Weekend Plans
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@JaredBusch said in Weekend Plans:
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@dafyre said in Weekend Plans:
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@Minion-Queen said in Weekend Plans:
We have a WesternDigital https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I2P56FE/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
We copy things directly to it as needed. We are in the process of moving our DVD library there.
LOL I moved my DVD library to Vudu, problem (for me) solved, cost $1-2 per disk.
Vudu also allows for offline viewing, you download their app on Windows and then download the movie.
Doesn't work well when you have a Roku, but no internet.
My local plex server has been a Godsend a few times.
This is true, but then you break out a board game.
Bored games are generally well... boring unless you have more than a couple of folks playing, but not too many at once.
Then you play shitty bored games.
The board games I play are not boring.
I've got a lot of board games that are a crazy amount of fun with just two people.
Tsuro is an awesome dead simple one with a surprising amount of strategy involved.
That looks pretty fun!
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@coliver said in Weekend Plans:
@JaredBusch said in Weekend Plans:
@coliver said in Weekend Plans:
@JaredBusch said in Weekend Plans:
@dafyre said in Weekend Plans:
@Dashrender said in Weekend Plans:
@dafyre said in Weekend Plans:
@Dashrender said in Weekend Plans:
@Minion-Queen said in Weekend Plans:
We have a WesternDigital https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I2P56FE/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
We copy things directly to it as needed. We are in the process of moving our DVD library there.
LOL I moved my DVD library to Vudu, problem (for me) solved, cost $1-2 per disk.
Vudu also allows for offline viewing, you download their app on Windows and then download the movie.
Doesn't work well when you have a Roku, but no internet.
My local plex server has been a Godsend a few times.
This is true, but then you break out a board game.
Bored games are generally well... boring unless you have more than a couple of folks playing, but not too many at once.
Then you play shitty bored games.
The board games I play are not boring.
I've got a lot of board games that are a crazy amount of fun with just two people.
Tsuro is an awesome dead simple one with a surprising amount of strategy involved.
Takenoko is a bit more complex but has a ton of strategy involved. Plus the story is hilarious and the game is fun to play, even with just two people.
That is on my list to buy. Just have not done so yet.
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@JaredBusch said in Weekend Plans:
@coliver said in Weekend Plans:
@JaredBusch said in Weekend Plans:
@coliver said in Weekend Plans:
@JaredBusch said in Weekend Plans:
@dafyre said in Weekend Plans:
@Dashrender said in Weekend Plans:
@dafyre said in Weekend Plans:
@Dashrender said in Weekend Plans:
@Minion-Queen said in Weekend Plans:
We have a WesternDigital https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I2P56FE/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
We copy things directly to it as needed. We are in the process of moving our DVD library there.
LOL I moved my DVD library to Vudu, problem (for me) solved, cost $1-2 per disk.
Vudu also allows for offline viewing, you download their app on Windows and then download the movie.
Doesn't work well when you have a Roku, but no internet.
My local plex server has been a Godsend a few times.
This is true, but then you break out a board game.
Bored games are generally well... boring unless you have more than a couple of folks playing, but not too many at once.
Then you play shitty bored games.
The board games I play are not boring.
I've got a lot of board games that are a crazy amount of fun with just two people.
Tsuro is an awesome dead simple one with a surprising amount of strategy involved.
Takenoko is a bit more complex but has a ton of strategy involved. Plus the story is hilarious and the game is fun to play, even with just two people.
That is on my list to buy. Just have not done so yet.
It's really fun and super cute. If your kids game they will love it.
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Hopefully getting rid of some more stuff before heading out to Boise!
Probably some Warframe in between sales. -
This will be a long weekend. Monday is "Tag der Deutschen Einheit" (German Unification Day), an annual official holiday to celebrate the unification of west and east Germany in 1990.
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On Saturday, a local brewpub is having an Oktoberfest celebration... A proper, German style lager on tap, lots of schnitzel unt spaetzle, a guy with an accordion playing polka, and it's all you can eat and drink for $45. Should be quite a drunkening (just like last year and the year before).
Saturday, October 1 from noon til 10 PM.
