Hi all. Well, I got unofficial confirmation that my whole team is going to be moving to corporate. That kinda sucks, it will make my commute an hour instead of the usual 1/2 hour. On the up side, the building is beautiful and the facilities there are a lot nicer. It also might give me an opportunity to climb the corporate ladder, though I'm not sure if that's good or bad.
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Enjoy your weekend late niters (unless you are a Detroit Tigers fan). Just got done watching my Rays lose, brushed my dogs teeth, and now I'm gonna watch a movie (Cabin in the Woods).
For your late nite soundtrack, a bit of funky guitar from some funky white guys:
For your late nite soundtrack, a bit of funky guitar from some funky white guys:
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Stauffbier
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Thunder Chicken, it is indeed sad when you have to stop brewing due to temps. I used to have that problem, too. Now that I have my fermentation freezer I can brew year round, and I love it! You could always brew a Saison if you decide you want to brew.
LabRatBrewer, it sounds like you have a lot of great creations in the works. I'm not as ambitious as you when it comes to starting early. I'm not at all an early bird type. Especially on the weekends. I'll probably get up around 8:30 and get the burners lit.
LabRatBrewer, it sounds like you have a lot of great creations in the works. I'm not as ambitious as you when it comes to starting early. I'm not at all an early bird type. Especially on the weekends. I'll probably get up around 8:30 and get the burners lit.
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I just watched Cabin in the Woods recently. It was not what I expected!
I'm having a nice time at NHC, also did some sightseeing today. What a historic city!
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It's not really what I'd call a problem, more a feature of my brewing. I like to play to the seasons. I have plenty of beer and wine lagered away so no worries about running short. In a way it is nice for the break as I have been busy establishing my pipeline. Now that it is established I can really consider and plan my future brews, maybe consider more complex styles.
One of my last brews was a nice cream stout that I am going to let age until around New Years. It's actually really good now, but it can only get better. I'm really thinking about getting some Lindeman's Cuvee Rene and collecting dregs for a lambic and getting that going soon.
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Hey all!
Listening to some Wild Cheery from Passedpawn's post. Groovy!
Summer HOT is here and I have next week off work. Bad timing. Plan to do some cleaning, more yard work prep for renters and I plan to sweat buckets. Good for the soul. Sold my couch and loveseat today. They are nice big overstuffed leather, paid a pretty penny for them years ago. Living room is empty. My nice big comfortable bed is leaving me next Monday, dressers will go to the neighbor. He is buying one and since he owns a professional carpet cleaning business I'm bartering a good carpet shampoo for the second dresser. A guy came and picked up one of my twin mattresses today. It was in the spare bedroom/storeroom. The cats had made it and all the blankets on top of it there home the last year or so. The blankets were covered in cat hair. I woke this morning at 7 after getting home from work at 3:30am. The guy was coming soon. I walked into the room with the beds for sale, took a look at the blankets and comforters covered in cat hair and pulled them all out and took them to the trash. Neighbor lady saw me and asked what the hell I was doing.. told her these things are covered in cat hair. She said shake them out, wash them and sell them. Duh.. good idea. I did what she said, they are very clean now. Think I might keep them.
Moving is so much fun.
Listening to some Wild Cheery from Passedpawn's post. Groovy!
Summer HOT is here and I have next week off work. Bad timing. Plan to do some cleaning, more yard work prep for renters and I plan to sweat buckets. Good for the soul. Sold my couch and loveseat today. They are nice big overstuffed leather, paid a pretty penny for them years ago. Living room is empty. My nice big comfortable bed is leaving me next Monday, dressers will go to the neighbor. He is buying one and since he owns a professional carpet cleaning business I'm bartering a good carpet shampoo for the second dresser. A guy came and picked up one of my twin mattresses today. It was in the spare bedroom/storeroom. The cats had made it and all the blankets on top of it there home the last year or so. The blankets were covered in cat hair. I woke this morning at 7 after getting home from work at 3:30am. The guy was coming soon. I walked into the room with the beds for sale, took a look at the blankets and comforters covered in cat hair and pulled them all out and took them to the trash. Neighbor lady saw me and asked what the hell I was doing.. told her these things are covered in cat hair. She said shake them out, wash them and sell them. Duh.. good idea. I did what she said, they are very clean now. Think I might keep them.
