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In 1991 I started listening to Kraftwerk and Pet Shop Boys, two bands which led me to techno. This album introduced me to the wonderful world of electronic music. In 1991 I also started studying German and started making plans to move here, plans made by a 13 year old though.
Johan and our friend Ben drinking beer in the afternoon. In 1991 me and my friends started organizing discos which we called rave parties.
In 1991 I spent much of my time at home listening to music and writing in my journals, sometimes 15-20 pages a day. For christmas I got my stereo with vinyl player, cd player and cassette player of which I’m still using the amplifier, it is one of the most wonderful gift I ever got.
This dog was carrying a book on his way to the bar, then he lied down completely chilled. A rat passed by, stayed in front of the dog and stared, before it ran away. The dog couldn’t care less. In 1991 I was as obsessed with dogs as I am now.
In 1991 I planned to be a translator or teacher in German. I dreamed of being an artist of some sort, but around me this didn’t exist as a reality and everyone told me I had to study like an idiot and “become something important” which for them didn’t mean working in art. I’m so glad I eventually didn’t listen to them (after studying 7 languages…).
In 1991 I was dancing like crazy at our parties and at around 16 years of age I thought I was too old to do this. I became a serious and boring person with an inner monster who wanted to get out. This monster didn’t get out until I was by number much older than 13. One thing you learn by getting older, is that you’re never really getting old unless you choose to.
I think the Sandra of 1991 would be very happy of where I am today.


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A minimum of one GeForce RTX 4090 proprietor has taken their battle with Nvidia to the courtroom. In keeping with Justia (opens in new tab), Lucas Genova just lately filed a category motion lawsuit in opposition to Nvidia over the 16-pin energy adapter meltdown catastrophe. The lawsuit states that Genova is suing Nvidia for unjust enrichment, breach of guarantee, fraud, and violations of New York’s Normal Enterprise Legislation.
The lawsuit, which was filed in a California federal courtroom on Nov. 11, alleges that Nvidia “marketed and bought the RTX 4090 with a faulty and harmful energy cable plug and socket, which has rendered customers’ playing cards inoperable and poses a severe electrical and hearth hazard for every purchaser.” Genova seemingly brings the category motion lawsuit on behalf of himself and all purchasers of the GeForce RTX 4090, one of many finest graphics playing cards available on the market.
The grievance narrates that the plaintiff bought a GeForce RTX 4090 from Greatest Purchase for $1,599.99. He’s reportedly “within the set up of pc componentry like graphics playing cards” and put in the graphics card following finest practices. After set up, Genova ultimately found that his 16-pin energy adapter had melted.
The lawsuit says that “thus, Plaintiff and sophistication members have been hit with a pricey double-whammy: a premium buy worth (the MSRP is $1,599) for a harmful product that ought to not have been bought in its present state.”
The doc references person suggestions and images documented within the devoted 16-pin adapter thread on Reddit (opens in new tab). On the time of writing, 26 GeForce RTX 4090 house owners have come ahead, sharing related experiences with the 16-pin energy adapter melting and generally damaging the 16-pin energy connector on the graphics card.
Nvidia continues to be investigating the issue with the 16-pin energy adapter. The chipmaker just lately got here ahead saying that it did not have any additional particulars to share with the general public. Nonetheless, Nvidia and its AIB companions have dedicated to offering expedited RMAs for affected house owners.

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American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) statistics indicate that breast augmentation was the number one cosmetic surgical procedure performed on women in 2007 and breast reduction was number five on that list. Nearly 400,000 breast augmentation procedures were performed in 2007 and more than 150,000 breast reduction procedures. These numbers clearly indicate that many women have issues with the size and shape of their breasts and are willing to go under the knife to address them.
Though not often discussed, it stands to reason that women opting for these surgeries are also concerned with the shape, size and location of the areola. The areola is the pigmented area of skin that surrounds the nipple. There are surgical procedures available to enlarge or reduce the areola and these are often performed in conjunction with the breast augmentation or reduction surgeries.
There are now creative, new non-surgical options available to women that are unhappy with the shape or size of their nipples. It is important to many women that their areolae and nipples appear symmetrical, that they not be disproportionate or unmatched in size.
Radiesse is a wrinkle filler that can be injected to create a larger nipple, enhancing its size and shape. Radiesse (formerly known as Radiance) is a filler FDA-approved for the correction of facial lines and wrinkles such as nasolabial folds. Radiesse is calcium-based microspheres suspended in a water-based gel and is injected into the skin through a simple, minimally invasive procedure offering immediate, visible improvement and providing long-lasting results.
Radiesse can be injected to create a larger nipple and to smooth the texture of the nipple, addressing any asymmetries and improving the overall look of the breast. Radiesse can also be used to reduce the appearance of scars that were the result of previous surgical procedures.
When used to treat facial folds and wrinkles, Radiesse is indicated to last for a year or more. Nipple augmentation or correction is a procedure that can be performed on an outpatient basis that takes only a few moments. And, as it is non-surgical there are none of the risks attendant with all surgical procedures.

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I want to play it safe here, so let’s just say the size of the crowds taking part in the Women’s March on Washington, and its offshoots in other locations, numbered precisely somewhere between 5,000 and 10 million.
As for how many of those were “professional protesters,” there’s really no way of saying because — other than the exception above — they don’t commonly wear signs identifying themselves as such.
Dogs were represented at what’s being widely described as the largest protest in Washington’s history (some are being so bold to suggest more than 1 million people were in attendance, 2.6 million worldwide).
Here’s a look at some of them. You can find more at Bustle.com.
(Photo credits: From top to bottom, Mark Makela / Getty Images, Melanie Goldman / Twitter, Formation / Twitter, Katrin Pribyl / Twitter, Cooks Travels / Twitter, Avery Carnage / Twitter)
Posted by John Woestendiek January 24th, 2017 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, crowd, dog, dogs, estimate, pets, photographs, photos, politics, president, protest, protesters, signs, size, Trump, washington, womens march
Last month, while comparing the records of the two major presidential candidates when it comes to dog friendliness, we questioned whether Donald Trump, as some reports suggested, even had a dog.
We noted that he had reportedly tweeted about his dog undergoing surgery back in February.
While various media outlets would go on to make references to that dog — named Spinee — the tale turned out to have come from a fake Trump Twitter page.
Trump has no dog, according to a post on the Washington Post’s Animalia blog.
The Post post speculates his fear of germs might be the reason — and it goes on to say that, as president, he probably should have a dog, for political reasons alone.
“In the digital age, when interest in online animal content dwarfs interest in political news, the absence of a Trump pet amounts to a forfeiture of low-hanging political fruit,” the Post post says.
(This kiwi, for one, resents that last remark.)
The Post says every president except James K. Polk and Andrew Johnson has owned a pet (if you count horses) for at least part of his term in office, and that having one can serve to soften a politician’s image.
Trump seems to be a man who, though he might soften a stance or two, wants to keep his image hard-edged.
While there is not a single photo of Trump with a pet of his own on the Internet, he regularly invites the best in show winner to Trump Tower and poses for a photograph, which then makes its way onto social media.
What’s Trump’s motivation for that? I suspect it’s just his way of showing support for the show, as opposed to wanting to hitch a ride on their moment of fame.
Can we expect the next four winners to be invited to the White House — especially if and when those approval ratings (prone to falling once a president takes office) take a substantial dip? I wouldn’t be surprised.
Will he give the White House a new first dog? Doubtful. It’s probably safe to assume that, while he enjoys hobnobbing with purebreds (how he is with mutts is another question), he is not the kind of person who must have a dog.
Then again, maybe his son Baron will push for one at some point.
Trump, a self-identified “clean hands freak,” may be “averse to the microbes that come with a four-legged friend,” the Post speculated.
“While it is not known whether Trump enjoys the company of animals, he has been publicly criticized by the Humane Society of the United States for his close relationships with critics of animal welfare activists as well as for his sons’ passion for trophy hunting.”
It was exactly a year ago that ohmidog! declared Trump an Afghan hound — back when there were 12 Republicans vying for the candidacy, and we assigned a dog breed to each of them, based on looks, personality, and breed stereotypes.
In the years ahead, he could prove himself to be some other breed — maybe one that’s not so widely considered aloof, stubborn and slow to learn.
In the meantime we’ll just wait and see — among much else — how good a dog might be for him and, much more importantly, how good he is for dogs.
(Photos: From Facebook, at top, Trump with Banana Joe, an affenpinscher who won Westminster’s Best in Show in 2013; Trump posing with Malachy, the Pekingese who won best in show in 2012; Trump and Miss P., the beagle who won in 2015; and Trump with Foxcliffe Hickory Wind, the Scottish deerhound who won in 2011)
Posted by John Woestendiek December 1st, 2016 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, best in show, dog, dogs, donald trump, elect, first dog, first family, image, mutts, pedigree, pets, politics, presidency, president, presidential, presidential pets, purebreds, republican, spinee, trumps, westminster, white house, white house pets, winners
I doubt, at this particular point in this particular presidential election, that their records on animal welfare would be much of a factor in who you choose for president.
But let’s just dive in and do some documenting, anyway, here at the very last minute.
The Clintons have three dogs at present. Trump is believed to have one, but try to find a photo of Trump and Spinee together and you’re in for a long, and possibly fruitless, search.
Trump did tweet about his dog having surgery back in February of this year: “My dog Spinee needs your prayers. She just came out of a difficult surgery …. She is my beloved.”
It’s clear he is fan of purebreds, and we all know he likes winners.
