Random Drunken Thoughts Thread

[balrog]

Truly some deep thinking.

 

[Broken Crow]

 

[balrog]

And another beer. Of course.

 

[day_trippr]

My last resort is the peanut butter jar and a spoon. Goes really well with my nitro'd chocolate stout...

 

[Snuffy]

My last resort is the peanut butter jar and a spoon. Goes really well with my nitro'd chocolate stout...

Every once in a while, a man just needs a big ole spoonful of peanut butter. And maybe a yogurt.

 

[balrog]

Every once in a while, a man just needs a big ole spoonful of peanut butter. And maybe a yogurt.

or a bourbon.

 

[balrog]

You know how when you buy a bag of lettuces, it gets all nasty in a couple days?

Yeah, that doesn’t happen with cookies.

 

[day_trippr]

Looks like "King of the Hill" will come back and I guess in recognition Alamo Beer will actually be brewed...

https://www.kens5.com/article/news/...exas/273-5be1b182-bd1e-4631-887e-9308bdf3d49d

 

[balrog]

1) This is supposed to be a story to "fuel my mind"
2) I have had my morning coffee
C) I have a rudimentary knowledge of what a pyramid scheme is
δ) What is it that growth can only? Why does that hurt my brain? Why am I troubled by trying to figure this out? Who invented liquid soap, and why?

 

[balrog]

Isn’t reading surreal?
I mean, you sit and stare at marked slices of tree for hours, vividly hallucinating.

[Edit: Yeah, I have a Kindle Paperwhite, but I still like the marked slices of tree]

 

[Broken Crow]

 

[seatazzz]

Speaking of reading, why do some people think I'm weird that I re-read books over and over? I mean, it's not like anything different is going to happen. I know the storyline, I know the characters. It's like sometimes my mind just wants the comfort of listening to old friends tell me the same story yet again. Also that I'm in my late 50's and I still read books from my childhood. Not Dick & Jane (although they were pretty funny) but classics I read in my early teens. And yes I'm old enough to have read Dick & Jane in early grade school.

 

[day_trippr]

Which genre do you find most re-readable?

There are precious few non-technical books I've read more than once. One was "We Took To The Woods" by Louis Dickenson Rich, another was "A River Runs Through It" by Norman Maclean, and another was "The Stand", an epic novel by Stephen King. I'd be hard pressed to name another...

Cheers!

 

[seatazzz]

Which genre do you find most re-readable?

There are precious few non-technical books I've read more than once. One was "We Took To The Woods" by Louis Dickenson Rich, another was "A River Runs Through It" by Norman Maclean, and another was "The Stand", an epic novel by Stephen King. I'd be hard pressed to name another...

Cheers!

I reread the unabridged version of The Stand about every 3 years or so. Takes me a week to get through it. Mostly I read historical fiction, Harry Potter, and my all time favorite Vision Quest by Terry Davis. The movie did NOT do that book justice. They got it all wrong.

 

[day_trippr]

I read "The Stand" the first time in two days. It was an obsession and I could not stop but for a few hours in the middle for a long nap before finishing it. By far the best book I've ever read wrt entertainment value. I dreaded the movie release because I knew the intensity could never be conveyed on film...

Cheers!

 

[mac_1103]

There are very few books that I've re-read, and when I have it's usually been decades after the first reading. Unless you count the first fifty or so pages of Ulysses, which I've probably read a couple of dozen times.

 

[Pkrd]

I never reread books but have repeatedly listened to a bunch of audiobooks.

 

[seatazzz]

I read "The Stand" the first time in two days. It was an obsession and I could not stop but for a few hours in the middle for a long nap before finishing it. By far the best book I've ever read wrt entertainment value. I dreaded the movie release because I knew the intensity could never be conveyed on film...

Cheers!

I was so angry at that movie. Molly Ringwald as Frannie???? UGH!!! They got the Walkin Dude fairly well cast, as well as Trashcan Man, but for the most part it was awful.

 

[Broken Crow]

Speaking of reading, why do some people think I'm weird that I re-read books over and over? I mean, it's not like anything different is going to happen. I know the storyline, I know the characters. It's like sometimes my mind just wants the comfort of listening to old friends tell me the same story yet again. Also that I'm in my late 50's and I still read books from my childhood. Not Dick & Jane (although they were pretty funny) but classics I read in my early teens. And yes I'm old enough to have read Dick & Jane in early grade school.

I'll bet those same people who think re-reading is weird listen to the same songs over and over day in and day out....I first read The Stand because one of my '100-favourite' songs 40-some years ago was "The Stand" by the Alarm (based on the book) and I wanted to see if the feel of the song was good match.. I thought it was. Heck, Led Zepplin is one of the reasons I first read The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings which I've read many times over...the Cure's "Killing An Arab" got me reading not just "The Stranger", but all of Camus. No one bats an eye when you heard the same Led Zepplin tunes on the radio 20 times a day, but re-reading a book? I guess some people also just like to look at the pictures.

 

[balrog]

I rewatch movies.
I reread books.
I go through old pictures of my kids when they were teeny tiny.
I relisten to songs.
I even make some recipes of beer over and over again!

I fear however that the horror genre is something to which I have never developed any attraction.

 

[Snuffy]

I fear however that the horror genre is something to which I have never developed any attraction.

I was impressed by "The Shining" back in the day, but that's about all the Stephen King I need. I read "The Stand" on the recommendation of my girlfriend at the time. She was pissed cause I wasn't as impressed. I think she was looking to start a book club or something. I rarely read books a second time unless they are exceptional and it's been a long time since I read it. They are usually not as good the second time around because of the lack of intrigue. I normally give fiction books away or trade with somebody once I've read them.

