I'm doing 24 things
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4 days ago
I tacked the blueprints to the wall in my upstairs hallway. Really, that was the only expanse of wall big enough to stretch them out and have a look, but I like to think that I did it to inspire myself. :)
fungus_finger's Life List
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1. Quit Smoking
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2. Build a Tall Bike
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3. convert my lawnmower and tiller to propane
1 entry . 2 cheers2 people -
4. Go backpacking in the Grand Canyon
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5. brew my own lager
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6. go back to school
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7. be a better son
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8. build a kegerator
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9. convert my car to run on vegetable oil
3 entries . 6 cheers13 people -
10. get a rainwater tank
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11. learn to ride a unicycle
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12. get rid of the clutter
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13. have better posture
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14. get another tattoo
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15. pay off credit card debt
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16. Join a Community Organisation; Rotary, Kiwanis?
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17. bury my father's remains
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18. Trace my family tree
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19. finish wiring our house
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20. See my bones
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21. get rid of computer hardware I'm obviously never going to need or use
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22. Cause a UFO sighting
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23. build a boat
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24. own a mountain
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How I did it
It made me
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How I did it: I didn't get too big of a yield this year, I think due to the hot hot weather and drought we had this summer, combined with not doing some things I could have done to make the garden better. Read how I did it…
It made me
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How I did it: I read everything I could get my eyes on, built a hops trellis, set up irrigation, and just let 'em go. I only got about a 1/4oz. of dried hops from seven Cascade bines. None of the nugget flowered. This was a really really bad year for gardening in my area, due to the extreme heat and extended drought. Also, from what I've read, the first year is spent establishing roots mostly. So now, I'm going to take dow… Read how I did it…
It made me
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How I did it: I used the $75/month that I would be saving as a motivation and cleaned it out all in one weekend, making several trips in the 100F+ degree heat. Now, I have to rearrange the spare bedroom at home to stash the stuff from the storage unit. It's coming along nicely. Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
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4 days ago
I ended up replacing the bad relay… didn’t want to take any chances with potentially starting fires. I’ve also rigged up an external temperature control, which seems to be doing a good job of keeping the temperature at 35F. Before I start using it as a kegerator (which means buying more stuff anyway), I’m going to use the temperature-controlled environment to brew a batch of lager.
The next batch I brew...
4 days ago
...will be a lager. I now have a deep freeze connected to an external temperature controller, so it should be pretty easy to keep it at lager temperatures during the fermentation. But it’ll have to wait until after the holidays. We’re going to be traveling quite a bit in the next couple of months.
