The Bar

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:49 pm

I really don't want to talk about politics, it gets people's blood pressure up for no good reason. I don't really care what anyone's political leanings are, so far I really like everyone here. I will love Republicans and Democrats, and Libertarians ... and maybe even a Green or two

so please, lets keep that in the political threads, shall we?

tisha2 · Post by **tisha2** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:50 pm

*ahem*

So how 'bout that fucking MOON, huh??!

And where *are* you Cowboy??

i'm voting fer kerry.

but first it's halloween!! we need some spooky drinks...any ideas???

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:54 pm

geekster wrote:I really don't want to talk about politics, it gets people's blood pressure up for no good reason. I don't really care what anyone's political leanings are, so far I really like everyone here. I will love Republicans and Democrats, and Libertarians ... and maybe even a Green or two so please, lets keep that in the political threads, shall we?

I agree there are enough other venues for politics.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:56 pm

Spooky Juice

1 oz Absolut Vodka
2 dashes Blue Curacao
1 dash Grenadine
Fill with Orange Juice

Mix together with ice.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:58 pm

well right now I'm at west longitude 122.5299999, north latitude 37.9736111
(that's gps positioning stuff, or San Rafael, California)
The Red Sox won the World Series! I am really really happy!
ok truce no more political stuff, but sometimes I hear that kind of talk in the bars I go to, but hey, you're the boss, here and when the woman wants to be the boss, I just say....well, ok honey, if that's what you really want!

tisha2 · Post by **tisha2** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 11:06 pm

I just wanna keep the bar a happy place...and yes, there are several political threads out there. maybe it's that my workday is pulserate-raising enough...i don't wanna get riled up in my off time...

but thanks for understanding a woman's need to be in control of some things...

and i *do* remember you saying you're from Raphael...i love saying that RAH!-fai-yel! yeah... come on up any time! there's a great divey bar up here, and a terrific local music scene.

good choice, geek! i bet if you saved the grenadine for last you could drizzle it in and make it look like blood oozing down into the drink...

tisha2 · Post by **tisha2** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 11:14 pm

tisha2 wrote:I just wanna keep the bar a happy place...and yes, there are several political threads out there. maybe it's that my workday is pulserate-raising enough...i don't wanna get riled up in my off time...

well, not riled up *that* way, anyway....

i'm off to dreamland, fellas. see ya fer coffee...

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 11:16 pm

g'nite. I will have the pot ready to go, just flip on the switch when you get in tomorrow.

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 11:17 pm

Have a good night Tisha, sleep tight.

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 11:21 pm

I suppose I aught to think about heading out too, good evening fellas catch ya later............night

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 11:32 pm

night. I am headed to the sack as soon as the news is over myself.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 11:41 pm

Love all you people!

Sobretta Franjipan · Post by **Sobretta Franjipan** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 1:45 am

door slams loudly against wall

What kind of juke joint is this? Nighty night at 10 p.m.?

brandishing the bottle of raisin brandy shaped in glass like Venus de Milo from the Best Greek Deli

takes shot out of Venus's neck

To me!

And my Full Moon Homies!

triple Taurus, ¡Aye, carumba!

Sandwichman · Post by **Sandwichman** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 2:23 am

Wow where did ya all fo it si not tat late. I am hust getiing in.

More whisjey for em.

Anyone hojn me.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 3:03 am

Good morning. As usual, I'll put on the coffee pot for the early risers.

Love hearing everyone's ideas for what to do with virgin burners. I think it could be great. You'll need lots of help, so count me in should it happen.

nipples · Post by **nipples** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 5:29 am

~sweeping floor w/boarbristle broom~

Hmmpf. What the heck is all this, then? Effigies of politicos, sports banners with bottle rockets tied to em' (all it... damn), and the head of Venus d Milo duct-taped to a vinyl record. Hmm. Quiet last night.

~joins Sputnik in a huge cup of coffee~

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 5:35 am

'morning nipples

Hope the coffee does it's thing this morning. Got a day and a half ahead of me.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 7:15 am

GOOD MORNING BOSTONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

no need for coffee here, just a glass of water, thanks

buckethead alien · Post by **buckethead alien** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 9:32 am

Hey CBA, you are one happy man.

Somebody slide me some o' that coffee ova he-ah.

Oh, and can we talk about GE's pic a bit more please?

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 9:57 am

sputnik wrote:Good morning. As usual, I'll put on the coffee pot for the early risers.

Love hearing everyone's ideas for what to do with virgin burners. I think it could be great. You'll need lots of help, so count me in should it happen.