Because he lacks any kind of voting record, never having served in office, it’s hard to predict what his presidency would mean to animals.
He did tweet his disappointment in Ringling Brothers for getting rid of their elephants, and he has been a vocal supporter of his sons and their big game hunting in Africa — which in turn led animal welfare groups to deem that he, as president, would be a threat to animals.
He has called for the Food and Drug Administration to stop regulating pet food — and that’s a scary proposition.
Then there were the diving horses of Atlantic City.
It was a show that began in the late 1920s at the Steel Pier and featured swimsuit-clad women on horses diving from a 40-foot platform. The show was discontinued after Resorts International purchased the pier in 1978.
In the summer of 1993, after Trump had bought the Steel Pier, the idea was revived by Anthony Catanoso who leased the property from him.
The new act would involve horses and mules, and no human riders, and it started back up amid protests by animal welfare advocates.
Some of those protesters would shout “Make Trump jump,” Catanoso recalls.
So , while he did shut it down, it also opened up and operated all summer while he owned the property.
Later, Catanoso bought the property from Trump, and a return of the show was announced in 2012.
Protests resumed and Catanoso opted not to pursue it further.
Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, has an entire page on her website about how she plans to “promote animal welfare and protect animals from cruelty and abuse.” She says she would make sure animal breeders, zoos, and research institutions create plans to protect the animals in their care; that she would strengthen regulations on puppy mills, and that she would support the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act.”
During her time in the Senate, Clinton co-sponsored the Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007, as well as a bill to amend the Horse Protection Act, according to PetMD.com
As for the veep candidates, Tim Kaine, got a fairly low rating of 38 percent from the Humane Society Legislative Fund (HSLF) while serving in the Senate. The Richmond SPCA, where he and his wife adopted their dog, says he is “a compassionate and unpretentious friend to animals.”
Trump’s running mate, Mike Pence, has a dog and two cats. He was given a 0 percent approval rating in the 2012 HSLF scorecard for taking anti-animal stances on both the Hunting in National Parks vote and the Emotional Support Animals vote.
(Photos: Hillary and Tallie, Instagram; Donald Trump with Westminster’s 2015 Best in Show, the beagle Miss P, Instagram; a diving horse at Atlantic City’s Steel Pier in the late 1930s, The Press of Atlantic City; a riderless horse dives from Trump-owned Atlantic City’s Steel Pier in 1993, AP Photo/ Charles Rex Arbogast)
Posted by John Woestendiek November 8th, 2016 under Muttsblog.
Tags: 2016, animal welfare, animals, breeding, campaign, clinton, diving horses, dogs, Donald J. Trump, donald trump, election, hillary clinton, horses, hunting, mike pence, pets, politics, presidency, president, presidential, ratings, records, research, tim kaine, Trump
As you sit breathlessly riveted to your TV screen for the Republican National Convention (now underway) and the Democratic National Convention (July 25-28) what’s your dog supposed to do for fun?
You could get him or her a presidential candidate to chew on.
A Vermont-based company is offering chew-worthy likenesses of Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and, though he’s out of the running, Bernie Sanders.
The canvas-covered, fiber-filled toys, designed by Sarah-Lee Terrat and Anne Lika of Fuzzu for Pets & You, come in three sizes: nine inches tall for cats, 17 inches for dogs, and a 27-inch jumbo size for cuddling, punching, berating or whatever else you might want a stuffed presidential candidate for.
They run $19.99 each.
And of course they squeak — they’re presidential candidates.
The cat-sized toys contain catnip, aimed at making your feline even more attracted to the candidate.
The Hillary doll wears a red pantsuit and pearls and campaign buttons reading “Pro-whatever” and “Anti-whatever.” On her back is a facsimile of a light switch to turn her smile on and off.
The Trump doll has a sourpuss look on its face, and hair that is swooped back, topped with golden plush. A pamphlet in his pocket is titled “Great Wall Building for Idiots.” On his back is a button that reads, “Push to inflate head.”
The Bernie doll, put on the market before he withdrew, has a button on the back that reads, “Push to activate the revolution.”
I can’t vouch for how safe any of the chew toys are — both the Trump and Sanders dolls look like they could cause hairballs, as both come equipped with fuzzy shocks of “hair” — but the company does have experience making dog toys.
According to Sevendaysvt.com, the Likas operated a pet toy company called Fat Cat for more than a decade before selling it in 2007.
They launched the new company recently with help from a Kickstarter campaign.
Anne Likas said she missed the dog toy business, and was happy to get back into it. “We love the humor around our toys,” she added, noting that other pet toys “don’t get edgy.”
Posted by John Woestendiek July 19th, 2016 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, bernie sanders, candidates, company, convention, dog, dog toys, dogs, dolls, donald, donald trump, fuzzu, fuzzutoys, hillary, hillary clinton, likas, pet products, pets, politics, president, presidential candidate toys, presidential candidates, products, squeak, squeaker, toys, vermont
Bryan Lewis is pretty sure his dog is a Democrat — certain enough, at least, to write a country song about it.
He premiered “I Think My Dog’s A Democrat” on radio station WTVN, and the YouTube video of the debut has garnered close to a half million views since early March.
Posted by John Woestendiek March 29th, 2016 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: animals, bryan lewis, country song, democrat, democrats, dog, dogs, humor, i think my dog's a democrat, music, pets, politics, republicans, singer, song, video, wtvn
You’ve probably seen the hecklers that seem to be dogging Donald Trump at his campaign appearances — the ones who have the audacity to disagree with him, and go so far as to voice that disagreement.
Generally, he orders them to “shut up,” or “sit down,” and when that doesn’t work he calls for security to muzzle them.
Perhaps a better trained, more obedient audience, such as the one in this video, would be more to his liking.
Even though it’s not until the third “sit down” that the dogs heed The Donald’s edict, and even though only three out of four obey, we find it disheartening that dogs would listen to him at all.
We can only guess that these are Republican dogs — or that they haven’t yet figured out that Trump provides treats only to fellow fat cats.
Posted by John Woestendiek January 14th, 2016 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: animals, command, dog, dogs, donald trump, obey, pets, politics, presidential campaign, republican dogs, republicans, television, video
In this bizarre new video, Carly Fiorina almost eats a dog biscuit, steals my shtick, and tells a group of dogs that “President Obama ate one of your cousins; vote Republican.”
Fiorina cuddles and converses with a variety of young and mostly uncooperative pups in the video, which was produced for the conservative website Independent Journal Review.
I don’t know if her comments were written advance, if her staff or the website’s came up with them, or if she is just winging it as she goes along. In whichever case, the video succeeds in making an otherwise intelligent woman look like a blathering idiot.
“A dog is happy to see you,” she says. “… A dog is sad when your gone. Fluffy white dogs are always so friendly.”
The video is part of a series from IJ Review depicting presidential candidates in humorous or self-deprecating situations. (In other words, trying to make them seem human.)
Independent Journal Review isn’t really that independent, at least not politically. It’s a two-year-old, highly profitable, social media-savvy website started by a pair of Republican operatives that mixes some hard news with lots of fluffier “shareable” pieces and an unrelenting dose of conservatively slanted articles about politics and policy.
In the video Fiorina notes that dogs, unlike her critics, “never tell me to smile more,” or that she looks like Cruelle de Vil — a comparison she tells one one dog is “totally unfair…although your coat is exceptionally soft.”
(Cruella is the fictional character in “The Hundred and One Dalmatians,” who kidnaps dalmatians to make a coat of their fur.)
Near the end of the video she starts comparing some of the pups to some of the other presidential contenders, which comes pretty close to being a rip off of our post last month, assigning dog breeds to each of the Republican candidates. (Carly, our investigation found, was an Italian greyhound.)
“I think I could use you all for debate prep,” Fiorina says. “You could be Donald Trump … You could be Chris Christie … You could be John Kasich.”
The video is not really a campaign ad, definitely not news and — even with the dogs — barely rates as entertainment.
There’s a long tradition of politicians turning to dogs to help them out, with Richard Nixon’s exploitation of Checkers probably standing out as the most blatant. Even it, sappy as it was, proved successful.
You can bet your biscuit this one won’t.
Posted by John Woestendiek December 16th, 2015 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: animals, biscuit, candidates, carly, carly fiorina, checkers, cruella, dogs, dogs and politics, fiorina, ijreview, independent journal review, obama, pets, politics, politics and dogs, presidential, puppies, republicans, richard nixon, video


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The Center for Forested Wetlands Research is an interdisciplinary unit whose program is designed to develop, quantify and synthesize ecological information needed to sustainably manage and restore the structure, function and productivity of wetland-dominated forested landscapes. The Center is an integral component of the Forest Watershed Science Unit (RWU-4353) within the Southern Research Station’s Watershed Science Program.
The Center's work is conducted under the basic tenets of forest sustainability, and is intended to provide the data and tools necessary for managing forested wetland landscapes to sustain ecosystem functions, goods, and services for future generations. Specific applications are focused on issues associated with climate change, carbon cycling, bioenergy and landscape functions. The relevance of the research is regional, national, and international, although it is derived primarily from work in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States.
- Coastal forests and groundwater: Using case studies to understand the effects of drivers and stressors for resource management
Callahan, Timothy; Amatya, Devendra; Stone, Peter
- Water quality effects of switchgrass intercropping on pine forest in Coastal North Carolina.
