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[MKader17 332]

Bunch of sensitive thugs, ya'll need hugs.

:-)

 

A lil Jay-Z I see

[///M5 2,833]

Why are you simplifying the effort required to make DC energy and store it?

There are tons of ways of simulating a "perfect experiment" as Physics and therefore modelling is loaded with it; however, reality is a shit storm that makes you get outside of that ideal scenario.

Really the only thing you need to calculate in the equation is conversion of energy. From the raw state of where it started to what gets used. Remove all fake subsidies in the calculation.

[dem beats 1,223]

Let's magically say batteries are free, can store a whole bank of deep cycles in something the size and weight of a silver dollar.

You still need to provide energy to the battery. So an alternator? That is powered by the belt/chain/shaft(point of loss). I'll skip the rest of the combustion engine loss as that would happen anyway. From there the electricity has to be stored and regulated(point of loss). Then you have to put that energy to use again and suffer the loss from battery to electric motor.

Regenerative braking is helpful here, but adds another system, more weight and mechanics to fail, etc etc.... Pluss it feels, it's an interesting feeling..... It charges the battery in my car actually so I deal with it every time I slow down.

So we take fuel, turning it into motion, add a gear of some kind, then use that kinetic motion to create a different fuel to then create motion.

We are not efficient enough that the possibility of overcoming momentum with gathered energy from another energy source is more efficient than just using one energy source.

[MKader17 332]

Been making my own old fashioneds tonight. I grabbed up 2 bottles of double oaked, a bottle of orange bitters, a bottle of plain bitters, a box of brown sugar cubes, a box of white sugar cubes, a bag of brown sugar (light) and a bag of white sugar. I always wanted to try them, and never have... I figured I would stay in tonight, and get fucked up trying my favorite bourbon. I didn't waste any time on club soda (because I refuse to add that shit to fine bourbon), water, or the traditional garnishes, which include lemon peel, lemon zest, orange slices and cherrys (some recipes also call for sour cherry juice).

 

Please be aware and keep in mind that I love bourbon with a couple cubes. No water, no mixers... just very good whiskey. I truly enjoy it. I would rather drink a good bourbon than eat Kate Upton's pussy/asshole... Yes, I like it that much. One of my favorites is Woodford Reserve Double Oaked. It is a mid/high end bourbon that costs ~$60 a bottle (local taxes included). It is not cheap, but it is not Pappy Van Winkle expensive either.

 

I will give you what is considered a rough recipe, and you can base some assumptions on the others based on the ingredients above if I don't include them below, since I am kinda fucked up...

 

3-4 dashes of bitters (in some cases all orange bitters, in some 50/50 orange and plain, and some straight plain), 1/2-1tsp of sugar (again, straight plain or 2 cubes of plain, 50/50 white/brown or 1 cube of each), 2 Oz of bourbon, ice cubes and in some cases a splash of water or club soda... Again, fuck watering it down, so no club or water was used. Also, I read a shit ton of arguments about what a dash is. Some say 1/8 a teaspoon, some say 1/4. I decided in 1/4 as a dash because 1/8 didn't do shit for flavor or pulverization/liquification of the sugar cubes.

 

I tried it with cubes. I did not like cubes at all. I don't want to have to sit there and break up cubes for 20 minutes to have a drink. Cubes do not change the flavor over straight sugar/brown sugar. Don't waste the time. If you want cubes to try them, I will send you the trays of cubes I bought that were utter bullshit.

 

Straight bitters... Nope. I didn't get much off the straight bitters in my mix. It was a waste of $5. Even the 50/50 straight/orange was not a good drink.

 

So to simplify, buy orange bitters and granulated white/brown sugar. The process is simplified and the overall experience is much more pleasant.

 

Brown sugar is OK. I like the slight molasses flavor it imparts. I find that the molasses flavor has a bit too much of a back of the tongue hanging bittersweet taste that I like, but it is not my favorite. While I am not a big chocolate fan, I do like bittersweet dark chocolate, so consider that when you decide your mix.

 

To me, the best flavor is 1.5/1.5 tsp white granulated sugar/orange bitters to 4Oz of bourbon. It has a great bittersweet orange flavor that does not overpower the flavor of the bourbon. The bourbon stands right out in the forefront, but the aftertaste of the semi-sweet orange is a peasant addition to the strong flavor of the bourbon.

