Adam D

I have a 5L oak barrel and I'm trying to figure out how many bottles to buy. I'm going to barrel and age a mixed drink.

The ratios for the mixed drink are 1.5oz:1oz:1oz

There's usually 750 ml in a bottle of booze. Can someone help me figure out how many liters of each type of alcohol (there's 3) I will need to use? I would like to know because I want to experiment a little with the ratios, like1.75:1:1 or 2:1:1.

Thanks for any help.

Guy wants to trade me Jimmy Graham for A.J. Green

My receivers are:

AJ Green

Alshon Jeffery

Justin Blackmon

Andre Johnson

Kendall Wright

We use 3 WR's and 1 Flex.

My flex options right now are Andre Johnson, Kendall Wright, Willis McGahee, Chris Ivory and Joique Bell.

My TE is Tony Gonzalez. Graham is a HUGE upgrade at TE, and really I guess he's better than AJ Green too, but I'm not sure if it's worth it. I mean, Graham is an upgrade at TE, but is he going to be better than Green AND Tony Gonzalez?

I can also do this:

AJ Green, Tony Gonzalez FOR Jimmy Graham and Percy Harvin.

Both his players are banged up right now. I don't know when Harvin will come back or if Graham is gonna get over the injury or if he is going to play through the injury all year?

So I'm trying to look for "healthier" side dishes for Thanksgiving. It seems like everyone these days has a certain "diet" fad where their doctor says that can't eat this or that.

Here are a couple of ideas that I have found:

mashed cauliflower

Steamed green beans with sauteed mushrooms, onions and turkey bacon.

Quinoa stuffing?

At WR I have Emmanuel Sanders, Andre Roberts, Sidney Rice and Chris Givens.

At Flex, I could use any of the above players or:

Giovani Bernard, Joique Bell or Brandon Jacobs.

My initial gut reaction is to use Bernard at the flex and Sanders as my #3 wr.

So my team is as follows:

QB1 Matt Stafford

WR1 Dez Bryant

WR2 Victor Cruz

RB1 C.J. Spiller

RB2 Trent Richardson

TE Vernon Davis

W/R Daryl Richardson

Bench:

Cam Newton

D McFadden

Mike Wallace

Fred Jackson

Chris Givens

Joique Bell

Someone offered me the following trade:

A.J. Green and David Wilson

for

C.J. Spiller

This is a perplexing trade in my mind. Last season, Green and Spiller had around the same amount of fantasy points, but Spiller had shared some playing time with Fred Jackson whom I have as well.

My gut is telling me not to take the trade, because I have better depth at WR on my bench... but David Wilson is the key here. I thought he was sort of a bust as a rookie last season, but I have no clue how he's doing this year and if he will make a significant impact as a RB this year.

What do you guys think?

So my Beagle is nearly 2 years old. EVERY time we go outside for a walk she likes to pull and follow her nose to every little flower, patch of grass, stick, leaf, rock... or poo. I can't control her.

She knows what "heel" means. I've worked with her before and with 2 different trainers. In a closed environment she is fine. If we are walking outside in the parking lot, she's great (nothing to distract her nose)... she will walk by my side, look up at me, etc. But as soon as we get outside, if there is grass (which is everywhere), bushes, whatever, then she is uncontrollable.

I've even tried to bring treats along with me, but she completely ignores the treats... sometimes after she is calm, she will respond to treats, but only meats or cheese... which I don't know if it's good to constantly feed her leftover steak, chicken breast, hotdogs and cheese.

And it's not just pulling. Sometimes she will find some smell that makes her stop and smell for awhile. It's usually not that often, as I will tell her to "leave it" and she walks away, onto the next smell which is usually 2 inches in front of the previous spot, but there are times when I have to walk over and scoot her along.

I've tried using a harness that impedes her from walking ahead of me, but she slips out of the harness pretty easily... and I would really just like her to learn how to heel properly.

I've been looking for a good quality photo printer. I know nothing about them, so what I really want is something that will produce a really high quality image (I'm hoping one that will print 11x14, but if they are too much 8x10 would be fine).

Price isn't a huge factor, although I would like to keep it under $600, but if you know of a printer that costs a bit more and produces images better than anything under $600, then let me know your thoughts on it.... just nothing stupid expensive, like a $2500 printer.

So which one would you start?

Roethlisberger is coming off a great start in his return last week and is going against Dallas who has been pretty good against QB's this season.

Dalton hasn't performed well the last couple weeks, but is going against Philly who has given up the 2nd most fantasy points to QB's this season (at least in my league).

