I like this time at night on HBT

[Thunder_Chicken]

I bet she'll sort the boxes now that they're in the house. She was probably dreading either doing it in the shed or moving so many boxes to a nicer location.

When I was a kid, my mom would tell me to clean my room, but of course, I wouldn't. So she would sweep everything out from under the bed and dump out every drawer right in the middle of the floor. Very effective, and I always felt so much better after I cleaned it all up.

That's what I figure too. The shed kinda sucks in summer. Now it is inside and pretty easy to sort. It really isn't a whole lot to do, but she has to do it.

 

[LabRatBrewer]

That's what I figure too. The shed kinda sucks in summer. Now it is inside and pretty easy to sort. It really isn't a whole lot to do, but she has to do it.

We have a storage unit full of boxes of teaching papers and junk from a move (We didn't have Dan's sense to get rid of stuff). We paid (are paying) for storage for years (cringe). I thought, "Hey, I'll bring one home every once in a while and we can sort them." Now my garage is crowned with unsorted boxes and I still have the &*#*$( storage unit. I would do your dance endlessly if we could just discard half of it all.

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

We have a storage unit full of boxes of teaching papers and junk from a move (We didn't have Dan's sense to get rid of stuff). We paid (are paying) for storage for years (cringe). I thought, "Hey, I'll bring one home every once in a while and we can sort them." Now my garage is crowned with unsorted boxes and I still have the &*#*$( storage unit. I would do your dance endlessly if we could just discard half of it all.

Nothing gasoline, a match, and an alibi wouldn't fix. I saw nothing.

 

[beaksnbeer]

Nothing gasoline, a match, and an alibi wouldn't fix. I saw nothing.

Think of the equipment/beer you could have and then remember that your probably paid more then the stuff is worth. We had furniture and clothes that we stored and could have bought brand new for the cost of 1.5 years of paying storage fees.

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

Stuff is cheap, real estate is expensive. Burn it I say.

 

[reinstone]

Same problem in my garage. Wife has boxes of crap that she keeps but has no use for. These items slowly disappear to the attic above the garage (which I sometimes confuse with The curb on Thursday night, the garbage men arrive early Thursday)
It's funny sometimes she asks" what did you so with that plastic tote that had valentines day decorations on it??"

I just go look and can't find it....because its gone. I tell her this and if its a big deal she will go buy more before she looks for herself. Problem solved. Clean garage.

Then I get the argument my brewing stuff takes up a lot of space. To that I reply that I actually use my brewing equipment.

If the crap isn't important get rid of it.

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

Same problem in my garage. Wife has boxes of crap that she keeps but has no use for. These items slowly disappear to the attic above the garage (which I sometimes confuse with The curb on Thursday night, the garbage men arrive early Thursday)
It's funny sometimes she asks" what did you so with that plastic tote that had valentines day decorations on it??"

Glad to hear that I'm not the only one who does this. I get as much as I can to GoodWill, but a lot of it is crap.

 

[Leadgolem]

Has this thread developed time travel?

Dan when's the last time you moved? or anyone else here for that matter. It is interesting to see what things we collect when we don't move often and what things don't make the cut when we move.

True. I moved April of last year. I've still got stuff in boxes I haven't opened. I'm going to have to move it all, so I'll go through it at the same time and get rid of stuff. I already know that about half of it will be either toss or donate.

I'm just pasting this from a PM I sent yesterday:



Any experience with the BCS? I'm thinking of starting off with the following DIY kit (with the BCS-462 and ALL additional options) as I have a coupon for them anyways: http://www.ebrewsupply.com/ebrew-kits/bcs-4-element-2-pumps-50a-kit.html

Any thoughts? I'll be deviating from that plan somewhat, not only because I'll be adding a third pump and automated valves, but also because the BCS unit will be housed in a separate "master" panel beside my ferm chamber which it will be used to directly control. A "slave" panel will be beside the brewstand itself, with ALL the BCS signal wires still being fed to it through 6 or 7 ethernet cables (48-56 individual wires) that will be run in the wall... an 8th ethernet cable being used for the actual network interface, run to a switch so that I can access it through the web-based GUI on my PC (which will also be in the room). In addition to allowing all my brewing/ferm functions to be controlled by a single, central device, the master/slave setup will also allow me to have the added safety capability to kill power to the entire 220V/50A brewstand (slave) panel, without having to interrupt the whole process by allowing the BCS unit itself to keep operating without powering off in the master panel.

Hope that all makes sense.

It does. Unfortunately, I know nothing about BCS systems. About the closest thing I've ever done is putter around with a breadboard in high-school. I passed the electronics exam, but that was about 10 years ago.

