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tailsos-official · 25 days ago

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Well Lets do a comparison, and I can talk on the results because Ive used tuxedo before, and I own both a 13 and 16 inch framework. I will be going for as close to like for like specs as I can to remove performance from the equation, which means these will not be the cheapest possible or most sensible configs. Keep that in mind

Note: The perf gap between the 7000 and 8000 series ryzen mobile processors is negligible and the main difference is a slightly lower power draw for the newer architecture.

Note: Im not comfortable recommending intel cpus now and for at least the next generation due to their regressive performance, foundry issues, and confused at best pricing and technical support.

Note: All specs are listed in order of Tuxedo / FW13 / FW16

THE SPECS:

CPU: Ryzen 7 8845HS / 7840U / 7840HS

GPU: Radeon 780M (All)

Memory: 16 GB DDR5 5600 (All)

Storage: 500GB M.2 NVME SSD (All)

Battery: 80Wh / 61 Wh / 85 Wh

Display: 2880x1800 / 2880x1920 / 2560x1600

Refresh rate: 120 / 120 / 165

Chassis material: Aluminium (Tux) / Magnesium Alloy (FW)

Power adapter: 100W / 60W / 180W

Ports:

Tux: x1 usb c 4 @ 40Gbps, x1 usb c 3.2 gen 2, x1 usb A 2, x2 usb A 3.2 gen 1, x1 rj45, x1 3.5mm audio, x1 sd card reader, x1 hdmi 2.0, x1 kensington lock

FW13: x1 usb c 4, x1 hdmi 2.0b, x1 usb a 3.2 gen 2, x1 rj45

FW16: x1 usb c 4, x1 hdmi 2.0b, x1 usb a 3.2 gen 2, x1 rj45, x1 sd card reader, x1 3.5 mm audio jack

Keyboards: no backlight (minus super key) / backlit / backlit

Wifi: 6E (All)

BT: 5.3 / 5.2 / 5.2

Network chip: Intel AX210 / RZ616 / RZ616

Webcam: All have 1920x1080p webcam & mics

Touchpad: all use Glass touchpads

Speakers: all have a pair of 2W downward facing speakers

Security: Both FW have fingerprint sensors in the power button, however tux makes no mention of having one anywhere on the page. The tux also has a privacy shutter for the webcam and mic, but the FW privacy shutters both electrically disconnect the cam and mic, and the tux does not as far as I can see. The tux does come with a kensington lock however.

Price before tax in USD (as configured): 1046.37 / 1503 / 1747

Thoughts: So in my opinion based on purely specs and price, the infinitybook is the winner by far. Simply not a contest. If you never got another laptop again I would pick that one and save some money.

However if you do plan on upgrading your laptop in 4 or 5 years, pick the framework. Its more expensive, but still more repairable and replacable than the infinitybook, and tuxedo doesnt even make unrepairable stuff. The frameworks are just that good. Im a fan of the FW privacy shutters and I can confirm that the trackpad feels great on both and the keyboards are some of the best laptop keyboards Ive used, though like with every laptop, they have just a little more give than I would like. I cant speak for the aluminum of the infinity book, but the chassis of my FW16 doesnt keep visible fingerprints on any of the chassis. The keyboard is a different story because its plastic, but thats gonna be the case on the infinitybook as well. Ive had no problems with linux on the FW, and the tuxedos built for it. If you install windows 10 on either framework with a store bought windows 10 installation media, you will have to manually install the driver package, as the wifi chip is likely to be too new for the install media to recognize it. (This happened to me). The port disparity between the two brands cannot be fully resolved due to frameworks design, but you can at least work around it with the port selection features of the FW.

I hope this insane lore dump helps you to decide, and if you have any other questions feel free to ask!

And if you were to pick one of the FW's, pick based on whether you are gonna do a lot of gaming on the laptop. if not, get the 13, if you are OR you arent and you want an insane amount of flash storage for some reason, pick the 16. it has an option for an extra 2 M.2 slots in the expansion bay now, bringing the maximum NVME slots in the 16 up to 4 over the 1 in the 13 and I think 2 in the infinity book

I'm reallllly struggling to pick a laptop rn.

I'm debating between:

- Framework 13

- Framework 16

- Tuxedo Infinitybook Gen 9

and I'm stuck on it. Any tips, oh other official languages and distros?

#framework #linux #laptops

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basiliskonline · 2 years ago

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Advice from a GM that just Started Pro-GMing

You'll see my thread on my experiences here.

But this thread is more of a bullet point general advice or things to expect. Will update as I think of things so definitely keep an eye on it and return to the original post regularly if you want to see (or ya know follow me xD)

Between September and November I had familiarized myself with Startplaying, tried some things that didn't work, adjusted my prices and eventually had my first paid campaign underway at $12/Person, about $60/3 hour session.

Between November and January I recruited for my second campaign at $14/Person and got my minimum player count so a session is coming up on Wednesday the 4th. Fill this group up will eventually bring me into about $80 a game for a 3 hour session.

My next campaign I'll be aiming for $16/person.

NOW ONTO THE ADVICE

I am running the same campaign for different groups, this provides me a variety of benefits:

This campaign is one im already running for my personal group, which means any prepwork, is prepwork i'd be doing already. This is definately important at a "starting salary" for a new Pro-GM.

It allows you to practice, familiarize yourself with and getting focused feedback. Everytime you run it, you'll be running a better product.

Warning: For many people this may lead to burnout or getting bored with your campaigns.

What to Run?

I'd love to run indie games and smaller stuff, but tbh the pickins are slim there, especially with how the website is formatted, you will really need someone searching for your games in order to find them.

Your best options are D&D5E and PF2E, though I imagine WoD and other mid-tier games have some possibility too, the Big Two are your best bets for getting regular traffic outside your own bubble.

Campaigns or One-Shots? Campaigns!

Campaigns tend to be more popular than one-shots, and luckily for you, new Pro-GM, they are obviously more consistent.

A Campaign takes, in my experience, a couple weeks to get filled up, people will get impatient or find other opportunities and they'll come and go, but on average I probably get about a person a week, once you have 3 or so, they can and often start to come in much faster.

To prevent issues in regularity, make it clear up front in the description that you are not looking for a "drop-in" campaign, and you are aiming for people that at the very least intend to stay when joining.

Organization and Tools

look around at other startplaying games to see how they set up their templates and adventure pages.

I'd suggest setting up a discord or guilded server and set up campaign specific roles, so that only people in those campaigns can see the role-related channels. this also allows you to tag everyone in the game for reminders of game start and the like.

Foundry VTT is absolutely fantastic for some games, not as a fantastic as others, if you are running PF2E I strongly suggest familairizing yourself with Foundry because quite frankly its an AMAZING VTT experience.

Feel free to ask questions i'll answer as best as I can!

#paid gm #pro-gm #ttrpg #pf2e #mine

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lovelywingsart · 3 years ago

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25 and 45 for Emilia!!

Ohhhh, I like those 👀

-> 25. Ahhhhh so this one is difficult considering she basically does the same thing day in and day out; she works.

Day starts, wakes up, gets dressed (if she didn't fall asleep in her normal clothes anyway), works. Works until she's close to passing out, then just... either gets into some comfy clothing and sleep, or passes the fuck out wherever she's standing or on her bed if she's lucky to make it that far.

Breaks aren't typically included in her routine because she tends to avoid taking them if at all possible, and even Heisenberg nearly has to fight her stubborn ass to relax for, like, 10 minutes 😂 She's just as dedicated to her work as he is and breaks are not only not routine, but also not completely optional in her mind unless she KNOWS she's wearing down and tired and physically will not be able to keep up unless she sleeps, or of she's just THAT fucking frustrated with the Soldats and Haulers that day.

So... yeah. Work, sleep, work, sleep. Occasional change of clothes and shower. No need for food but will eat anyway if the option is given. Pretty dumbly simple, really. 🤷

-> 45: Depends on the situation, really! When it comes to factory work, she plans. She HAS to plan otherwise it won't be pretty, and she's a pretty damn good planner, at that. She's trusted to make sketches and give ideas about expansion and production, as well as throws out ideas and bounces off notes regarding the Soldats. She's very meticulous when it comes to all that.

