Newbie. Kentucky hillbilly.

[hal4uk]

Hi y'all!

I'm Hal, originally from Paducah, KY, and I currently live in Springfield, Illinois.
My partner in crime, MrC (aka SquirtTheCat) informed me that I should formally introduce myself here...

KyNOLA lives a couple doors down from my "sweet baby sister" in Kentucky.  Small world ;-)
I love cooking, Kentucky basketball, betting the ponies, and having an occaisional medicinal sip of Maker's Mark.

I have a Smokin' Tex electric smoker (cheaper clone of a Cookshack).
It's pretty much idiot-proof.

But, If I want really good Q, I just have MrC do it in his OBS...

My dream machine is a Stump's Stretch, so, if y'all feel like pooling your resources and giving me a really nice welcome...
MrC has the shipping address (he drops by my trailer park once in a while)



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"Until you go to Kentucky and with your own eyes behold the Derby, you ain't never been nowheres and you ain't never seen nothin'" - Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb

[FLBentRider]

W E L C O M E  to the Forum hal4uk!

[hal4uk]

FL...  I'm almost afraid to ask... 
What is that you're riding?  And where do you put your beer?

[KyNola]

Hal,
Great to formally welcome you to the forum.

Folks, this guy is no newbie.  He has been around smokers, grills and Maker's Mark for a LONG time.

Hal, gonna have to bust you on the Irvin Cobb quote though.  Now that you're here I'm pretty sure that are now exactly 2 people on this forum who have heard of Irvin Cobb without performing a Google search. :D

KyNola

[FLBentRider]

FL...  I'm almost afraid to ask... 
What is that you're riding?  And where do you put your beer?

It's a recumbent bicycle. I keep my beer at the store, less calories that way.

That bike is a Vision R44. Vision was a Seattle based bike company that went out of business a few years back.

We also have a Rans screamer. That is a tandem recumbent bicycle.

[hal4uk]

KyNOLA,
Uh Huh... (type, click...)
I figgered you'd spot that!

[hal4uk]

"recumbent"... 
"rec" i.e "recline"?
Stay safe on that!

[Caneyscud]

Welcome Hal - glad to have ya!   Seems the Midsouth is under represented.  The first question that comes to mind is "Why stop with the Stretch?  Why not a Platinum 6?  Saw a trailer mounted one at the Jack.  

[FLBentRider]

"recumbent"... 
"rec" i.e "recline"?
Stay safe on that!

Think lawn chair with wheels.

[KyNola]

CS,
You don't know Hal. Please don't encourage him! :D :D

KyNola 

[hal4uk]

Well, Caney...
Believe me...  The ONLY thing between me and that P6 is your lack of charity!!!!

Where you at?

[Caneyscud]

Originally a Red neck from Texas, but now a Redneck from Tennessee - yes there is a difference!  Lately, since it is hockey season, we call it Smashville (beat them Habs last night), sometimes Loserville when the Titanics are losing, Music City USA is what some call it, and because of Vanderbilt, it is sometimes called..............errrrr, actually Vandy doesn't count - we choose to ignore them - they don't belong in the SEC.  A few country singers live around here.  Due to my unfortunate underemployment, the P6 isn't on my list either.  Looking for another trailer mounted smoker I can modify and make mine!

[hal4uk]

CS, I found you...  (checked your profile)
My old man is your neighbor!  He's "livin' GOOD in GOODlettsville"...

[squirtthecat]

Welcome aboard, Bubba.  Don't be a stranger.  This place has folks cooking in cajun microwaves, tin cans, open flames, discarded oil drums, outhouse looking contraptions and some up-until-recently alien device called a "pellet pooper".


We'll see what we can do about that Stump's clone.   Baby Steps, my friend...  (we first need to bribe some out of work coal mine welders)

[hal4uk]

CS, you forgot "Guitar Town".

Glad to see some other rednecks here (like there's a better place to find 'em)
KyNola is a redneck too...  Now that he cut his hippie pony tail...  ;-)