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Drunken OTFPOTD Zymurgy (and I hate OTFPOTD) edition.

Earl-small_tiny by chrisisasavage on

OK, since beer is technically on-topic for LL, it's not fair, but since I'm drunk on Widmer's Brrr winterbeer, I could care less.  Honestly, the whole OTFPOTD thing bugs me, but since beer is at least partially on topic, and I'm in an OT mood ....

I've recently joined the ranks of people who brew beer.  I love beer.  Malted Barley + Hops + Water + Yeast + Time = yummy goodness.  Who here brews?  I made a Blackberry Honey Ale recently.  I've always wondered why Honey ales don't taste like Honey.  Now I know, most of the honey is converted into alcohol.  I also made a Gruit ale, which I plan on bottling tommorow.  Gruit does not use Hops, but uses Sweet Gale, Yarrow, and Marsh Rosemary instead.  I added Mugwort, which is also traditional.  This is Dark Ages beer, except I used Malt extract from my local brew supply.  I also made a spruce beer that got contaminated, and I was afraid it would happen :(  I was lax on my sanitation.

Any who, I'm curious what people here do.  I'm really interested in un-hopped beers.  My dad is alergic to hops, and used to be a beer lover in his 20's and hasn't had beer since he found out he was alergic to hops.  The gruit tastes interesting.  I'll find out in 3-4 weeks when the conditioning is done.

I'm also interested in malting my own grains.  I want to do Chicha, which apparently is malted Corn, Quinoa, or Amaranth.   I <B Corn, Quinoa, and Amaranth.  I've sprouted Quinoa numerous times, but never toasted it and extracted sugars.  It takes 2-3 days to sprout. 

Someone here brews.  Has too.

Also, anyone cellar beer?  I have a 2 year old Trader Joes ale (seasonal, winter) I'm getting ready to drink.  I tried drinking booze the other day, and wine one too long ago.  I can't help it, I love beer.  That probably has something to do with being 235 lbs.   So does being 6'4".  Jeff, just a warning.  You're 6'5", right?  If you drink beer ANYTHING like I do, you'll be a big dude once you get past 30.  It's not bad big, but big. People hear 230 lbs and think "good god", but they're 5 foot nothing, so who cares.  Also, what size shoe do you wear?   I'm a 15.

It's 12:03 am, so it's Sunday.  I get the OTD part :)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpBkc2jK-6w&feature=related

Bambi vs. Godzilla on youtube. Forgot all about that flick. Youtube = totally awesome. Let’s you remember everything you forgot.

by chrisisasavage on Dec 14, 2008 12:21 AM PST reply actions  

Damn your feet are bigger than mine!

I’m only a 14 size shoe. Although I sometimes wear 15 in my casual shoes. Basketball shoes I like to be tighter.

by brayden04 on Dec 14, 2008 2:03 AM PST reply actions  

Some 15's are a little light for me

I am a 15. 14’s don’t fit. It can be hard to find shoes sometimes

by chrisisasavage on Dec 14, 2008 9:39 AM PST up reply actions  

16s here. It's such a pain in the ass to find cheap shoes.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Dec 14, 2008 9:47 AM PST up reply actions  

Yikes

I have to usually order shoes, which sucks because I like to try them on first.

by chrisisasavage on Dec 14, 2008 10:03 AM PST up reply actions  

It's almost 5 a.m. here.

I should probably go to bed.

Oh fuck you. Get out of work? Do what i do and piss your pantalones. Ain’t no one going to fuck with you when you piss your pants. -- kevin_ess, winebibber

by Wilder. on Dec 14, 2008 3:42 AM PST reply actions  

I'm 5'10

yet 230 lbs, and whenever I tell someone that they don’t believe me. I recently checked to see what my weight is supposed to be according to some website and it told me 166. HAHAHAHAHAHA.

Thing is, I’ve weighed this much for long enough to be able to hold in that gut, at all times. It’s an art form, sure as hell beats exercise and eating healthy (well, at least until dementia sets in)!

I spent many years working at Trader Joes but could never find anything that could top Ol’ Rasputin. Of course, at the time the point of drinking beer for me was to find the quickest thing that could do the trick and nothing beats that surly prophetic Russian Imperial stout. I spent more time in their wine section with the reds. 10+ years of drinking under my belt and I only just tried Mannys for the first time 2 days ago, so that should give you an idea of how under-developed my beer palette is.

