The Dysfunctional-Palooza Obnoxious Masshole BS Thread

[paulthenurse]

Renting a crane costs money. Did the Pharoes rent a crane? F that.. I've got disposabe expendable staff...aka me.

 

[smurfjuicebrew]

I believe the extra terrestrials built the Giza homestead.

 

[Dland]

I believe anyone anyone without commercial grade machinery and hydraulics is a "homeowner". Not that that is a bad thing.

There are also many ways to move around heavy objects without said machinery, and have to admit is cool, I remember working with an old boat mover & we moved some rather large & heavy old wooden boats with some planks, rollers, big old Simplex house jacks. That was a long time ago, and the old guy I was working for may no longer be with us. I was 18 and he was probably in his 50's or 60's. I always thought he was moving too slow, but now I understand.

Anyway, as usual for this time of night, I digress...but my point being; if one is willing to spend the time to work things out, gettign right tackle together, and then move slowly while implementing plan, one can indeed move heavy things without a too much manual labor or expensive gear. But one does need to remember to take it slow & pay attention.

 

[balrog]

if one is willing to spend the time to work things out, gettign right tackle together, and then move slowly

Triple "AMEN, Brother"

Remember that while speed kills, gravity is the law you must obey.

 

[Melana]

Hey Paulie, did the Smurf help?

 

[smurfjuicebrew]

No, sad to say that would have killed me.

 

[paulthenurse]

Moving anything other than slowly isn't in the cards.

 

[balrog]

OK. Let's see. To do list: Water yard.

Check

 

[smurfjuicebrew]

Happy Memorial Day weakend boyz n' girls ...

 

[paulthenurse]

On a duck boat today where the guy talked about the bar across from The Grainary Burial Ground where you can drink a cold Sam Adams while gazing across the street at a cold Sam Adams.
I laughed out loud. The tourins from Iowa looked askance at me.

 

[Dland]

Yeah, the tourins, and especially the fresh burgeoning new batch of " I'm an islander now, cause I just gout a house here" dinks look at me askance all the time. 'Eff um, they are on the way to make it unbearable to live here, least I can do is make sure the red carpet has some moss growing in it, so to speak.

 

[day_trippr]

Surprised. You could've done your own tour?

[edit] I am remotoring my bowrider going from a '95 v4 2 cycle 90hp to a brand new i4 4 cycle 115hp. Hoping to wet test in a couple weeks...

 

[Dland]

No tours from me, I may like people individually, but in general find the heard repulsive. Mostly I deal with property owners, which I guess are not tourists, but often just as clueless. At least the real trourixts leave after a bit. This new class on real estate pimps and on line commuters look like they are here to stay. Things have been changing for the worse here, a lot, and last few years on covid really sped it up.

About time you upgraded to 4 cycle, congrats. You'll not regret it, especially when wind coming from aft of the fantail, as it were.

 

[day_trippr]

I don't update things readily, preferring the "I can fix that" approach, often to the consternation of the Spousal Unit

But the ol' Johnson needed to be retired, as Spring startups were getting tougher each year, and nobody wants to work on motors that old as they tend to be bolt-snapping fiascos...

Cheers!

 

[balrog]

especially the fresh burgeoning new batch of " I'm an islander now, cause I just gout a house here" dinks

Fargin Covid screwed up a lot of retirement ideas with respect to the housing market in New England. I may have to move into the luxury behemoth timber framed goliath brew shed that @paulthenurse is building for us.

 

[Dland]

I don't update things readily, preferring the "I can fix that" approach, often to the consternation of the Spousal Unit

But the ol' Johnson needed to be retired, as Spring startups were getting tougher each year, and nobody wants to work on motors that old as they tend to be bolt-snapping fiascos...

Cheers!

An OMC that old, heck I'd refuse to touch a bolt unless whole thing had been soaking in a barrel of penetrating oil for a month...haha.

I'm likley practically a luddite compared to you, tech wise, yet I've inversted over $8K on battery powered yard care implements, even though I've still got good 2 cycle versions of same tools.. Yet vehicle fleet averages over 30 years, cause I actually willing to work on those. I sometimes have to work on the 2C motors, but will only do it if absolutley necessary. Life is just too short for that.

 

[Dland]

Fargin Covid screwed up a lot of retirement ideas with respect to the housing market in New England. I may have to move into the luxury behemoth timber framed goliath brew shed that @paulthenurse is building for us.

