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    Help! Buying an antique Kelvinator fridge to convert into a kegerator!

    I've bought it from these guys before for another fridge but it is expensive. I recommend the softer material. http://store.antiqueappliances.com/Door-Gaskets_c_8.html The fridges I have had from this era have a relatively small volume inside so the temp is pretty even top to bottom so no...
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    Help! Buying an antique Kelvinator fridge to convert into a kegerator!

    I know this is an old thread but this is one of my pet peeves. I have a 1948 Kelvinator and a 47 Kelvinator that I use in my garage. These fridges perform great and can reach 27 degrees if I want them to. I have a Kil-A-Watt meter and have run both of them in the summer for a full month each...
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    Japanese Beetle Report

    Yes. That is the same stuff I have. The people I bought the house from 6 years ago actually planted it and were proud of it. I didn't know any better and also forgot the name. I just rip it out of the ground every few weeks, it grows faster that anything I have seen. Sevin insecticide...
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    Japanese Beetle Report

    I have had Cascade and Mt. Hood for 3 years now and they have never taken even one bite out of them. The Chinook bine is 6ft away and they always destroy it. I go out with a bucket everyday and gather as many of them as I can and burn them. Also, there is some vine that grows in my yard that...
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    Japanese Beetle Report

    Japanese Beetles are eating here in central Iowa. They attack my Chinook hops first, then go for the grapes. I also have Cascade and Mt. Hood, they never bother them. Anybody else experience this?
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    Calling all woodworkers and or painters

    Epoxy paint, they use it on commercial vehicles. Very tough stuff, it can resist rock chips like no other car paint. I used it for a primer when I was young and inexperienced, sucks to sand.
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    "So, you going to sell that?"

    I am a car guy too. People you don't even know, I mean you know their name but are not really friends with them, are always trying to get you to do something for them. For example, they say hey could you build an engine for my old car/truck I'll pay you what ever it takes. And then I suggest...
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    New stir plate - results are in

    2 inch = 50.8mm 100mm = 3.937 inch
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    beer and protein powder...

    Look at it like this: If you are serious enough about working out to take supplements and protein powders then you shouldn't be drinking beer. Looking forward to your posted results if you do decide to do this.
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    beer and protein powder...

    My opinion is not based only on my own experience, I just didn't want to get too long winded in each individual post. During 15 years in the gym with many different lifting partners, having many conversations with other members, being a member of a division 1 college athletic team, and watching...
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    beer and protein powder...

    I don't mean to say that protein shakes and other supplements are useless but I think that the costs outweigh the benefits for most people. I don't take protein shakes or any other supplements, never have. I can bench 350 and dead lift 535 while working out each body part only once per week...
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    beer and protein powder...

    I don't have any brewing input but can tell you that spending money on supplements is a waste of time and money if you are not competing in a body building or strength event. Anybody can get plenty big if they put in the work. If a person doesn't do the work in the gym supplements won't help...
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    Commercial Beer in Des Moines for a West Coast Guy?

    Look up El Bait Shop. It is a bar downtown and will be a short walk for you. You will get almost any beer you could think of there on tap and in a bottle. I am pretty sure they have Two Hearted Ale also. Tell me what you think when you get back.
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    How many gallons of homebrew in 2010?

    +4.5 gallons Saison +2.5 gallons Pale Ale 26,333+7 = 26,340
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    What do you think the new fad for BMC will be?

    I got one of those Anheuser-Busch drinking water cans this year. We had floods in Iowa that messed up the city water system. Budweiser rolled into town to pass out free cans of drinking water.
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