It is Friday!
It is Friday!
Just got a call from another local brewery who is going to be in need of a new Head Brewer, and wants to probably tap me for the position.
I'm still considering the idea of doing the consulting thing, but this is a huge relief and confidence booster. Or, I take it and have a lot more fun being a head brewer at a small, experimental brewery than I was having as a shift brewer at a medium sized production brewery.
Appleseed wrote: Almost hit a deer on the motorcycle. Dropped it, destroyed my gear, and walked, nay, rode away. I should be dead.
Luck is on your side! Glad your still here with us! Time to buy some lottery tickets!
Beer Baron wrote: Just got a call from another local brewery who is going to be in need of a new Head Brewer, and wants to probably tap me for the position. I'm still considering the idea of doing the consulting thing, but this is a huge relief and confidence booster. Or, I take it and have a lot more fun being a head brewer at a small, experimental brewery than I was having as a shift brewer at a medium sized production brewery.
sounds like maybe you've landed on your feet … good luck
Beer Baron wrote: Or, I take it and have a lot more fun being a head brewer at a small, experimental brewery than I was having as a shift brewer at a medium sized production brewery.
I would do this but I'm better suited working for smaller companies anyway. I went from middle management at a big tool importer / retailer to "only full time service tech" at a restoration shop.
I'm much happier.
If I need to have it out with the boss for some reason, I can just yell in the direction of his desk.
Shawn
Rallycross finally yesterday, lost a rocker panel trim and mud flap, but someone carried them both back to me at the lunch break! Saved me a long walk around a ~1 mile course searching for both.
And today I went with a friend and his two kids to Scene 75 (big entertainment joint with karts, lazer tag, games, etc) and beat his 8 year old girl at go karts. 
The simplicity of Swedish OBD I DTC, LED and button on the data port. Switching insurance, need accurate mileage on the 850, the odometer has been broken for 6+ years. Fly lead in port A7 push the button the appropriate number of times, and count the blinks. 201,232 miles, way less than I had guesstimated. 
Today, my daughter graduates from her Masters studies.
She has officially earned a higher education than any one else in the family!
Got my Madness500 Instagram welcome swag today (Abarth pin, t-shirt, plate frames and vinyl), and just figured out how to sync the two GoPro cameras in one clip. Youtube
Sold the Prevost and it's now at shop getting an air leak fixed. It is so nice to have it out of the driveway!! Got a call today to start a maintenance contract at a plant in Tennesee on Monday. 6 days a week for the next few months at a very good rate of pay. My racing budget just got a real good boost.
Since I complain enough in the rant thread I'm going to bring the thankfulness thread back from the grave.
Took a minor road trip to a guy's place today to buy some plants and canes for building stuff. This guy has the coolest yard, tons of rare landscaping plants, a freakin' river in his back yard with a bridge, crazy stuff like that. I'm blown away every time I see it.
He kindof has a plant nursery of his own, selling his rare plants (not weed, stop thinking that, nothing illegal, just stuff that's really hard to find or grow this far north) to people he knows or people who search this stuff out. Last time I got 4 plants from him, and he threw in 5 more plants. Thats 9 for the price of 4. 1 of them was simply huge (full length of the van) for $20 and the other was rare and expensive from normal suppliers (not available at normal places, though), but also for sale for $20. so, 9 for the price of 4 for really cheap.
Today, I got 2 more rare plants (again, nothing illegal, not drugs, stop thinking that). By rare I mean not for sale anywhere else nearby or from anyone I can order from via the internet. They are recent introductions, so most commercial places don't have it for sale yet. Yes, this is the stupid hipster 'i had it first' thing applied to garden plants, it's no stupider than applying it to flannel or miller high life. By 'good' divisions, he doesn't mean the big size you get at a plant place. He means good-thing-I-drove-an-econoline sized. 30 bucks. Home depot has common plants that cost more than that.
For the record, I'm not saying "plants" cryptically. These don't have common names and I don't want to look up the scientific names.
More thankfulness: The cruise control that had not been working on my van miraculously started working again. I didn't fix anything, I didn't even try to figure out why it wasn't working, I just hit the buttons because I was bored and BAM it started working. See the rant thread for a problem that this caused.
Thankful for the opportunity to do manual labor. I'm short on cash and don't want to let wheels go- but the homies got some rad enkei gravels that are coming back with me from grabbing the rolla one way or another. I'm halfway there after today, and I have shown someone that quality work with speed and no bullE36 M3 still exists. At this rate those wheels are mine this week.
This thread is wonderful.
Rufledt wrote: it's no stupider than applying it to flannel or miller high life.
dangit … I've been wearing flannel and enjoying the high life for nearly 50 yrs… no hipster here
Drove the Miata sunday in local autocross. I wasn't the fastest or even in the top ten but I did well and had a lot of fun. A savant type drove it and said it needed nothing and is really well set up so that was good for the ego.
And my co-driver who has never before driven an otter finished .021 seconds behind me. Good day
wbjones wrote:Rufledt wrote: it's no stupider than applying it to flannel or miller high life.dangit … I've been wearing flannel and enjoying the high life for nearly 50 yrs… no hipster here
That just means you've really been doing it since before it was cool.
and I've had a beard since 1968
Passed both my ase tests saturday, minimal studying (read the a4 study guide and took a couple online practice tests for the a5 the morning of)
much needed boost for my ego, hopefully this helps convince them I'm not completely retarded after my f up last week. Lol
day 4 of a mini-vaction. I had off Friday and Saturday of last week and Monday and Tuesday of this week.. I used 8 hours of PTO to take sunday off to get a full 5 days off in a row without taking a "real" vacation
I didn't roll over at RX Nationals, Subarust drove fine 12hrs there and back (with only the usual Check Engine light), AND I should be picking up my new '88 MR2 SC tonight. 
I DIDN'T hit the deer I saw on the way home today! The guy in the other lane did. 
Today and the last couple weeks in general have been insane. Working 50 hours a week minimum, often not breaking even for lunch, and struggling to get everything accomplished. On top of that, my fingers are tingling on my right hand because of some weird nerve thing I messed up, and I wake up every day stiff from everything. I haven't had enough time to unpack from the move earlier this year either, so I'm busy all the time I'm home, too.
Why thankfulness thread? Because it's infinitely better than being unemployed.
I'm not dead, and hopefully no permanent brain damage! They even cleared me to drive again during daylight!
Our cars got broke into, and all the stole was a dollar. Left the radio and my wife's wallet!
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