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Got the carbonation dead on, but I think the carbonic acid issue mentioned above was a hold up. Beer wasn't bad, but I can definitely tell it needs some time to condition. Pretty happy that I was able to get it to the completion at all. Live has gotten busy. 5 month old and rigging out a new...

So, I let a competition sneak up on me, and tasting is tomorrow night. Beer is sitting in the firm in her bra hopping, and I have to keg it and get it carbed up before this time tomorrow. Recommendations please. Initial thought is to bump the pressure to 30 PSI immediately after kegging and...

Local homebrew club got together, and had a local brewery run a pale wort for the entire club to use for a competition. It was mashed Saturday, and due to scheduling conflicts I couldn't pick it up until today. It has been refrigerated in a starsan sanitized bucket, and kept at about 40 degrees...

My inlaws are like this. If a door has a lock on it, in their mind it should be locked. My wife and I use the garage door as our lock. Anytime the MIL is visiting, she insists on locking the kitchen to garage door, even when the garage door is down. Even worse are the locks that let you open...

House is plenty big. Wife is just overly "modest".

Getting cock blocked by your mother-in-law...............the very day that the OB/GYN gives your wife the green-light post baby. Evidently an unannounced 2 to 3 day visit.

About 5 minutes from my house we have north, east, west, and old, blackstock roads...........and they pretty much all connect to one another. Everybody that calls for directions from one of them seems to know that they are on blackstock Rd, but can't manage to figure out which one.

Boaters who use their docking lights as headlights. Almost as bad, the ones that put rope lights down both sides of their boat. Dumbasses, you are blinding the rest of the boaters on the water. I am all about a very bright 360 light, and sufficiently visible bow lights. Anything beyond that is...

I find that grits being a menu option is a promising start for the future of the peoples republic of california.

This very well can be the case, depending on your location. Where I am located, we can go one of two directions. Either warm season grasses such as Bermuda, Zoysia, or Centipede, or cool season such as Fescue or Bluegrass. In my area, it's about a 50/50 split, dictated by amount of shade...

Absolutely. Species selection is everything, and sometimes that isn't even enough. I am in process of switching from a mix of fescue and bluegrass (and mainly weeds) to Bermuda. Around here if you have sufficient sunlight get Bermuda or zosya to grow they are super easy, once established. Both...

That one is actually the neighbor across the road. This is mine. Tore the yard up a bit more today. Another neighbor is a grading contractor. I have access to some expensive parts he needs for almost free, and get good perks in return. He hooked me up with a couple of loads of top soil, and...

Wow. I would take issue with that just for the flee and mosquito implications.

Ha. Right where I want it to be. Been buying time waiting on the soil temps to come up. Bermuda is pesky seed to mess with. Requires a lot of water in small doses, 3-4 times per day. This cools the soil, so you have to overshoot the ideal temp by a bit before planting so that you don't over cool...

My current situation. This is the result of a combination of roundup and 2-4-D. Down to sticky a couple of patches of Bermuda, and bare, weed free dirt. Filling in a few low spots and dog damage tomorrow. Still have a few neighborhood residents writing the president of the HOA (me) asking me...

Telemarketers that call businesses trying to peddle printer supplies and credit card processing. the printer folks are relentless. at least 2 - 3 per day. I just want to know who the people are that actually buy from or take the time to talk to them.

I wouldn't get too hung up on the thought of relocation assistance until you see $ figures. Typically they are only enough to pay for a uhaul at in town rates, and maybe enough for 1-2 unskilled "helpers" for a day. This is big $$$ for the typical lower end renter (mainly week to week crowd) but...

I've got the opportunity to speak to my father-in-law last night. He was out of town on the road because he drives a truck. I laid out to him what our goals are knowing that he could keep it in confidence. He felt like our thoughts were very reasonable and should definitely be accommodated. We...

Hardware store. It will handle the pressure no problem. Just get the kind with the reinforced nylon. I wouldn't use it long term, but it is cheap, and will cover you until real gas line can come in if it isn't available locally. Main difference is gas permeability. In the short term it won't...

Thanks everyone for your advice. Great tips here. More than anything, reading a few of your experiences has given me some good ideas on how to navigate the nuances of this all. Not upsetting the MIL is very important, as she is going to be caring for the baby quite a bit in the future (rotating...