Don't Do That.

[Broothru]

If I haven't said so elsewhere previously, thank you for your service. Now more than ever, our patriots deserve recognition.

Thank you for the acknowledgment. Military service was the defining factor in my life, right behind marriage and family which always came first. Yet after 26 years in the uniform of my country, I do not consider myself to be either a “militarist” or “conservative”. Quite the contrary in fact.

When ever someone thanks me for my service, I merely reply that it was my honor and privilege to have served.

 

[Brew_Dude41]

Don't try to warm soft flour tortillas in a plastic (enter proper name for that round thing with a lid) on the bottom shelf of the oven while 'toasting' the corn hard taco shells on the rack above it @ 375...

Don't do that!

 

[Brew_Dude41]

Contributing any money into a 529 plan for the son that just ran full speed into the wall because some cartoon kid did the same thing on TV. (Minutes after his Mom melted that other thing) Just like the cartoon he fell flat on his a@@ in a daze when the wall didn't budge.
Saving for college, why am I doing that?!

 

[Drewch]

Quite true. When I first set to sea (55 years ago) the Navy’s predominant steam plants were transitioning from 600 psi to 1,200 psi. In most aircraft hydraulic systems we’re talking 3,000 psi. Scary stuff when you stop to think about encountering a pinhole leak.

That's the scary thing about pressure — there's (usually) no way to see it.

 

[bruce_the_loon]

So we regularly make maize(corn) meal porridge for breakfast. The first step is to wet the maize meal to make sure it doesn't form clumps, just like avoiding dough balls when mashing in. A cup of maize meal is dumped in a bowl and a cup of cold water is added and allowed to soak for several minutes including the odd stirring. Then the slurry is mixed in with boiling water and cooked. Sounds simple.

So last weekend, after no drinking the night before, I go into the kitchen, grab the container of white, granular, self-leveling stuff off the shelf, measure out a cup and add the cup of water as I've done for many, many years. I then continue on with setting up the cook pot with water and salt on the stove before turning back to the bowl of soaking maize meal. I notice that the water is just sitting on top of the white, granular, self-leveling stuff and not soaked in yet. It can happen where some water stays on top due to a dry layer, but this was excessive.

I grab a spoon to stir it up and then realize that the white, granular, self-leveling stuff was sugar, not maize meal. Some words were pronounced and the sugary mix was put into a storage vessel while the correct white, granular, self-leveling stuff was retrieved from the correct storage location (nothing was misplaced, so can't blame it on that) and breakfast continued.

I'm still trying to figure out what my face would have looked like if I'd poured the sugar slurry into the boiling water and wondered where it all disappeared to.

Assuming one white, granular, self-leveling stuff is another white, granular, self-leveling stuff! Don't. Do. That!

 

[mac_1103]

Assuming one white, granular, self-leveling stuff is another white, granular, self-leveling stuff! Don't. Do. That!

There was that one Thanksgiving when I spent an hour trying to make gravy with powdered sugar...

 

[Skeeter686]

I've sprinkled ground cumin on French toast, instead of the intended cinnamon. They have a vaguely similar color, and both labels start with a 'c'. And I'm not usually very sharp in the morning.

My wife has suggested that I should go to bed with an IV of coffee in my arm, on a timer that starts the flow a half hour before my alarm clock rings. Sometimes I think that might not be a bad idea.

 

[Drewch]

I've sprinkled ground cumin on French toast, instead of the intended cinnamon.

Am I the only one who thinks that sounds like it could actually be kinda good?

 

[balrog]

There was that one Thanksgiving when I spent an hour trying to make gravy with powdered sugar...

That’s called “icing”.

Still good in turkey.

 

[mac_1103]

That’s called “icing”.

Still good in turkey.

I think it would have been better with bacon. Everything is better with bacon. Even bacon is better with more bacon.

 

[Rish]

Put your priming solution on to boil then forget to turn the heat down until the kitchen is filled with burnt sugar smoke. That stuff smells like hell and is hard to breathe! Don't do that.

 

[JAReeves]

Put your priming solution on to boil then forget to turn the heat down until the kitchen is filled with burnt sugar smoke. That stuff smells like hell and is hard to breathe! Don't do that.

And then if you're lucky, you can boil the burnt sugar off the bottom of the pan, but not always. Ask me how I know .

 

[Novacor]

Had a few too many homebrews during my brew day. Changed the battery in my Tilt and put it into distilled water to calibrate. Forgot to actually calibrate the thing before I dropped it into the fermenter. Showing me a starting gravity of 1.020.

Don't do that.