 

While I generally do not like bourbon mixes (aside from a sour) I will drink this from time to time. The benefits of this are:

• You do not cut down the bourbon much at all... I hate a drink that cuts the base liquor by 66%... I am a man, not a woman. I like liquor, not wine coolers, white Russians, or Stoli-Colling
• You do get the sturdy flavor of a good bourbon without a lot of coloration. However, the aftertaste is a pleasant surprise.
• It does have a  sweet aroma, making it pretend to be delicate, yet it fools you with a full flavored complex taste that is still taste bold on the tongue.
• I can buy a cheaper liquor and still have a "high end" experiance.

The negatives are simple:

• It is a flavored drink. If you are a hard core straight liquor drinker this is not for you.
• If your pocket is fat, this is a waste of time because you can afford a weekly fifth of Pappy 18 year at $1K/ bottle. If so, I will blow you for this pleasure. I drink 2-3 bottles of bourbon a week, thanks!

In the future, I will likely save the money and buy the Woodford Distillers Select (at $32 a fifth it is nearly 1/2 as expensive) to make these drinks. But they are worth considering.

 

 

You need to make a simple syrup. It's so easy and the benefit of actually dissolving into the drink

 

My Old fashioned consist of the following:

 

A few shakes of bitters (I've never felt like I've overpowered it)

Maraschino Cherry

Slice of Orange (or sub orange liquor in a pinch)

Ice

Fill most of the rest of glass with bourbon

One more Cherry

Spash of Club Soda (I feel like carbonation enhances the flavor)

Slice of Orange for garnish

 

I use the ice to muddle the first ingredients and then stir a little after the club soda.

 

Obviously our recipes are very different. I really like the way the fruit and club soda enhances the flavor. You are correct that great bourbon is not necessary. I pull out the Evan Williams Black Bourbon mostly for an old fashioned. the Bulleit 10 Year and Texas Bourbon are better enjoyed with a bit of ice.

[dem beats 1,223]

Why are you simplifying the effort required to make DC energy and store it?

There are tons of ways of simulating a "perfect experiment" as Physics and therefore modelling is loaded with it; however, reality is a shit storm that makes you get outside of that ideal scenario.

Really the only thing you need to calculate in the equation is conversion of energy. From the raw state of where it started to what gets used. Remove all fake subsidies in the calculation.

I'm not sure what you are getting at...... That said I'm gonna probably blindly agree rather than get smashed in a physics debate with a physicist....

[dem beats 1,223]

Bunch of sensitive thugs, ya'll need hugs.

:-)

A lil Jay-Z I see

Seemed apropos.

I listen to a lot of that style of rap when trying to motivate sales and work on business planning. Jazz, Hip-hop, and Paul Simon end up in heavy rotation.

[MKader17 332]

Let's magically say batteries are free, can store a whole bank of deep cycles in something the size and weight of a silver dollar.

You still need to provide energy to the battery. So an alternator? That is powered by the belt/chain/shaft(point of loss). I'll skip the rest of the combustion engine loss as that would happen anyway. From there the electricity has to be stored and regulated(point of loss). Then you have to put that energy to use again and suffer the loss from battery to electric motor.

Regenerative braking is helpful here, but adds another system, more weight and mechanics to fail, etc etc.... Pluss it feels, it's an interesting feeling..... It charges the battery in my car actually so I deal with it every time I slow down.

So we take fuel, turning it into motion, add a gear of some kind, then use that kinetic motion to create a different fuel to then create motion.

We are not efficient enough that the possibility of overcoming momentum with gathered energy from another energy source is more efficient than just using one energy source.

What I'm talking about involves zero batteries or any energy storage for that matter.

[Tirefryr 1,742]

Let's magically say batteries are free, can store a whole bank of deep cycles in something the size and weight of a silver dollar.

You still need to provide energy to the battery. So an alternator? That is powered by the belt/chain/shaft(point of loss). I'll skip the rest of the combustion engine loss as that would happen anyway. From there the electricity has to be stored and regulated(point of loss). Then you have to put that energy to use again and suffer the loss from battery to electric motor.

Regenerative braking is helpful here, but adds another system, more weight and mechanics to fail, etc etc.... Pluss it feels, it's an interesting feeling..... It charges the battery in my car actually so I deal with it every time I slow down.

