Amazing how the latest and greatest things can in short order be sophisticated cr@p! One thing for sure those precious metals were no longer very precious!
We certainly these days love our wafer thin TVs and laptops and knowing that the bits and pieces of passé PCs are being disposed of properly is a good thing.
I do believe snuffing the systems were therapeutic – well it would be for me.
Just so you know the following systems commented on this segment:
A Mac was verklempt then rebooted! A Zenith was completely turned off! The PC hit F-11 & deleted.
I got an odd vibe from the big old Vibe Screen.
By the way - Mr. Mike Rowe you have a steamy face…dare I say “hotttt?” Fogged up goggles must be a pain!
Really, truly sorry that the nasty Super Granulator smashed your finger, mind numbing, demoralizing and self-defeating with a smashed finger makes for a bad day.
It was a far cry from your next segment starring the quivering mass of suspicious gelatin. Soybeans are tofu…had forgotten (if I ever knew about that).
Tofu peeps seemed nice – the case of the missing finger and the extra protein in the tofu that day was startling. The fellow seems sanguine about it though.
Remember the demon thread doeth a beanbag makes.
Beans, beans the magical fruit the more the tofu the more you shoot.
More importantly beans, beans the magical fruit the more they soak the more you toot!
There was a bit of tension in the tofu place – not sure if it was the tenuous communication, your constant pain or Barsky’s burning calf. Drama and tofu…I smell an Emmy…or is it the charred remains of our Barsky’s leg?
Yours In A "You Do For Tofu" Rowe World
Shari...Pull the white thread! Raspy...Wanting tofurky for Thanksgiving! D!ckies...Technology Aggression Deconstructing Pants!
So, Mike, after all this time together and you're only now finding out you can't trust Barsky??
Another good episode, if rather painful to watch. I share, and understand, your pain as I fell out of a chair last week and just about everything (but my tongue ) hurt the next day. Of course, I wasn't dumb enough to go jet-skiing afterward. (Why is that men never learn how to act their age?)
I kept thinking of poor Stretch Armstrong during the deconstructing. I could picture you ripping him apart in frustration after the previous attempts to destroy him failed. Temper, temper, Mike!
Still don't care for tofu, but it was interesting to learn how it's made. Paul seemed to be enjoying your frustration at learning the secret to the magic weaving. And, yeah, lost a fingernail? Quit being such a baby!
Liz
(Wondering why Barsky's accident gave me a craving for a turkey leg?? )
My thoughts on the whole thing... I gotta lot to say so bare with me...
Mike….I am soooo jealous. You got to do something that I’ve only dreamed about! “To tear some (computer) sh*t apart!!” Everyday at work…with the computer, and with the printer etc, etc. Uggghhhh!!! I can’t stand it!!! The whole scene in Office Space where they finally beat the h3ll out of that printer….only in my dreams! How’d if feel???? Could you feel the techno frustration floating away, lifting from your shoulders? The ability to act some revenge on the techno world...I envy you like no other right now.
Now…on to Hawaii. Sorry about your sore hands, your sore body. All your aches and pains just to bring us some interesting & educational tv. However....I’m not going to say I feel sorry that you had to work anyway….your in Hawaii dude! You had a day at the beach the day before. What do you have to complain about? You’ve been to Hawaii several times in fact, for business & pleasure…I’ve yet to get there once. So stop complaining dude. As you said, “Keep your complaints to yourself!”
I just can’t feel bad for ya…..zit and all…I just can’t.
Seriously tho, great show as always. Learned a lot about tofu…and not to eat soy beans “raw”...You should probably stay away from them too, Mike.
I keep thinking I'm going to get tired of this show one day but it just ain't happening. Taking apart the electronics with the puffy yellow gloves, the steaming safety glasses, the communication problems with the tofu gentleman, the pain, the frustration, certainly felt empathy but giggled through the whole thing. You guys keep making the show so much fun to watch. Thanks! Loved it!
Well, I'll be sympathetic. Poor Mike. Nothing a bottle of massage oil and a massage therapist couldn't fix. Pity I'm not one. A bottle of something else probably helped. It svcks to have to go to work when you don't feel like it. Thanks for maning up for us Mike!
I don't think I've ever had tofu. What's it taste like? And did we ever find out why all 14 scoops couldn't be added to the mould at the same time?
How sad is it that I am fairly certain my current computer was one of the models being crunched at the recycling place? And I just got it last December. *sigh*
Good episode... not my favorite, but kept me interested!
Terra
PS... Barsky! Serves him right. Liar, liar, pants on fire!
PPS... Shari, don't forget: Beans, beans the magical fruit; the more they cook the LESS you toot!
Bummer... Mike was in my town, at a place where I regularly perform work as a contractor (for the electronics recycling segment); and I didn't get to buy him a drink or even know he was around. I'll have to complain to my buddies over there...
E-waste segment was enlightening. Good to see we recyle and dispose of all our electronics responsibly, our landfills thank you guys.
I find myself most amused at the episodes where Mike is the most vulnerable, agitated, and confused, last night covered them all. Thanks for the laughs. (Sorry about the hands and the calf, looked painful guys, occupational hazards and all, hope all has healed nicely)
(I guess you never have opened a dog food bag, just pull the string.......gently)
Imagine having blistered hands, aches and pains, and having to work anyway. Welcome to the real world, opera boy!
Yeah, and having to work in gorgeous, sunny, warm Hawaii of all places. Poor baby!
(Opera boy - Bwahahhhaaaa!)
Anyone else notice the slightly different way Mike pronounces "soy"? Maybe it's a Maryland dialect? "You can take the boy out of Maryland, but you can't take Maryland out of the boy."
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And did we ever find out why all 14 scoops couldn't be added to the mould at the same time?
I wondered if it had something to do with the amount of liquid running off with each scoop added. Kinda a solid to liquid ratio in each pan, number of scoops ranging from 12 to 14. Does this make sense to anyone else?
I enjoyed watching how tofu is made plus I learned one of the many reasons Michigan has so many soybean fields.
"Now that's a knife!" Great Mick Dundee impression, Mike.
Fun show and a learning experience. Never knew electronics got recycled. Glad to hear that. Would be fun to shake the heck out of them too. I just hope they unplug those big ole machines before Mike climbs in them. I wouldn't trust a sign being hung. The tofu part of the show was a hoot. The measuring guy reminded me of the chicken s3xer guy. Laughed at Mike's reaction to the short finger! The sight of tofu makes me quiver, just as it really does. Not eating it. That burn stuff must have really hurt on Mike's blisters. Hope it helped Barsky though. Wonder if we will get to see extended footage of that jet sking in a special some day.
I don't know how Mike was able to pull apart that dinosaur computer monitor. I used to have one of those of monitors at work, and when we had to get rid of them for newer ones, they were very heavy to pick up.
As far as the injuries? Beautiful Hawaii and riding on jet skis? Yeah, Mike, I felt really sorry for ya.
Mike, I loved the electronic dismantling part. Not only did I once own an original Flintstone by Fischer Price computer, my work machines all ganged up on me at once not long ago. My computer wouldn't start. Got that fixed. The printer jammed up several times. Finally got that fixed. Then the fax machine decided to put in its two bytes. Ain't technology grand?!
The only thing that could be worse than tofu is tofu covered in poi and/or brussels sprouts.
If burning the hair off his leg doesn't make Barsky wear long pants, ain't nothin' gonna do it!
Hope you both have recovered and moved on to less physically demanding dirt.
) hurt the next day. Of course, I wasn't dumb enough to go jet-skiing afterward. (Why is that men never learn how to act their age?)
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