But everything else?

The bitch wings it like she's a determined bird in a hurricane. 😂😂😂 She'll get to her needed destination eventually, just... not gracefully. Or intentionally.

(She's also a 'if it doesn't work, hit it' type despite knowing exactly how to solve the problem if she actually looked at it. But sometimes smacking the blowtorch against the wall makes the flame get bigger and last longer instead of checking for the loose piece around the nozzle that's effecting the rate of flame, so who is she to complain? Only leaves a few dents. Accidental hole in the wall? Welp, new hallway now, we'llfigure out what to put there later. Pipe cracked or came loose unexpectedly? Weld the absolute shit out of it and make more supports in the process. Awkward break in a beam or dent in a metal piece? Thats what a hammer is for! Sure, she's highly trained as a mechanic, technician, welder and engineer and makes her work with the casting machine in the Foundry with molten metals, but... sometimes just punching the machine if it makes a noise works just as well, y'know???)

When in doubt, wing it and create more questions than answers of how the fuck you got it to work. uwu

//If anyone wanted to ask a question for a certain OC, the list im using is right here! Its a fun little list, and I'd like to keep answering them. Have fun!//

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hope-for-olicity · 5 years ago

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Fabulous Olicity Fanfic Friday - February 14th, 2020

Happy Friday and HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! So this is my attempt to both thank awesome fanfic writers for their amazing work and offer my recommendations to anyone who is interested. Here are the fantastic fanfic stories I read this week! They are posted in the order I read them. This and all previous Fabulous Olicity Fanfic posts can be found on my blog. Please reblog and share these awesome writers’ works!

I Saw Him Standing There by @pr0fessi0nal-fangurl - Goodbye Olicity Exchange gift - Felicity is on her own raising baby Mia doing the best that she can when she gets some unexpected surprise guests that change the course of everything. What I would have liked to have seen happen post-crisis. Oliver and Felicity and their entire family deserved better than what they got. https://archiveofourown.org/works/22564942

It's a Long Story by @lupin72 - Goodbye Olicity Exchange gift - Oliver and Felicity both tell various people the story of some firsts in their relationship. https://olicitysecretsanta.tumblr.com/post/190649619361/its-a-long-story

Once Upon a Valentine's by @spaztronautwriter - Goodbye Olicity Exchange gift - strange mix of fluffy and angst https://olicitysecretsanta.tumblr.com/post/190655040450/once-upon-a-valentines

The Last Words I Could Never Say (Gonna Come Out Anyway) by @lucyyh - Goodbye Olicity Exchange gift - It takes place in 2008, during the holidays. It’s an AU, mostly fluff with a side of feelings. https://olicitysecretsanta.tumblr.com/post/190655453637/hi-redpensandhoodies-this-is-my-little-gift-for

Love in an Elevator by @jennonthewire - Goodbye Olicity Exchange gift - Another way Oliver and Felicity could have met, involving elevators and mistaken identity. https://olicitysecretsanta.tumblr.com/post/190656280505/love-in-an-elevator

Dancing Around the Lies We Tell (Convergence) multi-chapter Complete by @allimariexf - Goodbye Olicity Exchange gift - The anonymous hacker who’d been helping Oliver Queen in his mission had first contacted him seven months ago, though “contacted” hardly felt like the right term. He’d arrived at the foundry and booted up his computer one night only to find the entire system had been upgraded, and simple text document saved to the desktop: I’m truly stunned that no one managed to trace the redistribution of Adam Hunt’s funds back to you. No one else, I mean. She certainly had a way with words, and in their months together she’d often surprised him with her uncannily insightful observations. Before he realized it, she had come to haunt his thoughts. Who was she, in her normal life? He was resigned to never knowing. His life was his mission, and there was no room for anything else. Or so he told himself. https://archiveofourown.org/works/22593223/chapters/53993044

Helplessly Wrecked multi-chapter WIP by @cruzrogue - A very smart, passionate, woman. Worked to get her dual masters from MIT, it may have taken longer being a mother of triplets but at least she has her mother’s support. Oliver Queen still has a yacht incident and was marooned for shorter time frame on a real deserted island. He never flunked out of his Ivy League schooling and is a very sought-after bachelor. His relationships never last more than half a year and is known to throw himself into his work. His motto ‘work hard plays harder’. https://archiveofourown.org/works/19194103/chapters/45628978

Routines by @swiftletinthecloud - Goodbye Olicity Exchange gift - how a missed routine leads to an awesome meet cute https://olicitysecretsanta.tumblr.com/post/190655450823/routines

2315 N. Highbury Ave. multi-chapter WIP by @cruzrogue - Overnight Felicity becomes homeless and she keeps this from Oliver because their friendship is strained and he’s already stressed out enough. Its only a matter of time that some bottled-up feelings will come to the surface. https://archiveofourown.org/works/21447388/chapters/51108508

Make it Home (I'm Still Here) by @sparklesannie - Goodbye Olicity Exchange gift - Wanted hurt/comfort or angst with a happy ending. I’ve never written anything like this so here’s my take on it. I tried to make it close to canon so I did wait until last minute to write this. I added some scenes that I hope you will like and warm your heart as it did mine while I wrote this. https://olicitysecretsanta.tumblr.com/post/190646099371/make-it-home-im-still-here

The Untold Truth of the Nutcracker by @green-arrows-of-karamel - Goodbye Olicity Exchange gift - An Olicity nutcracker AU - https://olicitysecretsanta.tumblr.com/post/190646923881/dear-sammy-captainsammyangel-when-i-got-my

Type O multi-chapter WIP by @mindramblingsfics - Being a young Bratva captain, Oliver has had to go above and beyond to prove his worth. Despite some obstacles, he has made quite the name for himself in Starling City. When his life, family and empire are threatened from within, there are only a few people Oliver can truly trust and depend on. His fiery spirited wife, Felicity, is the first person he turns to. https://archiveofourown.org/works/20888546/chapters/49652453

It's in the Air multi-chapter WIP by @emmilynestill - December 23, 2016. It’s Mayor Queen’s first holiday party and love is in the air. No, wait, that’s tension in the air. Bitterness. Regret. Painful longing for one’s former love. Awkward interactions with current significant others. A little humiliation mixed in. Yup, this was one great party. Then the gas came. Maybe love was in the air Afterall. Just my usual lock Oliver and Felicity in a room with a mind-altering substance with a dash of holiday magic thrown in. And, by magic, I mean Sex Pollen. And maybe a little Truth Serum to stir things up. https://archiveofourown.org/works/21552481

We Ended as Lovers multi-chapter WIP by @smkkbert - Three years ago, Felicity’s life was perfect. She was offered a job at two great companies. Her boyfriend just started his own fashion label, and they picked a perfect apartment to live in together. The more heartbroken she was when Oliver got cold feet and it all ended. Now, Felicity is coming back to Starling City, well aware that she is destined to run into her ex-boyfriend there. While old feelings revive quickly, the pain still goes deep. Besides, for some reason Oliver seems to be angry with her. https://archiveofourown.org/works/22034827/chapters/52587292

Forget Me Not multi-chapter WIP by @mindramblingsfics - Felicity was presumed dead after The Gambit was shipwrecked and she went missing. As the one year anniversary of her death approaches, a miracle happens and she is found. Just when Oliver thinks the universe has given them a second chance, he learns Felicity barely remembers him and the memories of their love together are gone entirely. Oliver and Felicity’s journey after they reunite prove to be a tough road ahead, and then they learn that Felicity’s accident may have had a more sinister motive behind it. https://archiveofourown.org/works/18392291/chapters/43556987

If I Tremble - Unravel by @smoaking-greenarrow - Felicity finds some new ways to entertain herself in the paradise dimension. https://archiveofourown.org/works/15409122/chapters/54222400

