humor - you know you are a true winemaker when.....
 

you break your racking cane on a sunday, and the "local" wineshop is a
one houre drive away

arrrg, someones gotta have a funnier one than that

(note: I was bored, did a search for humor here on winemaking, and
found none, are we really that serious?)

humor - you know you are a true winemaker when.....
 

Tater wrote:
> you break your racking cane on a sunday, and the "local" wineshop is a
> one houre drive away
>
> arrrg, someones gotta have a funnier one than that
>
> (note: I was bored, did a search for humor here on winemaking, and
> found none, are we really that serious?)

I saw this wino, he was eating grapes. I was like, "Dude, you have to wait."

humor - you know you are a true winemaker when.....
 

Tater wrote:
> you break your racking cane on a sunday, and the "local" wineshop is a
> one houre drive away
>
> arrrg, someones gotta have a funnier one than that
>
> (note: I was bored, did a search for humor here on winemaking, and
> found none, are we really that serious?)

when... your humor is fermented to dryness

humor - you know you are a true winemaker when.....
 

Your neighbors leave their empty wine bottles on your doorstep ....

humor - you know you are a true winemaker when.....
 

Tater wrote:
> you break your racking cane on a sunday, and the "local" wineshop is a
> one houre drive away
>
> arrrg, someones gotta have a funnier one than that
>
> (note: I was bored, did a search for humor here on winemaking, and
> found none, are we really that serious?)

You shower at the gym. Not because you worked out, but because all of
your bathtubs are full of fermenting carboys.

humor - you know you are a true winemaker when.....
 

While eating grapes with friends, you're mentally calculating the Brix
level in your head.

humor - you know you are a true winemaker when.....
 

you have your friends over to help harvest your
wine grapes and you weigh them before and after
the harvest to see how much they ate and reduced
your harvest weight.

humor - you know you are a true winemaker when.....
 

You know you are a true winemaker when you tell your wife off for
using the bathtub - to wash, the sink to wash up, the scraper for
wallpaper, the guestroom for guests and for turning the light on in
the attic!!! And she wonders why you spend more time racking wine
than with her... Sheesh!!!

Ultimately you know you're a true winemaker when you make lots of wine
and try to find jokes about it because you've thought about it in
every other way.

humor - you know you are a true winemaker when.....
 

....when *every* trip through the kitchen department of a store, SWMBO
asks: "do you need that for cooking, or for wine?"

....if you've ever left a farmer's market with a truckload of purchases
and none of it is for eating.

....if you've ever been to Home Depot in the trash can section for more
than 10 minutes and have flipped over every one to see if it's marked
"NSF" on the bottom.

....if you've lamented that nothing from The Pampered Chef is big
enough.

Trid
-I might think of more...fun thread :)

humor - you know you are a true winemaker when.....
 

You sometimes forget your appointments and others birthday dates, but
never forget when the next racking is.

Every trip to the grocery store, you look for fruit that is on sale for
possible use.

You are glad when one of your kids move out - so you can store more
cases in their closets.

Panic is when you realize you are days away from bottling and somehow
all your corks have already been used (I just bought 200 not too long
ago...you ponder)



....

DAve

Ryan Case wrote:
> Tater wrote:
>> you break your racking cane on a sunday, and the "local" wineshop is a
>> one houre drive away
>>
>> arrrg, someones gotta have a funnier one than that
>>
>> (note: I was bored, did a search for humor here on winemaking, and
>> found none, are we really that serious?)
>
> You shower at the gym. Not because you worked out, but because all of
> your bathtubs are full of fermenting carboys.

humor - you know you are a true winemaker when.....
 

On 11/30/2007 4:03 PM, Dave Allison wrote:
>
> Every trip to the grocery store, you look for fruit that is on sale for
> possible use.

My spouse shudders when we're at the grocery store and I tell her that a
particular fruit is "priced for mead making!" :-D


Cheers,
Ken

humor - you know you are a true winemaker when.....
 

> ...if you've ever been to Home Depot in the trash can section for more
> than 10 minutes and have flipped over every one to see if it's marked
> "NSF" on the bottom.
>

And What did you find? :-)

Steve

humor - you know you are a true winemaker when.....
 

