Captain Ned wrote:Even so, my one cab ride on the Kennedy from O'Hare to the Loop still tells me the train is safer.
Driving in DC is worse.
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Captain Ned wrote:Even so, my one cab ride on the Kennedy from O'Hare to the Loop still tells me the train is safer.
just brew it! wrote:The reason aluminum (aluminium for you non-US folk) foil has a shiny side and a dull side is that it is difficult to manufacture high volume roller mills with a sufficiently small gap to make a single sheet of foil. So aluminum foil is rolled two sheets at a time, then peeled apart prior to packaging. The shiny side is the side which was in contact with the roller, and the dull side is the side which was pressed against the other sheet of foil.
JBI wrote:The reason aluminum (aluminium for you non-US folk) foil has a shiny side and a dull side is that it is difficult to manufacture high volume roller mills with a sufficiently small gap to make a single sheet of foil. So aluminum foil is rolled two sheets at a time, then peeled apart prior to packaging. The shiny side is the side which was in contact with the roller, and the dull side is the side which was pressed against the other sheet of foil.
bhtooefr wrote:And now I'm caught back up on this thread. So my dad took me to this place in November, and this happened.
And then some bottling happened three weeks later. (Damn, I haven't been posting on here for a while.) Mmm, hefeweizen. (Enjoying one right now.)
Edit: Also, holy crap, I've been signed up here over a decade?
Vrock wrote:Frankly, I'm just surprised that Canada has aircraft carriers.
Captain Ned wrote:Navies with carriers often find themselves transiting large patches of ocean and the crew is bored. In such times there is a great tradition of the deck "spell-out", namely forcing everyone into their dress whites and doing college football halftime-style formations designed to be seen from above. While I'm not sure this is every single spell-out picture, it's clearly the vast majority.
http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/ ... ilors.aspx
Retired CPO's resume wrote:One of four individuals out of 5000 chosen to form the dot on the I in AMERICA.
just brew it! wrote:You'd be surprised how common crap like that is. A few years back, the former treasurer of the BJCP (the non-profit that certifies beer judges, of which I am a member) pleaded guilty to mail fraud for embezzling from the organization: http://www.bjcp.org/docs/Plea_Agreement.PDF
Captain Ned wrote:Unfortunately it's all too common these days. Defense counsel explicitly argued for a shorter sentence (12-18 mos compared to gov't request of 51 mos) based on the current rash of middle-aged women 1st-time felons pleading guilty to embezzlement as somehow constituting a different class that should be treated differently in the sentencing guidelines. 'Twas an odd argument and one to which the judge gave little credence.
just brew it! wrote:OTOH, I suppose if we are giving shorter sentences to violent felons because the prisons are overcrowded with felons convicted of white-collar crimes, there may be some justification.
JustAnEngineer wrote:They're starting with pure ethanol and absorbing it with a water-soluble powder. Since mixed drinks are typically less than 1/3 ethanol, there's room for the other stuff in the final solution once you've added water.