I like this time at night on HBT

[emjay]

Thanks. I copied your report to the Feedback forum. TxBrew, who oversees app development, sees everything posted in that forum.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f22/app-bug-report-455902/

Cool, thanks

 

[Dan]

(This post is very long. The bottom is a quotation and worth reading, please)

I found out a little more about my son's upcoming deployment to Afghanistan and it is a bit unsettling. I'm proud of my son, he is truly a good young man, the thought of losing him, even if it was honorably serving our country; it's a thought I don't want to think about but many families have faced.

We have lost too many of our young men and women to war. War! What is it good for? –Absolutely nothing! Forty Five years after Edwin Starr asked the question; there still is no good answer. It was the answer in WWII, we triumphed! But since then.. WTF have we won and why have we lost so many souls for nothing. I was just reading the other day that Iraq has gone to he!! In a handbag since we left.

I'm a Patriot Guard Riders (PGR) but to be honest haven't had the guts to make many missions. The last one I went on has been some time ago. As the flag draped casket of the fallen young Marine passed our Honor Line; all of us saluting, I was overcome with emotion and my hand, whole body shook very noticeably. It’s sort of embarrassing. I’ve thought about just being a flag holder, I could grip the flag pole and maybe steady myself. It’s a pretty selfish reason of mine not to attend a ceremony honoring a person who gave their life for this country. Unfortunately there will be another mission soon. I’m going to take it.

The PGR if you are unfamiliar with them first started out protecting fallen servicemen’s funerals from the goons of the West Hills Baptist church . PGR is now requested often for any veteran who has passed on. Color Guard, escort to the gravesite.. And they even honor returning (live) heroes back to the USA or departure, back to the battlefield..


Here is the background on the last young man the PGR honored last week, in my area. I didn't make the mission.

Reposted from The Boys of The 3/5, with permission.


Corporal Farrell Gilliam, USMC.


On January 5, 2011, our 25 year old Farrell stepped on an IED while on a dismounted patrol with his unit, (3/5 Marines, Lima Co.) in the Sangin District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. He suffered many catastrophic injuries, including the amputation of both legs above the knee and several open fractures of his right arm including a 6 inch segment that is missing bone and tissue. His worst injury however was to the right side of his chest and abdomen, which took the full impact of the explosion, and left him completely eviscerated as a result of the blast.

With the help of Hospital Corpsman HM3 Brown, HM3 Gojar, Cpl Griff, and Lcpl Gutierrez, lifesaving measures were immediately undertaken to stop his bleeding in the field. He fought for his life in the back of the Marine transport truck which raced him back to camp. He fought for his life as he was Medi-Vac'd from base camp to a hospital in Kandahar where he underwent 9 hours of damage control surgery. He fought for his life as he was medi-vac'd again to Bagram Hospital in Afghanistan, where he underwent further damage control surgery. He fought for his life as he was flown to Landsthul Germany, where he underwent further surgery and again as he was flown to the US, arriving state side, on January 9, 2011 at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda Maryland (outside Washington DC), with trips to the OR continuing every other day since then. But Farrell is a fighter! The Doctors have said that to survive an abdominal wound like his is one in ten million - they rarely see them because nobody ever survives them.

We are sad to say that earlier this week Farrell succumbed to further injuries from which he did not recover. We pray for the family and ask for God's peace. We also pray for the brothers and sisters left behind. You know who you are!! Pick up the sword - be the heart, be the love and be the voice. As long as you stick together and remain as one nothing can beat you! You will make a difference!!

Semper Fi,
The Boys of 3/5

 

[Stauffbier]

I'm sorry about your friends daughter Melana. That's really awful, tragic news. I agree that it's a parents worst nightmare, but I guess that goes without saying. My daughter is 21 now, and ever since she was old enough to start driving or go hanging out with friends on her I own I've always wished she would be little again. At least then I had a little more control over her safety and well being. Every time she goes out (especially at night) I worry. I don't suppose that will ever stop.

Dan, I can understand why you would be worried about your son with all of this said. I can also understand why you are so proud of him.

 

[Leadgolem]

Morning All. Its 620 am, is the bar open?

Question for the members..Been a blade shaver all my shavin life, 40 yrs or so. Tired now of the nicks and such. Most are centered on my Kirk Douglas chin. Looking for a recommendation on a good electric shaver.

These can get kinda pricey, like to hit a good one on the first try. Don't think you can test drive one. I do know if will take some time to transition the ugly mug from a blade to electric.

Thanks in advance for any recommendations.

Does the bar close?

This is the shaver I've got. I'm happy with it. Shaving cream makes me break out, so I always dry shave.

 

[Dan]

I'm a vet. Been to war. Proud to have served my country. But F. Give peace a chance!

 

[Dan]

I don't have a heavy beard. Both my brothers have a heavy beard but I didn't get that trait. I used an electric once or twice. My dad always used one, but when I did it just burned my skin.

I'll stick to blade shaving and foamy shaving cream. Sorry, Doug. No recommendations for ya.

 

[Dan]

This bar never closes!

 

[HefeHood]

Thank you Dan and Leadgolem. Appreciate the info and suggestions.

