Adventures in Brewing
Copyright© 2023 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 4
Checking connections took a couple of weeks. We replaced the gaskets and one split hose ... and chased spiders, and chased spiders, and hunted spiders. During this time, I titled and plated the 123 and assembled the ‘brauereihaus.’
That’s what the boxes that the 24 by 24 shed were labeled.
Hergestellt in der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik
BRAUEREIHAUS
7.5Mx7.5M
And that creates a dilemma.
“Boxes?” the stray kibitzer asked.
“Ah, yes.” I knew this was coming.
“Loaded in a pickup?”
“Nope. Too long.”
Wait for it ... ah ... success.
“How did you get them home?”
“Sarcasm will get you no-where. I brought them home with my forklift.”
“Do tell ... please.”
“I believe I mentioned that I didn’t get the running forklift.” (That was in chapter 2.)
“I so recall.”
“I got the heavyduty ... broken ... lift. The telehandler.”
“What, pray tell, is a telehandler.”
“A little less sarcasm, please. Come look.”
“Holy Shit!”
“Pretty ain’t it.”
“It was broke?”
“Air Locked.”
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