Muwamba, Augustine; Amatya, Devendra; Chescheir, George M; Nettles, Jamie; Appelboom, Timothy; Ssegane, Herbert; Tollner, Ernest; Youssef, Mohamed; Birgand, Francois; Skaggs, R. Wayne; Tian, Shiying
- Loblolly pine ( Pinus taeda L.) productivity 23 years after wet site harvesting and site preparation in the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain
Neaves, Charles M.; Aust, W. Michael; Bolding, M. Chad; Barrett, Scott M.; Trettin, Carl C.; Vance, Eric
- Water Quality Response to Forest Biomass Utilization
Rau, Benjamin; Muwamba, Augustine; Trettin, Carl; Panda, Sudhanshu; Amatya, Devendra; Tollner, Ernest
- Mangrove expansion into salt marshes alters associated faunal communities
Smee, Delbert L.; Sanchez, James A.; Diskin, Meredith; Trettin, Carl

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Vaccination to become top issue in Brussels
In his State of the Union Speech, President Juncker mentioned growing vaccine hesitancy and supply shortages of vaccines. The decline in vaccination coverage in Europe, recent outbreaks of measles and claims of lower vaccination status of incoming migrants have all drawn political attention. Juncker spoke of a lack of reliable information as well as media controversies about vaccine safety, which have been pushed by anti-vaccination activists. Nevertheless, vaccination is still the most important tool for the primary prevention of diseases.
Public consultation to collect opinions
In December 2017, a public consultation will be run for 12 weeks. The consultation is open to citizens, patient organisations, the vaccine industry, associations for health professionals and others. The results of all consultation activities, as well as a recommendation aimed at providing guidance for better implementation of existing vaccination policy, are expected to be published in the second quarter of 2018.
Member States challenged
The national vaccination programmes of the Member States are faced with new challenges as a result of demographic change, migration, ageing, vaccine availability, high vaccine costs and limited national stockpiles. An overall concept for supporting, coordinating or supplementing the activities of Member States will now be developed. Alignment of national vaccination schedules in the EU is also a possible option.
More information is available here.


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Ambiguous Loss and Coping Strategies in Couples Raising a Child With Down Syndrome: A Qualitative Directed Content Analysis Study A Qualitative Directed Content Analysis Study
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Despite years of research about developmental diversity, relatively little is known about the experience of couples raising a child with Down syndrome. Previous research has identified that Ambiguous Loss Theory can be helpful to understand the parents’ process of navigating the uncertainty, challenges, stressors, and demands of raising a child diagnosed with a neurodevelopmental disorder. Building on previous research and the framework of ambiguous loss, this study sought to provide insight into the lived experience of couples raising a child diagnosed with Down syndrome. Using a qualitative directed content analysis of the paired responses to open-ended questions from 16 couples, the current study provides insight into the couple’s experience of ambiguous loss and greater understanding about their coping strategies. Results indicated a process of dealing with ambiguous loss by most couples. Coping strategies reported by the couples included medical and educational advocacy, deepening and building connections, and gaining new perspectives on raising a child with Down syndrome. Implications for policy and practice are also included, based on the coping strategies, skills, and resources available to parents of children with Down syndrome or other neurodevelopmental disorders.
Key Words: Down syndrome, ambiguous loss, couples coping, qualitative directed content analysis
The Medical Research Archives grants authors the right to publish and reproduce the unrevised contribution in whole or in part at any time and in any form for any scholarly non-commercial purpose with the condition that all publications of the contribution include a full citation to the journal as published by the Medical Research Archives.
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Tim Allen is celebrating his 70th birthday.
The legendary comedian got his start in the world of stand-up comedy in 1975 and has not looked back since. Throughout his almost 50 years in the business, Allen has brought to life so many iconic characters.
Here’s a look back at Allen’s journey through Hollywood from “Home Improvement” to “Toy Story” to “infinity and beyond!”
TIM ALLEN ADDRESSES THE CURRENT STATE OF COMEDY: ‘WE’RE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT HERE’
After getting his start as a stand-up comedian, and putting in over 15 years, Allen found his big break playing Tim “The Tool-Man” Taylor on the hit ABC sitcom, “Home Improvement.” The show ran on the network for eight seasons, from 1991 to 1999, and also starred Patricia Richardson as his wife, as well as Taran Noah Smith, Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Zachery Ty Bryan as his sons.
The show followed Allen’s character as he hosts his own show, “Tool Time,” while raising his three sons. One of the more iconic relationships on the show is the one between Tim Taylor and his neighbor Wilson (the late Earl Hindman), who often shares his wisdom and gives Taylor advice from the other side of the fence. Another iconic relationship is the one Allen’s character shares with Richard Karn’s Al Borland.
Karn and Allen have remained close over the years, even reuniting in 2021 for the show, “Assembly Required,” and the 2022 show “More Power.” When speaking with “Entertainment Tonight” in February 2021, Allen said he wanted Karn to be part of the show because it felt “like a reality extension of what ‘Tool Time’ really was, and it was as if Al Borland and Tim Taylor were back together again.”
“My friendship with Tim has lasted over 30 years… in a row! The chance to do a show like Tool Time was unquestionably exciting,” Karn said in a 2022 statement. “We may not have [‘Home Improvement’ company] Binford but we still will have a world of fun!”
Ahead of the premiere of the show’s seventh season, Allen spoke with Bobbie Wygant in 1997, and told her how much he was looking forward to returning to the show.
“I would love to be there. I don’t think we’re done yet. I think we have still some issues to cover, family issues, I mean it could go on for quite a while,” he explained at the time. “I just want to make sure it’s the right time to leave, and you always get toward the end of it, and you never know.”
In November 2022, Allen’s co-star Richardson spoke with Fox News Digital about her time on the show, including sharing some of the fan mail she received. “The primary thing I saw the most in the mail was, ‘Are you looking through our windows? The things you and Tim fight about are just like our family,’” she recalled.
‘HOME IMPROVEMENT’ STAR TIM ALLEN WASN’T GIVEN ‘ENOUGH CREDIT’ ON SHOW, CO-STAR PATRICIA RICHARDSON SAYS
Richardson also noted that Allen didn’t get “enough credit for the acting that he was doing.”
“He had never acted before,” she explained. “He was getting acting lessons on the side. We’re [actors are] self-conscious, or we don’t know what we’re doing or we’re not really listening to the other person and just trusting ourselves to just respond. Tim did that immediately.”
“Home Improvement” went off the air in 1999, and Allen recently revealed if he would ever take part in a reboot.
He told E! News in November 2022, “the cast and crew of that show” have discussed the potential for a reboot before, and even got close to filming “a short film for charity,” however, they couldn’t get everyone’s schedules to align. Allen added he thinks one of his other roles came close to reprising the role of Tim Taylor.
“Tim Taylor, he kind of graduated in the TV world into Mike Baxter,” he explained of his “Last Man Standing” character. “He’s kind of a gag, and I think we did it on ‘Last Man Standing’ – we showed the two together in a dream sequence. Tim Taylor kind of grew into Mike Baxter, as an actor and as a man.”
In terms of a “Home Improvement” reboot, Allen would “love to see” a show based on what the three Taylor sons are up to today, saying he thinks “that’d be an amazing piece of television.”
‘The Santa Clause’
While still starring on “Home Improvement,” Allen took on his first lead role in a movie, playing Santa Claus in the 1994 movie “The Santa Clause.”
The movie revolves around the character Scott Calvin, who while spending Christmas with his son ends up putting on Santa’s coat, which leads him to become the next Santa Claus. While this sounds like it would be a fun job for Calvin, he couldn’t accept it due to the turmoil it was causing within his family.
Eventually he embraced his new role and moved to the North Pole with the elves full time. The movie has since gone on to be considered a classic.
“This whole thing becoming a part of every season, to be Santa Claus, is formidable and gratifying and humbling,” Allen told ABC Audio in December 2022. “There is no word for it that, all of a sudden, this [has become] one of those movies like ‘A Christmas Story’ and ‘Miracle [on 34th Street].’ It’s in that group.”
Allen credits the success of the movie and its staying power to the script, saying “the script was so well written.” The original script, however, was a lot darker, with Allen telling Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show” in 2018 that his character was originally supposed to shoot Santa when he caught him on his roof.
The first movie was such a big success, it turned into a franchise, with two sequels. The second movie, “The Santa Clause 2,” dealt with a divorced Scott Calvin finding out about a rule called “the Mrs. Clause,” which states anyone who takes on the job of being Santa must be married, meaning Scott now had to find a wife. He eventually chose Carol, played by Elizabeth Mitchell.
In January 2021, Allen shared the one moment that sticks out when he thinks about the second movie. He recalled filming the opening scene in which the Air Force is coming close to finding the North Pole and exposing the secret of Santa, with him telling Kelly Clarkson on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” that two kids fighting kept delaying them.
“It was late afternoon, I had been in this stuff way too long, I’m very angry, sweaty, and the camera just had to come around and get my eyes, and then the movie opens, it’s Santa. These kids again, ‘he hit me! He pinched me!’ Fifteen takes later, the kid said one more word and I let out the loudest F-bomb, and I turned around and there are 12 children [who] looked like that you had ripped their legs off. Their Santa just screamed the F-bomb.”
He explained that Disney executives had to come in and try to smooth things over by telling the kids and the parents he actually said a Swedish word that means “holiday trim.” The reaction from the child actors was enough for Allen to make sure he never swore in front of children again.
With the second movie going on to achieve so much success, a third, “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause,” was released in 2006. The movie brought back all the characters from the first two movies, with the addition of comedy legend, Martin Short. Despite the all-star cast, Allen thought it could have been even better.
