The Bar 2014 Edition

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:23 am

But we like to live on hills and have a view. At least, that's what some scientists are saying.

Mojojita · Post by **Mojojita** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:58 am

FIGJAM wrote:They have one in Vegas.

Kind of a Hooters with a pub vibe and English food.

Fish and chips, corned beef and cabbage.......................

Brings new meaning to the term "bangers and mash"

(Good to see you this weekend Figgy!)

Post by **AntiM** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:45 pm

Tilted Kilt was on Undercover Boss. He was distraught one of the servers was being overtly sexual with the customers. PR stunt? But the guy seemed very genuine about wanting his pubs to be successful and a good place to work. Heck, the Hooters CEO did undercover. Very touchy feely, and he fired the pig of a manager, set up a new PR program run by a couple waitresses. Been a while since I saw it. If they want to hang their breasteses out, I'm good with it. My neighbor in San Diego used to take his two year son there when his wife was working, the baby was calmer because of the boobies. "But honey, Little Johnny fusses so much at the sports bars...."

I live about a mile or so away from the Wasatch Fault. You can see where the mountains slid upwards (or the ground below slid down?). My house sits on a lower bench, I made sure we did not buy one built down in what were recently streams. Bottom of the hill homes have damp/wet basements. I would not buy above the fault, those big houses will crumble hard when we have an earthquake. My house will likely fall too... brick veneer over cinderblock. Yay, 50s construction.

^Rhino! · Post by **^Rhino!** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:36 pm

Elliot wrote:As a truck driver about 30 years ago, I once had lunch in a hidden-away cafe at the docks of Los Angeles. The customers were all longshoremen and truckers. The waitresses all wore only the skimpiest of underwear.
Probably not politically correct today.

They have the same at Stagger Lee's in St. Louis, down on lower Broadway south of the Arch before you get into Soulard proper. The customers are mainly workers from Anheuser-Busch breweries on Arsenal St.

I go to Billie's Diner about two blocks further down, where you can get a half-chicken dinner with mashed potatoes, green beans, homemade roll and iced tea for under $7.00. They have a BBQ pork steak that's absolutely fantastic, served with baked beans and fries and a roll for about the same. I ate there when we were doing major geotechnical exploration for the 3rd Street viaduct seismic retrofit project. We ran into a buried creek channel at 70' that had been filled in before the Civil War, when the floodwalls for St. Louis were built. The engineer with the Army Corps of Engineers who was in charge of that project would later become a hero in the Mexican War....none other than Captain Robert E. Lee.

lucky420 · Post by **lucky420** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:44 pm

Stagger Lee

^Rhino! · Post by **^Rhino!** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 2:34 pm

I know.

I go to Shady Jack's on upper Broadway when I'm in town. It's a biker bar. The bartender is a lady named (believe it or not) Rocky. She's a class act that can sling appletinis with the best of them, but mainly draws drafts for the evening crowd. She shows up before lunch, which is all homemade in the kitchen by little old ladies from the area who KNOW how to cook right. The place totally goes silent for two hours every Tuesday night when 'Sons of Anarchy' comes on.

Jack is a buddy of mine. He was there the year I got my nickname of Rhino when we worked the Florissant Ave. interchange exploration. That was a hot dusty summer, too back in the early 90s. We did some borings for a new bridge at Lucas Street in the tough part of town, and we had no trouble, other than the fact it was 110 degrees out. We were about 6 blocks from the Mississippi River and the humidity and temperature in combination were stifling. My crew of 5 went through 5 five-gallon jugs of ice water that afternoon. Back in those days I had a thermometer in my field box, and I held it up about 4 feet off the pavement, and called off the work 2 hours early. The temperature was 125 degrees in the shade. Heat waves in St. Louis are not unusual, but they're brutal.

I have more St. Louis stories than Doan's has pills, if you're old enough to remember THAT cultural reference from bygone years.

moonrise · Post by **moonrise** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 2:56 pm

Hiya gang! Looks like I'm a bit late to the new Bar. Looks rather nice from the photo patsh posted (you changed your name...cool!)

I'm glad I live on a hill, fairly safe from disaster, phew!

