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Re: Hobbies/Disciplines
« Reply #35 on: February 12, 2015, 10:42:35 PM »
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I'm tired.  It looks like the title said Hobbit Disciples.

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I'm tired.  It looks like the title said Hobbit Disciples.

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Re: Hobbies/Disciplines
« Reply #36 on: February 12, 2015, 11:45:05 PM »
Quote from: jammindude on February 12, 2015, 10:41:22 PM
^^^^

Thank you.   And it suddenly occurred to me that my comment may have come across on a slam on those who are of well means.   I mean no disrespect....  I just simply found the thought of *me* ever being in that circumstance so alien as to be tickling.     I begrudge no one their circumstances...nor their pleasures for their hard work.     

I've invented my own saying..."Hey, for some guys, it's golf."

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Re: Hobbies/Disciplines
« Reply #37 on: February 13, 2015, 05:26:59 AM »
I'm with you jammin. For me, a bottle in the $25 range is for regular drinking, and the $40-80 range of bottles are "special" and honestly I only can afford to buy them a few times a year. I don't think I've ever bought a bottle more expensive than that.

Anyway it doesn't matter because there is a LOT of good scotch out there and even if you could have it all you certainly couldn't drink it all while still being able to enjoy it and fully take it in. Money's not the problem, it's time.
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Re: Hobbies/Disciplines
« Reply #38 on: February 13, 2015, 05:52:48 AM »
I started wrapping the body of the new truck I purchased the other day. This is the rig I'll be competing with this summer.





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Re: Hobbies/Disciplines
« Reply #39 on: February 13, 2015, 06:13:34 AM »
I should add I have a hobby of playing ping pong.  Im not anyhting good, but my brother and sister got me a table for my basement as a house warming gift and since then I started playing and getting my friends to play.  Its really fun and we can get really into it.  I played 6 games last night and although my basement is like 40 degrees fahrenheit, we were both sweating like pigs from how hard we were playing.  My friend is also ridiculously handy (i am not) and really wanted to fix the net for my table.  He has a facebook album of all his handy work he does for his home and the car wash he owns so he decided to add the ping pong table to his album.







He then beat the crap out of me in those 6 games, 5-1... at least I went 1-2 in the final three games with the two losses being in OT.
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Re: Hobbies/Disciplines
« Reply #40 on: February 13, 2015, 07:56:35 AM »
Quote from: Skeever on February 12, 2015, 08:16:51 PM
Dude that's way too much ice. You're just watering down all that flavor you're paying for.

I mean, however you like it, you like it I guess. For me it's one ice cube per two ounces at the most, and that's only when I'm drinking cheaper stuff and don't care.

Interestingly, and perhaps counterintuitively, the opposite is true!

Because of the mass and decreased surface area touching the whiskey a large ice sphere (ice forms more densely at its core in a sphere) melts at a much, much slower pace than a small ice cube(s). That is the entire purpose of an ice sphere, to chill the booze without diluting it. I'm sure my son could also quote some formula for you about the fluid dynamics involved and how the increased surface tension of a sphere resists melting more than a cube, but frankly most of that goes over my head. My practical experience is that by the time I've finished my two fingers of bourbon, the sphere is still the same size.

I'm sure that if I let the glass sit there for a few hours (that's how long it takes one of these spheres to reduce by half) you would be right. I simply don't drink that slowly.

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Re: Hobbies/Disciplines
« Reply #41 on: February 13, 2015, 07:58:32 AM »
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Re: Hobbies/Disciplines
« Reply #42 on: February 13, 2015, 08:00:51 AM »
lol yea the ice sphere is perfect for a whiskey.  I personally like mine on the rocks with the ice melting a little, msotly because I am still trying to teach myself to like the taste.  I am often called a pussy by my friends.
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Re: Hobbies/Disciplines
« Reply #43 on: February 13, 2015, 08:19:10 AM »
Are there advantages to using an ice sphere over whiskey stones?

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Re: Hobbies/Disciplines
« Reply #44 on: February 13, 2015, 08:22:13 AM »
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 :lol

Sorry if that was a bit over the top, I can never tell.

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Are there advantages to using an ice sphere over whiskey stones?

It may be all in my head but I feel like the stones modify the flavor of the whiskey. I prefer the sphere but I'm sure others will disagree with me.
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Re: Hobbies/Disciplines
« Reply #45 on: February 13, 2015, 08:26:26 AM »
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Sorry if that was a bit over the top, I can never tell.


Nah man, it's cool. I just really like that meme. I feel like that is something everyone should be able to wrap their head around, it's not like you were busting out Newtonian physics equations. Surface area is an easy concept, and it does no harm to give a light explanation (especially when good booze are involved).

