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Just turned off the IC water on an iipa at 2am. Can't wait to try out the new speidel tank. Seems much friendlier than a glass carboy does. Used a new manifold in the mash tun today, the efficiency was actually worse than the bazooka that floats up 1.5" in the cooler. Oh well, perhaps address low %60 mash eff next brew day.

Third brew day in a row with lightning storms and rain (what's up with the weather?). Bugs are having a field day in the brew shed with this warm humid weather. Pipeline is getting dangerously low after a vacation week.
 
Guitar players. Help? Being left handed is either something a person conquers or is plagued by. I'm left handed which seems to mean my right hand is more coordinated than my left. I'm trying to learn the guitar. Can I restring my guitar so the strings are in my right hand and strumming in my left? I've figured out threts, or is it threats? High means the bottom strings? Low means the top strings? I haven't really a clue

It just feels more natural if I'm pushing on the strings at the neck of the guitar with my right hand. But if I do that the guitar would be upside down. String wise.

Ha ha.. my son was trying to teach me some knife fighting skills he learned in the MC. I went at him with my left hand (wasn't a real knife) I totally threw him off balance. He said, Dad can you go at me right handed?

Lefty curse. I can't claim, because I don't know for certain, I just know how I am. I do a lot of stuff right handed. I write with my left hand, use scissors with my right hand. I'm better shooting a pistol with my right hand then left. Baseball bat I'm a lefty. I think I'm better as a right handed person at some things but really don't know. I don't excel in anything that takes coordination.

When I was younger, I was pretty good on the high boards, like, you know, diving and doing acrobatic crap into a pool. There was no left or right about that. Pretty much straight forward. I'm still pretty comfortable with doing that even if it has been years since I last dove. Muscle memory maybe.

What I was wondering is, can I restring a guitar backwards or upside down is what I meant? Pretty sure I can but would appreciate a go ahead from somebody who understands this dilemma

Nice thing about typing though, there is no right or left handedness to it.
 
Just bought my daughter right-handed gold clubs for her birthday Sat even though she writes and bats and throws lefty. Probably shouldn't have bought them off the internet in retrospect.

Didn't Jimi Hendrix put the strings on backwards because the left-handed guitar hadn't been invented yet?
 
My wife and I have designated Friday nights as Date Night and for the past few weeks, I have been taking her fishing on JBER (Fort Richardson and Elmendorf AFB) here on the North side of Anchorage. It is mostly stocker Rainbow trout but we have been hitting a few Kokanee and Grayling. I am teaching her to fish and she is having a great time, in fact, whenever we have a slow moment at home she likes to say "let's go fishing!'.
The other cool part about this is the amount of wildlife we are seeing on the bases. This past Friday night, we watched 2 about 100lb grizzly cubs on the should of the road, just playing and eating shrubs and grasses for about 45 minutes - never did see mama but we kept inside the car and eyes and ears open for her. The friday before last, we watched about a 350lb grizzly running down the main gravel road, his ears were pricked way up, fur standing up and he kept looking over his shoulder like he was scared of what was behind him. Never saw what had him spooked but considering that area is right along the Eagle River Grizzly Highway, it had to be a bigger bear.
Lots of moose, porcupines, beaver, loons, ducks, swans, geese, eagles and coyotes. Saw a couple of wolves up the railroad tracks away fromthe artillary trail we were on.
We are very much enjoying our last year in Alaska.
 
Thought of you yesterday Sailor. My father called to tell me a bear cub (I think we have browns around my dad's place but I wouldnt swear to it) got into the garbage. Dad chased him off banging a pot with a ladel and got a very dirty look from mama who was in the woods.
 
Subsailor - I have to get up there to Alaska. Just spent a week up in northern NH, listened to the coyotes howling at night and watched a herd of deer sniff through our campsite at night. It's wonderful to go to a place where you can actually see the stars at night. A little perspective of the day-to-day pains of your life relative to the grand scheme of things is always a good thing.



