I like this time at night on HBT

[LabRatBrewer]

I read back a ways and I don't get it. So far over my head! I like that.

There was a long trolling post. If you missed it, then your reply to Punity was serendipitously very funny.

 

[lschiavo]

There was a long trolling post. If you missed it, then your reply to Punity was serendipitously very funny.

I guess it was. I'm clueless and just happy to be here.

 

[lschiavo]

My Ctrl key is sticking so you guys are luck to have this:

 

[Punity]

Ill give him credit for taking the time to write out that lengthy post he was very descriptive.

 

[Dan]

Ill give him credit for taking the time to write out that lengthy post he was very descriptive.

Hmm. I always miss the troll threads. I need to be on here more often.

 

[snaps10]

Time for bed my nighttime friends. First day of school for the two oldest kids so it's a little later to sleep and a little earlier ill have to get up today.






They were excited to start. Can't believe how fast they're growing.

 

[passedpawn]

Ill give him credit for taking the time to write out that lengthy post he was very descriptive.

It was copied off the internet. That urban myth has been floating around for a while.

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

Banana has no place in any Belgain style. Nasty banana ester homebrewed 'belgians' are why so many people think they don't like Belgian beer.

If you used dry yeast, aeration shouldn't be an issue. It's about have way down, something to do with sterols.

For some reason that page isn't loading for me.

I forgot to mention that I put my wort on a washed Nottingham yeast cake from a previous batch. The first batch came out clean, the second batch on the cake is the one that got bananas. Wort oxygenation was probably an issue, as well as perhaps some temperature shock as I used chilled make-up water.

Strangely enough I got a similar banana flavor in a separate batch of stout using US-05. There I think I may have underpitched.

At any rate I have to pay more attention to aeration and pitch rates, can't hurt.

 

[Cheapo]

Afternoon, all.

 

[Cheapo]

At physio, long day after another setback.

 

[TNGabe]

For some reason that page isn't loading for me.

I forgot to mention that I put my wort on a washed Nottingham yeast cake from a previous batch. The first batch came out clean, the second batch on the cake is the one that got bananas. Wort oxygenation was probably an issue, as well as perhaps some temperature shock as I used chilled make-up water.

Strangely enough I got a similar banana flavor in a separate batch of stout using US-05. There I think I may have underpitched.

At any rate I have to pay more attention to aeration and pitch rates, can't hurt.

Banana from 05? Wow, that's remarkable.

Link to Danstar FAQ take 2!

 

[beaksnbeer]

Well, home early dislocated my thumb at work today weight and lifting restrictions drug test etc. 3 1/2 hours at the walk-in beer + pain killers needed them AT the clinic

 

[Cheapo]

Man that sucks. Pain is no fun, especially when it's the kind of pain that can halt work in its tracks.

 

[TNGabe]

Well, home early dislocated my thumb at work today weight and lifting restrictions drug test etc. 3 1/2 hours at the walk-in beer + pain killers needed them AT the clinic

Man, popping your thumb out hurts. Kind of a weird injury. How'd you do it?

 

[beaksnbeer]

Was taking a down a Z axis way cover and the last screw was only a 1/2 inch long the others were 1 1/2 so kinda dropped unexpected. It popped back just hurt like hell, finished changing the counter balance piston added oil charged with 750psi of Nitrogen (always makes me think this would be better served dispensing stout on my keezer) guards and covers back verified proper operation turned the CNC machine back over to production. Informed plant supervisor and he sent me for a drug test and oh have them check out your thumb (a$$-hat)

 

[passedpawn]

Was taking a down a Z axis way cover and the last screw was only a 1/2 inch long the others were 1 1/2 so kinda dropped unexpected. It popped back just hurt like hell, finished changing the counter balance piston added oil charged with 750psi of Nitrogen (always makes me think this would be better served dispensing stout on my keezer) guards and covers back verified proper operation turned the CNC machine back over to production. Informed plant supervisor and he sent me for a drug test and oh have them check out your thumb (a$$-hat)

They drug tested you after you hurt yourself? Geez, is that normal?

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

Banana from 05? Wow, that's remarkable.

Link to Danstar FAQ take 2!

I can read that link on my home computer.

The only other possibility of the flavor in both batches (one on repitched Notty, the other on fresh US-05) *might* be a common infection, but I have a hard time believing that, as it is otherwise clean beer, properly carbonated, no funky floaties or anything. I think it is a combination of oxygen deprivation and underpitching and thermal shock. I'll just try to be a little kinder to my yeasties.

 

[Leadgolem]

They drug tested you after you hurt yourself? Geez, is that normal?

