hey
where i live in america i am surrounded by people who don't take this 21st century plague seriously. if we follow on the track laid out by italy, we're going to have a bunch of dead people. maybe me, too. it makes me reflect on what i'm doing here.
and so we come to the bucket lists.
what on yours? what used to be on yours but isn't any more because you've changed?
what was on it that you've accomplished, or still want to?
in no particular order, here are some of mine:
-- live in the country
-- keep bees
-- race a championship motorcyle
-- be able to identify all the trees where i live, and all the small mammals. and the birds, and the herps, and the fish.
-- build a tesla coil
-- learn to hang glide
-- jump out of an airplane
-- become competent in spanish
-- marry the most wonderful woman in the world
-- stay married to her
some of ^^these ive managed to do. some are contnuing projects. some i'm running out of time on.
what's yours?
I've done most everything I wanted to do. I just want to retire in the mountains living in a log cabin by a large stream or river.
well then you should keep bees too.
Quote from: billy rubin on March 18, 2020, 10:08:54 PM
well then you should keep bees too.
What sort of gratification comes with bee keeping?
One cafe fight.
Skydiving.
Learn to dance.
Take up rock climbing.
Make beef Wellington.
Build a house.
Quote from: Kusa on March 19, 2020, 12:01:21 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on March 18, 2020, 10:08:54 PM
well then you should keep bees too.
What sort of gratification comes with bee keeping?
i have been stung three times on the end of my pecker.
the sting is unfortunate, but the swelling is impressive.
Quote from: billy rubin on March 19, 2020, 10:00:05 AM
Quote from: Kusa on March 19, 2020, 12:01:21 AM
Quote from: billy rubin on March 18, 2020, 10:08:54 PM
well then you should keep bees too.
What sort of gratification comes with bee keeping?
i have been stung three times on the end of my pecker.
the sting is unfortunate, but the swelling is impressive.
That doesn't make me want to run out and buy a bee hive. Any other reasons to get started in the bee business?
Quote from: jumbojak on March 19, 2020, 02:34:30 AM
One cafe fight.
Skydiving.
Learn to dance.
Take up rock climbing.
Make beef Wellington.
Build a house.
When you say build a house, do you mean that literally?
I build my first house many years ago with the help of my father. We did about 95% of the construction, framing, wiring, plumbing, etc. It took us two years working 7 days a week to finish a 2400 square ft house. It sounds like fun but I'll never do it again. The upside was I had a decent size house with only $50,000 in it.
I put an addition on my previous house. It took me 18 months of weekends, holidays and vacation days. I'll never do it again, though the sweat equity we earned when we sold was nice.
I haven't really given it enough thought to put a list together but I few things I definitely would like to do before I die are:
Travel (especially to Europe, I've never been to Europe...);
Write a fiction book (though I still have a lot to learn before I feel like an even remotely competent writer);
Start and finish a PhD (*sweats nervously*);
Keep a houseplant for a reasonable amount of time without it dying due to neglect (I'm thinking about getting another cactus, those are tough motherfuckers! Hopefully it won't die as well ::) );
I think that's basically it for the moment. :chin:
Yes, I want to build it myself. I'd like to cut some timber, fire up the sawmill, and start at the beginning. Concrete work would probably get farmed out.
Quote from: jumbojak on March 19, 2020, 01:15:02 PM
Yes, I want to build it myself. I'd like to cut some timber, fire up the sawmill, and start at the beginning. Concrete work would probably get farmed out.
The brick part of the foundation was the only thing I had farmed out. I could have done it but it would've add another year probably because I'm not a brick layer.
Now I will say that cutting my own timber sounds like fun. I've never ran a sawmill before.
Running the mill is easy. Getting the logs loaded can be a workout though.
Quote from: Kusa on March 19, 2020, 12:21:03 PM
That doesn't make me want to run out and buy a bee hive. Any other reasons to get started in the bee business?
well, i made my living with a bee outfit in california for ten years, and i'm looking for a source of additional income here in the eastern united states over the next few years. where i am now, a healthy beehive will make something like 140 pounds of honey per year. varietal is un usual, mostly the best you can get is a spring mix from the trees and a later season wildflower honey from goldenrods and asters. unprocessed raw honey sells at farmers markets for ten bucks a pound or better.
its also possible to do some commercial pollination around here. that was the lion's share of my income in california, where i rented bees to pollinate fruits, vegetables, and seeds. ere there isn't much except the melons down on the ohio river, but there's a significant acreage there for a small beekeeper.
i also made money raising and selling queen bees. that's where most of the money is, but you can't do that in ohio. you have to have pollen in february and good flight weather in march to get the market.
if you have fruit trees or a garden, saturating your area with honeybees will pollinate the stuff that needs insects. that's most of what we eat. i'm mostly vegetarian during a lot of the year, and i'd like to produce more of my own food here at the home ranch. so having the nbees around will increase yields of some of the perennials i already have in the ground.
and bees are also just interesting livestock. they require minimal care, if you stay on top of the diseases and parasites. and they have the capacity to increase quickly. my wife and i started with one hive. th enext year we had 30. the year after that 100-something, then 300, 500, 600, 700, and 800. their behavior is fascinating, and you can't mess with them without learning something every time you open a hive, if youre paying attention.
and something else that is really a plus. i live in the country, way out, with no neighbors. but the hayfield to the north has a nice building site on it, and i don't want to see a house there. a yard of beehives on the property line is a great way to scare off potential homebuilders. the more the better.
we'll start with the four i've got coming, and see about building up to a hundred or two.
