My wife didn’t understand why spam started showing up at the house. It is addictive and so easy to make. I even use the spam can to form the rice lol.
Devon,
You now have an excuse to buy more filament for your 3D printer to make a musubi rice mould! Win! Win!
Yes, Cliff.
Yes it is. Sigh….
According to Herself and a friend, we (the cult) also have a secret handshake that simulates a drive rod on a locomotive accompanied by whispering Choo-choo-choo while looking around.
It’s become quite embarrassing. When catching up with friends, I can no longer shake hands. Even complete strangers appear to have been briefed on the alleged Secret Handshake of the Society of LargeScale Centralia. I recently found a set of instructions under a placemat at a party.
The LargeScale Centralian Secret Handshake
1. The Coupling
- Face your counterpart square-on, feet planted as if on the footplate.
- Grasp right hands firmly—this is not a limp-wristed affair.
Elbows remain slightly bent. You are now “pinned at the crank.”
2. The Main Crank Rotation
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Keeping hands clasped, begin a smooth forward-and-down arc, followed immediately by a back-and-up return.
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The motion should be elliptical, not circular—think main crank at quarter gear, not stirring soup.
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Repeat this motion twice, maintaining steady cadence. No jerking. No racing. Steam likes rhythm.
3. The Exhaust Release
- Finish with a gentle downward squeeze, release hands cleanly, and step half a pace back.
- Optionally exhale sharply through the nose—
chuff—but only among trusted company.
Notes for Authenticity
- Tempo should feel like a freight engine starting a heavy train: deliberate, confident, unstoppable.
- If performed correctly, bystanders will sense purpose without understanding why.
- If both parties smile at the same moment during Step 3, you’ve found your people.
Cliff, I’m not a hugging sort of person, but it’s now my default greeting purely to avoid the handshake.
But you know the funny thing is… I can easily picture In my mind, Hollywood, Sean, and Lou arguing about how the handshake should be done, while Bruce & Todd just shake their heads and mutter GHA amateurs 
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Just for that you are not getting the password.And no, it’s not PASSWORD.
Or maybe it is.
That’s hilarious, Bill!
For training purposes, maybe an you get Herself to video you performing it with someone?
No way Cliff… not until Lou can convince Hollywood & Sean that the hand shake they are using is the secret handshake of the Hungarian ModellVasútFórum. I can only imagine, Lou will point out that saluting before the (GHS) handshake does not work well when a beverage is held in the left hand.
Look Cliff, of course as this “cult” only appears to be a figment of some misguided South Australian imaginations, I suspect we would have to see if Sean & Hollywood can agree on whether:
- the salute comes first,
- the left hand must be empty, and
- scale is declared silently at the end,
so there’s simply no point in attempting to show it.
Anyway there are those (I’m talking to you Bruce & Todd) who believe GHA should be semi-mysterious and that includes the GHS. And that gets me off the hook entirely.