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Just think - we are less then two months away from a trailer.

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Blake

We took Blake to the vet yesterday as he has been making a few "accidents" in the living room early in the morning. He was such a good boy getting his exam but we think he just liked being touched by the pretty girls.

Everything was mostly OK but Carla the vet at the Columbus Countryside Veterinary Clinic (the place that saved the pets during the flood) gave us these pills to give him. Not a problem . . . . . I thought as we had fresh pot roast to hide pills in.

So last night before bedtime . . . . ( I just realized the Tampa Bay Buc's are really the Tampa Bay Devil Rays . . . .and it was such a good title . . .Ok . . .sorry . . drifting a little) So last night before bedtime I get a nice piece of pot roast and stick a pill in it.

He eats the pot roast and smiles . . . . .then casually goes around the corner where I can't see him and spits out the pill. "WTF? Did you just do that??" So I try again. He takes the beef and rolls it around in his mouth, swallows and spits out the pill.

OK - you gonna play hardball buddy?

Hot Dogs are next. I cut off a piece and stick the now slimy pill in the center. He takes it and walks to the carpeting and then quarters the 1 inch hot dog leaving the pill on the carpet.

I then try to FORCE the pill down his throat which works as well as I expected but I had to try.

hmmmmmmm - my tiny brain is on overdrive trying to outsmart my dog. Then it comes to me!!! Chunky peanut butter. I take bread and put a glob of PB with the pill mixed in. He takes it to the carpet and eats the entire thing!! VICTORY!!!!! YES - I AM smarter then my dog!!!
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Buc's OK OK Devil Rays - how about Baseball.

Tampa Bay is SO lucky and the umpires were SO screwed. Here it is, game 5 of the World Series and the leading team is winning 2-1 in a driving all night rain storm. The game is an official game as it is after the 5th inning but they can not call the game because that would be an official game and the World Series would be over.

The ONLY hope is that Tampa Bay can score one run in THIS inning and there are two outs AND, the only reason THIS is an option is because of a rule change in 2007.

You see before 2007 any game called due to rain would go back to the previous FULL inning. However in 2007 they changed the rule saying any partial inning would count and the game would be suspended. (The Brewers were helped with this new rule once this year).

So the Rays get a guy on base, he steals second hydroplaning the last 5 feet and scores on a base hit with two outs. The game is called and will continue another day. Carlo Pena had the biggest single of his life.

HOWEVER - I just read that Baseball Commish Bud Selig said that he would not have let the World Series end this way. I respect him for that. Rules are rules but should NOT get in the way with common sense. Sure he would have taken heat but if you are in charge of something you can not let a rule get in the way with common sense.

I feel rules are a guide and 99% of the time you must abide by that guide but NEVER, let a rule get in the way with doing the RIGHT thing to do. We are humans and have the ability to make good decisions. Following a rule JUST because it is a rule is a cop out, lazy and poor management.
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This "bar" thing I have been eluding to of late.

It's just talk - don't get too excited.

HOWEVER - my idea has been bandied about on the Home Brewer forum with interesting ideas AND I already have a few people from Ill. traveling north to visit and a guy from California LOL

One thing some are saying is the need for food as I do not believe, in my make believe bar, that there is a grill or anything. One guy said "Serve Grain Bread (I hand mentioned Shake using my grain for bread) and some real Wisconsin Cheese Curds.... I guarantee my butt will never leave the stool". (not sure how to take that - which stool are we talking about???).

One guy mentioned that trendy brewpubs are a dime a dozen now and a neighborhood bar with great beer would be his draw. Another asked about a theme knowing Public Enemies was filmed here and it would be THE destination for visitors to come and talk about the movie over a beer. hmmmmmm True!!!

I was pointed to a site from Worth Brewing in IA! I swear the place looks like Columbus, look near the bottom of that page. I really like their philosophy.

One guy said to get a 1 barrel (31 gallons) home brew system going for one of the taps.

Another comment "but maybe because you're short on space you could focus on something like pulled pork BBQ. that way you can put a smoker out back and have a minimal kitchen for sides, etc. it's great to have lots of great beers on tap but the difference between your customers having 3 beers per visit and 6 beers per visit is called dinner."

i really like where your head's at for starting with micros on tap. i would try to install a 1bbl system to get going on brewing. given that you're a home brewer it's probably gonna take you a year to get 3-4 solid recipes together so that they're repeatable. that will give you the time to work out the kinks and figure out your tax situation with the beer. it depends a lot on your local laws but you should be able to brew on premise without the licensing and tax concerns so long as you're not selling it. you even could probably have after hours parties and consume the beer with invited guests who might pay for entry to drink for free. that's sort of a gray area, though. the point is if you want to be involved in this and you want to brew then i'd make sure there is a clear path, including the funding, to you actually brewing.

The above was repeated several times. It was a +1 (that is a home brew thing - when there is a good comment you get a +1).

So - that is the beer/bar thing at the moment - remember - JUST talking and thinking . . it's what bloggers do.
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Broads. (ok I was in my 1930's mode of thinking).

There is a study out today about the effects the color RED has on men. It seems that when a woman is wearing red OR there is a red frame around a photo of a woman. That woman is rated more attractive and sexually desirable then the same woman in different colors. This is found to ONLY be a man thing.

have a great Tuesday!
Rod