Well, by now, the cool kids know this is where they can get a preview of the next week’s post lineup here at Glibertarians.com. Think of this as a glib TV Guide. Don’t forget to set your VCR so you don’t miss any important articles. Or, better yet, just tune in all day every day! We need that sweet, sweet ad revenue.
Yeah, yeah, get on with it so we can get to the Open Post!
First up, we’ve got the weekly astrological skinny from Not Adahn, then Web Dom gives us an easy and cheap vegan recipe. Monday, Gadianton is back with more inside info on what The Church believes and DblEagle has a harrowing/exhilarating libertarian activity suggestion for you.
Tuesday is Election Day here in the US. There might be a topical midday post from SugarFree (no pressure, dude), but there will definitely be a political post from CPRM in the evening. Wednesday, we are hoping for even more SugarFree, although after the great run of double bills in October, he might be too burned out. But there will certainly be a GlibFit post from Mr and Mrs trshmnstr (yes, you are running out of time!), and my regular weekly poll returns Wednesday evening.
Thursday, we’ve got an all Kitbash day! UnCivilServant takes the midday spot, and Yusef Drives a Kia is back with a new project in the evening. Friday, PieInTheSky takes us to a summer lunch in Romania, while Saturday, mexican sharpshooter returns with another review/not review.
Along the way, you can expect Daily Links to ignore from Sloopy, Brett L, OMWC, and most likely the blockhead and the SMITH family.
Want to contribute an article? Go find out how YOU can be added to the Contributing Writers page. We sincerely appreciate each and every community member who takes the time to write for the rest of us, even those of you who still have something languishing in draft stage. 😉
Future programming note: on Sunday, November 18, there will be a(n American) Thanksgiving food post in the regular food spot at 1400. If you’ve got a special recipe you’d like to include, send it along to me: sp@ this website. I’ll be formatting each of them so they can be downloaded in pdf format for your cooking pleasure.
Public Service Announcement: If you live in one of the numerous retarded locations that mess around with the damn clocks, set the stupid clock back an hour and gain an hour of extra sleep tonight. Or an extra hour for drinking and snarking on Glibs. Your choice.
And now…drumroll, please…enjoy everyone’s favorite…SATURDAY NIGHT OPEN POST!
Comments
359 responses to “Saturday Night Open Post & Coming Attractions”
Open posts!
First!
There’s been some really good Glibby articles lately. Good stuff.
W/e
You’re gay and all your shit’s retarded
Jealousy is such an ugly emotion.
The only emotion you have is sobbing uncontrollably after beating-off to re-runs of Emergency! on MeTV
You bastard! You’ve hacked my security system.
Sick burn, Tres! I larfed.
I can hear him already, approaching climax, and screaming “RAMPART! RAMPART! WAS IT THE RINGER’S OR D5W?”
First Responder…RESPONDINGGGGGG! *cue theme song*
Hawt.
Randolph Mantooth!
Special guest star Swoozie Kurtz!
I did watch the show when I was a kid. As I got older what struck me was, “damn, Randolph Mantooth is stoned to the gills”.
That may be the Dennis Miller of insults.
Hit that mother-fki’n (tOSU nearly lost again) THEME MUSIC !
Would would would would
The drummer gets a “would-wood”1
Cute, but I prefer this rockin’ hottie.
Also, Shirley
And Kim.
And Juliana
Can’t forget Louise and Nina!
Babes In Toyland
Minneapolis made.
Jasper crimony! Did the wife give you blueballs tonight or something? Also, you posted that video of a snowbike going downhill with no mention of two dollars? You’re slipping.
Love that song. Liiiiiiiarrr!
Tres started it!
And yes, I’m slipping. That didn’t even occur to me until now.
Sad!
Man, you are sooo 90’s, Hot Chick Band that isn’t collecting Social Security.
Fun fact for Tundra. I went to summer camp with Nina. Her brother Jim was in my bunk.
No love for Kay?
Man, you are sooo 90’s, Hot Chick Band that isn’t collecting Social Security.
Well…Don’t I look like an ass. Sorry about that.
Her brother Jim was in my bunk.
Hey man, I don’t judge!
Nina aged very, very well!
And, more recently, Samantha – someone else described her as “not pretty, but she sure is hot” (which is even more apparent live)
No love for Kay?
Whoops! My bad.
Excellent addition.
Kay remained (remains?) in the Boston area for many years and you could regularly find her playing pool in the Fenway area (Boston Billiard Club, R.I.P.).
She was/is a really nice and cool person.
You forgot Kay
Crap. Slumbrew anticipated my objection.
You are forgiven, BP, since you have great taste.
Not a hot chick from the 90’s, but it came up in the YouTube sidebar and it’s a jam, plus I saw God Lives Underwater open for them at The Paradise:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDkhl-CgETg
I’m now down a Portishead rabbit hole – my god, what a show this must have been.
I’ve seen it before, but this Zero 7 live performance (before Sia went nuts) is great.
I wasn’t all just studio magic.
Love Garbage.
Damned if she isn’t the spitting image of a girl from high school. Same red hair and facial features. Fern was a year ahead of us. We called her “Fernace”!
All good calls but you forgot Sean.
https://youtu.be/E0E0ynyIUsg
even those of you who still have something languishing in draft stage.
You even want to see those?
I moved one, sheesh mom, I can leave some stuff at home after I move out.
That waterbed won’t make it’s own notches, Son.
Beef stew and dumplings tonight! Also found out that my late Father’s estate is exactly $205 recovered from his wallet. Papa was a rollin’ stone…
Sorry to hear. You made me think about some things that I didn’t want to, but I need to.
It’s alright. We’d been estranged for years but knowing that he died with nothing, nothing at all has been a gut-check. Valedictorian of his High School, first in his class at the Naval Academy, all-round athlete, entrepreneur, skilled salesman, tree-faller and herder of cats. Something broke in him and he just gave up which sounds mighty familiar to this cowboy.
One of the things that I like, nay, love about this place is that we can speak semi-anonymously, HONESTLY, about what we are feeling.