Moving is so much fun.
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I'd rather sleep in, but if I'm done by mid morning when SWMBO is just getting moving it lessens the grief I get.
I took my son to a stargazing party tonight. There was a 12 in scope, you could totally make out the divisions in Saturn's rings. Very nice night.
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Awesome guitar duo Rodrigo Y Gabriela:
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Hello folks! Sounds like everyone has been very busy, same here.
Dan, moving sucks, no matter how nice the place you are moving to. I just got chills at the thought of moving!
My friend and I have started making up songs about picking berries. We sing while we are picking. Oh, and so Laura and I head to one of our "sweet spots", this one around the lake, to grab a couple gallons. As we get close to the lake, we can see water, not blackberries. Knocked on my nephew's door, asking what happened around the lake. He proudly told me that he finally got around to cleaning up the area around the lake. I asked him to do this last Fall. I smiled and told him it looked great.
Dan, moving sucks, no matter how nice the place you are moving to. I just got chills at the thought of moving!
My friend and I have started making up songs about picking berries. We sing while we are picking. Oh, and so Laura and I head to one of our "sweet spots", this one around the lake, to grab a couple gallons. As we get close to the lake, we can see water, not blackberries. Knocked on my nephew's door, asking what happened around the lake. He proudly told me that he finally got around to cleaning up the area around the lake. I asked him to do this last Fall. I smiled and told him it looked great.
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TC, beautiful music! Thanks for sending that. My daughter recently picked up a guitar. She's been learning songs off YouTube. My son, a veteran guitar player of 10 years was out here last weekend. He's really a pretty good guitar player. Definitely part of his life and who he is. My old guitar (Idon't play) was re stringed and tuned by my son when he was here. The guitar got passed around, my kids and their friends. Seemed I was the only one who didn't play.
I have some down time coming up in the near future after I rent this house out and wait to move to Hawaii. I'm going to buy a guitar, noting expensive. Then use my dead time to learn to play at least one song well.. 'Love Me Tender" by Elvis. My wife and my song. Going to learn it well and somehow come walking into the baggage claim area at HNL airport strumming the song. Might even sing it. Hawaii is paradise in many ways. I can imagine people will listen, my wife will blush and
I have some down time coming up in the near future after I rent this house out and wait to move to Hawaii. I'm going to buy a guitar, noting expensive. Then use my dead time to learn to play at least one song well.. 'Love Me Tender" by Elvis. My wife and my song. Going to learn it well and somehow come walking into the baggage claim area at HNL airport strumming the song. Might even sing it. Hawaii is paradise in many ways. I can imagine people will listen, my wife will blush and
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Talking to my wife right now. I played an old Elvis song to her.. She wanted to hear this.. F me. I love this crazy woman. She loves my crazy a$$ too.
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So, in my downtime I'm going to learn to play. Found the video below. It's scary. Like seeing myself in a different dimension. This guy looks exactly like me, or I look exactly like him.
Weird.
Weird.
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It's good to see things are going well for you, Dan. I'm really excited for you, and maybe just a little jealous although my life is going remarkably well too. Which usually means something got to go terribly wrong
Dan, BB, look at the good that is happening and enjoy it, bad things will slip into your lives as well. Gram ma always said without terrible events one can't appreciate what you truly have. Play Dan play if it comes form the heart she will relish it even if you miss a chord.
Dan, BB, look at the good that is happening and enjoy it, bad things will slip into your lives as well. Gram ma always said without terrible events one can't appreciate what you truly have. Play Dan play if it comes form the heart she will relish it even if you miss a chord.
Beak,
Your Gram Ma was a wise woman. Great advice. Sometimes we all just need to stop looking at/for the bad and just celebrate the good staring us right in the face. Already helped with my outlook today. Thanks.
