i drink a lot of beer

[Clint Yeastwood]

Waxed paper straws have worked just fine since 1888.

They get soggy and collapse. Have you not noticed? Wait...you WERE born before 2000, right? If not, never mind.

 

[mac_1103]

They get soggy and collapse.

No, they work just fine. Unless you expect them to last thru a 64 oz super big gulp or something.

And yes, I was born before 2000. But after 1888. Not sure what that has to do with anything.

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

No, they get soggy and fall apart. I remember them. Drink fast, or the straw collapses.

And sea creatures don't eat American straws or bags. We use landfills.

 

[FloppyKnockers]

The biggest problem with paper straws as I see it is that they will never achieve the prestigious designation of 'silly'.

 

[FloppyKnockers]

 

[hilljack13]

I contemplated creating this same type of thread. Around Sept/Oct I started to wonder how much I beer I was drinking. Only because I started kegging and at 5 gal each I knew I had gone through a few. As a rough estimate, including all the kegs and commercial I could remember I was right at 60 gal in 2024. I was a bit shocked and am going to have to try and cut it back a bit. I have put on ~30lbs in past two years, where the drinking has picked up and the workouts have slowed way down.

 

[shoengine]

I contemplated creating this same type of thread. Around Sept/Oct I started to wonder how much I beer I was drinking. Only because I started kegging and at 5 gal each I knew I had gone through a few. As a rough estimate, including all the kegs and commercial I could remember I was right at 60 gal in 2024. I was a bit shocked and am going to have to try and cut it back a bit. I have put on ~30lbs in past two years, where the drinking has picked up and the workouts have slowed way down.

At 6'1" I'm supposed to be around 190... currently at 231!

 

[hilljack13]

At 6'1" I'm supposed to be around 190... currently at 231!

Well, at 5'8" I was 150 out of high school and my first enlistment....now busting ~205ish.

 

[Snuffy]

Used to be, I could shake off the holiday pudge by the end of January. Nowadays the Christmas ale, pecan pie and eggnog tend to hang on until spring. Luv handles are much harder to eliminate once they've wrapped around and joined in the middle.

 

[Dland]

Here's something really funny. I had two Chinese front-load eco-washers in a row. Samsung and LG. I always smelled like mildew, because it's literally impossible to keep this type of machine from growing fungus.

I've got a front end washer, not Chinese though. You are right about the mildew problem, but there is a simple fix; Put some PBW though it every now & then, works well on dishwashers too when they get funky.

Anyway, on back topic, I typicaly brew 20+ 10 gallon batches a year, and seldom dump any of it, but seldom drink anything else but my homebrew, I share some of it with friends and family, but not a huge percentage.

However, homebrewing did not highten my awareness of overconsumtion, since I pereviously had a standing delivery order for two cases of high end (& high test) beer which arrived from the local liquer store each Thrusday. Contrary to the reports of many, I'm actually saving money (if you don't count my time) with homebrewing, and drinking better beer, if I do say so myself.

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

The fixes don't really work. People tell themselves they do in order to justify bad purchases. There are scam companies selling fans to dry up the machines. No good. People say to leave the doors open. No good. I've used bleach, iodine, and God knows what else. You can reduce the stench a little, but you can't end it, because you can't get chemicals to the places where the filth grows.

It's very obvious here in Florida. A little heat, burning sun, and humidity, and the stink of the mildew comes to life. The clothes may smell okay when they come out of the dryer, and you might make it through a cool day, but as soon as you sweat, you reek like a boys' locker room on a Monday morning in August.

These machines have convoluted gaskets that grow tons of mildew where it's hard to remove. Stale water sits in hidden places while the machines are idle, growing every imaginable thing.

They don't even get clothes clean, because they use so little water. Sure, they get stains out. By spreading out the filth over a large area. It's like washing dirty underwear in a cereal bowl. Maybe you can't see the filth, but you're wearing it, along with the rest of the family's.

I can't tell you how wonderful it is to have a real washing machine again. I love this thing. I spent about a grand, which is a lot, but it doesn't get mildew, it uses lots of water, and the filth goes to the septic tank, not back on my clothes. The electronics are primitive, so I don't have to worry about throwing out the machine because the internal computer has been discontinued.

Until the extremist machines came out, I had never heard of anyone complaining that a washing machine didn't do a good job. It was just assumed they would work, because they did. Now there are class actions over washing machines.

https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit...irlpool-moldy-washer-class-action-settlement/

 

[madscientist451]

Yes I drink too much. Yes I’m trying to cut back. I don’t have a clue how many gallons I make in a year.

 

[fluketamer]

dont drag this one up again please its worse than my fizzy yellow beer thread. lol

 

[Snuffy]

Yes I drink too much. Yes I’m trying to cut back. I don’t have a clue how many gallons I make in a year.

That's your story and you're sticking to it, right?

 

[madscientist451]

Yeah that's my story... I don't brew as often as I used to, maybe make 30-40 gallons in small 3-4 gallon batches.

 

[shoengine]

That's one big problem with kegging, at least for me. When I bottled all my beer, it was dead simple to give half of it away. Now that I keg everything I drink much more of it than I used to. I bottled a lot of the last batch, and of I don't have events I plan on bottling the rest. Try to keep one beer on thr kegerator on tap, water and then use it mostly for get-togethers.