E4 No More

I got my 2nd shot of Moderna this morning. Several hours later and not even a sore shoulder like I had with the first shot.

Mine was VA Murfreesboro. I had an "appointment" too, but I was 212th in line. My first shot I had an arm that was more sore than with a normal vaccine, but she landed smack-dab on a nerve with the needle. This time I felt nothing, and so far no soreness. I wish they'd given me the choice to opt for the Johnson & Johnson the second go around. With the Moderna it works better unless you are in that small percentile that it doesn't work at all - then you risk death. With the J&J vaccine, if it doesn't work you still have no severe symptoms.

I got my second dose of the Moderna this morning. We'll see if the second dose has more kick than the first, I guess.

The one that we ate at could in no way be referred to as fast.

I've never worried about someone that I put in prison would come after me when they got out - particularly in another state. I think the REAL premise is that cops have carried their entire career and are uncomfortable when they stop carrying.

At the big BBQ competitions they smoke, rub and sauce all sorts of meat. Even snake and gator. I once had BBQ shrimp in Texas that was awesome!

Brisket is my favorite. I also like baby back ribs, ham, and turkey. I don't much care for pulled pork.

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That's where we ate on the way back.

Well, the wife and I ate at The Cupboard on the way there, and at Tops BBQ on the way back. The Cupboard was good although pricey for the size of the serving that I got. I had the chicken fried chicken (that was about the size of two smallish chicken fingers) w/mashed potatoes and slaw whereas the wife had breakfast. I cleaned my plate which wasn't hard to do. Tops was good although I think it wasn't vastly better than Famous Dave's. It was certainly different than Famous Dave's because of the hot BBQ sauce was very different. Chris loved their cheeseburger. It didn't help that we had to eat outside with the vagrants, (for lack of a better term), talking to their selves as they walked by us. I would have liked to have tried Central BBQ, but we didn't want to get way off the Interstate to get there. Surprisingly, on Saturday we ate at a small family restaurant called Sheba's off exit 30 in Hope Arkansas that was fantastic! I had their chicken fried steak w/mashed potatoes, milk gravy, and carrots. My large oval dinner plate was completely covered, and I ate every bit of it. This is why we like to eat at small, local restaurants when we travel. They can really surprise you.

Well, the "boss" has decided that she's interested in The Cupboard. I'd prefer BBQ, but if she ain't happy; you ain't happy! Thanks for the input guys!

It's probably about personal taste. I've had Edley's and Martins and didn't like it. There used to be a BB's BBQ in Franklin that I thought was awesome. They introduced me the the BBQ stuffed potato and made a huge fan out of me/

We have 4 Golden Comets that lay a lot of eggs that are very large. I'd even say that one of them occasionally thinks she's in competition with the turkeys. My wife loves eggs, and they keep her fed plus general cooking needs. We got them at Tractor Supply. We use Edwards scratch feed along with an occasional treat of a hand full of meal worms. Other than feeding and watering them they pretty much so do what they do. We do have them in a 5' chain-link fenced-in area that's considerably large. We did let them free range, but they kept going into the neighbors yard and scratch up their mulch.

That's not a detour; it's the wrong direction.

Well that just sounds nasty.

You were definitely eating at the wrong place then. I've been down here for 23 years now, but there were places like Bryant's that were excellent. Bryant's has had more than one President eat there, but they went downhill after the old man died and his daughter took over. He used to make all of his sauce at once for the whole year. Once he ran out he closed for vacation. He stored it in big glass containers in his front window. The trick was getting it as aged as you could before he ran out.

You're nuts! Reduced and smoked BBQ sauce on ribs or brisket is da-bomb!

We ate at the Gus' Fried Chicken in Knoxville. It was alright, but not the hot chicken I'm used to in Nashville. @MacGyver can testify to my idea of hot chicken - although I'm finding that comes at a cost as I get older.

I like BBQ, (I'm originally from Kansas City), but I don't care for "Memphis" style if Whitt's BBQ is a true representation of that style. I went there ONCE here in Nashville and was offended by it. I hate fish, but I like a good meat and three. My wife would turn down Mexican and I don't care for Chinese.

My wife and I are traveling through Memphis on our way to a wedding in Hope, Arkansas on Friday. The plan would put us in Memphis at the lunch hour. Can anyone recommend a good spot for lunch that isn't a big chain restaurant?

Yes, it mutates like the flu and cold viruses do. The advantage of any vaccine that you take is that, although you may contract a different strain than what you were vaccinated for, the vaccine will lesson the severity of the new strain on your body. Example: the flue vaccine did not cover the H1N1 but those who did receive the vaccine had no serious problems when they got the H1N1. This seems to be more the case with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine that's coming out. This is not ever going away with today's medical technology.

I had my first round at the Murfreesboro VA on the 13th. There were a lot of vets there, but they got me in and out in under 30 minutes, and that's with some paperwork. Second shot on the 15th will be much faster.

I have a Honda EM5000SX generator but have yet needed to use it.

The wood grain is gorgeous.

How many of those were major laws and actions like I stated?