Guess I haven't heard of the wheat spirits yet...learning! We have a Roadhouse here as well.

 

Public Service was pushing boulders across a trail to block 4x4's and dirt bikes from a dry area, and soon saw fire under a boulder. Truck cab extinguishers didn't cut it. 5000 acres last night and 0% controlled.

 

Damnn..that's terrible.

 

I asked a guy at Roadhouse what his beer was. Blue Moon. That's an easy to find, good wheat beer. I said, Eww, but the box is at least pretty. I'll stick to barley beer. It's just personal taste... Vodka is traditionally from potatoes. Old Russians used so many to keep warm and happy in the winter, they had no alcohol for cooling systems and parked their cars on blocks and drained them in the winter. But vodka can be made from wheat. One guy, a chem.student, used an enzyme to make 2 rolls of toilet paper become edible to yeast, and managed 2 decent ounces of vodka. I love Jewish Rye Bread w ham 'n swiss. With beer or a slightly sweet rhine wine. No fires involved. Fords, apparently optional. Was that blue one being trailered a Mk IV? Ford has 2-3 like that that I confuse. Love them!

 

[QUOTE=BillSF9c;7650621]
Ford GT - Wikipedia

 

[QUOTE=Phil48315;7650699]Mucho grass, SuperPhil !!! Enjoyed that immensely !

 

[QUOTE=BillSF9c;7650703]Thats not mine, I would sure love to own one.

I am having my grandfathers 1970 454 4-speed convertible Corvette shipped back to me.
I restored it for my mom and uncle when they inherited it from him 2008-2012.
It has been in his possession since the restoration was completed.
He is finally getting too old to get in and out of it.




Edit: I thought you thought the Ford GT was mine, tired and the brain read that wrong.

I sure would love to own one though.....

 

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Fires being so plentiful, so is smoke. Sorry if I sorta posted something like this before.

I want to put in a plug for HEPA filters. Once relegated to asthmatics etc, are now plentiful. My first was a $300 Honeywell that I scored 10 years after I saw it, for $20 in Goodwill. Big circular thing
Starting to be harder to find filters for. The newer ones are cuter. I favor Honeywell. Others are ok too. I even got a baby off brand for my truck In case. The adaptor is 12 V so I can adapt it or run it off a small invertor. (My Civic has an optional filter. Allergies?)

I now push the HPA100/200&300s. They all use the same filters. My 100's cost me $40 ea from a disabled bet who.had 2 with very damaged boxes. They run $100 ea. I bought a very dear friend who uses wood heat an HPA200. See it as the first item, if it doesn't move. It uses two filters, not one like mine. See, $178. Often 150. I paid 130. Watch Amazon. They advise you to price changes if you put one in your watch list.


These remove the PT2.5 (?) micron particles that are small enough to move from lings and invade the body, down to 0.3 microns, if memory serves. I suggest a unit one size up from your needs. Run.it slower, filters last longer, filters better IMHO, and while quiet, they are even quieter. The airflow is uo to heat gets moved and cold/hot air stratification os less. Knick off filters are even less and seem fine. Honeywell is the BMOC so stuff is easy to find for years. Honeywell also has a HEPA filter for most furnaces... $15.

 

I was up late... and woke up late. Gonna hafta watch the rest of that video Brew posted later.

The fire department was busy last night. One of the DJ's on the radio here.... he was at the Def Leppard concert last night, and got called away for fires.

This is about 1/2 mile from me. It's out now, but it could have been bad! Ironically, there is a brand new fire station being built right across the street from this. Only about 70% complete though.

 

Famous "Oakland" CA fire a couple decades back. Many firefighters, some from San Francisco who were helping, lost their homes. They had not de-surrounded brush etc typical for the semi-hilly, mainly residential area.

I wish we more suburban near-city types had volunteer-assisted departments, but I'm sure we would be more of a hindrance, here. And so few ever with HAZMAT Training. It would be unaffordable out the gate. I'm fortunate to have a hydrant almost across the street and be just barely off 2 major arterials. I may invest in a better nozzle though. Despite a typical 5/8" water service, I get a lifetime 3/4" hose. And I need to declutter my side accesses.

I could not find a metal roofer in time when I had to do mine. Homes remaining in Oakland and after many rural fires of very recent years tended greatly to have these, as they shed falling burning embers. Lifetime, value adding, and worth the cost, I hazard to guess. Maybe an insurance break too. Lots less chance of a roof cave in, so insides can be entered more safely, longer, by residents or firemen, if even needed. Better survival odds if all roads engulfed. Bomb shelters, anyone?

EDIT: Or, I mean canned goods pantries? Cold/wine[making] cellars? And we have a Pro Firefighter here. Ideas always welcome. Ideas that won't work in one place help elsewhere or spawn other ideas.