Hey all. I know it's been a while since I have been around. I'm glad to see this thread is still going strong. I hadn't been on for a while and got logged off, couldn't remember my password and finally got around to getting it reset today.
Not much new with me, work eat and sleep. Finally started brewing again last week. Hadn't brewed since Thanksgiving. Finally got that one bottled yesterday. A RIS that had been sitting on oak for a few months. I was afraid it was going to taste like a 2x4 but besides a little hot alcohol it tasted pretty good. Should be about ready by Christmas.
So last week was ten gallons of Rye IPA an 10 gallons of Amber. This week was ten gallons of Blonde ale and ten gallons of Wit.
A beautiful sight, should keep me going for a while.
In other news my grandson is growing like a weed, but other than pictures on the Web I don't get to see enough of him. My youngest turned 21 on Thursday and that made me feel old for a minute or two.
Now that it finally quit raining after it finally quit snowing I am getting some stuff accomplished. The Ugly Drum Smoker is about complete, I have five hop plants climbing on the south side of the house and I finally got a stand welded together for my post vice so I need to get the forge fired up and make something, or at least burn up some metal. Anyway, I had best get some sleep before work tonight.
I'll leave you with a little mellow late night music even though it isn't That Time Of Night....
Not much new with me, work eat and sleep. Finally started brewing again last week. Hadn't brewed since Thanksgiving. Finally got that one bottled yesterday. A RIS that had been sitting on oak for a few months. I was afraid it was going to taste like a 2x4 but besides a little hot alcohol it tasted pretty good. Should be about ready by Christmas.
So last week was ten gallons of Rye IPA an 10 gallons of Amber. This week was ten gallons of Blonde ale and ten gallons of Wit.
A beautiful sight, should keep me going for a while.
In other news my grandson is growing like a weed, but other than pictures on the Web I don't get to see enough of him. My youngest turned 21 on Thursday and that made me feel old for a minute or two.
Now that it finally quit raining after it finally quit snowing I am getting some stuff accomplished. The Ugly Drum Smoker is about complete, I have five hop plants climbing on the south side of the house and I finally got a stand welded together for my post vice so I need to get the forge fired up and make something, or at least burn up some metal. Anyway, I had best get some sleep before work tonight.
I'll leave you with a little mellow late night music even though it isn't That Time Of Night....
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Rural, what size are those carboys? They sort of look like the 7.5 gallon acid carboys that I've got.
They are all 7.5 gallon, except the one with the blowoff tube, it's only five, but it looks so cute next to it's big brothers. Then there is a seven gallon pail and an eight gallon white plastic one behind the five gallon carboy. It still smelled like chardonnay, so I hope my Wit doesn't pick up any odors from it.
Then there is a seven gallon pail and an eight gallon white plastic one behind the five gallon carboy. It still smelled like chardonnay, so I hope my Wit doesn't pick up any odors from it.
Stauffbier
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Howdy friends!
Dan, I hope things are going good with the move. Good luck on your guitar solo at the airport, although you don't need luck!
Bobbi, I sure wish I was close enough to you to buy some berries!
Rural, those carboys are awesome, but I'm still scared of glass!
I had a great brew day yesterday. My boil always raises the temp of my back patio by 5-7 degrees. Yesterday when I was boiling it said 111F. Fun fun! It took about an hour to chill 9.5 gallons even with my pump and ice water. Still a great day, though.
I just finished watering my hops for the evening. My Columbus cones are getting big and juicy! It's definitely the most hearty of the 8 varieties I'm growing. Now I know which variety is best suited for my hot, dry climate...
Dan, I hope things are going good with the move. Good luck on your guitar solo at the airport, although you don't need luck!
Bobbi, I sure wish I was close enough to you to buy some berries!
Rural, those carboys are awesome, but I'm still scared of glass!
I had a great brew day yesterday. My boil always raises the temp of my back patio by 5-7 degrees. Yesterday when I was boiling it said 111F. Fun fun! It took about an hour to chill 9.5 gallons even with my pump and ice water. Still a great day, though.
