The Dysfunctional-Palooza Obnoxious Masshole BS Thread

[TheDudeLebowski]

Those are the Ent men retreating from the Shire Balrog.

 

[day_trippr]

Riiiight.

I am soo old

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Come on! You're not a true engineering nerd. Tolkien created them around the time of WWIi. They're ancient "tree" people representing the battle against evil, time, progress and nature.

 

[day_trippr]

You're not a true engineering nerd.

My CV and the USPTO strongly suggest otherwise
Anyway, I never got into the "Rings" and that stuff.
My reading for pleasure is more Arthur C. Clarke and his ilk...

Cheers!

 

[balrog]

Unless one conducted an insurrection I believe the word is "reveled"
And wth is ^that^?

Ha, schooled again.

And those are Ents.

All good LOTR fans know that.

 

[balrog]

OK, edit, that's weird. HBT told me I had no new posts, until I posted a reply, at which point 5 new posts were there.
That weren't there before.
Honest.
Yes I'm having a beer after a bike ride, after sawing limbs (I was gonna say logs but at what point does a limb satisfy the criteria for logdom?)

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

My CV and the USPTO strongly suggest otherwise
Anyway, I never got into the "Rings" and that stuff.
My reading for pleasure is more Arthur C. Clarke and his ilk...

Cheers!

Nonetheless you've insulted every mead maker on this forum

 

[balrog]

My freshman year honors astronomy textbook was written by Asimov. Just FYI

 

[day_trippr]

Nonetheless you've insulted every mead maker on this forum

I'm on a roll!
My apologies to meadsters/meadians/meadites/meadicians everywhere...

 

[balrog]

I will say that “rebelled” was autocorrected.

Not drunken typo’d

That’s my story and I’m licking to it.

 

[day_trippr]

I believe you! I get automunged all the time!

 

[balrog]

Hey @paulthenurse , is this you after getting biffed into the woods?

 

[balrog]

You guyz over der in the East are taking this legalized pot way too seriously...

"New 3,000-foot floating boardwalk allows visitors to "walk on water" in Massachusetts"

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/marlboro-massachusetts-floating-boardwalk/

 

[day_trippr]

Cool! I saw a link to that this morning right before we lost power the first time and never got back to it.

I've gone around that lake so many times in my life there's no way to count. Occasionally got lunch next to it. Occasionally took one of my boys to court and back next to it

Always wanted to see if there were fish that could be caught but it's been a "backup reservoir" forever, even now with most of Marlborough on the MDC...

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

This is sad. Think of the old gahden but for college. Built by the same person. Saw many hockey and basketball games there. One of my life regrets was not having the $25 for the student tickets to see Stevie Ray Vaughan there. Also first arena the bruins and celtics played in

 

[day_trippr]

I get it - it's almost like tearing down Fenway. But I have to say it sounds like it's time for Matthews to make room for a superior venue for future college players and their fans. You can bet the alternative isn't to keep playing there, it's to build something somewhere else and then let Matthews molder to an ignominious end...

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

I agree. If you look at the seats it's something you don't see nowadays. Then I remember being behind columns with no views just like Fenway. I'm all for progress. I'm sure if you ask the kids using it today they'd say it's a dump. I still love an old "barn" tho. If you thought the old garden had barn doors.....

I grew up in one of the smallest towns in MA. I remember watching basketball games in there and thinking it wasn't not much a step above.

 

[paulthenurse]

Tripper, I'm surprised you didn't recognize the Ents, since you're so old you got to see them in person

 

[balrog]

Sam Adams in talks to sell to Suntory??!

 

[day_trippr]

Saw that last night. Wonder what the SAM stock holders think of it...
[edit] I think they like the idea?

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SAM/

 

[balrog]

...sooooo...we should see a Sam Adams Sapporo/Asahi Porch Rocker soon?

 

[balrog]

Saw that last night. Wonder what the SAM stock holders think of it...
[edit] I think they like the idea?

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SAM/

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And possibly Dogfish Head?

https://www.delawareonline.com/stor...treet-journal-rumors-boston-beer/73974926007/

 

[day_trippr]

BB did the DFH deal awhile ago, so they're both under the same corporate umbrella.
I can't imagine them being split now...

[edit] It's looking more and more like corporate kite flying going on.

Cheers!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Clearly someone is profiting from the rumors, but it ain’t me.

 

[balrog]

it ain’t me

"I ain't no fortunate one, no"

 

[paulthenurse]

Have any of you been following this Karen Reed trial? I haven't but wonder how they can try and convict both a former president and son of a president in less time than this trial is taking.

 

[balrog]

I really haven't.

 

[day_trippr]

Ignoring it as much as possible considering it's everywhere...

 

[paulthenurse]

Happy Fathers Day, lads.

 

[smurfjuicebrew]

 

[balrog]

 

[balrog]

Having tired of getting biffed into the ditch stateside, Mrs Rog and I are currently testing the biffing prowess of drivers in the Italian Tuscany countryside for a week. Pray for my abandoned English bitter currently finishing up in the basement as Mother Nature turns up the heat to Satans gizzard levels.

 

[balrog]

Ps, seems Mother Nature is not allowing me to escape heat. We’re biking up a volcanic plug to Orvieto and it’s a-gonna be 105F. Yeesh.

 

[SkyPilot]

Saw that last night. Wonder what the SAM stock holders think of it...
[edit] I think they like the idea?

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SAM/

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Late to the party I know but..
I for one own it cuz I grew up there and got my shares as a gift when they first opened. If I was really worried about ROI I would have sold years ago. Kinda like my Celtic’s stock I guess.

 

[day_trippr]

Holy cow! 90-something and humid AF out there, I had to find and repair a cut anchor light ground wire on my boat and was only outside for 40 minutes but my shirt and shorts were totally soaked in that short time. Nasty!

 

[smurfjuicebrew]

Sweating beer, that's all ...

 

[day_trippr]

Things could get interesting here soon

 

[homebeerbrewer]

It’s way too hot out there for me, but the f’n groundhog is enjoying it while feasting on my garden.

I need a fence.

 

[day_trippr]

Front ran out of energy a minute after it passed over my house. Nice calm rain following, good for everything trying to stay green while being roasted the last few days...

Cheers!

 

[homebeerbrewer]

I had a strong downpour for about a minute. Not enough for the garden, but I water it daily. I’m losing hope again this year for the garden. About half has been chewed on by that f’n ground hog. Most will survive if it’s left alone, but I don’t think it will leave it alone.

Maybe this will be what happens to the groundhog.