That's part of the reason I'm interested in your project. I like to learn about new things.

I would hate to think that I wasn't a better, and more knowledgeable, person this year then I was last year.

I might have done a slightly mean thing to my SWMBO, but she deserved it.

For over a year I have asked her to go through a pile of papers and materials from her teaching that was piled in our shed. Huge shed, 10' by 20' - nobody couldn't use it as it had this big pile of boxes and crap in the middle. Every time I asked her to go through it, she said "yes dear", and might take one box out and clear it out. In June, I said to her "If you don't clear this out by the end of July I am bringing it all into the house". She smiled. I didn't smile.

So now, August 23, 2013, I carried every single box and crate of stuff into the house and piled it around her favorite easy chair. Not just next to it, I built a *wall* of boxes. I have also provided boxes labeled "Keep", "Toss", and "Recycle/Give Away".

In the shed I installed bike racks and shelves and organized everything. Clean as a whistle. I could do the "Hills are Alive" dance in my shed, swinging my arms, and not hit anything. I almost broke down in tears of joy. No, let's be an honest man, I DID break down in tears of joy.

This has been a point of friction between us. I consider the matter settled, unless she tries to dump the stuff back in the shed. If that happens, there will be a bonfire made in the back yard.

Everyone's patience and tolerance has a limit. She's going to find out where your limit in that matter is. Good for you, say what you mean and mean what you say.

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

Well, she'll find me happier now that I have some room to work. I think it is a net win for both of us.

I need some music.

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

 

[brewingmeister]

 

[Dan]

Happy Friday night everybody!

My new tenants came over for a short meeting tonight to go over the terms of the rental lease. They are a really nice couple. I do not foresee any problems with them as renters.

They told me in the beginning they only want the pace until the husband, a nNavy man finishes off his current enlistment. Then he's getting out of the Navy and moving back home. They're living in a tiny apartment for now where the AC cuts out often during the scorching summers here.

Be is a bit older than the average E5 because he didn't join until he was around 30. He now33. That's pretty good advancement in 2-3 years for a guy with his NEC. His particular field is overmanned so advancement is slow. Not for him though. He is kicking butt.

When they told me they would be here a few years only I thought to myself.

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

 

[Dan]

Thought to myself I doubt that. You're going to love this house, feel at home here have another kid and when it is time to get out if the Navy reconsider giving up a great career and nice home. The Golden Lock. Found out tonight the mom is pregnant. I doubt they stay here only the short time they planned

I'm not gloating. Just very happy they might rent my house longer than planned and that I found good people I can trust I think it will be a win win situation
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[Leadgolem]

Howdy late night crew. My day at work sucked donkey balls. I can't talk about it really, but I had to nail somebody for doing something both wrong and massively stupid today. I HATE HATE HATE doing that. It's about 50/50 whether they will get fired for it. SO, I thought I'd drink the last glass and a half of the everclear punch I had in the fridge. Did I mention that I HATE being the bad guy?

 

[passedpawn]

Howdy late night crew. My day at work sucked donkey balls. I can't talk about it really, but I had to nail somebody for doing something both wrong and massively stupid today. I HATE HATE HATE doing that. It's about 50/50 whether they will get fired for it. SO, I thought I'd drink the last glass and a half of the everclear punch I had in the fridge. Did I mention that I HATE being the bad guy?

You were the GOOD guy. The leader needs to do that. Leaders are important and are key to winning. I say, drink to victory.

 

[Leadgolem]

Thought to myself I doubt that. You're going to love this house, feel at home here have another kid and when it is time to get out if the Navy reconsider giving up a great career and nice home. The Golden Lock. Found out tonight the mom is pregnant. I doubt they stay here only the short time they planned

I'm not gloating. Just very happy they might rent my house longer than planned and that I found good people I can trust I think it will be a win win situation
O

May your trust be justified. IMO, if you can make them think of you as a comrade, and/or a friend, they are more likely to do you right. That seems to be human nature.

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

Howdy late night crew. My day at work sucked donkey balls. I can't talk about it really, but I had to nail somebody for doing something both wrong and massively stupid today. I HATE HATE HATE doing that. It's about 50/50 whether they will get fired for it. SO, I thought I'd drink the last glass and a half of the everclear punch I had in the fridge. Did I mention that I HATE being the bad guy?

It's not about being bad or good. It is about setting clear expectations and judging dispassionately whether they have been met or not. If you have to lower the boom and they don't get it, that's their problem, not yours.

