wacky1980

on another setup, we bought an old fridge and cut out all the shelving, and set it up as a kegerator. then we just drilled a hole thru the wall into the next room over from the bar to run the beer line across, and set the fridge up right there. it was just a single tap system, but we had a wall-mounted tap faucet and drip pan. the drip pan then drained back into the other room, into a bucket. this was back in college before we really knew what we were doing, and didn't really pay attention to keeping the beer line cool from the fridge to the tap. usually had to pour off the first few ounces of the first beer because it was all head from being warm. if you're running several feet of beer line outside of the cooler, you'll either have to invest some real cash into a line cooling system or just know that the first beer will always go to waste (or to the asshole in the room). honestly, it's gonna end up being quite a bit cheaper dumping that first beer out unless you end up using this thing 5 times a week for a few years.

Probably not. It just seems like it used to be that there were relatively few people who knew how to torrent, and with things like fire TV stick and Android TV boxes, piracy is really common with people who might don't know the first thing about protecting themselves. If/when the law decides to crack down on it, they're gonna have more easily-identified offenders than they can handle.

we didn't do anything special for our draft system. found an older 4-tap draft fridge for sale on craigslist for $300, and we dragged it into the basement and set it up as a back bar. after replacing the compressor and all the beer and co2 lines, putting new seals on the doors, and doing a little fabrication to clean it up, we were into it for about $900. and now we have 4 taps set up with homebrew. it was one of these types of coolers (admittedly, ours looks a lot more rough than the pic). the only difference is ours has two taps on each tower. this was nice because it's got a giant stainless slab on top, which works great as a bar top. and it's also like 7' long so we don't use anything else in the back. do you have more pics? i enjoy talking about this kind of stuff, bouncing ideas off other people, seeing other people's creations, etc etc. been doing this for like 15 years, and i'm always impressed by what people come up with for their home setups.

studios and content creators are going after the content providers and isp's. i mean, it's not likely you'll get arrested for streaming through kodi, but the libraries are getting shut down and your isp might send you a threatening letter. i've received several over the years from torrenting, but never actually had any negative consequences beyond the threat of getting my service disconnected. but in this day and age, everything is tracked, and i wouldn't be terribly surprised to see some new regulation come down that makes streaming (or pirating in general) a more harshly-prosecutable offense. probably over-reacting, but when it's reeeeally easy to avoid these problems and still get what you want, why risk it?

just watch yo ass. they're starting to crack down on kodi / xbmc users.

these projects are so much fun. don't be scared to do something a little crazy, because that's the stuff that makes your bar unique and interesting. so with the custom drip tray, i assume you're installing a draft system as well? how many taps are you aiming for?

looks good. lots of storage, tall enough for big liquor bottles. now it just needs some lighting... i don't have great pics of our homebrew bar. just a couple where the bar is in the picture. but it's got storage galore and some fancy led strip lighting (that you can't see because the pics are shit). had to take a pic of all the beer we'd bottled (and kegged) that night. flights of something (probably not homebrew...too clear for that lol) but there's also my home-made flight paddles on the bartop.

so does one pizza = one meal for you? or half a pizza? here's where i don't understand the whole "cheapest pizza available" mentality. i used to be that way until i realized that even when buying, say, a tombstone at $4, you're still getting a cheap-as-shit meal. a box of shells & cheese is like $3. frozen tv dinners are anywhere from $2-7. hamburger helper is $2 a box, then you have to add a pound of hamburger for an additional $2-4. anything with chicken in or on it is gonna be $5 minimum, unless you're getting one of those shitty pot pies for a buck a pop. a fucking bag of potato chips is anywhere from $2.50-4. if you're gonna make pizza your dinner, why not spend $5 and get something halfways decent? don't get me wrong, i stuff jack's and tombstones in my freezer on occasion. but i'd rather be getting a butch's or tj's (local frozen brands) because they actually taste like something more than cardboard and marinara.

bullshit. i suppose it has a cassette deck and everything too.

fucking lame. pop for some NiMH D cells and save .... wait. why the fuck are you even using a boombox?

yep, i took the wife to one of these places a few years ago for an MRI of her pituitary gland because she didn't have insurance and it was gonna cost like $4,000 to have it done at the local hospital. we drove over to kansas city, got full af on good bbq, stayed in a hotel for the night, got her scan the next morning, and drove back home that day with discs and hardcopy. cost of the procedure, travel & lodging, and meals was only like $600.

that's how the rent-a-radiologist offices do it. like the ones that operate out of strip malls and only accept cash. kinda seedy when you put it into perspective.

dude, nice avatar. is that you?

well shit, have fun.

fuck, i wish. and +1 for reference. also, do you ever work anymore?

the employer is in CA but if i got it, i'd work from home. tech / process support for a brewery equipment manufacturer. cost of living in shanghai is about 43% lower than nyc. you'd easily be able to live off $3k/month out there, but you probably wouldn't be able to save back more than $500-1000 each month. meh.

i mean...where at in china? $3k is change, but without knowing the exchange rate and location, i'd assume that same $3k would probably go a helluva lot farther over there than it would over here. at any rate, i'm applying for a job out in california this week. don't really expect to get it, but i figured it might be worth a shot to see what kind of offer they'd make. time to start upping the value of my brand. back on point, how does an ESL job placement group in virginia get your number anyways?

i was sent one through an amazon review program, some off-brand chinese thing with backlit keys and a lot of action. never owned one before, but i can see why people will spend $100+ on a nicer one.

i was also going to suggest a reformat. if you can see it in bios, maybe try booting the pc from a backup disc and formatting the drive then?

at least they're not killing themselves...oh.

i suppose some of that out-of-your-control shit could be a trigger or a factor in hitting rock bottom. it's a grey area i guess. i always just assumed hitting rock bottom was normally tied to substance abuse and/or a series of poor life choices.

not exactly, no. mthor did a better job of expressing the idea than i did. i think what you're expressing is closer to the definition of dire straits than rock bottom.

that's not really "rock bottom" type stuff though. hitting rock bottom = self-imposed suffering or despair, at least imo. maybe my definition is wrong?

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