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[Pollux]

Just means instead of being the trained monkey slapping the cards down on the table I now get the role of being the guy in the cheap jacket standing behind the monkeys and approving payouts and such......

So very happy, would it be poor form to call in sick for my 4am start so I can drink?

 

[Katherine]

Yes I don't drink any more myself. Or any less. I might take over the biggest brew day and start a thread off nearer to the date. Can't be any harder than the Chinese Hop Buy h34r:



Edit: onya Pollux I remember you were really pissed off about that. So what's the new job, are you one of those guys with a bluetooth in their ear and a sharp suit who prowl around and look out for Blakes Eleven crews trying to scam the casino?

Go for it BribieG.... I've given my brew gear away to charity so I think ive done enough this year... Go for it and good luck! Im being incredibly selfish and gosh Im having a good time!

 

[bum]

Got a Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary Fritz & Ken's Ale for tonight. Anyone wanna go halves?

 

[Fents]

he's back. how was the trip?

 

[Bribie G]

I've just discovered that the "Halleluja" Floating Mountains on Pandora float because they contain rich deposits of Unobtanium. That had bothered me the first four times I saw the movie, but now that I know the actual truth I can relax :icon_cheers:

 

[bum]

he's back. how was the trip?

Not back yet, just staying with people who have a computer for us to use.

How is the trip? Had four pints on Pliny the Elder and two of dogfish Head 90 min IPA in the last two days. How do you think the trip is going? The beers here are generally ******* magic. Anyone who thinks that Australian breweries are getting even close to APAs and AIPAs is kidding themselves. Got slightly less than a week left here and I will be sad to never see some of these beers again.

 

[goomboogo]

Not back yet, just staying with people who have a computer for us to use.

How is the trip? Had four pints on Pliny the Elder and two of dogfish Head 90 min IPA in the last two days. How do you think the trip is going? The beers here are generally ******* magic. Anyone who thinks that Australian breweries are getting even close to APAs and AIPAs is kidding themselves. Got slightly less than a week left here and I will be sad to never see some of these beers again.

Never say never. You may get back there one day.

 

[Fents]

. How do you think the trip is going?

sounds 'orrible.

 

[komodo]

BRAHHHHHHHG F%#^%@G!

My missus had an opperation thats left her fairly much in bed most of the time since last monday. So to help her boredom I decided to install an AV extender over cat5. No dramas everything works. Picture quality via component is pretty gosh darn good, stereo sound is good and the IR works brilliantly - until its night time! There must be some interferance (im assuming from a street light of something) that makes the IR not work properly. I changed the IR LED to a red LED and the signal is coming through - it just must not be strong enough to overcome the stray IR or something. Its driving me BONKERS!
At first I thought it was the actual receiver so I modded the supplied reciever with altronics part Z1611 as suggested by Silicon Chip mag - no cigar. I replaced the whole receiver with a $120 Resi-Linx unit still no cigar.
I thought maybe my cat5 RJ45 termination skills may be a little lack so I tried using a 1.5 mtr prefab cable with both sender and reciever in the same room (shielded by the AV cabinet from one another) still no go. I tried sticking the IR "flasher" over the IR sensor on the foxtel box with masking tape over the top to block stray signals. No cigar. I tried it on the TV - again no cigar. Wake up in the morning and it works flawlessly. Come night time - same issues! WTF!

 

[bum]

Never say never. You may get back there one day.

Family situation dictates I will be back periodically for the rest of my life, that's not the issue. Some of my favorites have been seasonals or one offs.

You dunno how awful it is, fents. Got longies of bear republic, lagunitas and a sierra Nevada one off for tonight. No matter how far or how wide I roam...

 

[leiothrix]

@Komodo - possibly interference from a dodgy fluorescent light (or its ballast)?

 

[petesbrew]

@Komodo - possibly interference from a dodgy fluorescent light (or its ballast)?

Or a light dimmer?
Or the Off Peak Ripple meter switching on?
Keep us posted to your outcome.

 

[komodo]

Dunno but its got me completely stuffed.
Now its not working during the day sometimes too.

I soldered a red LED onto a fly lead and a 3.5mm mono plug to check that signals are getting through - sure as eggs they seem to be getting through.
I tried using a 5mm jaycar IR LED on the fly lead gaffer tapped over the IR sensor. Still no go.
Whats more annoying is that its not just the foxtel (which I naively first though because I know that foxtel is supposedly very finicky with IR repeaters) its not working for my AV reciever or my other TV either.

I have no fluros other than a couple of CCFLs which are rarely turned on and dont seem to make a difference if they are on or off. Originally I thought it was the street light as the street light which is visable from the family room is a fluro. But now that its happening during the day makes me doubt that theory. It seems now that its something to do with the actual wall plate part because I've tried multiply IR blinkers, 3 different IR sensors (including a resi-linx unit which is foxtel approved)

Oh as for the off peak ripple - I dont believe we have that in Vic - pretty sure only NSW and Taswegia have that Happy to be corrected but I was always under the assumption that even our newer meters with dual tarrifs only worked on a timer?

 

[bum]

At Russian River and asked for a tasting paddle of all their beers today.

Lands on the table with 16 glasses.

16!!! Jesus.

 

[Fents]

hope you drown on the 5th.

 

[Fourstar]

hope you drown on the 5th.

:lol:

 

[komodo]

^ LOL

 

[bum]

Don't envy me, boys. Have you ever tried to work out a tasting order for 16 beers at once? It was hard work indeed.

Needed a well earned beer afterwards so I had a Lagunitas Wilco Tango Foxtrot.

 

[peas_and_corn]

 

[Pennywise]

Well, my little fella was born 11:57 on the 7th of May. F**king quietest baby I've ever come across. Prolly wont have much time for brewing over the next few weeks due to wrangling a 2 1/2 at the same time. Did however manage to put a kit down this arvo, and even get to G&G for a few top up stocks, some of which I forgot I already ordered form CB