Hope multi-chapter Complete by @missyriver and victoriaOlicity - Oliver Queen never thought he was the married with children kind of guy. But here he was, married to the love of his life, a son about to graduate, and a three-month-old daughter who had him wrapped around her finger. The road to Hope was a long one, but he never stopped looking, never stopped fighting. https://archiveofourown.org/works/10822968/chapters/24015198

Time for a Story multi-chapter WIP by @smkkbert - This fic shows Olicity and their life as a (married) couple with family. Although Olicity (and their kids) are the protagonists, other characters of Arrow and Flash make appearances. YOU NEED THIS STORY IN YOUR LIFE. https://archiveofourown.org/works/3912157/chapters/8757172

Faith in You by @starrnobella - When Oliver's in danger, there's only one person guaranteed to find him and bring him back home. https://archiveofourown.org/works/13686384

// @emmaamelia95 // @mel-loves-all // @oliverfel4 // @green-arrows-of-karamel // @coal000 // @miriam1779 // @memcjo// @captainolicitysbedroom // @tdgal1 // @spaztronautwriter // @lalawo1// @quiveringbunny // @wrongshipper // @thebookjumper// @vaelisamaza // @myhauntedblacksoul // @lovelycssefan // @laurabelle2930 // @laxit21 // - let me know if you want to be tagged or untagged!

#FabulousOlicityFanficFriday #olicity fanfiction #fic recs

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planningjust · 2 years ago

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Pixel 3 red dead redemption 2

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Red Dead Redemption 2 benefits from having as much power as a console can throw at it, so I’d love to see what a wildly powerful gaming PC would be able to do with the game. You’ll get the best-looking and -performing version of the game possible at launch. That doesn’t make it a bad choice, just the worst on this relative scale.īut if you can, play the game in 4K, with an Xbox One X. That being said, the standard Xbox One version should be the option of last resort, as it renders the game at the lowest resolution of all four systems. Each console runs the game well enough to otherwise provide an enjoyable experience. It’s not all bad news if you don’t have an Xbox One Xĭigital Foundry’s analysis of the game’s performance shows that resolution is the biggest difference between the options. It’s a striking difference, and it makes the “winner” of this contest pretty easy to call. In terms of performance, all four options run the game well and stay at around 30 frames per second, but the Xbox One X is able to deliver the most stable frame rate while providing the sharpest image at the highest resolution. This is a game that is likely to sell systems. No wonder that GameStop and other retailers are offering $100 off the price of an Xbox One X if you buy Red Dead Redemption 2 through Nov. If you want a showpiece for your home theater, the Xbox One X is it. Playing the game on an Xbox One X connected to a high-quality 4K display is a stunning experience, and one that can’t really be replicated by any other game or console available right now. “The enhanced console is designed to quadruple the base machine’s pixel-pushing output, but instead, Red Dead Redemption 2 is delivering a 6.2x boost to resolution, with further improvements on top of that.” “The resolution scaling between Xbox One and X is unprecedented,” Digital Foundry’s John Linneman wrote.

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missjackil · 8 years ago

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Let’s Talk About This....

One of the things I loved most about Season 12, was the drama between Mary and the boys. I know many of you found it annoying, but I was highly impressed. It wasn’t written as “Oh look Mom is back, lets be nice little family” or “Oh crap mom is back and she’s a zombie!” No, instead, there was a very realistic story around it, and the writers didn’t pick an easy one. Nothing about the story, really went the way I thought it would, and I am so glad that as much as I watch this show, the writers can still surprise me. Now, Im not all about Mary hate, and I dont hate Sam Smith as an actor, but IMO she isnt nearly as good an actor as J2 are so scenes with her came off a little lobsided, but all that aside, I think the story arch was believable and well written. Continue below the cut

My first thought was that if they didn’t make her a monster or evil, that she would be the third wheel (yuck) and favor Dean over Sam because they already established a relationship and Sam was just a baby when she died. I figured the story would develop that Sam felt left out, and early on, it almost looked like they were going that route. In The Foundry, we saw Mary and Dean sharing similarities, with the bacon and beef jerky, and putting Sam in the back seat (which hurt my soul) and cranking the radio when he wanted it turned down. A little later in the episode, Mary stands between them, when theyre posing as FEDs, and of course to me, this made me clench my teeth. “Do NOT come between my bros!!!!” I’m not alone in that thought am I? Then much to my surprise, at the end, she wants to leave them! And really, for an understandable reason. This is something that could very likely happen in real life, if an estranged mother unexpectedly meets her adult children. Sure she may love them, but it could be very hard to wrap her head around that these men are the little children she remembers. Now, from this point on, she seems more drawn to Sam. Not that she doesn’t love Dean, but maybe in part due to his understanding that she needs space, and maybe in part out of sheer curiosity of a son she really doesn’t know at all. They had never even had a conversation (to her recollection) before this point. She has no idea what kind of personality he has, and also knows that nothing about him, has anything to do with how she raised him. She has never spent a birthday or Thanksgiving or Christmas with him. He is a complete stranger, and yet, he’s very warm and understanding. And let’s not forget that she knows exactly why his life is a nightmare, and it’s from her own doing, and yet, he’s never even brought it up. Now, I know many of you believe Sam doesn’t know she made a demon deal that caused Azazel to visit and start the firey chain reaction of his life, but I have always believed he does, and It SEEMS like thats the way the show is playing it, since it’s never come out that Sam DOESNT know, and there have been more than enough places that it should have been mentioned. Like when Mary told Dean she didnt know how to face Sam or what to say, because she started everything. or “Im scared, what if he (Sam) cant forgive me?” Dean didn’t say “Well Sam doesn’t know” he just didn’t say anything. However, they did leave it open ended, not confirming that he knows, so it still could go that way. It would just seem weird that it’s never been said that he doesnt know, making everyone anticipate that revelation. For argument’s sake right now, lets say Sam doesn’t know. I’ll ask, if we should think he wouldn’t forgive her quickly? I can’t picture him lashing out, unless he found out right after something traumatic had happened. Not everyday trauma, but big, like getting possessed by Lucifer again, or somehow his powers just killed or nearly killed Dean. During S12 nothing really happened that would have opened that scar to a fresh wound. In the past few seasons, Sam has been strong and more confident in himself, and much more accepting of his life, so if he were to find out now, he’d just be shocked and hurt for a little bit, and be forgiving soon after. My next surprise came while watching Sam and Dean reacting to their mother betraying them, The brothers have been betrayed by nearly everyone they know at some point, or hurt in some way, but this is their mother. Their reactions are a lot different than if it had been an enemy, a friend, or even each other. They had to be hurt and disappointed in someone they weren’t gonna kill or hit. Even when they have hurt each other, they could yell and scream and beat the crap out of each other, but this is MOM! The gifs above represent, such a wonderful acting scene for J2. We have seen them fight with their Dad in s1, and we wouldnt have been surprised if punches got thrown, so the anger was a lot louder and potentially physical. Here though, they’re holding back. Both brothers express broken hearts so clearly in their facial expressions. They havent had a time before this, that they have been hurt so deeply by a woman they both love. They’re both holding back tears so hard it shattered my heart for them both. However, they didn’t cowar and hang their heads in shame while she tried to justify her actions, that she is “Not JUST a Mother” when she hadnt even tried to be a Mom to them yet. But my boys made damn sure she knew you don’t f*ck with them and walk away scott free. Maybe you’re in a safe zone where they wont punch you physically, but they’ll make you wish they did. Dean rabid punched her in her heart with his words. He was glad she got to be haunted by Wally dying during the lake house hunt, that she felt guilty telling his wife. He made sure she knew everything he and Sam were feeling, and took away her place as their mother by calling her Mary. When she was metaphorically bleeding on the ground, Sam drew the kill shot. He doesn’t argue with her, he doesn’t cut her down, thats been done, he just delivers the last thing that anyone who loves Sam Winchester in the slightest, ever wants to hear... “You should go”. What she had before all this, her sons and somewhere she could call home, Sam and Dean took them both away from her, because she squandered them. I was speechless. Now, if there was ever any wonder, who could get away with what when dealing with these brothers, it got answered. If you’re on the good side of Sam and Dean, you have the best protection and friends you could ask for, but nobody is safe if they cross them. And sure, they take abuse by people/monsters all the time and dust it off, but they have their limits, even with blood family. Look at these gifs and see their faces. These men have both lived through decades of Hell. Lost eachother several times. Been tortured, beaten, shot, stabbed, and tormented by the most evil creatures ever created, but this woman, their own Mother, inflicted more pain than any of them. Both Jared and Jensen deserve Emmys for conveying that so clearly. Now, the guys undoubtedly fester with this for a while, but in typical Sam and Dean fashion, they cant just walk away. Sam ventures back first, but Dean isnt far behind when he hears Mom might be in danger. They dont talk about it anymore till the end. Dean is pretty open about his feelings, though he will tell you he isn’t. Sam is the oposite, he thinks he’s open and he really isnt. When Dean gets into Mary’s head in 12x22, he lays it all out to her, he tells her what she doesn’t know about him, and how her actions ruined, not only his, but Sam’s life as well. Why did he speak for Sam? Because Sam wont. Not because Sam is weak, but because Sam doesn’t want attention drawn to his issues. He’s an “other people have got it worse” kind of guy. When Dean tells Mary that he hates her, and that he loves her, and forgives her, you know, he really forgave her. She had to know she is truly loved and forgiven. Then she worries about Sam, and maybe he can’t forgive her. With the same style, with so few words, that knocked her out not long ago, he gives only a few words to pick her back up. “You dont have to be scared of me” (ugggh my heart!) If you didn’t like this story arch, I ask that you just watch it again and see how much time and effort were spent on Sam and Dean’s reactions to everything, and maybe give a new appreciation to how well it was written, and even better acted.