You're riding a spinning mote of dust in the void. Never forget that.
 
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There's a young grizz on East side Anchorage that has figured out how to get into the "bear-proof" garbage cans. He simply tears them off of the anchors they are bolted to in the ground and when they fall over they are actually easy to open.
I amazed some bear in the past years hasn't thought of that but it's finally happened. The powers that be may have to devise a new way of installing these cans because now that one knows how to do it, it won't take long for the rest to start figuring it out.

We have quite a few grizzlies in our area, 2 packs of wolves whose territory seems to slightly overlap. There was a lynx in our neighborhood last fall and there are 1 male and 2 female wolverines with territories here.
 
Thunder_Chicken said:
Subsailor - I have to get up there to Alaska. Just spent a week up in northern NH, listened to the coyotes howling at night and watched a herd of deer sniff through our campsite at night. It's wonderful to go to a place where you can actually see the stars at night. A little perspective of the day-to-day pains of your life relative to the grand scheme of things is always a good thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFpeM3fxJoQ
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Hi TC, I know what you mean about the stars. We have spent many nights out on the tundra out around Bethel looking up at the night sky, particularly in the Winter and being absolutely amazed at the immense number of stars visible to us with no background lighting to interfere. Of course, we have witnessed some dazzling Northern Lights displays as well, that I don't believe any photograph could ever do any justice to.
 
Happy Monday HBT crew. No headache today.

I've seen a black heron, some raccoon, and a fox or two this year for sure. I think I saw a hawk too, but the angle was off so I'm not sure.

Lets see, I finally got the calking done in the bathroom. It took almost exactly 3 tubes, which is what I estimated and bought. Then I unhooked one of the down spouts behind my house. Hooked up flexible downspout material, and ran that into the rain barrel I made last year. It's a big garbage can with a 1/2" ball valve installed in the side near the bottom. A little like a mash tun. Then I cut a hole in the lid for the downspout tubing. I managed to do that accurately enough that the lip on the tubing actually hooks under the lid and keeps it tight. It's tight enough that I don't think I need to worry about mosquitoes. The piece of flexible downspout I bought was just barely long enough. Half an inch shorter and I wouldn't have been able to get it to mount in the barrel lid like I wanted. I tried to replace the screws on the handle to one of my cabinets. I discovered that the problem wasn't the screws being stripped, which they also were, but that the threads in the handle are stripped. That's annoying. I'm going to epoxy some threaded rod in the holes and put a nut and washer on the inside of the cabinet instead.

How has everybody else's Monday been?
 
Leadgolem said:
Happy Monday HBT crew. No headache today.
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Hooray! I get migraines when the weather acts up and it is a real pisser.

Leadgolem said:
How has everybody else's Monday been?
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Good. I'm still on semi-vacation (teaching 3 nights a week through the end of August), so my evenings are starting around 11AM. We're getting a lot of heat and humidity so it is good beer-drinking weather. Pretty mellow.
 
Subsailor said:
Of course, we have witnessed some dazzling Northern Lights displays as well, that I don't believe any photograph could ever do any justice to.
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I've seen the Northern Lights, and you're right. Some things a photograph will never be able to record. Have you ever laid out on the grass at night and looked at the stars, and felt compelled to grab a hold of the ground out of fear that you would be flung out into space? If you haven't...keep trying. ;)
 
Thunder_Chicken said:
I've seen the Northern Lights, and you're right. Some things a photograph will never be able to record. Have you ever laid out on the grass at night and looked at the stars, and felt compelled to grab a hold of the ground out of fear that you would be flung out into space? If you haven't...keep trying. ;)
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Keep trying what exactly. :D
 
Day 2 of no berry picking due to a ****ed up toe. Kept ice on the foot last night and swelling is down. Pretty sure it's just the toe. I tried to pull it straight and do the popsicle stick and mailing tape thing, but that was too painful.

