The Bar, Volume #4

graidawg · Post by **graidawg** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 10:49 am

help yourself

bedlamdoll · Post by **bedlamdoll** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 11:03 am

Wheeee! All the caffeine! Just what I need so I can be nice and wired for my day full of reading long technical/legal documents.

Ratty · Post by **Ratty** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 11:44 am

Too much coffee. Can I have a Bloody Mary please? Extra hot if you don't mind. Had to take the Food Handlers course this morning. Nobody noticed that my was expiring. Done....(Throws it down in 2 gulps). Thanks.........You're the best. I'll come back for a beer after work. (Rushes off to do nothing at work).

MyDearFriend · Post by **MyDearFriend** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 1:53 pm

Beer after work? Why wait?

*pours pint for Ratty, and one for self*

I am doing nothing at work too!

magicmarty · Post by **magicmarty** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 2:28 pm

Hey (((MDF))) not too much work here either. NEB is most appealing. Dives in

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 3:30 pm

Please My Dear Friend keep saying how you miss us all. It's not the same as being homesick is it? It makes me feel better anyway. NEB geronimo! oooof.
didn't spill a drop.
btw There's a taco truck out in the parking lot behind the bar.

The CO · Post by **The CO** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 4:20 pm

<enters via the catflap in the ABB>
<Pours whiskey>

So, a funny story with an object lesson to boot:

Thursday of the Burn, I was hanging out in Rosie's Bar, enjoying some conversation and not being at work. Harlequin was tending the bar. Three younger fellows were at the bar being served. One of them clearly 'didn't get it'.

He tried to give Harlequin the red plastic solo cup he had been drinking from, so she would throw it away. She told him 'no, that's your Moop, we don't want it.' He kept trying, saying it could be reused (ew, yuck), or put tips in it (stupid, and again yuck). She kept telling him' no, that's your moop.'

I could hear in her voice that she was rapidly getting more annoyed. The other two of the group were trying to explain that he needed to take his own shit, but even his chums words could not seem to get through to his brain cells. Right around the time Harlequin said for the umpteenth time 'that's your moop' and added 'If you leave that here you are a bad bad burner!" I decided to help educate the buffoon.

I stepped up next to him at the bar, tapped him on the shoulder and said "We'll make you a deal. Hold out your hand." He did so. I reached into my Moop pouch on my belt (everyone has one of those, right?) and grabbed everything in it. It was the end of the 'work day' on potty patrol. Cigarette butts, bits of garbage, some snack bag wrappers, all sorts of little crap.

"I'll take your cup if you take this." I said, putting everything from my moop bag in his hand.
"Harlequin, give him some of the recycling from back there." She began handing him crushed cans and assorted trash. He looked very shocked as his hands rapidly filled with garbage, and said "I don't want all this crap!?!"

I replied "And we don't want your F**KING cup! Have a great burn!"

<drinks whiskey, disappears in cloud of wood dust>

Captain Goddammit · Post by **Captain Goddammit** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 4:22 pm

bedlamdoll wrote:Morning all! Please tell me there is lots of coffee. I'm so dragging today.

We're in Seattle... of course there's coffee!

Captain Goddammit · Post by **Captain Goddammit** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 6:03 pm

And I'm having some right now... to which I have added Kahlua, Baileys, creme de cocoa, Jameson whiskey, a little chocolate ice cream, and whipped cream.
"Joe's joe" I call it.

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 6:09 pm

Got any to share?

Captain Goddammit · Post by **Captain Goddammit** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 6:17 pm

Absolutely! All you have to do is come to BRC next August! Haven't seen you in... wow, a lot of years!
I've been through hell and back since, the good news is I'm back and all is finally well!
I was really hoping you'd be one of the old friends I got to see this year but I know it's a bigger commitment than most for you, as far as you have to travel.

bedlamdoll · Post by **bedlamdoll** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 6:18 pm

Captain Goddammit wrote:And I'm having some right now... to which I have added Kahlua, Baileys, creme de cocoa, Jameson whiskey, a little chocolate ice cream, and whipped cream.
"Joe's joe" I call it.

Ooh. I think I need some of that.

Ratty · Post by **Ratty** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 6:42 pm

Hey gang. I went home for some chow and wine. Any Evil Twin or Black Mountain? Oh hell, I'll have a Bud. Hi Bedlam, Hi Capt. Not much work today. Just 'box wrangling'. Plopps down.

bedlamdoll · Post by **bedlamdoll** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:07 pm

Hi Ratty!

I have soup now. Hooray, dinner. Now time for my regularly occurring meeting to plan Steampunk themed mayhem.

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:19 pm

Captain Goddammit wrote:Absolutely! All you have to do is come to BRC next August! Haven't seen you in... wow, a lot of years!
I've been through hell and back since, the good news is I'm back and all is finally well!
I was really hoping you'd be one of the old friends I got to see this year but I know it's a bigger commitment than most for you, as far as you have to travel.

We're going to try for it. Lots of time between now and then, but Karine and I miss it pretty keenly. I think we'll have a good handle on the shop by then.

Hi Ratty, hi bedlamdoll... I know that you two don't know me all that well yet, but I watch from the rafters and keep a check on the place from time to time. It's good to see good folks hanging around here.

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:23 pm

Oh, and CG... I'm really glad you made it through hell in one piece. It can change a person and it's tough like nothing else, but when processed properly, it's for the better. Mine was and I wouldn't change not one second of it.

OregonRed · Post by **OregonRed** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:33 pm

Hi guys. Long day. Feeling down... I would be happy with a drink or a hug. Or both...

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:39 pm

((((Oregon Red))))))

(Slides a glass of bourbon down the bar)

OregonRed · Post by **OregonRed** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:41 pm

Thanks, LCN. I needed that.

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:53 pm

Some days are tough, but then you get the chance to do it better the next morning!

Hugs help... And snacks. Snacks help too.

(Puts out a plate of salami and various cheeses)

OregonRed · Post by **OregonRed** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 9:01 pm

Mmmmmm... Salami and cheese with bourbon. I always knew you were a cat who understands me.

You're right. Snacks do help.

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 9:39 pm

Yep... Then sleep. And wake to a new day full of potential.

'Night all! Sleep well.

The CO · Post by **The CO** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 10:16 pm

<reappears in a puff of metal shavings and plastic chips>

Did someone say cheese and salami?

magicmarty · Post by **magicmarty** » Tue Sep 24, 2013 4:09 am

Hi LCN, CO. In ... Out ... and back ro ZZZZZZZZ land

Post by **AntiM** » Tue Sep 24, 2013 4:53 am

Morning all! Geeez, I have got to quit zonking out so early, I miss everyone!

OregonRed · Post by **OregonRed** » Tue Sep 24, 2013 7:02 am

Good-morning, AntiM! It's great to see you! How about some Irish for that

?

Ratty · Post by **Ratty** » Tue Sep 24, 2013 7:44 am

Can I have a vodka redbull? Don't look at me! It's too early.

bedlamdoll · Post by **bedlamdoll** » Tue Sep 24, 2013 8:33 am

Good morning! I think it's Irish coffee time for me. Just one though, since I seem to have already managed to achieve my normal levels of bouncy.

Post by **trilobyte** » Tue Sep 24, 2013 9:05 am

I zonked out early and missed all the fun, too. Damn, this kitten is wearing me out!

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Tue Sep 24, 2013 9:06 am

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