After you mentioned the car accident, it actually sparked a very important conversation between my wife and I.
She’s very estranged from her mother, and for good reason. Totally incommunicado for 2 years now. She’s happier for it.
But, as she and I discussed last week, she thinks she might be devastated when she finds out her mom died and she didn’t reach out. But she won’t reach out.
So, I’m not saying I got any answers out of this, but I think I learned to ask the right questions.
Point being…. I appreciate your sharing. I know it’s a rough time for you, but by sharing your feelings, you’re not just helping yourself. You’re helping me. THANK YOU.
Right back at you! This place lets me forget about my shitty job and the poor decisions that led to where I am. I’m a bridge-burner so I don’t really have any long term friendships left. This place fills some of that void and for that I am truly grateful,.
Phrasing!
Or is it?
Or did I?
At least you stick around to burn bridges. I just move on and forget the bridges that were there.
Reach out. You don’t have to become close but mending the breech gives you a LOT of peace when they pass away. I made my peace with my mother a bit over a year before she died and I am really glad I did.
My mother-in-law had a falling out with her parents (mostly with her mom) and didn’t talk to them for maybe 6-8 years. They finally reconciled enough to at least be on speaking terms. About a month later her mom was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and she died within the year. She’s really glad that they reconciled when they did, and she’s now pretty close to her dad.
Not really advice to anyone since every family is different, just a data point.
My family fought over my mom’s estate* and my grandmother’s.
I am not very close with my family.
*To be fair, it was a nice double-wide
Been there
My mom’s family (except for one sister) threatened to kill her if she ever showed her face in PA again due to disagreements about my grandmother’s inheritance.
A friend of mine describes his brother as, “I don’t have a brother. I have an asshole that sued me over our dad’s estate.”
My parents had a talk with me and my sister at a family dinner a couple years ago. She’s in charge of pulling the plug, I’m in charge of managing the estate when they pass. It probably isn’t happening soon (no high risks that I’ve heard of, and they’re both under 80), but I appreciate that they planned this stuff out.
Same. I’m primary trustee, she’s lead on the medical directive. We’ve seen too many horror stories in our larger family to just hope for the best.
I was the executor of my parents’ estate, but then after they moved to North Carolina they switched it to my younger brother as he lives in North Carolina. My sister has the power of attorney for medical “stuff”. I’m not sure that my older brother has anything.
My parents saw the shitshow that happened when certain other relatives died (one far too early… my mom’s brother died of a heart attack at age 60 and had no will. His parents, my grandparents, buried him.). So, they made sure their affairs were in order.
My dad put me in charge of pulling the plug because he knows I’ll do it, unlike my sisters/stepsisters/possibly my brother who will get all weepy and sentimental about it.
My dad’s parents had so much weird stuff that could *potentially* have caused a lot of hassle during a will-reading that they divvied it all out about 5+ years ago before my grandfather died (my grandmothers still kinda alive in a home, but pretty much out of it now).
We had the whole family there for Thanksgiving or something and we each wrote down certain heirloom type things that we were interested in – then we went around (not quite white elephant style) in order from oldest to youngest including grandkids taking turns and naming items. There were a few that weren’t really options for the younger folks and a few others that have changed hands since then due to space issues, etc – but it kept things pretty amenable and on the up and up as far as I can tell.
When my dad’s mom died, I only wanted one thing from the house. It was gone before I got there. I’m guessing whoever took it subsequently threw it out. When her brother died there were 3 things I wanted from his house, one of them were gone before I got there, I got the other two; but my sister broke one of them…
There is one thing in my parent’s house that has a deep meaning to me, and I doubt my sister would fight me for it at all. If she did, I doubt she would continue fighting after I spoke about it. Hell, I could probably get it from the parents now if I was willing to admit how much I liked it when I was a kid.
When my dad died, my mother gave away all of his tools in some sort of weird impulse.
It really pissed me off, since some of those were _his_ father’s tools. I’m left with a single, tiny clamp.
I’m not actively mad any more but it’s still one of those “what the fuck is wrong with you?” data points I have with my mother.
I almost lost my shit when my mom came to help me clean my house a few years after my dad died and her boyfriend came with her. He not only took a toolbox off my porch that was from my grandfather, but had some of my father’s tools in it. But he thought because it was rusty and on the porch it was scrap.
yo…Ive been in some dope AF 2X-wide. Some ill shit now.
Yeah, it was a lot nicer than all of the houses or apartments I lived in growing up. Which made me happy for my mom and stepfather that they got to enjoy it for the last four or five years.
My parent’s original retirement home was a pretty nice double wide.
They replaced it with a pre-fab house which is also pretty nice.
Did it have like four different satellite dishes? Those are the fancy ones! (he said while typing from a “manufactured home”)
I’ve heard a lot of the same story. We followed my parents lead. Anyone who contests the will is removed from the will.
Sorry 🙁
Sorry.
You know, I get motivated by deadlines, perhaps if there seems to be a dead space in say the Saturday afternoon area I could be motivated to fill that void if asked nicely. (phrasing!)
I am stuffed. A bowl of pork stew and toasted bread with a bottle of New Holland “Dragon’s Milk”. I’m 3/4 drunk and Boise doesn’t kick off for another hour.
Do you know what’s up with the blue field? I’ve always wondered, but never been motivated to actually look into it.
Here’s a good article on the Blue.
https://www.coloradoan.com/story/sports/csu/football/2016/12/21/story-behind-boise-states-blue-football-field/95712824/
Fuckin assholes.
I could understand blue turf being a trademark, but not any color other than green.
Yeah, dick move.
Awesome. I have a crock pot full of tomato meat sauce. Gonna go for a little nighttime jog and then chow down on that along with the magnum of Pinot Grigio.
Hey! You learned the name of the beer! 🙂
If you ever get the chance, some of the Special Reserve Dragon’s Milk are really good.
I’ll look for it. I just recently started enjoying stouts and this is a good one.
Well, there’s several different flavors the current one I haven’t had. But I’ve had the chili pepper, coffee & chocolate, s’mores, and raspberry variants and enjoyed all of them, but there’s a lot I haven’t tried.
