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Sorry about the sale thread being late today

Nathan the Machinist said:
We're doing some heat treat development work and our process is a little bit more complicated than some which requires multiple ovens, and running multiple samples through at the same time and having to overlap functions (different kinds of cryo), it gets complicated because timing is critical

So we're running around like chickens with our heads cut off

And then the forklift repair guy can't get the forklift to go into gear and there are a lot of reasons for that.

This is not a normal forklift, this is an Entwistle.

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These have capabilities that we really need here but they're complicated.

They have a locking transfer case, locking axles and three speed transmission forward and reverse on a Cummins 4BT diesel engine. The electronics won't allow you to put it into gear if the parking brake is engaged and this machine had been prepped for flat tow which involves disengaging a transmission component and a hydraulic brake component. The lever for re-engaging the transmission was stuck and we figure that was probably why it would not engage the transmission but getting underneath it to actually inspect that linkage is difficult because, you're crawling underneath the forklift, they're not known for their superb ground clearance.

So I have to compress my rib cage and literally squeeze under there to get a view of the linkage going into the transmission and I got good and stuck and while wiggling around my phone fell out of my pocket.

So the whole afternoon was characterized by scrambling and then this one interruption and this happened to land right when I was supposed to be doing the sale thread. And mind you there's always a lot of other crap going on (a Makino had a failed tool change this morning due to insufficient air pressure and resolving a failed tool change is, well I'm sure you know), but this one was special. I had told Jo at two that I needed to get ready for that sale but then the forklift repair guy snatched me and started describing the problems he was having with the solenoid valves and the wiring and trying to trace a wire in a harness and we're talking about how these solenoid valves work and whether or not this linkage is involved and I just got distracted.

Sorry about that.
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Wasn't Entwistle the bass player for the Who?
 
SpyderPhreak said:
I spy some Seagrass up there... which one? That looks like the one my buddy and I celebrated with when I killed my muzzleloader doe this season! Yum!!! :cool:
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I've had a number of Barrell's concoctions and currently have the two on my shelf. They have always been pretty great. The Seagrass is excellent but that bottle of Dovetail is even better, in my opinion. It is rich and buttery smooth.

I do confess though that this calls to mind some of the frustration I have with this "single barrel" bourbon collector stuff. I had two bottles of the Dovetail, both from different casks. The one on my shelf there is an exceptional dram, I couldn't recommend it higher. The other bottle I had wasn't bad but it wasn't even in the same ballpark in terms of similarity. It had one hell of a bite that I couldn't quite tame all the way with water.

In my humble (and likely unpopular) opinion, I think most single cask bourbons are done to simply drive scarcity in a collector's market. There is a reason a reputable and/or well known distillery has a Master Blender and it is to ensure that all spirits offered under the same name will be consistently the same. For example, if Barrell were to incorporate those practices, every bottle of Dovetail would taste the same. However, that wouldn't sit well with collectors, I imagine, because in theory, that would make Dovetail more consistent from bottle to bottle and potentially less scarce. (Edit to add: Barrell does blend to taste but they intentionally leave variations from cask to cask)

In the end, I prefer to drink my liquor, not look at it, and if I'm going to drink it, I want to enjoy it.

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Pàdruig said:
I've had a number of Barrell's concoctions and currently have the two on my shelf. They have always been pretty great. The Seagrass is excellent but that bottle of Dovetail is even better, in my opinion. It is rich and buttery smooth.

I do confess though that this calls to mind some of the frustration I have with this "single barrel" bourbon collector stuff. I had two bottles of the Dovetail, both from different casks. The one on my shelf there is an exceptional dram, I couldn't recommend it higher. The other bottle I had wasn't bad but it wasn't even in the same ballpark in terms of similarity. It had one hell of a bite that I couldn't quite tame all the way with water.

In my humble (and likely unpopular) opinion, I think most single cask bourbons are done to simply drive scarcity in a collector's market. There is a reason a reputable and/or well known distillery has a Master Blender and it is to ensure that all spirits offered under the same name will be consistently the same. For example, if Barrell were to incorporate those practices, every bottle of Dovetail would taste the same. However, that wouldn't sit well with collectors, I imagine, because in theory, that would make Dovetail more consistent from bottle to bottle and potentially less scarce. (Edit to add: Barrell does blend to taste but they intentionally leave variations from cask to cask)

In the end, I prefer to drink my liquor, not look at it, and if I'm going to drink it, I want to enjoy it.

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I mirror your thoughts on the single barrel stuff. Blanton's is GREAT stuff, I love it, but damn it, drink it people! Stop making it so hard for me to get and driving the prices up! :poop: :thumbsdown: I haven't had a bottle since January.

It's odd, and I had to go back and look at the picture we took outside the motel room to be sure, but our bottle of Seagrass did NOT have a bottle barrel number! (Purchased locally back late August.) Makes me wonder if they aren't blending now? 🤔

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I have not yet tried the Dovetail, so I will put that on my list to watch for. Thanks D!
 
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Nathan the Machinist said:
I know people schedule time out of their day for it and I apologize if I wasted any of your time

I don't do well juggling more than a couple top priorities at a time and I got sucked into too many things today. I was literally stuck under a malfunctioning forklift today at sale time. I had to compress my rib cage to get out from underneath it. That's where I lost my phone.

I lost track of time, sorry about that.
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you bastard. You ruined my weekend.
 
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