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Well it is A B O U T time MythMod.

Look, junior, don't make me have to whack on ya - I don't need to clean up blood after thrashing you *wink wink*

mythmod

LOL

mythmod: i hav to say i'm impressed.
when you first showed up, a couple of weeks ago, i figured mod_ivy was using a second screenname. later on, when you identified yourself, and stated your intention of cleaning up the board, i thought "yeah, right...!".
i'm a naturally skeptic guy, and phrases like "it's gonna take some time", in my dictionary mean something like "call me back in a few years...".
anyways, once i started to see your screenname showing up (sometimes accompanied with the little paddlock... ), i started to think that maybe we would start to see some improvements in a few months, which i would've considered a great job on your part.
but it would've been very difficult for me to believe we'd see such differences in such short amount of time.
i think i can speak for most of the regulars (and if i can't, i'm sure they'll let me know ), when i tell you what you've done so far is nothing short of amazing.
and as typical said, it's about time...
anyways: keep up the good work, and know that many of us really appreciate what you're doing.

Hey Everyone! Allen Crabtree here, just wondering what was happening these days, and to introduce myself as this is my first time to the water-cooler.

I've spent my life working on new technologies, researching old technologies, and have several U.S. Patents with 73 World-Wide Patents (see #5,990,990 USPTO) that deal with real-time 3D topographic display systems.

The show is really satisfying for me to watch, especially when the expected outcome fizzles, and the opposite happens, and I've been debating a fact with a friend for a long time, (like the car-window escape from a water accident episode for example), and the show proves it.

What are the current experiment control(s) underway right now in the MythBuster labs? Do the WaterCooler Website moderators have direct contact to such info?

I'm interested particularly because of a bad car accident and haven't been in our company labs for quite a while now, so until the next couple of surgeries get done, I'm unable to really return to work in our labs, and really appreciate the shows, especially the big boom ones, during this "down-time" while I get back on my feet.

I've always loved physics stuff like the show does, and from the days of assisting Mr. Wizard, to working with my Dad & brother setting off our home-town's fire-work displays for several years, -to building my own 5Mw HeNe laser when I was younger, I've loved learning about all kinds of physical interactions.

Let me know if you can, what the MythBusters are up to these days? It would be cool to see one of their out-door control tests as I'm local. :-)

A.F.CrabtreeIV
Fairfax, in Marin County, CA

Nice to have a spot to say hello to folks. Many of you know me, and even post with me elsewhere. I'm currently employed as a QC Microbiologist, and hold a B.S. Biology degree, thus you'll see me frequenting the Human and Animal sections simply due to that being what I am most familiar. I am also a history buff. I adore the golden age of sail, and swords, shields, and mounted combat. A favor reading up on the Celts/Gaels, but have ended up reading a wee more on other subjects.

So, that's me!

[quote]and hold a B.S. Biology degree[/quote]

well, there are several members here that seem to hold B.S. degrees, but, having read many of your posts, i don't think they're the same...

LOL!!! Well... there's B.S. degree from an actual college... then there's Degrees of Bull S... Good point Berny. Can you guess which one pertains to me?

[quote]Degrees of Bull S[/quote]

I know a few people with Master Degrees in BS.

As do I, historicalnitpicker. I have had discussions with them!... more like arguing with a brick wall!

[quote]Can you guess which one pertains to me? [/quote]

yeah, i think i can. actually, if i thought you held the "other" degree, i'd probably be using a different tone with you...
anyways, i'm not born in the U.S. (i'm actually from the country in which the jerky you seem to love so much was created...any clue?), so i don't know what B.S. stands for (in the college degree ). can you tell me???

[quote]know what B.S. stands for (in the college degree ).[/quote]

Bachelor of Sciences, or at least that's one of them. Is it Venezuela? Australia? Brazil? Mexico? New Zealand?

Those are all of the sources on the back of the jerky in my house.

[quote]Bachelor of Sciences, or at least that's one of them.[/quote]

thank you.

[quote]Is it Venezuela? Australia? Brazil? Mexico? New Zealand?[/quote]

Argentina. actually, jerky comes from the quechua ( the language of the Incans) charqui ( pronunciation= charkee).
the incans were occupying what is today Peru, Bolivia, N. Chile and N.W. Argentina.

Ding ding ding! Bachelors of Science is correct! You win a cookie!

Yeah, I'm in the U.S., right in the heartland. But I love talking to people from other countries and cultures. I find it intriguing. Argentina, eh? I did not know jerky came from there! Cool! You learn something new everyday!

haha the anonser dude called the bullet proof glass every1 was standing behind"ballistics paneling" by mistake. whoops (^not spelled right)

[quote]You learn something new everyday![/quote]

yup.
anyways, now i'm also living in the U.S. (or at least, miami ).
the funny thing is, being Argentinian, i learnt about jerky here, watching a show on the history channel...

That's pretty cool, Bernysback. My husband and I make our own jerky. I love it, especially the teriyaki cure!

[quote]That's pretty cool, Bernysback.[/quote]

yes, it is. you can learn a lot watching the history and discovery channels alone.
anyways, the "traditional" jerky was only salted, dried meat. i don't know where the other varieties come from.
can you tell me how you make yours?

Well... we don't make the cure ourselves, thus far we use boxed cures. We take round steak and slice it roughly 1/4 inch thick in strips, removing all the fat so it doesn't go rancid. Sprinkle the cure/seasoning over the meat and gently work it in. It sits in the fridge for roughly 24 hours. Then we use a food dehydrator and dehydrate the strips til they are just done! We like ours tender, leaving them in the fridge so we don't have to over dry to prevent spoiling.

Good stuff! We've done Mesquite BBQ, and Teriyaki style so far.