Mrs.J Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 4 hours ago, MN Transplant said: All I’m taking away from these posts is to steer my daughter away from competitive swimming. You can come to horse shows with me instead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 On 7/14/2021 at 7:16 AM, GramaxRefugee said: Seems like only yesterday. Where has the time gone lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 We got two more inches of rain down here today, from a JULY COLD FRONT!. We are not supposed to get cold fronts down here in July! We have had 32.3 inches of rain so far this year. We are above average for this region and especially for our summer climatology. Temps have been milder than usual too, only in the low 90s with dewpoints averaging in the mid to upper 70s. The garden is really growing, some of my cucumber vines are growing 3 inches a day! This is turning into a very very unusually WET summer for central Texas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 On 7/15/2021 at 11:19 AM, H2O said: Speaking of retirement. Tomorrow is my last day. Then I hope you have a very very good time! Maybe you should try chasing storms, or have fun at the northeastern ski resorts come winter! Or both lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 16 hours ago, mattie g said: No more B meets for us. We start the season with a B meet and end with an A meet. We host divisionals this Saturday, which is going to be a show. I'm taking the day off on Friday to watch the girls while the wife gets ready for concessions... Dude. Dude dude. Our B meet last night was a joke. Didn’t finish until 9:30. Coaches were pissed. Team reps were pissed. Lots of just tired and frustrated volunteers. Tons of bratty kids being loud. Lots of rude ass parents complaining about everything. My voice is shot from having to yell and speak over the noise. Never again do I want to do that type of meet. Now I have to nurse my vocal chords because I will be working the Divisionals Im supposed to be retired. Lol 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 11 minutes ago, H2O said: Dude. Dude dude. Our B meet last night was a joke. Didn’t finish until 9:30. Coaches were pissed. Team reps were pissed. Lots of just tired and frustrated volunteers. Tons of bratty kids being loud. Lots of rude ass parents complaining about everything. My voice is shot from having to yell and speak over the noise. Never again do I want to do that type of meet. Now I have to nurse my vocal chords because I will be working the Divisionals Im supposed to be retired. Lol That sounds awful. 9:30 is just too much. And it sounds like what some of the volunteers went through in our final B meet. I didn't realize how intense the summer swim season could be until this year. Practice every morning (which is another practice on top of year-round swim for some kids); meets on Saturday morning, then on and Monday evening; a couple Wednesday-evening meets near the end of the season; then finishing up with Divisionals (and All-Stars). It's a LOT to cram into a less than two months, and by the end the kids and parents are both worn out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GramaxRefugee Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 1 hour ago, H2O said: ...Im supposed to be retired. Lol Yep; just keep telling yourself that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 11 minutes ago, GramaxRefugee said: Yep; just keep telling yourself that. I have to tell others who think I have time to fix stuff they want fixed 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 2 hours ago, mattie g said: That sounds awful. 9:30 is just too much. And it sounds like what some of the volunteers went through in our final B meet. I didn't realize how intense the summer swim season could be until this year. Practice every morning (which is another practice on top of year-round swim for some kids); meets on Saturday morning, then on and Monday evening; a couple Wednesday-evening meets near the end of the season; then finishing up with Divisionals (and All-Stars). It's a LOT to cram into a less than two months, and by the end the kids and parents are both worn out. Sounds like when son played travel hockey (Roanoke). It was a 55-60 minute drive TO the practice, which was 3 days a week, then games every weekend alternating between home (an hour away for us) and away. But it WAS travel, teams were in Raleigh, Greensboro, Charlotte, Fayetteville, Richmond and Winston-Salem. The BEST one was the two years ATLANTA (Gwinnett) joined the league!! It basically was minor league hockey minus the pay for the players or the bus lol. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Spending the morning canning this stuff. It’s a nice DIPA. I don’t think I’ve ever had Triumph hops before. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 30 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said: Spending the morning canning this stuff. It’s a nice DIPA. I don’t think I’ve ever had Triumph hops before. Never even heard of Triumph hops. Now I want that beer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 10 minutes ago, mattie g said: Never even heard of Triumph hops. Now I want that beer. Triumph apparently has a cantaloupe profile. Good stuff for my breakfast ! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthArlington101 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 I was feeling tired of summer so I started digging through my photos from winter... need some more of this ASAP. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowenOutThere Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 28 minutes ago, NorthArlington101 said: I was feeling tired of summer so I started digging through my photos from winter... need some more of this ASAP. What storm, it looks like a pretty good one also thanks for a new desktop background lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthArlington101 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 4 minutes ago, SnowenOutThere said: What storm, it looks like a pretty good one. Google Photos says that was Feb. 11, 2021 - my memory is already bad but I think that was the second part of the HECS that wasn't from the 10th-12th, the one where the HDRPS dumped 30" on Baltimore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quixotic1 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 On 7/15/2021 at 11:19 AM, H2O said: Speaking of retirement. Tomorrow is my last day. Then Congrats! Make sure you invite a certain diabetic nimrod from Michigan to the party. seriously congrats. I am big time Jelly. I have about another 8 years at least. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 2 hours ago, Quixotic1 said: Congrats! Make sure you invite a certain diabetic nimrod from Michigan to the party. seriously congrats. I am big time Jelly. I have about another 8 years at least. Thank you! I won’t bother inviting an alpha to a beta retirement party. He has sushi to fillet. 8 years will get done and then you can enjoy the high life. I’m super lucky to be able to and wish everyone could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestrobjwa Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 On 7/15/2021 at 12:19 PM, H2O said: Speaking of retirement. Tomorrow is my last day. Then Congratulations good sir!! And Happy Retirement!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Ugh, Comcast internet outage here. I loathe them. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rvarookie Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Been a pretty chill summer. Grass is green as well. Just hoping we can get in on some tropical action soon. @WxWatcher007will make it happen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 On 7/20/2021 at 1:40 PM, NorthArlington101 said: I was feeling tired of summer so I started digging through my photos from winter... need some more of this ASAP. This snow pic now graces my laptop screen. Thanks. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 I’ve finally got around to working on the control panel for the new electric brewery here at the house. Still a long way to go but making progress. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 3 hours ago, nw baltimore wx said: I’ve finally got around to working on the control panel for the new electric brewery here at the house. Still a long way to go but making progress. Sweet. Process control + beer is hard to beat in my book. Looks like you are doing PID control? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 2 hours ago, nw baltimore wx said: I’ve finally got around to working on the control panel for the new electric brewery here at the house. Still a long way to go but making progress. Are you trying to launch Amazon back into space with that control panel? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Lot of dead leaves dropping here. Seems like the cicadas did a number on them. I expect a bad leaf season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 2 hours ago, CAPE said: Sweet. Process control + beer is hard to beat in my book. Looks like you are doing PID control? Yep. PID's for the hot liquor tank and mash tun. Don't ask me anything technical. I'm just following instructions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said: Yep. PID's for the hot liquor tank and mash tun. Don't ask me anything technical. I'm just following instructions. Dude we need a thread. I want details of your setup. Pictures. Diagrams of the control circuit. Using heating coils and recirc to control mash temp? Pt-100 or thermocouple? Tuning PID loops is fun stuff, I can help you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, CAPE said: Dude we need a thread. I want details of your setup. Pictures. Diagrams of the control circuit. Using heating coils and recirc to control mash temp? Pt-100 or thermocouple? Tuning PID loops is fun stuff, I can help you. How about I bring down to the shore and you wire it! I’ll post pics of the tank setup. Basically three 20 gallon tanks, one HLT, mash tun, and boil kettle. HLT controls mash temp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 2 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said: How about I bring down to the shore and you wire it! Is this a packaged(matched) system or are you adding controls to your existing set-up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 10 minutes ago, CAPE said: Is this a packaged(matched) system or are you adding controls to your existing set-up? Completely new. I still have the five gallon system but this will allow me to do 10 or even 15 gallon batches. All of this started because I got a great deal on three 20 gallon Blichman kettles. Then I thought, “Well, if you’re going to have these, then you’re going to need…” Of course by the time I’m done, I’ll probably have spent a small fortune, but that’s what hobbies are for. Besides, I’ve had a part time job in addition to my “real” job all my life, so I’m not going to feel bad about tossing money around. By the way, it was @losetoa6 that put in the 240, 30 amp breaker for me in the garage. I did the grunt wiring but I don’t play with electrical panels. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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