The Bar... Volume#2

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:53 am

LeChatNoir wrote:And I think it was the American chestnut that was almost wiped out. There were many at one time. You can run across old barn boards that are chestnut now and again. Many of the ones growing around now are a Chinese variety that was imported at some pointâ€¦ I think.

Yes, it was. Some sort of chestnut blight in the 20s or so. Changed the character of the forests. Although, there'd already been, what?, 250 years of the white man and who knows how many centuries of the american indian harvesting and altering the ecology.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:58 am

Deb Prothero wrote:Ignoring Black Friday is the best course of action.

Ahem. Excuse me. There is always Buy Nothing Day. YOu get to do the exact same thing, but you ascribe more purpose to it.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:18 am

This is an impressive photo:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/contribut ... 11ffbd9a31

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:48 am

I've decided that, for me, BND is really about avoiding excess consumerism. I'm 'buying' all the time whether I like it or not. I'm going out tonight for fun, drinks will be bought, but it's no different than any other friday.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:50 am

I'm okay with that.

It still seems something worth mentioning.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:59 am

It is worth mentioning Crypto. Not trying to dis the event at all. They need to push very hard in that direction in order to move the world slightly their way. It's a huge task.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:12 am

*toasts Sput*

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:47 am

Cheers!

Fire Wire · Post by **Fire Wire** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:52 am

Cheers to you to, looks like oktoberfest in Munich. Been there done that.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:12 am

And those dirdils sure made the women look buxom.

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:50 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:And those dirdils sure made the women look buxom.

No doubt that was the intention.

Wonder where the goat is tonight?

Maybe I'll roast some coffee beans over the fire and see if that brings him out from hiding.

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:29 pm

Thanks Deb

Mmmmmm
Coffee

gh wanders in from the dark
got to do a good deed this evening.

had a lost hunter and his son wanderinto the plant just before I got here.
RK covered while I took them back to their truck.

Dam, they took a longgggggg hike in really bad weather.

now to play catch up here......

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:34 pm

see, you are a sweeeet goat - doing good deeds and all.

I'll take the beans and make some good coffee while you're catching up.

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:42 pm

Thanks Deb

It sure makes me remeber why I call coyotes and not chase chuckers...

Dam birds are just to much work.....

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:54 pm

and too little meat for the amount of work. Not that I imagine you eat coyote???

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 12:02 am

"When you drink enough of my beer
You will find this magic brew'll
Make your every joke a jewel
You'll drive drunker than Oksana Baiul!"

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 12:17 am

Very clever little ditty. I had to look up Oksana Baiul to figure out what it was about. I knew she was a skater but didn't know about the drunk driving charge.

Glad to see you in a chipper kind of mood, Goathead.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 12:18 am

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 12:19 am

Hey there, gyre. Is that from your autograph collection?

How you doing tonight?

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 12:42 am

Okay.
I generally don't get autographs.

I do have a shirt that Judy Tenuta wrote some rude suggestions on, but that's another story.
When we put on Rocky Horror here I got everyone to sign a program.
They ranged from the professional and demure to 'Fuck me blind.'

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 12:44 am

Rocky Horror tends to engender that type of response!

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 12:48 am

Deb Prothero wrote:Very clever little ditty. I had to look up Oksana Baiul to figure out what it was about. I knew she was a skater but didn't know about the drunk driving charge.

Oh, not simply drunk, but spectacularly drunk, and at fabulously high speed too.

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 12:51 am

Well, Wikipedia is not so specific about the details. Merely saying she had the charge and got off by taking some kind of alcohol education course.

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 1:28 am

alcohol education course

I would love that, something dealing with single malts, would love to learn more.

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 1:47 am

me too. A nice taste testing course with professional expertise so you don't buy the wrong kind.

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 1:50 am

This would have been the man to learn about them from.

In Memoriam

Michael Jackson

30 Augustus 2007

1942 - 2007

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 2:11 am

http://njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/2005/0 ... baiul.html
http://figureskating.wikia.com/wiki/Oksana_Baiul
http://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/08/sport ... yt&emc=rss
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/refere ... ne=nyt-per
http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/spo ... _oksa.html
http://www.people.com/people/archive/ar ... 13,00.html

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goathead · Post by **goathead** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 2:15 am

Very Cute.....

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 2:40 am

I loved her skating style. She was great. Too bad about the drinking thing. Wonder what she does now?

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 3:06 am

She always had that grin.
A rarity among russians, I think.

Boguinskaya, the most graceful of all gymnasts, almost never smiled, just a flash here and there.