The Dysfunctional-Palooza Obnoxious Masshole BS Thread

[Dland]

Alas, wrong island. Not that I would want to live on that sand spit, it is even more of a mess than this place.

 

[balrog]

My bad. What I get for not paying close enough attention.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

There once was a man from Nantucket…

 

[day_trippr]

Could have another shot at flooding in the next two days...

https://www.wunderground.com/severe/us/ma/boston
WCVB weather dude says Martha's Vineyard could get close to 3" of rain, a little less for Nantucket...

Cheers!

 

[paulthenurse]

When did we turn into the Dysfunctional Weather Channel?

 

[paulthenurse]

We need to get Yeager back so we have an anvil to hammer on.

Except Yeager is more like a marshmallow than an anvil

 

[Dland]

When did we turn into the Dysfunctional Weather Channel?

I admit to participating, and while admittedly boring, weather talk is not any more vapid than the sports team talk that used to be more common here. They are very similar in their lack of depth. The weather topic at least relates at least to something that most experience, unless of course they are inside watching sports on TV.

However, if one would place blame, 'tripper and balrog are mostly the ones posting weather maps & isht, ...but got to give them credit for keeping the post going.

I'll now pledge to refrain from posting about weather here unless it is interesting and destructive, at least for a while.

Local news; The fisherman who's body was recovered from his boat going round and round after he had a medical emergency off state beach and died was a really good guy. One of the original Hazards of Dukes county.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

How about those Pats?

 

[jrgtr42]

I did have some beers at Strange brew, as long as the beer is good I’m good to go. It is just a horrible the hoops some places make brewers go through. There’s one township near me that has become notorious adding on to what the state and feds require. One of our HBC members has been working on opening for 3 years now. He’s likely made some mistakes along the way, but now the town wants him to pave a dead end St! Dude finally got a lawyer.

I was in there talking to Brian before they closed - I'd been a HB shop customer for many years before he started the brewery - though he'd had that in the back of his mind for a long time too.
I would usually grab a beer when |I was in there for ingredients, but didn't normally make a special trip. The biggest issue is that there was another brewery opening in ||Colorado, |I think, using the Strange |Brew name,. though he had it trademarked already for a brewery. He had to get lawyers involved, here and in Colorado, and basically, he had to get going on the brewery before he really wanted to, to avoid the trademark sundowing. All that ate into the stock in the homebrew side, to the point that at least for me, it was maybe 50/50 if I would find the ingredients I needed for that brew - grains, hops and yeast. From there it was the vicious circle down.

 

[balrog]

Happy to comply. New topic: metal bulkhead/hatchway doors - best way to remove peeling paint and repaint if you don't own a sandblaster.
Go.

 

[paulthenurse]

Disc grinder with a flap disc.

Sorry about your friend Dland

 

[day_trippr]

Good question - I have a 40 year old bulkhead up north that needs a paint job, and the paint looks like it was baked on. I'm thinking it's going to need some sanding - maybe use an angle grinder and flap disks - to clean it up before priming and painting...

Cheers!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Happy to comply. New topic: metal bulkhead/hatchway doors - best way to remove peeling paint and repaint if you don't own a sandblaster.
Go.

Okay wrong answer only. Liberally apply Manhattan so-called chowdah until paint dissolves. Toss unused red soup in the trash when finishing.

 

[balrog]

Visiting the fam down South for a week. Bulkhead door project on hold as I try to navigate the stormy monster infested waters of differing world view conversations and try to kindly suggest freshening up a mostly processed food diet. I may have taken the first step too boldly by bringing the Costco Sweet Kale Salad mix. Ah, family.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Good luck.

 

[paulthenurse]

I'm sure you'll extend your life indefinitely by eating kale salad, but I'm equally sure you'll wish you were dead with every mouthful you choke down.

 

[Dland]

If you treat kale like collard greens and steam/saute on some bacon fat, along with the bacon, it's pretty edible. Add some garlic if you want. If you're a vegetarianish, or don't have any bacon, a good gob of butter can get you most of the way there, but in that case the garlic is not as optional, but that is just my opinion.

Kale salad, as in raw, yeah I'd have to be pretty hungry.

 

[balrog]

it's a little kale with shredded brussels sprouts and broccoli, pistachios craisins and sweet poppy seed dressing

it is divine

but yeah, better with bacon, as is life

 

[day_trippr]

OMG! Kale, brussel sprouts, and brocolli?
Sandpaper laced with sulfur! They constitute my personal Veggie Apocalypse!
Hold up...I'm gonna be sick! Yup, there it is...

 

[balrog]

<sigh> looks like i have to return to weather reporting

 

[Dland]

Fret not oh balrog. Kale is not so bad, but perhaps one could admit it is a little oversold. Lot of other good greens out there, some are better cooked, but of course that is a personal decision. Around here kale is often consumed in a hearty soup w potatoes and linqucia.

Hope 'tripper has a barf bag by his fancy computer, but at least he did not barf in his mouth again. (On a side note, I think one of 'tripper's posts introduced me to that concept).

On the bulkhead paint question, if one has one of those old Bilcos that were left in primer, and it has a rust patina; I'd roll and brush finish w Rustolium rusty metal primer and cover with rustolium oil based top cote in available color of your choice. OK to prep with sander and grinder, but I'd just pressure wash and then run a good putty knife over any flaking paint, rust nodules. I don't see the point, most of the time, in trying to make stuff last more than ten years longer than I'm likely too.

I still put copper antisieze on most bolts while mechanicing on my old machines. Got to give the future generation a chance, on the off chance they might want any old stuff to run again.

Have a good week, to anyone who has bothered to read this...[;

 

[balrog]

thanks for the advice; and my fav green is spinach. Kale is best is soup with sausage. And sausage is best in a soup of tomato, ricotta, parm and mozarella cheese and lasagna noodles.

with a beer

 

[paulthenurse]

I highly suggest eating all of your green vegetables only after they have already been eaten by a pig and through that magic that pigs do be transformed into bacon.

 

[paulthenurse]

BTW, that would not be my advice if I were wearing a tie and you were in a Jonny

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Thank you Massachusetts tax payers. Bridge down the street from me had to be immediately closed due to structural issues a year ago. Huge one piece cement slabs and brook diversion. $3.5m. I don't know. It's been a pita with it out but it's only use was to backroad from downtown traffic. You'll also notice full throttle work crews. Must be monday. Can't wait til the beavers move back and take care of business

 

[day_trippr]

Assabet? Or Nashua? Or ?
Have to say you caught a killer day for a paddle

Cheers!

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

That's the rapids of Beaver Brook. Spent 7hrs straight again with customer support of software. Got off the phone and saw the forecast for today.

 

[day_trippr]

Good call - where ever your "Beaver Brook" is I'm sure it's high tide there today

 

[day_trippr]

Woostah getting a new brewery!

https://www.masslive.com/worcester/...ds-to-worcester-this-fall.html?outputType=amp

 

[rawlus]

Thank you Massachusetts tax payers. Bridge down the street from me had to be immediately closed due to structural issues a year ago. Huge one piece cement slabs and brook diversion. $3.5m. I don't know. It's been a pita with it out but it's only use was to backroad from downtown traffic. You'll also notice full throttle work crews. Must be monday. Can't wait til the beavers move back and take care of business View attachment 827125

good pics of the damage to the corrugated underside here Beaver Brook Bridge Project | Westford, MA

I’m originally from Littleton (hi neighbor)….