the neighbor guys, if necessary. Furniture had to be mobile. The bar -- bought the cherry board locally here in Toledo and my father-in-law did the finish work and leg construction -- had to have the ability to move to where the couch now sits.
I didn't want the room to get stale.
It has five in-wall speakers and two ceiling speakers and four LED zones that run on a wall-mounted control panel that allows us to chose from the LED color wheel (which is backwards -- thanks, China!). There are also two lighting zones on three-way switches -- the two lights over the TV are on their own zone.
The room is a tank. There has to be five miles of LED power cords running in the walls and ceilings. Five miles of CAT-5. The TV wall is networked and has been future proofed with pull wires and extra HDMI cords.
Yes, my father-in-law & wife think we need to add a built-in fridge next to the beer taps. I contend that I want one winter without cutting drywall or having to cover up furniture.
• The flowers and grass continue to grow for Ken S. in North Augusta, SC who found daylight to complete his TNML duties:
Despite the TNML season ending across much of the nation, it’s dragging out in South Carolina. 80 degrees here today, still mowing! Proudly wore my TNML t-shirt, also, encouraging my sons-in-law to get in the game.
Recovery from my exertions was aided by liberal application of New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Imperial IPA.
Enjoying ScreenCaps, interesting to see how people around the country are going through life. Thanks for your efforts to keep the community together, and Happy Thanksgiving to you and all your readers.
• Aaron H., our resident Home Depot source, sent in a report as we head towards the busiest shopping week of the year:
The aisles are filled with full-sized tile saws, mitre and table saws. Great prices on fiberglass step ladders, and guys really seem to love the new Milwaukee M12 Fuel. Only a couple of those returned in 3 months.
• Wynn in Colorado wants to know if anyone plans on spatchcocking their turkey this year. Any tips for him on this method of cooking up the bird?
• Brent in Indy has advice for those of you roasting a turkey
I am not sure what the best method for cooking a turkey is, but I do know the best method to roasting a turkey. For years I have been buying “fresh” turkeys from the grocery store as I was told those are the ones that make the juiciest turkeys. About 5 years ago I started to brine my turkey. For those that don’t know what this is, just google best turkey brine and all kinds of instructions pop up. Every year without fail the guests would rave about the turkey.
Last year I took a risk. Instead of buying the “fresh” Butterball or Purdue turkey at a premium price, this year they are going for 99 cents per pound, I bought the frozen turkey with the generic Meijer wrapper for 33 cents per pound. I put it in my usual brine (Alton Brown’s recipe) for 24 hours. And the outcome was the same as the fresh turkey. Everyone raved about the flavor and juicieness of the bird. I am true brine believer.
• And with that, I think we're ready to head into the weekend. Show off those basement projects or whatever you have going on. Keep the emails coming.
Email: joekinsey@gmail.com