I’m the only non-MAGA with a ham license in 4-land.

Precisely why it wasn’t worth my time any more. Trolling was fun for a bit, but that got old too. Breaking a conversation to spoil conspiracy talks with well placed facts tends to ruffle a few feathers, it seems.

Still though, the late night party conversations are fun to listen to in the Denver area. People don’t hide the fact that we have many legal drugs and a massive supply of craft beer.

Yep. When I cook steak, I usually cook an extra to snack on later by itself or make sandwiches with.

Nothing beats fresh steak, but there is a method to reheating in the microwave it without drying it out or getting it super-well done.

The nag beeps on mine are one minute apart. That is helpful for when you need to let the food sit for a specific amount of time.

Letting food stand a bit after nuking it lets the heat distribute evenly, btw. (That is why most microwave directions for frozen food include that bit.)

LPT: If you really don’t want something to get burned and want evenly heated food, start experimenting with longer times but at much less power. So, to reheat steak, cut it into strips and distribute evenly on a plate. Heat for 2-3 mins at about 25% normal power. Once you get the hang of it, you can mostly preserve the original doneness of the steak while still getting it nice and warm again.

Then there is heat. Using an oxy acetylene torch to heat up the whole assembly in an attempt to loosen the threads might work. What could go wrong?

Is it that entire brass threaded bit? (Admittedly, I do not know sodastream anatomy.) Is the brass bit simply screwed in too tight?

If it just needs to be unscrewed, I would use a trick similar to removing header studs on an engine, but modified.

Find two nuts that are the same size thread, but completely round off the corners on one of the nuts. Screw on the unmodified nut half way. Screw on the modified nut as tight as you can against the first nut. Use a socket wrench to apply torque on the first nut and it should give you just enough friction to unscrew the whole thing.

Needle nose pliers might work too.

Look on the bright side. At least it’s some of the most expensive bottled CO2 you can get so you don’t want to be wasting that stuff on just any drink. It’s high quality CO2, not some of that fake CO2 that some other gas company would pedal you.