Marinated sirloins on the grill, fake mashed potatoes, and steamed broccoli.
And a shit-ton of crappy light beer.
“fake mashed potatoes”
I won’t ask.
I dumped on fake mash a while ago but I’ve reconsidered. They are damn useful.
they have their place, so long as you’re not buying into the “its just as good as potatoes!” bullshit.
Its not.
Quick and easy and they make a damn good filler for leftover taco meat. Layer corn chips on the bottom in a casserole dish, leftover taco stuff, frozen corn, a hefty amount of piquante sauce, fake spuds and generous amount of cheese of your own desire. Bake until the cheese says “Eat me!” Tasty and rib-sticking!
its riced cauliflower, whipped into a frenzy with cream, butter, and a ton of garlic. It barely passes as an ersatz mashed potato, but its a great way to eat cauliflower.
Oh man, you mean really fake potatoes. ?
not just fake, but actual fake-fake
Oh I thought you meant real fake mashed which are awesome.
Sounds tasty.
Agreed, that sounds awesome.
I never really liked cauliflower until i figured out it’s a mostly flavorless base for other things… like butter and lots of garlic. Or cheese.
Try roasting cauliflower. Cut up into florets, toss in oil, add seasoning and put in the oven. Yummy.
Fake mashed potatoes are da bomb!
I steam cauliflower and then put it in the magic bullet with lots of butter and creamcheese. It’s pretty decent and also quite low carb.
Fuck Yeah! White guy Food!
Hey that was the menu from two weeks ago! I could eat that every day for quite some time before I grew tired of it. Do you buy the Costco taters?
Ground beef chili, made with 2 week old (frozen) leftover red beans with bacon and smoked turkey. Onion, garlic, ground beef browned; diced tomatoes. Bring to a simmer add beans. Cook 30 minutes. Shredded cheddar, sour cream, diced red onion.
Making whiskey sours. Jim Beam with homemade sour mix (lemon juice, honey) and a splash of Perrier.
Repurposing leftovers is one of my favorite aspects of cooking. Anybody can follow a shopping list on a recipe.
If anyone here is interested in a very good semi-cooperative drafting game, I’ve got a $7 discount code for Between Two Cities. Yeah, I bought Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig today at a board gaming event.
Hit me up at my handle at Google’s mail if you want a copy of the code.
The graphics practically leap out at you!
Programmers hate #3 !
Oi! It’s a very solid drafting tile game that plays 3-7 in about half an hour. It’s also easy to teach, and quite fun.
Trumps a fascist and so are you if you don’t vote D
I agree Trump plays the scary immigrant card way too much and it gets old, but to call what is essentially the same border control policy almost every national politician had in the 80’s as fascism gets a bit stupid. Right or wrong, the majority in this country do not want open borders and calling someone who favors stronger immigration enforcement a fascist or racist doesn’t help.
It’s not far off from Obama’s position when he was president. Obama was just more skilled at dressing up his bullshit with some flowery language so that his supporters would be left in a daze gushing and cooing over what an “amazing speech” he made.
Trump is basically grandstanding. And the more exaggerated his opponents claims get, the more he grandstands. He’s not a fascist nor a Nazi. It’s like he enjoys provoking the crazy in his opponents.
That’s exactly it.
What’s it called when you do a good thing unintentionally? Because he’s certainly no libertarian president – I have plenty of gripes with his policies – but I think it’s a very good thing that he has trolled the Left into dropping the pretense of moderation, civility, and rationality.
And honestly, when they compare Trump’s immigration policy to Nazism, it’s a slap in the face to those who survived the horrible rule of those socialist bastards.
As if there’s no fucking difference between deporting people who have entered the country illegally and wholesale execution of entire ethnic groups.
I’ve actually had someone make the following argument with me: “Conditions are sometimes bad in immigrant detention facilities, and people have even died in custody. Most people in these facilities are Hispanic. Trump is putting people of a particular race in facilities where they die, therefore he is just like Hitler.” (It was more wordy and drawn out than that, but it was literally the same premises and conclusion.)
Shut up Hitler! You’re ‘logic’ is a pseudo science perpetuated by korperashuns! The only true way to defeat fascism is to employ all of the policies they perused, but with a loving heart!
Sadly, that’s right.
Actually, it’s left…
Would it be better if “most people in these facilities” were white? Jesus fuck these people are tiresome.
What gets me about these people who oppose Trumps fascism on the border is what do they expect would happen if we did have a truly open border. There have been between a million and 500 thousand apprehensions a year since 2000. What if all those people were just allowed in and then fend for themselves? We would have immigrant tent cities all over the country.
This is something I am personally evolving on and I am thinking now that the founders did intend that if you made it here you were welcome and congress was to set up laws for naturalization and then you become an american. But now we have a welfare state for low income individuals. It would bankrupt states feeding all those people because the majority would qualify for food stamps and free health care. I see it often here. Young hispanic mom with two little ones buying groceries with a state debit card. I guess it makes me a racist because I don’t think I should have to work to pay taxes to feed her kids but I don’t think I should have to pay taxes to feed the white trash in line behind her either.
You can’t win because the left has turned all arguments into arguments about race and racism is literally the worst thing evar.
Which is where they are losing people who otherwise are sympathetic to them. They currently can’t tolerate any disagreement. It will be their undoing.
I’d like to think that I would rather starve than live off the Government’s teat but something a friend’s wife said took me aback. She said that if she needed to feed her kids she was open to hooking. I was aghast and looked over at my wife and she was nodding.
What does she look like and what do her kids like to eat?
Next weeks Yahoo headline “Crazy man tries to buy sex with Ramen Noodles”
Hell, that’s not as bad as prostituting yourself out for Fritos.
That chick isn’t worth a snack pack much less a case.
It’s not to fair to say ‘box’ sounds like a case. Street value on a bag of Fritos is about $4.50, a case is usually 10 bags. Sounds like a felony count to me.
