Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by 32t

They say that bad things come in 3's.

I hope none of us here are the third...............

You trying to jinks me....
Don't say that..!!!
My furnace has to be around 30+ years old. An Armstrong gas furnace.

Pre emptive strike, I replaced my furnace last fall. The one I had was from the 70's and had some firebox issues starting. I have tried really hard to stay ahead of maintenance issues on the house and shop. Thank god I do not live anywhere where the temperatures drop down to -20. That is just un inhabitable.

Originally Posted by outback

You trying to jinks me....
Don't say that..!!!
My furnace has to be around 30+ years old. An Armstrong gas furnace.

I am not trying to jinks you at all.

My house was built in 1909 and I think the furnace was installed at that time. It was converted to natural gas from coal. OMG try to go to the parts supplier and explain what model you need parts for....

It has continued with a few minor problems to work well over the years.

The power company keeps sending me letters telling me that if I was as efficient as my neighbors with windows etc. I could save "up" too $350 a year.

I will be long dead before that would get paid back....

I have been here around 28 years and a new furnace would last around 15......

That being said I am getting older and I may have to break down and buy a new one.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

As I chuckle at you guys concocting the (shudder!) Bay Rum, it seems to be fun, yet I have been on the same 3 or 5 small 4oz bottles of AS for YEARS!
What's the shelf-life? All natural is good, but will it go bad before you use it? That's a LOT of Bay Rum there!

Bundle-up!

Tom, my Dad passed away in 2006 and I still have a little bit of my Mother's last batch she made for him. It is as nice as the day she made it for him. Mom passed away this year and it's kind of a connection to them both so I use her last batch sparingly. Since there's no harmful chemicals in it, yes you can drink it......my Dad would take a sip once in a while.

Originally Posted by Benz

Tom, my Dad passed away in 2006 and I still have a little bit of my Mother's last batch she made for him. It is as nice as the day she made it for him. Mom passed away this year and it's kind of a connection to them both so I use her last batch sparingly. Since there's no harmful chemicals in it, yes you can drink it......my Dad would take a sip once in a while.

If I were you I would take a drop or two and add it to the next batch, and so on and so on.

Sort of like sourdough. Theoretically at least you would never run out of the original!

Originally Posted by 32t

If I were you I would take a drop or two and add it to the next batch, and so on and so on.

Sort of like sourdough. Theoretically at least you would never run out of the original!

That's how they preserve the yeast for Guinness.
They just take a scoop of yeast from one batch to kickstart the next. They also have that strain in secure locations offsite 'just in case' but in practical terms they just scoop some out every time.

i like the look so i tried my hand at my first double wedge pin yesterday on a heavy lacouture wedge. not sure i got placement quite right but overall not bad. looking forward to honing it up and giving it a try.

Originally Posted by Bruno

That's how they preserve the yeast for Guinness.
They just take a scoop of yeast from one batch to kickstart the next. They also have that strain in secure locations offsite 'just in case' but in practical terms they just scoop some out every time.

From the alcohol content I doubt if there is any yeast in this. But in relation to alcohol I was thinking more of this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solera

Originally Posted by sloanwinters

i like the look so i tried my hand at my first double wedge pin yesterday on a heavy lacouture wedge. not sure i got placement quite right but overall not bad. looking forward to honing it up and giving it a try.

Seems perfect to me. I love the red wedge with black scales and the double pins! Makes me think of a black 1950s Cadillac

*edit*
Just realized if you keep the theme and make a white scaled, pink wedged one you could have a 2 day black and pink Cadillac set

Plumber and electrician have arrived, so ill have heat by the end of the day. Added bonus, there will be extra heat when my credit card melts down trying to pay for this