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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    Trust the tinkle test.  And Basque is good lump.  Rockwood is what I stockpile.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,694
    I'm confused, tinkle good or tinkle bad?  Doesn't that sound mean it's well carbonized, so tinkle is good?  Or if it tinkles like a rainstick, it means small pieces and that's bad.  But that's not necessarily bad, only if you're insecure about the size of your lump.
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 12,824
    theyolksonyou said:
    nolaegghead said:
    RRP said:
    I'm still a firm advocate of what I call the "tinkle test"! That is when you pick up a bag of lump it should feel solid and when turned over it should have little sound. OTOH if the bag seems hollow at the top and when flipped you can hear a "tinkle tinkle tinkle" sound as the chips and debris shift to the bottom then you don't want that bag!  =)
    You should call this test "the rain maker".
    The golden shower test
    I use the visual and 'shake' tests, the bag in first photo look abused!
    canuckland
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    This applies to the bag of lump as well. 

    https://youtu.be/-_92QgDtoW0

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
                                                                                  -Umberto Eco

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    Peachtree Corners, GA
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 35,112
    @GATraveller  thank's for the simple explanation.  I never put forth enough effort to dissect the correct way to open the lump bag.  I have cut all four of the threads (each on both ends) and not had success and also hit the right answer (no skill involved for sure) on the first go.  I now have the keys to the kingdom.
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    I get it right about 1 out of every 4 attempts. Maybe I'll remember next time now that I've watched this. 

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
                                                                                  -Umberto Eco

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    Peachtree Corners, GA
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  • poster
    poster Posts: 1,316

    I'm using it right now, love it.

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  • Biggreenpharmacist
    Biggreenpharmacist Posts: 4,343
    One of our local dealers started carrying parker's out of tennessee. I really like it. At 18 bucks a bag, not bad price either. Anybody tried it?


    Little Rock, AR

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