Random Drunken Thoughts Thread

[doug293cz]

Things we found while cleaning one of the rooms in our house this weekend:

1. Daughter & son-in-law's wedding pictures. still needing to be framed. They were married in 2017. (We love them dearly but we're lazy like that).
2. Tempered glass screen protector for the nav screen in husband's car, still in package. He bought it in 2023.
3. 2 chairs from when we bought our dining set back in 2023, still in the box. (This is a large box that has to be moved anytime we need in a certain cabinet. It wasn't found so much as decided 'well maybe we'll get to that now').

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Reminds me of me. Moved into our very first house in 1983. In 2011 we were getting ready to list it and move. Found a still taped up box on a basement shelf from when we moved in, back in '83. Opened it and got rid of its contents.

I can relate.

Brew on

 

[balrog]

I can relate.

Brew on

I can help all y'all out.
What you need, hear me out, is to store all this stuff in the basement.
Then one Spring, have the water table rise during a "once in a lifetime" rain event, causing artesian cracks in your basement floor.
Dumpster will be involved.
Along with tears, crying, gnashing of teeth, renting of clothing, general malaise and heartfelt remorse as you throw out so many things.

Now. Recover from that for about 10 years, only to have another "once in a lifetime" rain event. Now all your isht will be in Rubbermaid containers and up on 2x4 but you *will* have relaxed and started storing things on the basement floor again.

That will really, Really, REALLY, **REALLY** help clean the crap out of your house.

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[BongoYodeler]

I can help all y'all out.
What you need, hear me out, is to store all this stuff in the basement.
Then one Spring, have the water table rise during a "once in a lifetime" rain event, causing artesian cracks in your basement floor.
Dumpster will be involved.
Along with tears, crying, gnashing of teeth, renting of clothing, general malaise and heartfelt remorse as you throw out so many things.

Now. Recover from that for about 10 years, only to have another "once in a lifetime" rain event. Now all your isht will be in Rubbermaid containers and up on 2x4 but you *will* have relaxed and started storing things on the basement floor again.

That will really, Really, REALLY, **REALLY** help clean the crap out of your house.

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I get the sense that happened to you? At any rate, I solved that issue completely. Our current house has no basement. Saves on Rubbermaid containers.

 

[seatazzz]

Would use a basement but we don't have one, house is on a concrete slab (our development was built in the late 60's as low-income housing). Everything is either on shelves in the garage or in the rafters, or in random rooms in the house. Much of our disposable income over the years has gone to rubbermaid tubs, I have enough to start my own container store. Most of them filled with random things.

Your story reminds me of a Robin Williams bit, about hurricanes in the South. "We're gonna rebuild!!! Just like we did last year during hurricane season!!!" Or something along those lines.

Update: husband is now putting together those chairs. I'm hiding in the garage (not really, I'm always out here). The cussing is getting louder.

 

[balrog]

Would use a basement but we don't have one, house is on a concrete slab (our development was built in the late 60's as low-income housing). Everything is either on shelves in the garage or in the rafters, or in random rooms in the house. Much of our disposable income over the years has gone to rubbermaid tubs, I have enough to start my own container store. Most of them filled with random things.

Your story reminds me of a Robin Williams bit, about hurricanes in the South. "We're gonna rebuild!!! Just like we did last year during hurricane season!!!" Or something along those lines.

Update: husband is now putting together those chairs. I'm hiding in the garage (not really, I'm always out here). The cussing is getting louder.

I've put together things like that.

Usually the worst were years ago, done after midnight, Christmas eve, after a couple bourbons.

 

[doug293cz]

I can help all y'all out.
What you need, hear me out, is to store all this stuff in the basement.
Then one Spring, have the water table rise during a "once in a lifetime" rain event, causing artesian cracks in your basement floor.
Dumpster will be involved.
Along with tears, crying, gnashing of teeth, renting of clothing, general malaise and heartfelt remorse as you throw out so many things.

Now. Recover from that for about 10 years, only to have another "once in a lifetime" rain event. Now all your isht will be in Rubbermaid containers and up on 2x4 but you *will* have relaxed and started storing things on the basement floor again.

That will really, Really, REALLY, **REALLY** help clean the crap out of your house.

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Been there too - dumpster and all. Was out of town when it happened, but the waterline on the basement wall said it got about a foot deep. A FEMA rep saw the dumpster, and stopped to ask if we needed assistance. I said we're ok, because I had seen some of the damage suffered by others that was so much worse.

I get the sense that happened to you? At any rate, I solved that issue completely. Our current house has no basement. Saves on Rubbermaid containers.

Yup, no basement in current house.

Would use a basement but we don't have one, house is on a concrete slab (our development was built in the late 60's as low-income housing). Everything is either on shelves in the garage or in the rafters, or in random rooms in the house. Much of our disposable income over the years has gone to rubbermaid tubs, I have enough to start my own container store. Most of them filled with random things.

I have one or two "Rubbermaid" tubs, but have no idea how many the wife has. Most of hers are either full of seasonal decorations, or gardening stuff.

Brew on

 

[balrog]

I have one or two "Rubbermaid" tubs, but have no idea how many the wife has.