“What happened was that we became infected by our own success. [1994’s ‘The Santa Clause’] was huge, but we had about $11 for special effects. [2002’s ‘The Santa Clause 2’] was an extension of that, but now we could put lights in the window because we had more production money,” Allen told The Hollywood Reporter in 2022.
“By number three, all we had was money. The story kind of just got bigger and bigger. And the fact that Marty Short and I never did a scene together that was funny, I’m still going huh. That’s the funniest human being I’ve ever been around, other than me, and we never got a shot to do a real big scene together.”
Sixteen years after the release of the third movie, Allen stepped back into the Santa suit for the Disney + original series, “The Santa Clauses.” The show follows Scott and Carol struggling to raise their two children in the North Pole, leading Scott to make the ultimate decision to retire as Santa Claus – and to the near destruction of Christmas and the North Pole.
Of getting back into the Santa suit, Allen told Fox News Digital in December 2022: “You know, you get around that suit, and I haven’t changed. It’s become that stupid thing, and it ain’t me. I’m nowhere near as nice as that guy. It’s just amazing how I become that guy, walk on set and people react to it, and I honor it. I don’t make any jokes anymore as I watch my performance, and I literally think I’m better as Santa Claus than I am as anything else because I think for any actor to tease or put on a costume, it’s easy to become that thing.”
TIM ALLEN ON GETTING BACK INTO THE SANTA SUIT AND WHY RETIREMENT IS NOT IN HIS VOCABULARY
The show stars Allen’s real-life daughter Elizabeth Allen-Dick as his on-screen daughter Sandra. She was originally meant to play a background elf, but Allen said she knocked her audition out of the park and earned her starring role.
“He taught me a lot of things but one that stuck with me was [about] getting into the character and then adding your little twist to it,” Allen-Dick told “Entertainment Tonight” in November 2022.
She added that he said, “Being that character, get used to the character, make friends with the character and then kind of add some of your qualities to it and see how you can make it your own.”
While still appearing on “Home Improvement,” and a year after making his big screen debut in “The Santa Clause,” Allen voiced Buzz Lightyear, one of the most well-known animated characters in Disney’s “Toy Story.”
Allen played Lightyear, a toy who doesn’t realize he’s a toy, which causes some friction between him and cowboy Woody, who is also afraid Buzz is going to replace him as their owner Andy’s favorite toy. The two must somehow find a way to work together when they are separated from Andy and the rest of the toys, and find themselves in the clutches of the evil neighbor Sid.
When speaking about his character at the time, Allen called Buzz “innocent,” adding that he liked “the fact that he’s just a simple guy still trying to figure out who he was.” Allen also noted that he enjoyed the fact that Buzz “went from this pompous self-assured guy to nothing” when he realized he was just a toy, calling the whole thing tragic.
Four years later, they all got back together for “Toy Story 2.” This time around, Woody is stolen by an art collector when he finds himself in the middle of a yard sale, prompting the band of toys left behind to find someway to bring Woody back home.
This movie gives a lot of insight into the history of everyone’s favorite toys, revealing Woody is based on a character from a show, and is reunited with his horse Bullseye from the show and a cowgirl, Jessie. Also, in a very Star Wars twist, Buzz also learns that the central villain in his backstory, Zurg, is his father.
Throughout the course of making the movie, Allen explained he and Tom Hanks, who voices Woody, became very close friends. Allen joked with Kelly Clarkson on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” in November 2022, they have “the most peculiar lunches” together, during which they sit too close to one another and talk, something they’ve been doing two or three times a year since the first “Toy Story” was released in 1995.
“He and I differ on so many things. I adore that man’s heart and mind,” he said on the show. “I don’t think I’ve ever trusted a human being as much as Tom to listen to me, and vice versa. We’ve very different opinions on so many things, but he’s gotten me to accept his. He’s really a wonderful engaging person, and he’s the first guy that listens to me and doesn’t judge.”
Over 10 years after the second movie came out, “Toy Story 3” was released in 2010. In the third film, Andy is ready to go off to college, and the toys are anxious about what will happen to them once he leaves. The crew ends up at a day care center, spending the whole movie trying to break free.
In the end, they find their way back to Andy, who decides to give his beloved toys to a young neighbor, hoping that she’ll enjoy them as much as he did. There were many new characters introduced in the third movie, one of which stuck with Allen.
“Buzz is really who I like to be. I really do like being Buzz. He’s really a character I developed with [director] John Lasseter, I like that character,” Allen said in a behind the scenes feature for the movie. “But to push it, [the] Ken [doll] is really interesting. If Buzz is deluded, Ken is super deluded.”
The success of the third movie led Disney to green light a fourth, “Toy Story 4,” which was released in 2019. In this movie, the toys reunite with Woody’s long-lost girlfriend Bo Peep, and get a taste of what it’s like to be a “lost toy,” before ultimately deciding to live as free toys from then on.
“It is so emotional, it is so funny, it’s so big the idea of what they’ve come up with I’m startled. Three was, I thought, amazing. This, I couldn’t even get through the last scene,” Allen said while on “The Talk” in September 2018. “They’ve got great characters, but a couple of scenes toward the end were really hard to get through.”
TIM ALLEN AND TOM HANKS WERE MOVED TO TEARS MAKING ‘TOY STORY 4’
It seems Buzz Lightyear and Woody will continue to thrill audiences with their adventures for at least one more movie. Bob Iger, the CEO of Disney, announced in February a fifth Toy Story movie is in the works.
Last Man Standing
In 2011, Allen made his big return to television in the hit ABC sitcom, “Last Man Standing.” On the show, Allen played Mike Baxter, a conservative father of three daughters, who each have their own ideas when it comes to their political views.
One of his daughters thinks exactly like him and isn’t afraid to share her point of view, while the others don’t care about politics, and the oldest has the exact opposite views. In a play off the hit sitcom from the 70s, “All in the Family,” his oldest daughter is also married to someone with opposite viewpoints to Mike, which often causes them to clash.
“What we wanted to do is not make fun of religion, not make fun of family, celebrate wanting to have a relationship that’s affectionate, just celebrate what’s good about American family but be provocative enough,” he explained on “The View” in November 2019. “This guy is Archie Bunker that went to the University of Michigan, that’s what I wanted.”
He went on to explain the goal of the show was to poke fun at both sides of the political spectrum and show that a compromise between the two sides can be reached. He told “Entertainment Weekly” in September 2019, “we had a point of view on this show” explaining they had writers with a variety of views.
“The liberal side would make fun of the liberals, the conservatives would make fun of the conservatives, but overall you’ve got people who made fun,” he said.
Despite having a steady viewership and going on to become ABC’s second-most-watched sitcom in the 2016 to 2017 season, the network decided to cancel the show.
“We’re all going, ‘This is the best show I’ve ever been on! What? We’re off the air.’ We all thought we were at the top of their game at ABC. Who knows how networks work, I don’t know, but it was dropped,” he said on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” in November 2022. “I felt like the last guy at the hospital. I wouldn’t let it go. I took the sets, I have a little production studio of my own, and I set up the Mike Baxter set… We had six stories in the can, ABC said we’re gonna go a different direction, I said, ‘What, nonprofitable?’”
Fans of the show were devastated to learn the news, and were then delighted to learn it found a new home on Fox. While Allen was happy to get the call from Fox letting him know they had picked up the show, he was unsure it would work, since everyone had already moved on to other projects. In the end almost everyone returned, and the show continued to be a success.
TIM ALLEN ADDRESSES THE CURRENT STATE OF COMEDY: ‘WE’RE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT HERE’
Once the show moved to Fox, it ran for three more seasons, and in the process introduced a new character – a foreign exchange student from Hong Kong named Jen – saw Mike Baxter welcome more grandchildren and continued to entertain audiences across America.
The show ended in 2021 after nine seasons, with Allen saying it was just as hard to say goodbye to the show the second time around, something he was surprised by.
“To be very honest, I have had problems letting go of this one. It’s just been three or four weeks, and I’m literally just feeling better. Never have I enjoyed, outside of ‘Home Improvement’ and maybe moments of ‘Galaxy Quest,’ one of these jobs,” he said in a press conference for Fox in May 2021. “This crew, from the guy at the gate to Radford inside to people we ate with, I loved every second of this experience.”
He continued: “This set, I looked at every set piece. I walked through every hallway over and over again, always looking around. It didn’t help. Having this pulled from us several times like that, you get used to sudden death and for some reason I prefer that. For whatever reason this was the end of the nine-year stretch on this. [It’s] very difficult on me.”
Allen married his college girlfriend Laura Deibel in 1984, with the couple welcoming their daughter, Catherine, five years later in 1989. The couple legally separated in 1999, when “Home Improvement” first went off the air and Allen’s career was on the rise.
When looking back on his marriage prior to his separation, Allen admitted he “let his family slide” and put too much focus on his work life over his home life. Their divorce was finalized in 2003.
“How many times do I have to tell myself that, on my deathbed, I’m not gonna say, ‘Gee, I wish I’d spent more time at the office?’” Allen told USA Weekend in 1997.
In 2001, Allen began dating actress Jane Hajduk, going on to marry her in 2006. They welcomed their daughter Elizabeth in March 2009.
“I was gone so much in my first marriage, I love the moments when I engage with my youngest daughter now,” Allen told Parade in 2011. “It’s not my thing to sit on the ground and play tea party, but I’ll do it because it’s a moment that will stick with me forever.”
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While Allen’s fans look to him as a famous comedian, he told Closer Magazine in 2017 that neither one of his daughters think he’s particularly funny, although he admitted he still tries to get a laugh out of them every so often.