Kaepernick can be electric, but hasn't gone off and done anything special since the Bears game. With the Niners offense focusing on the run, he won't get as many passing attempts as Dalton or Roethlisberger. The Patriots are one of the worst ranked passing defenses though, but have done well against QB's the last few weeks. The only thing, is that the last QB's the Patriots have faced have been: Schaub, Tannehill, Mark Sanchez, Luck, Fitzpatrick, Bradford and Sanchez again. That's hardly an elite group of QB's, but Kaepernick hasn't proven himself to be elite as well... although he can get me some points on the ground as well.

My gut is telling me Dalton is the safe bet... but the other two have more upside.

What do you guys think?

Hello, my co-worker is trying to build a gaming computer for his son. We're figuring in the $1000 to $1500 range. He'll be buying it piece by piece, but we are looking for recommendations on hardware.

He's looking for an i5 processor or i7. I haven't bought a computer in the last couple years, so I'm not too sure on what's considered top of the line for a gaming computer, or what he should spend more on, like should he go all out and get a really good video card?

The one thing I recommended was getting a 128 GB SSD as his main hard drive, then have a secondary hard drive to put his music and pics on?

Anyway, can you guys help me out on what he will need, maybe give a link to it on the net. I don't want to recommend him some super expensive stuff, if it's not going to be necessary.

Motherboard -

Processor -

Ram -

Graphics Card -

Hard Drive

Case

Power Supply

Anything else he will need?

So, doc called and said my cholesterol was on the high side of normal, but my triglyceride level was too high at 248, normal for me he said should be around the 150 range.

He said to stop eating carbs, specifically starchy carbs and sweets (and I rarely eat sweets).

So, my questions is... what the heck can I eat? I can't just start eating all meat, eggs and cheese, cuz then my cholesterol levels might spike and get too high.

What carbs can I eat? I've read that beans are considered carbs, but are these considered "starchy" carbs?

What else can I eat? I mean, I have a good idea, like fruits, veggies, fish, chicken breast, etc... but what are some recipes that you guys have that are good for you, but are also filling as well?

Would the Mediterranean diet be ok for me?

Oh, and what about alcohol, beer and wine? Or even Soda's and juice?

I'm also looking for good snack ideas and just general recipe ideas that will keep me full.

So, I'm going to an estate sale tomorrow. They post a few pics online of what they're selling, and in one of the pics they had a Gibson LP.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/gibson-les-...

It looks almost like this one, except it has the white plastic tuners instead of the chrome tuners. So, I'm thinking it's an older LP standard maybe. I can't tell, cuz I can barely see that it does say Gibson on the headstock. I can't call them or email them to find out, unfortunately.

Does anyone have any experience with buying these guitars? They live in a huge custom built home, and it's an estate sale. By knowing this, and be seeing that their furniture and tastes are older generation, I'm thinking this guitar might date back to the 70's or 80's, if not earlier.

I can also see that the fretboard is discolored a bit, due to either a lot of playing time, or from old age.

What do you guys think I should plan on paying for something like this?

The amp is a Fender Bassman amp. I don't know if it's a reissue as they don't have a picture of it. If it's not a reissue and it works, what do you think it would be worth?

I want to be able to start giving lessons from beginners to intermediate players. I don't want strangers to know where I live. Also, the independent guitar instructors in my area (meaning, the ones who aren't based out of a guitar store), live in crumby areas. I tried a couple out and they're usually out of the way and are in sketchy parts of town.

Does anyone think there would be a niche in the market for something like this? It saves the student time, plus, it's a bit harder for the student to flake out and quit on you, because you would know where they live. And maybe, you could even charge the same rates as the guitar store.

The only problem I see with this, is that I wouldn't have access to my computer and printer where I would have a lot of my lesson material, but I could always have a couple sheets printed out I guess.

Also, I'm moving to a small town where the closest guitar store is in neighboring towns, which could take around 20 minutes to get to their.

So I've noticed that a lot of my songs lately start out with a basic chord progression. When I decide it's time to change it up and maybe go to a second part, or to the chorus, it seems that I'm simply writing a different riff, often times using the same chords. Sometimes, they're in a different position on the neck, or a shortened "power chord" version of the same chord.

For instance, If my first chord used was a D chord, when I decide to write a second part to the song, I seem to start it again with another D chord. The riff or chord progression will be completely different after it, using different chords, different tempo, etc. Or, I'll write a metal riff that starts on E at the 7th fret on the A-string... then to change it, I simply move to the Open E string.... essentially, I'm using the same E chord.

Is this common? If not, can anyone give me a few suggestions on how to go about changing this up? Maybe provide a website or book I can pickup to help with this?

I had lessons for awhile, but my teacher wasn't helping much on this topic, and they were getting quite expensive. He had mentioned something once about a technique called a 5th or the 5th? or something like that... where you can figure out what the 5th is in your the Key you're using, then find out what a 5th away from that chord is, and you can use that chord as an effective alternate chord.... I don't know. I may have misunderstood.