I just finished watering my hops for the evening. My Columbus cones are getting big and juicy! It's definitely the most hearty of the 8 varieties I'm growing. Now I know which variety is best suited for my hot, dry climate...
I spent from 8:30am to about 10 after 1pm working in my back property. It's gotten overgrown and I had to get the dry grass cut before the kiddies start setting off fireworks. I know they will even if they are banned this year, and I'd rather not have a tinder box for embers to land in. I also trimmed one of the crab apple trees so I can walk under it without ducking.
Working with the mower and chainsaw again confirmed my orginal thinking that a chainsaw isn't actually all that tiring to handle. It must have been the heat that kicked my but the last time. It was about 5 degrees cooler this time, and I'm more used to it later in the season like this. I was tired after that, but not wiped out like the last time.
To give you guys an idea how big that back property is, I mowed it with a standard push mower. I started with a full tank and had to gas it back up twice, plus it overheated and stalled out once.
My black walnut tree is alive. That's one of the three things in the garden I actually care about. That, the blackberries, and the asparagus. The grapes are alive too, so is one of the blueberries I was sure was dead. The asparagus is going to seed like I was expecting. The strawberries are doing alright too. There is more stuff in the garden, but that's really everything I have an interest in.
I picked up most of the rest of the stuff I need to finish the bathroom completely. I forgot the calking for around the tub and shower enclosure though. Oh well, another time.
Working with the mower and chainsaw again confirmed my orginal thinking that a chainsaw isn't actually all that tiring to handle. It must have been the heat that kicked my but the last time. It was about 5 degrees cooler this time, and I'm more used to it later in the season like this. I was tired after that, but not wiped out like the last time.
To give you guys an idea how big that back property is, I mowed it with a standard push mower. I started with a full tank and had to gas it back up twice, plus it overheated and stalled out once.
My black walnut tree is alive.
That's one of the three things in the garden I actually care about. That, the blackberries, and the asparagus. The grapes are alive too, so is one of the blueberries I was sure was dead. The asparagus is going to seed like I was expecting. The strawberries are doing alright too. There is more stuff in the garden, but that's really everything I have an interest in.I picked up most of the rest of the stuff I need to finish the bathroom completely. I forgot the calking for around the tub and shower enclosure though. Oh well, another time.
18 firefighters in AZ killed? Sad.
Is that a peach tree? If so, what type and how's it doing?
Stauffbier
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It is indeed a peach tree. Ironically it's a wild shoot, and I have no idea what variety it is. I bought a dwarf peach that was grafted on to a standard root base a couple years ago, and planted it. It fizzled out, but threw out a couple wild shoots. I normally clip the wild shoots, but I decided to let this one grow. It really took off, and it has peaches all over it. It's only on its second year surprisingly. I'm hoping to get enough for a sour mash peach saison.
Stauffbier
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I just read that. It is indeed very sad. Those folks give up the ultimate sacrifice for the safety and well being of others.
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Hello friends
Not sure, but believe you folks are some of my best friends. I apologize for not keeping up with this thread lately.
I use "a lot going on" as an excuse probably.
I told ya'll I sold my nice leather couches. Of course I got less than 1/3 the money I paid for them. I was going to use that money to help out with my first mortgage payment on the new house. I didn't though.
About six weeks ago my daughter picked up my old guitar. Started playing it. I bought the thing years ago, thinking I'd play it. Advance the clock 6 years and mt daughter is playing it...she is a natural. Self taught.
I took the money I received from the couch and love seat and bought my daughter a new guitar, It's a nice Mitchell. I also used some of the money to buy her friend a guitar as well. Neither of them are expensive guitars. I spent about 400 bucks for the two. Call me a cheap Arse.
Both guitars sound real nice.. I know music even if I can't play. These guitars sound really nice. I had her friend and her friend's boyfriend over tonight. We sat on lawn chairs (cause I sold my furniture) and everybody took turns playing. Mostly my daughter her girlfriend. He girlfriend is a young Phillipina girl and is shy. I try as my daughter does to make the girl feel at home, comfortable.. Thats why I pick up a guitar once in a while and play a very, very, very basic tune. I figure I let my guard down, and then maybe other people will too. No reason to be insecure on my part.