“The older one will roll her eyes, and the younger one just stares at me – I think she’s done with me,” Allen told the outlet. “But I still try to play jokes and make them laugh.”
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A VEGAN-turned-carnivore has defended not feeding her two-year-old son any vegetables, but serving him raw brains for dinner.
Gloria Zasso, 30, from Munich, Germany, converted to vegetarianism when she was 12, and later became a vegan before turning only eat meat for "health reasons".
Everything changed for Gloria, who has a two-year-old Isaac with her IT consultant husband Thomas, also 30, after her son was born.
In 2017, she suddenly developed rheumatoid arthritis – an autoimmune disease, causing pain and stiffness in the joints – which left her hands and feet in agony.
She said: “The condition came out of nowhere and was incredibly painful, to the extent that I often couldn’t walk, brush my teeth or lift my newborn son up, which made me feel horrible.”
Doctors offered to put her on a course of immune suppressant drugs – but stay-at-home-mum Gloria was determined to treat herself naturally.
After conducting her own research, she arrived at the theory that it could be her eating regime that was to blame, owing to a deficiency in certain nutrients contained in animal products.
She said: “I did lots of research and decided I would give eating meat another go. Even though the idea made me feel disgusted, I was in so much pain I’d try anything.”
Slowly reintroducing herself to animal products in August 2017, Gloria started supplementing her diet with eggs, dairy and bone broths – a move which she said immediately saw a slight improvement in her health.
In September 2018 Gloria decided to incorporate meat back into her diet, starting by eating a portion of raw liver.
She said: “The first time I did it, I really had to force it down and hold my nose while I ate it – but after that I began to feel better.
“The thought of eating a steak made me feel like vomiting but I knew I had to try everything to get better, so I went for it.”
Then a month later, while searching the internet, she came across the “raw carnivore” diet.
She explained: “It didn’t sound particularly pleasant, but I wasn’t eating meat for pleasure anyway, so I thought I might as well try it.”
Now, still refusing to take prescribed medication, she eats raw steak or raw offal for breakfast, followed by a cooked meat dish such as slow cooked lamb shoulder for dinner.
She also feeds her husband and toddler the same gory diet of steak, organs and bone marrow that she now swears by and doesn’t feed him any vegetables at all – although he does occasionally eat fruit.
Gloria aid: “Now, Isaac and Thomas eat almost the same as I do, and they seem to both enjoy it.
“Of course, I get a lot of criticism from people I know, and people on social media, particularly with regards to Isaac, telling me that it’s irresponsible not to give a child vegetables.
“As a mother, you are always questioning your choices, and I do worry about what he eats – but so far he is healthy and active, and you have to listen to what the body is telling you.”
The beef steak, kidney, liver, heart and lamb brain – which she buys from local butchers – do not come cheap, and Gloria as she only eats responsibly sourced food.
“I am still against the mistreatment of animals, but I don’t hold the philosophy still that we shouldn’t eat animals at all,” she said.
“I make sure that everything we consume has been treated well and killed humanely, and on top of that try to eat ‘nose to tail’ so that there is as little wastage as possible. And I’m at peace with that.”
She continued: “I still don’t love the taste of eating meat – I still see it as a kind of medicine, but one day it might be one I enjoy.
“I feel so much better now. I can live my life again and am able to function, which for a while I could not.”
Daniel O’Shaughnessy, a nutritionist for The Naked Nutritionist clinic in Harley Street, London, warned of the risks of eating raw meat.
He said: “In a diet such as this there is no fibre which is not considered healthy at all, especially for a child in early days of development.
“Children need nutrients from plants to thrive and grow and ward off deficiencies.
“I would not recommend this diet be mimicked if someone is suffering pain from rheumatoid arthritis. I would suggest someone seeks advice from a health professional before changing their diet to support a diagnosis.”
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so my awesome wife got me an entire CB setup for my birthday (i gave her a list of what i wanted ). so i did a ton of thread searching on this website trying to figure out how to do the installation. everything from getting power to the CB, getting wires through the firewall, taking apart the center console, routing the antenna from inside the cab to the bed, removing the little bed pockets, mounting the antenna, antenna grounding issues with the non metallic bed, and more. i had to view quite a few threads to find all the information i needed.
so, since there was not a single thread with all the information for installing a CB, i am making this detailed post for the next guy who wants to install a CB.
so, here is my setup: (everything was purchased from right channel radios http://www.rightchannelradios.com/).
uniden 520xl CB.
firestik 4 foot non ground plane (NGP) antenna 3-way mount kit.
antenna fold over adapter.
i chose the NGP because i have read about grounding issues with the tacoma bed. it was just easier to not have to worry about it. also, the mount end of the antenna coax is flat and i thought it would make it easier to route it the way i wanted.
even after seeing how others have mounted their CBs, i was still unsure as to where i wanted to mount it. i did know that i wanted it to be in view so i can easily see the display and adjust the controls. many people mount their CBs inside the armrest. i think that is a great location because its out of the way and fits perfectly. however, i really wanted a location where i could see it. my first choice is inside the pocket in front of the cup holders, but i didnt know how much space was behind it. my second choice was along the left side of the center console.
i placed the cb in the pocket and messured how far i would have to recess it. it looked like i would need to recess it by about 4 inches.
as a backup, i was seeing how it fits along side the center console.
well... only one way to find out... time to take the center console apart.
the first step is to remove the cup holders. you can easily pry it up with your fingers. (at the arrows).
once the cupper holders are out of the way, you can reach around inside and push up on the trim for the gated shifter. once it pops out of the 2 front clips, you can slide your fingers around the trim and pop it out of the other clips (its pretty easy).
the trim can be pulled over the shifter.
next, open the armrest and pull out the little carpet piece. i just pinched the carpet fibers with my fingers and pulled it out. this will expose the 2 bolts that need to be removed. this is also where i discovered that i didnt own a socket set, doh! so i made a quick trip to home depot (btw, these are 10mm bolt heads.)
next, remove the 4 screws holding the front and back center console pieces together. also make note of the tabs (marked by the square).
once the 4 screws and 2 bolts are removed, you can remove the armrest. slightly lift up on the back of the armrest and pull it back towards the rear of the truck. make sure that you gently release the 2 tabs (in the previous picture). you may have to try differrent angles on the armrest as you pull back.
this little pocket has to be removed. just pull it towards you. it comes out easy.
the front part of the center console has 5 tabs. just pull it towards the rear of the truck. it comes out easy. with the whole console removed, we can see whats behind it and determine if there is room for a CB. unfortnately, the airbag system is sitting there along with a huge plastic panel. this panel has alot of bracing behind it. it would be alot of work to carve out space for the CB here. also, its way too close to the airbag system. oh well, on to my second choice.
with the front piece of the center console back in place, i started placing the CB in various locations on left side to find a mounting location.
i found a spot that was most out of the way for me and marked mounting holes with a sharpie.
drilled out to accomodate #10 screws.
CB bracket mounted. i angled it back so that i can view the display flat on.
console piece re-installed with CB mounted on it. it sits next to my knee so there is plenty of space so i dont bump into it.
re-assembled the entire console. its at a perfect spot for me. i can easily reach all the controls on the CB and i can easily see the display.
you can then wire the CB up through the dash or from under the seat. if you pull the seat all the way back, you can see an opening used for other wires. this is where i chose to run all the wires.
to gain access to the area under the carpet, the door sill has to come off. this was a HUGE pain in the ass. it is held on there very tightly with a bunch of clips. i started by pulling up on the rear most part of it. once the rear clips released, i could get my fingers under the rest of it. but i had to pull VERY HARD. i was afraid that the sill piece would break or that i would break clips. fortunately, they released without breaking.
the clips on the left in this picture are the ones that are hard to pull off. there are a total of 6 of these.
there is also this little clip thats holding the carpet down. you can easily pry it up with a screw driver.
a wire coat hanger is your friend. i couldnt have done all this work without one. so i pushed the hanger under the carpet from the door sill to this opening in the carpet. i then taped the power wires from the CB to hanger and pulled them both back through under the carpet.
i was initially going to power the CB with a fuse tap on the fuse box, but i got the wrong size tap (you need the SMALL taps and fuses ). so i decided to wire it to the battery. to get wires through the firewall, i pushed the hanger through the gromet that the hood release cable parallels.
the hanger came out here above the E-brake pedal.
i pulled the hanger farther out and taped wires to it.
pull the hanger out and the wire will follow.
with the power wires through the firewall, i prepped them for attaching to the battery.
the wire also needed to be routed behind the kick panel and along the door sill. for me, removing the kick panel was impossible. it was on there so tight. i pulled from the bottom of it near the weather stripping and was able to separate these 2 clips. it was enough to tuck the wires in behind it.
popping up these brackets makes it easy to route the wires along the sill. they easily pry up with a screw driver.
connected the power wire from the CB to the wire routed to the battery.
tucked the wires into the sill. i purposely left extra length on the power wire.
next, i tackled the PA speaker. i started by adding ends to the PA wires.
this spot in the engine compartment had the most space for the PA speaker. but i would need to fabricate some sort of mount.
the wire that came with the PA speaker was not long enough to reach from the CB to the location that i wanted to mount it. so i had to add extra length. again, i pulled the wire under the carpet, along the door sill and through the firewall.
i inserted the wire into some flex tubing and routed it behind the engine.
i zip tired the flex tubing to an existing wire harness.
here is the mounting "bracket" that i came up with. i took 2 pieces of metal (found at home depot in the hardware section) and bolted them together and to another bracket on the fender well. its rough looking, but it works.
bracket attached to the PA speaker.
