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So, I was listening to the radio today when the announcer asked me to compare and contrast two things. This is one of my biggest pet peeves. Check out the definition of compare. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Compare You'll notice that when you compare two things you note their...

I carry an Able Bodied seaman's certificate so I know basic stuff. You've got a trade off here that you've got to consider. Craft with a deep v hull will take rough water better but are going to ride rough in even calm seas. They're hard to sink but you wouldn't believe it when riding in...

That's exactly why I don't want attention called to the fact that I'm in there a couple times a week. I do appreciate McDonalds as a monument to Capitalism. Take a food product. Remove any taste, flavor, or texture that could possibly be offensive to anyone. Make it cheap and convenient...

I've got a pint of IPA in me with more to come, so here goes. I'm usually up at 4:15 to go to work. I have a fairly physical job and like a substantial breakfast. I often, two or three times a week, don't have the time or energy to fix one so I'll stop in at McDonalds and order a sausage...

I just cleaned up the grill for those rib eyes I was talking about in the cooking forum. Was thinking about taking my mini 14 out into the woods to celebrate my second amendment rights by shooting some cans. Later on take the wife and kid down to the lake to cool off. Tonight we'll grill...

My parents are bringing over some nice ribeye steaks for dinner on the fourth. I've been put in charge of grilling them. I consider myself to be a competent cook. In fact, I take a lot of pride in my abilities. Still, I'm looking at a good $40 worth of meat and it seems like a lot can go...

Awww man.:( You know, I'm usually a pretty right wing guy. I'm all about Capitalism and free markets and all that. But stuff like this makes me rethink my position. The thought of all the quirky little local establishments of the world being gobbled up and everything becoming a homogenized...

I made an amber ale two months ago that called for 1/2 lb of crystal malt. The brew shop only sold it by the pound but, without thinking, I had him grind all of it. I'd like to make the same recipe again soon. I put the unused portion in a plastic bag in my freezer. Are they still okay to...

I'd like to make about a 5 gallon batch of mead. Since it looked fairly simple I was planning on using this recipe: Simple Mead Recipe (Sack Mead) 10lbs quality wildflower honey Champagne or sweet mead yeast 5tsp yeast nutrient Approx. 3-4gal water 10 lbs of honey, looks to equal...

THAT'S IT! You're the best! :D Now, can anyone here read Cyrillic and tell me the brand name? :confused:

May you spend an hour in Heaven before the devil learns you're dead. :)

This question may be comically vague. About five years ago I visited a friend in St. Petersburg, Russia. I had some beer there that I remember as being REALLY good at the time, but can't remember the brand. I've lost contact with my friend so I can't ask him. I believe that it was some...

This has to do with my brother in law. The guy barely finished high school. Number than a stick. After bumbling around for a few years his father, a tugboat captain, set him up with a $60K deckhand job. He totally screwed that up and basically quit before he was fired, but not before he...

I wanted to try my hand at making mead. The recipe I have calls for 10 lbs of clover honey. My local health food store sells honey in quart jars from a local beekeeper for about $18 apiece. They weigh 2.5 lbs so I figure using these will cost $80. That's before I've bought the yeast and all...

I had a question about a Belgian Tripel I have in secondary. I can't remember the detailed recipe off the top of my head, but the fermentables included 9 lbs of light DME, 1 lb of honey, and I used a starter with White Labs 570 for the yeast. I'm fairly new to brewing and haven't started...