Last night I spent the night at my best friend Laura's house because hubby was irritating me. Told his family to go take care of him. He knew my foot was throbbing but constantly, do this, can you get me that. can you help me with this, help me with that.... No, I can't. My foot ****ing hurts and needs to be up and on ice. Laura and I had a blast. We got drunk on vodka and decorated her kitchen with origami flowers. Melted candle wax for the centers of them. Last night it was so beautiful, she hung them all over the walls and cabinets. This morning, it looked pretty gaudy and hideous, IMO. But she thought it was still beautiful, probably she woke up still drunk from last night.
 
BobbiLynn said:
Day 2 of no berry picking due to a ****ed up toe. Kept ice on the foot last night and swelling is down. Pretty sure it's just the toe. I tried to pull it straight and do the popsicle stick and mailing tape thing, but that was too painful.
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Busted toes suck, but they do get better. As long as it isn't severely dislocated it will be OK. I broke the hell out of my big toe a couple years ago. It was slow to heal, but it did heal. Tape it to its neighbor as best as you can and don't mess with it. It will get better.

BobbiLynn said:
Last night I spent the night at my best friend Laura's house because hubby was irritating me. Told his family to go take care of him. He knew my foot was throbbing but constantly, do this, can you get me that. can you help me with this, help me with that.... No, I can't. My foot ****ing hurts and needs to be up and on ice. Laura and I had a blast. We got drunk on vodka and decorated her kitchen with origami flowers. Melted candle wax for the centers of them. Last night it was so beautiful, she hung them all over the walls and cabinets. This morning, it looked pretty gaudy and hideous, IMO. But she thought it was still beautiful, probably she woke up still drunk from last night.
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It sounds like you need more vodka Bobbi ;) Beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder, or something like that.
 
Thunder_Chicken said:
I've seen the Northern Lights, and you're right. Some things a photograph will never be able to record. Have you ever laid out on the grass at night and looked at the stars, and felt compelled to grab a hold of the ground out of fear that you would be flung out into space? If you haven't...keep trying. ;)
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Yeah, that's a very weird feeling, my wife gets very dizzy and even laying on the ground looking at it doesn't help her. It does seem almost like your looking into the bottom of forever!
 
Thunder_Chicken said:
Busted toes suck, but they do get better. As long as it isn't severely dislocated it will be OK. I broke the hell out of my big toe a couple years ago. It was slow to heal, but it did heal. Tape it to its neighbor as best as you can and don't mess with it. It will get better.



It sounds like you need more vodka Bobbi ;) Beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder, or something like that.
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Good idea, I remember seeing that on of those survival shows, I've got it taped to it's neighbor now. Fourth toe over is the ****ed up one, taped it to the third toe. Yeah, more vodka will help the hydrocodone work better too, and make the flowers so pretty again.
 
BobbiLynn said:
Good idea, I remember seeing that on of those survival shows, I've got it taped to it's neighbor now. Fourth toe over is the ****ed up one, taped it to the third toe. Yeah, more vodka will help the hydrocodone work better too, and make the flowers so pretty again.
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Hydrocodone is almost always paired with acetaminophen (tylenol), which doesn't play well with alcohol. Go easy on the booze... your liver will thank you ;)
 
Some good news on the walnut front. The tree isn't dead. A couple of the lower growth buds are leafing out. It's probably lost a year or more of growth though. With it weakened like that I'll be crossing all available body parts that it lives through the winter.
 
CreamyGoodness said:
Thought of you yesterday Sailor. My father called to tell me a bear cub (I think we have browns around my dad's place but I wouldnt swear to it) got into the garbage. Dad chased him off banging a pot with a ladel and got a very dirty look from mama who was in the woods.
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Saw a roadkill black bear cub in VA driving home from Philly. Never seen a roadkill bear before. Black bears are pretty cute and it made me sad.

