The Bar, Volume #4

[Simon of the Playa]

happy new year, again.

[ygmir]

*wanders in, with another armload of angst and horror, throws in cleansing fire*

dang that feels good!

got the granite floor inside the Hofstove today, and the firebrick liner along thew lower part of the walls.
Door gaskets installed. I'm about ready to cut the hole for the exhaust, and try it's first, small "tempering/annealing fire".

[graidawg]

[Patsh]

:coffee:

Good morning, Grai...
Looks like the ECM worked just fine!!

[graidawg]

ypu its working well. nowhere near as tired as i though after not sleeping as much as i would like. it seems my "sleep anywhere, anytime" ability just isnt as good as it used to be its sometimes taking me as much as 5 or 6 minutes to get to sleep lately.

annealing is one of my favorite words, its the method by which modern glass is treated prior to sale to reduce its brittleness, part of the "float" process which was invented by Mr Pilkington creating the smooth strong glass we know today. alas Pilkington glass was sold to last year to, i believe the Chinese and now it is manufactured abroad in Poland. although don't quite me on that for accuracy it is after all very early and i have only had one so far.

Good monrning Triken, nice to see you this early

[Patsh]

Good morning, Grai!!
'Early' is all relative, you know...
I still have to sleep before work Wednesday. It's just about midnight here now.

I've set up my coffee for morning, and hope to have an easy day and short week of work.
Sounds like you're about ready for another !
Don't work too hard!

[graidawg]

I work for the council now so i think hard work would get me sacked.... although i dont have a spade to lean on and say "not my department" i am however having a 2nd coffee before i leave for work.

also my first day on exclusively e-cigs

[Savannah]

I work for the council now so i think hard work would get me sacked.... although i dont have a spade to lean on and say "not my department" i am however having a 2nd coffee before i leave for work.

also my first day on exclusively e-cigs

Yaaaaaaaaay, Grai's on the e-cig!! Good on ya.

[pink]

I'm gritting my teeth on a nicotine lozenge right now. Have a quit buddy, so that is helping. And I did get through 3 hours at Macy's returning my 'perfect playa boots' that had a broken zipper to get something not quite as perfect (nearly every boot in my size was sold out, at least anything I could afford to take to the playa that fit all the necessary specs for my perfect playa boot).

The ones I ended up with we're more expensive and harder to clean. But comfy, with zippers, low heel, and cute enough for everyday wear.

[MisaBlue]

Good morning

[AntiM]

Ugh, bad cold here... stay away, unclean! unclean!

[Simon of the Playa]

dance the sick away!

[media]

[MyDearFriend]

Hey I will take some thank you.

Misa those eggy-sausage things look really fun; I am going to try that!

Congrats to everyone who got up & got moving today, urrrrgghhhhh...

[ygmir]

*wanders in pours coffee* Thanks GD!!
be well AntiM. hope you get better fast.

yeah GD, annealing is a cool process. We also use in in cartridge reloading, for the brass case neck, if you're going to re-size it, or often, for more life before cracking.

*heads for ROS*

[Elorrum]

Best wishes to those making habit adjustments. Nicotine lozenges were my helper two years ago. Cravings do abate and lessen in frequency. If at first you don't fricassee, fry fry a hen.

[delle]

My youngest turned 18 today.

I have now officially achieved a 100% success rate at keeping my offspring alive to adulthood. Yay!!! and Phewf!!!

[ygmir]

good job, Delle!!

[Aurelia]

after all the Holiday energy spent to do it right for the fam
last night was release of all
live music of many stumbling over instrument cases to get close enough and dance till dawn
okay , now to start this year

[FIGJAM]

A little late, but I just found this!!!!!!!!!!

[media]

[theCryptofishist]

annealing is one of my favorite words, its the method by which modern glass is treated prior to sale to reduce its brittleness, part of the "float" process which was invented by Mr Pilkington creating the smooth strong glass we know today. alas Pilkington glass was sold to last year to, i believe the Chinese and now it is manufactured abroad in Poland. although don't quite me on that for accuracy it is after all very early and i have only had one so far.

annealing applies to more glasses than float. Fused and blown glasses are also annealed. I've seen a documentary on a new telescope mirror made from boro-sillicate glass (using a new technique that I won't go into here) that was annealed for three months.

[magicmarty]

Yay, Della. Hope we get to see you in the dust in August!

Seems like Monday today and the good news is that it is actually Humpday.

Had a wonderful day celebrating the New Year with fresh BBQed oysters in Marshall, a little town on Tomales Bay in west Marin County. Weather was exquisite as were the oysters and fresh clam chowder. Topped off with some wine and garlic bread, what a great way to start the new year! Gotta go back there!

Cheers

[^Rhino!]

Glad for you, delle.

Borosilicate glass = Pyrex, developed by Otto Schodt at Corning.

It has a lower coefficient of thermal expansion than most materials, which seems to make it an ideal telescope mirror substrate, Crypto...

Since it's essentially high-grade Pyrex, you're cooking now.

[MisaBlue]

xox

[magicmarty]

Kicks the ECM and gets the coffee going. Delicious and lovely eats, Misa. Where has everyone gone? Slinks into the NEB seeking some snuggles.

(((LF)))

[Aurelia]

Good Morning Marty. Misa
maybe everyone is reving up to the restart
Have a lovely day all !

[ygmir]

*wanders in*
ah, nice coffee, thanks Marty!!
yeah, for some reason I've been sleeping late......and staying up late. not sure why my clock seems to be changing. dang.

[^Rhino!]

Good morning, everyone!

**opens thermos of Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee and puts it out on the communal table for consumption, while pouring himself a generous cup**

I'm having a great day. Hope everyone else is doing the same.

[ygmir]

HI ^Rhino.... yay for you!!
it's nice to hear good news.

[littleflower]

*peeks out of NEB*

psssst! marty!!! over here!!!!

[trilobyte]

Enjoying a mocha here

I got up way too early. Still feeling dodgy, but I'm determined to try and get some things done today around the loft and with storage.