Dan, Im sure your son will be fine. Emotions are a release, no harm in expressing them. In my opinion it take more courage to show them than to suppress them. Im sure your rides and honor guards are appreciated very much by the grieving family, emotion in check or not. Thank you to you and your son for your\his service.

 

[Dan]

For your late night listening. I love this song and Easy Rider is a great movie

 

[Dan]

The Band

 

[LabRatBrewer]

I just brewed a fruit cake beer from Basic Brewing Radio. My OG...1.130 ...Holy f...thankfully I gave o2 and yeast nutrient. This is a big one. (If I had a nickel for every time I heard that I have less than 4 cents). Wish me luck. BTW, I mean no disrespect for the heavy conversations trending here now, I love you all. Brewing just helps me not to think about real things.

 

[Dan]

 

[passedpawn]

I just brewed a fruit cake beer from Basic Brewing Radio. My OG...1.130 ...Holy f...thankfully I gave o2 and yeast nutrient. This is a big one. (If I had a nickel for every time I heard that I have less than 4 cents). Wish me luck. BTW, I mean no disrespect for the heavy conversations trending here now, I love you all. Brewing just helps me not to think about real things.

I haven't heard that particular podcast. I'll give it a listen tomorrow. Is it a recent one?

 

[Dan]

I just brewed a fruit cake beer from Basic Brewing Radio. My OG...1.130 ...Holy f...thankfully I gave o2 and yeast nutrient. This is a big one. (If I had a nickel for every time I heard that I have less than 4 cents). Wish me luck. BTW, I mean no disrespect for the heavy conversations trending here now, I love you all. Brewing just helps me not to think about real things.

LRB. Congrats on a great brew! I swear, well, I hope I get a chance to meet up with you and try some of your beers brother.

 

[Dan]

The most sexy, erotic peice of music ever written if you ask me.. Bolero

 

[LabRatBrewer]

I haven't heard that particular podcast. I'll give it a listen tomorrow. Is it a recent one?

Yes, it is one of the basic brewing video casts. December 31, 2013 - Fruitcake Barleywine: "James and Steve scale up a favorite from the past - a strong beer made with fruit and spices from a fruitcake recipe." I added a pound on dried appricotts because I had them.

 

[Misplaced_Canuck]

The most sexy, erotic peice of music ever written if you ask me.. Bolero

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KgpEru9lhw

Very repetitive. But.. It's good to get laid to.

Ravel was a stringent critic of his own work. During Boléro's composition, he said to Joaquín Nin that the work had "no form, properly speaking, no development, no or almost no modulation".[17] In a newspaper interview with The Daily Telegraph in July 1931 he spoke about the work as follows:[14]
It constitutes an experiment in a very special and limited direction, and should not be suspected of aiming at achieving anything different from, or anything more than, it actually does achieve. Before its first performance, I issued a warning to the effect that what I had written was a piece lasting seventeen minutes and consisting wholly of "orchestral tissue without music" — of one very long, gradual crescendo. There are no contrasts, and practically no invention except the plan and the manner of execution.

My fav version is this one:

MC

 

[Dan]

Very repetitive. But.. It's good to get laid to.



My fav version is this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmEJLoawItU

MC

Agreed!

 

[Melana]

Question.... What's not good to get laid to? If you're getting some who cares what the background noise is?

 

[Dan]

Question.... What's not good to get laid to? If you're getting some who cares what the background noise is?

Geez, Melana. You have a good point there. But ever get laid to Bolero? Great foreplay music. And the repetitive cadence is stamina. Don't rule it out if you haven't tried.

 

[passedpawn]

My fav version is this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmEJLoawItU

MC

The guy lipping the crap out of his musical thingy at 2:45 was grossing my out.

 

[Dan]

The guy lipping the crap out of his musical thingy at 2:45 was grossing my out.

Haha ha.. Yep.. that kind of threw me a bit too. I guess he was just doing his warm up.. later on he plays beautifully.

 

[Dan]

I haven't started a bucket list. I'm not that old? My wife is pretty sure I have gone crazy over the last two years.. She is probably correct. I've been a geographical bachcelor the last three years. Yes.. I am nutty as a pecan tree.

If and when I do start a bucket list. "Bolero" is a concert I will attend in a tuxedo. (I'll rent one)

 

[Melana]

Geez, Melana. You have a good point there. But ever get laid to Bolero? Great foreplay music. And the repetitive cadence is stamina. Don't rule it out if you haven't tried.

Yes. Yes I have.

 

[Melana]

The guy lipping the crap out of his musical thingy at 2:45 was grossing my out.

Double reeded woodwinds are impossible to get sound out of when the reeds are dry. They dry out fast.

 

[HefeHood]

Question.... What's not good to get laid to? If you're getting some who cares what the background noise is?

Melana,
Im thinking that bag pipe music would fit in the not gettin laid music. Its some of my fav stuff at times but never got me laid. Bolero might, Pink Floyd, Zepplin...YES!

 

[Melana]

Under the right circumstances....

 

[Dan]

Under the right circumstances....

you give mankind hope

 

[Melana]

Dan, I'm a minority. The only reason BigJohn puts up with me is that I brew his beer.

 

[Dan]

Well, tell BigJohn, from me - Congrats brother, ya got a good gal there!