The Dysfunctional-Palooza Obnoxious Masshole BS Thread

[TheDudeLebowski]

So going to Octoberfest and drinking beer probably saved my life on Saturday.

I was at Silvaticus when that windstorm came thru.

I usually park my car where the kayak is. A 1' thick oak branch 50' above it snapped and for the life of me can't figure out how it got on the other side of that big 100' white pine in the middle. The branch probably weighs a ton. The white pine was weeping sap 30' up. So I'm guessing the wind was so strong it blew it mid air into the pine and rotated around on the other side. There's no dent or sliding in the ground to show where it landed other than the snapped area. No dage to kayak

To beer!!

 

[Melana]

Beer for the win!

 

[day_trippr]

Soooo, @day_trippr , hope you're ready for another lawn watering session, courtesy of Mother Nature.

I drove through that wave on the way up to our NH house. Lots o' fun surfing the interstate highway but I made it up here unscathed...

Cheers!

 

[day_trippr]

Missed us by that much...

 

[BeerNsteadofH2O]

Glad the hurricane was no show, boats still in the slip(newburyport).. no wind damage here in Reading, weve actually missed most of the nasty weather, plenty of rain but that's it,
Found this intruder by my goldfish pond.. I hate snakes!

 

[day_trippr]

This rain poopy is starting to get old.
I was gonna go fishing tomorrow but I'm pretty sure the NH river I was thinking of will be totally blown out...

 

[balrog]

Yeah, I'm gonna have to sharpen the mower blades.
Again!
I'm usually doing the baked out back yard with a casual look by this time of year. Instead, I'm having to mow more than once a week to keep up with the whole "welcome to the jungle" theme.
Sans Slash.

 

[balrog]

GONNA RAIN FOR DAYS, they said
BUILD AN ARK they said
NO WAY YOU AND THE WIFE CAN GO ON A BIKE RIDE TODAY they said

I had to go out and water the grass I planted yesterday.
Stupid weather report.

[Edit: apologies to @paulthenurse for the incessant weather related posting, I'll send extra socks at Masstoberfest time]

 

[balrog]

So.
Walnuts fallin'.
More to come.

 

[paulthenurse]

Grumpy been busy.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Nice! What kind of apples you got in there? Actually reminds me. There's a farm down the street that has an old heirloom orchard in the back. They started selling and maintaining the produce with a driveway stand. Last couple of years they've only been doing charity picking donations to local service families. Been meaning to sign up. Hopefully, I won't forget this year.

 

[paulthenurse]

I put in a half dozen assorted apple trees a few years ago. This is my first real crop, along with a case of overripe ones I got at the Haymatket. Plus I'll be picking a couple of 5 gallon buckets of crabapples from the ornamental trees at my office later this month to blend in

I also put 15 gallons of water and a few pounds of sugar on the pomace and let them get acquainted. I'll be running that thru a water removal unit some time soon.

 

[balrog]

Stardate 47322.6; the madness is deepening. Fourth day in a row picking up 5 wheelbarrow loads. My current fantasy is that walnuts have an inherent critical mass, at which point they will begin fission, or hopefully fusion, and atomically become a new element. Like pecans. Or Tollhouse chocolate chips. Or Jessica Alba.

And still so many to go...

(this is but one of the 6 trees in the yard)

 

[paulthenurse]

Ran the pomace thru the press then ran the runnings thru a water removal device. Gotta say, it tasted quite nice, a lovely apple presence.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Stardate 47322.6; the madness is deepening. Fourth day in a row picking up 5 wheelbarrow loads. My current fantasy is that walnuts have an inherent critical mass, at which point they will begin fission, or hopefully fusion, and atomically become a new element. Like pecans. Or Tollhouse chocolate chips. Or Jessica Alba.
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And still so many to go...

(this is but one of the 6 trees in the yard)
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I used to bake some delicious black walnut cookies. That extract isn’t easy to find anymore.

 

[balrog]

I used to bake some delicious black walnut cookies. That extract isn’t easy to find anymore.

Everyone always asks if I eat them. One year I tried. Husking, drying, endless shelling with bench vise and side cutters, and out of two dozen nuts I had a bare palm full of nut meat. Was *NOT* worth the effort.

Now if I could just toss em from the ground into a tub of vodka and have extract, that'd be different, but I doubt it's that straight forward.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Everyone always asks if I eat them. One year I tried. Husking, drying, endless shelling with bench vise and side cutters, and out of two dozen nuts I had a bare palm full of nut meat. Was *NOT* worth the effort.

Now if I could just toss em from the ground into a tub of vodka and have extract, that'd be different, but I doubt it's that straight forward.

I certainly the husking and shelling probably the roasting would still need to take place. Too bad you can’t find someone nearby to buy them. At least get a little something for your “cleanup“ efforts.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

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Ran the pomace thru the press then ran the runnings thru a water removal device. Gotta say, it tasted quite nice, a lovely apple presence.View attachment 831411

Nice job Paulie. At what point do we get this up to 191 proof?

 

[day_trippr]

I imagine Paul could run a still atop his smithy fire?

Cheers!

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

What else are you going to do with all that bad hb?

 

[paulthenurse]

It's a pot rhymes with will and we didn't do a stripping run since we wanted the apple character, so not super high Not A Not B Not V. But it burns a nice bright blue fire if you light it so probably 100 roof.

 

[day_trippr]

100 roof is pretty high

 

[Melana]

I would like to try your apple water sometime

 

[balrog]

Oh look! It’s the weekend, so it’s pouring rain. Of course. I did pick up walnuts for 3 hours before/during it started. And kegged a Cascade pale ale.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Oh look! It’s the weekend, so it’s pouring rain. Of course. I did pick up walnuts for 3 hours before/during it started. And kegged a Cascade pale ale.

Thank goodness for beer..

 

[balrog]

Thank goodness for beer..

Yes.
All I can say.
Yes.

 

[balrog]

There are 161,000 duplicate license plates in Massachusetts?
WT actual F?
"upgraded software in 2019 added a stopper that doesn't allow duplicates"

https://www.wcvb.com/article/massachusetts-duplicate-license-plate-problem/45618426#
WHO THE **** PROGRAMMED THIS ISHT TO ALLOW DUPLICATES FROM THE BEGINNING???!!!
That's like the ultimate primary key for a database.

What's next? @paulthenurse gets my same telephone number?!

Shake my head.

<it's so cute when they change f v c k to "bless" on the fly now>

 

[day_trippr]

**** **** **** ****

Hmmm....doesn't work for me

Cheers!

 

[balrog]

**** **** **** ****

Hmmm....doesn't work for me

Cheers!

it's because they're always watching me...

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

RMV is such a fine establishment. Shocking that would ever happen.

I liked some of the interviews they had with people that thought they "passed"

https://www.enterprisenews.com/stor...licenses-registery-motor-vehicles/7382748001/