So I've noticed that a lot of my songs lately start out with a basic chord progression. When I decide it's time to change it up and maybe go to a second part, or to the chorus, it seems that I'm simply writing a different riff, often times using the same chords. Sometimes, they're in a different position on the neck, or a shortened "power chord" version of the same chord.

For instance, If my first chord used was a D chord, when I decide to write a second part to the song, I seem to start it again with another D chord. The riff or chord progression will be completely different after it, using different chords, different tempo, etc. Or, I'll write a metal riff that starts on E at the 7th fret on the A-string... then to change it, I simply move to the Open E string.... essentially, I'm using the same E chord.

Is this common? If not, can anyone give me a few suggestions on how to go about changing this up? Maybe provide a website or book I can pickup to help with this?

I had lessons for awhile, but my teacher wasn't helping much on this topic, and they were getting quite expensive. He had mentioned something once about a technique called a 5th or the 5th? or something like that... where you can figure out what the 5th is in your the Key you're using, then find out what a 5th away from that chord is, and you can use that chord as an effective alternate chord.... I don't know. I may have misunderstood.

So I'm thinking about doing a Beer marinade for tri-tip. Here's what I was thinking about adding to it so far.

Beer (A dark beer)

Lemon Juice

Fresh crushed garlic

Habanero

Olive oil

a little brown sugar

and either salt, or maybe soy sauce?

-- maybe a couple other things. The ingredients aren't set in stone yet... I just want to know how long I can marinate a tri-tip for. I was gonna go to the store tonight and marinate the beef overnight. I don't know if I should remove it from the marinade when I get up in the morning, or if it's safe to leave in until I get home from work tomorrow?

I'm trying to make a simple website, but have no clue where to start. I've seen things on Intuit to make your own, and other websites, but would like to know if anyone has used any before, or if there is software I can buy that will have templates to choose from.

This one is tough. Haren is rank 89 and Mike Stanton is rank 85, so from a ranking standpoint, it's even.

Clearly, I have better pitching than hitting, but Haren 2 seasons ago was a top 15 player. Stanton could be a top 40 player given a full season, but could also bust.

My team:

C - Suzuki

1B - Justin Morneau

2B - Aaron Hill

3B - Ryan Zimmerman

SS - Hanley Ramirez

OF - Jason Heyward

OF - Vernon Wells

OF - Carlos Quentin

Util - Ike Davis

Util - Adam LaRoche

Bench: Starlin Castro, Jason Kubel

Pitchers:

SP - Lincecum, Ubaldo Jimenez, Hamels, Haren, Billingsley, Zimmerman, Anibal Sanchez, Hellickson

RP - Kimbrel, Axford, Farnsworth

If they are out of contention before the trade deadline, do you think they will consider trading Pujols? I always said no when I saw others ask this question, that they were just going to resign him and that the team was most likely going to be in the playoff race in Sept., so they would obviously hold onto him.

But now that Wainwright is out until 2012, it drastically changes there team. Would it be wise to trade Pujols if they are out of contention?

Here me out... Everyone knows that Pujols is going to re-sign with the Cards... it's pretty obvious he wants to stay, unless they offer him like $10 million a year he might walk, but if they trade him to another team, the Cardinals would likely receive a few good prospects in return, then most likely re-sign him in the off season. Win-Win situation.

Would doing this make sense? Would it piss the fans off to much to even think to trade the best player in baseball, which would be giving another team a small shot at keeping him? Do they risk losing him, even if the risk is small? I mean, there's no 100% guaruntee he will re-sign if they don't trade him either.

Even for a 2 month rental, any potential playoff team would be an instant favorite if they were to land Pujols, even knowing that it was a 2 month rental. Some teams would trade a couple of decent prospects away if they thought they had a legitimate chance to win the World Series.

I'm starting to learn Jazz with my guitar instructor recently, we have yet to get into actual songs, but have gone over 7th chords and other extended chords. More or less chord construction.

Can anyone recommend a song that I can play that will use extended chords, or some common chord progessions that you like to play personally?

Some is offering me Teixeira for Ubaldo and Hamels.... what to do.

My current pitching staff is loaded with: Lincecum, Ubaldo, Hamels, Haren, Billingsley, Mariano Rivera, Kimbrel and Hellickson, and Jordan Zimmerman, not to mention Strasburg on the IR.

Hitters:

C - Suzuki

1B - Adam Lind/ Ike Davis

2B - Aaron Hill

3B - Zimmerman

SS - Hanley Ramirez / Stephen Drew

Outfield/Bench - Vernon Wells, Heyward, Quentin, Matsui, Dominic Brown, Dustin Ackley

Ike Davis looked decent as a rookie.

SO, is Teixeira a HUGE upgrade at first over Davis, at the cost of my #2 and #3 starting pitchers?