 

[day_trippr]

As I indicated I'm not a big re-reader, but there's highly select stuff I've seen (movies, TV shows) that I've re-watched...sometimes pathologically often.

Like, [Scrubs], the series, which I've watched all 9 seasons 3 times so far, and through the power of the internet and my Synology NAS box back home I'm kicking off another binge watch with Season 1 Episode 1, with Doctor Cox tearing JD a new orifice. Fun!

Cheers!

 

[Sailingeric]

I have reread The Hunt for Red October about a dozen times so you are not alone!

 

[Snuffy]

Like, [Scrubs], the series, which I've watched all 9 seasons 3 times so far, and through the power of the internet and my Synology NAS box back home I'm kicking off another binge watch with Season 1 Episode 1, with Doctor Cox tearing JD a new orifice. Fun!

I enjoyed the film "Garden State". I could probably watch that again.

I always felt like "Scrubs" was missing a drum track. You know, "badoom tssh".

 

[day_trippr]

There are actually lots of those scattered through the seasons, as well as the occasional 4th wall breakage...

Cheers!

 

[Mr. Vern]

Like, [Scrubs], the series, which I've watched all 9 seasons 3 times so far

Boston's "More Than a Feeling" was forever changed in my mind.

In Detroit, after throwing down a couple Molson XXX ethane bombs, I was quite pleased to see Cox on the big screen ranting the Red Wings. It was at a Wings game, only seen it played one time but it was enough to remember.

"For the next 20 minutes you will sit in silence while I tell you why the Detroit Red Wings are the greatest franchise in professional sports"

 

[Mr. Vern]

I have re-read a couple books in a series after a long hiatus before releasing the last or next book. My wife will re-read the entire series, for every release, it's one of her many quirks.

For me it takes something special like On the Road 50th anniversary edition in 2007. Funny, I liked it a lot more when I was in my 20's.
When my wife turned 42 I bought The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide for her and read some of that content, but not all of it. I should crack that one open again. I tend to start talking and thinking in Douglas Adams cadence when I do, which annoys me at times, but it is a fun read.

 

[Broken Crow]

I have re-read a couple books in a series after a long hiatus before releasing the last or next book. My wife will re-read the entire series, for every release, it's one of her many quirks.

For me it takes something special like On the Road 50th anniversary edition in 2007. Funny, I liked it a lot more when I was in my 20's.
When my wife turned 42 I bought The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide for her and read some of that content, but not all of it. I should crack that one open again. I tend to start talking and thinking in Douglas Adams cadence when I do, which annoys me at times, but it is a fun read.

 

[Dland]

This is the only place I feel comfortable posting anything while I've been drinking.

Hope everyone had a decent weekend.

Back to work you slug, (I say to myself).

 

[day_trippr]

It's your safe space!

 

[Agent]

This is the only place I feel comfortable posting anything while I've been drinking.

Hope everyone had a decent weekend.

Back to work you slug, (I say to myself).

The weekend has been :

Work can go pound sand.

Though it'd be nice if I were old and retired, and could actually tell my employer that.

 

[Snuffy]

The only real perk of aging is the gratifying and absolutely sincere ability to not give a futz.

 

[Broken Crow]

The only real perk of aging is the gratifying and absolutely sincere ability to not give a futz.

I learned when I was young that youth is wasted on the young so I didn't wait to get old... I haven't given a f--- since I was a kid and I've loved the life I had since (at least until the injury )

 

[lumpher]

Work can kiss my... backside... remind me to say that in 3 years when I plan to walk... and give even less of a futz...if that's possible.

 

[Snuffy]

Work can kiss my... backside... remind me to say that in 3 years when I plan to walk... and give even less of a futz...if that's possible.

I'm out at the end of next April.

 

[balrog]

It's really hot and humid here.
You know what I hate about touching up the house paint on hot humid days? I mean besides the heat, the humidity, trying not to sweat into the paint, trying to keep sweat out of your eyes, trying to paint fast enough to keep the brush from drying up, trying not to paint your face wiping sweat out your eyes, digging bees out of the paint?

Yeah. Your beer warms up awfully fast.

 

[Agent]

Yeah. Your beer warms up awfully fast.

Sounds like a great way to speed-run a couple barrel aged imperial stouts frome fridge to near ambient Temps.

 

[Agent]

Would a normal person say it's reasonable to hold up dinner time in order to pick a bunch of hops in the rain with the hopes of claiming a $2 prize?

No.

But would a homebrewer do it just to claim the title of "His Hoppiness" over the one other (non-brewing) guy that enters hops in the county fair?

You bet your sweet Aspercreme.

 

[Dland]

Good luck, I hope you prevail, but it is harder to cure them properly if they're picked wet. [;

 

[balrog]

Subject: the tyranny of momentum.

I've not been brewing as long as many on here, nor as frequently, and definitely not as well, although well enough for me. For years I've used garden hose spigot and RV water hose from front of house into garage, sorry, Brewery, to fill and to chill. I made a quick upgrade to a garden hose valve so I didn't have to run out and shut off the water. And I put up for YEARS with unscrewing the hose and screwing on the pond pump when chilling with ice in a cooler.

And it caught up with me finally when the plastic threads on the plastic garden hose shut off finally said, "no mas". And I finally upgraded to brass with quick disconnects on pond pump, RV hose, and hose bib. Why? Why did it take so very long? Why?

Sigh.