Random Drunken Thoughts Thread

[lumpher]

Then I saw a discussion of all the straight lines of the states, following latitudinal lines and the query: which US state is the only state without any straight lines?



HI

Hawaii. It's lines are formed by the contours of the islands. I lived there for years

 

[doug293cz]

Hawaii. It's lines are formed by the contours of the islands. I lived there for years

Um, the answer was in the original post. @balrog wasn't saying "hi" when he typed "HI" at the bottom of the post.

Brew on

 

[lumpher]

Um, the answer was in the original post. @balrog wasn't saying "hi" when he typed "HI" at the bottom of the post.

Brew on

I had a couple and missed that. Sorry if it offended you.

 

[doug293cz]

I had a couple and missed that. Sorry if it offended you.

Not offended at all.

Brew on

 

[mac_1103]

HI

Hawaii

Not bad, you?

 

[lumpher]

Not bad, you?

 

[day_trippr]

Remember, it's only arson if it's from the French region of Arsonne. Otherwise, it's just sparkling fire.

 

[Dland]

As promised in post #2727, perhaps I shouldn't post as it may constitute proof of me being less than sane, heh heh;

 

[Broken Crow]

As promised in post #2727, perhaps I shouldn't post as it may constitute proof of me being less than sane, heh heh;

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I can't wait to see the giant kettle and the brew-bag you're gonna lift with that! Is it too late in life for you to consider adopting me?

 

[Dland]

I can't wait to see the giant kettle and the brew-bag you're gonna lift with that! Is it too late in life for you to consider adopting me?

Even if we weren't both old fogies, you wouldn't want me as a parent,.. trust me. [;

 

[Broken Crow]

Even if we weren't both old fogies, you wouldn't want me as a parent,.. trust me. [;

I beg to differ:

as it may constitute proof of me being less than sane, heh heh

... I can think of no higher qualification...at least for me

 

[balrog]

“Who’s your daddy?”

[shoot. The Smiths (movie) clip as a gif wouldn’t load. Joke aborted. Time for a beer]

 

[Dland]

I beg to differ:

... I can think of no higher qualification...at least for me

....And it is very unlikely you would want my "better half" as a mother type parent. Trust me again on that, ...though I suppose if you were actually a bird, (or a cat paradoxicly) , posing as a human on this forum, you might have a chance, otherwise "It ad be a tough row to hoe", as they say.

On the other hand, she got pretty pissed of at the crows when they took out the orial nests this spring.

I like crows, and have tolerated their growing presence around here for a few years. but it seems I've been too leniant with them.

I tried to 'splain then I did not want them going at my fruit trees and veg garden with warning shots from the Benjamin , but alas, if they are as much of a pain next growing season, I may have go to .22 cb caps. But I digress, as I often will from difficult conversations.

But seriously.., my friend B Crow, those telehandler lifted multi ton BIAB fantasies, forget it, I'm a dedicated 3V type brewer.

...And it is only Thursday, but it'll likley be OK

 

[day_trippr]

There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don’t.

 

[seatazzz]

Coworker's husband got this as a gift, they don't drink so she regifted it to me. Unfortunately the only thing I have that will work in it is a 22oz bottle of my 2020 Holiday Ale that's been hiding in the back of the pantry for 4.5 years. In the fridge chilling now. Silly gizmo, I know, but might be fun. Only works with bottles and cans.

 

[day_trippr]

So, a counter-top aeration machine?

 

[balrog]

 

[day_trippr]

An actual brewing related rambling/PSA

One of my three relic Craig's List fridges had been acting a bit wonky lately. It's the oldest of the three top-freezer units in my humble brew space that range between 17 and 22 cf, and has been Chamber 1 for over a decade now. As I'm just about to get brewing again after taking the heat-stroke-inducing summer season off, this would be bad timing to lose any of my fermentation chambers, and especially as I expect to kick things off with back-to-back brew days.

So I got on to Craig's List (as always) this Monday and immediately came across a nearly new GE 18cf top-freezer unit that would fit the bill with sufficient floor area to fit a pair of 6.5 gallon carboys for fermentation, and sufficient vertical space to fit cornelius style kegs with ball lock connectors when needed for conditioning or cold storage. The seller was amenable to me coming over Sunday (today) and I let them know I'd confirm the visit the day before (now yesterday).

Yesterday I got on the GE appliance site and downloaded the user guide for the unit being sold. In about a minute I realized the unit uses the exterior skin on both sides and the back as a radiator for the condenser loop bonded to the inside surface. Basically the entire exterior is sheathed in uber thin sheet metal with tubing underneath.

Obviously that would make drilling holes very risky - and I need to drill holes for two power lines to an always-on interior fan and to a switched heater, a bus line to the ds18b20 sensors for cabinet and beer temperatures, a CO2 line coming in for cold-crash O2 avoidance and for keg carbonation, and a gas line going out for purging kegs using fermentation gases. Ie: lots of holes = lots of opportunities to murder the fridge by puncturing the condenser loop.

I would have liked to have replaced a relic with a nearly new unit, but I let the seller know why I had to pass.

This design style seems to be gaining market share so folks need to be aware of the ramifications...

Cheers!

 

[balrog]

As with brewers, older is better.
That what you’re saying?

 

[day_trippr]

Kinda, I guess. This skin-as-radiator thing used to be confined to mini & dorm fridges (and chest freezers, of course) but it's being used on full-size machines now as well...

Cheers!

 

[doug293cz]

An actual brewing related rambling/PSA

One of my three relic Craig's List fridges had been acting a bit wonky lately. It's the oldest of the three top-freezer units in my humble brew space that range between 17 and 22 cf, and has been Chamber 1 for over a decade now. As I'm just about to get brewing again after taking the heat-stroke-inducing summer season off, this would be bad timing to lose any of my fermentation chambers, and especially as I expect to kick things off with back-to-back brew days.

So I got on to Craig's List (as always) this Monday and immediately came across a nearly new GE 18cf top-freezer unit that would fit the bill with sufficient floor area to fit a pair of 6.5 gallon carboys for fermentation, and sufficient vertical space to fit cornelius style kegs with ball lock connectors when needed for conditioning or cold storage. The seller was amenable to me coming over Sunday (today) and I let them know I'd confirm the visit the day before (now yesterday).

Yesterday I got on the GE appliance site and downloaded the user guide for the unit being sold. In about a minute I realized the unit uses the exterior skin on both sides and the back as a radiator for the condenser loop bonded to the inside surface. Basically the entire exterior is sheathed in uber thin sheet metal with tubing underneath.

Obviously that would make drilling holes very risky - and I need to drill holes for two power lines to an always-on interior fan and to a switched heater, a bus line to the ds18b20 sensors for cabinet and beer temperatures, a CO2 line coming in for cold-crash O2 avoidance and for keg carbonation, and a gas line going out for purging kegs using fermentation gases. Ie: lots of holes = lots of opportunities to murder the fridge by puncturing the condenser loop.

I would have liked to have replaced a relic with a nearly new unit, but I let the seller know why I had to pass.

This design style seems to be gaining market share so folks need to be aware of the ramifications...

Cheers!

If you have, or know someone who has, a relatively high def thermal imaging camera, you can map out the tubing runs so that you can drill between tubes. Obviously, the compressor needs to be running when you do the imaging.

Brew on

 

[day_trippr]

I'd have to have no alternative to risk the $400 ask.

Cheers!

 

[balrog]

a relatively high def thermal imaging camera

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