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Hypnolobster posted:
I've got this Aoyue station, and really like it. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000I30QBW/ref=oh_details_o00_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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General_Failure posted:I had to click to find out wtf. For some reason my imagination ran free and I decided it was something done in Britain late in car construction to act as a ward against fire demons. I know it doesn't make sense but I like the thought of someone in a factory adorned with ceremonial robes splashing Rovers with fox urine while chanting some mystical incantation. My cat's been keeping my car rabbit-free for years. And I never knew.
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Feb 26, 2013 18:47
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Sockington posted:Oh my god, that soldering station is badass. Takes almost no time to heat up and is just a delight to work with. Normal 110v plug in irons blow, only time I ever have to use them is doing emergency fixes for work in a hangar somewhere, otherwise we have a few Weller stations at our shop.
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Feb 26, 2013 22:18
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D C posted:Normal 110v plug in irons blow, only time I ever have to use them is doing emergency fixes for work in a hangar somewhere, otherwise we have a few Weller stations at our shop. That's not an emergency. When you use a flame and a piece of wire is closer to that. Sort of like stick welding using a welding rod, a car battery and jumper leads. Sounds like what you are doing is closer to field repairs.
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Feb 26, 2013 23:12
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I've got a weller WES51 station I bought 9 years ago that I love. For anything that requires a LOT of heat (or specialty solders such as lead free / silver / plumbing / etc), I have propane torches and a giant iron I call my "soldering caber", it's basically a pencil iron but about 18" long and 2" diameter with a 3/4" chisel pointed copper rod as a tip. I'm pretty sure I could solder a ground strap to an engine block with that thing. I have a soldering pot around here somewhere too, but haven't used it in years, great when tinning dozens of wires for something. I got it mostly because it was $10 and came with something like 10-20lbs of solder already in it at a flea market.
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Feb 27, 2013 01:17
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You got me started on cider, never drank it before just because i enjoy a wide variety of beer. I bought some Woodchuck private reserve today and it is awesome. It might be my new favorite.
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Toucan Sam posted:You got me started on cider, never drank it before just because i enjoy a wide variety of beer. I bought some Woodchuck private reserve today and it is awesome. It might be my new favorite. Tried some Angry Orchard ages ago when Sock first mentioned his love of liquid apples. It might not be my favorite but it led me to my current favorite lager, Wild Blue. Blueberry booze.
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Feb 27, 2013 03:41
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Ciders are awesome. I also like pear ciders. Tasmania seems to have produced some really good various ones. I think it was a bit after Christmas I mentioned I tried and apple and elderflower one. Man that was one of the nicest things I've ever drank.
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Feb 27, 2013 03:42
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Yep, thanks to Sock i also drink Wild Blue and Fox Barrel Pear Cider. I never really looked at them before this thread. I drink some great microbrew beers but cider is so refreshing after a long rear end day. I got most of my friends drinking cider now also once i convinced them that it wasn't for girls, lol. EDIT - I normally drink Angry Orchard but Woodchuck is also very good. A buddy brought by some Redds apple ale that was also quite good, no aftertaste like regular cider. Toucan Sam fucked around with this message at 03:53 on Feb 27, 2013 |
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Feb 27, 2013 03:49
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Kotaru posted:Tried some Angry Orchard ages ago when Sock first mentioned his love of liquid apples. It might not be my favorite but it led me to my current favorite lager, Wild Blue. Blueberry booze. If you like that, you will love this: http://sweetwaterbrew.com/brews/blue/
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Feb 27, 2013 04:23
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piss boner posted:If you like that, you will love this: http://sweetwaterbrew.com/brews/blue/ I'm typing this as I drink from a Sweetwater Blue pint glass. We probably have 30+ Sweetwater pint glasses around the house, all saved from mine and my wife's college days here in Atlanta. I'm a sucker for the 420, but their seasonal brews are all outstanding.
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I'm becoming a cider fan too, I was in Minneapolis for a convention last fall and all the bars there had Crispin on tap, served in a chilled glass. I highly recommend it, it's incredibly light and smooth and I got completely ripped before I knew what was happening. They talked about it like it was local but their website has a contact address in california. Hrm.
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Feb 27, 2013 08:47
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Kotaru posted:Tried some Angry Orchard ages ago when Sock first mentioned his love of liquid apples. It might not be my favorite but it led me to my current favorite lager, Wild Blue. Blueberry booze. Try the Angry Orchard Elderflower. That one might be my current favorite.
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one of the angry orchard ciders goes really, really well with a hot day and the smell of freshly split red oak. I think I killed most of a sixer without even realizing it that day.
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All this talk of cider makes me long for it when I get home. I'm a huge fan of Alexander Keith's Cider over most of the other ciders I've tried. I've tried (off the top of my head) - Keith's Cider - Woodchuck - Angry Orchard - Somersby - Strongbow - Thornbury - Magners - Growers Out of all of them, Keith's still has my heart.  I think I'm going to the garage after work after all this cider talk. 
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Feb 27, 2013 18:17
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I also used the Hakko the other night to do some guitar stuff. I was sad when there was no soldering left to do. Noisy and lovely stock singles:  New GFS noiseless pickups on a new pick guard.  Not too exciting, but it was a good test bed for using the new unit.
