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QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Jan 4, 2010 -> 03:40 PM) Does anyone remember 'The Bel Air' drive in movie theater on 31st & Cicero? Is it still operating? It closed in 1999 and was demolished a couple years ago to make room for yet another friggin' Wal-Mart. The oter one I remember going to as a kid was at around 75th and just off Western. Can't remember the name and I know it was a big flea market spot as well. I'm sure it's long-gone as well.

Bigger in Texas — so big, duplicate posts are required to contain all that Texas-sized mirth.

QUOTE (The Baconator @ Jan 3, 2010 -> 05:01 AM) Rum and coke is always good to me. Always. Pepsi Co. has some "throwback" product out now for a limited release that is made with pure cane sugar rather than corn syrup. Make a Cuba Libre with that and you'll know how that fine drink was supposed to taste.

Fare's too high, I'll walk (forward) instead.

Here's to forward alphabetical threads!

Mine was a TI-99/4A. Man, I couldn't get that thing to do squat. Even with it's whopping 16kb on on-board video RAM.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jan 3, 2010 -> 10:39 AM) Keep posting and this thread will never die Just what I assumed with the original alphabet thread, and look what happened there.

You have died from dysentery.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jan 4, 2010 -> 01:08 AM) Ah, I'm just waiting for the first unabridged volume of Flaxx's I Remember When.....Sorta.... I remember way back when youngins' had some respect for their elders. . .

QUOTE (G&T @ Dec 30, 2009 -> 11:50 PM) Wow! That eisbock knocks me on my ass, but I would LOVE to try it on cask. Might mellow out the alcohol which I always found overpowering in the bottled version. 300 beers sounds like a lot, but let's face it, you've probably had them all Not quite, I've got my sights on at least 20 I've not had yet.

Well, the Mrs. and I just returned from an honest-to-goodness Beervannah experience. A new local beer bar with a phenomenal selection (300+ bottles and drafts) tapped a 30-litre gravity-draw wood cask of 12% Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock and we were on hand for the first several rounds of the evening. What a phenomenal beer! I love this new bar.

I posted the list of fine spirits my fine Mother got me for Christmas on the Whatcha Get thread, but I'll repeat them here for those who may be more interested in such things. Apologies for double-posting, etc.: Christmas Rum Miracle! • Seawynde 92 proof Navy rum — a gorgeous blend of pot still Jamaican and Guyana rums that clearly smacks of Pusser's but also has a lot of its own character. • Cruzan Single Barrel Estate — I've sipped this one here and there but never picked up my own bottle. Interesting light flavor notes and a nose that is really quite odd. 50/50 shot that this one will really grow on me. • Matuzalem Gran Reserva — A Dominican rum I'd largely ignored until a shopkeeper gave me a free mini bottle to try that really impressed me. Not a huge depth of flavor, but nice caramel-chocolate notes give it more than enough complexity to be a fine sipper. • Rhum Clement Shrub Creole. Martinique orange/rhum liqueur that I anticipate will sub very nicely for curacao in top-shelf (Appleton 12 year and Rhum St, James Royal Ambre) mai tais. Going to try one of these tonight. • Last but not least, a bottle of my current favorite sipper — El Dorado 15 year Demerara!