This was twenty years ago. Back then she was a solid 6. Her kids liked Kraft Dinner by choice. Fire away, stud! lol
Yeah, ‘My children’ was the same defense my sister used to ignore logic last time I talked politics with her, never mind that implies that implied I don’t care about her kids (for whom I’ve done a lot) but it was just a sloppy conversation on her part. Luckily they situation was diffused when Pokemon Go said there was some pokemon in the area and she got distracted.
Did she Pokemon Go to the polls?
She could very well be a citizen, even if she was speaking Spanish.
I’m still waiting for some sleepy-headed fascist to crawl out from under his rock, stretch, rub his eyes and scratch his bum and then start dismantling Democracy. It’s been fifty years for me, personally.
I like the picture of Trump raising his open hand with the caption “His Struggle.”
Wow. Much subtle.
I hadn’t clicked. Wow.
So struggle, much brave!
Vive la résistance!
You sir are a white supremacist because you know what mein kumpf translates to in english!
All the other Presidents in modern American history just let the giant caravans of Central American migrants through without any problems.
Women you might meet on Sex Island.
http://archive.is/iyl5y
4, 7, 11, 18, 23, 30.
37. Dang.
Women you might meet on Monster Island
http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/Shobijin
8, 20, 33. Other than that, it’s bubble butt night.
I suspect a few are photoshopped.
Dude, we’re all photoshopped in one way or another. *Hits bong*
Did you ever look at your fingers, Man? Like, really look at them?
I had some busy-body knock on my door today who wanted to talk to me about Question 3 (transgender public accommodation nonsense) – she was clearly nonplussed when I declined.
I suspect I was one of the few who didn’t enthusiastically agree with her.
It say a lot about present-day America that that is considered a top concern in a state election.
You shoulda just asked, “are you ok if I piss in a women’s bathroom?”
“Why should I care about bathroom priveledges for .01% of the population as a campaign issue?”
Shoulda done a Bill “I feel your pain!” and slammed the door.
The only transgender bathroom initiative that I give a shit about is the one where they repeal the building codes that mandate specific male and female restrooms. Let property owners decide which kind of bathrooms they will have (and I’m guessing most new property would be built with one big unisex bathroom to save money).
Fuck this debate about ‘gendered’ bathrooms. When are going to have a debate about making bathrooms sound amplifiers that make each small bowel movement sound like a damn explosion?
Don’t forget the stench amplifiers.
One of the bathrooms at work has a drain in the middle of the floor, and there is a miasma wafting out of that thing that smells worse than anything that ever came out of my colon.
Your janitor is sub-par, then. Us professionals know that you need to pour a cup of bleach down that drain twice per month to keep the piss-eating monsters at bay!
Oja is good.
It’s been a bit depressing around here lately so I thought I’d share this.
Our tree guy came today to give our big-ass old box elder a needed trimming. Box elders shed branches a lot and some were threatening the utility lines. After the trimming the yard and drive were waist deep in dead branches. When he came back with a trailer to carry off the debris he brought his two helpers. His son about 7, I guess, and his daughter maybe 5.
Notice I didn’t put mocking quotes around helpers. Those kids worked their butts off for almost two hours picking up all the small and medium stuff while Dad ran the chain saw and handled the big stuff.. No goofing off and no griping. When they were done the place was spotless.
To top it off each of them had their own kid=sized yellow hard hat which looked cute as all get out. Dad said the hats were the kids idea and they always wanted to go on jobs to help.
Told him he was sure raising them right – it was good to see.
That is awesome.
I bet they were non-union scabs, though.
True enough. There are two guys in this little town that do this work and they are notorious for not returning phone calls or showing up. My wife tried to contact them and finally said “fuck ’em” and found this guy right away in another town. After he came for an earlier job we heard the two locals were complaining about this “outsider” taking “their” work. Answer the phone and keep your appointments fuck heads!
I hope you tipped the dude and gave mini tips to his helpers (NOT a euphemism)!
“Child labor” gets a bad rap these days.
One thing I learned when working at a small manufacturing shop from ages 15 to 18 was that labor laws are ridiculously outdated. My boss at the time told me that the last time they were revised was in the ’40s. “Kids” under 16 are not allowed to run any powered machinery, which included this tiny little pneumatic press that we used to assemble some small parts. The thing wasn’t remotely dangerous; you could stick your finger in there and it wouldn’t hurt you at all.
Instead of working and learning how the real world works, kids are forced to sit in school getting Leftist indoctrination (assuming that they’re paying attention at all). If “progressives” had their way, every single person would be sitting in classrooms until they’re 26.
One of my history teachers in high school moonlighted as a manager at one of the local Burger Kings.
When we went over the era during which the child labor laws were enacted, he described all the ways the child labor laws fucked over teenagers that tried to find jobs.
It was enlightening.
Why, it’s almost like you aren’t helping people by reducing their options in life! Holy shit!
Nice. Didja slip a five to each one before they left?
I am drinking a nice dry cider from Normandy. Yummy.
I’ve had some good cider from Normandy. Unfortunately I have to go to Massachusetts for it. The only foreign cider I’ve seen in New Hampshire is Strongbow.
Are you saying TNG is superior to TOS?! Nerd Fight!
DS9 FTW………
B5 (season 1-4) are greater then all Star Trek.
Yes.
I say that despite not having watched as much of Babylon 5 as Star Trek. I am still confident I am correct.
Way to represent Neph.
Nothing will ever beat this (as a response to the question: “What do you want”):
And the fact it happens later in the show just makes it better.
No.
I watched both TNG and TOS. TNG had its moments, but TOS was the better of the two.
This is the first that I’ve had.
I went to near-by beer club for their annual mead day. I took a case of mead.
Late in the day, I was talking to the host about cider. I planted 2 dozen cider apple trees in my back yard 4 years ago. He has about 400 trees.
As I was getting ready to leave, he said “here, take this with you”. I am enjoying it immensely.
That’s a good host.
I don’t remember the name of the Norman cider I had. I just remember I bought it in Massachusetts because you can’t get it in NH and the cider tasted good.
