And I've been stepping on the devil's tail.

Yeah, my apologies to everyone for being such a grumpy bastard this morning.

Grey boy is a good guy, I shouldn't have let things piss me off like that.

This is gonna be great!

Redneck Absinthe Fountain:

That is no redneck fountain. It is too new, doesn't have any duct tape, and has never been used as a poor man's tow chain.

Comparing old Fou and new Fou this evening...

Last night: Tippin'&talkin'

Several visits to the moon(#31) , ET 10,UE 68

Oy Weh! Sometimes Friday A.M.s can be murder

Oh, by the way; it depends on what they're serving on the wagon . Then I'll decide if I'm on it or not.

Hee hee!



I get to step off of the wagon tonight!

Will you be stepping gingerly off the wagon
or are you just gonna tuck and roll?

At first I mis-read the word Tuck
I thought it was going to be a little more interesting

Step down gently Friday night.
Tumble back in Sunday afternoon for the ride home.

Sounds like a good plan.
I can't drink tonight on account
of my damn driving class tomorrow morning.

No tipping for me tonight.

The only wagon I'll be getting on any time soon:

Now,there you go!

Of course, you would probably get killed if you fell off of THAT wagon.

Great wagon!

After a hard week's work I'm working hard on getting drunk and doing a pretty good job of it. It's harder than ususal to type. . .


I'm sluggin down some of the house prolsinthe, switched for one glass to the fou juice and almost tossed it in the sink. No comparison if I say so myself.

Got to go to the wifey's where her daughter is cooking and her mother is croakin but I'm packing a bottle with me. Hopefully this will al be over soon and we can take a vacation, meanwhile

Again JP, sorry about your mother-in-law. I wish you and your family the best.


I gave into temptation for one little drink.
Maybe two if I'm feeling frisky.
Pignon et l'Epee.
Could a hangover possibly make tomorrow any more annoying?

Don't you dare!

Driving school is important, and you are going to get a break on your insurance because you'll be a better driver. How are you going to feel if you miss an important safety point because you were hung over?

Well?

(I hope this reverse psychology thing works)

Dad? Is that you?

What the fuck is with the peddles? No beer taps either. What a total waste!

Finally found everything I needed for my fountain.

Ok, I fixed it.

I can't wait I can't wait I can't wait!

There you go. I went back and updated the original post.

Congratulations Gimp its beautiful!


But um, how does the water get from the jars to the funnel?

Bravo! Beats my cheesecloth
and ice cube.

No wonder you're an Icon!
A+++ Poster, Fast, Reliable.

Just out of curiosity, what's in that picture frame behind the absinthe?

Is that the label that came with "Absinthe A Myth AlwaysGreen"?

If so, that's a very cool idea.

If you put curshed ice in the funnel first, and let it set a few minutes, it locks up into a solid block that stays in place if you pour water on top. The water slowly perculates down through the ice and drips in the glass. I'll post more pix in a minute. Got to get another drink.

I'm drinking a modified Neufchatel.

That's one hell of a fountain, Spuck.

Yes Spongie.

I also put the envelope and a copy of the e-mail order in the back of the frame. In a hundred years it might be worht the shipping to my decendants. I'm building a foutune for them.

Not!

Next photo.

The real fountain. I am still working on a base, so I used the standard Redneck base as we aways use for holding things up (except sagging breasts).

By the way, I can post larger pix if you think these are too small. I just hate wasting bandwidth. These are 50% reductions.

Second photo with start of drip.

Start of louche at about 1.5:1 ratio.

at 3.5 to 1 it is approaching the level I like. And, the sugar has totally disintegrated (no, not disolved though) and is settling in the bottom of the glass.

I have a question for you, Spuck.
How did you get the hole in the mason jar?

Finally at 4:1 it is ready to drink. Full size photo.

I used a copper fitting as the bit, in a drill press (actually a mill, but a drill press would work fine). I used 320 grit valve grinding compound to grind the hole in the Mason Jar (Hence 'Redneck Fountain'). It took about two to three hours to grind the hole in the jar. I might do a multiple fitting jar, using a quart jar (if I can find the right brass spigots)

OK, so how would you get a hole in a jar using, say a butter knife?

Very fucking carefully!

Ok. Everyone's been telling me I can't drill into glass.
So I can. But very, very slowly?

I take it my Dremel wouldn't be up to the task.

Damn girl, that's like saying "Duck Tape Won't Fix that". It just ain't true, in fact it may be blasphemy.

The process for producing holes in glass is more of a grinding process than a drilling process. I used a hollow copper tube as the cutting bit.







I ran the mill at 400rpm. You need to have the glass held firmly, and run the feed very slowly while adding fresh grinding compound periodically.

Doing this by hand would be verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry difficult. Not impossible, but you would have to have a very steady hand to do it without a drill press.

Great job Spucky.

My label's in a silver frame
too. I wear it around my neck.

Yo

I just had a really brilliant flash of insight.

I'm sitting here drinking a glass of HG, and thinking "Damn, this tastes just like the glass of the other batch.". THen I realize that all three bottles I've got taste the same. I'm thinking "What is wrong with my sense of taste if all three differnt batches taste the same?"

Then I realize, Duh! He said they were all the same recipe. One was a single batch, the second was a blend of two batches, and the third was a blend of three batches.

No wonder they taste the same.

So now I'm having a glass of the La-bleu.

Nice delicate flavor. Totally different than the Modified Neufchatel.

Another Cuervo night for me.

Found a bottle of 1800 almost full in the back of the bar.

Cuervo is ok, as long as you mix it.

Tequila Sunrises tonight, good stuff.

I'm switching to beer. It has more water in it, so it is better for me.

Tomarrow morning at the church will be fun. They better have lots of coffee.

One of the best church services
I been to was after 2 UE68s.

Gimp, you take special orders?

Tonight, my last glass of Felix.

If you were drilling it with a dremel or hand drill you could glue a large nut onto the glass with silicone. Fill the nut with water and it will keep your grinding stone or diamond bit cool longer.