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Feb 27, 2013 18:20
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My wife doesn't like beer but I introduced her to cider back in the early 1990s and she's been an addict ever since. I first tasted cider in England in 1990 or so. Strongbow and Dry Blackthorn were our staples for years, since they were the only dry english ciders available locally. Woodchuck has been around for a while but we never much liked it compared to the English stuff. Magners is too sweet and we find it pretty gross. Also there's been pear cider available for a long time (Wyders) which is OK if you like perry (I don't). Lately there's been an explosion of ciders available, I guess it's become quite popular. BevMo has a great selection and suddenly a few months ago even Safeway has started carrying the basic Angry Orchard (although at $9 a sixpack it's not as cheap as the typical Woodchuck they carry). Angry Orchard makes a Ginger cider which is quite frankly amazing - I'm a huge fan of ginger sodas/brews so it's like it combines two of my favorite things. Crispin seems good too, we tried a sixpack a couple months ago and I think we need to try it again. There's a lot of expensive ciders at BevMo ($5+ for a bottle that amounts to no more than two small servings) and we have to kind of try to control the budget. Our go-to is still the 750ml bottle of Strongbow sold by Trader Joes when my wife just wants some swigging cider to go with dinner. tl;dr, cider is good, drink more cider.
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Leperflesh posted:Magners is too sweet and we find it pretty gross. VERY gross. quote:Lately there's been an explosion of ciders available, I guess it's become quite popular. BevMo has a great selection and suddenly a few months ago even Safeway has started carrying the basic Angry Orchard (although at $9 a sixpack it's not as cheap as the Woodchuck) Keith's runs $14/6 in Ontario 
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Canada has weird draconian alcohol taxes though, so I have no idea how that compares to other boozes.
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Leperflesh posted:Canada has weird draconian alcohol taxes though, so I have no idea how that compares to other boozes. Each province has a different set of rules regarding taxation too. You guys are a bad influence. 
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It's only a bad influence if you're driving under it. (Or operating heavy machinery I guess.) Otherwise, I'd count that as a good influence.
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Next up on Sockington's Apple and Oxide... Oh, Canada. given how the govt wails on you about as hard as us I'm genuinely surprised your alcohol is slightly cheaper. Unless the Canadian Tire (That's your currency right?) is worth about as much as the New Zealand currency of shiny stones and bottlecaps. Then that would explain a lot. The AUD seems to have more or less fallen into lockstep with the USD considering they have beep pretty much equal for a year now.
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Feb 27, 2013 23:23
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Try Woodchuck's fall seasonal. It's amazing and nutmeg-y.
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http://organicscrumpy.com/ My sister and I's favorite cider. Had it at the fancy beer bar and after trying only woodchuck, it was like next level woah. When I'm at trader joes and am not interested in poverty wine, I'll usually grab a 6'er of Newtons Folly Granny Smith cider. http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/newtons-folly-granny-smith-draft-cider/82589/
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Feb 28, 2013 00:57
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Is this the new girl beer thread?
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Keith's cider being good is baffling because keith's is loving swill. And I'm from Halifax.
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daslog posted:Is this the new girl beer thread? Boy... You best turn around and mosey on outta here.
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daslog posted:Is this the new girl beer thread? Hey man, I love me a good imperial stout too, but don't go knocking cider (or use feminine qualities as insults, for that matter.) poo poo is magical, especially served warm with mulling spices on the rare occasion it gets cold around these parts.
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Fucknag posted:Hey man, I love me a good imperial stout too, but don't go knocking cider (or use feminine qualities as insults, for that matter.) poo poo is magical, especially served warm with mulling spices on the rare occasion it gets cold around these parts. Hmm... you made me think. It's been years since I made any mulled wine, and also I really miss mead.
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Oh god mead is my one true weakness. Shame it's so hard to find, I can't exactly make it in my current living situation.
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daslog posted:Is this the new girl beer thread? <  >This is ciderchat not smirnoff ice chat!
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kastein posted:< Hey! No shaming my tartfuel addiction!
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Finally got an email back from the MTO today. The MR2 title issue is finally getting looked at. Only been four weeks since our last contact....  Oh Government
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Send Tina some Jorts pics, Chris. That's sure to get things moving.
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going back through TNG season one blu rays and i'd completely forgotten about the ~* planet of africans *~ episode edit: woah wrong thread but everyone was busy with cider chat 8ender fucked around with this message at 08:45 on Mar 2, 2013 |
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West SAAB Story posted:Send Tina some Jorts pics, Chris. I don't think it'll grease the wheels like it does with drunk-posting Saab enthusiasts.  Just play the game and wait - it's not like I'm short on cars right now. The Miata fills the summer, the Subaru the winter, and the MR2 rests peacefully until it's time.
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LloydDobler posted:I'm becoming a cider fan too, I was in Minneapolis for a convention last fall and all the bars there had Crispin on tap, served in a chilled glass. I highly recommend it, it's incredibly light and smooth and I got completely ripped before I knew what was happening. One upping your chilled glass today.  I can assure you it is cold and delicious. 
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Sockington posted:I don't think it'll grease the wheels like it does with drunk-posting Saab enthusiasts. I didn't get a calendar. t I did, however, get a signed Youngblizzie DVD.
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Yall made me try the Angry Orchard Ginger cider and man it is tasty.
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West SAAB Story posted:I didn't get a calendar. t Jealous?   quote:I did, however, get a signed Youngblizzie DVD. Who hasn't been seen since. Where's the body?
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