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Good Eats - The Beer Show
>> ^Trancecoach:
is anyone gonna comment on the video itself? I for one enjoyed this vid. Not that I presently have the resources to try it out myself, but I'd love to in the future and I support anyone who does -- I'll show my appreciation in consumption. <hic>


Sure. I brewed for a couple of years back in the 80s, never had a bad batch though I did have some that were better than others. I liked a good India Pale Ale which was easy enough to do without refrigeration, more complex than some with the added crystal malts and such but it was worth the effort.

Main reason I stopped was because we had kids and got more animals. It's supposed to be kept quiet, cool and still for a while and we had no place in the house that was any of them for more than hours at a time. If you love beer and can keep it *clean* it's worth the effort though. Cut a corner on keeping it clean and you might as well save your time.




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How to Defend Yourself Against a Pointed Stick
Lurch is right from personal experience. When I was a kid I wore a buck knife and had a friend who was into martial arts, he took them for years and thought he was pretty good. The night I met him I showed him with a closed knife I could get through it and about a year later he tested the theory with someone else on a trip to NYC and got a punctured lung for his effort.

It's nice to know how to have a chance if forced to but a lot smarter to run or avoid it in the first place.


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Come on, e'rybody! Let's see your pets! (Catsanddogs Talk Post)
I broke down and created a flickr account, figured it was about time anyway. No pictures of the Lab but the rest of my (current) animals are there.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28119285@N08/


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Come on, e'rybody! Let's see your pets! (Catsanddogs Talk Post)
Don't have any photos online since I never had anyone to share it with but I've got three dogs, an ancient black Lab, a Shepard mix mutt, and a Blue Heeler. Used to have a heeler/pit mix but she died last year.

One rat (last left of three, getting old). And a cat, she was an accident of sorts. Kind of adopted us. She also seems to think she's a dog.

I've had others, odd ones such as hedgehogs and more normal ones such as cockatiels. Mostly as rescues from people who know we like animals and who got something they can't take care of.


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