Finally, I love OTFPOTD, particularly during the season. Great idea to keep the baseball threads uncluttered.

by Omerta on Dec 14, 2008 8:56 AM PST reply actions  

I have to believe the Triumvirate apreciate the the OTFP's as well.

You can’t eliminate inane banter, but at least you can control it and focus it in one area.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Dec 14, 2008 9:08 AM PST up reply actions  

That may involve laying down guidelines on what is and isn't LLLJ material

There are certainly a ton of things that could fall into that category depending on people’s viewpoints, so there would have to be some idea of what is an issue. Overall, though, there are definitely a lot of 1 to 1 discussions going on that don’t need to be in there

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 4:52 PM PST up reply actions  

Exactly.

I’m all for cleaning things up and keeping the powers that be happy, but there would have to be a “style-guide” of some sort. A zomg no politics level of policing would essentially kill all discussion, so there can’t be anything that cut and dry. But 1-to-1 discussions and things of personal nature could stand to be Facebook’d or emailed instead

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 4:55 PM PST up reply actions  

I'd say as a general rule anything that doesn't have as its primary goal the sparking of an interesting discussion shouldn't be posted.

Sometimes people aren’t going to care about the same stuff you do but the odds are better they’re going to care about something topical than what someone had for lunch on a given day.

by Aaron Campeau on Dec 14, 2008 5:13 PM PST up reply actions  

Which makes plenty of sense to me, and probably everybody here

But the nature of the discussions almost inevitably leads to comments of this type

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 5:17 PM PST up reply actions  

I think it's more of a 'allow the responses to flow' situation

rather than having threads start with pointed questions to one person, or random details about our own lives.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Dec 14, 2008 5:19 PM PST up reply actions  

Yes,

if that’s where the threads end up, great. It’s a discussion. But it’s silly to just post something out of the blue that has nothing to do with anything.

by Aaron Campeau on Dec 14, 2008 5:21 PM PST up reply actions  

And those are the ones that make plenty of sense to curtail

And it probably sounds like I have a problem with this whole thing, but I really don’t. There are tons of things posted (and again, we’re all guilty) that don’t have much place in the threads and I am fine with those being gone. i just don’t want the OT’s to end up being “over-policed” because people are trying to control the flow of discussions instead of “allowing the responses to flow.”

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 5:25 PM PST up reply actions  

Of course

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 5:29 PM PST up reply actions  

Very much so

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 5:32 PM PST up reply actions  

Sigh. Sorry.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Dec 14, 2008 5:37 PM PST up reply actions  

Not your fault

And that’s why I posed the question. I didn’t hear anybody complain about that, so I thought I’d ask what was good and what wasn’t from here on out.

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 5:39 PM PST up reply actions  

Styles guides are stupid.

If you’ve been reading the site for a while, I think you should have a good idea of what is cool /not cool.

by JI on Dec 14, 2008 5:20 PM PST up reply actions  

And I don't think we need one, per se

But saying that some things are LLLJ with no further explanation could lead to a disruption of the flow that we all seem to love about the threads by people trying to police it instead of just ignoring the more stupid things, like is commonly done currently

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 5:27 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm not saying it's ok here

And maybe I just missed out on the whole inception of the LLLJ thing (in fact, I did. Had to figure out what it stood for the first time I saw it) and I’ll assume others may not know what is and isn’t, either. The links that Jeff is posting all over in here right now are providing good examples for future reference. My original question was simply to find out what is and is not considered acceptable, which has now been covered.

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 5:31 PM PST up reply actions  

What toot is getting at

is that he’d like LLLJ to be defined (which has been done in this subthread) so we don’t have people unknowingly posting that stuff and going at eachother’s throats. I don’t think he’s asking for that stuff to be allowed.

by BrianL on Dec 14, 2008 5:31 PM PST up reply actions  

Pssssssh, who sits next to people?

