Lockdown achievements

[cushyno]

This is what it's like at the moment..

When yours gets as bad as this, let me know.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

There's loads of room on the bench by the vice no need to tidy yet.

 

[MyQul]

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About a year ago...

A fine figure of a man!

 

[Clint]

Pah! That's nowt! Mines a right dump!

 

[cushyno]

As for the achievements, I've grafted a bit during lockdown. Redecorated 2 kids bedrooms, replaced gutters and painted all woodwork on the back of the house, de-mossed and painted the garage roof, replaced a joist under our raised decking, and brewed a few times. Not bad.

 

[Gerryjo]

Well nearly time for a beer. Managed to get the worktop up and level. Woopeeeee

 

[prog99]

The garden looks amazing, weeded to an inch of its life. All the fruit & veg seems to have benefited from working at home and nipping out to tend it during the day.
Loads and loads of cycling. Up to 100km in a day plus some local hill walking(its lucky we are on the hilly side of town).
Oh and brewed two batches of beer, drunk a lot and helped keep a few commercial breweries afloat. Still lost weight.
Made a great lamb curry and an omelette Arnold Bennet(another wfh benefit is we have access to the fish van now). Trying to do one new recipe a week.

 

[Gerryjo]

The garden looks amazing, weeded to an inch of its life. All the fruit & veg seems to have benefited from working at home and nipping out to tend it during the day.
Loads and loads of cycling. Up to 100km in a day plus some local hill walking(its lucky we are on the hilly side of town).
Oh and brewed two batches of beer, drunk a lot and helped keep a few commercial breweries afloat. Still lost weight.
Made a great lamb curry and an omelette Arnold Bennet(another wfh benefit is we have access to the fish van now). Trying to do one new recipe a week.

It's all good for our mental health and I'm looking forward to going back to work tomorrow night to get a break. I'm lucky enough to work shifts and still have a job at the moment considering the circumstances...

 

[Gerryjo]

A bit tidier now thank heavens.

 

[Gerryjo]

Making good use of my worktop in the garage so out of boredom I decided to make a filter manifold for my mashtun as its raining and I want to get a brew on and try it out.

Test fit before punching holes.

 

[Gerryjo]

So holes punched using as wood spade bit rather than a drill which I started with and certainly a lot more control plus you can vary the size of the hole.

 

[Gerryjo]

Cleaning and testing prior to a brew tonight...

 

[Clint]

Nice! I made one a few months ago...I did slits with a hack saw...my hands nearly fell off! It did boost my efficiency by nearly 10% though.
Have you soldered it?
I left mine push fit as it's easy to clean...I just made one piece a bit longer so it jams in the tun.

 

[Gerryjo]

Nice! I made one a few months ago...I did slits with a hack saw...my hands nearly fell off! It did boost my efficiency by nearly 10% though.
Have you soldered it?
I left mine push fit as it's easy to clean...I just made one piece a bit longer so it jams in the tun.

No like yourself I didn't solder for the same reasons though I did give each joint a gentle squeeze with the grips to stop them slipping out but can still remove them.Just recirculating wort in the mash tun now and not a grain in sight and the wort is crystal clear.Super impressed.Should have done this a few years back instead of waiting until I bought a Robobrew but this will still be there for backup.

 

[Gerryjo]

Must say it worked a treat on clean up, snaps apart and run the hose through and visual check for grain. Highly recommended if you have the time...

 

[AdeDunn]

Well, my wife and I (with the help of one of our daughter's) turned this:-



Into this:-



In 7 days....

 

[johncrobinson]

I understand lock down behavior has some oddities
just be sensible is my message

 

[Subtle Duck]

I think we've done well this lock down. We took over an allotment plot last year and have finally managed to get it under control.
Last year:

This year:

Just a few more beds to go.......

 

[DavidHatton]

As for real non belly related achievements, the conversational French is coming along. Slowly, but It's coming along.
SWMBO wants to teach me how to dance. I told her that I'd start dancing the day she holds a fishing rod.

She's now decided that she's coming fishing tomorrow.

FFS, me and my gob.

As Del Boy would say, Pot Pourri.

 

[DavidHatton]

Going to make a counter flow chiller tomorrow, got all the bits, broke my immersion chiller, so I'll be coiling. other than this, been working all the days I normally work.