#supernatural #sam dean and mary #sam winchester #dean winchester #mary winchester #my meta

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Cast Iron Oven Accessories Through Dutch

For several reasons, since about hundreds years ago, cast iron dutch ovens are already a staple of outdoor cooking. A Person may cook most situations within the wild simply by using this easy black pot, and additionally the meals may be as delicious as the 1 you do together along with your oven in home. Regarding course, should you are capable regarding doing just the little practice, that will be better. You should have seen some pictures concerning the racks along with hangers round the Internet, yet virtually all of which are usually as well expensive. Since far as Im concerned, theres absolutely no have to use the accessories such as those, with regard to our every day life, some simple accessories is planning to be sufficient for all regarding us to enjoy the actual outdoor cooking using our family along with friends. Besides, these costly accessories are actually not all that will helpful. The Actual easiest way during my mind to prepare with all the easy pot is actually putting your own dutch oven on the ground, outside of one's campfire, and relish the greatest period along using your family members and friends. Ive attempted a large amount of the particular dutch oven accessories and also equipment and use them to cook my dutch oven dishes easily. Want to save lots of money? It is right to end up being able to occur here, all anyone could require is the dutch oven itself, but if you get yourself a lid lifter, it is planning to be a great idea. The Certain Dutch Oven You have to spend your attention to three items basically whenever you choose the particular surefire dutch oven. NO.1 legs, in order to sit above your current coals and also aid ensure that it stays level, you must pick one which has shorts legs. NO.2 lid, should you dont want your coals that are put on best pertaining to baking to slide off, it needs to have a flanged lid. NO.3 handle, you get to get to maneuver the dutch oven around with the handle, therefore it should have the simple metal bail, or even wire handle which in turn needs to be sturdy. Two most widely used brands and substantial quality equipment of the surefire dutch ovens available about the industry are generally Lodge along with Camp Chef. Absolutely No issue which in turn manufacturers you select can become a excellent choice. My option may be the Lodge, just since its the very first certain dutch ovens in which I bought also it functions perfectly. From the perspective that will I hold, a dutch oven could end up being the 12, eight qt., Lodge Deep Dutch Oven. The idea offers much more capabilities compared in order to the regular, shallower dutch ovens because with the extra depth. In your event that you decide to choose it, just keep in mind, what's going to make it cook a little differently when baking will end up being the extra distance between your lid and food. Your Lodge portable camp stove may end up being the pot that does it all. Your flanged lid holds hot coals and also inverts with regard to use as getting a griddle. The Actual integral legs allow the oven to be able to sit perfectly over the campfire. Lodge is made inside the USA plus it continues to be making cast iron cookware throughout South Pittsburgh, Tennessee (pop. 3,300) since 1896. with over 120 numerous years of experience, their particular certain is renowned for its higher quality design, lifetime durability, as well as cooking versatility. Lodge is actually a lot much more than only a business; its a family. Your Lodge family members founded the company inside 1896, and they even now bought it today. Coming From environmental duty to become able to community development, his or her heads and hearts tend to be rooted throughout Ame rica. Lodge sees that cooking is all about greater than just the food; its concerning the memories. whether youre roasting a new chicken inside the oven, or perhaps cooking chili over the particular campfire, Lodge has a person covered with just about all the included Camp Dutch Oven Cooking 101 cookbook. A New great seasoning helps make all the difference. Lodge provides pre-seasoned cookware without any synthetic chemicals; just soy based vegetable oil. the a lot more you utilize your iron, your far better the seasoning becomes. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/kitchen/aplusdiy/B00008GKDW/CampDutchOvenMain.jpg The Lodge portable "camp stove" will become the pot which can it all. The Particular flanged lid holds hot coals as well as inverts with regard to use as a griddle. The Actual integral legs allow the oven to sit perfectly over hot coals. Consists Of Camp Dutch Oven Cooking 101 book. Coming From colonial hearth fires for the campfires regarding Lewis and Clark, surefire camp ovens fed the particular colonists, helped tame the wilderness, along with did their own talk about in settling the actual American West. Cast iron cookware has lengthy been treasures as popular heirlooms, so much thus that, when Lewis and also Clark returned through their journey west, their own reliable surefire pots had been on this list of few objects making it back again to civilization. Whats the particular top features of your cast iron dutch oven from Your Lodge? Made of cast iron Pre-seasoned and ready to end up being able to use Multi-functional cookware Virtually non-stick surface Brutally difficult for many years of cooking Easy for you to clean-hand wash, dry, rub together with cooking oil The Lodge Certain Dutch Oven can become a multi-functional cookware that works wonders with slow-cooking recipes. This comes using a tight-fitting lid that helps secure nutrition and flavor. 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Flanged to always be able to contain hot coals on top and so the oven can be utilized with regard to baking, stewing, as well as roasting. the versatile lid may be inverted pertaining to use as a griddle. The correct instrument regarding searing, sauteing, simmering, braising, baking, roasting, along with frying. Cast-Iron is a form of cookware developed over a new millennia in the particular past remains as well-liked today as when it absolutely was accustomed to prepare meals countless years ago. cast Iron is among just two metals compatible using induction stovetops. Unparalleled in heat retention and also heating. At home within the oven, around the stove, about the grill or higher the campfire. Skillet may always be used upon a variety of heat sources such as gas, electric and induction. 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Just what an individual ought to become able to keep within your thoughts carefully is the handles will grow to be extremely hot inside the oven, along with about the stove top. always make use associated with an oven mitt in order to avoid uses up when getting rid of pans from oven or stove top. Because pertaining to me, I dont similar to baking with my surefire dutch oven, Id rather use it regarding stews, chili along using other liquid based dishes, so it better for me. no issue what size would you choose, I do want to inform you the 12version could be the first choice. That depends on the size, the actual certain dutch oven may assist anyone to cook many kinds involving dishes. However, the small one will restrict what you'll become able to do of cooking. Lid Lifter A great lid lifter is actually certainly one of one with the most essential areas of the actual certain dutch oven when you are cooking outdoor. I favor the particular deluxe lid lifter than the regular hook edition which are each made by The Particular Lodge simply because of the stability involving it when pulling the lid off of one's dutch oven. Dont worry concerning the Lid which will be swinging along with dumping coals in your stew whenever you seize the actual lid this way. And absolutely, its the Lodge Brand. When you would like to test anything else, then go and acquire it, nevertheless what I could assure you is actually The Actual Lodge, because Ive used it till now. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31nwfX8tnJL.jpg A lid lifter will be necessary to safe camp Dutch oven cooking. The Actual T bar design lifts hot lids of coals so helping move Dutch ovens coming from fire to be able to table. Excellent pertaining to lifting, rotating, or even moving the hot lid. Produced associated with 9 mm bar stock with good temperature black finish and heat diffusing spiral handle. Features hanging loop at a new stretch and fits all Lodge Dutch ovens. Measures 14 x 4.5 inches. This particular can be a smartly designed tool. I would be a small skeptical in the particular beginning paying this much, yet whenever you utilize it anyone are fully aware of why it's truly a essential item. A Couple Of items I adore relating for you to this lifter - Your cross brace at the hook finish as well as the cross brace in the handle end. The Particular brace about the hook end allows you to rest the particular handle together with your lid as extended as you're shifting items around around the fire or even need a spare hand with regard to something else. Merely hook it on the lid and also you realize proper where it is usually to come back to (don't leave it as well long, silly, you might burn up your own hand). That also helps to be able to keep the lid from tipping to the side when checking your own vittles, assists keep ashes/ coals from falling in. Great! The Particular cross brace at the handle end is really a wonderful surprise too. one regarding my ovens is really a deep 12 inch. This weighs the lot. I can easily pick the entire oven up by simply its wire loop simply by using this handle if I hook a finger or 2 below which cross brace. A Lot a lot more secure than simply gripping your handle alone. Zero requirement for an additional pot lifter as well as anything, this will it all. Lid Stand Generally there is no dependence on one to prepare a lid stand, however in the big event you need to set your own lid on the unclean, irregular surface, it is planning to be handy using a lid stand. Its inexpensive enough for almost any family, so when with regard to me, its the worthwhile acquire since its really useful and tiny sufficient to carry in when Im about camping. I bought two of these and rely upon them at the grill then drive them within the home and also rely in them again to keep the hot pot as well as pan safely off the actual table. That They use up small room after they tend to be place away after use. useful product. one factor I can't stand is that usually whenever you go to set some thing being a dutch oven lid around the rack, the particular rack will sometimes partly close. Anyone get being watchful to produce certain the rack remains completely open or maybe the object you are putting around the rack may slide off the actual stand. This could ruin your current day. I have got discovered that placing dish towel down 1st then putting your stand along with your dishtowel can aid with this particular problem. 55 Gallon Drum Cover Throughout winter, the actual cold wet ground will sap the actual heat via my coals and put my coals out all together in a few instances, that is the greatest difficulty I had with my dutch oven. Inside order in order to solve this problem, I purchased a $14 steel drum deal with along with drilled 1/4 inch holes 1 1/2 for you to 2 inches apart inside the middle instead of purchasing a fancy cooking table. The small air may flow straight into my coals through the holes, and its helpful to assist me conserve a constant, hot temperature. Wisk Broom Ashes will develop up on the surface of your own dutch oven and underneath as well as that will smother your coals. Besides, when you are slow cooking for too long durations involving time, any wisk broom will provide anyone with a large help. Tripod To become honest, Ive never used the tripod but it truly looks cool. It could keep your dutch oven way away from the heat source. https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/aplus-media/vc/cf62b61d-b8f8-4071-8d58-bfa2b729e608.jpg Heavy duty strong steel construction as well as nickel plated chain with 'S' hook for straightforward cooking height adjustment. Sturdy 3-leg design for optimum stability. Superb regarding hanging Dutch ovens, tea pots, coffee pots, etc. over the cooking fire. Furthermore works great for hanging lanterns, suspending drinking water jugs, drying clothes, and lots of uses. Safe, easy set up as well as storage. The tripod seems being built excellent and also would perform perfectly in the wedding you certainly tend to be a in-ground fire pit. The idea would become a bit shorter than I necessary for my higher than ground fire pit consequently I bought 3 cinder blocks and hang individuals under your legs to get a new bit more height. My Lodge dutch oven includes a spiral handle (helps maintain it cool as well as simpler to handle) which doesn't enable the supplied hook to install for the dutch oven, I went towards the neighborhood home improvement store as well as bought 1 foot associated with chain and a couple hooks. This permits me to set a new hook upon each side of the spiral piece and then use the tripod supplied hook to connect towards the chain. Others Gloves -- the most important thing to keep you safe may end up being the gloves. I frequently venture out to always be able to have a outdoor cooking with my children and buddies simply by making use of your dutch oven. so I can do many test that what tools I need for the outdoor cooking, and also I discover one in the most required and also crucial tool may become the gloves. The good pair of gloves can safeguard from burning as well as make it easy to transfer the coals or even the dutch oven. see morehttp://ecookercool.com/

