Blake Kirk
@blakekirk.bsky.social
Yeah, some state statutes can be more restrictive than Federal rules.
July 12, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Yeah, some state statutes can be more restrictive than Federal rules.
It's not illegal to own and operate a still. Steam distillation, say, to collect essential oils of plants, is entirely legal.
It's aonly illegal to operate a still if you are getting ethyl alcohol out the discharge port and don't have a distiller's license.
It's aonly illegal to operate a still if you are getting ethyl alcohol out the discharge port and don't have a distiller's license.
July 11, 2024 at 11:43 PM
It's not illegal to own and operate a still. Steam distillation, say, to collect essential oils of plants, is entirely legal.
It's aonly illegal to operate a still if you are getting ethyl alcohol out the discharge port and don't have a distiller's license.
It's aonly illegal to operate a still if you are getting ethyl alcohol out the discharge port and don't have a distiller's license.
Yep. 1st Minn. paid a damned high price for it. They deserve to keep it.
July 2, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Yep. 1st Minn. paid a damned high price for it. They deserve to keep it.
We have Hardee’s here. There is one about 5 mi from the house.
June 23, 2024 at 3:08 PM
We have Hardee’s here. There is one about 5 mi from the house.
[sympathetic drooling]
June 22, 2024 at 11:38 PM
[sympathetic drooling]
We have a little hibachi that Lodge Cast Iron calls its “Sportsmen’s Grill.”
June 22, 2024 at 11:24 PM
We have a little hibachi that Lodge Cast Iron calls its “Sportsmen’s Grill.”
As you should have.
Was eating at the bar in a $$$$ restaurant once and saw a Big Businessman order 4 fingers of the 21 y/o Macallan single malt ON THE ROCKS.
Was eating at the bar in a $$$$ restaurant once and saw a Big Businessman order 4 fingers of the 21 y/o Macallan single malt ON THE ROCKS.
June 22, 2024 at 11:21 PM
As you should have.
Was eating at the bar in a $$$$ restaurant once and saw a Big Businessman order 4 fingers of the 21 y/o Macallan single malt ON THE ROCKS.
Was eating at the bar in a $$$$ restaurant once and saw a Big Businessman order 4 fingers of the 21 y/o Macallan single malt ON THE ROCKS.
Sorry to have intruded. I will delete the posts if you wish.
June 7, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Sorry to have intruded. I will delete the posts if you wish.
Is true. I have a *lot* of respect for the Jesuits. Among other things, the best commander I served under in 24 years in the Army had been Jesuit-educated. I do feel sometimes, though, that too many folks are a little too willing to pretend that the Jesuits are faultless.
June 7, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Is true. I have a *lot* of respect for the Jesuits. Among other things, the best commander I served under in 24 years in the Army had been Jesuit-educated. I do feel sometimes, though, that too many folks are a little too willing to pretend that the Jesuits are faultless.
You liked Master LI and Number Ten Ox!!! That trilogy is one of my favorite unknown fantasy classics.
June 7, 2024 at 7:35 PM
You liked Master LI and Number Ten Ox!!! That trilogy is one of my favorite unknown fantasy classics.
Still, they aren't perfect. A Jesuit who taught classes on religion at Boston College High School was just arrested and charged with having sex with a child.
June 7, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Still, they aren't perfect. A Jesuit who taught classes on religion at Boston College High School was just arrested and charged with having sex with a child.
Yep. Dealt with stuff like that, too. For much of the last 16 years of my working life I was in part a subject-matter-expert on the safe transportation of hazardous materials, world-wide, via any mode of transport. Had an entire shelf in my office bookcase full of regs I had to follow.
June 1, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Yep. Dealt with stuff like that, too. For much of the last 16 years of my working life I was in part a subject-matter-expert on the safe transportation of hazardous materials, world-wide, via any mode of transport. Had an entire shelf in my office bookcase full of regs I had to follow.
Fortunately, I have never felt any desire to climb Everest.
June 1, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Fortunately, I have never felt any desire to climb Everest.
In my last job we regularly shipped 200-gal tanks of RFNA. RFNA is REALLY scary.
June 1, 2024 at 7:36 PM
In my last job we regularly shipped 200-gal tanks of RFNA. RFNA is REALLY scary.
I do too. But I also understand the thermodynamics of the nitrating reaction, and refuse to play with it without proper hardware and adequate safety measures.
June 1, 2024 at 7:35 PM
I do too. But I also understand the thermodynamics of the nitrating reaction, and refuse to play with it without proper hardware and adequate safety measures.
Oh, gods, Roger was/is one of my favorite authors. And don’t’ discount his shorter works. “A Rose For Ecclesiastes” is 61 years old, and it is STILL a gut-wrenching story to read.
May 25, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Oh, gods, Roger was/is one of my favorite authors. And don’t’ discount his shorter works. “A Rose For Ecclesiastes” is 61 years old, and it is STILL a gut-wrenching story to read.
Leyendecker also illustrated a collection of Irish myths. Here is his vision of Queen Maeve:
May 18, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Leyendecker also illustrated a collection of Irish myths. Here is his vision of Queen Maeve:
Yeah, I was just thinking that.
May 18, 2024 at 3:07 AM
Yeah, I was just thinking that.
When I lived in Texas, we had school districts so small that their one high school played 7-man football. This is pretty much peak Texas.
May 18, 2024 at 12:21 AM
When I lived in Texas, we had school districts so small that their one high school played 7-man football. This is pretty much peak Texas.
She did "Makin' Whoopee" as a great duet with Tony Bennett on her "At Last," album
May 17, 2024 at 8:25 PM
She did "Makin' Whoopee" as a great duet with Tony Bennett on her "At Last," album
Supply vastly exceeding demand, prices falling like rocks!
The Invisible Hand strikes again!
The Invisible Hand strikes again!
May 17, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Supply vastly exceeding demand, prices falling like rocks!
The Invisible Hand strikes again!
The Invisible Hand strikes again!
...in the Flagship lounge after spending the night on the floor of the terminal was lifesaving. (Yeah, they started handing out hotel vouchers at 1AM, while saying we needed to check back in at the gate at 7 AM. Fuck that shit. We were both soldiers. Wasn't the first time we'd slept on a floor.)
May 17, 2024 at 8:11 PM
...in the Flagship lounge after spending the night on the floor of the terminal was lifesaving. (Yeah, they started handing out hotel vouchers at 1AM, while saying we needed to check back in at the gate at 7 AM. Fuck that shit. We were both soldiers. Wasn't the first time we'd slept on a floor.)
We had a 18-hour delay at Miami enroute to BA in early 2023. Our first bird mechanicaled, the original crew ran out of hours by the time they got stuff transferred to the replacement bird, and American had problems assembling a replacement crew. Being able to get a shower and breakfast...
May 17, 2024 at 8:08 PM
We had a 18-hour delay at Miami enroute to BA in early 2023. Our first bird mechanicaled, the original crew ran out of hours by the time they got stuff transferred to the replacement bird, and American had problems assembling a replacement crew. Being able to get a shower and breakfast...
Yeah. I'm just up the road from Mother Angelica's fancy basilica and all. Am not Catholic, (although all my mother's family are,) but have never been impressed by all the arguments about how the changes after Vatican II are all heretical. Shit changed after every other ecumenical council.
May 17, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Yeah. I'm just up the road from Mother Angelica's fancy basilica and all. Am not Catholic, (although all my mother's family are,) but have never been impressed by all the arguments about how the changes after Vatican II are all heretical. Shit changed after every other ecumenical council.