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Dana Jean

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Being that I'm the resident skillet expert, I will say Yes! You can! It does very well. I have a Weber grill cookbook that I have worn to pieces that has several good recipes using a cast iron skillet on the grill. Heat oil just like you would for stove top and check temps as you go.
Thank you. I have some very old cast iron that needs to be cleaned up and reseasoned. From my grandma's ma.

I've read you can't use them on glass top stoves. My brother is Mr. Grill man so I figured I would clean them up and give them to him to use.
 

DiO'Bolic

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Can you use seasoned cast iron on a barbecue grill? How well does it cook?
They will work and cook just fine on a grill (as long as you didn’t use olive oil). I’m too lazy to season the cast iron grates and just use this stuff… (it’s magic on grills)

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Neesy

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I love this...

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Had to reply to see your picture :upside:
I am going to have my surgery for breast cancer on the 21st. I really ready to get this over with and start reconstruction.

Sending healing vibes and saying a prayer for you that you come through okay - lots of love arista :burn_joss_stick:
 

DiO'Bolic

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All the Sears up here have closed down (well at least the ones in Winnipeg)

I'd have to Google but I think the rest of the country is the same - pretty sure they have all closed in Canada
The bid to keep them open was rejected and it looks like liquidation will soon commence. I went to our local Kmart over the weekend and it was sad to see so many empty shelves and missing basic product.
 

Dana Jean

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Kmart was my favorite store. I know that it got a bad rap as being "cheap". However, they had items that were not in other stores that I liked.
I went to Kmart as a last resort. I probably haven't walked in one in about 5 years, and my local Kmart is (wait for it Moderator, 5 minutes away).

I will speak only to my local Kmart, not anyone else's.

Our Kmart was filthy. So dirty and it smelled horrible. It's too bad ours wasn't kept nicer because it was in a great location.
 

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I went to Kmart as a last resort. I probably haven't walked in one in about 5 years, and my local Kmart is (wait for it Moderator, 5 minutes away).

I will speak only to my local Kmart, not anyone else's.

Our Kmart was filthy. So dirty and it smelled horrible. It's too bad ours wasn't kept nicer because it was in a great location.
Of course it is! :laugh:

Our K-Mart closed a couple years ago and Sears shut down a month or so ago. The K-Mart was always poorly lit which made it a really depressing experience being in their store. Unless they had something I wanted that I couldn't find elsewhere, I didn't bother to shop there and others I spoke to also commented about the lighting being a deterrent to wanting to be in the store.
 

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If this is considered to be a Hot Topic, please remove it. But I think it is a serious matter to authors. I recently read an alarming article in the NY Times.

In these current times there is a increasingly widespread “morality clause” publishers have added to standard book contracts with authors. Over the past few years Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins and Penguin Random House have added such clauses to their standard book contracts.

These clauses release a company from the obligation to publish a book for past or future conduct of the author, if it is inconsistent with the author’s reputation at the time the agreement is executed, comes to light and results in sustained, widespread public condemnation of the author that materially diminishes the sales potential of the work.

I’ve read a new paragraph popping up in authors yearly contracts that pretty much states if, in the company’s sole judgment, the writer “becomes the subject of public disrepute, contempt, complaints or scandals,” the publisher can terminate the agreement (and often get back any advances).

That is scary because a writer need not have done anything wrong... they only need become scandalous in the news or on social media. So a publisher could terminate a contract simply by the author writing or saying something that somehow offends some group of outspoken people.

I know Stephen King is a mega star in the writer’s world, and can probably dictate his own conditions, but I was wondering if he had a view on the matter as it relates to other and new authors in regards to morality clauses in these contracts.
 

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If this is considered to be a Hot Topic, please remove it. But I think it is a serious matter to authors. I recently read an alarming article in the NY Times.

In these current times there is a increasingly widespread “morality clause” publishers have added to standard book contracts with authors. Over the past few years Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins and Penguin Random House have added such clauses to their standard book contracts.

These clauses release a company from the obligation to publish a book for past or future conduct of the author, if it is inconsistent with the author’s reputation at the time the agreement is executed, comes to light and results in sustained, widespread public condemnation of the author that materially diminishes the sales potential of the work.

I’ve read a new paragraph popping up in authors yearly contracts that pretty much states if, in the company’s sole judgment, the writer “becomes the subject of public disrepute, contempt, complaints or scandals,” the publisher can terminate the agreement (and often get back and advances).

That is scary because a writer need not have done anything wrong... they only need become scandalous in the news or on social media. So a publisher could terminate a contract simply by the author writing or saying something that somehow offends some group of outspoken people.

I know Stephen King is a mega star in the writer’s world, and can probably dictate his own conditions, but I was wondering if he had a view on the matter as it relates to other and new authors in regards to morality clauses in these contracts.
Not something he's mentioned to me. He's pretty busy with projects but if it seems like a good time to bring it up, I'll ask and get back to you. It used to be done all the time for actors so not exactly a new idea but I get your point.
 

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If this is considered to be a Hot Topic, please remove it. But I think it is a serious matter to authors. I recently read an alarming article in the NY Times.

In these current times there is a increasingly widespread “morality clause” publishers have added to standard book contracts with authors. Over the past few years Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins and Penguin Random House have added such clauses to their standard book contracts.

These clauses release a company from the obligation to publish a book for past or future conduct of the author, if it is inconsistent with the author’s reputation at the time the agreement is executed, comes to light and results in sustained, widespread public condemnation of the author that materially diminishes the sales potential of the work.

I’ve read a new paragraph popping up in authors yearly contracts that pretty much states if, in the company’s sole judgment, the writer “becomes the subject of public disrepute, contempt, complaints or scandals,” the publisher can terminate the agreement (and often get back any advances).

That is scary because a writer need not have done anything wrong... they only need become scandalous in the news or on social media. So a publisher could terminate a contract simply by the author writing or saying something that somehow offends some group of outspoken people.

I know Stephen King is a mega star in the writer’s world, and can probably dictate his own conditions, but I was wondering if he had a view on the matter as it relates to other and new authors in regards to morality clauses in these contracts.
I did really stupid things, due to misplaced anger, in my youth. I'd hate to think that, 50 years later, I'd be rejected for a position or opportunity because of something I did when my mind was not fully formed. Sins of the father should not pass on to the son. But it seems your early missteps can now endlessly haunt you. Thank Gan my mis-spent youth occurred prior to the interweb. On the other hand, maybe I would have made good click-money. Then neither position nor opportunity would matter because I'd be rolling in the dough and telling all of my accusers to eat cake! Contract law is another matter. If they include a clause you don't like, have it removed before signing. If you don't have the clout, sign away, but attempt to determine just exactly what is verboten.
 

Dana Jean

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Being that I'm the resident skillet expert, I will say Yes! You can! It does very well. I have a Weber grill cookbook that I have worn to pieces that has several good recipes using a cast iron skillet on the grill. Heat oil just like you would for stove top and check temps as you go.
doyou, what is the easiest way to get rust off the skillets. It says steel wool, but I don't have the strength to keep scrubbing. Can I use my dremel tool on them?

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The bid to keep them open was rejected and it looks like liquidation will soon commence. I went to our local Kmart over the weekend and it was sad to see so many empty shelves and missing basic product.
.....ours has already been liquidated and gone, now that cavernous building sits-full of memories, but empty of plans......was where I worked my first real job before college.....
 
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