PA speaker mounted to the fender well.
i also covered the power wires with some flex tubing and placed the wires near their mount points.
next, i had to get the antenna coax from the CB to the bed of the truck. on an NGP coax, you have to be very careful of the wire. any damage to it or reduction in length can lead to performance issues.
i wrapped it with tape to protect it while i was routing it through the truck.
to get the coax from inside to outside the truck, i went though this grommet in the floor of the truck (which is just under the drivers seat).
it comes up under the carpet next to the door sill.
collection of wires that goes down through the grommet.
i used the hanger to poke a hole in the grommet from underneath the truck.
i pulled the hanger up through the grommet and out from under the carpet.
i taped the coax to the hanger and pulled it back through the grommet.
once pulled all the way through, i zip tied the coax to the collection of wires coming from the grommet.
i zip tied the coax to the wire collection all the way along inside of the frame and to the back of the truck.
i wanted to utilize the bed pocket to bring the coax up through. the bed pocket is easy to remove. pull the bottom part of the pocket out towards the center of the truck. you will need to pull hard to break the seal from the tape.
then pull from the top of the bed pocket. again, pull hard enough to break the tape bond.
the whole bed pocket can then be rotated out.
i then fed the hanger down the inside of the bed side and hooked it so it wouldnt fall down.
from under the truck, this is where the hanger comes out.
i routed the coax up to near where the hanger was hanging down and taped the coax to the hanger.
back inside the bed; pull the hanger and coax up the bed side.
i drilled a small hole in the side of the bed pocket and pulled the coax through it.
prepped the end of the coax for mounting.
rockey mounts sells replacement brackets for their bed rail bike mounts. so i picked up a set to use to hold the antenna mount to the bed rail.
brackets attached to the antenna mount.
antenna mount inserted into the bed rail.
attached the coax to the stud mount and then to the fold over adapter.
there was some excess on the coax, so i tucked it behind the bed pocket. also reinstered the bed pocket and attached the antenna. i like the way the NGP coax mounts to the stud. it allows for a clean routing of the coax. however, the coax wont stay tucked up underneath the bed rail so i will need to come up with a way to do that.
the folder over adapter is really cool. the antenna will nicely fold down into the bed when needed.
now that everything is installed, i can hook up the power. positive to the battery and negative to the bolt grounded to the body.
quick check to make sure the radio has power.
finally, i reassembled everything and pulled the seat up to my driving position. the wires to the CB are totally out of the way, but i still may wrap them in some flex tubing.
i was going to install a mic holder, but since i never use this cupholder and mic fits there perfectly, this will suffice
as recommended, the antenna is at least 2/3rds above the cab.
as a last step, you have to tune the antenna.
i used the instructions from right channel radios (also, all the equipment was purchased from RCR).
i was able to get the SWR for channel 1 and channel 40 both at 1.7. on channel 20, the SWR is at 1.4. i was hoping that the SWR could be lower, but its still in the acceptable range. according on the instructions on the SWR meter, the power loss with an SWR of 1.7 is 6% so its not that bad. here is the chart the instructions had:
SWR / power loss
1.0 / 0%
1.3 / 2%
1.5 / 3%
1.7 / 6%
2.0 / 11%
3.0 / 25%
4.0 / 38%
5.0 / 48%
10.0 / 70%
i am curious to see how the CB performs. i tried to listen for conversations, but no one in range was talking. i want to make sure it all works, but i dont know anyone else with a cb
also, the PA speaker sounds softer than i thought it would. i turned the volume up to max and spoke in a moderate volume. i guess if you talk loudly into the mic, the PA speaker will be louder. i also read that the mic that comes with the CB is kinda cheap and buying a better mic would increase performance.
anyway, i hope this will help anyone who is ready to install their CB.
added flex tubing around the wires from the CB to under the seat.
on the recommendation of others on this site, i added an inline fuse to the CB power wire at the battery. i chose this style because it will be easy to check/replace the fuse should i ever need to. the fuse at the battery is important in case the power wire ever gets overloaded from the battery to the fuse at the CB inside the cab. having the wire burn up near the firewall would be bad
i was getting a fair amount of electrical noise in the CB speaker. even though the CB itself has an electrical noise filter built in (which helped alot), noise was still getting through (alternator whine, engine noise, some buzzing, window motor, the brake pedal caused a noise surge, etc...). so i found a post online about installing car stereos and about electrical grounding in automobiles. it said that the noise can come from multiple grounding loops and from the power wires being too close to other wires in the vehicle (i couldnt do anything about the power wire location, however). it also talked about how devices in the vehicle use the body to get a ground path back to the battery. i then thought about how i had the CB grounded. i figured that grounding to the wire that comes off the battery to the body was sufficient, but it makes sence that i could pick up electrical signals from other devices in the truck. so i moved the ground wire directly to the battery and about 90% of the electrical noise is gone!! so if you are getting any electrical noise in your CB, move your ground directly to the battery. another solution is to use a CB Noise filter. right channel radios sells one.
i was thinking about how to secure the coax from the antenna to the bed pocket. i examined the bed rail more closely and found that it has 2 small slots hear the end of it..... perfect for a zip tie
now its up and out of the way.


Last week, a report from Reuters revealed that there was not just one, but two Israeli surveillance firms that exploited a flaw in Apple’s software to spy on iPhone users last year. In addition to the previously known NSO Group, a lesser-known organization called QuaDream also discovered and abused the same weakness in iOS.
About the report
In the report, Reuters spoke to five individuals with knowledge of the incident, which involved both NSO Group and QuaDream remotely breaking into individual’s iPhones, thereby gaining access to user information without the user ever opening any malicious links. According to The Hacker News:
“The zero-click exploit in question is FORCEDENTRY, a flaw in iMessage that could be leveraged to circumvent iOS security protections and install spyware that allowed attackers to scoop up a wealth of information such as contacts, emails, files, messages, and photos, as well as access to the phone’s camera and microphone.
QuaDream’s spyware, named REIGN, functions in a manner similar to NSO Group’s Pegasus, granting its users full control of the device.”
Both NSO Group and QuaDream’s software programs have been purchased by foreign governments such as Saudia Arabia, Mexico, and Singapore. Last week, the FBI also confirmed that the US government purchased a license to use NSO Group’s software and had been testing it for years, believing that it would prove useful in “domestic surveillance.” However, in 2021, the agency ultimately decided against its use.
The future of ForcedEntry
Currently, Apple is involved in a lawsuit against NSO Group over ForcedEntry, but it is unknown whether the company will take any action against QuaDream now that its exploitation has also come to light. At the time of the lawsuit’s filing, Apple also alerted thousands of iPhone users that had been targeted by the spyware attack, including human rights workers, journalists, and elected officials across the globe.


For decades now Georgia has been at the forefront of urban music. Most notably Atlanta and it’s surrounding areas have been the focal point. With no shortage of talent and artists waiting to put their stamp on the game, Georgia’s newest upstart is Rell Douyon. The young new rapper hails from Marietta, Georgia and is trying to make his voice heard.
Taking a stroll down to Rell‘s Soundcloud profile page will lead you to two tracks. The first is titled “Friday Freestyle” which was released over a year ago and has racked up well over a half-million streams. The other is his new single titled “Honest” which already has close to 12K listens itself respectively.
Upon first listen you can easily tell that “Honest” is a much more polished track than his older work. The less than 3-minute long track features a new school synth-laden beat with trap heavy drums. The song has a very smooth, yet bouncy flow. The hook will is very melodious and will easily get stuck in your head after one listen.
It’s way too soon to get a clear read on who Rell Douyon is as an artist, or where he is headed. However, “Honest” is a nice attempt at making something appealing while having a nice musical vibe attached to it.
Listen to “Honest” by Rell Douyon via Soundcloud below:


In 2019, Eduard released the first of a growing family of P-51 Mustangs in 1:48 scale, all of which we have reviewed at Detail & Scale (and which you can find HERE). In this review, we sit down with their latest: the P-51K Mustang ProfiPACK Edition kit that arrived in 2021.
The origins of the “Cadillac of the Skies” began in early 1940 when the U.K. was seeking a stopgap fighter to help hold the line against the German Luftwaffe. North American developed a completely new fighter that became the legendary P-51 Mustang. During WWII, P-51s fought in all theaters of the conflict and claimed 4,950 air-to-air kills. In USAAF service, P-51s escorted bomber formations over Europe beginning in 1943 and increasingly conducted ground attack and close air support following D-Day. The definitive P-51D was fitted with a bubble canopy providing excellent 360-degree visibility, and the aircraft could reach around 440 MPH while its service ceiling was just shy of 42,000 feet. Armament consisted of six wing-mounted .50-caliber machine guns while range-extending drop tanks, rockets, and bombs could be fitted under the wings.
The P-51K Mustang was a P-51D produced at North American’s Dallas plant but fitted with an Aeroproducts propeller. As Hamilton Standard’s production of props for the P-51D simply could not keep pace with the rate of airframe production, Aeroproducts was contracted to supply the Texas plant with a hollow steel, four-bladed propeller for the Mustangs. They were visually distinctive as well, featuring a different blade contour and lacked the cuffs of Hamilton Standard units. These airplanes were designated as the P-51K. However, the Aeroproducts prop was sometimes problematic and suffered from balance issues. In the field, crew chiefs often retrofitted their P-51Ks with a Hamilton Standard unit when the parts became available. A total of 1,500 P-51Ks were built.