Conduct an experiment and post it. Put three ounces of whiskey in three glasses. Put an ice sphere in one, regular cubes equivalent to the volume of the sphere in another, and then no ice in the third. Keep a thermometer in each glass, and have a fourth for the room as well. Check every 30 minutes and record your findings. See which one melts all the ice first.
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Re: Hobbies/Disciplines
« Reply #46 on: February 14, 2015, 07:23:48 AM »
No way, Chino...ruin two glasses of whiskey? For science? No way!!

Can we use apple juice with rubbing alcohol instead?q
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Re: Hobbies/Disciplines
« Reply #47 on: February 14, 2015, 07:48:05 AM »
1. Being as good as I can possibly be as a vocalist is what drives me.

2. Cooking better than most home cooks is something I take a lot of pride in.

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Re: Hobbies/Disciplines
« Reply #48 on: February 15, 2015, 06:42:24 AM »
Quote from: cramx3 on February 13, 2015, 08:00:51 AM
lol yea the ice sphere is perfect for a whiskey.  I personally like mine on the rocks with the ice melting a little, msotly because I am still trying to teach myself to like the taste.  I am often called a pussy by my friends.

True whiskey drinkers dilute the whiskey just a touch.
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Re: Hobbies/Disciplines
« Reply #49 on: February 15, 2015, 08:57:43 AM »
Quote from: Podaar on February 13, 2015, 07:56:35 AM
Quote from: Skeever on February 12, 2015, 08:16:51 PM
Dude that's way too much ice. You're just watering down all that flavor you're paying for.

I mean, however you like it, you like it I guess. For me it's one ice cube per two ounces at the most, and that's only when I'm drinking cheaper stuff and don't care.

Interestingly, and perhaps counterintuitively, the opposite is true!

Because of the mass and decreased surface area touching the whiskey a large ice sphere (ice forms more densely at its core in a sphere) melts at a much, much slower pace than a small ice cube(s). That is the entire purpose of an ice sphere, to chill the booze without diluting it. I'm sure my son could also quote some formula for you about the fluid dynamics involved and how the increased surface tension of a sphere resists melting more than a cube, but frankly most of that goes over my head. My practical experience is that by the time I've finished my two fingers of bourbon, the sphere is still the same size.

I'm sure that if I let the glass sit there for a few hours (that's how long it takes one of these spheres to reduce by half) you would be right. I simply don't drink that slowly.
Consider my ignorant ass educated :)

Picked up a new bottle - Glenfidditch 12. Gonna enjoy it while forced to watch "Downton Abbey" later tonight  :tup
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« Reply #50 on: February 15, 2015, 06:24:12 PM »
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I'll join you. I have some Glenlivet 12 here...perhaps not as good but I'll join you.

I've been experimenting with making clear ice spheres this weekend with out success. Mrs. P wants me to just buy this and stop messing around!  :biggrin:
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« Reply #51 on: February 15, 2015, 06:54:59 PM »
Quote from: Podaar on February 15, 2015, 06:24:12 PM
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I'll join you. I have some Glenlivet 12 here...perhaps not as good but I'll join you.

I've been experimenting with making clear ice spheres this weekend with out success. Mrs. P wants me to just buy this and stop messing around!  :biggrin:

And she actually has a good point.   If you're willing to spend three digits on scotch on a semi-regular basis, then $120 for an ice machine should really be small beans.

My mother-in-law is a big fan of Glenlivet Scotch, and I know they can get up past $80 or more depending on how old it is.    She doesn't drink much any more because she's 90 and can barely walk to the bathroom stone sober...but 15 years ago, she may have been all over this.
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Re: Hobbies/Disciplines
« Reply #52 on: February 15, 2015, 07:50:38 PM »
Quote from: snapple on February 15, 2015, 06:42:24 AM
Quote from: cramx3 on February 13, 2015, 08:00:51 AM
lol yea the ice sphere is perfect for a whiskey.  I personally like mine on the rocks with the ice melting a little, msotly because I am still trying to teach myself to like the taste.  I am often called a pussy by my friends.

True whiskey drinkers dilute the whiskey just a touch.

I don't. I drink it neat. Like a man.
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« Reply #53 on: February 15, 2015, 08:54:44 PM »
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Quote from: cramx3 on February 13, 2015, 08:00:51 AM
lol yea the ice sphere is perfect for a whiskey.  I personally like mine on the rocks with the ice melting a little, msotly because I am still trying to teach myself to like the taste.  I am often called a pussy by my friends.

True whiskey drinkers dilute the whiskey just a touch.

I don't. I drink it neat. Like a man.

Then you're not tr00.   

I guess you must be cvlt.    :angel:
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Re: Hobbies/Disciplines
« Reply #54 on: February 16, 2015, 07:02:10 AM »
Quote from: jammindude on February 15, 2015, 06:54:59 PM
Quote from: Podaar on February 15, 2015, 06:24:12 PM
:tup

I'll join you. I have some Glenlivet 12 here...perhaps not as good but I'll join you.