BL- Broken digits aren't doctor worthy, but if your whole damn foot is swollen and turned color, get somewhere to have it looked at. ER somewhere, urgent care is a joke.
 
Leadgolem said:
Some good news on the walnut front. The tree isn't dead. A couple of the lower growth buds are leafing out. It's probably lost a year or more of growth though. With it weakened like that I'll be crossing all available body parts that it lives through the winter.
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Depending on it's size a covered and packed with leaves will protect it from the worst.:D
 
Aloha,

Catching up on the last few pages.

Northern Lights. I've never seen them but have always heard they are spectacular. On my Bucket List. I remember nights at sea with the most beautiful sky above. While at sea in the Indian Ocean I once counted 6 shooting stars in a 15-20 minute span. Sunrises, sunsets and the night sky are nearly always beautiful at sea. Especially around the equator. There is very little ambient light and the air is crystal clear. Makes for a view God must of intended for us all.

You know what among many other things is pretty cool about being at sea? Porpoises, dolphins maybe. (I'm not a Marine Biologist) Those creatures love to escort ships, even one as big as an aircraft carrier. They swim alongside, jump in the air like they are riding up an invisible ramp. They will escort a ship for days, day and night. Right up on the front of the bow. I never understood why, but it is pretty cool.

The beauty of the planet and universe we live in is overwhelming and we all sometimes take a little for granted this breathtaking wonder which we have been blessed .

The previous threads also reminded me of Antarctica, on sunny summer December mornings, its bright blue sky, and of the wondrous blue light reflecting off the ice laden Antarctic glaciers and mountains. On the bad days, there was ice fog and sometimes high winds and snow. It could get a bit rough at times. You take the good with the bad, however, both beautiful still.

Something about all this makes me remember the aroma of cedar trees while driving through the Liki Liki highway in Hawaii. And, the cool crisp smell of the giant Redwoods in the Sierra Nevada mountain range.

Some days it's easy to forget what a beautiful world we live in with all the crap going on. Crap, man induced. I'm not going there.

Starry Starry Night. Between Pappy's space station videos and the time lapsed picture of our night sky in this beautiful place we call home, a song came to mind. Don McClean wrote a tribute to Vincent Van Gogh, in 1971. It's not like I was old enough to remember the year the song came out but I do remember this.

Peace,

Dan

 
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So, this guitar stuff. My son plays very very well, he's been playing for 8-9 years. My brother is a few years younger than me and has been playing since he was around 15, so 20-30 years. My youngest daughter been playing 6-7 weeks. She spends a lot of time learning to play and has the talent. She has already become pretty freaking good at playing. I'm not kidding. She's really darn good.

Me? I'm still trying to make a note, or chord sound nice and repeatable. It's going to be a lengthy journey. For whatever reason, I'm no good at this guitar playing stuff. But I have plenty of time on my hands. Will learn even if no talent. I'll learn at least one song.. Might take me many years. Much akin to brewing beer in that aspect.
 
I know there are several of you that live in northern California and I saw this link and figured I'd share. You know, in case you had nothing better to do than go on a beer Geo-caching expedition! ;)



P.S. - I'd totally try to find at least one of these if I was anywhere close!
 
Dan said:
Aloha,

The beauty of the planet and universe we live in is overwhelming and we all sometimes take a little for granted this breathtaking wonder which we have been blessed .

The previous threads also reminded me of Antarctica, on sunny summer December mornings, its bright blue sky, and of the wondrous blue light reflecting off the ice laden Antarctic glaciers and mountains. On the bad days, there was ice fog and sometimes high winds and snow. It could get a bit rough at times. You take the good with the bad, however, both beautiful still.
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Reading Frozen in Time (Coast Guard Duck Hunt). Turning into a great read. Of course I also liked Lost in Shangri-La.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16248142-frozen-in-time
 
The redwoods sure were beautiful. I haven't been there since I was a little kid.

Beautiful painting, even if it was done for a MTG card.
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