VC, hope your finger heals good and fast! As MDF suggested it may be a good time to get your tetanus shot updated.

Cougar Camp...I love it!

I'm still slowly but surely recovering from 6 hospitalizations last year. I'll live they say, but I'm learning living is the hard part...dying is the easy part! Long story short, a manageable bad back for 10+years compounded by my recent diagnoses of Type 2 diabetes (yikes!) has thrown me for a loop, to say the least. I'm really tough and I'm doing my best to work it out, but it's slow going...arrrg!

I'm hoping to see some of you local eplayans when you're around these parts and in Reno and such... In the meantime I'll pop into eplaya and say Hi and do what I can for the burn from my spot

I'll be in Camp Envy again this year of 2014... Anyone else there this year? Please shoot me a PM!

Oh and last but not least I've still got Golficus Carticus and plan to be back "on playa" hopefully in 2015-ish.

Much love, Moon

MyDearFriend · Post by **MyDearFriend** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 4:45 pm

((((Moon)))) !!! Lovely to see you again!!!

I wish I could hang out here more myself, geez, I am working too much.

Have fun at the Tilted Kilt, VC, and come back with a complete report!

FIGJAM · Post by **FIGJAM** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 5:31 pm

Just like Home here today!!!

http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/25071 ... the-valley

FIGJAM · Post by **FIGJAM** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 7:52 pm

The first bar I ever had a drink in.

These pics don't show half of what's there.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mousephot ... 143934780/

Patsh · Post by **Patsh** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 8:09 pm

moonrise wrote:Hiya gang! Looks like I'm a bit late to the new Bar. Looks rather nice from the photo patsh posted (you changed your name...cool!)

I'm glad I live on a hill, fairly safe from disaster, phew!

VC, hope your finger heals good and fast! As MDF suggested it may be a good time to get your tetanus shot updated. Cougar Camp...I love it!

I'm still slowly but surely recovering from 6 hospitalizations last year. I'll live they say, but I'm learning living is the hard part...dying is the easy part! Long story short, a manageable bad back for 10+years compounded by my recent diagnoses of Type 2 diabetes (yikes!) has thrown me for a loop, to say the least. I'm really tough and I'm doing my best to work it out, but it's slow going...arrrg!

I'm hoping to see some of you local eplayans when you're around these parts and in Reno and such... In the meantime I'll pop into eplaya and say Hi and do what I can for the burn from my spot

I'll be in Camp Envy again this year of 2014... Anyone else there this year? Please shoot me a PM!

Oh and last but not least I've still got Golficus Carticus and plan to be back "on playa" hopefully in 2015-ish.

Much love, Moon

Hiya, Moon!! Good to see you again!

If I happen to be in Reno before and/or after the burn, how could I find you?

I'm not very surprised at how many people come away from unrelated hospital procedures with diabetes. I'm almost convinced they induce it (on purpose) while you're there by messing with your blood sugar, giving insulin and disrupting the natural flow of the body. Bummer for you to have to deal with that on top of all the other torture you've endured lately!

Hopefully, by next year, you'll be able to make it to the Playa. Until then, thank goodness for Camp Envy!

Mojojita · Post by **Mojojita** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 8:22 pm

Welcome back Moonrise!

Figjam - you should buy that place and turn it into a burner bar.

moonrise · Post by **moonrise** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:56 pm

My ears are ringing...I think that's a good thing

Yea, so this F&%@ing diabetes could've been shock induced (by the accident(s) and hospital stays) but my grandfather had it and he was THE picture of health. So, who knows *shrug* where it's coming from? Migration of humans over the last 600+ years? Dirty air and water? *throws hands in the air* Btw, Tudiabetes is THE best forum I've discovered for this progressive disease (I hope in the name of charity this plug is allowed to stay up.) Here are a few reasons 1) There's a "Burner/Burning Man" group on TuDiabetes, 2) The site was designed by a SF Bay Area computer programmer and is set up with 24 hour chat, 3) There is a South American version which makes this truly a global website, 4) I, moonrise am originally home based with BRC Department of Mobility Camp and always will be, in addition to BDC, and a few other unnamed camps..heh heh!, 4) TuDiabetes is free and charitable, just like we Burners are.