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Cast Iron Oven Accessories Through Dutch

For a few reasons, since concerning hundreds years ago, certain dutch ovens happen in order to be commonplace in outdoor cooking. An Individual could cook almost anything within the wild by applying this easy black pot, and the meals can be as delicious because the 1 you tend to be doing with your oven with home. of course, if you can do just the little practice, that will be better. You must have seen several pictures about the racks and also hangers around the Internet, yet virtually all of them are usually too expensive. While way as Im concerned, theres no have to use the accessories similar to those, with regard to our day-to-day life, several simple accessories will be enough for people to savor the outdoor cooking using our family and friends. Besides, these expensive accessories are throughout reality not all in which helpful. The Particular easiest way during my thoughts in order in order to smoke with the easy pot can be putting your dutch oven on the ground, outside of your campfire, and enjoy the greatest period together using your loved ones and friends. Ive attempted any large amount of your dutch oven accessories as well as equipment and employ these to cook my dutch oven dishes easily. Want to save lots of money? It is proper in order to occur here, whatever you need may always be the dutch oven itself, but in the large event you obtain a lid lifter, it is likely to be an excellent idea. The Surefire Dutch Oven You need to spend your own awareness of 3 items basically whenever you choose the particular surefire dutch oven. NO.1 legs, to be able for you to sit higher than your own coals and aid ensure that it stays level, anyone must select one which in turn has shorts legs. NO.2 lid, if you dont want your coals which are placed on top pertaining to baking for you to slide off, it must have the flanged lid. NO.3 handle, you possess to have to go your own dutch oven around using the handle, therefore it should have a new easy metal bail, or even wire handle that needs for you to be sturdy. Two most widely used manufacturers along with higher quality equipment in the cast iron dutch ovens accessible on the market are Lodge and Camp Chef. no matter which usually brand names you choose is actually a excellent choice. My selection will be the Lodge, just simply because its the extremely first cast iron dutch ovens that will I bought and it works perfectly. From the particular perspective which I hold, the first dutch oven could always be the 12, eight qt., Lodge Deep Dutch Oven. It offers more capabilities than the regular, shallower dutch ovens because in the additional depth. If you choose to select it, just stay in mind, what's likely to ensure it is cook a bit differently when baking may be the extra length between your lid along with food. The Actual Lodge portable camp stove may become the pot in which will it all. Your flanged lid holds hot coals and also inverts regarding use like a griddle. The Actual integral legs permit the oven in order to sit perfectly more than your campfire. Lodge is manufactured in the USA and it continues for you to be making cast iron cookware within South Pittsburgh, Tennessee (pop. 3,300) since 1896. Together With over 120 numerous many years of experience, their own cast iron is recognized for its high high quality design, lifetime durability, as well as cooking versatility. Lodge will be more than only a business; its any family. The Particular Lodge family members founded the company throughout 1896, plus they even now own it today. Coming From environmental duty in order to community development, their own heads and also hearts tend to be rooted throughout Ame rica. Lodge recognizes that cooking is approximately greater than exactly the food; its concerning the memories. Whether or Not you are roasting a chicken in the oven, or cooking chili over the campfire, Lodge features anyone covered with most the included Camp Dutch Oven Cooking 101 cookbook. The excellent seasoning makes all regarding the difference. Lodge provides pre-seasoned cookware without synthetic chemicals; just soy based vegetable oil. the much more you employ your current iron, the actual better the seasoning becomes. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/kitchen/aplusdiy/B00008GKDW/CampDutchOvenMain.jpg The Lodge portable "camp stove" will be the pot that can it all. The Particular flanged lid holds hot coals as well as inverts for use like a griddle. Your integral legs enable the oven to end up being able to sit perfectly over hot coals. includes Camp Dutch Oven Cooking 101 book. from colonial hearth fires to the campfires of Lewis along with Clark, surefire camp ovens fed the particular colonists, helped tame the wilderness, and also does their reveal within settling the American West. Cast iron cookware offers long been treasures as sought after heirlooms, so much so that, when Lewis along with Clark returned coming from their journey west, his or her trusted certain pots had been one associated with the couple of products which makes it again for you to civilization. Whats the particular features of the actual surefire dutch oven from The Particular Lodge? Made involving cast iron Pre-seasoned as well as ready to become able to use Multi-functional cookware Virtually non-stick surface Brutally tough for years regarding cooking Easy for you to clean-hand wash, dry, rub together with cooking oil The Lodge Certain Dutch Oven is a multi-functional cookware that works wonders together with slow-cooking recipes. That arrives having a tight-fitting lid that could help lock in nutrition and flavor. This kind of pre-seasoned Dutch Oven works just just like a charm out of the box. made involving cast iron, this Dutch Oven evenly distributes heat from your bottom by means of your sidewalls. Also, it retains heat much better so in which your delicious meal remains heat for any long time. Sporting a stylish black color, the surefire Dutch Oven looks excellent inside most kitchens and it doubles up being an outstanding way in order to obtain nutritional iron. This features loop handles pertaining to convenient handling and additionally the oven can be an easy task to clean and maintain. More details: Tightly managed metal chemistry and also exacting mold tolerances deliver constant quality for even heating as well as superior cooking performance. Heavy gauge wire bale can always be used regarding hanging your oven more than the actual hearth or campfire. Three integral legs allow the oven to be perfectly spaced more than hot coals. Flanged for you to contain hot coals at the top therefore the oven can become utilized with regard to baking, stewing, and also roasting. The Actual versatile lid could be inverted regarding use as a griddle. The proper tool pertaining to searing, sauteing, simmering, braising, baking, roasting, and also frying. Cast-Iron is really a type of cookware developed more than any millennia back remains as popular these days as when it had been utilized to prepare meals a large choice of years ago. cast Iron can be certainly 1 of just 2 metals compatible together with induction stovetops. Unparalleled in heat retention and also heating. At residence inside the oven, on the stove, around the grill or higher the campfire. Skillet may end up being used about numerous heat resources such as gas, electric along with induction. Seasoned cast iron could be also utilized about the grill or even open up fire along with coals with regard to camp cooking. begin heating cookware about reduced and also slowly carry heat up to medium or even medium/high. Often remove cookware from your stovetop right after cooking. Hand wash, dry, rub using cooking oil. It is quite vital in which you replenish your seasoning of your cast iron cookware by applying a thin layer of oil right after every cleaning. Seasoning is surely an on-going process. Your more you utilize cast iron, the actual seasoning will be improved. Pre-Seasoned: Seasoned for a natural, easy-release finish which improves using use. Seasoning is truly a essential step in generating use of cast iron cookware. Oil is actually baked in to always be able to the pores of the iron in the foundry to always be