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Next on my list of beers to snag and put into the aging shelf is Dogfish Head Worldwide Stout. That is of course, when I can afford some. That stuff is more expensive than Barleywines and the Belgian lambics.

Actually, I thought they were vultures. And they only come in if the window is left open.

And that applies to a lot of things!

No. He asked them after he fell over the rail on the bed and they came automatically to see if he could get back up.

Then either you didn't get it, or your DOUBLY welcome at my house.

Whenever you get to Maryland, you can taste anything I have at home. Umm, that sounded really bad, but you know what I meant!

This weekend will be our 10th consecutive rainy weekend. I have to do something to pass the time when I can't jump. So I brew, drink, brew, drink.... [looks both ways for skydivers then whispers] I don't know yet. This is the first one. [/skydiver check] I think I'll probably rack them over numerous times over the course of about 4 months, then bottle and let it age another 8 months or so. I've heard that they really don't get good for a year or so. I'll let you know. There are ingredients for a batch of hazelnut brown ale in my basement, but they yeast pack was dead. When I put in another order and get the replacement, I have that to make also. The current stock of fermenting or finished homebrew is: 1) raspberry ginger wheat beer 2) creamy oatmeal stout 3) chocolate berry porter 4) raspberry lemon ale 5) spiced clover mead and by this weekend 6) orange blossom mead 7) altbier And though not homebrew, I have stored/aging in my basement: Sam Adams Triple Bock Harpoon Winter Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine Chimay Lindemans Lambics (case of 750 ml bottles) I'm trying to convince my wife that I really do need the old full-sized refridgerator some at work is giving away, so I can convert it into a lagering fridge.

I feel your pain, Wendy, I really do. Of course, all the conversions probably come to you instantly, seeing as you really are a rocket scientist. Just say no to one-ply.

Negative on the all-grain. I do extract and partial-mash so far. But I did just start a 5-gallon batch of spiced mead last night. And I'm doing a batch of regular mead tonight and a batch of alt beer this weekend since the weather will be too crappy to jump. I would look pretty funny trying to get through airport security on the way to Rantoul with a parachute and a couple 5-gallon carboys!

It was Jello, but Jessica requested a change of dessert to pudding. I'm a nice guy, so I said, "Sure, why not!"

Or you could look at all the subliminal messages in this thread and all your questions would be answered.

Are you ready for your pudding wrestling?

Sure. You going to be in Rantoul (or at the Eloy winter boogie)? We can go and buy it then. Of course, professionals like us will quickly determine the unit cost per beer and which which size of packaging is the most advantageous for our personal beer selection.

I'm all about generic and store brand products. (Except you have to watch for sneaky sales that actually make the brand name stuff cheaper than store brand.) There are very few products where it makes a difference. Mostly, they are actually the same exact thing, coming out of the same plant, just with different packaging. Being frugal about this kind of crap lets me save money for skydiving and good beer! You have to have priorities.

Yeah, but there are plenty of times it doesn't work. For example: Two kinds of edam cheese in the case. Domestic has a unit price in $/pound, imported in cents per ounce. If you can go from pounds to ounces and back you can compare. Toilet paper that is one sale, but the unit price shown is for full price. The pathetic slackers in the supermarket don't have unit prices on some sale products. Now cut me some slack! I'm a tighwad about some stuff, but I have damned good credit and I never pay too much.

Well, I was simplifying.

I totally disagree. Credit cards are a beautiful thing. You just have to use them, not let them use you. I've racked up thousands of dollars in benefits without paying any interest. I have a "Stockback" card that gives me rewards in the form of stock, a "Toys 'R Us" card that gives me certificates I can use at their stores (for my daughter), a "Freedom Card" that gives me free gasoline. At various other times, I've had cards earning me money towards computers, Amazon.com credits, etc. It is pretty simple, really. Use the card to charge stuff, then pay in full every month. Repeat. It is simple, but it sometimes requires serious discipline to know that you can't buy something even though you have the credit power to do so. There are two types of credit card users: givers and takers. If you are paying interest on running balances, you are a giver. You give the credit card company money (over what you actually bought). That is how they make money. I'm a taker. To entice people to carry their cards, many credit card companies give perks. I run every purchase I can through my credit cards, and rack up perks, often in the form of cash. I pay the cards in full every month, and give them no interest. So I take the money from the credit card companies. They are willing to put up with some takers as long as the majority are givers, and some are huge givers. Moral of the story? It isn't always better to give than receive.

Not really. All you need is a backpack.

Wendy, Why would I.. someone go to all that trouble, if their hypothetical plans were already in place, approved, signed, sealed and delivered? If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

But she'd have to bid extra to get them all together, to overcome that whole "icky touching each other" issue.

It is a good thing that there will be no alcohol or nudity at any hypothetical places one might hypothetically be visiting without the hypothetical wife this year, such as Perris, Rantoul or Eloy. Now THAT would be scandelous.

I actually think she is some sort of demon, sacrificing young people that commit fashion errors on a designer altar and drinking their blood from matching accessorized cups to renew her youthful vigor in some satanic ritual. It is the only thing that makes any sense.

And pay with cash.

Hypothetical said wife isn't interested in any more jumps after her tandem at the present time. Wouldn't it be better to have her on a cruise and be unencumbered over the holidays and free to attend a boogie than trapped with aforementioned slew of wife's relatives over the winter holidays? Hypothetically, of course.

Make sure your wife is going on a nice Carribean cruise with her daughter, grandparents, siblings and cousins to alievate all problems with jaunting off to Eloy. Hypothetically, of course.