I prefer my dark, lonely, little corner of the world just fine, thank you

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 5:36 PM PST up reply actions  

Late

And that’s pretty much it exactly. Sometimes the self policing comments done towards people (especially towards Coach and Taylor H) are unnecessarily harsh, and I feel that happen constantly during OT discussions would kill the flow that we all appreciate. I am all for people not pointing out that they just got a christmas tree, or that their child is sick, or that they have some thing in their life that sucks while allowing no room for discussion to come from it

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 5:34 PM PST up reply actions  

No argument here

I just don’t want the “good” regulars to be doing similarly to each other because they think nobody cares about what they have to say at the moment. That being said, I think we’ve covered this all sufficiently and I will silence my current point

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 5:38 PM PST up reply actions  

Your points are excellent, and I couldn't agree more.

However, Coach and I have kind of screwed ourselves over somewhat by the way we burst onto the LL scene. As long as we can laugh off the insults, it’s fine. But yeah, sometimes the “self-policing comments,” as you say, are really unnecessary.

Mariners ----> Brewers.

by .Taylor on Dec 15, 2008 9:37 AM PST up reply actions  

The same rules apply to every thread

This thread’s just off-topic.

This isn’t a chat room, and it isn’t a 1-on-1 IM conversation with your buddy. It’s a place to talk about stuff that’s interesting but not necessarily baseball-related. And no offense, but very few of your personal lives are interesting. I know mine isn’t.

by Jeff Sullivan on Dec 14, 2008 5:05 PM PST up reply actions  

Mmmmmmm

For some reason I got thinking about the Porter Mustard at the Munchen haus in Leavenworth. Best place. Get to take my dogs into it and eat hot dogs and drink beer. They love it, suffice to say.

by chrisisasavage on Dec 14, 2008 5:18 PM PST up reply actions  

Just out of curiosity

Have there been complaints about anything, or is it just your (and/or Matthew/Graham) observations of things? Like, anything being flagged simply because it is pointless to discuss? It seems that most topics that end up becoming semi-personal, and I’d say just about everybody could be considered guilty of it. I’m sure everybody would be happy with a set of guidelines in some capacity

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 5:11 PM PST up reply actions  

Are formal guidelines really necessary?

The mods already put in a ton of work on the blog; can’t we police ourselves?

by Aaron Campeau on Dec 14, 2008 5:14 PM PST up reply actions  

I don't mean formal guidelines

But it’s tough to self-police when we don’t know what exactly we are policing. I see very little (if any) complaints about stuff, so I would just like to know what the problems are so that compliance would be easier. We don’t need people jumping on each other for innocent comments just because they don’t have any place in a free-for-all discussion

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 5:16 PM PST up reply actions  

And obviously that is the more cut and dry type

But what about the (countless) food discussions, and somebody then asking for suggestions for lunch?

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 5:21 PM PST up reply actions  

Food discussions are interesting to people

People love to talk about food. That’s fine with me.

by Jeff Sullivan on Dec 14, 2008 5:22 PM PST up reply actions  

But also what ac said below -

we don’t need a new “where should I go for a sandwich?” thread every day.

by Jeff Sullivan on Dec 14, 2008 5:23 PM PST up reply actions  

I don't have to do BOTD. I thought people enjoyed it.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Dec 14, 2008 7:02 PM PST up reply actions  

Fine. Done.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Dec 14, 2008 7:10 PM PST up reply actions  

Here as well

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 8:03 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm almost always repulsed by them.

Which means they’re entertaining. I’m cool with Bacon of the Day.

by Teej on Dec 14, 2008 8:19 PM PST up reply actions  

Democracy at its finest
This is debatable but I’ll leave it up to the people

The Ayes have it

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 8:20 PM PST up reply actions  

I think that's what we all mean

I’d say probably less than 20% would meet my requirements for consumption

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 8:23 PM PST up reply actions  

Bah. Itwas getting hard to come up with new interesting ones anyway.

