Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[beans-on-toast]

Curious how I associate Miami with skunked Heineken. Could have something to do with drinking skunked Heineken in Miami. And because of that, there's a compartment in my brain that says Miami = skunked beer.

They usually hold back the skunked beer till you’ve had a few.

When I worked in a factory, we got paid every Friday so we’d go to the bank to cash our cheque’s and have lunch in the tavern next door. Taverns next to banks used to be common. I bought a quart bottle of beer to go with my Fish&Chips (it was Friday and everyone got the fish special). I got to the bottom and found a HUGE dead cockroach floating. I wanted my money back but they gave me a new bottle. Of course, being a kid I felt compelled to down it. Driving the fork lift truck loading semi’s that afternoon required some extra care. These days, you’d get fired.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Lemonade stands across the street from daily newspapers were also common. One of these lemonade stands in particular stands out in my memory. It is/was (?) right out the back door and across the street from a major metro daily paper. What makes it just a little different from neighboring lemonade stands are the women of negotiable affection from the highly reputable business upstairs.

Of course newspapering was a blue collar profession for the longest time, and ... imagination will need to suffice.

 

[beans-on-toast]

I always thought that reporter’s offices had to be in nearby watering holes. Informants (prossies) would never want to be seen going into the paper.

 

[GonePlaid]

Curious how I associate Miami with skunked Heineken. Could have something to do with drinking skunked Heineken in Miami. And because of that, there's a compartment in my brain that says Miami = skunked beer.

Won't dispute that. Funky Buddha's in Ft. Lauderdale, though.

 

[GonePlaid]

It’s apparently important to keep hoarded bottled beer out of the sunlight so it doesn’t go skunky.

The only light these have seen since purchase is when I open the fridge(not SVT).

 

[GwenOnBass]

Red Stripe skunks the worst.

 

[GonePlaid]

Red Stripe skunks the worst.

My folks had a nurse from Jamaica. She brought me Red Stripe. I had one.

 

[Passinwind]

I'm not knocking your choice of drink but I wonder if anyone makes or drinks beer flavored beer anymore?

Of course. It's a hipster thing:

 

[bobyoung53]

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You have to be insane to have a hobby like that.

 

[bobyoung53]

Very cool! I acted in around 15 productions over several years, including a few musicals. I think Music Man was my favorite, if for no other reason than I convinced the director to let us march the 76 Trombones finale through the audience, like in the movie. He agreed. It was a big hit! Of course, the aisles in our 700-seat theater weren't street width, but it was a blast anyway. This is a sort of just kidding statement, but my favorite non-musical was Death Of A Salesman. I had the stage to myself a lot of the show. I was in no position to judge, but at least the opening night reviews didn't kill the remaining shows.

I'll have to watch that. I love marching band music, Sousa etc, probably from my trumpet and Baritone horn playing when I was a kid.

 

[Jeff Scott]

You have to be insane to have a hobby like that.

Does that qualify as a hobby?

 

[bobyoung53]

Does that qualify as a hobby?

Being insane? It does for me. Except I'm not THAT insane.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Covid, an indirectly STD.

No face-to-face sex to stay Covid safe, charity says

 

[GonePlaid]

Finally, an advantage to being alone.

 

[G-Dog]

The only time I've ever taken to the stage ad an adult is with my bass. Uncertain what that says. Uncertain if the word "adult" is appropriate, either

Not sure I've ever taken any stage as an adult, either. Though it was evil high school companions got me into play acting for a lark and my last thespian pursuit was a contemporary Christmas play a couple years ago, with musicals, comedy and drama at various ages in between. But I always approach them all quite like my musical performances, first for my fun, then the entertainment of the audience. But, adult stuff like responsibility and accountability aren't (consciously) involved!
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[GonePlaid]

Covid, an indirectly STD.

No face-to-face sex to stay Covid safe, charity says


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The end of foreplay?

 

[Polish Thunder]

When I use to regularly donate blood, one of the standardized questions asked was "Have you ever paid for sex?

My typical response was always "Does dinner and a movie count?"

BTW, I have been married long enough that I do not look both ways before I cross the street....

 

[Deleted member 268085]

Narrowly missed a discussion on Blatz in another thread just days ago. No, I never drank Blatz.

Oh, yeah. Drank me some Blatz back in the day. And Falstaff (lovingly referred to as "Fallflat"). And Old Style (lovingly referred to as "Old Stool"). And Hamm's. And Olympia. And others I've forgotten.

In the 60s, before the days of microbrews. But they were all (mostly) 30-day beers. And then Budweiser went to a 21-day production cycle. And then around 1975, Bud went to a 14-day brewing cycle. And that's when American macrobrews went to hell. I'd just gotten back from a tour in Germany, where I'd gotten used to all of those wonderful German draft beers, and bought a 6-pack of Bud. Tasted horrible. Thought it was bad. Took it back. Learned the news about the change in the brewing cycle.

I wound up buying imported beers for many years...until the dawn of the microbrew revolution!

And now? Almost all U.S. macrobrews are 7-day beers. I pee stronger than that.

I don't know if Coors is still a 10-day beer, but I do know they got caught after buying the Stroh's bottling plant in Memphis (?) and training it in tanker cars from Golden. The fraud? They put the beer in the tankers after 8 days and claimed that the 2 days in transit made up the 10. BUSTED! At least I got a tour of the plant before they got caught. That plant was their main bottling plant for Zima.

Here in Flagstaff (about 75K peeps), we have 7 or 8 microbreweries. And some outstanding IPAs. If you ever get a chance, try Tower Station IPA from Mother Road Brewing. They even make a dry-hopped version available draft-only at the brewery.

Sadly, I lost the ability to metabolize alcohol 3 summers ago. Geez, I sure do miss the occasional Tower Station.

And if you ever get a chance to visit Flagstaff, you MUST try the Pie Hole Porter from Historic Brewing. It's made with Madagascar vanilla. That's important for a number of reasons. One, nothing else tastes like it. Two, it's gone up 10x in price. Three, the brewers attempted to replace it, but all other options ruined the taste. Four, they're now losing money on every pint they sell. Five, the owners, especially the lead beatch, are unbearable, and belong down in the valley.

So, #6. We have a saying in town (well, those of us with a shared opinion of the owners).

Buy Pie Hole Porter! Helping them go broke one pint at a time!

 

[Deleted member 268085]

The end of foreplay?

Rats. There go all of my hopes for ever opening for a band someone's heard of.

 

[beans-on-toast]

The end of foreplay?

Just watch some baseball.