Random Picture Thread

[Snuffy]

“I thought you kids were going swimming…”

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

 

[balrog]

 

[balrog]

 

[doug293cz]

“I thought you kids were going swimming…”
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No thanks.

Brew on

 

[HBT_Admin]

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

A big 'ole swamp monster.

 

[balrog]

Choice.

Church pews.
I can't even.
Classic.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Wait…what?

 

[HBT_Admin]

A Modified Sports Drag car on black ambulance with back removed.

 

[balrog]

^^^^
I'm not gonna lie. That, my friends, is quite random.

 

[HBT_Admin]

 

[Sailingeric]

For those who climb mountains.....don't be jealous on my highest point climb.

 

[day_trippr]

I also achieved a similar conquest by scaling the highest peak in the Bahamas to reach the Hermitage and the rarest air above Cat Island...at 206 feet asl

 

[Sailingeric]

I also achieved a similar conquest by scaling the highest peak in the Bahamas to reach the Hermitage and the rarest air above Cat Island...at 206 feet asl

I hope you brought oxygen! I know I was gasping for air at the top

 

[balrog]

I often wondered whether they make adjustments for those marker's numbers over time, factoring what sea level is and tectonic plate subduction.

 

[Pkrd]

I often wondered whether they make adjustments for those marker's numbers over time, factoring what sea level is and tectonic plate subduction.

Not to mention after a footy game too. All that beer has to go somewhere.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Someone’s idea of decorating.

 

[Snuffy]

 

[ba-brewer]

 

[day_trippr]

 

[HBT_Admin]

 

[BongoYodeler]

Wife and I, and another couple, recently spent a few days in Seattle. Among the many things we did there was to visit Chihuly Garden and Glass. It was quite beautiful.

 

[corkybstewart]

Wife and I, and another couple, recently spent a few days in Seattle. Among the many things we did there was to visit Chihuly Garden and Glass. It was quite beautiful.

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My daughter was there a few years ago-when I saw the pics I knew it was that place in Seattle. She and her family absolutely loved it.

 

[beermanpete]

 

[HBT_Admin]

 

[day_trippr]

 

[day_trippr]

Sunset over Winnipesaukee (Meredith NH) shot by a pro...

 

[doug293cz]

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Senior moment?

Brew on

 

[day_trippr]

You keeping track must be a full time job

 

[HBT_Admin]

 

[RCope]

@HBT_Admin your random pictures have been quite inspired as of late. Thank you ;-). Cheers! Rick

 

[balrog]

Time to make the asparagus lemon risotto

 

[VApatriot]

 

[pvpeacock]

Beautiful Wayfarers Chapel Before:

And Today:

The land it was built on was part of an ancient landslide zone that started to slide again in 2023. It was sliding up to a foot a week, so the Church had to be dismantled. So sad.

 

[HBT_Admin]

 

[day_trippr]

So I took The Spousal Unit out for dinner to celebrate our 48 years of marriage this evening at a very nice place that's become a favorite for celebratory dinners (Gibbet Hill Grill, fwiw) The staff was aware of the event and gave us a prime table with a lovely view of the rolling hills out in Groton during sunset. They had just today dropped their new seasonal menu loaded with locally grown spring time crops and young lamb and veal, and we tucked into lamb racks surrounded by mixed veggies and broiled potatoes. Yummers!

One thing that caught my eye and left me intrigued was an alleged woven flour bag hanging on a wall. It claimed to have held 140 pounds of...what turned out to be wheat flour (and as noted, apparently "Choice Wheat" made for "Low Grade". Kinda surprised a seller would put that on their product, but what do I know).

But the bag didn't look much larger than what I buy my base malts in - which weigh either 50 or 55 pounds (domestic vs European malts). Obviously one can't get scale out of a picture like this but here it is anyway.

Google says the density of wheat flour is 42 pounds per cubic foot, while barley malt is 30. Meanwhile 140 pounds in that bag is nearly 3 times what I'd expect if it was full of barley malt, not just 40% more. So I'm left with either acknowledging the bag is much larger than it looks, or it's an inauthentic flour bag sporting the markings of a real bag.

I know, not earthshaking stuff here, just a curiosity to me...

Cheers!

 

[balrog]

So I took The Spousal Unit out for dinner to celebrate our 48 years of marriage this evening at a very nice place that's become a favorite for celebratory dinners (Gibbet Hill Grill, fwiw) The staff was aware of the event and gave us a prime table with a lovely view of the rolling hills out in Groton during sunset. They had just today dropped their new seasonal menu loaded with locally grown spring time crops and young lamb and veal, and we tucked into lamb racks surrounded by mixed veggies and broiled potatoes. Yummers!

One thing that caught my eye and left me intrigued was an alleged woven flour bag hanging on a wall. It claimed to have held 140 pounds of...what turned out to be wheat flour (and as noted, apparently "Choice Wheat" made for "Low Grade". Kinda surprised a seller would put that on their product, but what do I know).

But the bag didn't look much larger than what I buy my base malts in - which weigh either 50 or 55 pounds (domestic vs European malts). Obviously one can't get scale out of a picture like this but here it is anyway.

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Google says the density of wheat flour is 42 pounds per cubic foot, while barley malt is 30. Meanwhile 140 pounds in that bag is nearly 3 times what I'd expect if it was full of barley malt, not just 40% more. So I'm left with either acknowledging the bag is much larger than it looks, or it's an inauthentic flour bag sporting the markings of a real bag.

I know, not earthshaking stuff here, just a curiosity to me...

Cheers!

It is amusing to see what the brain can do while you're trying to simply have a good meal. Glad I'm not the only one this happens to. To which this happens. Sorry mom.

 

[doug293cz]

Glad I'm not the only one this happens to. To which this happens. Sorry mom.

My mom was also an English teacher.

Brew on

 

[balrog]