Perhaps I’ll start douchebag of the day…

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Dec 14, 2008 8:19 PM PST up reply actions  

Douchebacon of the day

*naaaasty

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 8:21 PM PST up reply actions  

Ever try the bacon

at the Country Cafe in Bothell. I used to be like you guys. Fresh, thick, center cut bacon is GOOD.

by chrisisasavage on Dec 14, 2008 8:47 PM PST up reply actions  

Turkey dinner

is yummy. About an hour from having some actually.

by chrisisasavage on Dec 14, 2008 6:12 PM PST up reply actions  

So

finding out Corco woke up in his own vomit is good or bad?

by chrisisasavage on Dec 14, 2008 5:21 PM PST up reply actions  

Although I know that your tongue is so far into your cheek that your tastebuds are showing

This is kind of what I’m taking about. I do completely agree, however. Corco has indirectly convinced me to NOT do a lot of things

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 5:41 PM PST up reply actions  

Me personally;

Anything that resembles the transcript of a chat shouldn’t have been posted. Status updates (“I’m tired/hungry/going to work/whathaveyou”) shouldn’t be posted. And I know we’ve all been guilty at one point or another, but I think it would be hard to argue that the OTFPs are more enjoyable because of such things.

by Aaron Campeau on Dec 14, 2008 5:20 PM PST up reply actions  

And they definitely put in a ton of work and I'm not asking them to do any more

But I do feel it would be helpful to know what is expected, as mentioned in my comment above

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 5:19 PM PST up reply actions  

I know I have, but I've never really offended anyone that I know of.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Dec 14, 2008 5:14 PM PST up reply actions  

I quit posting here mostly

because of the talk talk talk. That said, beer is always an inviting topic.

by chrisisasavage on Dec 14, 2008 5:19 PM PST up reply actions  

I rarely read the comments

where I used to be all over them, gleaning insight on what people thought about, well, baseball stuff.

by chrisisasavage on Dec 14, 2008 5:20 PM PST up reply actions  

Never tried it

Am going to have to. I love stouts.

by chrisisasavage on Dec 14, 2008 5:22 PM PST up reply actions  

Nice

very fiew 100th percentiles. Might be tough to find. I want to brew an imperial stout soon.

I want to try this Gruit recipe, “Anti-Imperial stout”:
http://gruitale.com/rec_mugwort_stout.htm

by chrisisasavage on Dec 14, 2008 5:27 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm thinking

a stout is next after I dump the bad batch of spruce beer. Any way, when your here next for an LL/USSM get together, I’ll have to offer up a bottle or two. I actually plan on making an LL/USSM event. Hopefully we can hear from Z.

by chrisisasavage on Dec 14, 2008 6:08 PM PST up reply actions  

What was your spruce recipe?

I wanted to brew this winter, and haven’t gotten around to it because of [LLLJ], but I love a decent spruce beer like Alaskan Winter.

I too would like some tips. I’ve been making wine recently instead; I was never any good at brewing.

by marc w on Dec 14, 2008 7:34 PM PST up reply actions  

Nothing like the Alaskan Beer

I did this,:

5 gallon batch
I used 6 lbs of pale malt extract syrup
Half a jar of blackstrap molasses.
1 lb of dark belgian candy sugar
1 Bottle of Spruce essence.
1 pouch of Safale S-04 dry ale yeast

Melted sugar, got to a boil
Added molasses for last 10 minutes
Added malt extract syrup at end
Cooled
Added yeast and spruce essence.

I was lax on sanitation and it got contaminated.

I want to get an all grain system soon. I’ve used some chocolate and crystal malts by mashing and sparging them in a coffee pot. That was in addition to the malt extract. It works OK. Using malt extract is fine, even for good beers, but only in addition to malt extract. I haven’t put together a truly great beer yet, although my blackberry honey ale is OK if you like fruit beer. I’m excited to try more grain brewing. I’m no expert.

I want to try something like this, using spruce branches:

http://www.bigoven.com/105890-Legendary-Mike-Browns-Spruce-Ale-recipe.html.

