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The Pub / Re: The OFFICIAL AHA 4M's NFL BULL SH$%^&TER'S THREAD!

« on: January 10, 2013, 11:41:03 AM »

I was in a pool once.  In Hawaii.

Yeah, you seem like the kinda guy who would be in the pool rather than at the beach.

Maybe it was a tidepool.

Heard a good one from Shepard Smith (notorious Mississippi fan)  "Roll Tide!  Around the bowl and down the hole!" 

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The Pub / Re: The OFFICIAL AHA 4M's NFL BULL SH$%^&TER'S THREAD!

« on: January 10, 2013, 12:54:58 AM »

I have not had much to bullsh!t about this year. Except we did manage to beat the Steelers. But that was a long time ago. I was at the beach, IIRC.

Hell, it's January 9th and I went surfing today.  No big ting bruddah (sept da waves,  BIG!)

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Equipment and Software / Re: butterfly vs. ball

« on: January 09, 2013, 05:52:11 PM »

I hope that wasn't your water system Martin!

Just one of my clients on the Mississippi River with a really old water system.  They have all kinds of problems they are dealing with.  They have a lot of old cast iron pipes that are prone to failing in this cold weather.  They had a 1.5 MGD leak last week that it took several days to find.

A 1000gpm leak took them days to find?  A valve was that scaled up and they didn't notice a drop in flow?  Sounds like their biggest problem is their operators.

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Equipment and Software / Re: butterfly vs. ball

« on: January 09, 2013, 01:13:59 PM »

Well ya didn't specify an application, Tom.    

I figured on a brewing forum the range of applications would be understood

Different valves for different jobs.  Recirculation, heat exchange, filtering, fluid transfer, trub removal/yeast harvesting, gas pressure control, CIP, keg cleaning...   

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Equipment and Software / Re: butterfly vs. ball

« on: January 09, 2013, 11:37:13 AM »

Well ya didn't specify an application, Tom.     Guys in the other hobby I enjoy are constantly crowing the virtues of gate valves, but that's for vapor management.  Gate valves tend to be difficult to operate in high  liquid pressure/flow locations.

I hope that wasn't your water system Martin!

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The Pub / Re: BCS Championship

« on: January 09, 2013, 11:28:48 AM »

Just call them "Ohio", everyone knows what you're talking about.

Big nuts that aren't good for anything?   

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Equipment and Software / Re: butterfly vs. ball

« on: January 09, 2013, 01:42:13 AM »

Ball valves have smooth edges, conducive to one smooth flow path.  Butterfly valves have a cutting edge, splitting the flow and providing a catch point surface.  Gate valves on the otherhand provide finer tuning...

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Equipment and Software / Re: butterfly vs. ball

« on: January 09, 2013, 12:28:56 AM »

You didn't study fluid mechanics in the engineering core?

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Super Bowl brews

« on: January 09, 2013, 12:25:16 AM »

I would definately brew something that pairs well with cheese.

Yep, all those Packers watching the game on TV will be hungry...

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Super Bowl brews

« on: January 08, 2013, 04:54:13 PM »

There's nothing mild about Manning.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Super Bowl brews

« on: January 08, 2013, 01:34:24 PM »

Tom Brady wants to beat Jim Kelly's Super Bowl record.   

If N.E. makes it to the Super Bowl, I'm thinking Berliner Weiss would be the appropriate bier.   

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The Pub / Re: BCS Championship

« on: January 08, 2013, 11:45:39 AM »

I didn't know Notre Dame was a high school.

I turned it off after Alabama's third drive.  I had some paint I needed to watch dry.

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Other Fermentables / Re: Medicinal mead - d'oh!

« on: January 04, 2013, 06:05:35 PM »

I bet it would make a fine mead brandy!  (oops, did I say that out loud?)

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The Pub / Re: Shortshipped grain from AHS

« on: December 31, 2012, 06:39:23 PM »

I should know Austin Homebrew Supply?  I'm sure they are awesome, but the only thing I'm in contact out that way are the DirecTV satellites.

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The Pub / Re: Shortshipped grain from AHS

« on: December 31, 2012, 02:09:51 PM »

What's AHS?