Thanks, fellow traveller! I had planned on not focusing too much on any organization or anything until after the holidays. At this point I would just kind of get the word out that the idea exists and let people chew on it on their own for a while. After the New Year we can get busy. I figure many people already have a lot going on this time of year.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 10:01 am

Congratulations, Cowboy, on your team winning the World Series. It is a good thing the Cubs weren't in it. It would be like the buttered cat*. The last game would probably be rained out forever.

*Buttered Cat: Since a cat always lands on its feet and toast always lands butter-side-down ... if you fasten a piece of buttered toast to a cat's back and then drop the cat, it should fall until it is inches from the floor and then spin forever.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 10:04 am

Oh, hey guys, I thought I might share one of my favorite websites with you ...

http://www.cockeyed.com

Here is one of my favorite pranks that they did ... a modification of the menu at TGI Friday's:

http://www.cockeyed.com/pranks/menu/menu01.html

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 10:12 am

Zulegoona wrote:I went into a taxidermy supply store once looking for eyes for a sculpture I was working on, there is some pretty weird and wonderful shit in those places but they aren't cheep.

I once picked up a bag of those eyes on gp from this place.
Round here we have 3 of these places And here's a page with national links.
Also, that's a good sort of freecycle type item, perhaps.
Do you still know people in the museum trade? You must have all sorts of fabrication skills and perhaps they have scrap. I actually am cleaning out ~10 years of collecting for assemblage and would be willing to donate if there's a local (bay area) address for that. (Or if one manifests.) I just don't really want to hold on to the stuff--too much clutter and my husband was a little paturbed by the gifting I did of costume this year and how much room that took up in the truck, so I don't want to get into carrying a lot up to the playa myself. Too bad I freecycled those sea shells this week. . .

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 10:15 am

geekster wrote:Congratulations, Cowboy, on your team winning the World Series. It is a good thing the Cubs weren't in it. It would be like the buttered cat*. The last game would probably be rained out forever.

Ha! Just think of what the Bay Bridge series brought and be grateful. A permie rainout would be nothing to THAT violation of the space/time continuum.

Karma · Post by **Karma** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 10:18 am

My name is Chris from Alcohol Beverage Control.
I've been observing over the past couple months since this bar opened that not once have the Bartenders asked for ANY form of ID to prove their patrons are of legal drinking age.

As I'm sure you know, the legal drinking age is 21.
If this bar thread continues to flaunt the conditions of its license and does not start a rigorous ID check before serving alcohol to customers,
ABC will have NO choice but to revoke the license of this establishment and close this thread.

There will be NO further warnings !
ABC.

p.s. Ya got any Tuaca back there ?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 10:22 am

Karma wrote:My name is Chris from Alcohol Beverage Control.
I've been observing over the past couple months since this bar opened that not once have the Bartenders asked for ANY form of ID to prove their patrons are of legal drinking age.

Hey my picture's right there--to the left!

Hm! Really!

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 10:26 am

Wait a minute ... I thought there was a checkbox ... maybe it was a pulldown menu ... yeah, I am sure there was a checkbox where people were required to certify they were over 21 ... yeah, there was. It was the same kind of thing that was used over on the Adults Only area of ePlaya to certify that users really were adults. You know ... A CHECKBOX!

tisha2 · Post by **tisha2** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 10:28 am

*emerges bleary-eyed from her tent in the back*

Wha..!!???? uh...erm....riiiiiiight.

y'know I DO have one big-ass bottle of Tuaca right over here that's I've been savin' jus' fer you, cuz I remember how you like it.... *wink*

and as a matter of fact, we HAVE been checking IDs, it's just been all non-verbal, and we get tired of typing out all the e-miming, y'know...

*bartender nods at customers wallet indicating need for ID*

*customer nods in understanding and pulls out ID for bartender*

*bartender thoroughly scrutinizes ID and hands it back smiling then turns to attend to customers drink*

See?? just so damn time-consuming!!! Now let's mosey on over to this little corner booth over here and see about that Tuaca, huh??

tisha2 · Post by **tisha2** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 11:11 am

Okay - he's gone.

And it's looking rough out there on the BM threads...i'm gettin' all worked up, and that's not where I want to be today, so i'm off for a while. gonna enjoy some actual sunshine.

somebody mind the bar, huh?

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 12:28 pm

Hey Zu,

sorry for the late reply, I was off to go hang out with yer kind. Doing an installation with a pretty wacky optical gag with some character animation popped in for flavor.

We have a fair amount of folks here who have drifted into and out of the museum design scene. Lots of work for that type of stuff at epcot and sponsored pre and post-shows. Very geeky and neat stuff.