My daughter's friend plays really well but is insecure initially to play.
It was a fun night. Lot of guitar playing by my daughter and her friend. And by me too, although I really have no idea how to play.. Ido have and ear for music and will learn to play well, "Love Me Tender" for my wife..
Cheers Everybody
Dan
Not sure, but believe you folks are some of my best friends. I apologize for not keeping up with this thread lately.
I use "a lot going on" as an excuse probably.
I told ya'll I sold my nice leather couches. Of course I got less than 1/3 the money I paid for them. I was going to use that money to help out with my first mortgage payment on the new house. I didn't though.
About six weeks ago my daughter picked up my old guitar. Started playing it. I bought the thing years ago, thinking I'd play it. Advance the clock 6 years and mt daughter is playing it...she is a natural. Self taught.
I took the money I received from the couch and love seat and bought my daughter a new guitar, It's a nice Mitchell. I also used some of the money to buy her friend a guitar as well. Neither of them are expensive guitars. I spent about 400 bucks for the two. Call me a cheap Arse.
Both guitars sound real nice.. I know music even if I can't play. These guitars sound really nice. I had her friend and her friend's boyfriend over tonight. We sat on lawn chairs (cause I sold my furniture) and everybody took turns playing. Mostly my daughter her girlfriend. He girlfriend is a young Phillipina girl and is shy. I try as my daughter does to make the girl feel at home, comfortable.. Thats why I pick up a guitar once in a while and play a very, very, very basic tune. I figure I let my guard down, and then maybe other people will too. No reason to be insecure on my part.
My daughter's friend plays really well but is insecure initially to play.
It was a fun night. Lot of guitar playing by my daughter and her friend. And by me too, although I really have no idea how to play.. Ido have and ear for music and will learn to play well, "Love Me Tender" for my wife..
Cheers Everybody
Dan
Hello friends
Not sure, but believe you folks are some of my best friends. I apologize for not keeping up with this thread lately.
I use "a lot going on" as an excuse probably.
I told ya'll I sold my nice leather couches. Of course I got less than 1/3 the money I paid for them. I was going to use that money to help out with my first mortgage payment on the new house. I didn't though.
About six weeks ago my daughter picked up my old guitar. Started playing it. I bought the thing years ago, thinking I'd play it. Advance the clock 6 years and mt daughter is playing it...she is a natural. Self taught.
I took the money I received from the couch and love seat and bought my daughter a new guitar, It's a nice Mitchell. I also used some of the money to buy her friend a guitar as well. Neither of them are expensive guitars. I spent about 400 bucks for the two. Call me a cheap Arse.
Both guitars sound real nice.. I know music even if I can't play. These guitars sound really nice. I had her friend and her friend's boyfriend over tonight. We sat on lawn chairs (cause I sold my furniture) and everybody took turns playing. Mostly my daughter her girlfriend. He girlfriend is a young Phillipina girl and is shy. I try as my daughter does to make the girl feel at home, comfortable.. Thats why I pick up a guitar once in a while and play a very, very, very basic tune. I figure I let my guard down, and then maybe other people will too. No reason to be insecure on my part.
My daughter's friend plays really well but is insecure initially to play.
It was a fun night. Lot of guitar playing by my daughter and her friend. And by me too, although I really have no idea how to play.. Ido have and ear for music and will learn to play well, "Love Me Tender" for my wife..
Cheers Everybody
Dan
I'd trade my couch for a night like that.
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Hey LG! Just re-rad my last post and rea;ozed I can be a bit redundant.
How is the house reformation going? I'm actually a bit envious. Tis really nice to get caught up in rejuvenation of a home.
How is the house reformation going? I'm actually a bit envious. Tis really nice to get caught up in rejuvenation of a home.
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I'd trade my couch for a night like that.
LRB, me too. There is something more comforting than a nice house and fluffy furniture. Family, Family.
I'm nuts for moving over to Hawaii cause my kids are here in California. thinking of that makes me go nuts.
