Show us your other obsession(s)...

bowhuntah:

Regarding your tattoo -- Aviendha from "Wheel of Time"?

GilaMinumBeer said:

Awesome! But, why do you need to perforate the top ring of that butt plug?

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haha... it helps release built up air and helps the overall function...

actually, those are earring holders.

bottlebomber said:

Nice. Is that kimchi? I just packed away my first batch of sauerkraut, and want to try more fermented vegetables.

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yessir, fermenting veggies is lots of fun. one thing you might want to try is getting some plastic screw on lids for quart or larger ball jars, drill a hole in the lid and slap an airlock in there, that way you don't really have to worry about weighing down the top. sauerkraut is my fave, i like to do half green, half red, makes a nice pink kraut.

pnj said:

Dough recipe and technique?

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that is a picture of a "chicago thin crust", i'll have to post the recipe/technique when i get home later.

gak27 said:

bowhuntah:

Regarding your tattoo -- Aviendha from "Wheel of Time"?

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No, non traditional Artemis.

There is a strong correlation between:

Homebrewing, Shooting, and Driving

scotched said:

There is a strong correlation between:

Homebrewing, Shooting, and Driving

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I like doing all three at the same time.


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pnj said:

Dough recipe and technique?

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Chicago style thin crust – First attempt (2 x 14”)

Flour (100%): 500.35 g | 17.65 oz | 1.1 lbs (ALL PURPOSE)
Water (50%): 250.17 g | 8.82 oz | 0.55 lbs
IDY (.75%): 3.75 g | 0.13 oz | 0.01 lbs | 1.25 tsp | 0.42 tbsp
Salt (1.25%): 6.25 g | 0.22 oz | 0.01 lbs | 1.3 tsp | 0.43 tbsp
Corn Oil (5%): 25.02 g | 0.88 oz | 0.06 lbs | 5.56 tsp | 1.85 tbsp
Butter (3%): 14.73 g | 0.52 oz | 0.03 lbs | 3.11 tsp | 1.04 tbsp
Total (160%): 785.55 g | 27.71 oz | 1.73 lbs | TF = 0.09
Single Ball: 392.77 g | 13.85 oz | 0.87 lbs

Dissolve water/salt, mix ½ of flour, yeast together.
Combine water/salt and flour/yeast, oil/butter with paddle, knead for about 8 mins.
Attempt to add other ½ of flour, incorporate as best as possible. It's gonna be really shaggy, not all the flour will be incorporated.
Put into oiled bowl to 1.5 hr rise in oven w/ light and cup of hot water for humidity, no cover on the bowl.
Scale (divide), allow to rise for another 1-2 hrs, or put into fridge for future use.
Preheat stone for 1 hr at 500.
Roll by hand to desired thinness, add topppings, slide onto stone for about 10 minutes to bake.

My mods: Corn oil was more like 28g, butter was more like 16g, let rise in oven for about 2 hrs with light on, cup of hot water and no cover on bowl. Removed to counter, split into two, put one in fridge, other on counter, both in dough proofers, sprayed with oil to remoisten surfaces. Let room one rise again while oven warms up.

1st day dough was a little tough, very cracker like when cooked on the stone.
2nd day dough was much more like commercial thin crust, slightly chewy and crunchy, overnight rise seems to be the right way.

wait you guys have time for other obsessions? I have SWMBO and brewing... the rest kind of got pushed aside... If I had more time (like before i got married) it would be: guns, hunting, fishing, 4 wheeling, woodworking, hot rods, aquariums, hobby farming and cooking. Since ive been married its: her, cooking, hobby farming and brewing... apparently time disappears when women are around.

Welcome to CrossFit: Forging Elite Fitness

I have been doing crossfit for a while now and I could never go back to a traditional gym or workout routine. It is a great community that is super supportive. One day I would love to train for the crossfit games but there is no where near enough time in my life to devote many hours a day to training.

Chromados

jtsims21 said:

apparently time disappears when women are around.

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Depends on the woman. What are the time demands she requires of you? Im not saying my wife has none, but I still have time for most of my hobbies regularly. And we have a kid too.

I played in my football league today, and planned a camping/fishing trip for April.

johnsma22 said:

Driving and forever tinkering with my Pontiac.

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Dude that Poncho is (.)(.)'s

Hang Glider said:

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I do believe these are the (.)(.)'s

This: (horrible picture)


These:


And These:

davidr2340... do you have those pics posted on a poker forum? I believe I saw those when I was looking for inspiration for my poker table build. They look nice.

Here's how mine turned out... (and another of my obsessions )

Lights off


Red Lights on


Multi-color Lights on (Final Table)


Both Lights on and full view of table


The stain was a pain in the rear... I stained and sanded at least four times each to get it to fade... the pictures don't really do it justice. It has a nice sheen and fade in person.

