Recent content by phonedave

Maples - Get ready for the spring inundation of spinners, polynoses, seed pods, or whatever you call them.

We stayed in Sandals Grande, which is basically just outside of Gros Islet. We flew into the airport on the other side of the island as well. We opted for the helicopter transport. I'm glad we did (plus it was like a mini tour of the rainforest and banana plantations)

I would love to find something that actually cleans mine. I have tried a number of things and they all clean it a little, but nothing really seems to get the dark stains out.

Where did you end up staying? The problem with St Lucia is that most of the resorts are on the side of the island with the SMALL airport, the larger airport that can handle the larger planes is on the other side of the rain forest that is in the middle of the island. Most places have a shuttle...

I have sealed mine with Stone Tech and found that it only remains slippery for a year or so, and then the traction is back

I suspect that I have done that at times. My batteries usually last a LEAST a season. But then sometimes they are dead in a month.

I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS However, my father was an auto mechanic. I remember when I was a kid we had a toilet that was flushing poorly because of mineral build up. He brough home some battery acid and added it to the toilet. It flushed much better after that. Knowing what I know now, not as a...

I have a converted keg as well. I also used two turkey fryers as pots. Funny thing is I use an immersion coil to chill my wort to pitching temps. Back when I was brewing I did not have a pool. I used to just run a garden hose through it, and lament about wasting all of that water. Now I can...

In a hot tub, the pH will naturally rise over time because of the aeration due to the jets. At first it will rise quickly and eventually as TA and pH come into balance it will become more stable, only requiring adjustment every so often. After I do a fresh fill, I have to add acid daily for...

15 years or so is about the same time period for me. I still have all of my old equipment. I had just started full mash brews (with a lot of manual work, not the fancy automated set ups) and now they do the whole gran bag thing too. I was going to do corny kegs of soda water, but we have a...

I have never tried to contact Bullfrog directly, but instead worked through my dealer. My dealer would answer my called, and tell me they could get no information from Bullfrog. I chalked this up to the fact that I bought my tub the week after my dealer re-opened after the COVID shut down. The...

I'm not spending $2.00 a bottle, I'm SAVING 5 cents (or something like that) Have you ever looked into bottling your own? Seriously. You can get a counter pressure filler and capping machine fairly cheaply. I used to do it with beer if I wanted to bottle something off of a keg I made instead...

I have Global Entry. If I am flying domestically I use the Global Entry card as my ID. My Global Entry required a lot more than a Real ID ever will (fingerprinting, background check, and in person interview). I should just be able to use it to get a real ID. If I am flying international, I...

I used to like flying. Now, not so much. It really has become a cattle call and delays much of the time. For a cruise, definitely fly in the day before. I would never attempt to fly in the day of a cruise. Sometimes we cruise out of a port that is drivable (Bayonne NJ has Bermuda cruises that...

I guess the good news, aside from her making the Nationals, is that Vegas, overall, is pretty much the cheapest place in the country to fly into. When I had a team that was spread across the US, we tried to find places that were the overall cheapest to have face to face meetings in. Vegas was...