Welcome to you @Cristina, and Happy Belated Birthday!
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Thank you! I hope you enjoy your trip here and Iād love to hear all about it after.
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Welcome Cristina, from a tiny island in the Indian Ocean.
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Thank you @LastManStanding!
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Hello Everyone ā Iām Dan ā Iāll attempt to answer the introductory questions.
(1) I live in a small town in the Arizona Desert. Yes, it is a dry heat!!
(2) I want to learn to be a better cook and add some variety to the meals I prepare for me and my girlfriend. She isnāt allowed to cook in my kitchen any longer (Kitchen Fire).
(3) During a visit back East to see my father, he picked up some hot steamed Maryland Blue Crabs ā we feasted!!
(4) In my youth, I (legally) BASE jumped the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia during āBridge Dayā.
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Welcome! In my mind, I am filling in my own details about the kitchen fire.
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Welcome Dan! I hope youāll find plenty of inspiration and tips here on HO.
I have a nephew who lives in Arizona . . . he tells us 110 is hot, whether itās dry or not 
I assume the fire wasnāt too bad since sheās still your girlfriend and your kitchen is apparently still intact.
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What town? I endured 4 years in Scottsdale.
Not that badā¦ just a singed cabinet.
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Thanksā¦ the temperature has been dropping itās going to be just below 100 next week, YEA!!
But yes, we suffered through the 110ās this year.
Yes, kitchen is intact and operational, (minor damage) just a singed cabinet.
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Fountain Hillsā¦ It is a nice community.
My girlfriend and I are older and retired, so it is a nice fit.
Thank you all for the warm welcome.
Iām still learning the forum software, if I do something incorrect, please let me know.
You know the saying about āteaching an old dog, new tricksā. 
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I donāt know that Iād call Fountain Hills a small desert town.
I thought maybe Globe or something.
We left the desert for the green PNW in 1989.
Welcome!
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I did live in Phoenix for a couple of years, so Fountain Hills feels smaller.
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Ah! Youāre out near Taliesen West and that big airplane graveyard! Good area.
Do you get back to the East often? We have a place in the Chesapeake and Iāve found a wealth of great, great crab houses and other seafood places in Southern MD.
I went back East, last year for a visit. My girlfriend and I got crab cakes at Timbuktu in Hanover, Md (near BWI airport) while we were there. YUMMY!!
In my youth, I occasionally helped out on my uncleās oyster dredge on the Chesapeake Bayā¦ Great memories of fresh oysters.
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Great oysters indeed!
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Welcome, Dan! Ive been in Phoenix in the middle of August. Dry or not, itās hot as hell!
Lots to see and do around HO. Hopefully you find a couple of places you can put your feet up and sit a spell and join in the chatter. Just donāt put your feet on the table, please. 
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Thank you.
You are correctā¦ it is HOT ā at times!!
Yes, Iāve been reading aroundā¦ looking at different threads.
Slowly but surely, Iāll learn how to navigate around the forumā¦ click this, donāt click that, etc. etc.
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