I made a mead once using apple blossom honey. The people I gave it to liked it, but the mead aficionados suggested that next time I let it age for a longer period of time.
That is a honey I haven’t tried yet. It is difficult to find.
Apple trees blossom early in the year. So the bees tend to consume all the nectar and not make much honey (at least that’s what I have read).
I got lucky. When I decided to try making that mead, the homebrew shop happened to have a barrel full of it.
I have found one type of cider that I appreciate (mainly from a tasting that I drove the girlfriend to, and she hated it) Spanish ciders. They’re barrel fermented and aged, so they have a nice tartness.
Normandy and Brittany have some excellent dry ciders, as does the Basque region of Spain.
My favorite domestic dry cider is from Virtue in Michigan.
When my wife and I were in Southampton (England, not Lawn Guyland) a couple of years ago, we chanced upon a cider bar. We tried a few, and the one that stuck out had a picture of the author Charles Dickens on the label. The remarkable thing about it was that it came, not in a 330ml or 500ml bottle, but a full liter.
I’ve never been able to find it in the states, but Mrs. Shpip can, and it seems to be her favorite tipple every time I go off for a three day Track Day weekend. I’ll call her up on Saturday evening to see what she’s doing, and she says she’s just relaxing after having had a big Dickens cider.
Oh, and kinnath, I’ve got a series on fermentation that should hopefully be posted here soon. I look forward to you ripping apart any and everything I got wrong. I figure I have to start simple, going with basic equipment, cider, wine, mead, and then beer. And it’s only the last one that I’m fully versed in. I can hold my own in mead, but wine and cider have just been fancies for me. With a couple of experimental batches.
Finally, We go to AZ on Monday and find a home, we have several picked out, loan in place, maybe God will smile on us this time, (I think God is indifferent)
Staying at a nice Resort for 25$ a night, last Summer it was 160$ a night, great weather, 85 degrees and an Awesome pool with Handicapped launches, the Wife loves to swim,
Nice!
Nice work, good luck.
Thanks Guys! I need to leave Cali at any cost, it’s pricey and overtaxed, I have no representation, it’s just not where I was born anymore, I has a Sad, but Fuck Cali!
/Arizona Bay
Good luck, Yusef. Welcome to America.
California MADE America, never forget it, the Socialists ruined it,
Cali was the cutting edge of Civilization for a while…..
So was New York.
Detroit too.
Spent 45 years in the Bay Area. Sadly, the downward slide started in the ‘70s and accelerated from there.
Im sorry Yusef. It’s terrible to see that happen. I’m feeling more and more that way myself, but the water doesn’t feel quite boiling yet to this frog. At least that’s what I tell myself.
#metoo
My God, while often times a dick ( I hear I was made in his image), can often be benevolent. Ill put in a good word on your behalf.
You remain my Friend Tres…..
You always have a seat at my table in Ohio, and place to sleep. And Ill install ramps, if necessary.
Glad to hear it’s working out for you Yusef. Just remember that leather seats are no fun in AZ in the summer, and there’s a reason to keep a white towel in your car in the AZ summer.
/got burned by leather seats and a belt buckle in AZ in August
I have a scar from my first week in Az. We moved there in August.
I rolled down the window and rested my arm on the door. The metal trim that held the rubber seal in place left a nice mark.
;member, I am an HVAC guy, Hot roofs are normal..
Enh, that happens to me anywhere during the summer. And with vinyl too.
Sissy
/JK or am I ?
I burn easily, I guess. I’m really white.
I’m whiter then Michael J. Fox (who is the anti-Elvis). One summer at the local pool, I swam for a couple of hours, and managed to get sunburn on the bottom of my feet. My first long cross-city bike ride, I didn’t have sunscreen (most of my longer rides were through parks, with plenty of shade). I was sunburned by the time I finished my first 30 mile leg. By the time I got home (65 miles in total), I had second degree sunburn on my upper arms, my upper legs (between the bike shorts and my knees), and enough sunburn on my head to look like a cut rate Darth Maul (I had no cycling cap at the time). I went through three bottles of aloe due to my poor decisions.
This was through a pair of jeans. The leather seats were a free “upgrade” on my rental. The first couple of seconds of this trailer are not a joke.
Back when I considered moving to the Phoenix area, a friend of mine that grew up in Phoenix and spent time in Pennsylvania gave me a few pointers.
Don’t leave pieces of paper on the dash or anywhere in your car where the Sun can shine on them. Likewise loose change.
Key insulators come in handy (this was before key fobs, so you had to insert your key into the lock on the door to unlock your car)
Those folding window shades are your friend.
I ended up not moving to Arizona and instead went to New England despite not liking snow.
Paper, Why?
What he told me was, there were some car fires caused by papers being left in cars out in the open where the sun could shine on them.
It was about twenty years ago when he told me that, and I’ve been drinking tonight, but I think I’m remembering what he said correctly.
Along those lines. Don’t leave aerosol cans in your cab of your service rig, particularly on the dash…
Trust it will all work out Yufus. Good luck!
Yay Bob! I hope everything works out the way you’d like to see.
Oh By the way ,Elton,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFyvW4DYq88&start_radio=1&list=RDlFyvW4DYq88
Japan, 2 other Asian nations warn citizens not to use marijuana in Canada
https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Japan-2-other-Asian-nations-warn-citizens-not-to-use-marijuana-in-Canada
“Even in a place where marijuana is legalized, if our citizens smoke, purchase, possess or deliver marijuana, it’s a criminal act, so they will be punished,” the embassy in Canada tweeted. “Please be careful.”
This goes back to that whole ‘subject to the jurisdiction of’ clause. That other FB founder who renounced his citizenship, but then was told by the IRS that didn’t matter he still owed them, does that mean even though he isn’t US citizen his future children would be by birth right?
There’s an exit tax you have to pay before renouncing your US citizenship.
Uncle Sugar claims certain laws follow US Citizens no matter where they go. Paying income tax and complying with the Cuban embargo come to mind.
That’s similar to what the US consulate says about fucking little boys in Thailand. I’ve had it up to here with your “rules”!!!
