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An attorney is driving along a country road on his way to an important meeting and he has a blowout. He gets out to change the tire, placing the lug nuts in the up turned hubcap on the roadway next to the car. While getting the spare out of the trunk another car passes, clips the hubcap and...

Fill to 3/4"- 1" from top

Don't know about Bend, but where I live any building over 120 SF, or that has water or power, or is intended for routine human occupancy requires a building permit. I think the minimum side and back lot line setbacks are 5 feet here, permit required or not. Also cannot build over a utility...

I think the PVC handles won't stand up to the force needed to seat a cap. Maybe high stress sections could be another material or you could insert hardwood dowels where there is excess flexing of the PVC?

Just a hick, here, so pardon my ignorance but does the water spray do all the dirty work? Do you need to use a washcloth or your hands to assist? Do you towel off after, drip dry, use TP or...?

I'm no garden or lawn expert but I consider Bermuda more weed than a desirable plant. It's really invasive in places you don't want it (like flower beds and vegetable gardens adjacent to the lawn) and tough as nails to get out. It makes for a durable lawn, once established, but looks half dead...

I don't think anyone would make the toast connection. I suspect most people think bran or blueberry when you say muffin but if you'd asked for an English muffin right off there'd be no confusion. They may also have croissants, biscuits, cornbread, bagels, etc. but the wait staff do not want to...

Sounds like Cousin Eddie came to visit

Time for you to go home - I hear your mom barking for you.

I don't think anyone was telling the OP he was wrong despite any evidence - anecdotal, empirical, or otherwise. I understood that sparging twice with the same water was either an accident or an experiment, not the normal routine and he was looking for some feedback. It does not appear that...

Donate & write off?

HWD element will scorch wort regardless of LME or pumpkin - been there. Get ULWD and you should be fine.

I think you misunderstood what I said. Sparging with water, more of the sugar remaining in the wort adsorbed to the grain bed could be extracted than if sparging with the first runnings. No gravity would be lost doing the latter but none gained.

Counterindicate what, specifically? Source please?

I've seen plenty of discussion on killer carboys; has no-one posted on the day they set their house on fire? Seriously though, I suspect many of us have had a mishap or two related to open flame, carbon monoxide, or leaky propane. Not saying that I think there's any significant risk in this...

OP just doesn't get the fascination and wondered if he is alone in this. He's not; I can relate. I enjoy watching Batman or Star Wars movies once in awhile but I'm not up on the trivia, don't collect stuff or go to conventions. I wouldn't name my kid Vader or anything. I didn't read much...

It's a matter of dilution. Your spent grain retains a considerable amount of wort. The first runnings have a high percentage of sugar. Sparging dilutes this and rinses out sugars that would have been left in the grain. You'll never get all the sugar due to potential for over extraction of...

If it doesn't come right off, I'd replace the hoses. Being dark & discolored it's hard to see what's going on inside. For me, a 1/2" hose on a 5/8" barb stays put while brewing and can be removed with minimal effort. Reduces cost for a lot of extra fittings and many fewer places for gunk to...

I don't own a plate chiller. I've read enough about cleaning difficulties that I decided not to go that route. My immersion chiller & CFC are both home made. Copper tubing, some fittings and a garden hose. Using the IC as a pre-chiller has been done before; nothing original on my part...