The Swamp

Pruitt wrote:Beer Pipeline in Germany

Organizers for the world’s biggest metal festival expect metal heads to consume so much beer they’re constructing a beer pipeline. The underground pipeline will be seven kilometers long and funnel 400,000 liters of beer to the festival. It will hold enough pressure to pump six beers in six seconds. To anyone who stood in line for a beer at concert, this will sound like a godsend.

wlu_lax6 wrote:Are they running multiple lines through? If not, you are not getting choice in the beer. You get one style. During my tour of the Dogfishhead brewery they showed a pipeline that runs from the brew house to the packaging house. My question to the tour guide...how do you keep the line clean? It is a big process to clean the pipeline between batches of different beers. They also worry about accidental freeze in the pipes.

Sabo wrote:The Spectacular, Rip-Roaring Waves of Lake Erie's 'November Witch'

Some really cool pictures in this story.

govmentchedda wrote:Those photos are cool, but those waves could all actually only be 12 inches high.

Millennials are the most educated generation in U.S. history to date. They bought into a social contract that said: Everything will work out, if first you go to college. But as the cost of college increased, millions of young people took on student loans to complete their degree. Graduates under 35 are almost 50 percent more likely than members of Gen X to have student loans, and their median balance is about 40 percent higher than that of the previous generation.

And what has all that debt gotten them? “Lower earnings, fewer assets, and less wealth,” according to the Federal Reserve paper’s conclusion. Student debt has made it harder for millions of young people to buy a home, since “holding debt is associated with a lower rate of homeownership, irrespective of degree type,” as Fed economists wrote in a previous study. In other words, young people took on debt to pursue a college degree, only to discover that the cost of college would push the American dream further from their grasp.

One afternoon in November, Hans-Jürgen Topf walked through the backstage area of the Mercedes-Benz Arena, where dozens of crew members were unloading the equipment for the final stop of U2’s “Experience + Innocence” tour. After enthusiastically greeting and hugging several of the workers, Topf, 62, came to a sweltering room filled with humming washing machines and dryers. “This is my life,” he said. “The artists live their life, and I live my laundry life.”

Sabo wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:28 am This link was the English Wikipedia Article of the Day two days ago, and I found this story to be pretty fascinating.

Albert Pierrepoint (30 March 1905 – 10 July 1992) was an English hangman who executed between 435 and 600 people in a 25-year career that ended in 1956.

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2019 9:22 pm Those unis are amazing.

Side note, I'll be in Tchranna for about 18 hours on Thursday/Friday, then train to Montreal. Oiler's getting married, so we're bacheloring at the Bolts/Leafs, then Joe Beef in Montreal on Friday and Habs/Leafs on Saturday. What else shouldn't I miss in your fair country? Mind you, I land in Toronto around 3 on Thursday, and the train leaves for Montreal at 9 a.m.

sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2019 9:57 pm

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2019 9:22 pm Those unis are amazing.

Side note, I'll be in Tchranna for about 18 hours on Thursday/Friday, then train to Montreal. Oiler's getting married, so we're bacheloring at the Bolts/Leafs, then Joe Beef in Montreal on Friday and Habs/Leafs on Saturday. What else shouldn't I miss in your fair country? Mind you, I land in Toronto around 3 on Thursday, and the train leaves for Montreal at 9 a.m.

Keeping with the hockey theme, you could visit the Hockey Hall of Fame. Get a picture with the Stanley Cup.

Pruitt wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2019 5:24 pm 70 Years Ago... Newfoundland Joined Canada

Not everyone was happy.



As a side note, St. John's is home to the Newfoundland Growlers of the ECHL. Nt important, but I love the unis.

Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2019 7:15 am This was their inaugural season so it must be versa.

Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2019 6:56 am And the Newfoundland Growlers had a "Paw Patrol" night.

Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2019 6:54 am

sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2019 9:57 pm

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2019 9:22 pm Those unis are amazing.

Side note, I'll be in Tchranna for about 18 hours on Thursday/Friday, then train to Montreal. Oiler's getting married, so we're bacheloring at the Bolts/Leafs, then Joe Beef in Montreal on Friday and Habs/Leafs on Saturday. What else shouldn't I miss in your fair country? Mind you, I land in Toronto around 3 on Thursday, and the train leaves for Montreal at 9 a.m.

Keeping with the hockey theme, you could visit the Hockey Hall of Fame. Get a picture with the Stanley Cup.

Where are you staying?

The Hockey Hall of Fame is literally across the road from Union (the train) station and a couple of blocks from the ACC (or Scotiabank Arena or whatever it's called). You really won;t have much time to see anything but that.

Johnnie wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 7:14 am I guess this seems like the best thread for this?

Navy Leader Who Told Sailors to 'Clap Like We're at a Strip Club' Has Resigned

The clapping was to be for Mike Pence.

Wut. I can't understand this. The idea we're meant to be Robot Mormons until we have to kill people is maddening. Words like this do no harm. He is forced to resign because bad press like bad and a pendulum needs to swing immediately to "correct behavior."