Eduard’s 1:48 scale P-51K PROFIPACK Edition kit comes on five injection molded polystyrene sprues containing 248 parts (about 100 parts are not used in this version of the kit). Seventeen clear parts come on one clear sprue. It contains 78 photoetched metal detail parts on one fret (most of them are pre-painted). There’s also a pre-cut, self-adhesive masking set for the windscreen, canopy, and wheel hubs. Markings for six aircraft include:
- P-51K-5 44-11622 “Nooky Booky IV,” Maj. Leonard Carson, 362nd FS, 357th FG, 8th AF, Leiston, UK, August 1944
- P-51K-5 44-11661 “Iron Ass,” Lt.Col. Jack J. Oberhansly, 334trh FS, 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, UK, February 1945
- P-51K-5 44-11631 “Etta Jeanne II/The Texan/” Lt. Huie Lamb, 82nd FS, 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, UK, March 1945
- P-51K-1 44-11471 “Little Joe/Bubbles,” Lt. Carl H. Colleps, 118th FRS, 23rd FG, 14th AF, Cheng Kung, China, 1945
- P-51K-10 44-12539, “Sigh!/Irene,” Lt. Everett Kelly, 6th FS, 1st Air Commando Group, 10th AF, Asansol, India, Summer 1945
- P-51K-10 44-12073 “Sunshine,” Lt.Col. William M. Banks, Co of 348th FG, 5th AF, le Shima, July 1945
Strengths: We’ve recently reviewed several separate issues of the Eduard 1:48 scale Mustang, and I have completed one build of their P-51D with a second one on the bench. Since 2019, Eduard is progressively releasing a complete Mustang family that (so far) covers the P-51D Block 5/10, 15, 20, VLR (Very Long Range), Mustang Mk. IV, F-6D/K, and here, the P-51K.
What’s new here for the P-51K? Primarily, it’s the decals. All other earlier issues of the had the Aeroproducts prop parts on Sprue H, and the difference here is that you get to use them now. Of course, do note that markings option C (“Etta Jeanne II/The Texan”) features the Hamilton Standard
Beyond that, all the good things I’ve described about the basic Eduard 1:48 scale Mustang in previous reviews at detailandscale.com apply to this kit as well. Eduard can indeed claim the “best 1:48 scale P-51D” with these kits. To recap, surface details are very accurate. Eduard has nailed the relatively featureless wing surfaces while rivet/fastener details on the fuselage and tail surfaces are as exquisite as they are sublime. Fits between the fuselage halves and wings are just about airtight, and the engineering is very well done. It is a real pleasure to build.
Eduard’s Mustang also has a number of building options, including an open or closed canopy, separate landing flaps, ailerons, rudders, elevators, radiator exhaust, two canopy styles, and shrouded or unshrouded exhaust stacks.
The cockpit features separate frames for the sidewalls, a multi-part seat, and excellent representations of the radio, battery, and fuel tank, down to the separate parts for the wiring and fuel line. The really impressive elements here are the photoetched parts that add a considerable amount of detail and visually interesting features to the cockpit. These include the pre-painted instrument dial faces, the gorgeous pre-painted harnesses (complete with simulated stitching details), various placards, and the photoetched throttles, trim wheel, and other parts. In sum, the cockpit looks excellent with these detail parts. Still, if PE parts are not the builder’s preference, alternate instrument face decals are also provided.
The main gear well is the best of its kind in 1:48 scale, and it builds up from about 16 parts. It is very rich with detail, from the textures of the parts and ribs to the fuel lines and pump details. All that’s missing are the smaller hydraulic and electrical lines, and the builder can add those relatively easily if they wish. There’s also a fully enclosed tail wheel well that looks excellent. Another nice feature is a single-piece gun port section on each wing. Unlike the Tamiya kit, for example, the gun barrels do not assemble out of upper and lower halves resulting in some tricky/ugly seam work. Eduard’s engineering approach here is good, but the fit can be a little hard to get just right, so test fit and use slow setting super glue. Also note that there is a blanking plate on the inside of each wing so that shell ejection ports do not open up into the hollow inside of the wing for all to see.
The masking set will save a lot of time when masking the windscreen, canopy, and wheel hubs. The exhaust stacks are great, and even though they are injection-molded, the ends are nicely hollowed-out. Here, there’s no need for a cast resin replacement set. The clear parts possess excellent optical quality, and the windscreen has an extended fairing around it, so gluing, masking, and painting is a very low-risk activity.
The markings options are very impressive. You might find yourself picking up a few Eduard’s Overtrees issues of their Mustang just so you can build other P-51Ks off this sheet. Eduard, as usual, really knows how to capture some colorful, classic, eye-catching schemes. “Little Joe” is particularly eye-catching with its nose art and stylized lightning bolt that on the fuselage and wings. The same certainly goes for “Sigh!,” with the diamond checkerboard tail. The colors on “Sunshine” and the black and white checkered-nose of “Etta Jeanne II” also pop. The decals were printed in-house by Eduard, and they all look great. I can see no technical errors in printing. There’s also a valuable painting guide highlighting where natural metal versus aluminum lacquer-painted surfaces are found on silver P-51s. Also, the decals are of the “wet transfer” style of decals that Eduard has recently introduced in their kits. They are applied like any regular water slide decal, but after about 24 hours, the carrier film can be removed.
Eduard has produced another great Mustang kit here, and the P-51K is a welcome addition to this growing family of 1:48 scale kits. As with its other stablemates, it features an excellent combination of detail, allure, and gorgeous markings options. Of course, you can always add more detail, and Eduard has released a range of aftermarket super detail sets for their P-51D/K kits. Stay tuned here at Detail & Scale for reviews of more P-51s from Eduard that are on the horizon.
We thank everyone at Eduard for the review sample. You can visit them on the web at http://www.eduard.com and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/EduardCompany.
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Detail & Scale


I honestly don’t know what it is about Devendra Banhart, but something about his songwriting always just feels like I’m at home. Maybe it’s the slight quiver just beneath his voice, or maybe its the sincerity that shines through his lyrics. On his newest single, it seems like Devendra is definitely getting personal, having penned a song in memory of three lost friends. It’s such a gentle number, with these beautiful arrangements behind Devendra’s voice and guitar; they add this textural depth that is often overlooked in his writing. His new album Ma is being released by Nonesuch on September 13th. It’ll be followed by a bunch of tour dates for the Fall, including a stop in Austin for Levitation.
Not really sure how many folks will be working today, so why not run something we’re all going to love…at least I think we should. It’s a new video from Magnetic Fields, offering another glimpse at what’s to come with 50 Song Memoir. While we’re all pretty used to Stephin’s ukulele, he opts for a song entirely built on synthesizers. His voice is spoken word for the most part, except when he offers that deepened croon during the song’s chorus. I love the fact that Merritt always stretches his songwriting when he takes on these elaborate musical plans. The album is being released by Nonesuch on March 10th…and I’m oh so ready.
Wilco is streaming their new album Wilco (The Album) from their website! The stream is really crappy and poorly set up… but check it out anyway. Anyone want to offer some first opinions? You can get your physical copies of this one June 30th via Nonesuch.
Black Keys front man Dan Auerbach just released a brand new single from his upcoming solo effort Keep it Hid due out Feb. 10th via Nonesuch records. The new tune is entitled “My Last Mistake”. What’s your take on the famous front man’s new solo project? We dig it.


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Recently Updated! This Instant Pot Mississippi Pot Roast recipe is made with au jus, ranch and beef stock for a fall off the bone tender recipe that you are going to love. The best part? Using your pressure cooker, you get it on the table in less time than in the oven or Crock Pot.
Why You Will Love Instant Pot Mississippi Pot Roast
- EASY – When you Pressure Cook a Pot Roast, not only does it take a fraction of the time it would take in a Slow Cooker, but the meat also comes out tender, juicy and flavorful everytime! This is a great beginner Instant Pot Recipe!
- GREAT TO FEED A CROWD – This recipe is great for entertaining. Your guests can just serve themselves. It makes a lot of food! Or you can just make this on Sunday night and have leftovers for lunch tomorrow!
- REAL COMFORT FOOD – There is just something about a pot roast that takes me back to when I was younger. It’s the sort of dish that warms you up from the inside and is great to eat with friends and family.
What Is A Mississippi Pot Roast?
Quite simply, Mississippi Pot Roast is the best roast you will ever eat! It is a cut of beef combined with broth, ranch dressing mix, au jus mix, and pepperoncinis. Traditionally this beef roast is made with butter, but I omitted it and I don’t think it needs it.
So, why is it called a Mississippi Pot Roast? Surprisingly it’s pretty easy to find that out. The origin of many recipes can be faded over time, but this recipe is actually not that old! Back in the 1990s, a cook made this recipe for her family and it was a hit. She eventually shared it with a friend who put it in a cookbook. From there, it slowly spread until the internet came along and this Pot Roast started getting pinned to Pinterest!
How To Make Mississippi Pot Roast In An Instant Pot
For step-by-step instructions, check out the printable recipe card below. But here are the ingredient you’ll need to get started.
Instant Pot Mississippi Pot Roast Ingredients
- OIL – To saute the pot roast. We used vegetable oil but you can use another oil if you’d like.
- CHUCK ROAST – Read below for more on selecting a roast for this dish. But you want to find one with good marbling.
- RANCH SEASONING PACKET – We are just using the powder from this Ranch Seasoning Mix. Do not follow the direction on packaging.
