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by contrahead
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:16 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Random Pics
Replies: 66
Views: 4297

Re: Random Pics

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by contrahead
Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:28 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Hijack my thread
Replies: 557
Views: 38045

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by contrahead
Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:22 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Meme’s
Replies: 1364
Views: 136147

Re: Meme’s

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by contrahead
Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:52 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Random Pics
Replies: 66
Views: 4297

Re: Random Pics

To use a tool like 'Google images', store the image on your PC (if that is what you're using). Then drag the photo over to the little camera icon. Sometimes you can find the results you are looking for.
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by contrahead
Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:48 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Random Pics
Replies: 66
Views: 4297

Re: Random Pics

Twisted Brick nailed it. I don't know where he got the rest of his information though. -If you zoom in to behind the guy's left arm in the picture, you can see the name Ingersol (but not Rand); that's one clue. I cant figure out what all the sight glasses (?) are for. (I caught the Historic image o...
by contrahead
Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:16 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Random Pics
Replies: 66
Views: 4297

Re: Random Pics

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Go ahead. Tell me what this is...
by contrahead
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:31 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Meme’s
Replies: 1364
Views: 136147

Re: Meme’s

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by contrahead
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:27 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Anybody know about wild mushrooms?
Replies: 26
Views: 1258

Re: Anybody know about wild mushrooms?

Nope. That one is unique alright.
by contrahead
Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:47 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Anybody know about wild mushrooms?
Replies: 26
Views: 1258

Re: Anybody know about wild mushrooms?

Deadly morel mushroom outbreak highlights big gaps in fungi knowledge

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03 ... knowledge/
by contrahead
Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:20 pm
Forum: Other Hobbies and Projects
Topic: Do we have any outdoor cooking enthusiast around
Replies: 77
Views: 6329

Re: Do we have any outdoor cooking enthusiast around

Cooking Shawarma From A Whole 100kg BULL On A Spit! A Grand Dish For All Children https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pivdZW8ynKY This video made me hungry. It might have been filmed in Turkey? The woman is a good cook too. I like her samovar and what I think was rose-hip tea made with the hot water.. T...
by contrahead
Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:21 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Meme’s
Replies: 1364
Views: 136147

Re: Meme’s

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Times may change;
people - not so much...

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by contrahead
Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:20 am
Forum: My First .....
Topic: profile setup
Replies: 4
Views: 350

Re: profile setup

@ Yummyrum : The instructions say “Maximum dimensions; width: 80 pixels, height: 80 pixels, file size: 17.00 KiB”. (big difference between 17 MB ans 17KiB ! @ noramila There are several methods to use for compressing a picture (by pixel density, image size, storage format). For the “avatar” you are ...
by contrahead
Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:19 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Meme’s
Replies: 1364
Views: 136147

Re: Meme’s

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by contrahead
Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:47 pm
Forum: Beer, and Wine
Topic: Might be of interest to the Wine and Brandy guys
Replies: 8
Views: 513

Re: Might be of interest to the Wine and Brandy guys

-Beaujolais is supposed to be consumed when fresh and new. It's intended as a refreshing, organic wine; without sulfites. It is not meant for storage. - Sulfites (not sulfates or sulfides) are used to preserve wine, to prevent oxidization, prevent browning, maintain freshness and shelf life. Someti...
by contrahead
Mon Feb 26, 2024 8:53 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Hijack my thread
Replies: 557
Views: 38045

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by contrahead
Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:30 am
Forum: Distilling News
Topic: Texas protecting its citizens
Replies: 13
Views: 945

Re: Texas protecting its citizens

Anonymous Tips Has the world changed, or are there just more 'Rat Finks' running around these days? Two threads about liquor or still bust, in HD's forum this morning. One in Johnson City, Tennessee and the other confusingly in Johnson County, Texas. Then the Texas story was linked to another bust ...
by contrahead
Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:33 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Meme’s
Replies: 1364
Views: 136147

Re: Meme’s

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W'sup Dude ?

Yeah. I'm on Time Out.
by contrahead
Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:16 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: %&*($#%$ SNOW!!!!
Replies: 891
Views: 74307

Re: %&*($#%$ SNOW!!!!