I had a spruce ale at the Skagway Brewing Companies brew pub in Skagway, AK, which was excellent.

by chrisisasavage on Dec 14, 2008 9:00 PM PST up reply actions  

BEER, BEER

MY NAME IS MARINERS FAN. ME LIKE BEER. I DON’T CARE IF I DIE IN A CAR CRASH DUE TO CONSUMING ALCOHOL. SINCE I’M A MARINERS FAN ME GET TO DRINK BEER.

by Dewey N on Dec 14, 2008 5:24 PM PST up reply actions   1 recs

I didn't think it was

But we are all so good at policing each other that it’s kind of a bummer to know that others have had a problem with stuff and not brought it up so that it could be fixed without these kind of long back and forths on a Sunday night. But, whatever. It should all be much better from here on out

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 5:44 PM PST up reply actions  

Old Rasputin

mmmmmmmmmmmmmllarglgggggg …. (or at least my best Homer drooling over donuts impersonation)

by chrisisasavage on Dec 14, 2008 9:40 AM PST up reply actions  

Oh

and for any aspiring Zymurgists, I recommend reading “Designing great beers” by Ray Daniels. It’s not light reading, and not for people scared of technical stuff, but if you really want to learn about the art of brewing beer, at least as much as you can from a book, that’s the book.

by chrisisasavage on Dec 14, 2008 9:44 AM PST reply actions  

Anyone use a kegerator?

I’m thinking about getting one. Bottling can be messy and takes a long time to fully condition a beer.

by chrisisasavage on Dec 14, 2008 10:06 AM PST reply actions  

I have a neighbor that brews, he picked up a refrigerator of craigslist and built his own kegerator.

Not sure if it would work for what your doing, but he’s using an old scuba bottle for the CO2, bought the plumbind and valves off the internet. Drilled holes through the side and pulled the shelves out. Keeps glass beer mugs in the freezer for when it’s ready to tap. He utilizes his garage space very nicely.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 14, 2008 1:21 PM PST up reply actions  

Those do look nice

I’ve been told you can reduce the time it takes to drink it. I do like how beer ages and tastes different as it conditions, but god, the wait can be awful when all you want is a beer.

by chrisisasavage on Dec 14, 2008 5:12 PM PST up reply actions  

Now you just need to wake up in an alley with your pants down and a throbbing ass.

Oh fuck you. Get out of work? Do what i do and piss your pantalones. Ain’t no one going to fuck with you when you piss your pants. -- kevin_ess, winebibber

by Wilder. on Dec 14, 2008 1:52 PM PST up reply actions  

somehow I'll have to pass on that

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by Corco on Dec 14, 2008 2:01 PM PST up reply actions  

He could mean

throbbing from eating a bucket of raw habaneros and 3 lbs of Chili. I’d recommend not drinking with him though.

by chrisisasavage on Dec 14, 2008 2:06 PM PST up reply actions  

That was probably last time

He was more careful this time

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 2:28 PM PST up reply actions  

It's worth it

I’m not even hung over yet

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by Corco on Dec 14, 2008 2:09 PM PST up reply actions  

You lead an exciting life.

Mariners ----> Brewers.

by .Taylor on Dec 14, 2008 2:23 PM PST up reply actions  

Clever

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 3:03 PM PST up reply actions  

I don't follow.

But I’ll assume you insulted me.

Mariners ----> Brewers.

by .Taylor on Dec 14, 2008 3:44 PM PST up reply actions  

I love these kinds of sites

Ever since Google came out with Earth, and now Streetview

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 3:14 PM PST up reply actions  

This frustrates me

Common=really good
Pharrell=good
But they have really distinct styles and the collaboration between the two, Universal Mind Control, really shouldn’t have happened. There’s maybe 3 good songs on the album and the rest is just extremely disappointing.

by Dewey N on Dec 14, 2008 3:47 PM PST reply actions  

You know what bugs me about Common?

He has Redman Disease, where you’re one of the most talented rappers alive, yet incapable of making a great album.

(I think “Be” was great, but I give more credit to Kanye than Common.)

by Teej on Dec 14, 2008 8:14 PM PST up reply actions  

Meh I say they shared the greatness of Be because Common was phenomenal on it

With Common getting the edge for me because everytime I listen to “They Say” and hear Kanye’s horrible horibble rapping I’m reminded why I like him as a producer much more than an entertainer (see: one of the worst albums of the year, 808s and Hearbreak)

by Dewey N on Dec 14, 2008 8:35 PM PST up reply actions  

So to get to work tomorrow I can:

A) Take the treacherous downhill with the hairpin turn to the north;
B) Take the treacherous uphill with abandoned cars to the south;
C) Combine the two by taking the long route with a slick downhill combines with a winding uphill and a 180 degree turn back on the main road to the west.

