The Dysfunctional-Palooza Obnoxious Masshole BS Thread

[paulthenurse]

Good f'ing God!

F'ing MEAT GRINDERS?????????

Cranberries go in the pot. Water and sugar. Low heat. A little bit of time.

That's it.

 

[day_trippr]

Yeah, ground cranberries is a new one on me. Seems unnecessary.
The wife makes "whole berry" sauce in a brisk simmer with sugar, some orange zest, and some Grand Marnier added at the end...

Cheers!

 

[milw]

I’m in the ‘boil in sugar water til they pop’ camp but I had to try fermenting some in a honey/orange juice mix. The ones I cut in half are working really nicely, but ones I tried popping like bubblewrap (thumb and forefinger, more painful than building Lego) didn’t really take off until I dumped them all in the blender and gave it some pulses. Not sure in the end which will taste better…

 

[balrog]

I do so enjoy providing comic fodder to this place with my naivete

 

[Melana]

No cannons. No fireworks. No ice cream. Kind of anticlimactic

On the other hand we're all still here flipping the bird at an early death.
So there's that.

Why are we flipping 'The Bird? He seems like a nice guy. I am also willing to bet that none of us could catch the bastid.

 

[paulthenurse]

I bloody well couldn't on a good day.

Unfortunately I've been having some less than stellar days lately. I had a terrible chest cold a few weeks ago with a wicked cough and developed severe shortness of breath with any activity at all. (I planted a bush in a corner of the garden and was panting so bad halfway through digging the hole I thought I was going to pass out.)
Did a CT scan the next day and it turns out I have significant and extensive blood clots in all my major pulmonary arteries. Did an US the next day and my veins below my knees are totally clotted up.

43 lab tests , CT scans, ultrasounds and a few specialty consults later and everything is normal. I'm the healthiest MF'er I know (admittedly a bit too well padded). The only finding at all was it seems my chest cold was COVID (despite a negative test).

Not dead yet, if I were going to croak from this I probably would have done so already. But pretty passed off about getting my ass kicked by by this f'ing thing. Meds are working, I can climb the stairs to the bathroom without having to stop and pant halfway up.

Yeager is asking if he can have my brew rig, the A-hole.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Hang in there Paulie. Good thing you went in to get it checked out. Hope you get back to your normal self

 

[day_trippr]

Holy cow, Paul! Not the kind of excitement one wants to read about here!
Get well quickest!

 

[balrog]

Get well, @paulthenurse ; you know you're the glue that holds this thread together.
Or the chewing gum stuck to the soles of our conversations.
Or something.

 

[day_trippr]

I'd going with "white paste". The kind we ate in kindergarten

 

[homebeerbrewer]

Oh, that's what happened to Paul. He ate too much glue. I thought his mom dropped him on his head when he was a baby. The glue seems like a better explanation.

 

[paulthenurse]

Ya. What he^^^^^said

Wait.... What?

 

[day_trippr]

How ya doin' Paul? Better I hope!
All kinds of bugs starting to fly in the Northeast. I'm just hoping we can pull off our family Thanksgiving get together next week...

Cheers!

 

[balrog]

Anybody else getting sick and tired of the "Let us give you a free home energy audit" calls.

On the plus side, I think it's just all the "Your car's extended warranty has expired" folks switching gears.

Bah Humbug.

 

[day_trippr]

My 2017 Durango 7y/100k warranty expires two days after Christmas. So far apparently only whomever owns Stellantis knows, so I've only gotten a couple of mailings and emails to date. I'm sure I'll be red meat to the extended warranty sales world come the new year

Of course, I c o u l d trade her in...and let that whole thing be someone else's problem...

Cheers!

 

[Dland]

Yeah, but how much would "upgrade" cost? Driving a durango, so I'm assuming you don't need a glamor car/truck. Understood, vehicles are just appliances, especially these days.

Would you buy another durango?

Never had a new vehicle yet, and as tempting as it might be, I'd be afraid I could not meaningfully work on it, as most systems become dependent on black box parameters outside of my ken. Mechanincing on old machines and not making payments on stuff are two of my sparse strong points, hate to give up any established or perceived advantage.

As it is, we have 7 "cons" plates and 5 "pans" and 3 "trns" registered in yard. Too many; fees, maintenance, inspections,,,etc. But there is always something to drive.

(On reggo (Hey I been to AU) .., in Mass, con is commercial, pan is passenger and trn is of course trailer. )

I apologize if I ramble, am trying to get better at typing w/o looking at keyboard.

 

[day_trippr]

Would you buy another durango?

Absolutely! Designed by Mercedes based on their ML350 platform, it handles amazingly well for an SUV, and the "Hemi"(ish) engine makes it scoot hella quick. They really put some effort in - even put the battery behind the front seats for that much better front/rear balance - and it will automagically equalize the suspension when I drop my boat trailer on the hitch. And the interior creature comforts are stellar.

But...like pretty much everything with a motor and wheels these days, it's become quite expensive. To get one outfitted like my '17 R/T would list at almost $59K, roughly $17K more than I paid for the '17. That's highly demotivating, especially as I only have 74,000 miles on mine - it's just broken in!

Cheers!

 

[balrog]

Well, Happy Prep Day, folks.
Hope TDay goes well for all y'all and all yours'all tomorrow.
I'll be doing the Mass Pike Parking Lot Dance today, but only as far as Woostah to pick up my oldest Balroglet on the commuter rail. And once the BIL + fam arrive, I'll likely be busy. You know, yelling at the nephews to help, starting arguments with Mrs 'Rog; typical stuff.
Happy Gobble Gobble.

 

[day_trippr]

Yes indeed, here's to a happy "Day Before Thanksgiving" to all. Though that may be a big ask.
Been laying low here anticipating The Spousal Unit's hair actually catching on fire any moment now

Cheers!

 

[paulthenurse]

HTD-1. Hope you all eat your fill of turkey tomorrow and blame the 'L-tryptophan laden' wives tale for your afternoon nap on the couch. Everyone knows its the gravy that makes you sleepy.

Not dead yet.

 

[Melana]

Somehow I ended up with a 30lb bird and we aren't hosting this year so I parted it out and it's in the freezer. I did throw together three loaves worth of sourdough dough for an early morning bake. I love/hate the holidays.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

 

[Dland]

Have a good one and don't stress out on the prep, remember, it is only food.

Made cranberry sauce and cooked yams last night, pulled a home grown chicken from freezer & last of garden green beans. I guess I'll make some stuffing and pie as well.

Just me and my allegedly grown daughter here for this one.
Not sure why I bother, the kid will probably take the food to her room & eat while chatting with friend on phone.

Going to brew a batch of pilsner today as well, I guess, & take advantage of the relatively nice weather.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I‘m all caught up now, geez @paulthenurse I’m glad you’re still here, and your body cleared those blood clots.

May all of you have an enjoyable day, your turkey be juicy and your beers be delicious and to make the day great help or get help with the dishes!

 

[balrog]

Had nice day, nice visit, nobody dead, relaxing the day after. (HB Honkers Ale clone)

 

[paulthenurse]

I know this is the wrong thread but WTF is going on with the Pats?

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

They got beat by Marchand last night

 

[day_trippr]

How 'bout that Marchand?

Patriots are gunning for first draft pick, apparently...

 

[balrog]

 

[day_trippr]

I'm ok with that

 

[homebeerbrewer]

My only New Years resolution is to not make any resolutions. I already broke it.