able to avoid rusting and in addition to ultimately give a natural, non-stick cooking surface. Unlike synthetically coated cookware, it's achievable to restore the particular cooking surface involving cast iron. Lodge utilizes a proprietary soy-based vegetable oil to season our cookware. Your oil contains zero animal fat or perhaps peanut oil. the seasoning will be practical application along with slight inconsistencies may seem within the seasoning finish. The Particular inconsistencies won't affect cooking performance. How to create use of your cast iron dutch oven inside the correct way? Use the particular domestic hot water in order to rinse without having the actual soap, as well as dry thoroughly. before cooking, implement vegetable oil for the cooking surface of your pan and also pre-heat your pan slowly (always start in lower heat, and also enhancing the temperature slowly). Inside order in order to keep your pan through sticking, anyone shouldnt cook really cold meals inside it. As Quickly As the actual utensil can be properly pre-heated, you're ready to cook. Just what you should keep in your thoughts carefully may be the handles will turn out to be extremely hot inside the oven, as well as around the stove top. Usually work with an oven mitt to stop burns when getting rid of pans coming from oven or stove top. While regarding me, I dont like baking together with my cast iron dutch oven, Id rather put it for you to use regarding stews, chili along together with other liquid based dishes, so which it better regarding me. no make a new difference what size do you choose, I do need to tell you the 12version can be the first choice. This depends about the size, the certain dutch oven can help you cook many kinds regarding dishes. However, the tiny 1 will limit your ability involving cooking. Lid Lifter A good lid lifter is actually one of probably the actual most important parts of the surefire dutch oven when you are cooking outdoor. I prefer the actual deluxe lid lifter compared to standard hook edition that are each created by the Lodge since involving the soundness associated with it when pulling the particular lid off of one's dutch oven. Dont worry in regards for you to the Lid that will is going to be swinging and dumping coals to your stew whenever you get the actual lid this way. And absolutely, its The Particular Lodge Brand. If you would like to use anything else, then go and acquire it, but what I can assure an individual is actually Your Lodge, simply because Ive used it till now. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31nwfX8tnJL.jpg A lid lifter is actually necessary to safe camp Dutch oven cooking. The Particular T bar design lifts hot lids associated with coals helping transfer Dutch ovens coming from fire in order to table. Fantastic for lifting, rotating, as well as relocating any hot lid. Produced of 9 mm bar stock with good temperature black finish and in addition heat diffusing spiral handle. Features hanging loop on end and fits almost all Lodge Dutch ovens. Measures 14 x 4.5 inches. This kind of is actually a well designed tool. I was obviously a small skeptical initially spending this much, yet when you utilize it you will know why it's actually a essential item. A Pair Of items I adore about this lifter - The Particular cross brace at the hook end and the cross brace in the handle end. The Particular brace about the hook finish permits you to rest the actual handle along with the particular lid while a person are shifting issues around on the fire or even need a spare hand with regard to something else. Just hook it around the lid and you realize correct where it is to come back in order to (don't let it rest too long, silly, you could burn off the hand). That also helps to maintain the lid coming from tipping for the facet when checking your current vittles, helps keep ashes/ coals coming from falling in. Great! Your cross brace in the handle finish can always be a great surprise too. one associated with my ovens can be a deep 12 inch. It weighs any lot. I could pick the complete oven up by simply its wire loop by simply by making use of this handle if I hook any finger as well as a pair of beneath that will cross brace. A Lot much more secure than gripping the actual handle alone. Simply No need for an additional pot lifter or anything, this can it all. Lid Stand Presently there is not any need for you to prepare any lid stand, nevertheless in the event you want to set your lid on the unclean, irregular surface, it will be handy using a lid stand. Its low cost sufficient for any family, so when regarding me, its a new worthwhile acquire simply because its truly beneficial as well as little sufficient to hold about when Im on camping. I bought two of those and use them at the grill then bring them within the home and use them once again to end up being able to keep your hot pot or pan safely off the particular table. They Will occupy little space after they are usually place away following use. Helpful product. one thing I don't like is the fact that often when you go to set one thing like a dutch oven lid on the rack, the actual rack will sometimes partly close. Anyone have got to be watchful to create certain your rack remains fully open or even the object you're putting around the rack might slide off your stand. This kind of could ruin the day. I have found out that putting a dish towel down initial and then putting the particular stand on best of the actual dishtowel can help with this particular problem. 55 Gallon Drum Cover Inside winter, the particular cold wet ground will sap the actual heat through my coals and place my coals out most collectively in some instances, that is the largest problem I had with my dutch oven. Throughout order to solve this problem, I purchased a $14 steel drum protect as well as drilled 1/4 inch holes 1 1/2 for you to 2 inches apart in the middle instead of buying a fancy cooking table. Any little air can flow in to my coals via the actual holes, and its helpful to help me keep a constant, hot temperature. Wisk Broom Ashes will develop up around the top of your current dutch oven and also underneath as well as that may smother the coals. Besides, when you are slow cooking for too long intervals regarding time, a new wisk broom will offer you a large help. Tripod To be honest, Ive in zero way utilized a new tripod but it really looks cool. It can keep your dutch oven way from your heat source. https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/aplus-media/vc/cf62b61d-b8f8-4071-8d58-bfa2b729e608.jpg Heavy duty sound steel construction and nickel plated chain along with 'S' hook for straightforward cooking height adjustment. Sturdy 3-leg style for max stability. Outstanding with regard to hanging Dutch ovens, tea pots, coffee pots, etc. over a new cooking fire. Additionally works ideal for hanging lanterns, suspending water jugs, drying clothes, and many uses. Safe, easy set up along with storage. The tripod seems to become built excellent and also would function perfectly should you certainly are generally a in-ground fire pit. The idea was obviously a bit shorter when compared with I required for my above ground fire pit thus I bought 3 cinder blocks and hang up those below the legs to get a new little more height. My Lodge dutch oven includes a spiral handle (helps maintain it cool along with simpler to handle) that doesn't permit the supplied hook to attach for the dutch oven, I went for the nearby hardware store and bought 1 foot of chain and a couple hooks. This specific allows me to put a new hook in each side with the spiral piece and then utilize the tripod supplied hook for connecting for the chain. Others Gloves -- one of the most important things to keep a person safe is the gloves. I frequently go out for you to have a outdoor cooking along with my loved ones along with buddies by simply making use of the dutch oven. And so I are capable associated with doing many test in which what equipment I require for the outdoor cooking, as well as I find out the most required and essential instrument is the gloves. The good couple of gloves can appear after you against burning and also allow it in order to be easy to transfer your own coals or the dutch oven. see morehttp://ecookercool.com/

