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The filter made vodka taste good and water taste bad. Had to get rid of it. Couldn't have people thinking I was drinking at work.

I can generally taste the difference. The bad has a certain taste to me that's just absent in good vodka. Favorite cheap stuff is still Russian Standard and if I could get Karlsson's here, that would be my premium go-to. My 2 cents: I have tried the brita filter trick with crappy product and the change is not insignificant. 5 runs through a normal, disposable filter got rid of most of the harsh, nasty flavor. The only cost was an hour of my time and a filter that now makes water taste like vodka.

Hmmm, that is true. I could bring... adult refreshments.

I'm 90% sure I'll be there and I'll need a room for Friday and Saturday night.

I've got a 9" Peugeot and my only issue with it is the knob holding to top loosens when I grind. I've yet to fully investigate why this happens but it doesn't affect me using it. Like Bruce said, it tends to lean towards a finer grind. Has anyone used one of the brass mills from Pepper Mill Imports?

Briefed a Major General (2 star). It was a little nerve wracking to stand in front of a man 7 grades above you with a PhD in everything.

It sounds like you are looking for an active voltage regulator. I'm not immediately aware of any DIY solutions. But a few years back I got recommended an AVR by Perma Power and does exactly what you're looking for. Nice and cheap for a used one if you look around.

Met my commander's commander's commander's vice (3 star), saw an absolutely terrible and gruesome traffic safety briefing and was part of a base retreat ceremony.

Apparently they keep going in and out of style. They went away for a while and came back as "apple strudel" flavor. Now it seems they are gone again. Possibly the only flavor I would consider buying now if I saw it in a store.

I'd definitely be interested in building a balanced version. Higher voltage of course.

I checked all the boxes because I could. Pop Tarts were good snacks I could hide in my uniform pockets during training. Haven't touched them since.

My vote is investing those 20-40 euros and coming back in 500 years when the value allows purchase of a full orchestra to follow you around.

That's Pugachev's Cobra if I'm not mistaken: http://en.wikipedia....ugachev's_Cobra Those Russian fighters are nuts, as seen in the Su-47:

I'm with you there. Blew through the first 4 books during my 2 weeks of traveling and just bought The Prefect to start tonight.

Helped my special forces friend move some furniture. I have never felt so weak and inadequate...

The other weekend I made DOUBLE Bacon Vodka Sauce. I put freshly fried bacon in it but also used what little I had left of my Bakon vodka in the sauce too. It tasted as good as it sounds.

Not sure how to embed from Vimeo, but here it is in motion: https://vimeo.com/11150979#

Thank you for your opinion, I will file that away with the rest of the trivial and useless information I've read

I was a beautiful day but instead I spent from 0430 to 1530 at work.

No... I've got a block of 5 year old Gouda I've been working on bit by bit.

That's the one. Feeling slightly stupid for not finding it last time... Anyways, if I can get a board design that works (perhaps one approved by our viking overlord), I'm not opposed to buying a bunch of them for everyone.

I was actually working on a PCB for my last alpha pot. The one prototype I had made has the pin spacing all messed up and I haven't gotten around to fixing it. Birgir, do you have a mechanical drawing of the pot?

Checking in, just finished watching the latest episode. I think my blood pressure is still up a little. I'm assuming it's still a little early to know when the next/final season starts?

Indeed, base is closed for the next two days and I might leave if my power goes out.

Livewire, do you have a part number for that Antek? Doesn't appear to be listed on their site.