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by contrahead
Sun Feb 11, 2024 3:46 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: whats your music
Replies: 2656
Views: 239783

Re: whats your music

Been listening to a bunch of Toby Keith songs lately; thanks to thecroweater . Lots of songs that I haven't listened to, in 20 years. Like this next one: with the bald headed, toupee wearing clown (Terry Bradshaw) flirting with the Goth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMKTB95-LVk and https://www.yo...
by contrahead
Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:47 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Meme’s
Replies: 1364
Views: 136147

Re: Meme’s

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Yes. Conch snails have eyes...
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by contrahead
Mon Jan 29, 2024 10:23 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Meme’s
Replies: 1364
Views: 136147

Re: Meme’s

Taking issue with that picture with the T-bone steaks over the flames. I claim to be no expert and I've been eating meat cooked that way all my life. But I read somewhere recently, that the smoke from burning fat at high temperatures can deposit undesirable chemicals onto the surface of the meat. Th...
by contrahead
Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:28 am
Forum: Recipe Development
Topic: Bird seed
Replies: 3
Views: 434

Re: Bird seed

If you had taken a second to search (and read) as is often suggested, then you would have easily found over 90 HD threads – each with numerous comments on that very subject (bird seed for distilling). Instead of creating a (repetitive) new topic – perhaps you should have joined an existing discussio...
by contrahead
Mon Jan 15, 2024 1:46 pm
Forum: Other Hobbies and Projects
Topic: PREPPING - Yes - No - Why !
Replies: 240
Views: 38001

Re: PREPPING - Yes - No - Why !

coverflit300d2.jpg Apologies for this shameless promotion. But a body's got to start somewhere. I did not create this thread, but I have contributed to it several times in the last 6 years. My first book has finally been published, so I tried to update one of my web-pages – which I haven't added to...
by contrahead
Fri Jan 12, 2024 9:57 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: %&*($#%$ SNOW!!!!
Replies: 891
Views: 74307

Re: %&*($#%$ SNOW!!!!

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Around here, even poor ski-bunnies are being forced to wear more clothes.
by contrahead
Mon Jan 08, 2024 11:33 am
Forum: Column Builds
Topic: Wood plated columns
Replies: 32
Views: 1236

Re: Wood plated columns

screenshot.193.jpg Expanding upon the subject of wood for a moment, I present cypress. Under Wikipedia's page on the Mediterranean cypress it mentions: “It is also known for its very durable, scented wood, used most famously for the doors of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City, Rome. Cypress u...
by contrahead
Sat Jan 06, 2024 11:25 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: A Christmas gift
Replies: 10
Views: 798

Re: A Christmas gift

My recent resolution so to speak was to re-stock the liquor cabinet. It's been drained pretty dry (of commercial booze) in recent years. Even my own stuff can never age – if I keep sipping away at it. Lately about once a week, I'll buy a prestigious bottle of Brandy, Scotch or something else and sip...
by contrahead
Thu Jan 04, 2024 5:15 pm
Forum: Research and Theory
Topic: Wood fired
Replies: 50
Views: 9128

Re: Wood fired

"There are a couple really good new designs of batchbox rocket stoves" That's an informative post J. Allen. Yer not a very talkative dude seeings how that was only your 2nd comment in 10 years. Some ideas haven't changed that much. I wanted to post an image of a 500 year old woodcutting, ...
by contrahead
Mon Jan 01, 2024 10:47 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Random Pics
Replies: 66
Views: 4297

Re: Random Pics

The illusion is more dynamic and convincing in the moving video; in real life too, probably.
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by contrahead
Tue Dec 26, 2023 5:00 pm
Forum: Legalization of Home Distilling
Topic: A bit of good news for home distilling
Replies: 54
Views: 8452

Re: A bit of good news for home distilling

Dec, 2023: NEW - but still; "just another brick in the wall" - or - more of the same.

Federal Lawsuit Challenges Ban On One Of The Most American Things Ever
by contrahead
Mon Dec 25, 2023 10:23 am
Forum: Recipe Development
Topic: Onions?! 🧅
Replies: 5
Views: 561

Re: Onions?! 🧅

Glancing through the link provided, I saw no mention of sucrose being added to make the onion wine. But typically, onion wine recipes do call for lots of added sugar. I've been mixing onions and distilling now for several years. But I mean aging, not distilling from fermented onion juice; which migh...