I don’t think I’m gonna be going to work.

by James F'n X on Dec 14, 2008 4:07 PM PST reply actions  

I can either take a steep and winding downhill

Or a long, steep, straight downhill with more traffic. My 45 minute commute is going to be shit tomorrow, and I’m not looking forward to it. I spun out twice this morning on Maple Valley Highway, and that was in an area that had been plowed and sanded.

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 4:19 PM PST up reply actions  

This sounds a little shaky to me.

“Statistics are the most powerful force known to man. They can be twisted and warped into contexts and situations in which they appear to imply something radically different than the original intent.”

Mariners ----> Brewers.

by .Taylor on Dec 14, 2008 4:11 PM PST reply actions  

Oops. Wrong quote. Hold on.

Mariners ----> Brewers.

by .Taylor on Dec 14, 2008 4:12 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm on pins and needles here, man!

Don’t keep me in suspense this long!

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 4:44 PM PST up reply actions  

Must be nap time.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Dec 14, 2008 5:13 PM PST up reply actions  

I amm fully in support of this.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Dec 14, 2008 5:15 PM PST up reply actions  

Need a ruling I guess.

My weird ass job. Interesting? Or LLLJ?

Some ass-hat shit in the shower yesterday. Fuck me I’m ready to go home.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Dec 14, 2008 6:41 PM PST reply actions  

I would hope a polar bear would be more courteous.

Also someone left a ton of blood in the bathroom. And a dude had to be evacuated because he has pneumonia.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on Dec 14, 2008 6:49 PM PST up reply actions  

This makes sense.

I often empty about a liter of blood and leave it in the bathroom. Helps me lose weight.

by brayden04 on Dec 14, 2008 7:09 PM PST up reply actions  

I think we're pretty good about telling people when what they're saying is uninteresting.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Dec 14, 2008 6:55 PM PST reply actions  

Seems to happen about 60 times a day.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Dec 14, 2008 7:03 PM PST up reply actions  

I don't know that uninteresting is the right word to use to describe the issue though

I think “pointless” or “inappropriate” would be better words to use

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by Corco on Dec 14, 2008 7:10 PM PST up reply actions  

Or stupid or worthless. It's all the same. People tell other people about these things, generally politely, though not always.

Point is, we as posters call bullshit on something, and it stops. If not, the people are disciplined appropriately.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Dec 14, 2008 7:14 PM PST up reply actions  

I like to think so

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by Corco on Dec 14, 2008 7:17 PM PST up reply actions  

Surprised I haven't been one of them, though I generally don't enjoy being annoying.

Considering the amount of cool people I’ve met in person (and become friends with), I’d say most of us here are the same. Outside of the running jokes between one or two posters that go on forever sometimes.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Dec 14, 2008 7:17 PM PST up reply actions  

That's kinda the point I was trying to make earlier

We police each other well. We tell each other if we don’t care or, more importantly, ignore it completely. Go back and look at how few of the LLLJ-type comments go ignored and you’ll see what I mean

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 8:14 PM PST up reply actions  

Shit brown?

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Dec 14, 2008 8:12 PM PST up reply actions  

You couldn't have written it bett-- wait...

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Dec 14, 2008 8:14 PM PST up reply actions  

OMG SPOILARZZ

I haven’t watched wrasslin’ in about 8 years. Always enjoyed it, but just kinda went away from it

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 8:16 PM PST up reply actions  

So the roads are fucking insane. Jesus Christ.

I and the other 3 people at my work that drive the same route, should be given a raise just for making it out there in this crap. Good lord.

by Goose on Dec 14, 2008 8:20 PM PST reply actions  

I was sideways all the way home tonight

It snowed down your way again today, did it not? As much as I love the snow, I’m very happy it didn’t put any more down up here. My 45 minute commute is tough enough, but this ice is in-fucking-sane

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 8:22 PM PST up reply actions  

It was half snow/rain all friday night. Then last night it started snowing.

And with the snow, the temperature has dropped down to between 20-25 degrees. So the wetness from the earlier snow/rain has completely frozen and we’re getting snow on top of that.

