Why do I never ever catch a unique fish using a feeder rod and/or rod stand at Falcon Lake?

Seems like I only ever get uniques when I'm casting and holding the rod... Is that true? Does it apply to other lakes? Is it the type of rod, or the stand?

I swore I caught a unique white buffalo at Quanchkin on a rod stand...

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u/parasocks — 13 days ago
▲ 3 r/Tarkov

There's a boss icon on the Lighthouse map, where on the map is the boss though?

Can I get there as a scav or do I need to be a PMC to get to the lighthouse area or?

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u/parasocks — 1 month ago
▲ 45 r/Tarkov

Is this Survive on the Location 5x as a Scav? Because I did that 6-7x on Factory and it still says 0/5...

u/parasocks — 1 month ago

I think I have an idea to stop my giant subwoofer from rattling my 100 year old home's windows so much... Any better ideas before I get the drill out?

Okay, so my room is full of windows, 100 year old home, and I have a 155lb subwoofer (Monoprice Monolith THX 13 sub on the nice beefy SVS rubber feet, and I have SVS Ultra mains).

I find that if I press gently-firmly in the very center of the windows that rattle, the rattling completely goes away. I tried wooden shims around the edges of the windows, but that doesn't help anywhere near as much as the pressing does.

So my current plan is to drill two small holes on the inside of the window frames (all wood, ancient), put two small hooks in, then get a gentle-tight bungee cord to attach to the hooks.

Then get either a rubber squash ball or rubber raquetball, drill a hole through it, get it onto the bungee cord and have it pressing in the middle of the window, with pressure applied from the tightness of the bungee cord.

I think it will work, but maybe there's some other way or some kind of product out there that would achieve the same thing without doing all this? Thought I'd ask before I order stuff and start drilling....

The drill holes won't damage the windows btw, there's an edge there I can work with.

u/parasocks — 2 months ago

Low temp vs high temp fish smoking

I have a lot of cookbooks, and I seem to remember most fish is smoked at lower temperatures for longer amounts of time, and you needed a different kind of BBQ setup to do that or different type of BBQ altogether.

So I'm wondering if someone could refresh my memory and help us all understand the difference between low temp smoking and high temp smoking, and how to achieve both.

Personally I have a Weber Summit Kamado charcoal grill. Can I only do high temp smoking on that?

What kind of setup would I need for low temp?

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u/parasocks — 2 months ago

Any restaurants worth the drive to within about an hour or so from Greenville?

I can recommend Sunnyside Oyster Bar, but it's not open this time of year. Also like Mulberry House in Little Washington. Skylight Inn's chicken is great. And 903 Mini Mart has the best Mexican I've had here.

Anything else in any of the small towns for either just good food or a nice dinner?

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u/parasocks — 2 months ago

Any decent outdoor basketball courts? Preferably near the grid?

Haven't been able to find much. There's a school on 5th that has some, but they're fenced and gated off completely. There's one at the The Horizon Student Living complex, gated off.

Google says there's one by the tennis/pickleball courts on Elm, but I don't think there is. Two baseball fields and the tennis courts. Don't see any on Google Maps Satellite there or when we drive by.

Any leads?

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u/parasocks — 3 months ago

People who did the Voices / Simulacrum farm, how did it go? How many runs did it take etc

I'm 18 runs deep, seems like a pretty fun farm tbh... Runs last like 6-7 minutes for me, I probably break about even with drops for the 3div cost of entry, and maybe eventually I hit something.

Only thing of note I've dropped so far is a 3 stat Diamond about 10 runs in.

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u/parasocks — 3 months ago

Favours at Ritual Altars in Area Costs 75% Increased Tribute - Aren't these supposed to be good things...

u/parasocks — 4 months ago

I think I've been doing Rituals all wrong... Would like to clarify the optimal way to do rituals in map

Okay so I realized that if I kill some kind of boss in a ritual, that I'll see that same boss revived again in the next rituals I do.

I usually do all the ritual circles and the last one always in the boss room.

But now I'm thinking it's probably better to do the boss room first, so that the boss spawns again in all the other rituals on the map. Is that correct?

And to that effect, does it also make sense to clear the areas of every ritual on the map first, and then actually start the rituals - beginning in the map boss room? Like will clearing the areas before actually starting any mean more monsters spawn in all of the ritual circles?

Also, is there any value in luring monsters into the circle to be killed from outside? Do they get resurrected too or just the ones that actually spawned inside the circle?

And finally, I assume summoning circle bosses get respawned in ritual encounters, so makes sense to do any of those first before starting any rituals... But does that also work for any other league mechanics? Like do breach monsters or deli monsters that spawn or get killed inside the circle also juice the ritual encounters?

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u/parasocks — 4 months ago

Big presentation wow factor type options for my son’s high school graduation dinner?

I live far away now, but visiting next week for my son’s graduation. I’d like to bring him for a big dinner with a memorable wow factor. He’s allergic to shellfish.

He liked Aloette when I took him, and he likes Brazilian steak places but thinking maybe something different.

Don’t care how much it costs. There will be 4 of us, including his younger sister.

Would love any suggestions!

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u/parasocks — 4 months ago

I got some thin marinated chuck steak for tacos at the Mexican market... If I just cook it it's going to be super chewy though? Should I like brown then braise covered for a while or something?

Kinda curious how to go about this since chuck is going to be chewy if I just cut it in a pan for a few minutes... I thought maybe covering and simmering for 25-30 minutes with some peppers and onions might be good?

Is that the play here?

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u/parasocks — 4 months ago

What is the single best dish or bite of food you’ve eaten recently in Springfield?

Visiting for a few days, just want to find the single absolute best dish or bite of food we can find in the city

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u/parasocks — 5 months ago
▲ 2 r/BBQ

Any tips for reheating ribs that got a bit hard? My Kamado got up to like 325 for a while I guess and my ribs ended up pretty hard on the outside.

Maybe I can steam them? Or just put in a ziploc in hot water or into my sous vide?

Edit: I decided to go with the easy sous vide butter solution because it was easy and well.... alcohol. Worked amazing. Was significantly better than the first day fresh off the BBQ. Like waaaay better. Many thanks to everyone for your suggestions!! Two racks for $20 at Sam's... Like even if you fuck them up bad you still profited. What is that like $5 more than a McDonald's combo these days??

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u/parasocks — 6 months ago