 

[Dan]

May your trust be justified. IMO, if you can make them think of you as a comrade, and/or a friend, they are more likely to do you right. That seems to be human nature.

That's how I look at it. I've gotten to know these people a bit. I told they can make this place their own; paint the walls, Plant a garden, make it there home. Long term better for us both

There is a rental agreement that includes protective stuff for me and them. Standard stuff. I think overall everything will be just fine.
Going to spell phonetically because i dont know how to spell.

Ko-po-set-tek. My goal

 

[Leadgolem]

You were the GOOD guy. The leader needs to do that. Leaders are important and are key to winning. I say, drink to victory.

It's not about being bad or good. It is about setting clear expectations and judging dispassionately whether they have been met or not. If you have to lower the boom and they don't get it, that's their problem, not yours.

Thanks guys. I'm not actually in charge. I just reported everything. I don't see as I had another moral option, but I still have to face the fact that there is a good chance I got somebody fired today. Nothing anybody can say or do will get me out of being responsible for my own actions. Still, I couldn't just let it pass. That would not have been honorable.

That's how I look at it. I've gotten to know these people a bit. I told they can make this place their own; paint the walls, Plant a garden, make it there home. Long term better for us both

There is a rental agreement that includes protective stuff for me and them. Standard stuff. I think overall everything will be just fine.
Going to spell phonetically because i dont know how to spell.

Ko-po-set-tek. My goal

I hope everything is indeed copacetic for you Dan. May your dreams of a tropical island with your beloved become a thing of reality, and may the reality make your dreams pale by comparison.

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

Thanks guys. I'm not actually in charge. I just reported everything. I don't see as I had another moral option, but I still have to face the fact that there is a good chance I got somebody fired today.

No...somebody who didn't follow the established code of conduct may have gotten themselves fired. You were just the agent of the information. It is what you have to do sometimes.

 

[Dan]

Thanks guys. I'm not actually in charge. I just reported everything. I don't see as I had another moral option, but I still have to face the fact that there is a good chance I got somebody fired today. Nothing anybody can say or do will get me out of being responsible for my own actions. Still, I couldn't just let it pass. That would not have been honorable.

I hope everything is indeed copacetic for you Dan. May your dreams of a tropical island with your beloved become a thing of reality, and may the reality make your dreams pale by comparison.

LG, If you drive 80 mph in a 65mph zone it the police officers fault he gave you a ticket.
First off, LG thank you for the kind and encouraging thoughts.

 

[beaksnbeer]

Thanks guys. I'm not actually in charge. I just reported everything. I don't see as I had another moral option, but I still have to face the fact that there is a good chance I got somebody fired today. Nothing anybody can say or do will get me out of being responsible for my own actions. Still, I couldn't just let it pass. That would not have been honorable.


I hope everything is indeed copacetic for you Dan. May your dreams of a tropical island with your beloved become a thing of reality, and may the reality make your dreams pale by comparison.

Honorable, not a word to many now days use towards their employer (Military Excluded) I agree that you owe it to yourself to fulfill the obligations of your job. That person FAILED themselves and their employer. I hate to see anyone lose their job. Accountability is one of the things that is missing quite a bit I find today. Rest easy my friend that you stuck to your morals.

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

It's getting too heavy in here. You all made me do this, remember that.

 

[LabRatBrewer]

Its less than 2 minutes, but its aesome:

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

The lack of eastern European nightclubs in my neighborhood is lamentable. This will have to do:

 

[Leadgolem]

Honorable, not a word to many now days use towards their employer (Military Excluded) I agree that you owe it to yourself to fulfill the obligations of your job. That person FAILED themselves and their employer. I hate to see anyone lose their job. Accountability is one of the things that is missing quite a bit I find today. Rest easy my friend that you stuck to your morals.

Thank you.

It's getting too heavy in here. You all made me do this, remember that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg-4c4uQmdo

Yeah, a bit to heavy. Now...

 

[Dan]

To a good guy that goes bt lead golden
A good good man

 

[Dan]

To a good guy that goes bt lead golden
A good good man

Eff. Phone sent to soon. Please hold on.

 

[Stauffbier]

Dan, that phone must drive you crazy! I hope you're doing well brother.

I hope the rest of you are doing well, also.

My daughter came home tonight after being gone for a month. It's nice to have her home. I'm feeding her, her fiancé, and a friend of theirs some homebrew whilst they smoke shisha from a hooka in my backyard. They're good kids. When I was their age I was getting in to way more trouble than they do.

EDIT: Just FYI for those whom are unaware... Shisha is basically like flavored tobacco. I don't want people thinking I have my kid and her friends smoking weed in my backyard...