Great work on your table! Amazing actually!

I used to frequent Scott's Poker Table Forums back in the day!

unionrdr said:

Well,ok...here's mine;
http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss71/unionrdr/midwest%20mazdafest%202010/IMG_5661.jpg Midwest Mazdafest 2010,won best in class.
http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss71/unionrdr/midwest%20mazdafest%202010/IMG_6223.jpgI'm in the middle of the first row with my award.
http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss71/unionrdr/family%20fun/bbqpitboy.jpg
And of course; http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss71/unionrdr/brwcrnr1.jpg

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Fixed I hope

Now they're really fixed.

I must say unionrdr... that is a well organized brewing space. And a buttload of Leinenkugel's boxes.

Well.. Even though one of my (many!) hobbies is photography, I don't really take any pictures of my hobbies.. BUT.. I'll at least list them off..

- Amateur Radio, anything RF related
- Photography, mostly still life, product shots
- RC planes (electric), both building and flying
- Shooting (pistols, rifles, but not a hunter)
- Aquariums (freshwater, but kinda pulling back a bit)
- Pool, APA, but taking a break from league
- Collecting pipes and pipe smoking
- Music, violin and irish whistle (though play neither very well)
- Flight sims, want to learn to fly, love plans. Fly X-Plane myself
- Linux, was a linux admin for about 10 years, burnt out on IT but still tinker at home
- This may sound weird, but parties. We tend to host some pretty epic parties, it is almost a hobby in itself. DEFINITELY not posting pictures from those

BrewJob87 said:

Basketball season!!

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Thunder up!!

motocross
building pirate ships out of trash
tiny trucks
catching and raising wild animals

dood, sweet daihatsu, i used to roll one of those around a golf course years ago.

I have many hobbies such as tinkering with computers, mountain biking, acoustic guitar, surf fishing, camping, hanging w/ wife 4 kids and dog, but my biggest obsession is golf. A very frustrating and impossible game to master. I think I'm the only golfer so far!

djevans3 said:

... but my biggest obsession is golf. A very frustrating and impossible game to master. I think I'm the only golfer so far!

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Nah, there are others here, we just refuse to admit it's an obsession...

android said:

dood, sweet daihatsu, i used to roll one of those around a golf course years ago.

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It was a beast, we unblocked 4th gear and took the governor off the engine and were able to get it up to 80mph. It was gnarly. Unfortunately we sold it

Right now I can't stop thinking about the brewery I'm building and my new grandson



Other hobbies are cars



and fishing

Boston (even though I'm South African and live in the UK), bikes and my boys, oh, and beer.

Im_Lars said:

Other hobbies are cars

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That is one bad Ghia!!!

unionrdr said:

Well,ok...here's mine;
http://http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss71/unionrdr/midwest%20mazdafest%202010/IMG_5661.jpg Midwest Mazdafest 2010,won best in class.
http://http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss71/unionrdr/midwest%20mazdafest%202010/IMG_6223.jpgI'm in the middle of the first row with my award.
http://http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss71/unionrdr/family%20fun/bbqpitboy.jpg
And of course; http://http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss71/unionrdr/brwcrnr1.jpg

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I was at that show. Midwest Mazdafest both '09 and '10

One of my other hobbies:



and in action

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Track cars, That's another one of my loves. This is my dedicated track car.

wailingguitar said:

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That's got to be close to (or over) ten grand in PRS alone! Nicely done. Love the Explorer and V's. I don't see any SGs...one of my personal faves. I'm not a musician, just a huge fan, and I know guitars pretty well...

gicts, you make those? Do you sell them? I might be interested in some custom leather.

I have a lot of distractions besides homebrewing..I'm into making stuff, crazy Christmas and Halloween decorating, Duning, Archery,bow making, bow hunting, Etc.

I like to pajama wrassle:





it makes this possible:



of course brewing:



I too enjoy guns and ammo:

I do some climbing and skiing. In fact it was my visits to Colorado that introduced me to craft beer and eventually homebrewing.

KayaBrew said:

That's got to be close to (or over) ten grand in PRS alone! Nicely done. Love the Explorer and V's. I don't see any SGs...one of my personal faves. I'm not a musician, just a huge fan, and I know guitars pretty well...

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LOL thanks! I have only ever had one SG, it had a crazy issue with the neck that I was never able to get repaired properly. I would like to have another one at some time, but can't justify it right now!

Cool thread.

I love to fish and monkey around at our property in North Central MN. Cheering on our Bulldogs to a NT in St Paul was mabye my best moment last year.