 

[jerrylotto]

Had a few too many homebrews during my brew day. Changed the battery in my Tilt and put it into distilled water to calibrate. Forgot to actually calibrate the thing before I dropped it into the fermenter. Showing me a starting gravity of 1.020.

Don't do that.

Ir doesn't matter what it reads - just use it to detect change. Measure the gravity at the beginning and end of fermentation using a refractometer and/or hydrometer.

 

[Novacor]

Ir doesn't matter what it reads - just use it to detect change. Measure the gravity at the beginning and end of fermentation using a refractometer and/or hydrometer.

Yeah, actually measured gravity was 1.055. I'm curious to see how low the Tilt has it go.

 

[TheBluePhantom]

I have a couple from the holiday. First, Brew a new batch, put it in the new pressure fermenter, grab the brand new spunging valve setup and put it in place. Assume the new spunging valve is actually assembled becsuse it looks assembled, then come back the next day to a puddle on the floor and find the fitting was only hand tight on the QD, a few hours later figure out the push on line fitting was only halfway in. Oh, and the puddle is because when you are too exited to try the new setup, a gas disconnect WILL fit on the liquid post. Don't Do That.

Second, when you are cleaning up the puddle, have you son notice that the freezer is thawed. With a new delivery of a quarter cow and half a pig in it. Start swearing like a sailor and pull everything out of the Keezer, manifolds and all. Crank the temperature on the Keezer right down to the bottom and throw everything from the freezer into it, because New Years Eve is a crappy time to shop for a freezer and get a good selection.

Oh, Wait! Do do that! I just justified the cost of the keezer by saving a load of expensive meat. Now it is never a luxury expense, it is the backup freezer that also provides us with a myriad of tasty beverages.

 

[ncbrewer]

Oh, Wait! Do do that! I just justified the cost of the keezer by saving a load of expensive meat. Now it is never a luxury expense, it is the backup freezer that also provides us with a myriad of tasty beverages.

When life gives you lemons...

 

[TheBluePhantom]

When life gives you lemons...

It was bad enough to have to buy a new freezer, at lest I didn't hsve to pitch over a grand in meat.

 

[lumpher]

Rant deleted

 

[Novacor]

Yeah, actually measured gravity was 1.055. I'm curious to see how low the Tilt has it go.

Currently showing a gravity of 0.990 and 150% apparent attenuation according to Tilt.

 

[BongoYodeler]

A non-brewing "don't do that."

It's a few years old and I still laugh, even though I know I shouldn't.

 

[day_trippr]

I love that he asked "Did we get that?" while still inventorying body parts

 

[Spartan1979]

My RO system feeds right into my HLT with a float valve to shut it off so I can walk away from it. It also helps if one remembers to shut the valve on the HLT. I didn't. A couple of gallons of water on the floor.

Don't do that! (Unfortunately, this is not the first time I've done that.)

 

[BeerAndTele]

A non-brewing "don't do that."

It's a few years old and I still laugh, even though I know I shouldn't.

“He’s gonna walk it off …”

Thanks for posting.

 

[Brew_Dude41]

Either he has the worse reflexes ever, or the bad idea was "let's get a shot of me getting hit by a dude tubing"

 

[T Murph]

Accidentally connected the blow off QC to the floating dip tube port on the Fermzilla. Went to see if fermentation was active this morning and found this.

Don't do that ! On the other hand, that repitch of 1056 yeast went extremely well..

 

[JAReeves]

Accidentally connected the blow off QC to the floating dip tube port on the Fermzilla. Went to see if fermentation was active this morning and found this.
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Don't do that ! On the other hand, that repitch of 1056 yeast went extremely well..

Didn't your Mama teach you not to abuse alcohol?

Sidenote: Love the marble surfaces for the brewery.

 

[T Murph]

Didn't your Mama teach you not to abuse alcohol?

Sidenote: Love the marble surfaces for the brewery.

Momma tried to teach me better but her pleading I denied

 

[T Murph]

It's not a total loss after all. I still have wort fermenting in the yeast collection jar with what looks like a healthy batch of my Chico 1056. Smallest batch of beer I've ever made.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Sign up for a competition, bottles due in 2 days, get the beer gun out, rummage around to find 4 bottle, 2 for each style, soak bottles, peel labels, clean and sanite bottles and beer gun, then realize you got no caps.. dohhh! Needless to say I never bottle so I it's not on my list of things to grab at the lhbs.. dummy. So luckily I work close to a buddy that bottles regularly so I snagged a fee from him today, gotta bottle tonight to take them tomorrow, and we're expecting snow plus I gotta work in the morning, gonna be right down the wire. So don't run out of caps, don't do that.