Since your internet is up, could you do a google search “Fucking little boys in Thailand legal?” I don’t want that on my search history.
Ermm, don’t fuck little Boys?
Pretty good rule of thumb.
Gray Glitter hardest hit
Phrasing?
Dicks, the lot of them.
How would they know if the japs smoked weed?
*squints
That quote was from the S. Korean side. The Japanese just warned their citizens to “take ample care” to avoid the devil weed. (My post was misleading, sorry).
Aaah, no matter, Canada ran out of weed on day 2.
CAL vs Washington State (10) in a half hour.
The good news is that my internet is working better than it ever has before.
I heard Cal lost…..
You gotta admit Playa, he has a point.
Anymore Cal loses, see above
I’m not sure, but Jolly Roger might be my last beer for the night.
YUM
Wanna see Venezuela in America? Welcome to Cali, Overtaxed, Illegals with rights, Criminals on the streets, and Homeless all over the place, truly fucked it is.
I’m taking my vote to AZ, maybe I can do some good there.
Good luck! I hope it works out for you.
Good luck with the move Yusef. I’m nearly certain I’m outta CA when I retire.
Stupid question – when a 401K pays out, does one owe taxes to the state where one lives or the state(s) where one earned the dough?
Not stupid. State of current residence when you receive the payment.
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/3325182-how-much-of-a-401k-distribution-is-taxable-by-a-new-state-i-moved-to
That is a very useful thing to know. Thanks.
Oh, I seem to remember there’s at least one lurking East side Clevelander here. I’ll be over at Willoughby Brewing Company tomorrow for the initial release of their Peanut Butter Cup Porter six-packs. Hitting up Kleifeld’s (an old-school greasy spoon) for breakfast/brunch and then picking up my allotment of six-packs. Won’t be down there long, but if you want to meet up for a pint, I’m up for it.
GRRRR, Want to hang out with you,
Enjoy
At some point we’ll need to wind up in the same state. I’ll gladly schlep local beer as long as you can introduce me to the staff at a local brewery. 🙂
Ya never know M! My Sister lives near you, it can happen,
Elton, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So15b6XNuK0&list=RDlFyvW4DYq88&index=7
Read that as ‘GRRR, I want to bang you’, you perverts are rubbing off on me. (phrasing!)
Weirdo……..
/Much love
Dammit. That sounds like a good day.
On this note, I should pimp the fact that I’ll be in the Philly area visiting relatives. We should have a glibs meet-up. I think I still have some folks e-mails.
Meeting up with the brother-in-law and the nephews for breakfast, my sister may make it (but she’s got a run that day). I may meet up with an old high school friend at the brewery if he can get away from his wife and three daughters. It’s technically a ticketed event, but the tickets are $5 and include a pint of anything on draft. They then allow you to buy two six packs per ticket. One of the smarter ways I’ve seen a brewery run an event like this.
Later that afternoon, my niece is coming over to take care of the next steps of a batch of wine she’s got fermenting here (I’m going to guilt her into supplying a couple bottles for Thanksgiving, because I’m a caring uncle).
Too much fun, Jelly, but I’m working it….
I’m going to be somewhat happy if my sister doesn’t make it. I have a feeling I may get yelled at for the t-shirt I picked up for my brother-in-law when I was in Detroit (he’s a firefighter, and we happened to stay next door to a firefighter’s museum). There was a shirt design that would have been up both of their alleys, but they didn’t have it in his size, and since my sister didn’t respond… I picked this out for the BIL.
That works fine, IMO
Bombersque
Yeah, that is a good shirt.
I’ll join in with Yusef. Jealous.
Meh, it balances out a week that was fully balanced. I got a bonus at my current job (while not a lot, it’s the same number and value of bonuses I got from my last job in 10 years), and caught a flat tire on my car. The tire was covered by road hazard insurance, but I had a leaking valve causing me to burn oil. I took the car into get repaired, and they brought it back to me flashing new warning lights today. They fixed the burned out bulbs causing the warnings, but now I know I need to start looking for a new car.
Congrats on the bonus, sorry about the job.
Sorry about the car. Shit. Sorry.
No worries. It’s a Mini Cooper, which means that any work on it costs much more, because they’re a pain in the ass to work on. I’m more upset about the service from this dealership. I mean FFS, I’m dropping a car off with two problems, and you want to give it back to me with a completely different issue?
A valve job used to be something a guy could do with his friends or dad on the weekend, now it’s a death sentence because cars over engineered.
Not something I could do, but I know my limitations. And it’s a Mini, which working on at all is a bitch (fuck, I couldn’t get the tire off when I caught the flat).
Was at the liquor store today and tried to look for a new rye. However, Bulleit was on sale and the selection at that location was small, so ended up sticking with the new old friend. Used the savings for a bottle of Fukano whisky to try. Just need to finish off the old bottles to make room now.
I will again pimp my go-to: Michter’s.
Still good but a bit less dear is the Sazerac.
If you’re really flush, the Lock Stock & Barrel is excellent (I’ve not had the 16 or 18 year old).
Am I the only one who thinks the term “sex worker” is completely retarded?
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-former-sex-worker-taking-hollywood-by-storm
Not people who’ve been married. Sometimes it’s appropriate.
Is it’s shit all fucked up?
yes.
It does have the stink of “euphemism” hanging on it.
Yeah, it covers too wide a range of activities.
I should switch to water now, right?
Cuz you’re a [REDACTED]!?
Pussy.
(Seriously – “yes”. In my experience, if I’m thinking “I should probably switch to water”, it means I probably should have switched to water one drink ago. Maybe two.).
How often do you wake up and think, “I should’ve had more drinks last night.”?
Probably about as often as someone has to defend themselves with a firearm and then sits there thinking, “I wish I didn’t have all this ammunition left over in my magazine“.
A cop would think that. Oppty wasted to empty a magazine.
counts on fingers… carries the two…
The answer is “never”; never times do I wake up thinking I should have had more to drink.
Though, when I was younger, there were a few times I heard stories where I thought “I shouldn’t have gone home so early last night”. Those days are in the past, I’m sure.