Steve Potter wrote:
>> ...if you've ever been to Home Depot in the trash can section for more
>> than 10 minutes and have flipped over every one to see if it's marked
>> "NSF" on the bottom.
>>
>
> And What did you find? :-)
>
> Steve
>
>
Ford Prefect's belly button lint

humor - you know you are a true winemaker when.....
 

On Dec 1, 12:42 pm, Steve Potter > wrote:
> > ...if you've ever been to Home Depot in the trash can section for more
> > than 10 minutes and have flipped over every one to see if it's marked
> > "NSF" on the bottom.
>
> And What did you find? :-)
>
> Steve

...that the gray 30 gallon "Brute" ones are :) I forgot about the rest
when I made that find.

Trid
-now, for a place to keep it

humor - you know you are a true winemaker when.....
 

On Dec 7, 10:18 pm, Trid > wrote:
> On Dec 1, 12:42 pm, Steve Potter > wrote:
>
> > > ...if you've ever been to Home Depot in the trash can section for more
> > > than 10 minutes and have flipped over every one to see if it's marked
> > > "NSF" on the bottom.
>
> > And What did you find? :-)
>
> > Steve
>
> ..that the gray 30 gallon "Brute" ones are :) I forgot about the rest
> when I made that find.
>
> Trid
> -now, for a place to keep it

Always the thick one I have to ask what does NSF mean? Is it
something to do with food grade?

humor - you know you are a true winemaker when.....
 

On Dec 7, 5:44 pm, jim > wrote:
> On Dec 7, 10:18 pm, Trid > wrote:
>
> > On Dec 1, 12:42 pm, Steve Potter > wrote:
>
> > > > ...if you've ever been to Home Depot in the trash can section for more
> > > > than 10 minutes and have flipped over every one to see if it's marked
> > > > "NSF" on the bottom.
>
> > > And What did you find? :-)
>
> > > Steve
>
> > ..that the gray 30 gallon "Brute" ones are :) I forgot about the rest
> > when I made that find.
>
> > Trid
> > -now, for a place to keep it
>
> Always the thick one I have to ask what does NSF mean? Is it
> something to do with food grade?

Yes, it used to stand for National Sanitary Foundation, they are sort
of like UL in the States, CSA in Canada and CE in Europe but they
focus on public health more so than those other organizations. In
North America you will see a circle with NSF on any good plumbing
hardware for example; if it's not marked, I wouldn't use it. I think
they are a spin off of U of Michigan. They are very heavily into the
food and water safety business.

And you know you are a winemaker when you knowingly overfill a
fermenter, knowing full well the consequences - and pay for your sin
the next day with several hours of cleanup...

Joe

humor - you know you are a true winemaker when.....
 

You know you are a winemaker when you very
carefully calculate the volume so that you are
always left with about 3/4 of a bottle left over
at bottling time - not full enough to cork so
well .......... :)

humor - you know you are a true winemaker when.....
 

"Paul E. Lehmann" > wrote in message
. ..
> You know you are a winemaker when you very
> carefully calculate the volume so that you are
> always left with about 3/4 of a bottle left over
> at bottling time - not full enough to cork so
> well .......... :)

You know you're a vino when a 30 bottle kit somehow only leaves 20...

humor - you know you are a true winemaker when.....
 

Isn't that the way kits work. I thought the reduction was from racking.

"Dirty Harry" > wrote in message
news:RXT7j.955$rV.358@pd7urf2no...
>
> "Paul E. Lehmann" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> You know you are a winemaker when you very
>> carefully calculate the volume so that you are
>> always left with about 3/4 of a bottle left over
>> at bottling time - not full enough to cork so
>> well .......... :)
>
> You know you're a vino when a 30 bottle kit somehow only leaves 20...
>

humor - you know you are a true winemaker when.....
 

When...

You are watching an 'end of the world' style disaster movie and all
you can think is "what a waste of wine..." or you grimace in horror
imagining millions of elderberries going to waste...