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On the brink of Brexit, voters reflect: I feel more strongly now. Let’s get out

As article 50 is about to be triggered, how do people feel in Smethwick, a Midlands town that voted to leave?

I moved to Bearwood in Smethwick in the hot summer of 1976. We were moving up, leaving behind the sixth floor of a block on the sprawling Lee Bank council estate for a house and garden in a safer area with large parks and better schools, a few miles from Birmingham.

I grew up there in the 70s and 80s, when there was optimism about our future. The colour bar experienced by a first generation of immigrants in the 60s, in some shops and the bingo hall, had been replaced by our own Why would I want to go there anyway? self-induced bar. The days when a Conservative party candidate could run, and win (in 1964), on the slogan If you want a nigger for a neighbour, vote Liberal or Labour seemed distant.

My mother is Jamaican and, like many of my generation, I failed the Norman Tebbit test completely. I didnt support any England team. I would rehearse long debates about how I might reject a call-up for the England rugby team, even if my ability meant that call would never come. Jamaica was great for holidays, but didnt feel like home: everyone there called me English.

So while I was always a Smethwick boy, I can still pinpoint the moment I first felt British: in 1992, when Linford Christie won the 100m at the Barcelona Olympics, this most Jamaican of men running around the track with the British flag. We had grown up hearing songs like There aint no black in the Union Jack; what Christies gesture said was, Im British: deal with it.

A mistrust of foreigners has been singled out as the driving force behind last years vote to leave Europe. But why did places where more than 50% of the population have recent origins outside the UK vote for a policy of exclusion? Smethwick is in many ways typical of the radical changes to Britains racial demographic since the second world war: in the 50s and 60s, Commonwealth citizens from the Indian subcontinent and the Caribbean emigrated here to alleviate job shortages, particularly in the NHS and transport. A large number of Sikhs moved from the Punjab to work in Smethwicks foundries. Later waves of immigration brought asylum seekers, students and workers from around the world.

When I was growing up, my white British friends liked the same music, played the same games and ate the same food as we did. We knew people who joined far-right groups; but the various gangs were largely multiracial, affiliated to the area more than anything else a loose Smethwick posse. There would be running battles with skinheads from Quinton and beyond; I cant remember a Saturday night that was not punctuated by someone being glassed or having a pool cue wrapped around their head.

Today Smethwick is home to a more diverse range of communities. It is still a relatively cheap place to live, so new arrivals often start off here. You will see Eritrean church services in Victoria Park, eastern European supermarkets on Cape Hill, a Ghanaian wedding at the community centre, alongside the more established Sikh temples and African Caribbean churches.

Speaking to Smethwick friends from white British and second-generation immigrant backgrounds, you hear support for Brexit from a diverse range of perspectives: there is the Fortress Europe argument (people of Commonwealth origin not being able to move to the UK, because preference is given to EU citizens); British Asian shopkeepers who dont like the Polish shops stealing business; an objection to the Thatcherite capitalist structure enshrined in the EU. Underlying all these things is a powerful revolt against what is perceived to be a self-serving political elite.

None of the second- or third-generation immigrants I met on a recent visit to Smethwick thought Nigel Farage would deliver a harmonious society founded on principles of social justice. But the supposed social justice champions, Labour, today have far less connection to the people they seek to represent than they once did. Todays politicians speak relentlessly about engaging and understanding these alienated communities. But even their use of the word community is loaded often based on race or religion or class, as if there were no diversity of opinion among them.

What does the future hold for Smethwick in a post-Brexit Britain? My more pessimistic side worries that inequality will increase, as the fight for a share of an ever smaller pie is orchestrated by a privileged few who use alienation, fear and loathing to divide and rule. But a bigger part of me is optimistic: a younger generation has always found ways of creating new relationships with other like-minded people, be they Italian, Irish, Ghanaian, Nigerian or Indian. It might feel claustrophobic at this moment in time, and Smethwick will struggle with the macro issues. But there are enough people there with goodwill, who want to come together, who will want to get on with it. Hamish Crooks

Theresa Robinson, 51, volunteer

Theresa Robinson and her son, Jacob. Photograph: Diana Markosian

My little boy and I moved here from Birmingham in 2009. I had separated from his father, and when I got here we didnt know anybody.

Smethwick is an interesting area because the diversity works really well. Everyone seems to get on where we live. But there are some negative aspects of multiculturalism. For example, there is no non-halal butcher around here, and I dont want to eat halal meat because they dont always stun the animal before they kill it I feel its a bit cruel. Ive had a row a few times with shops advertising places to rent, with signs saying Indian family wanted. I said, You do know thats illegal, dont you? I remember when they used to have signs up saying No Irish, no blacks.

My little boy is the only white English kid in his class, and they dont celebrate any English things at all. They didnt do anything for the Queens jubilee or birthday. I dont mind him celebrating Jamaica Day or whatever; I just wish theyd also incorporate English things. On VE Day, I took him into Birmingham to see the celebrations, because he has to celebrate his history as well. But he is absolutely oblivious to the fact that other people are a different colour to him. I think children of his generation are integrating more.

A lot of immigrants here say they dont want any more immigrants, but I havent heard many white people say they voted Brexit because of immigration. I dont know whether its because theyre scared of being accused of being racist. I voted Brexit because of all the money thats wasted on the EU. I dont think it will stop free movement and I dont think it means we wont have any trade; I just think it means well have a bit more control.

A lot of people have had enough of MEPs making so much money and not doing anything. Who can name an MEP, really? We dont seem to be getting any more rights out of it. Why not trim off all that excess spending and use it on things we do need? Theres a crisis in social care, and health services are being cut; the schools are constantly fighting cuts.

When you read about Brexit in the paper, they say, The people who voted for Brexit didnt know what was going on. Its hugely insulting to assume that just because were poor, we dont read newspapers and were all thick. Theyve got no concept of what its like to be poor, and how miserable people really are. I think it was a good result, and I think it taught the government to be careful what they wish for, because they did all this with no plan whatsoever; they were so sure remain was going to win. It serves them right.