I've been experimenting with making clear ice spheres this weekend with out success. Mrs. P wants me to just buy this and stop messing around!  :biggrin:


And she actually has a good point.   If you're willing to spend three digits on scotch on a semi-regular basis, then $120 for an ice machine should really be small beans.


It was actually kinda fun, jammin. I already have these molds, so all that should be necessary is to figure a way to freeze them from one direction while giving the contents a place to expand. You could say it was my hobby for the weekend!  :lol
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Re: Hobbies/Disciplines
« Reply #55 on: February 16, 2015, 06:09:15 PM »
Quote from: orcus116 on February 15, 2015, 07:50:38 PM
Quote from: snapple on February 15, 2015, 06:42:24 AM
Quote from: cramx3 on February 13, 2015, 08:00:51 AM
lol yea the ice sphere is perfect for a whiskey.  I personally like mine on the rocks with the ice melting a little, msotly because I am still trying to teach myself to like the taste.  I am often called a pussy by my friends.

True whiskey drinkers dilute the whiskey just a touch.

I don't. I drink it neat. Like a man.

Why is it that if you drink it neat you are a man?  lol hence the reason I am called a pussy
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Re: Hobbies/Disciplines
« Reply #56 on: February 16, 2015, 06:15:57 PM »
Quote from: cramx3 on February 16, 2015, 06:09:15 PM
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Quote from: snapple on February 15, 2015, 06:42:24 AM
Quote from: cramx3 on February 13, 2015, 08:00:51 AM
lol yea the ice sphere is perfect for a whiskey.  I personally like mine on the rocks with the ice melting a little, msotly because I am still trying to teach myself to like the taste.  I am often called a pussy by my friends.

True whiskey drinkers dilute the whiskey just a touch.

I don't. I drink it neat. Like a man.

Why is it that if you drink it neat you are a man?  lol hence the reason I am called a pussy

This reminds me of this:

https://xfinitytv.comcast.net/watch/Saturday-Night-Live/8885992813767211112/374969411698/Do-You-Know-What-I-Hate-/videos
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« Reply #57 on: February 16, 2015, 06:17:36 PM »
Obviously I jest but I never understood why some people cut great scotch/whiskey with water considering the local water around the distillery is what helps make the spirit what is it. I usually only add ice to a drink once my stomach tells me it's time.
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« Reply #58 on: February 16, 2015, 06:25:58 PM »
Quote from: orcus116 on February 16, 2015, 06:17:36 PM
Obviously I jest but I never understood why some people cut great scotch/whiskey with water considering the local water around the distillery is what helps make the spirit what is it. I usually only add ice to a drink once my stomach tells me it's time.

Personally, I like cold beverages.  I hate when I go to Europe and they serve water at room temp  :lol
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« Reply #59 on: February 16, 2015, 07:12:07 PM »
It depends on the drink but I generally agree. For some reason I like to have dirty spirits neat.
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« Reply #60 on: June 08, 2015, 08:12:03 AM »
Went camping this weekend and got a good amount of wheel time in.





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« Reply #61 on: June 09, 2015, 12:39:54 AM »
That's bad ass..
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« Reply #62 on: June 09, 2015, 03:10:34 AM »
The perspective is really fucking with me in the those pics :lol it took me a couple of looks to figure out whether you had a full size Jurassic Park SUV or if it was just a toy
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« Reply #63 on: June 09, 2015, 09:39:09 PM »
That's good photography!
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« Reply #64 on: June 09, 2015, 09:59:41 PM »
Music. Movies. Videogames. Basketball. Swimming. Giraffe Porn. Trying to take up photography. Ping pong. Cooking. Drumming. Fishing. Ranking.
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« Reply #65 on: June 10, 2015, 10:39:49 AM »
I have a few hobbies I really enjoy.  Scuba diving, Underwater Photography and Underwater Videography, golf, traveling (I think that's a hobby) and my latest is aerial videography with my new Drone.  Latest footage fresh from Mexico.... thats me at the end catching the drone.... :biggrin:


https://vimeo.com/129368549


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« Reply #66 on: June 10, 2015, 10:57:39 AM »
I went to another con this weekend, and had some great photoshoots. I might post some pics when I get them.
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« Reply #67 on: June 10, 2015, 12:21:14 PM »
Quote from: CrimsonSunrise on June 10, 2015, 10:39:49 AM
I have a few hobbies I really enjoy.  Scuba diving, Underwater Photography and Underwater Videography, golf, traveling (I think that's a hobby) and my latest is aerial videography with my new Drone.  Latest footage fresh from Mexico.... thats me at the end catching the drone.... :biggrin:


https://vimeo.com/129368549

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« Reply #68 on: June 10, 2015, 12:54:16 PM »
I have a collection of sea shells which I keep scattered on beaches all over the world.

Maybe you've seen it.
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« Reply #69 on: June 10, 2015, 12:59:57 PM »
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I have a collection of sea shells which I keep scattered on beaches all over the world.

Maybe you've seen it.

I do the same but with used condoms in major cities.
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