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Sorry, you already said that.

Go to the Container store and look at the Elfa shelving. We have a massive Fiesta ware collection along with half our kitchen hanging on one wall. One of my neighbors and I hung on it (300 pounds or so), and no issues yet. Spend the extra money and sleep easy.

Me too? kmlavoy at gmail.

Thanks!

I love Sprout, especially since it's in my hood (Grand St gardens in great too where my dog is so well known that I'm called Patterson's dad), but if you're in Chicago, and you're serious about gardening, Gethsemane is the best in the city. Period.

@jezebella and jmorey- how do you like your Vizio, aside from the annoying light?

Do you have kitchen shears in your kitchen? They aren't just for breaking down whole chickens. You can use them to cut paper too!

Or you could make a tube amp. I think unplggd had a tutorial on making one for $200.

Yeah, he probably could go with a twin sized bed there, because it's likely he's never going to need to worry about anyone else wanting to spend the night there.

It's pretty damn expensive for a cup of coffee there, but pretty damn good. I'd say worth it all the way.

Also: I saw Jake Gyllenhaal totally sneeze all over some guy there once. It was like a shotgun blast of snot.

I used a cooler for my first year, but I don't recommend it. Eventually, it starts to warp. Also, pouring 160 degree water into it...I don't even want to know what sort of stuff leached into my beer.

I recently switched to a pot with a false bottom. I had some issues with temperature as well, but it was pretty easily solved. I built a plywood box that fits over the mash tun, and just lift it off whenever I need to stir or check the ph, etc. It's a little ghetto, but it totally worked (I lost 2 degrees in one hour, which is about the same as when I used a cooler). I'm going to add a little insulation inside the box for when I brew outdoors in the winter.