Good morning!!!!

[PJSprog]

One of the fellas that organizes the Airhead campout over the New Year weekend down at Anza-Borrego is also a beer home brewer. He usually brings at least two five gallon kegs each year, and this time around he's asked me to pick a recipe that he'll use to make one of them. He's also offered to get me started brewing, and that might be just the excuse to run down to SoCal and help him make it.:drink:

I did some home brewing for a few years back in the early '90s. I have to say, it's a very satisfying hobby. The smell during fermentation is just awful, but it's worth it when the end result is crossing your lips, and you made it. I mostly made American ales, and they turned out very good. I once got my hands on some fresh Michelob hops, and the result was a beer you couldn't tell the difference from the branded one. I had a lot of fun brewing, and I suspect you might enjoy it as well.

The Complete Joy of Homebrewing by Charlie Papazian is a very valuable book for a noob.

 

[jbrumberg]

Good Morning Everyone!!!!

An overcast 51ºF for today’s low; a cloudy 61ºF presently; and I anticipate a cloudy afternoon with high temp ~70ºF. I actually got some restful sleep . Maybe I finally learned my lesson about letting even PowerService product(s) amended diesel fuel sit too long idle in the tank; I was never a fan of ULSD (many, many past rant posts on TBN), but it was my negligence by neglect that caused this. This has happened often enough that I have an established SOP for removing water from the fuel system. I do have some tractor related projects planned to give me seat time into the Winter. I have an outdoor disrobing SOP well learned due to past work-related scabies management and control measures.

I think that I made the last batch of hummingbird food for the season today.

BEF- I am sorry to read about your continued neuropathic pain. It’s almost always worst at night when one cannot distract oneself through activity. I hope you and the docs figure out what is driving this and find an effective treatment. It’s a win-lose situation with the +’s of physical activity resulting in the -’s of neuropathy. Most meds prescribed to address my neuropathy really messed with my verbal self-control, concentration like basic math calculations (really me), fine eye-hand motor control, and sense of balance.

Drew- Good luck on the start of your “Great Adventure.”

I wrote the BoSox off early in the season after Sales pitched a 13 strikeout (?) game and the BoSox still blew it. I probably follow college football more than professional sports entertainment.

My daily + thoughts for Kyle, RonJH, BEF, Randy, and Ted and your challenges.

Rick- I agree. Our military and first responders are grossly under-appreciated. It’s great that they got the 4th guy out alive. Sometimes it seems that civilian appreciation is exhibited only after there is a casualty in the ranks. I will not forget the sacrifices made by others (like some here) to help keep me safe and free.

The general public's current fascination with plant based "meat products" is less than a + reflection on where consumers are "at." That foodstuff is as bad and/or worse than the "real" meat it is supposed to replace. And those meat-like burgers at BurgerKing are still cooked on those beef/chicken greased grills which probably adds to the grease factor and flavor

I hope that everyone is having a decent and manageable day and those healing and mending continue to heal and mend without pain.

 

[PJSprog]

I wrote the BoSox off early in the season after Sales pitched a 13 strikeout (?) game and the BoSox still blew it. I probably follow college football more than professional sports entertainment.

The Cardinals are a roller coaster again this year. Horrible first half, but turning it on now and likely to win the division ... which is really no great accomplishment in the NL Central this year. MLS recently announced a new expansion team for St. Louis. I used to enjoy watching soccer when I was growing up. Lately, though, professional soccer is unwatchable to me. Some of these guys will go down if the wind changes direction, and writhe around like their leg has been amputated. Fortunately for them, referees carry those magic little colored cards in their pockets that, when held aloft, instantly cure all manner of unbearable injuries.

For my sports fix, I'm glad hockey season is about to start.

 

[jbrumberg]

Paul- All the "drama" and the "divas" w/i professional "sports" entertainment is a real turnoff for me, and college football is starting down that slippery slope as well. Now it seems that the really successful college football athletes have a really short academic resume and a really, really long rap sheet in their "sports" portfolio to bring to professional sports. Fortunately there are still a few players in the professional leagues that serve as + role models.

My Wife is a bigger sports fan than I. I do not have the attention span.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

2 buckets potatoes on the first row is double last yrs production per row. Only had 2.5 buckets total last yr for 3 rows, have 4 rows this yr. Most of 1st row were red, with whites at the end. Whites are smaller than the reds, so probably production will drop...
Showed her the post, she said I look like a farmers wife. I said, you are.

 

[toppop52]

Pt and OT were here together this morning and they are about to cut me loose. I’ve exceeded my goals so I get re-evaluated Friday and discharged next week.

The hummingbirds that are left here are big ones, the smaller ones have all gone, but there are still quite a few.

The chili rellenos sound good, I like to pour some chunky salsa over them.

 

[sodamo]

70°F and ,08 inches rain.
Will watch the Apple event as i have my coffee this morning, not that I’m planning any upgrades.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[hawkeye08]

After getting the old deck torn out, I am having trouble getting started on the new deck.. it should go well once I get started. I'm having reasonable success with massage therapy for my back pain, yesterday was told that I need to get more appt scheduled, that I am too far apart to have lasting results. Also my hips are not even so need to see chiropractor for that. I scheduled several massage and a chiropractor appt to see how it works out. We have been getting some rain which we need, but the farmers working on finishing harvest are not happy.

 

[txdon]

After getting the old deck torn out, I am having trouble getting started on the new deck.. it should go well once I get started. .

I found breaking it up into very small jobs and just concentrating on getting one small job done a day it's easier to get started. It's like getting ready to get ready to start.

 

[jbrumberg]

I found breaking it up into very small jobs and just concentrating on getting one small job done a day it's easier to get started. It's like getting ready to get ready to start.

The older I get the smaller the sub-task becomes.:embarrassed: and the longer it takes till task completion; but the satisfaction feels just as good.

The humidity has been rising all day to the point of misting. Rising dew points = A/C probably tonight. It will be HHH weather here tomorrow.