Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Cole

..................or if my cold weather boots aren't the best for walking longer distances at a normal pace or a combination of both factors............

Yep, I found that out after the first winter in the Army in a tour in Germany.

So, on long patrols, one could wear combat boots and have your toes half frozen off ...... or ...... wear the "Mickey mouse" boots and have toasty feet, but with blisters and blood in the bottom of the boots ........


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[humfrz]

OK, I've popped the turkey into the oven, now to take my weekly shower, then I will be done for the day ........


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[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I see we made the Christmas card list.

Now that our wives are officially BFFs does that mean that we have to keep being nice to each other?

We started?

Makes planning another trip out that way far easier!

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

We started?

Makes planning another trip out that way far easier!

86 meet at the crack whorehouse.
@Cole, you should come so I can see you being annoyed with Tcoat irl.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

86 meet at the crack whorehouse.
@Cole, you should come so I can see you being annoyed with Tcoat irl.

We can play a round of What Phone Does He Have Today!

[Cole]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

86 meet at the crack whorehouse.
@Cole, you should come so I can see you being annoyed with Tcoat irl.

Could hang with Steve. Maybe I'll head out that way in January.

Have too many trips already planned at the moment though. Mexico in February, Nashville in May and a maybe last minute trip between Christmas and New year's.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

86 meet at the crack whorehouse.
@Cole, you should come so I can see you being annoyed with Tcoat irl.

Hey, I'd drive down to see THAT .......


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[Andrew025]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

86 meet at the crack whorehouse.
@Cole, you should come so I can see you being annoyed with Tcoat irl.

I want to see that

[humfrz]

Well, since it's a slow day on the forum ....... I'll tell a back-in-the-day Thanksgiving day story. Actually it's four stories compressed into one.

Back in the 70s and 80s, I was assigned the duty of attending the Brighten Conference ....for four years in a row. Now the Brighten Conference was an international scientific conference held in Brighten, England ....... over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Leave it up to the English to schedule THAT date!

So, you all have heard about how bad the English food is ...... I'm here to attest to that ...... especially at thanksgiving time. It made trips up to Scotland to eat haggis, seem like a treat.

Well, anyway, I would be assigned to give a scientific paper in general session. My boss would instruct me to give the paper and defer any questions to be addressed in the breakout session ........ and then NOT to attend the breakout session ......

Brighton is on the southern coast of England and is quite the summer playground. However, in the winter, it's cold, dark and wet. Their "beach" is nothing but a bunch of small rocks that will never make it to sand ......

On the brighter side, one year I took mrs humfrz along. We stayed in Gatwick and during the day, she would take the train north to London and sight see and I would take the train south to Brighten and attend the conference.

Those were different Thanksgivings for sure.

THE END


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[new2subaru]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Gonna be a slow couple of days on the old forum.
Cole, New2, what do you guys want to talk about?

I'm pulling the fr-s out of storage tomorrow and will do my best to burn up a tank of gas. It's going to be 8C!

We're Canucks, we could talk about favorite beers.

Alexander Keith's is what I'm drinking right now. Good stuff

[Cole]

Originally Posted by new2subaru

I'm pulling the fr-s out of storage tomorrow and will do my best to burn up a tank of gas. It's going to be 8C!

We're Canucks, we could talk about favorite beers.

Alexander Keith's is what I'm drinking right now. Good stuff

Shall we talk beer?

[new2subaru]

Originally Posted by Cole

Shall we talk beer?

I've read you're a connoisseur. I like things simple.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by new2subaru

I'm pulling the fr-s out of storage tomorrow and will do my best to burn up a tank of gas. It's going to be 8C!

We're Canucks, we could talk about favorite beers.

Alexander Keith's is what I'm drinking right now. Good stuff

I suck at the beer conversation since I like Bud Light and such.

[Cole]

Originally Posted by new2subaru

I've read you're a connoisseur. I like things simple.

Do yourself a favour, next time you're at the LCBO, head to where you can buy singles, and buy a few that have labels that you like. Try one or two before you're going to sip on a plain Jane Keith's and see if you like it. Go from there.

Pro tip: If you're a coffee kinda guy, try a stout or a porter. Lots of them are coffee flavoured, and it's an easy transition to drinking beer.

Also, I prefer "snob" over connoisseur.

Edit: You're in Toronto, correct? Plenty of places to go for damn good beer there. My girlfriend and I have become absolutely enamoured with Bellwoods Brewery. They have two locations, one in the distillery district on Ossington, but since it's about an hour to get there from Scarborough (via TTC, yay Kennedy Station!), we only head there if we'll be sitting around drinking for more than a few hours. Their bottle shop, which is in North York, is an extremely frustrating 25ish minute jaunt down the 401, but is very worth it.