EVERYBODY ALL TOGETHER: give walker **** for using a hydrometer.
All of you combined will not equal the internal lashing I have been giving myself since the day I bought the damn thing.
Sometimes in life you have to do the things you hate.
I hate visiting with my mother-in-law, but every once in a while I do it.
I hate mowing the lawn, but I have to do it.
I hate cleaning out the rain gutters, but I have to do it.
I hate paying taxes, but I have to do it.
I hate using a hydrometer, but I have to do it (to retain my 'warranty' basically for this wine kit)
WTF ? Why is a hydrometer bad ? Is a screwdriver bad ? A torque wrench ?
Don't get your bloomers bunched up over a simple tool. Not when there's so many poor, sober people living in Muslim countries who'd give their right arm to use your hydrometer to measure alcohol content in their wine kit. Maybe even in their homebrew ?
Remember to relax. Keeping it loose is where it's at.