Jack...you are a hoot!! Your luck sounds just like my DH's and mine....it ALWAYS takes at least twice as long to do anything...your welder adventures sound all too familiar to me. I love Rusty D. Bird! He looks awesome and certainly should sell. I do understand your wanting to change his tail. From an "artist" point of view, the tail is a bit too light for the rest of his body, but I really like the barbed wire in it. Maybe you could combine it with something else? Dunno. Greeter at Walmart? Are you kidding me? You should be a stand up comedian if you decide not to be an metal sculptor or artist! Great job~ ~Marlene

I used to make my own beer. I'd age it for a few weeks and sample it over several successive weeks, and keep a log of my tastings. The quality definitely had a peak, depending on the beer style, and after that peak the quality definitely did suffer. Certain styles (heavily hopped stouts, for example, or barleywines) were made to be aged for a long time, and India Pale Ale was heavily hopped to survive the long brutal voyage from England to India... But given enough time, any beer can deteriorate. Skunkiness is usually caused by light reacting with hop compounds; that's why good beers are bottled in dark bottles. Miller used to bottle their product in clear bottles so they could advertise it as 'The Champagne of Bottled Beer', but they cheated by using some modified hop compounds that didn't get as skunky as other beers. In the story at the link, it remarks that Corona keeps their clear bottles boxed and encourages the drinkers to put a piece of lime in the neck, to improve the odor. But I know of no serious beer connoisseur who would consider Corona to be good beer! Here is a link that might be useful: beer skunkiness

Why would I want to delete my post? It's not necessary to know what an answer is, in order to recognize a speculation that's unsupported. Here's what you referenced: - a blog page written by a food and beer writer - a web page about what fumes from non-stick pans do to pet birds - a PubMed abstract (do you even know what PubMed is ?) about teflon coated orbital implants. Do you know what an orbital implant is? You've based your view on these comments, which I'll describe as either not authoritative, irrelevant, or both. There are also the questions listed in my second post, that I'm going to guess you can't answer. BUT, you're sure you've found the answer. I'd say, odds are you haven't. From what you know for sure and what you've looked at, I'd say you're nowhere close. That's my comment. PS - is there really such a thing as a teflon cutting board? If Teflon can be put on a cutting board, why is it suggested that plastic and wooden utensils be used with Teflon frying pans? Do you have a link we can see, so we can all learn something?

greg In the future, don't use soap. Regardless what ppl tell you and what you find on net, it is not the best to use it on plants. Soap will dissolve cuticular wax on the leaves, not helping the plant. Castile soap is made of olive oil, so it is safer to use on plants (but if purchasing, make sure it is vegetable-based soap, as Castile name is used, unfortunately, loosly...) Rubbing alcohol is enough for scale - but if you had to rub/scrub hard & also use nail, I doubt it is scale. Scale come off quite easy. Next time you see similar spots, test first if it is scale - take a cotton ball or tissue, moisten it and wipe off the 'spot' - should come off easy and if squished, you'll see blood...maybe gross, but at least you know what you need to do. BTW, were there any marks-damage left after scrubbing? (Edied to add: I just re-read posts and noticed that Crenda already mentioned possible damage on the leaves - that's what I was asking for).