And we’re supposed to get more over the next few days.

by Goose on Dec 14, 2008 8:39 PM PST up reply actions  

Sounds fun

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by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 8:45 PM PST up reply actions  

Exactly

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by Corco on Dec 14, 2008 8:37 PM PST up reply actions  

I completely agree

Though I spun out twice this morning on SR-169 today between the golf course and 405. Straight line, 30 mph and I was still spinning. Fun though,since there were no cars around

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 8:42 PM PST up reply actions  

That was the first place I spun

The second was at the spot where it has been widened. They hadn’t even sanded or plowed the left lane, which I needed to get to 405 south. Came up on it and immediately spun backwards

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 9:15 PM PST up reply actions  

I just tried

the roads aren’t quite slick enough yet for quality cookie spinning

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by Corco on Dec 14, 2008 9:05 PM PST up reply actions  

They are by my place

But they don’t plow my roads around here really, so that’s to be expected

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 9:06 PM PST up reply actions  

I just tried in a big open parking lot

My Jeep Liberty is poossibly the easiest car ever made to spin good cookies in, and I got the traction loss but not the insane spinning- the roads are slick in patches but not consistently slick enough to do multiple rotations without tire damage

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by Corco on Dec 14, 2008 9:08 PM PST up reply actions  

I know what you mean

I came across a few places like that. There is a bunch of wide open road areas up on my hill that are ripe for it. I was going sideways approaching my neighborhood tonight, and all of 4th street up on my hill is a huge sheet of death right now

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by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 9:11 PM PST up reply actions  

Yes

Just not when your trying to drive home at the same time.

by Robert on Dec 14, 2008 9:10 PM PST up reply actions  

That's when its most fun

Master the art of the controlled slide when turning and you’ll scare a bunch of people but not come close to hitting them

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by Corco on Dec 14, 2008 9:10 PM PST up reply actions  

My cul de sac on a hill is an ice rink here in the Phinney neighborhood.

Supposed to get worse tonight? Black Ice…

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Dec 14, 2008 8:28 PM PST up reply actions  

I suppose this is one of those no-no comments, eh?

Sorry. I’ll blog about it.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Dec 14, 2008 8:29 PM PST up reply actions  

Blog this

*gestures to crotch

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by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 8:35 PM PST up reply actions  

Done. It was was a really SHORT post.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Dec 14, 2008 8:39 PM PST up reply actions  

But the best you've ever written, I'm sure

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by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 8:44 PM PST up reply actions  

My entire neighborhood is frozen solid

And I can take my winding and steep (and now super icy) hill to get down to a bigger, icier road or I can take the straight, super steep (and also super icy) hill to get from my place although this method is sort of out of my way

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 8:34 PM PST up reply actions  

So Jeff, anyone else, feel free to close this subthread if you find it too LLJ, or whatever, but I find it interesting.

Last night I was invited to a modern day speakeasy. Goddamn it was a trip. Totally illegal operation, unmarked building, entrance at the back door. You have to be invited to go, and when you enter, you show ID and get frisked. We went in, and it was a free-for-all. Smoking, booze sold (cash only) after 2am, and craziness abounding. There were poker rooms, but the large room was a concert venue, which starred a burlesque show, an actual black pimp rapper (nice guy!), and a western/old school swing band. Not shitty hipster swing. We didn’t end up leaving until 6AM. Crazy. I’m not at liberty to disclose the location, but there are a couple LLers I’m dying to take.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Dec 14, 2008 8:59 PM PST reply actions  

Uh, you had me at speakeasy? And again at illegal operation, then at the swing band and...

You get the point. MEMEMEME too please! Sounds like my kind of entertainment.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 14, 2008 9:04 PM PST up reply actions  

I didn't want to beg, but since you did already there is no shame in it

This sounds fucking wonderful

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 9:05 PM PST up reply actions  

Anyone else up here in Everett?

Are the roads as terrible by you as they are in the Eastmont area?

I’ve got no idea how I’m going to get to work tomorrow. I can’t even get out of my driveway.

by BrianL on Dec 14, 2008 9:20 PM PST reply actions  

Have a couple handfuls of sand?