So we take fuel, turning it into motion, add a gear of some kind, then use that kinetic motion to create a different fuel to then create motion.

We are not efficient enough that the possibility of overcoming momentum with gathered energy from another energy source is more efficient than just using one energy source.

Google AC induction motors in relation to locomotives.

[MKader17 332]

 

Why are you simplifying the effort required to make DC energy and store it?

There are tons of ways of simulating a "perfect experiment" as Physics and therefore modelling is loaded with it; however, reality is a shit storm that makes you get outside of that ideal scenario.

Really the only thing you need to calculate in the equation is conversion of energy. From the raw state of where it started to what gets used. Remove all fake subsidies in the calculation.

I'm not sure what you are getting at...... That said I'm gonna probably blindly agree rather than get smashed in a physics debate with a physicist....

No DC, 3 Phase AC

[MKader17 332]

For commercial 4wd Loader applications we have seen 25%+  increase in fuel economy. This is in a 1st generation vehicle.

 

http://www.deere.com/en_US/corporate/our_company/news_and_media/press_releases/2013/construction/2013feb6_woc_644k.page

 

The big difference between commercial and "residential" if you will is that a commercial vehicle does work when it's not moving. In a general consumer application, if you engine is running and your not moving you are wasting money.

[MKader17 332]

 

 

Bunch of sensitive thugs, ya'll need hugs.

:-)

A lil Jay-Z I see

Seemed apropos.

I listen to a lot of that style of rap when trying to motivate sales and work on business planning. Jazz, Hip-hop, and Paul Simon end up in heavy rotation.

 

Back in my younger years I caught a friend of mine telling me I couldn't bust grape in a fruit fight. He was in shock when I said I was impressed with his Jay Z lyrics

[MKader17 332]

Wasn't easy for me to be a scared white boy in a black neighborhood

[dem beats 1,223]

Been making my own old fashioneds tonight. I grabbed up 2 bottles of double oaked, a bottle of orange bitters, a bottle of plain bitters, a box of brown sugar cubes, a box of white sugar cubes, a bag of brown sugar (light) and a bag of white sugar. I always wanted to try them, and never have... I figured I would stay in tonight, and get fucked up trying my favorite bourbon. I didn't waste any time on club soda (because I refuse to add that shit to fine bourbon), water, or the traditional garnishes, which include lemon peel, lemon zest, orange slices and cherrys (some recipes also call for sour cherry juice).

Please be aware and keep in mind that I love bourbon with a couple cubes. No water, no mixers... just very good whiskey. I truly enjoy it. I would rather drink a good bourbon than eat Kate Upton's pussy/asshole... Yes, I like it that much. One of my favorites is Woodford Reserve Double Oaked. It is a mid/high end bourbon that costs ~$60 a bottle (local taxes included). It is not cheap, but it is not Pappy Van Winkle expensive either.

I will give you what is considered a rough recipe, and you can base some assumptions on the others based on the ingredients above if I don't include them below, since I am kinda fucked up...

3-4 dashes of bitters (in some cases all orange bitters, in some 50/50 orange and plain, and some straight plain), 1/2-1tsp of sugar (again, straight plain or 2 cubes of plain, 50/50 white/brown or 1 cube of each), 2 Oz of bourbon, ice cubes and in some cases a splash of water or club soda... Again, fuck watering it down, so no club or water was used. Also, I read a shit ton of arguments about what a dash is. Some say 1/8 a teaspoon, some say 1/4. I decided in 1/4 as a dash because 1/8 didn't do shit for flavor or pulverization/liquification of the sugar cubes.

I tried it with cubes. I did not like cubes at all. I don't want to have to sit there and break up cubes for 20 minutes to have a drink. Cubes do not change the flavor over straight sugar/brown sugar. Don't waste the time. If you want cubes to try them, I will send you the trays of cubes I bought that were utter bullshit.

Straight bitters... Nope. I didn't get much off the straight bitters in my mix. It was a waste of $5. Even the 50/50 straight/orange was not a good drink.

So to simplify, buy orange bitters and granulated white/brown sugar. The process is simplified and the overall experience is much more pleasant.

