Recent content by Clint Yeastwood

Don't almost all beers get clear eventually, whether you want them to or not?

When the entitlement mafia is sleeping, do not poke it with a stick. When I'm in a non-tipping situation, and they make me indicate the tip while someone stares, I write a big zero and count on them to get over it. Tipping is for service. Sales is not service. A drinking customer is paying...

I look at it this way: when beer gets warm in the glass, do you pour it out? I don't. I like it freezing cold, even when it's wrong. I like it at the "proper" temperature. I like it less, but enough, when I forget and let the glass get too warm.

I don't know much about German lager, but I have no problems with Beck's. I think it's unbalanced toward the dry side, but I manage to live with it without calling a therapist. My favorite readily-available German lager is Warsteiner. If that makes me a peasant, I wear the title without...

I don't go near beaches. Most boring thing imaginable, especially for someone who spent decades in Miami. I have a quiet suspicion that beaches attract low-IQ tourists, because no one else can handle the boredom. I had to go to Cancun recently, and I can't believe people go there for pleasure...

I like Dos Equis amber with Mexican food, but the lighter stuff seems to be all bitterness and no flavor. And green bottles to let the light in.

Thanks. Sounds like it's not worth wagering $10 on a six pack. I've had a few Mexican beers, and generally, the experience has been good, but I thought Tecate was like club soda with a little soap in it. Given the popularity of Modelo, I feared it would be pretty much like Bud. I don't like Dos...

Has anyone here tried Modelo? Is it a real beer or just Coors in Spanish?

When I was a kid, I used to stare at the sun until it seemed to change from yellow to blue and back, repeatedly. I didn't know any better. Later in life, I saw various sources claiming this was extremely harmful to the retinas and that it would cause blindness. I went on to have better than...

Here's something interesting: an HSS tap and die set, surely Chinese...

The web says US shanks are 7/8"-14 by our standards or 5/8" BSP, which is British Standard Pipe, not to be confused with BSPT or British Standard Pipe Taper. These sizes are supposedly the same. The US standard in this case is UNF or Unified Fine inch, which should be "UFI," but there it is...

Don't forget to measure the diameter. You'll want a dial or digital caliper. I can measure one of my shanks if you don't feel like it.

If you get desperate, you can probably buy a thread gauge online for $5. They're easy to use. Well, wait. If you mean the same size thread as the US shanks most of us use, I can measure one of mine.

If you get desperate, you can probably buy a thread gauge online for $5. They're easy to use. Well, wait. If you mean a typical US shank like the ones most of us use, I can measure one of mine.

I just read Steel Boats, Iron Hearts, a memoir by a Nazi U-boat crewman. His excuses for fighting enthusiastically for Hitler were very lame, but it was an interesting read. For some reason, I love books and movies about submarines. Turns out the crews didn't bathe, shave, or change clothes...