I like this time at night on HBT

[Kent88]

Aloha
Wishing the best for you and yours!
Shoot… I was going to write a crappy poem. I’m not up to it.
Happy Blessings to you all
Dan

Poetry is a tough thing to do for anyone. And it's not really seen as masculine, so it's really tricky for us.

Plus, I find as an adult that people aren't as impressed with beginner attempts at artistic stuff. I've been thinking about learning to play music, but nobody wants to listen to an adult man sound like a 6th grader learning an instrument.

 

[cmac62]

My ship!

I've toured that ship, It's in San Diego. I did 4 on the USS America CV66 91-95. Couldn't wait to get out, the America is now a reef somewhere in the Atlantic. LOL

 

[Kent88]

How is Zeta shift handling the time change?

 

[GilSwillBasementBrews]

Using it to assemble my brew panel while the mrs is sleeping. Otherwise all is good here. Now I just have to find an 1.5&1.25” hole saw to drill out holes for the outlets.

 

[Dan]

Holy moly!

took me forever to log in. Now I’ve lost my train of thought

cheers to all! When my brain starts working Again. I’ll check in
Dan

 

[Sammy86]

Glad to have the extra hour...allows time to read more on this beautiful website.

 

[passedpawn]

Ahhhh the Dan of so many words

Sitting out back. FL is HOT in the summer, but this is the season we win. Sitting out back with a glass of homemade sparkling moscato.

 

[Dland]

Moscato is gal's drink of choice, you have a formula for that, & ingredients source?

 

[passedpawn]

Moscato is gal's drink of choice, you have a formula for that, & ingredients source?

haha, yes you're right. But it's been on tap for 2 YEARS (literally) and I'm gonna drink it till it frees up space. It's really tasty, but I'm a beer drinker first, then a cab drinker (I make red wine mostly).

I bought a moscato kit, fermented and backsweetened. Then filtered (twice, once through a course filter, then through a sterile filter). It's clear. Then carbonated it. This is actually the second time I've done this. First time, I attempted to bottle. That was mostly a comical disaster. This time, I said f-it, serve out of the keg. My wife is a non-drinker, so I'm left to do the job.

 

[Dan]

Aloha all!
Thinking about moving back to the mainland. Hawaii is truly paradise. Perfect weather. Beautiful scenery. Gorgeous really. But not my home. I need to be around love. My wife and I don’t have that. I still care for her. My responsibility as a husband. I think I’ll work here a few more months, save up some cash. Then….. Eff. I don’t know

 

[Kent88]

Aloha all!
Thinking about moving back to the mainland. Hawaii is truly paradise. Perfect weather. Beautiful scenery. Gorgeous really. But not my home. I need to be around love. My wife and I don’t have that. I still care for her. My responsibility as a husband. I think I’ll work here a few more months, save up some cash. Then….. Eff. I don’t know

Whoa, that's a big decision.

I might kind of get it, though. My wife and I, and our son, we live a few hours drive away from our nearest family. And we moved to our house not long before the pandemic hit. We introduced ourselves to a few neighbors, but we didn't really get comfortable with anyone before everything hit.

When the three of us (and an old friend and his wife) went to a popular national park this summer I thought about how different and beautiful the scenery was, but how it was ordinary to the thousands of people who have lived there all their lives.

I think scenery alone can only sustain us for so long. We need a balance of being surrounded by a community we are a part of, and being in places where the beauty refreshes the soul. Some people are lucky enough to have them both within a short drive, others... not so lucky.

Wherever you settle, Dan, I hope you find that balance.

 

[seatazzz]

I feel ya too Dan. Earlier this year we visited family in Montana, and fell in love with the place. My aging uncle, my cousin and her family live in a tiny town called Ennis; husband and I seriously discussed moving there someday. Not much in the way of work for either of us, so it would have to be a retirement thing. But all of my family is in Western Washington, with the exception of one cousin in Missouri; and I would miss that. Also I would miss being near enough to the Pacific coast to visit it when I want to; even where we live, about 2.5 hours away from the nearest beach, once in a great while if the wind is right you can get a whiff of salt.

 

[Kent88]

Aloha, @Dan, I hope you are having a peaceful end to the year.

 

[Dan]

Hello old friends.
Peace , love and prosperity to you and your family

Happy wishes to you all! I hope for all of us
Love, and Aloha all the days of our lives
Dan

 

[Kent88]

Happy New Year, @Dan

 

[Dan]

Happy New Year Kent!

 

[Dan]

I hope this link works
https://i1.wp.com/avgeekery.com/wp-...aunch_USS_Midway_CV-41_1981.jpeg?w=1600&ssl=1

 

[Dan]

I hope this link works
https://i1.wp.com/avgeekery.com/wp-...aunch_USS_Midway_CV-41_1981.jpeg?w=1600&ssl=1

https://avgeekery.com/when-the-midway-sent-the-last-carrier-based-phantoms-to-the-beach/

 

[Dan]

https://avgeekery.com/when-the-midw...the-last-carrier-based-phantoms-to-the-beach/

 

[Dan]

Fail
I’ll retry
Last time. Then I’ll talk

 

[Sammy86]

I hope this link works
https://i1.wp.com/avgeekery.com/wp-...aunch_USS_Midway_CV-41_1981.jpeg?w=1600&ssl=1

Link works @Dan

 

[Dan]

Ok. I think it went through that time.
the puppet rhetoric is embarrassing to me. The guys that fly war jets have a banter of their own

all I can say… way back when I was a guy, aircraft electrician that made those planes work. We were called one wires because everything on those planes, engines, flight control, lighting. The automatic flight and throttle control -one wire. AEs. A good one would call many diagnoses.

Worst two I made were both on F4S Phantoms. I was young but I was very well respected and that’s what really washard when I messed

 

[Dan]

It took a long time for the airframe guys to replace a pitch pack. A pitch pack on an F4 Phantom was a hydraulically powered 3000psi actuator controlled by some mechanical input of course. Electricity in afcs mode. Automatic Flight Control and the S stands for stabilization

so anyway I don’t know why I’m even telling you. But texting that took a moment. My mind is quicker than my speed at texting

Just want to say one thing. The crew at HBTis young and old. Some of us just starting a family. Some old like me who has lived long enough to have regrets and joys


Wow! Not sure where I’m going here

I guess with all this banter it comes down to this

And I’m no body to take advice from but. Lol am going to give some.

it has worked for me

Don’t try to control your child’s destiny We all do when they are young of course.

over years our support and love, a little bit of pressure to do good in school. And encouragement from us is fundamental

Im not the greatest father god made (could be same said about him)

I’m not super religious. I know the story about Christianity I was raised Presbyterian

Wow this story a rambling one.
I just wanted to tell you about McDonal Douglas aircraft

Guess I got a bit preacher on you.

 

[Dan]

Mahalo to you HomeBrewTalk family for putting up with me and my ramblings.
Mahalo
Dan

 

[Kent88]

It's all good, Dan. I married a Presbyterian.

I'm not much more than a few years into fatherhood it's a wonderful and challenging adjustment.

 

[ncbrewer]

Always good to hear from you, Dan.

 

[Sammy86]

Don’t try to control your child’s destiny We all do when they are young of course.

over years our support and love, a little bit of pressure to do good in school. And encouragement from us is fundamental

Excellent advice for the young dads out there...like myself!

 

[Dan]

Hello!
Anybody out there?

Pink Floyd I’m me. Lol

 

[Kent88]

Hi Dan! Good to "see" you.

 

[Dan]

Hi Kent!

Always good to hear from you!

How are you my friend?