It's SOP for most employers to immediately drug test anybody involved in an accident. If somebody had an accident because they were high, the company isn't liable. So they don't have to pay workmans comp, or the medical for the accident.

 

[Leadgolem]

I think I've mentioned that the screen on my old phone wouldn't power on, I then played with it trying to get it to work and it stopped turning on at all.

Something kind of funny happened yesterday. I was hooking my ps2 up to the tv for the first time since I bought my house April of last year. I couldn't find the controllers. So I ended up looking through all of my boxes that might have electronics in them... That's like 14 boxes. I didn't find the controllers, but I did find my precision torx. So, I took my old phone apart. It turns out the ribbon cable for the screen had actually just popped loose. Ok, plugged that back in. Reassembled. Nope, not powering on. Took it apart again, noticed that one of the contacts for the keyboard was peeling up. Taped that down with a little piece of scotch tape. Put it back together. Now it works perfectly. So, in summary, I fixed my old cell phone with a piece of scotch tape.

I already had the new phone activated, so I just transferred the contacts from the old phone. The old phone cost $50, the new one cost $40 and is actually a slightly better phone. So, I'm just going to keep the old one as a backup.

Today I got the rest of the info on my compensation. I mentioned I'm losing my incentive pay I think. My base pay is going up a fair amount, but not equal to the incentive pay I was making. The net effect is I'll be losing almost exactly 10% of my total pay. The up side is that I won't have to deal with the incentive pay system anymore. It changes every few months. I always figure it out in a week or so and haven't completely lost incentive pay for several years, but it was always a PITA to deal with. All in all, I'm very happy with the outcome. Since it is incentive pay the company could have simply taken it away without warning or compensation.

 

[LabRatBrewer]

Lectured for three hours. This beer actually feels good, my throat gets sore talking so much.

 

[Leadgolem]

Lectured for three hours. This beer actually feels good, my throat gets sore talking so much.

That must have been one heck of a chewing out.

 

[beaksnbeer]

It's SOP for most employers to immediately drug test anybody involved in an accident. If somebody had an accident because they were high, the company isn't liable. So they don't have to pay workmans comp, or the medical for the accident.

Yep, urine and blood full spectrum test BEFORE then they had to call my employer to see IF they should look at my thumb

 

[emjay]

The whole drug testing thing seems so bizarre. It is almost never required for jobs this side of the border.

 

[passedpawn]

The whole drug testing thing seems so bizarre. It is almost never required for jobs this side of the border.

When they call, make sure ask them if they are supplying the drugs or if you should bring your own. They always get a hoot out of that one.

 

[Stauffbier]

Speaking of drugs... I'd light up a drug test like a Christmas tree right now. I've been alternating between Motrin, Vicodin, Codeine, and Tramadol for about 1.5 weeks now. I haven't been drinking much beer as a result. I'm really getting tired of taking pain killers. I feel awful every morning. Worse than an alcohol hangover.

1.5 more weeks to go, and I'll never have a toothache ever again.

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

Lectured for three hours. This beer actually feels good, my throat gets sore talking so much.

Beer does a nice job of clearing chalk dust out of your throat as well.

 

[Cheapo]

Certainly does...I don't have any chalk dust in me, but I can pretend right???? "Oh man, its so chalky, better HAHB...."

 

[LabRatBrewer]

This is cool from SpaceX.

http://www.space.com/22379-spacex-grasshopper-rocket-sideways-flight-video.html

 

[HefeHood]

^^^^^That is soo awesome. Having grown up with the space race it never amazes me to see a rocket take off into outer space. Its on my bucket list to do a space trip but not likely.

 

[Leadgolem]

Yep, urine and blood full spectrum test BEFORE then they had to call my employer to see IF they should look at my thumb

Brain hurts. Should have looked at the injury first. Then done the testing.

The whole drug testing thing seems so bizarre. It is almost never required for jobs this side of the border.

Practically everybody around here does pre-employment drug testing. Usually a urine test. Mine also does random swab tests every three months.

Speaking of drugs... I'd light up a drug test like a Christmas tree right now. I've been alternating between Motrin, Vicodin, Codeine, and Tramadol for about 1.5 weeks now. I haven't been drinking much beer as a result. I'm really getting tired of taking pain killers. I feel awful every morning. Worse than an alcohol hangover.

1.5 more weeks to go, and I'll never have a toothache ever again.

Getting them all removed and getting dentures?

This is cool from SpaceX.

http://www.space.com/22379-spacex-grasshopper-rocket-sideways-flight-video.html

That was sweet.