Random Drunken Thoughts Thread

[jtratcliff]

Some of them are part of my personal growth as a beer drinker...
Growing up in Appalachia, Bud was synonymous with beer.

Sam Adams was my 1st discovery of flavors other than the
corn/rice of American light lager.

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale taught me that some hop bitterness
could be OK with a balanced malt backbone (and APA
remains one of my favorite styles)

And Pliny taught me that hops was more than bitterness...

I've had (and enjoyed) some of the other on list as well, but
those are the standouts that mark profound shifts in my
enjoyment of beer.

 

[passedpawn]

 

[day_trippr]

"Every time I order a cheeseburger I make it a double, so that a vegan out there in the world isn't actually making a difference"

 

[balrog]

I'm wondering what it means about me that I see alcoholized SunnyD on the shelves now. Is it because the youth that grew up with the ceaseless SunnyD ads, for something only a gnat's a $ $ away from being Tang, is now old enough to drink?

But I have no issue with the premade Jack & Coke.

I ponder these things.

 

[GrogNerd]

The BigHair, when I'm getting up: where ya goin?

Me: to pee

The BigHair: I'm thinking of peeing, myself.

Me: I didn't hear the comma in that sentence

 

[LAHammer]

Either my feet are getting bigger or my socks are getting smaller. Doesn’t seem like it used to be this much work…

 

[BongoYodeler]

Earlier, after I got home from the store I put away the groceries I bought and took the empty plastic bags out to the garage. I put them in a larger plastic bag with the other bags I've collected. I probably won't ever do anything with these 45 bags, yet here they sit. In my garage. Taking up space.

 

[GrogNerd]

the BigHair, taking a pen out of the pen cup: this pen doesn't work.

PUTS IT BACK IN THE PEN CUP

me: ...

 

[Agent]

Every month I ponder why our club meetings are on a Wednesday night.

Then through a little fog I recall some Saturday night meetings that involved pickled fish, cigars, trolling Craigslist guys offering free nude photoshoots, and seeing the dawning of a new day.

Yeah - Wednesdays are an excellent choice.

 

[balrog]

the BigHair, taking a pen out of the pen cup: this pen doesn't work.

PUTS IT BACK IN THE PEN CUP

me: ...

and all the pen caps have gone the way of the single lost socks in the dryer

 

[GrogNerd]

and all the pen caps have gone the way of the single lost socks in the dryer

I believe our dryer is adding socks.

The BigHair: you're not 'putting it away', you're hiding it out of sight.

Me: I was unaware of a distinction

 

[Brew_Dude41]

and all the pen caps have gone the way of the single lost socks in the dryer

Pen caps?!

Those are gone to history along with 35mm cameras...

 

[GrogNerd]

Sharpies have caps, as do most highlighters.

& I have a Minolta SR-T 101 right here

 

[day_trippr]

I have many pounds of Nikon F bodies and lenses that will definitely survive me...

 

[balrog]

Still have the old Vivitar and Olympus OM2 that as a youngun slapped a Spiratone400 on and strapped to my 6" Newtonian.

 

[balrog]

 

[Brew_Dude41]

Sharpies have caps, as do most highlighters.

& I have a Minolta SR-T 101 right here

Sharpies and highlighters are markers- not the same. I am sure that pens with caps are still out there too, but our purchasing team stop buying them years ago when the cheap "click" pens came within a few cents each. I have not used or seen with a cap on a pen in a long time.

Personally, I miss film cameras. Took a few photograghy classes as art electives. Included working in the dark room to develop the photos. Yes they are still out and in use too, but they are no longer the standard and much more of a niche like vinyl records.
Our warehouse is one of the main distribution points for the US of one of the brands mentioned above and I can tell you that most of their product is not film based. They are far more focused on the optics side of things and we probably have far more binoculars and monoculars (and lenses, soooooo many lenses) than any camera body (film or digital).

 

[Rish]

I have not used or seen with a cap on a pen in a long time

Stocking up for the impending shortage!

 

[passedpawn]

I believe our dryer is adding socks.

The BigHair: you're not 'putting it away', you're hiding it out of sight.

Me: I was unaware of a distinction

Dryer steals a sock but you’ll usually find a quarter in there too. I think some sort of barter in play there.

 

[balrog]

Dryer steals a sock but you’ll usually find a quarter in there too. I think some sort of barter in play there.

Tooth Fairy kinda thing?

 

[GrogNerd]

pen1
/pen/
noun
an instrument for writing or drawing with ink

mark·er
/ˈmärkər/
noun
a felt-tip pen with a broad tip.


which definition fits this PEN?

 

[GrogNerd]

Dryer steals a sock but you’ll usually find a quarter in there too. I think some sort of barter in play there.

no. our dryer adds socks, doesn't dispense change

 

[GrogNerd]

ordered a chicken & an egg from Amazon

we'll settle this argument once & for all

 

[balrog]

Here on the Wild West streets of Western Mass, where coyotes roam and Dodge Ram Tyrannosaurus Gargantucabs drive like every molecule on Earth other than them are the most heinous form of road cholesterol they have EVER had the severe and unmitigated gall to have to endure and WHY DONT THEY GET THE F*$& OUT OF MY WAY ALREADY, and bicycles are an abomination to be eradicated with extreme prejudice, this would never stand.

https://www.vox.com/24153725/speed-...sammys-law-nyc?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

"Drivers don’t need to go faster than 20 mph on most city streets"

 

[Agent]

I take it you are not a fan of the Bro-dozer?

 

[GrogNerd]

Grog’s Rules for Food™ #12 - worry about what's on your own plate, because IDGAF what it is. return the courtesy.

applies to just about everything, doesn't it?

what's in your driveway, for example

 

[balrog]

I take it you are not a fan of the Bro-dozer?

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as @paulthenurse so eloquently put it, and to paraphrase slightly, once you've been biffed off the road while riding your bike you develop a healthy distaste for road-clearing rearview mirrors and thoughtless drivers.

 

[Agent]

Grog’s Rules for Food™ #12 - worry about what's on your own plate, because IDGAF what it is. return the courtesy.

applies to just about everything, doesn't it?

what's in your driveway, for example

I tried to claim use of this rule once when I took my plate of pickled northern pike and half a smoked pheasant and sat next to my very pregnant sister.

Needless to say, I got thwacked numerous times before I could even cite relevant case law.

 

[GrogNerd]

You'd think red heads would have the least cause to worry about being possessed by demons