Every morning.
Sometimes at work I think that.
damnit, should have linked to the punk traitor video.
/pours DEG an Irish whiskey.
You said water, right?
uisce beatha – it’s right there in the name.
For the films snobs.
That’s great.
Seth McFarland (“Family Guy” guy) had a similar close call.
Yeah, and Marky Mark thinks he would’ve stopped 9-11
I know someone who died on Flight 11 and was a reasonably large, IDF special forces veteran. If _he_ was unable to stop it, Wahlberg couldn’t have either.
It was a question of being surprised by several guys who had prepared, not physical capability.
That was a dumb thing to say, Mark.
I’m not pointing to Marky Mark in particular, I was lumping it in with Seth McFarland. people who are obsessed with themselves are always going to make the story about them.
Thanks.
That made me cry. I don’t cry very much.
Few things are as painful as trying to kill a keg of beer that’s solid, but is too heavy to drink several in a row.
/on snifter 3 of Imperial Stout ~10.5% ABV.
I’m drinking a “little water” myself.
You’re right, I have some Teeling’s Single Malt in the house.
I have one airline sized bottle of that in my house. It would be irresponsible for me to drink it at this point. I really need to find a full sized bottle of that around me.
Were they still doing the Red Legged Rebellion mixed drink on the tour?
No, the cocktail was something different, they change the cocktail based on the season. I can’t remember now which one they had. I had the Trinity tasting when I was there. All three of their Waters of Life.
I did the Trinity tasting as well. I was entertained that my history loving girlfriend had no idea what the red legged rebellion was. It’s one of those things anyone with Irish ancestry can have all shades of fun with.
*raised glass of Michter’s in your general direction*
Another one to add to the list of things to try, but not for tonight.
Watching The Romanovs on Amazon. Enjoying it so far but I have to call BS on the most recent episode. In a flashback (probably 1970’s), one of the character’s father scolds him for asking his androgynous friend if she is a girl. I’m not buying 1970 dad having current day woke mindset.
I’m not buying that any Romanovs survived the purge. (no idea what you’re talking about)
Water now. No, just water. Not Water of Life. I’ll leave the bottle of Teelings for another day.
I also have “An der schönen blauen Donau” from the Vienna Philharmonic’s 2018 New Year’s Concert playing very loudly. The link is from 2017 because I couldn’t find one for 2018.
Nice choice; good to see that we’ve got classical music fans here (e.g. really really really really old guy music). I liked Die Fledermaus by Strauss.
Does anyone like opera music? There are some decent performances on YouTube of the most well-known works. I think my favorite “nationality” of classical music is Italian… Verdi, Bertali, Boccherini, Paganini, Vivaldi, etc. Although I’m a big Gilbert & Sullivan fan as well.
Plus, you only get a Libertarian Platinum™ membership if you arrive to the opera in a phaeton pulled by your orphans.
Are you Batman? let’s run down the checklist. Rich (check, otherwise you wouldn’t be a libertarian) Orphan (at least you probably own a few) You said before you work out….
Weeeeell I could see how you’d think that from those details of my life… Unfortunately, my car is kind of a hooptie, and I like guns too much.
I’ve also been compared to Guile and Deadpool… But I don’t really know anything about either of those characters besides pictures from Google Images.
Yeah, the gun thing isn’t THE REAL BATMAN.
No, he lives in Ohio (IIRC), which means rich here is nothing compared to the coasts.
You assume Gotham is on the coast, which makes no sense, because Superman is there. Gotham can’t be near Metropolis, otherwise Superman is a shit hero.
Gotham is Chicago, Metropolis is New York City.
Everyone knows that.
Except Gotham actually is NYC.
Could be the northern coast.
Superman can fly at the speed of light, having the crime ridden hell hole of Gotham anywhere near him makes him fake news. Honestly, for a cohesive universe Gotham should be somewhere in China.
Huh.
Yeah, Frank Miller also wrote RoboCop 2. Genius sometimes works in stints.
Die Fledermaus, you say? He knows what’s up with the Swiss.
*narrows gheys*
Haha, great show.
Was there an episode of that where they were battling some kind of yodelling SWAT team, or is my brain just garbling memories?
I think it was that episode, where the Swiss were invading.
German and Austrian for me, though I like Rossini. I’m probably not as big or as knowledgeable a fan as some.
I’ve been to concerts at the Musikverein, Concertgebouw, and Symphony Hall in Boston. I read somewhere about the highest rated classical music venues in the world, and decided to visit as many as possible. I actually haven’t done that well on that goal.
Symphony Hall I have no intentions of going back to. A pain in the ass to get to, and I wasn’t impressed with the sound. I’ll go to other concerts in Boston, like say Alice Cooper at the Wang last Spring, but not to Symphony Hall.
Sounds like some awesome experiences.
I’ve never actually seen an orchestra in person (unless you want to count the time I saw my older brother’s 4th grade orchestra class performance).
Several years ago, I felt the need to familiarize myself with some significant cultural works. It started with literature but ended up spreading into music. I don’t really know what I’m driving at with this endeavor, but I enjoy the process.
I know they have some performances down in Dayton (about a 30 minute drive from me) but I have to find a woman who will sit through an opera or classical performance (I’d feel like kind of a weirdo going all by myself, but I’m just neurotic like that).
Do it. A full symphony orchestra person is a great experience. IMO Dayton-sized orchestras are best. Far less expense and bother to attend and they’re dammed near as good as the major city ones. We regularly went to the symphony in Nashua NH. Boston was too expensive and a colossal PITA.
Yep. When we were Canadian Tuxedo wearers we went to see lots of shows like this – https://youtu.be/350Vv1ptgdo
Damn Trump and his tariffs!!!!!!!111
No worries, it’s just an ageless hot blonde chick that would tear your manhood off like the dude from Sin City. She must be older than God by now. A superb guitarist named Liona Boyd.
The Musikverein was the best of the bunch.
