Cooler, and very wet. Then if the sun comes out, HOT and very wet. Parts of Houston got rain yesterday, parts got a LOT of rain. We got enough at the house I didn’t do any outdoor work.
I did do some office work, and some auction stuff. Then I did my pickup which took most of the afternoon. Not a terribly productive day. I did get a couple of barrel pumps, and almost had a chance to buy a couple of hundred gallons of kerosene, but they turned out to be empty. I’d have loved to get 2 fifty five gallon drums… although I have no idea how I’d have moved them.
Today I’m using the kid’s minivan to move a few bins of auction stuff to my new auctioneer. Then I’ll be home to swap vehicles, and go do another pickup or two. I bought some very expensive speakers for resale… Hopefully, I can just flip them, and not decide I want to keep them.
The work on my Ranger should be done later today, which just means the next phase of work will begin shortly after that. I need it in between though. I’ve been watching a lot of Ranger videos. Very popular to keep them running and very straightforward. I also looked at some bluebook values and I see that while it’s possible to find some that are very cheap, ones like mine with the extended cab are apparently worth about double what I thought they were. Some are going for $8-12K depending on miles and condition. I feel a little better about spending money on it.
Always be working to improve your position. The easiest way is to stack. And to TEST and USE your stacked preps.
nick
Tuesday. Good morning!
Are you on strike? You can listen to music on excellent speakers while you are on strike…
I regret all the years of listening to music on suboptimal speakers for the sake of saving a few grand (which, admittedly, we didn’t always have). What a waste…
Hot again, but not quite as hot as before. Windows wide open to change out the air…
If you look very closely, you might see me poking my head out for a breath of fresh air:
https://www.ueberlingen-bodensee.de/webcam
Have a good day!
I use a Braumeister (story below), and I do have a pretty good recipe for a Pilsner beer. It’s the one my neighbors seem to like the most, because – frankly – it’s the most boring of my beers, most similar to the commercial beer you get everywhere. But I’m shw
My favorite recipe is a Klosterbier: a bit darker with a stronger flavor than a Pilsner or Lager. My wife’s favorite is a Weizenbier (wheat beer) that I make at about 3.5% alcohol. A typical evening, we each drink two 50cl bottles. Which explains why I have to brew so often…
Braumeister story: Mine is old, probably 20 years old by now. Worked like a champ until last year, when the control unit gave up the ghost. The good news is, you can buy a new control unit. The bad news is, you can buy a new control unit. Which comes with new and modern features. Always online, subscription required, the disease of the modern internet.
They have also tried to idiot-proof it. For example, when it’s time to do something (like removing the malt pipe), it stops, beeps and says “do X”. You do X, click “continue” and it stops ans says “have you done X?” requiring you to click again. Annoying. But those are minor grumbles. The beast must have produced something towards 10000 liters of beer by now.
I hear you. The standard American Coors, Budweiser, etc. are just awful. The first beers I enjoyed were dark beers. Then, in Austin, I discovered Shiner Bock. Hey, lighter beers can be great, too!
@Denis: You live in Überlingen? Really not far away! Nice view!
Sorry, I can’t link our webcam. Well, I could, but it’s been offline since January, while the town argues with SwissCom and Roundshot about who pays how much…