I switched to basically meat and leaves and have lost .......drum roll.........90+ pounds!!!!!!!! I'm at or below Highschool weight, holy cow! Ladies, please don't be jealous because it cost about $500k to lose the weight and well, enough talk of munny, ugh...(does anyone have a sugar free Hershey bar? man, those are a teat!) I've also discovered many other uses for vinegar, lemon juice, pickles, olives, acidic foods, low sugar boozes and such..tee hee...seems it is used by diabetics for all sorts of things and the list goes on and on in a very oddly related parallel.

Figgy, What a badass bar! Reminds me of Sharkey's in Carson City, NV (now closed and sold off all the cool stuff, or most of it, I think) except your bar has a nice thick layer of dust Fig!

Patsh, You can always PM me at eplaya, I always have my PM notification on. Or ask MDF, Yggy, L420 and them thar others...they'll be able to find me (and I'll shoot you my digits, too.)

MDF, Grai and the BDC/Dread Pirate Barbies...I'm yours truly, forever!

and vs vc Muhahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

It has been fun reading up on all the posts from the BIG NAMES (you know who you all are) today... (SOPT, you're in a class all by yourself, as always and much love to ya! lmfao! Don't stop, ever!)

Sav, yea...I wrote another book...what can I say? I am cramming, ya know hun, lol!

If I miss(ed) anyone just know it is in a good way!

Much love, Moon aka MR aka moonrise, never on the set, always on the rise!

ETA:

I knew it! Hiya Mojoita! Tanx for the well wishes!

FIGJAM · Post by **FIGJAM** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:34 pm

They didn't put sawdust on the floor.

In stead they had big barrels of free peanuts that people would take double handfuls back to their tables.

The shells got shoved off on the floor when you needed more space on the table.

Every square inch of the walls, celling, and even hanging in the air, where covered in the most amazing things.

Sort of like Burning Man blew up in a barn.

And the name of this great place???

moonrise · Post by **moonrise** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:38 pm

Sign me up Figgy, I'll work for peanuts!

Dang, where is everyone? This is THE slowest form of live chat known to man, lol!

Is it just me and you right now Figgy? Anyone else, come out come out wherever the fuck you are! hahaha!

Post by **AntiM** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 5:54 am

Dreaming of peanut shells....

^Rhino! · Post by **^Rhino!** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:59 am

It's going to be a long day.

I've got to go south to the Lake of the Ozarks and look at some possible future rockfall threats down on US54. The bedrock is garbage down there, and when it's exposed, it's hard to maintain. Solutions on these slopes will be a challenge, but perhaps do-able. We'll just have to see and come up with possible methods.

Accelerating the problem is road salt. We now use spent beet juice as a pretreatment on roads to prevent ice build-up, but salt is still the main road de-icer. Beet juice only works well to about 25 degrees F, and below 20 degrees F we also have to use calcium chloride salts.

Brings back a good memory. The drilling crew with me was in West Plains, Missouri one week and there was rain most of the morning. We don't drill when the rain's there, simply because slick pavements and traffic do not play well with work zone operations. We were at the maintenance building at the picnic table where the crew there eats, and it started to snow. My men sprang into action. The shed foreman got them to aid in the salt-spreading for his area. Since I don't have a CDL, I got to mix the chemicals they used in the bucket of a front-end loader for several hours that afternoon. My rule is that when my crew works, I work too. I picked up a shovel, and we mixed two shovels of finely ground sawdust with two shovels of sand with two shovels of calcium chloride, which would then be added to six shovels of salt.

The roads in West Plains stayed clear all afternoon and well into the evening, when the snow ended. No ice on bridges. The shed foreman was very happy with us, because we doubled the amount of work done by an 8-man shed, and there were only four of us. My guys are go-getters, and I'm honored to be with them.

magicmarty · Post by **magicmarty** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 7:52 am

Morning, Anti M & Rhino. Good seeing you Moon. Will be doing some volunteering at the Exploratorium in SF today and celebrating my eldest daughter's bday this evening. Having a bit of rain here, but not enough to help out with the drought. Dang! Guess LF gets back from her Euro tour in a couple of days. Lucky duck got to share a meal in Prague with Misa.