Everything is available a la carte and the kinder are welcome. It is only $45 for all you can eat and drink! Or just $25 for all you can eat. Or just $25 for all you can drink draft beer.
Our annual batch of a traditional Oktoberfest Lager is pouring. Brewed with all German barley, German and Czech hops and a German lager yeast, we cold age (or lager) the beer for over two months. It is beautiful.
The menu is absolutely amazing.
-Entrees-
Schweinhaxen (slow roasted pork shank)
with potatoes, spaetzle & cabbageWeisswurst - Bratwurst - Knackwurst
with pretzel, kraut & spicy mustardWeinerschnitzel (veal w/ lemon & parsley)
with potatoes, spaetzel & cabbageWeisn Hendl (roasted chicken)
with potatoes, spaetzel & cabbage-Sides-
Apple braised purple cabbage
Roasted red potatoes
5 made pretzels
Spaetzel
5 made sauerkraut
5 made strudel
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Home alone for the weekend. Going to finish running the piping for the oil tank and catch up on some video game time.
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@coliver said in Weekend Plans:
Home alone for the weekend. Going to finish running the piping for the oil tank and catch up on some video game time.
Heating with oil? I thought that had al but gone away.
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@art_of_shred said in Weekend Plans:
@coliver said in Weekend Plans:
Home alone for the weekend. Going to finish running the piping for the oil tank and catch up on some video game time.
Heating with oil? I thought that had al but gone away.
It's our backup heat source. I wish it would go away it's dirty and expensive. Granted I'm using coal as my primary but at least that's dirty and cheap.
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@coliver said in Weekend Plans:
@art_of_shred said in Weekend Plans:
@coliver said in Weekend Plans:
Home alone for the weekend. Going to finish running the piping for the oil tank and catch up on some video game time.
Heating with oil? I thought that had al but gone away.
It's our backup heat source. I wish it would go away it's dirty and expensive. Granted I'm using coal as my primary but at least that's dirty and cheap.
We started with hot water boiler, turned it off and installed a wood/coal furnace burning wood, switched to coal, and then replaced that with a pellet stove. It's a big one, and I fabbed a plenum for it, so it's forced air through ducting. It's so easy to use, and is fairly cheap. I love it. We still have the boiler, but that's pretty expensive (haven't fired it up in 7 years), being that we're on propane and not natural gas.
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@art_of_shred said in Weekend Plans:
@coliver said in Weekend Plans:
@art_of_shred said in Weekend Plans:
@coliver said in Weekend Plans:
Home alone for the weekend. Going to finish running the piping for the oil tank and catch up on some video game time.
Heating with oil? I thought that had al but gone away.
It's our backup heat source. I wish it would go away it's dirty and expensive. Granted I'm using coal as my primary but at least that's dirty and cheap.
We started with hot water boiler, turned it off and installed a wood/coal furnace burning wood, switched to coal, and then replaced that with a pellet stove. It's a big one, and I fabbed a plenum for it, so it's forced air through ducting. It's so easy to use, and is fairly cheap. I love it. We still have the boiler, but that's pretty expensive (haven't fired it up in 7 years), being that we're on propane and not natural gas.
Nice! My coal furnace is hooked into our hydronic system. So if the coal ever goes out, if we go on vacation and the person watching our house forgets to fill the hopper, the oil furnace will kick on automatically after the water hits a certain temperature. Enough to keep the pipes from freezing but won't keep people warm. We use an electric for DHW in the summer but the coal furnace does that in the winter.
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Man, I had oil heat when I lived up in Asheville... never again. Possibly the worst heating system ever developed.
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@coliver said in Weekend Plans:
@art_of_shred said in Weekend Plans:
@coliver said in Weekend Plans:
@art_of_shred said in Weekend Plans:
@coliver said in Weekend Plans:
Home alone for the weekend. Going to finish running the piping for the oil tank and catch up on some video game time.
Heating with oil? I thought that had al but gone away.
It's our backup heat source. I wish it would go away it's dirty and expensive. Granted I'm using coal as my primary but at least that's dirty and cheap.