Brown sugar is OK. I like the slight molasses flavor it imparts. I find that the molasses flavor has a bit too much of a back of the tongue hanging bittersweet taste that I like, but it is not my favorite. While I am not a big chocolate fan, I do like bittersweet dark chocolate, so consider that when you decide your mix.

To me, the best flavor is 1.5/1.5 tsp white granulated sugar/orange bitters to 4Oz of bourbon. It has a great bittersweet orange flavor that does not overpower the flavor of the bourbon. The bourbon stands right out in the forefront, but the aftertaste of the semi-sweet orange is a peasant addition to the strong flavor of the bourbon.

While I generally do not like bourbon mixes (aside from a sour) I will drink this from time to time. The benefits of this are:

• You do not cut down the bourbon much at all... I hate a drink that cuts the base liquor by 66%... I am a man, not a woman. I like liquor, not wine coolers, white Russians, or Stoli-Colling
• You do get the sturdy flavor of a good bourbon without a lot of coloration. However, the aftertaste is a pleasant surprise.
• It does have a sweet aroma, making it pretend to be delicate, yet it fools you with a full flavored complex taste that is still taste bold on the tongue.
• I can buy a cheaper liquor and still have a "high end" experiance.

The negatives are simple:

• It is a flavored drink. If you are a hard core straight liquor drinker this is not for you.
• If your pocket is fat, this is a waste of time because you can afford a weekly fifth of Pappy 18 year at $1K/ bottle. If so, I will blow you for this pleasure. I drink 2-3 bottles of bourbon a week, thanks!

In the future, I will likely save the money and buy the Woodford Distillers Select (at $32 a fifth it is nearly 1/2 as expensive) to make these drinks. But they are worth considering.

You need to make a simple syrup. It's so easy and the benefit of actually dissolving into the drink

My Old fashioned consist of the following:

A few shakes of bitters (I've never felt like I've overpowered it)

Maraschino Cherry

Slice of Orange (or sub orange liquor in a pinch)

Ice

Fill most of the rest of glass with bourbon

One more Cherry

Spash of Club Soda (I feel like carbonation enhances the flavor)

Slice of Orange for garnish

I use the ice to muddle the first ingredients and then stir a little after the club soda.

Obviously our recipes are very different. I really like the way the fruit and club soda enhances the flavor. You are correct that great bourbon is not necessary. I pull out the Evan Williams Black Bourbon mostly for an old fashioned. the Bulleit 10 Year and Texas Bourbon are better enjoyed with a bit of ice.

I'm so glad you quoted this. I didn't see the original.

Both of your methods make me happy. For real cheep bourbon I like the fruit salad approach Mike has. For more refined hooch I like a more straight up approach.

I have come to love the whisky/bourbon sour method with an egg white. It made even the WORST bourbon I have ever purchased a bollttle of, tolerable.

It was Jim Beams "Devils cut" for the record. I spent an entire season of mad men trying to find a way to drink that swill.

[dem beats 1,223]

Let's magically say batteries are free, can store a whole bank of deep cycles in something the size and weight of a silver dollar.

You still need to provide energy to the battery. So an alternator? That is powered by the belt/chain/shaft(point of loss). I'll skip the rest of the combustion engine loss as that would happen anyway. From there the electricity has to be stored and regulated(point of loss). Then you have to put that energy to use again and suffer the loss from battery to electric motor.

Regenerative braking is helpful here, but adds another system, more weight and mechanics to fail, etc etc.... Pluss it feels, it's an interesting feeling..... It charges the battery in my car actually so I deal with it every time I slow down.

So we take fuel, turning it into motion, add a gear of some kind, then use that kinetic motion to create a different fuel to then create motion.

We are not efficient enough that the possibility of overcoming momentum with gathered energy from another energy source is more efficient than just using one energy source.

Google AC induction motors in relation to locomotives.

That isn't a hybrid system on the train itself from what I saw. Am I missing it?

[dem beats 1,223]

For commercial 4wd Loader applications we have seen 25%+ increase in fuel economy. This is in a 1st generation vehicle.

http://www.deere.com/en_US/corporate/our_company/news_and_media/press_releases/2013/construction/2013feb6_woc_644k.page

The big difference between commercial and "residential" if you will is that a commercial vehicle does work when it's not moving. In a general consumer application, if you engine is running and your not moving you are wasting money.