Were one to measure and plot the items in my basement, Mine vs Hers, and vertical distance from the floor, one might possibly find that beer stuff, on average, is higher. Maybe.

 

[Brew_Dude41]

Were one to measure and plot the items in my basement, Mine vs Hers, and vertical distance from the floor, one might possibly find that beer stuff, on average, is higher. Maybe.

Happens that way everywhere in my house. That fact that she is 4-11 and I am 6-1 has absolutely nothing to do with it...

 

[day_trippr]

Same here. I'm 6' 5" and married for 47 years to a "fun size" 5' 2" wife.
All top shelves - everywhere - are mine

Cheers!

 

[balrog]

If having a cup of coffee doesn’t get you going at work in the morning, try deleting a table in the production database.

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[balrog]

Alcohol is likely not very good for longevity.

Tennis apparently is, for both physical, mental and social reasons.
https://www.menshealth.com/health/a...ity-benefits/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Therefore I really *must* keep up brewing and sharing with the tennis mooks.

Simple math.

 

[Skeeter686]

Alcohol is likely not very good for longevity.

I read the articles that appeal to me.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025...-alcohol-is-good-for-your-cholesterol-levels/

 

[balrog]

I've found that I don't doomscroll as much.

Cookscrolling, woodworkscrolling, coversofZepplintuneifplayedinthestyleofDireStraightsscrolling, yes.

 

[Broken Crow]

I've found that I don't doomscroll as much.

Cookscrolling, woodworkscrolling, coversofZepplintuneifplayedinthestyleofDireStraightsscrolling, yes.

I think you need to slow down and replace this:

..with this:

 

[BongoYodeler]

It's weird to think that people who are 5 feet tall are only five Subway sandwiches long.

 

[Brew_Dude41]

It's weird to think that people who are 5 feet tall are only five Subway sandwiches long.

Are they actually 12 inches now? For awhile there you could stack 5 of those bad boys next to Mt 4' 11" wife and she could probably see over them...

 

[BongoYodeler]

Not sure, but in my mind they are. Curious though, did you actually try this with your wife?

 

[Pkrd]

It's weird to think that people who are 5 feet tall are only five Subway sandwiches long.

Subway sandwiches are not a foot long. They are a footlong.

If you find a hair in one it’s a furlong.

 

[Brew_Dude41]

Not sure, but in my mind they are. Curious though, did you actually try this with your wife?

Nope.
Unless she would have happened to be in the shop at the time of purchase, it would have been highly unlikely that one sub was making home intact(if at all).
It is similar to a fanominom that happens when I pick up pizza--one of the corner peices ends up missing by the time it is delivered....

 

[day_trippr]

Ya gots to watch out for those fanominoms. They crazy

 

[Pkrd]

The shape pizza gets home in?

 

[Brew_Dude41]

Ya gots to watch out for those fanominoms. They crazy

When did we start spell checking on the "drunk " thread?

 

[BongoYodeler]

When did we start spell checking on the "drunk " thread?

That's a fair point.

 

[balrog]

Us self professed grammarianistically ocd types are always watching.

 

[Brew_Dude41]

Us self professed grammarianistically ocd types are always watching.

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Then eye r knot inn gud wiff ewe, m eye?

 

[day_trippr]

I thought you were just playin'

 

[Brew_Dude41]

I thought you were just playin'

Nope...
Spell check was more corn-fuzed than eye wuz at that point. If you see a misspelling or grammatical error in my post, it is all me and the machines aren't even smart enough to keep pace with me.
Spelling was never a strong point for me, ever. Add alcohol and it may get just a tad bit worse...

 

[balrog]

I wonder if those folks who pay $300+ for a colon cleanse even know about Taco Bell's $6.99 meal deal

 

[seatazzz]

Every once in a while; I like to do; a semi-colon cleanse; I find it helps with my flow.

 

[Snuffy]

As long as it doesn't involve coffee or vodka I think it could be therapeutic.

 

[firerat]

Also, the spice rack is not just an HGTV kitchen decoration.

Also remember, when the cooking shows say use this much of that, they aren't using the 14 year old spice track you got as a wedding gift. They're using fresh ingredients.

 

[day_trippr]

fwiw, when wanting to use a word you can pronounce but can't remember how to spell, say it to your phone...

Cheers!

 

[balrog]

It was then, sitting in that second year Physics class, that young Balrog decided to study solid state Physics...

 

[day_trippr]

"Don't go towards the light!"

 

[day_trippr]

Due to the evolution of bacteria with respect to our bodies natural defense mechanisms, traveling forward in time could kill you, and traveling back in time could kill everyone

 

[GrogNerd]

phone books delivered the same day as recycling pickup.

how convenient

 

[day_trippr]

hardcopy phone books? How anachronistic!

 

[Broken Crow]

phone books delivered the same day as recycling pickup.

how convenient

hardcopy phone books? How anachronistic!

Heathens!! Not only do they tell you who is still in business, but who's actually serious about staying in business!

 

[LAHammer]

Anybody else enjoy lightning bugs or fireflies or whatever you call them? I think it’s a special spring show!!

 

[day_trippr]

Of course! But that doesn't start until late June/into July up here - where today's high temperature was about 40°F below lower Alabama's

Cheers!