We started with hot water boiler, turned it off and installed a wood/coal furnace burning wood, switched to coal, and then replaced that with a pellet stove. It's a big one, and I fabbed a plenum for it, so it's forced air through ducting. It's so easy to use, and is fairly cheap. I love it. We still have the boiler, but that's pretty expensive (haven't fired it up in 7 years), being that we're on propane and not natural gas.
Nice! My coal furnace is hooked into our hydronic system. So if the coal ever goes out, if we go on vacation and the person watching our house forgets to fill the hopper, the oil furnace will kick on automatically after the water hits a certain temperature. Enough to keep the pipes from freezing but won't keep people warm. We use an electric for DHW in the summer but the coal furnace does that in the winter.
That doesn't sound like a bad setup.
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@art_of_shred said in Weekend Plans:
@coliver said in Weekend Plans:
@art_of_shred said in Weekend Plans:
@coliver said in Weekend Plans:
@art_of_shred said in Weekend Plans:
@coliver said in Weekend Plans:
Home alone for the weekend. Going to finish running the piping for the oil tank and catch up on some video game time.
Heating with oil? I thought that had al but gone away.
It's our backup heat source. I wish it would go away it's dirty and expensive. Granted I'm using coal as my primary but at least that's dirty and cheap.
We started with hot water boiler, turned it off and installed a wood/coal furnace burning wood, switched to coal, and then replaced that with a pellet stove. It's a big one, and I fabbed a plenum for it, so it's forced air through ducting. It's so easy to use, and is fairly cheap. I love it. We still have the boiler, but that's pretty expensive (haven't fired it up in 7 years), being that we're on propane and not natural gas.
Nice! My coal furnace is hooked into our hydronic system. So if the coal ever goes out, if we go on vacation and the person watching our house forgets to fill the hopper, the oil furnace will kick on automatically after the water hits a certain temperature. Enough to keep the pipes from freezing but won't keep people warm. We use an electric for DHW in the summer but the coal furnace does that in the winter.
That doesn't sound like a bad setup.
Nope, not bad. If I were planning on staying in the house longer I would drop the oil altogether and put a Baxi boiler and propane in.
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@RojoLoco said in Weekend Plans:
Man, I had oil heat when I lived up in Asheville... never again. Possibly the worst heating system ever developed.
Easily the worst... Takes way too much to maintain and is the least efficient out of all the heating fuels... even my coal furnace is more efficient then most high efficiency oil burners.
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@coliver said in Weekend Plans:
@RojoLoco said in Weekend Plans:
Man, I had oil heat when I lived up in Asheville... never again. Possibly the worst heating system ever developed.
Easily the worst... Takes way too much to maintain and is the least efficient out of all the heating fuels... even my coal furnace is more efficient then most high efficiency oil burners.
And the systems that everyone had in Asheville were old and low efficiency. All they really did was cost lots of $$$ and dried the air out.
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Next house will be propane to start, but I'm going to build it so I can add an alternative fuel source if need be. If we get the house were looking at it will be stripped to the studs anyway and we'll be able to insulate the hell out of it.
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@coliver If I was to build a house, it would have radiant heat in the floors. I would power it with natural gas since it would take too much electric if I tried to use solar. Maybe an electric heater from solar only with gas backup.
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@JaredBusch said in Weekend Plans:
@coliver If I was to build a house, it would have radiant heat in the floors. I would power it with natural gas since it would take too much electric if I tried to use solar. Maybe an electric heater from solar only with gas backup.
Yep, radiant will be what we put in. No question there. Our electric up here is pretty expensive and solar isn't as effective as other parts of the country. Although with modern solar cells you can get pretty decent savings if you're piping it back into the grid.
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@coliver said in Weekend Plans:
@JaredBusch said in Weekend Plans:
@coliver If I was to build a house, it would have radiant heat in the floors. I would power it with natural gas since it would take too much electric if I tried to use solar. Maybe an electric heater from solar only with gas backup.
Yep, radiant will be what we put in. No question there. Our electric up here is pretty expensive and solar isn't as effective as other parts of the country. Although with modern solar cells you can get pretty decent savings if you're piping it back into the grid.
Every time I've looked into solar, the ongoing maintenance was enough to all but cancel out the "savings", so I never went that direction.
