The Bar... Volume#2

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:31 am

yeah, I'd say our friend from Florida offered a large target, and nobody shot at him. Especially naively expressing his desire to just pay and have it there for him in order to bypass the hassles.

It's amazing how little sense it all makes until you actually go and see it for yourself. Three years as a solo burner, and I'm developing ties to folks I'll meet up with again, not even really considering theme camping.... I go slowly, slowly. I'm ready for another cup of coffee, anybody else? I have some leftover meatloaf in the fridge, was considering a sandwich on some fresh sourdough. The fried balogna story reminds me of my Dad, and the noises the dome of meat makes when it cooks.

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:34 am

Your suppose to cut 5, 3/4 inch slots all the way around the bologna!

then it doesnt roll or get too burned on the dome base! hahaaa

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:37 am

makes sense. thanks. I never knew! I kind of like the burned crusty edge. and the little circle of cooked part on the top.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:42 am

thick cut...

it doesn't curl...

i am talking about bologna sandwiches here, so no dick jokes, ygmir.

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:43 am

its kinda like a ....BOOBIE!

hehehee

Dot of musterd on top...heeHee

Ok....I think Ive had my quota of Joe today!

Ya'll have a bitchen ass day-o!

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:44 am

UHG...man I dont think I could swallow something THAT THICK honey!

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:45 am

every time I see a nice straight line.........I get admonished not to indulge..........

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:47 am

hahaa...sorry Ygmir...dicks are for tricks!

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:07 am

allright ygmir....for the next week i'll be Abbot, and you can be Lou Costello.

i'll feed you line after straight line, possibly even some gay ones.

let the pun begin.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:16 am

*reaches over and turns on the Pun-O-Matic*

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:19 am

Simon of the Playa wrote:allright ygmir....for the next week i'll be Abbot, and you can be Lou Costello.

i'll feed you line after straight line, possibly even some gay ones.

let the pun begin.

*pondering what to do when fed a straight, gay line*...........

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:30 am

*pondering what to do when fed a straight, gay line*...........

the answer is "David Bowie"...

the answer is ALWAYS "David Bowie".

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:37 am

Simon of the Playa wrote:
*pondering what to do when fed a straight, gay line*...........

the answer is "David Bowie"...

the answer is ALWAYS "David Bowie".

of course it is, Earthling............

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:01 am

All this talk of bologna sandwiches reminded me of Jerry's.

It's a Sno Cone and Car Wash place and is the last of the traditional neighborhood eateries left.
It was in Great Balls of Fire and they repainted it in the fifties colors for the film.
People liked it so much, they left it that way.

It used to always close during the winter, very frustrating to me.
I used to live down the street for a couple of years, in a friend's garage.
Now the younger kids have taken it over and they are keeping it open all year, and have added more food.
I always told them they would do well if they did.
Jerry always thought no one would come in the winter.

They have hundreds of milkshake and snow cone flavors.
Stop by and try a mango-peach or peppermint shake!
I came up with mango-peach.
It works!
I got blue bunny to do a spumoni style with mango/peach/passion fruit once.
Too bad they didn't keep that as a regular item.

Their fried bologna sandwich is topped with bbq sauce, slaw and cheddar cheese on texas toast.
(Cole slaw on barbecue is a perversion some people here indulge in.
I don't recommend it.)
The frito pie may be of special interest.
Fritos topped with chili and cheddar cheese. Jalapenos as an option.
And smoked sausage on a stick, with homemade honey mustard.

Pinemom, when you make those slots, how do you cut them?
Into the edge or what?

Muffalettas now too

http://jerrysnocones.com/coppermine/index.php
http://memphis.about.com/od/foodanddining/gr/jerrys.htm

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:18 am

I looked for a picture ? nope ...none.. yeah on the edges...so they dont pucker.

I swear if I pick up a package of bologna at the store...Im shooting you all!

processed cow parts and other asst. creatures!

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:54 am

Thanks, Pinemom.

I first saw Winona Ryder when they were shooting the scenes at Sun Studios.
She still has friends here and shows up sometimes.
A lot of entertainment people come here because no one bothers them.
Ringo said this is the most relaxed town he had ever been to.
We aren't impressed by anybody.
The High Cotton used to be the hangout for all the rockers off tour, Clapton and such.

By the way, if you have never seen Jerry Lee Lewis live, try to.
Seeing him play in a small club is as electric as any performance I've ever seen.
And I've seen a few.
I can understand the effect it had when he started.
Riots at some shows.
They don't show them much, but the film of his really wild shows are incredible still.
I wish I had seen him play when he was young.
No one can hold a candle to those performances.