Every classical concert, except for two, I went to by myself. I didn’t give a shit. The two exceptions were concerts in Vienna which I attended with a friend. One was at the Musikverein and the other was the Vienna Philharmonic’s Summer Night Concert in 2016 (best video I could find… all the good ones have apparently been taken down).
My advice? If they have a show you’re interested in, just go. Even if it is by yourself.
To clarify, I’ve been to the Musikverein twice. The first time by myself for a concert directed at tourists (Vienna Mozart Orchestra playing a selection of Mozart’s works with Strauß encores) and the second time was with a friend for an amazing performance of Beethoven’s Ninth.
I have seen one musical, which I hated, but I _loved_ the Don Giovanni presentation I saw. A more modern take, with Donna Elvira being less of a sad-sack, but really enjoyable regardless.
I’d do more classic opera, still not interested in musicals.
#MeNeither
As I understand it, operas are mostly focused on the quality of the music – that’s why some supposedly dashing, handsome character is played by a short, barrel-shaped man with a face for radio.
The Don Giovanni I saw was a jacked Australian dude, with the insanely manly name of ‘Duncan Rock’.
A great choice for the character, really. Great voice, too.
I’ve seen multiple musicals (Peter Pan, Avenue Q, Book of Mormon), all of which I appreciated.
I love all kinds of really old dead white European music except operas I could never really get into.
I’m mostly into German and points east. I could listen to Bach organ music all day.
Well, you’re not going to find out if you’re the Kwisatz Haderach with that attitude.
*suddenly realizes that Dune was an allegory about whiskey*
So, completely off topic, but it seems to be an appropriate time. Does anyone have any financial management companies they can recommend? I’m looking to hand over management of my IRA’s to someone else at this point. I could do it myself, but I would prefer a professional.
Vanguard. If anyone tells you otherwise, they’re a liar and you should punch them in the face.
Pick a target retirement fund commiserate to when you’d like to retire.
Yes, though Schwab is doing a good job competing with low priced funds.
https://www.bogleheads.org/ is great for financial advice, IMO.
Schwab and Fidelity are close. They crammed down their ERs on index funds in recent years to be competitive. When I ran the simulations for me a few years ago…. Vanguard won by a long shot.
Yep, it’s a recent thing w/ Schwab.
^^^ Second vote for Vanguard.
No idea. Just been going with a 401K in whichever firm my employer is using that day (it changes constantly).
Just to make it easy, when do you intend to retire?
I’m planning on retiring whenever I can afford it. I’ve got a six figure IRA that I want to hand over to someone who can manage it better then me. I’m still in my early 40’s, so it’s not like i’m planning on retiring soon. .
*looks up from swabbing the deck* “Puttin’ the mop in the bucket now, Boss!”
Ok, so I turn 40 next year. Same boat.
Put your IRA in VTIVX. Target retirement fund 2045. And do it through Vanguard, not another brokerage, otherwise bullshit fees. Don’t “hand your IRA over” or have someone “manage it”. That’s how you bleed your retirement. There’s no reason to pay an “advisor” to do what an index fund already does.
I do a lot of risky and speculative investing because I can. But I wouldn’t dare do anything of the sort with my retirement. My IRA…. VTIVX.
How well does that target fund (or Vanguard’s target funds in general) do compared to comparable index funds? My work 401K introduced them a while back but I’ve found they underperform against the traditional index fund options and the mix wasn’t aggressive enough (especially for target funds with dates on the far end 30+ to 50 year range).
That’s exactly the problem. If you literally want to buy a fund and never manage it then the target date is better than doing nothing. If you want a mix of funds that reflects your age, goals, risk tolerance, etc then it isn’t going to meet your needs.
Vanguard is an excellent choice. I disagree with Playa about target date funds. But Vanguard now offers personal financial planning. I believe the cost is 0.30% of assets under management for anything under $1MM. I don’t recall ever seeing a price that low anywhere else.
All ugly people don’t go to Washington State, but all people who go to Washington State are….
Someone sounds jelly…
Game is tied, and there aren’t uglies on my side. I win.
I’m out. Time for sleep. See you all tomorrow or later today (depending on your time zone). Enjoy some Black Sabbath.
It’s always a good time to enjoy Black Sabbath.
I’m drunk and posted in the wrong comment section.
I found the child labor law discussion from earlier interesting. One of my primary libertarian arguments when I want to shit on government action is that by the time the government acts, most problems are just about solved, anyway. This is used when people try to argue that the government spurred progress on. It’s usually true and effective.
By the time child labor laws were enacted, they were mostly out dated. Society had changed, the roles of children had changed, and government simply reaffirmed what was already naturally happening. Naturally, we ended up stuck with a system into perpetuity which screws over young people looking for work for legitimate reasons and businesses who hire young people.
Maybe I’ll write an article. Huh? What if I do? How would you cunts like that?
Oi, hard man, you think you can write an article about that? I’d like to see you try!
(I’d read that article).
Government is always last to the party.
People who have knowledge may write an article?
/shove the ones he’s written under the carpet
Just in case anyone is still awake… can anyone explain the rules of the left to me? As far as I can tell it’s bad to make fun of anyone’s appearance unless they aren’t a Democrat.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/snl-mocks-ex-navy-seal-candidate-dan-crenshaw-i-know-he-lost-his-eye-in-war-or-whatever
Can I mock Peter Davidson’s appearance?
I think it’s now mandatory.
This one’s for OMWC. I know he’ll like it. https://youtu.be/5IulRIcwtbs?list=RDAXW6VIq4LBs
Awesome… A nice Django Reinhardt style.
Sometimes I wonder if we have any fans of really really really old guy music…
And you’re right!
Website seems to be not handling the dst switch right. A bunch of the recent comments went back to being blue highlighted.
Whooo! Got blue checks! Whoo!
Sorry, Gustave, I know you’re not a dick.
*glances at draft*
Dunno what you mean.
*walks away whistling*
#metoo
Want to further politicize your everyday life? There’s an app for that!
http://fortune.com/2018/11/01/vote-with-me-app-reveals-voting-history-friends-party-affiliations/
Finally, just what my life was missing!