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Dec 28, 2009 -> 11:08 AM) My wife ordered a wallet for me. It came wrapped, so she didn't open it. The packing slip said it was a wallet. I opened it and was it a wallet? Nope. It was 6 "Luau" multi-colored vodka glasses. Ummm...yeah, I think we will be keeping those and asking for the wallet as well. I was wondering where those vodka rum glasses I ordered had disappeared to. . . My Christmas got extended yesterday when we drove over to see my snowbird parents. They were going to come Christmas with us and then I went and got horribly sick (yea) and they thought better of it (Mom has a depressed immune system just off of a rough year of cancer treatment). Anyway, my Mom was at a loss for what to get me this year and a couple of weeks ago I rattled off a few decent rums I'd been looking to add to the collection. I figured she'd pick up one of them and maybe get it right, but lo and behold, under the tree I found: • Seawynde 92 proof Navy rum — a gorgeous blend of pot still Jamaican and Guyana rums that clearly smacks of Pusser's but also has a lot of its own character. • Cruzan Single Barrel Estate — I've sipped this one here and there but never picked up my own bottle. Interesting light flavor notes and a nose that is really quite odd. 50/50 shot that this one will really grow on me. • Matuzalem Gran Reserva — A Dominican rum I'd largely ignored until a shopkeeper gave me a free mini bottle to try that really impressed me. Not a huge depth of flavor, but nice caramel-chocolate notes give it more than enough complexity to be a fine sipper. • Rhum Clement Shrub Creole. Martinique orange/rhum liqueur that I anticipate will sub very nicely for curacao in top-shelf (Appleton 12 year and Rhum St, James Royal Ambre) mai tais. Going to try one of these tonight. • Last but not least, a bottle of my current favorite sipper — El Dorado 15 year Demerara! Gof Bless Us. . . *hic!* . . . Everyone!

QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 25, 2009 -> 10:13 AM) Now now, this was NOT Jesus' real birthday! Plus, he just doesn't post here all that much.

A hammock!

QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 23, 2009 -> 03:29 PM) Watched GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra last night. All I can say is, thank goodness there were hot chicks in it. And Brandon Soo Hoo, who played "Young Storm Shadow," is one creepy little f***er. As for Avatar, this chick I am trying to date has a 9 year old son. Is it ok for a kid that age? Kid is really smart and really into science, so I figured he would dig it... my kids are 10 and almost 12 and I'm questioning taking them, so I'm not sure about bringing a 9 year old.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 21, 2009 -> 04:09 PM) I have a female friend who has to wear her underwear in the exact order in which it came out of the dryer. She also uses a new toothbrush... every single day. That is a weird person.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Dec 20, 2009 -> 01:49 PM) Does anyone else almost always wake up feeling guilty after a night of drinking? I don't know why, but I always feel like I did something wrong. These days I'm the opposite. If it's a Friday or Saturday and I'm beat and pack it in early I then feel guilty that I missed out on quality imbibing time. That's normal, right?

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ Dec 21, 2009 -> 01:55 PM) When doing a puzzle with my 3 yr old and she walks away after putting in 3 pieces, I have to finish it...no matter how many times we have put it together. Then she comes back and is like...Oh daddy, good job you did the puzzle and I'm like dam right I did....you quitter!! Sounds like my oldest. She's always got big project aspirations but she's much better at delegating tasks to Dad than actually doing the work herself. I think she has a bright career as a general contractor.

QUOTE (Tex @ Dec 21, 2009 -> 12:59 PM) gotta make the last basket before stopping It's an admirable work ethic, but dayum you're old.

I use the Download Helper add-on in Firefox and it works well. If I have to convert the Flash video file to Quicktime or MPG4 I'll then use a Mac freeware program called iSquint.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Dec 20, 2009 -> 02:01 AM) All the dollar bills in my wallet are arranged with the largest ones in the back, all with the presidents front and up. Whenever I had a cash register all my bills would be in the register like this too. ^^^ That. Also when mixing drinks, I have to measure every ingredient with a measuring shot. If a recipe calls for 1/4 oz of something, that's what I pour until I decide to mod the recipe.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 20, 2009 -> 09:40 AM) You are the first I have heard say this. Massive disappointment seems to be the theme I have been seeing Probably the difference between shelling out at the theater or seeing is at home for almost nothing. I have yet to see it because the fan reception was so bad, but I'm a fan of the franchise and now I'll finally get around to seeing it with tempered expectations.

Ramble on. Now's the time, the time is now, sing my song.

Voila! No X this time around, courtesy of Balta the Magnificent.