Carpe Diem, kiddies

VultureChow · Post by **VultureChow** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:27 am

Good Morning all.

Marty, I visited the Exploratorium when I was in SF in January. It was fun!

I've decided our business partner who is causing me so much grief is actually a sociopath. In one email he refuses to cooperate or outright lies to us and in the next accuses me of not being a team player.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:44 am

*wanders in, makes CCC*
well VC, "play him". you can find his trigger points easily enough, stroke them lovingly,and watch him explode all over the company and wither away..........

Yay Moon!! So glad to hear you're doing better, and well!!! yer a great fellow, and much missed here on eplaya! stop in more often!

we're getting some much needed rain, and snow levels down to 5K',so, some help. We're at about 30% of normal.............

I wish I had a photographer the other day:
I was trying to drag one of the logs home from my neighbor,and it was just standing my backhoe on it's rear wheels, so, I cut 6' off the stump and chained it into the front bucket, hoping to help counter balance. It did, but had to look hilarious, as I was dragging the log up the street, with the other in the front bucket, and the front bouncing up to 4' in the air as the log would hang up, then come down when it broke loose (not super fast drop), and me steering with the brakes, since the front wheels had no weight on them.......hahahaa. I don't get why the neighbors look at me weird......really........

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 9:44 am

FIGJAM wrote:In stead they had big barrels of free peanuts that people would take double handfuls back to their tables.

The shells got shoved off on the floor when you needed more space on the table.

According to Dan Clowes this was pretty much standard in bars in Chicago a couple of decades (or more) ago...

VultureChow · Post by **VultureChow** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 9:53 am

I wish. I'm pushing hard for a buyout now. There's a lot of money involved, and it's like negotiating with a rabid badger with a bomb strapped to his chest. He's delusional.

Ratty · Post by **Ratty** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:06 am

Good morning fellow travelers. At Target yesterday I saw 9'ell wire packs in 4 or 5 colors, ready to use for $10. It may not be the best price but it sure was tempting. 3 AAA batteries required.

Mojojita · Post by **Mojojita** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:36 am

Mornin' bar peeps. I'm still recovering from our BEquinox regional. Hope it will only be a few more days before I don't wake up still tired. I think most of my playa family has no idea who I am when I'm not sleep deprived (or sober, for that matter!).

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 3:46 pm

VultureChow wrote:I wish. I'm pushing hard for a buyout now. There's a lot of money involved, and it's like negotiating with a rabid badger with a bomb strapped to his chest. He's delusional.

ddddddddddddoooooooooo eeeeeeeeeeeeettttttttttttttt VC!
push his buttons, break his brain.........ddddddddddoooooo eeeeeeeeeetttttttt..........nnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwww

VultureChow · Post by **VultureChow** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 4:06 pm

It's so not in my nature. I'm a peacemaker. Plus, he can still hurt us.

That said, I'm currently getting some satisfaction from methodically trapping him in a series of lies and offenses that will strip him of his rights in the partnership. He's stupid about it too. Leaving a paper trail and everything.

lucky420 · Post by **lucky420** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 4:30 pm

Send Vinnie and the Goombahs after him. You are in Jersey, right?

VultureChow · Post by **VultureChow** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 4:40 pm

I wish. He talks a big game, but he's a whiny little man. I've got a bigger set of balls than he could fit in his Louis Vuitton briefcase.

Eta: the men working at Tilted Kilt also wear kilts. Rwarrrrr....

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:56 pm

I'm standing right behind you, Vulturechow...

Although, for the duration, you might want to adopt another name.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 7:01 pm

yer doin it and don't even realize, VC!!! Go get 'im!!!!..........yeehaw!!

also:
funnel clouds and tornadoes 30 miles to my west, Roseville, Rocklin, alont I80........wild live photos on tv now.
headed my way, but, the mountains will kill it.........super big cell though.

Watch out Doc!! Doc Pyro is "right there", just east of it.

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