I don't understand the application and I feel that the efficiency is increased because of something I don't understand in the dynamics of that kind of machine.

You guys are way more educated and experienced than I am. Want me to sell it? That I can do, want me to learn to design one? I'll need a few weeks and study materials.

[dem beats 1,223]

Wasn't easy for me to be a scared white boy in a black neighborhood

Ha!

I was in the 20% minority at my school as a white kid.

Barely had any white friends growing up. I was an official Chinese person.

[ssh 924]

Matt, how much does fasting blood glucose numbers vary from week to week? About two months ago when I was in ER for pissing they tested my blood glucose and didn't mention anything. Last week I got a GP, did bloodwork and said I'm prediabetic since my fasting blood glucose was 5.6mmol/L. He said it wasn't serious but that they would test again in three months and go from there. He mentioned I should watch my carb intake and start exercising (fuck you, I already do that shit). Prior to this visit he gave me shit about how skinny I was and said I needed to eat more. God fucking dammit.

 

A lot of people on one side of my family are diabetics, but what the fuck. For the last six months I've been averaging 1400 - 1800 kcal per day, half carbs (not ice cream and soda, etc), the rest is protein and fat. I eat veggies regularly.

 

I'm planning on getting a blood glucose meter and fucking around with it for the next few weeks, but I'm curious if 5.6 is actually something I should be concerned about, or is he being overly cautious? I mean what the fuck. I wonder if I don't have enough insulin or partially insulin resistant? I also wonder if this would have any effect on me never being able to put on weight (even when I was eating 3000kcal consistently).

 

But I really don't know much about the diabetus...

 

I'll also add that my sleeping pattern has been really fucked lately, but I don't know if that would have any effect?

One more question, can I test elsewhere than my fingers, like my thigh?

Edited November 3, 2014 by ssh

[ssh 924]

The one cool thing was the lipid profile used NMR to actually distinguish between LDL subgroups--said all that shit was good.

Edited November 3, 2014 by ssh

[Tirefryr 1,742]

Matt, how much does fasting blood glucose numbers vary from week to week? About two months ago when I was in ER for pissing they tested my blood glucose and didn't mention anything. Last week I got a GP, did bloodwork and said I'm prediabetic since my fasting blood glucose was 5.6mmol/L. He said it wasn't serious but that they would test again in three months and go from there. He mentioned I should watch my carb intake and start exercising (fuck you, I already do that shit). Prior to this visit he gave me shit about how skinny I was and said I needed to eat more. God fucking dammit.

 

A lot of people on one side of my family are diabetics, but what the fuck. For the last six months I've been averaging 1400 - 1800 kcal per day, half carbs (not ice cream and soda, etc), the rest is protein and fat. I eat veggies regularly.

 

I'm planning on getting a blood glucose meter and fucking around with it for the next few weeks, but I'm curious if 5.6 is actually something I should be concerned about, or is he being overly cautious? I mean what the fuck. I wonder if I don't have enough insulin or partially insulin resistant? I also wonder if this would have any effect on me never being able to put on weight (even when I was eating 3000kcal consistently).

 

But I really don't know much about the diabetus...

 

I'll also add that my sleeping pattern has been really fucked lately, but I don't know if that would have any effect?

One more question, can I test elsewhere than my fingers, like my thigh?

Like you, much of my family is diabetic.  As I get older, my pancreas gets retarded.  i go through bouts of hypoglycemia, then hyper, then fine, then repeat.  They are never able to nail anything down.  It's just as if my body goes stupid.  I actually think this all goes back to my celiac disease, but I really have no clue.  All you can do is prepare.

[Tirefryr 1,742]

If you get a meter, go buy the Walgreens or CVS branded True Test meter and buy your strips on Amazon.  Super cheap and easy.

[nem 2,019]

Started replacing the house light bulbs with cree led bulbs. The dinning room is almost as bright as the sun so I put a dimmer switch in.

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

[nem 2,019]

Looking into the bathroom vanity is like starring into the sun now, I may have went a little too bright there to.

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

 

Wasn't easy for me to be a scared white boy in a black neighborhood

Ha!

I was in the 20% minority at my school as a white kid.

Barely had any white friends growing up. I was an official Chinese person.

 

 

Hell we didn't even know what discrimination was until they taught it to us in elementary school.

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

Made for some interesting recess discussions, though