Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Need more Gas

Man - trying convert a propane burner to a natural gas burner is harder then expected.  Three plumbers said it is impossible but looking at the burner websites they have special attachments and in fact MY burner which DJ gave me for Christmas a few years ago is actually set up FOR natural gas.

You see the problem is that "we" have a huge natural gas grill and we want to brew under the range hood.  Propane seems like it would be the easiest way but even with outstanding ventilation maybe it's against the law?????  So since there is natural gas why not use that for the burners.   hmmmmm
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Here is something I found yesterday .

I was actually surprised how fast I got this Beer Stereogram - just crossed my eyes a little and BAM there it was. I asked my optometrist about these after looking at a book of Stereogram's and then not being able to read any thing for about an hour. He said the are very GOOD for your eyes and likened them to exercising your eyes. (not exorcise which is like spinning your head around -  I caught that one balderdash)  The eyes get tired and thus, no reading.Like when you work out and you feel all weak.

 

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Clear night last night so I decided to try some star photos.  I took this last night - 30 seconds at f400  3.6 with a super wide lens.  I'll try again with a different lens - HOWEVER - even with the electric company blasting light at me from over the ridge I was able to get a nice shot.  I think I could have gotten the Milky Way but for the Electric Company.

Betelgeuse (arrow)- Classified as a red supergiant, Betelgeuse is one of the largest and most luminous stars known.   

Looking South about 10:00

Supergiant's are the largest stars in the universe in terms of volume. If Betelgeuse were at the center of our Solar System instead of ol' Sol, its surface would extend past the asteroid belt possibly to the orbit of Jupiter and beyond, wholly engulfing Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. Holy CRAP!!

That is why determining how far away it is is difficult! It is believed to be about 640 light years away and  it's thought to be only 10 million years old, but has evolved rapidly because of its high mass.

Yea it's orange and there is a reason which is way to boring for me to type.

OH - the super bright star below the moon these days is Venus.
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Comedy's on TV are sometimes funny but normally very very few are actually LOL funny and how many times do you really want to watch a rerun of a comedy - not very often.  But there is a show on now that DJ and I have had actual LOL and tears in the eyes funny!

New Girl just keeps getting better. This is from the 1st episode.

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