The sno cone place shows up 1:50 in.
Corny film, but still...
[youtube][/youtube]
http://www.jerryleelewis.com/site.php

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 5:26 pm

What time is it Simon?

gh fucking off at work.

sometimes the days are worse then wandering in the dark.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 5:43 pm

goathead wrote:What time is it Simon?

.

it's fitty-cent time.

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 5:45 pm

I suspected the answer wasn't David Bowie.

Oldguy · Post by **Oldguy** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 5:55 pm

I always slice my bologna from the center out to the edge. When the grease fries out shrinking the remaining meat, it leaves a Pac-man shape.
After removing the bologna to my plate there remains the perfect amount of grease to fry my medium sized egg/s. Ummm, bologna and eggs. Add cinnamon toast and hot chocolate, and you have a favorite winter breakfast; inexpensive also.

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 6:16 pm

pinemom wrote: I swear if I pick up a package of bologna at the store...Im shooting you all!

lol me too! we camped next to KFC, and i managed to avoid the fried bologna, it smelled so good, too ... ! but now .... jeez ... can't get away from it! ok, i'll try this instead ,,, same concept as nicotine gum?

this is a bar, you know ... how about a drink?

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 6:22 pm

Would love one, just have to wait a couple of hours to get off work.

I think I have spotted Da Mule in No. Nevada, must have been visiting cousins.

Looks like all sorts of little ones right now.

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 6:27 pm

so that's where da mule has been! making little da mules!!

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 6:51 pm

Hard to tell what they do after the sun goes down.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:51 pm

littleflower wrote:so that's where da mule has been! making little da mules!!

Um. You do know that da mule is almost certainly sterile, don't you?

While we're discussing equine hybrids, I found out that Romans used hinnies. As draft animals.

Shit, here we are getting ready for Metropolis and I'm reading about Pompei.

Or is that Pompeii? I tell you, diphthongs scare me, and triphthons are so fucking wrong that I have no words for them. Except banshee wails.

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:23 pm

it's pompeii ... what are you reading? fascinating place ... i especially love all the flying phallus things they found ...

diphthong ... what an excellent word ... don't bother with hawaiian or other pacific languages ...

as for sterility ... ssssshhhhhhhhh .... da mule may not know!

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:54 pm

littleflower wrote: it's pompeii ... what are you reading?

It's called The Fires of Pompeii. It's really pretty good. She basically, well, it's not debunking, because she doesn't really prove or disprove things, but she has a continuing commentary on what people think it means, and about how they sort of bring their biases and worldview into their interpretation. It's not like she spends more than a couple of sentances on Bulwer Lytton, but they are important sentances, because whatever her thesis is--and I'm not sure--one of the more important threads in her discussion is that we can't really "know" what Pompeii--or Rome was like.

littleflower wrote: i especially love all the flying phallus things they found ...

Put that away or Dick will get jelous. Or inspired. I'm not sure which is worse.

littleflower wrote:diphthong ... what an excellent word ... don't bother with hawaiian or other pacific languages ... :D

German's bad enough.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 3:33 am

try Finnish...................egad......

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 5:07 am

OH Pompeii!!!!!

My #1 place I want to go to before I die!!!

No really! hehee

Its been on that list I think since I was in 6th grade.
Purely fascinating!

G'Mornin....Ygmir.

Ive been up since around 4ish...but was poking around the house and looking at pics!

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:05 am

There was a great art installation I saw in 1982?81? that was layed out like a museum exhibit. It started with a city dumpster, and examined it archaeologically, like an intact tomb. They manufactured a culture to fit the trash. Repeating items like clamshell packaging were painted (restored) and posited as religious icons. They found purposes for items that were logical, but not correct. It was fun, but it highlighted how easy it could be to simply make stuff up.

I'm not familiar with what Bulwer-Lytton said about Pompeii, but it brings to mind one of my favorite fiction contests. This years runner-up:

The wind dry-shaved the cracked earth like a dull razor--the double edge kind from the plastic bag that you shouldn't use more than twice, but you do; but Trevor Earp had to face it as he started the second morning of his hopeless search for Drover, the Irish Wolfhound he had found as a pup near death from a fight with a prairie dog and nursed back to health, stolen by a traveling circus so that the monkey would have something to ride.

Warren Blair
Ashburn, VA

and since this is a bar here's an honorary cocktail: "The Dark and Stormy is a simple cocktail with only three ingredients: Goslingâ€™s Black SealÂ® dark rum, ginger beer, and lime juice, and in Bermuda (home of the Dark and Stormy) they generally leave out the lime. I prefer lime in mine, but you should experiment to determine your preference. Ginger beer is not ginger ale; it has a spicier (almost hot) taste, so donâ€™t try to use ginger ale to make a Dark and Stormy." sounds like a good playa quencher.