41°F and light fog this morning, going up to 51° today. Most of the rain missed us to the north yesterday, and the voice on the radio this morning said tonight's will mostly miss us to the south.
I used to do my own homebrewing back in the early '90s, Eric. I had a few ales that came out quite good, and a lager once that (thanks in no small part to some authentic Anheuser-Busch hops) was indistinguishable from Michelob. I never bothered with removing the yeast. Once the beer was bottled and refrigerated, it would settle to the bottom. I guess I was lucky, in that I never had one come out awful. I started with some kits I bought at an area store, then went to buying the individual ingredients myself. One of the pale ales became my Mother's favorite beer. I enjoyed doing it right up until I quit drinking in '96. Charlie Papazian's book
The Complete Joy Of Home Brewing was immensely helpful.
Looks like whatever it is, Harv, you're attacking it with fervor.
Kyle, I was thinking along the same lines as RNG. That bus looks like a pile of rust with a little paint holding it together. And for $29K?! Back in the early '90s, I had a '73 Super Beetle that was in better shape than that thing, and I only paid $400 for it.
Kudos to that guy, though, for hijacking the word "patina."
Many years ago, I was obsessing over an unusual electric guitar designed by a guy named Steve Klein. I wanted one, but they were quite expensive. He stopped building them some time back, and now they go for anywhere from $6-10K.
I recently stumbled across a company in Australia that sells a DIY guitar kit nearly identical to the Klein style. Its a weird-looking headless guitar that is more ergonomical than aesthetically pleasing. The guy said he'd sell me the kit for his cost plus shipping (US$215 total, with the currency exchange working in my favor), so I think I'm going to order one and build it over the winter. If I like it, I've also found another builder who will build a custom doubleneck version for me with 6- and 12-string, and at a fraction of the cost of an original (there were only a few doubleneck Kleins made, and none had a 12-string). Could turn out to be that elusive "perfect guitar."