Yeah, and I got realators sending unsoliceted letters telling me my place would sell for 1.5 million right now. But this is my home for most of life, & I don't have a vision of where I would go. As the place gets suckier, there is a little voice that says, "maybe get out of here while you can". Except I'm not particularly wealthy, and have no illusions about how far my assets would go if I wanted to relocate and have even same facilities, house and infrastructure wise.

 

[Tipsy McStagger]

I say stay put.You won't be happy anyplace else.It's you're home and you would miss it if you left.The world sucks everywhere but maybe a little less on MV.

 

[balrog]

I say stay put.You won't be happy anyplace else.It's you're home and you would miss it if you left.The world sucks everywhere but maybe a little less on MV.

Plus, Back Door Donuts.

 

[Dland]

I say stay put.You won't be happy anyplace else.It's you're home and you would miss it if you left.The world sucks everywhere but maybe a little less on MV.

I nominate you for the next chamber of commerce ad campaign: MV, maybe a little less tishy than where you are now.

If I were to go anywhere, it would be way rural, and I could not have much expectation of much of an income.

Plus, Back Door Donuts.

That's down town in OB, I believe. I try and stay out of there, since they changed the traffic pattern, it is all pretty much sidewalks, with fat 'ristas standing around in them, and a summer cop on every corner guarding them.

Lost my appatite for doughnuts anyway, back when I worked the solo night shift making doughnuts for the Black Dog bakery. Hard to believe, but that was over 40 years ago, still can't look a doughnut the same way. Place was nice back then though, esp in winter, it was deserted, w very few jobs off season, hence the string of wonderful near-min wage jobs I had back then.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Face it. The good old times of John Belushi are gone.

 

[Homebrew Harry]

 

[Dland]

Them coke head celebs, yeah and they all were back then, to one degree or the other, coke heads that is, unless they were doing H, (or both) (like at time of death, shout out to JB). Did not help this place much, but at least they were sort of real.. then the politicians,... what great fun....

So friggin "good for the economy". Next time someone says, ".......... will be really good, create jobs" deserves to get hit with a dead chicken, rubber or otherwise. The demand for workforce is so high, off island contractors w gangs of "illegals" doing a lot of the jobs. Some of these people are hard working. So I feel for them that they are kept in indentured situations here...15- 20 in garages with mattresses.

Place is above sustainable level of population for basics like freshwater & somewhere to put all the isht coming all "our new guest's" behinds.
But in that way, it is just like the rest of the world.....later friends.

btw, did not change font intentoinally, waht key did I hit? & how to go back, some of you screen wizards should know...

 

[day_trippr]

I'm guessing you hit ctrl-B accidently...probably with the word "But"...

 

[Homebrew Harry]

Them coke head celebs, yeah and they all were back then, to one degree or the other, coke heads that is, unless they were doing H, (or both) (like at time of death, shout out to JB). Did not help this place much, but at least they were sort of real.. then the politicians,... what great fun....

So friggin "good for the economy". Next time someone says, ".......... will be really good, create jobs" deserves to get hit with a dead chicken, rubber or otherwise. The demand for workforce is so high, off island contractors w gangs of "illegals" doing a lot of the jobs. Some of these people are hard working. So I feel for them that they are kept in indentured situations here...15- 20 in garages with mattresses.

Place is above sustainable level of population for basics like freshwater & somewhere to put all the isht coming all "our new guest's" behinds.
But in that way, it is just like the rest of the world.....later friends.

btw, did not change font intentoinally, waht key did I hit? & how to go back, some of you screen wizards should know...

+1on the dead chicken flogging

 

[Docod44]

Can't believe I just found this thread. I'm a CT native but I had a moment of clarity and moved to Boston 10 years ago. I'm now raising my son here and hoping to get a brew-day assistant once he can walk.

 

[day_trippr]

Welcome to our den of iniquity

 

[smurfjuicebrew]

Wait till the nurse catches this ...

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Yeah, and I got realators sending unsoliceted letters telling me my place would sell for 1.5 million right now. But this is my home for most of life, & I don't have a vision of where I would go. As the place gets suckier, there is a little voice that says, "maybe get out of here while you can". Except I'm not particularly wealthy, and have no illusions about how far my assets would go if I wanted to relocate and have even same facilities, house and infrastructure wise.

It’s the dork…

 

[paulthenurse]

Wait till the nurse catches this ...

Why would I bust him? He didn't come in here telling us he was God's Other Son Who Taught Us To Brew, or spouting posts that read like he's alone in a thatched roofed hut on an overtoutisted island and dead drink ( just pulling your chain D) or just being a totally obnoxious douchenozzle like HeWhoShallNotBeNamed.

Welcome DodoBird, we're f'tards but we're fun.