Daljeet Singh, 40, painter and decorator

Ive lived in Smethwick all my life. My parents came from north India so my dad could work in the foundry. They were invited over, just like the Europeans were. Ive never had an issue with anyone thinking Im less British than they are. But when Punjabi people came here, they couldnt speak English, so they were victimised. Once my dad took me for a drink in the local pub and this guy at the bar started talking to him inappropriately, saying, Butbut dingding. I asked my dad, Why does he do this? and he said, Hes been doing it for years, its not an issue. I took the guy aside and said, Have you been taking the piss out of my dad for 20 years? He said, What do you mean? He never said anything. To this day that guy still buys me a drink in the pub, because he remembers that chat. I changed the way he thought.

Everybody I know voted leave. I voted leave because of my daughters, who are 12 and 15. They go to a grammar school and they feel held back because the foreigners coming into the school dont speak English well; it makes the classes go slower. It was also because Polish people are cutting off my work. Im a painter and decorator, and Im not getting the rates I used to because the Polish people are undercutting us. Thats the case generally in the building trade.

But Im angry that my parents voted out. Im very bitter about that. Its the hypocrisy of it, because they came over from India and they had an opportunity to integrate and they havent: my mum still barely speaks English. Theyve made lives and families for people like me, they worked hard; everyone else is just trying to do the same as they did. I think the way the Sikh community voted was hypocritical.

Sometimes I regret voting Brexit. In hindsight, without a shadow of a doubt, we didnt have enough information; it was turned into an immigration issue, which it wasnt, and as a whole were going to lose out. Other times, I stick by my decision. I need to think about where my works coming from.

Derek Craft, 80, retired factory worker

Derek Craft. Photograph: Diana Markosian

I moved to Smethwick in 1976, looking for work. I also had a pen friend here. We belonged to different divorced and separated clubs; I was the vice-chairman of the one in Portsmouth where I lived, and they used to have a magazine and she advertised for a pen friend. We were writing for two years before I moved here. We married in 1977 and were together for 39 years. She ended up having two major strokes, one of which should have killed her, but the hospital brought her round; I got another nine months with her.

Smethwick has changed a lot much of the old industry has gone. There were dirty factories, steel works and car component workshops; now theyre all new factories or houses, so in that way its better. Weve got more immigrants than whites. The shops are virtually all Asian, and the well-known ones, like Woolworths and David Greigs, are gone.

Its less British, because Ive found, working with some of them, that half the Asians dont want to mix. A very nice lad used to sit with us during the tea break, and he came in one morning and told us that someone in the factory had told his dad he sat with us, and his father had said, You are not to sit with them, you are to sit with your own people. It makes you feel, whats wrong with us?

I voted for Brexit because I think the common market has got out of hand. I think they waste an awful lot of money moving their offices once a month from Brussels to Strasbourg and back again. What were paying them is unbelievable, billions a year, which would do our own health service and schools good. Id like to see free movement from Europe cancelled. This country cant keep on taking people; the services cant cope with the influx, and there are not enough houses. When we won, I thought, Great, lets get on with it. I feel more strongly now. Lets get out.

Mohammed Jalal Uddin, 40, manager at a local training centre

Mohammed Jalal Uddin and family. Photograph: Diana Markosian

Ive been living in Smethwick since 2002, when I migrated from Bangladesh to study for an MBA at Birmingham City University. After completing my MBA, I managed to secure a job. Now Im living here happily with my wife and two children; my son is nine and my daughter is seven.

Smethwick has become overpopulated and there are more new faces, with a slight increase in antisocial behaviour over the past few years; the demand for housing has increased.

I had heard about that campaign slogan [If you want a nigger for a neighbour, vote Liberal or Labour from the 1964 local election], and that Malcolm X came to visit the year after, which is amazing. But to be honest, I dont think racial tension is a big issue now. From my experience, people do understand others their religions, their values, their cultural dimensions and characteristics. It could be an isolated judgment, but I havent seen the nasty side of community cohesion. People get along quite well, basically.

I felt Brexit was a protest vote, to show a lost trust in politics; traditional politicians are failing to deliver. People feel European migrants are putting unnecessary, undue pressure on public services, the NHS, school places, housing, and that if we come out of Europe that will ease the pressure. These are the day-to-day issues that people are fed up with.

I voted and actively campaigned to remain. I was really, really shattered by the result, because in the age of globalisation and connectivity, and at such a crucial time, this isnt the right decision. It is going backwards, and it was not an informed decision. The message were sending to the rest of the world is that were not open or collaborative. We dont want to work with other people: we are detaching ourselves.

Nine months on, I dont feel any more positive. Ive given up on trying to give reasons to remain because Im in the minority. But I know people who regret voting Brexit; they justify it by saying the politicians misled them.

Pat Peacock, 77, retired wages clerk

Pat Peacock. Photograph: Diana Markosian

Ive lived here my whole life. I was born in Hamble near Southampton, but my mother died having me, so I was brought here to live with my grandparents.

Smethwick has changed enormously. My road used to be full of bank managers and teachers, and there were no foreign people of any description. I remember seeing men wearing turbans for the first time when I was 10 or 11 and had taken my two cousins out for a walk. One of them said hello, and I said to my cousins, Run! because I had no idea: Id never seen Sikh people before.

My father was very racist but Im definitely not. The priest at my church is Nigerian and we have 22 other nationalities, people of all colours, shapes and sizes, and we all get on. The first foreigners who came were West Indians, and the others have come gradually. I consider them all friends. A lady down the road, Surinder, and I were once opposite each other in the hospital and weve been firm friends ever since. She called me when I came out, asked how I was and said, If you need anything at all, let me know and my family will get it for you. There are lots of kind people about.

I voted Brexit. I didnt vote for us to go into Brussels; I voted for the common market and I think we were cheated in that respect. We havent only got to trade with Europe, theres a whole world we can deal with. Im looking forward to getting back to how we were: running our own farms, being able to look after ourselves. Perhaps Im wrong but this is how I feel, that we werent told the full story back in 1975. We were just told it was good to be part of a common market; we werent told they would be ruling us. Im not really into politics, but the vote happened and I get cross when they try to reverse it. Now I think: lets just get on with it.

Taurai Chamoko, 44, salesman

Taurai and Catherine Chamoko with their children. Photograph: Diana Markosian

I was born in London. My parents were from Zimbabwe, although it was called Rhodesia at the time. We left the UK in 1977 to go to Nigeria. My dad was a civil engineer and had a job with the Nigerian government, building several highways. Towards the end of 1982, we went to live in Zimbabwe. In 1995 I moved to Brighton, where I met my wife Catherine, and in 2008 we moved to Smethwick with our month-old daughter.

I wanted to study mental health nursing at Birmingham City University, but changed my mind after three weeks. I didnt think it was something I would cope with emotionally. In 2009 I started a course in International Business and Economics at Aston University instead. We had three other children (they are now eight, seven, four and two) and they all settled in school, so we stayed. Ive spent the majority of my life in this country, and I am British.

The main change Ive seen here is the people coming from Poland. I dont think theres a lot of tension between the different communities everybody just gets on. What I worry about is the self-imposed segregation, these monocultural ghettos that are springing up: Pakistanis in one area, Polish people in another, white working class in another. It seems everybody is more comfortable with people who look the same as them, which is quite sad. Whether thats a conscious thing or if it just happens naturally, I dont know.

I was shocked by Brexit. I voted to remain. At university I learned to critically analyse things, and I was always arguing against the leave campaigns points of view. Usually when theres an election, I stay up late to find out who my MP is going to be, but this time I was confident we would remain. It was a big surprise. When I spoke to some of the parents at my childrens school, most had voted to leave. I was surprised and upset.

My point of view hasnt changed. It doesnt make sense to me that people want to leave the biggest market, then try to negotiate a good deal within that market. But I have accepted it. Its democracy, right?

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