- AU JUS GRAVY MIX – Again, you’ll just need the contents of the packet to make the sauce.
- BEEF BROTH – If needed you can substitute with vegetable broth.
- PEPPERONCINI PEPPERS – You can use whole peppers or the slices that come in a jar. If you use the jarred kind, keep the juice as you can add it later for a boost of flavor.
Using your pressure cooker, this roast is done is half the time it would take in the oven and far faster than a slow cooker method. (I did include slow cooker instructions after the printable recipe at the bottom of the post) I love using the Instant Pot for recipes that traditionally are slow cooked like this Instant Pot Chicken Gnocchi Soup and this Instant Pot Corned Beef recipe. The flavor that a pressure cooker can bring is amazing!
For tips on how to use an electric pressure cooker check out our pressure cooker guide.
What cuts of beef are the best for Mississippi Pot Roast?
Just another reason to love Mississippi Pot Roast is that you can use all kinds of cuts of meat. I see chuck roast for sale all the time at my local grocery store which is why I am using this particular beef. I stock up when I see it on sale so I can make this recipe.
These are the best cuts for making Instant Pot Mississippi Pot Roast
- Chuck Roasts
- Rump Roasts
- Bottom Rounds
How To Serve Mississippi Pot Roast
This pot roast would taste great served any number of ways. We love to simply serve it on a pile of Mashed Potatoes. You can also serve it with Rice, Mashed Cauliflower, Cauliflower Rice, Egg Noodles, Spaghetti Squash or simply with a side of roasted vegetables.
Mississippi Pot Roast Crock Pot Method
Making Mississippi Pot Roast in the slow cooker is simple. It is an easy dump and go method. Place everything in your slow cooker and turn on low for 8 hours. For a deeper flavor, brown your roast in a skillet before placing in your slow cooker.
Leftovers, Storage and Freezing
Store leftovers in an airtight container in your refrigerator. You Pot Roast should be good in the fridge for 5 days. Reheat in the microwave.
You can freeze Mississippi Pot Roast. Let it come to room temperature and store in a freezer safe container or freezer bag. It will be good in your freezer for about 4 months. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator.
Notes, Tips and FAQs
- What if my broth is too runny? – Make a cornstarch slurry that is equal parts water and cornstarch. Add to your liquid until you achieve the desired consistency.
- Do The Pepperoncini Peppers Make This Pot Roast Too Hot? – Nope! Most of the heat cooks out of the peppers. And they aren’t too hot to begin with.
- What If My Roast Is Too Big For The Instant Pot? – We love searing our roast in the Instant Pot because that makes this a one pot meal (and less dishes). But, if needed, you can cut your roast up into equal sized pieces and sear them on a hot skillet with some oil. Once seared, you should be able to fit both individual pieces in your Pressure Cooker.
- Do You Need To Sear Your Beef For A Pot Roast? – The key to getting a rich, delicious flavor is to brown each side of your beef roast. If you need to you can always cut up your roast into large chunks to get it browned easier. I love that you can do all of this right in the Instant Pot using the saute mode!
- Be Patient – another tip is to let pressure naturally release for 20 minutes once to cooking cycle completes. If you quick release the pressure at this point you run the risk of the meat toughening up. Resist the urge to make it go faster and wait the full 20 minutes.
- Can You Cook A Frozen Roast In An Instant Pot? – Yes you can! A pressure cooker comes to temperature fast enough that you can safely cook frozen meat in it. Unfortunately, you can’t sear frozen meat, so you’ll have to skip that step.
I hope you enjoy this Recipe for Instant Pot Mississippi Pot Roast. We’d love to hear how it turned out in the comment section below. Thanks for reading.
If you haven’t joined the Instant Pot/Pressure Cooker craze yet, you need to. This handy device has been a huge help in the kitchen. I can get meals on the table quicker and with only one pot to cleanup. It has been a lifesaver. You can pick up one for yourself on Amazon, just click here!
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Instant Pot Mississippi Pot Roast Recipe
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 3-4 pound beef chuck roast
- 1 package 1.25 oz, ranch dressing seasoning packet
- 1 package 1 oz, au jus gravy seasoning packet
- 1 cup beef broth
- 3-4 pepperoncini peppers
- mashed potatoes for serving if desired
- Place oil into the Instant Pot and place roast in pot. Sautee on each side until browned.
- Add broth and sprinkle seasoning packets on top of roast and in the pot. Place peppers on top of roast.
- Place the lid on the Instant Pot and seal shut. Close the pressure release valve. Set the Instant Pot to manual, high pressure for 45 minutes.
- When the cooking cycle is complete, let pressure naturally release for 20 minutes. Open the lid and use two forks to shred the beef and remove bones, or remove roast from pot and slice and shred on a plate. Remove peppers from pan and cut with a knife, discarding seed bunch and stem, and mix in with the beef.
- Return beef to pan and mix with juice. Serve over a bed of mashed potatoes if desired.
Nutritional information is an estimate and provided to you as a courtesy. You should calculate the nutritional information with the actual ingredients used in your recipe using your preferred nutrition calculator.
Sharing of this recipe is encouraged and appreciated. Copying of full recipe to any social media is prohibited.
Wally Firkins says
I made this recipe exactly as written and it was amazing. I was actually a little bit dubious about this recipe but my wife and I thought it was delicious. Thank you for your recipe. I definitely will make it again.
I am so happy you and your wife liked it! I thought it strange at first, but it has become one of our favorites.
The total time on this needs to be dramatically updated. It does not take 45 minutes. It’s 45 minutes + 20 minutes release + time to come to pressure. After browning the meat and shredding, you’re closer to 1 hour 30 minutes total time.
just as Chris say,s time needs to be changed..actually would have preferred slow cooking to pressure. its usually a family fave. but lesson learned diff recipe = not the same expectation. still GREAT tasting roast, just not what we’re used to while slow cooking. We did try a few other, new to us, recipes of yours and soooooo happy with them. xoxo.
Thank you for sharing your experience. I am so glad you are enjoying our recipes! 🙂
Debra McFarland says
This is the best pot roast I’ve ever had!!! So easy to make. I get lots of compliments on this recipe.
I’m so glad you love it!
Very delicious thanks for the recipe
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
My roast is on the smaller side. It’s 2 pounds should I just do 30 mins then the 20 min release?
I would keep the cooking time as is.
Gonna try this tmm but has anyone ever added carrots to this bc we love cooked carrots with r roast?
We always add carrots to the roast while it’s cooking and the carrots take in the flavor of the roast and drawings – it’s delicious. Growing up we always had pot roast and I was never a fan but this recipe was a game changer. Love it!
Hands down the best pot roast recipe. I use pork as often as beef. YUM!
Thank you for sharing! I am so happy you enjoyed it. Great tip about using pork!
Ashley Hackenberg says
Can u freeze this
I haven’t done it myself but I don’t see why you wouldn’t be able to, all the ingredients are freezer friendly.
Kimberly Cronhamn says
sounds great will try soon. Thanks. Kim from Nevada.
I”m happy you enjoyed it!
Used a trump roast and it wasn’t as tender as when I made it with a chuck roast! I put it back in for 20 mins after I sliced it up. The flavor is excellent though
I made this earlier this week and it was amazing, so much faster than the crockpot.
I made it again yesterday for Mother’s Day and something went crazy on me. I needed two roasts for the amount of people so we used two insta pots. I seared the roasts in a skillet to try to make it faster but I cooked the roast for the 45 minutes and released steam got 20 minutes. It wasn’t even close to done. I ended up cooking it for another 54 minutes before it was ‘done’ but nowhere near what it was the first time.
It happened in both insta pots and idk what happened. I added potatoes & carrots last time at about 40 minutes cook time and they cooked up perfectly during the steam release. Any idea Kathy?
This is really strange, the only thing I can think of would be that the seal wasn’t properly sealed on the pressure cooker but I can’t imagine that would be the case on both pots. Did you use the same amount of liquid in each pot?
Same. My meat wasn’t tender at all! I’m going to try and cook it a bit longer ♀
Gail Wrzaskowski says
I don’t have an instapot. Ha anyone made this in a slow cooker?
Yes, you can cook on low for 8-10 hours.
Gail Wrzaskowski says
I don’t have an instapot. Has anyone made this in a slow cooker?
This is my new favorite IP recipe. It worked well with bottome round roast as well. Thank you!
Yay! I am so happy you enjoyed it!
Can I do this with a frozen roast? How do i determine the time adjustment for that? Looking forward to trying this!
Yes, you can add 10 minutes, be aware that it will take longer for the pressure cooker to come to pressure with a frozen roast.
I tried this recipe exactly per directions with a 2.81# chuck roast. It was not tender at all. Could not shred it. Tried another cycle of 45 min high pressure cook with 30 min natural release. Still not able to shred. Did a third round of 45/30 and could finally shred it. Very disappointing, but the flavor was good. Stick to the slow cooker for this one.
Melissa M says
If it’s frozen should I cook it longer?
I would add 2 minutes to the cook time. It will also take longer to come to pressure.
Went by this recipe, 45 minutes of cooking and 20 natural release was not enough! It was still so tough! Putting back in for another 30 to see if that helps!! Excited to try it though!
Why is this named Mississippi pot roast?
Followed the recipe to a “T” and came out with tough meat that was not shredding at all. Honestly cooking this dish is best with a true slow cooker. Thank you for your recipe! I hope it works for everyone else :).
Meat is good but I have to add more cooking time. I went 1hr & 15min and turned out perfect!!