A lot of the solid de-icers will melt right through and just leave things as slick as before, only now looking like swiss cheese. Try mixing any de-icer including rock salt in a bucket of warm water and toss it on top tonight, it will melt anything overnight and keep new accumulations from sticking. I’m talking about sheet ice here, not piles of packed snow. Otherwise, nothing really beats tossing a couple handfuls of sand on top of the ice just as you’re ready to go, works like a freaking charm. I’ve watched people dump buckets of solid de-icers for 0 results, the sand just stays on top.
If this comes across as super simplistic, I’m not trying to be a dick at all. I’ve spent a lot of years driving in inclement weather, and watched some pretty smart people struggle when there’s little tricks that help.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 14, 2008 9:55 PM PST up reply actions  

Use less words

But choose the biggest words that you can so that it still takes up as much space. You aren’t wasting words or space since what you say is always topical so if you feel it necessary to “say” less then just use big words.

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 10:13 PM PST up reply actions  

My thesaurus is set to 11.

Maximum consonants is now my new game.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 14, 2008 10:34 PM PST up reply actions  

Excellent

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 10:35 PM PST up reply actions  

And dead.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Dec 14, 2008 10:28 PM PST reply actions  

Distracted by watching History Channel specials.

Right now it’s “The True Story of Black Sheep Squadron.”

by BrianL on Dec 14, 2008 10:29 PM PST up reply actions  

Netflix?

They need to add Weeds, season 3 and 4. I put down the first two seasons in 2 nights, and hunger for more

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 10:31 PM PST up reply actions  

Bittorrent.

Though I have been watching a lot of their stuff via Netflix. Just finished up with the first season of Dogfights.

by BrianL on Dec 14, 2008 10:32 PM PST up reply actions  

I've got that in my queue, along with 120 other things

I will be cancelling my cable very, very soon

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 10:35 PM PST up reply actions  

I'm chatting with some clown in gmail

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 10:30 PM PST up reply actions  

I heard he's a freak.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Dec 14, 2008 10:41 PM PST up reply actions  

I can neither confirm nor deny these allegations

I can, however, assure you that my fullest attention will be devoted exclusively to this issue until a resolution has been met

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 10:44 PM PST up reply actions   1 recs

Inside joke. Live Journal. We must be shot.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Dec 14, 2008 11:00 PM PST up reply actions  

Correctamundo

Refresh or submit one yourself and it will update

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 11:03 PM PST up reply actions  

I have a bad habit of commenting as if were sitting next to somebody.

Plus I toss in the disclaimers since it’s the internet. Sometimes the words jump off the page sounding… kind of shitty and that bugs me.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 14, 2008 10:32 PM PST reply actions  

BIGGER WORDS, DAMMIT

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 10:38 PM PST up reply actions  

WOO

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by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 10:48 PM PST up reply actions  

You're good people, Kermit

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 10:48 PM PST up reply actions  

Anybody seen this? I couldn't stop laughing

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 10:40 PM PST reply actions  

AWESOME.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Dec 14, 2008 10:42 PM PST up reply actions  

Pretty much sums up the whole show

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 10:47 PM PST up reply actions  

And always a favorite

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 10:50 PM PST up reply actions  

Now that's fucking funny.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Dec 14, 2008 10:56 PM PST up reply actions  

Picture failure?

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by Faux on Dec 14, 2008 10:56 PM PST up reply actions  

Reply fail, I believe

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by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 10:59 PM PST up reply actions  

Dammit. NO. Another reply failure, supposed to be on the pics toothekazoo posted.

Using a laptop for the first time, the keyboard is screwing me up a bit.

Formerly dpseadvr.

by Kermit. on Dec 14, 2008 10:59 PM PST up reply actions  

Youhavenofuckingidea. Space bar issues.

Screw you, Mariners. I'm back in football's loving arms. *edit: well, shit. This isn't going well.

by kevin_ess on Dec 14, 2008 11:01 PM PST up reply actions  

I always reply fail at the bottom of a thread

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 11:04 PM PST up reply actions  

Xzibit

It makes fun of the MTV show “Pimp My Ride” where they take somebody’s piece of dog shit car and “pimp” it. The pimping usually consists of adding stupid shit to the cars (TV, video games, BBQ’s, fridges, aquariums) because it matches the person’s interest

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 10:58 PM PST up reply actions  

Go outside and laugh at them

The laughter will help keep you warm

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Dec 14, 2008 11:43 PM PST up reply actions  

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