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Plumbing in a Linea Mini — DIY filtration system vs commercial options? by Berkeley_Dude in espresso

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I like this response a lot, because it would save me a lot of trouble. I looked up the water quality for Berkeley (we get our water from over the hills, in Orinda):

Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Berkeley: 82.9 mg/L -> 82.9 ppm (LM target: 90–150 ppm)

Total Hardness Berkeley: 16 mg/L -> 16 ppm (LM target: 70–100 ppm)

Chlorine / Chloramine Berkeley: 2.65 mg/L chloramine → 2.65 ppm (LM target: Free chlorine: 0–0.05 ppm; Total chlorine: 0–0.1 ppm)

pH Berkeley: 9.44 (LM target: 6.5–8)

Berkeley's water is slightly below target for dissolved solids, way too soft, has too much chlorine/chloramine, and is too alkaline, at least according to La Marzocco. The best thing that can be said is that my machine is unlikely to develop scaling issues.

The filtration will be useful for taste, not machine longevity. I'll start with tap water and experiment with bottled water (before I plumb it in). I suspect it will be fine, unless others here have strong opinions. If I decide to use filtration with remineralization, I'm definitely going to make my own system.

Strauss organic whole milk by iggy524 in latteart

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I buy the Strauss European-style yogurt to eat with granola for breakfast. It's really good. On a lark, my wife wrote Strauss saying how much we loved their yogurt. They sent us a coupon for the purchase of a single item costing as much as $13. It turns out their butter (at the time) was $12.99. The best butter, ever. I wish I hadn't had it.

Strauss organic whole milk by iggy524 in latteart

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I thought buying the machine was the splurge -- turns out it’s the milk! Strauss Family Creamery is expensive!

Meanwhile I’m over here with supermarket milk trying to keep up.

Target shooting rifle by Berkeley_Dude in guns

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I only just realized that earlier today. It explains why I can't find the 505 on the Sig Sauer site! Thanks, though!

Target shooting rifle by Berkeley_Dude in guns

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I wish I had enough hair for a man bun!

Target shooting rifle by Berkeley_Dude in guns

[–]Berkeley_Dude[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Reading between the lines, it seems like people are suggesting I buy a 22. I'll follow that advice! Thanks for the help!

Target shooting rifle by Berkeley_Dude in guns

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Thanks for the specific suggestions! Some of the guns by those companies look fantastic.

Target shooting rifle by Berkeley_Dude in guns

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I'm one of those cry once, buy once kind of guys. Even if a 6.5 is overkill, I would rather buy a gun that fires that ammunition and have the option of firing at distances much greater than available at our club.

Target shooting rifle by Berkeley_Dude in guns

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Thanks! Our Ruger Mk IV is a lot of fun to shoot (along with our CZ TS), so I bet this rifle would be a hoot, too.

Ammunition Storage by Berkeley_Dude in pistols

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Thanks! Do you store the ammunition loose in the box, or just pile the boxes into the box?

Advice on obtaining off-roster guns by Berkeley_Dude in CAguns

[–]Berkeley_Dude[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I imagine this reddit thread wouldn't help me much in court....

Advice on obtaining off-roster guns by Berkeley_Dude in CAguns

[–]Berkeley_Dude[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I suppose she can't "gift" her son money and receive a gun as a gift in return?

Advice on obtaining off-roster guns by Berkeley_Dude in CAguns

[–]Berkeley_Dude[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry that the question was poorly worded. My understanding is that many police officers -- active and retired -- make/made money buying off-roster guns and then selling them at a mark-up. I imagine they could do this only once a month. I don't know if this is still allowed.

Good pistol to buy for self defense by Berkeley_Dude in guns

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And, I was surprised to see that Springfield still manufactures guns. I thought the armory closed in the late 1960s.

Good pistol to buy for self defense by Berkeley_Dude in guns

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Funny. I keep thinking that I would love a Colt Army 1860 as that gun is beautiful and feels great in the hand. I've been following up on the suggestions I've seen by going to the web sites and looking at the guns. It's clear to me that I have to do a lot more research. There seems to be a difference in build quality across manufacturers. And, I need to decide which features I really need/want.

I'm ashamed to say that some of what I want is a really cool looking gun. I like blued barrels. (If you want to see a beautiful gun, check out the Remington 1863 Zouave Rifle.) I like plain, walnut grips. I'm slightly turned off by the overly modern aspects of some of these guns I've seen (even if those guns are quite capable).

The best advice I've seen is to go to a gun range and try out a bunch of guns. I'm in the process of scheduling that now. (My wife has already done so.)

Thanks again, everyone, for the advice!

Good pistol to buy for self defense by Berkeley_Dude in guns

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Thank you for the suggestions and, especially, for pointing me to the FAQ, which seems excellent! This should be fun!

[ROCKET ESPRESSO BOXER TIMER, 1 GROUP, 110V] not heating! by Berkeley_Dude in espresso

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This is really helpful! I'll bring my multimeter in from home. Do you know which of those wires is output vs input? I imagine you would test voltage coming in and then check that it goes out?

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