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 19, 2020, 01:13:43 PM
Keep a houseplant for a reasonable amount of time without it dying due to neglect (I'm thinking about getting another cactus, those are tough motherfuckers! Hopefully it won't die as well ::) );
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_the_Aspidistra_Flying
Quote from: billy rubin on March 19, 2020, 09:42:58 PM
Quote from: Kusa on March 19, 2020, 12:21:03 PM
That doesn't make me want to run out and buy a bee hive. Any other reasons to get started in the bee business?
well, i made my living with a bee outfit in california for ten years, and i'm looking for a source of additional income here in the eastern united states over the next few years. where i am now, a healthy beehive will make something like 140 pounds of honey per year. varietal is un usual, mostly the best you can get is a spring mix from the trees and a later season wildflower honey from goldenrods and asters. unprocessed raw honey sells at farmers markets for ten bucks a pound or better.
its also possible to do some commercial pollination around here. that was the lion's share of my income in california, where i rented bees to pollinate fruits, vegetables, and seeds. ere there isn't much except the melons down on the ohio river, but there's a significant acreage there for a small beekeeper.
i also made money raising and selling queen bees. that's where most of the money is, but you can't do that in ohio. you have to have pollen in february and good flight weather in march to get the market.
if you have fruit trees or a garden, saturating your area with honeybees will pollinate the stuff that needs insects. that's most of what we eat. i'm mostly vegetarian during a lot of the year, and i'd like to produce more of my own food here at the home ranch. so having the nbees around will increase yields of some of the perennials i already have in the ground.
and bees are also just interesting livestock. they require minimal care, if you stay on top of the diseases and parasites. and they have the capacity to increase quickly. my wife and i started with one hive. th enext year we had 30. the year after that 100-something, then 300, 500, 600, 700, and 800. their behavior is fascinating, and you can't mess with them without learning something every time you open a hive, if youre paying attention.
and something else that is really a plus. i live in the country, way out, with no neighbors. but the hayfield to the north has a nice building site on it, and i don't want to see a house there. a yard of beehives on the property line is a great way to scare off potential homebuilders. the more the better.
we'll start with the four i've got coming, and see about building up to a hundred or two.
Ok that does sound interesting in a therapeutic way. I don't know how they would do in the mountains of NC though.
northcarolina imports bees every year from florida to pollinate their apples. after the apples the bees go to maine to the blueberry barrens.
itz a very good place for bees, with lots of honey plants and fairly mild winters. certainly better than here.
tha american south is one of only five places in the world where you can raise queenz commercially.
bears would be an issue. lots of electric fence. and bullets.
https://www.ncbeekeepers.org/resources/honey-faq
I couldn't shoot poo bear.
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Sell some bees.
lots of money in thatif youre big enough
Quote from: Kusa on March 20, 2020, 12:18:04 AM
I couldn't shoot poo bear.
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But, that's all part of the plan. You get to keep the honey
and stick your freezer with trichinosis laden bear flesh.
^ Properly cooked, the weerms are just more protein!
a beekeeperfriend of mine in californiashootsbears every year
last yearirememberhekilled 26 of them
lots of paperworkinvolved
he calculates everybearvisit costs him about $1000
I believe I could do it for much less. The cost of one 308 round and a little bit of diesel fuel to power the tractor while digging a hole should do it.
no thatz $1000 in deztryed beehives per bear visit.
he digs a hole every year and just drops the dead bears in. he cannot harvezt anything from the bear, no skin, no bonez, no gall bladderz, nothing. all of it goez into the hole, then when it gets full he covers it up and digs another.
bears are tough on beeyards, especially grizzliez. you cannot touch them without a depredation permit.
electric fences work, but often the bears walk through them before they notice that the fence iz there. or people steal the fencing units
Get to know beyonce's pooper, intimately.
Quote from: No one on March 20, 2020, 08:25:16 PM
Get to know beyonce's pooper, intimately.
Since this thread has gone inactive, I'll ask you sir, please describe your intended actions with this pooper.
Billy; How much of a threat to your, or others, bees are the Murder Hornet beasts? That is an item that has been in the news lately.
so far theyre localuzed in the pacific nw, at unknown densities.
how many have actually been found?
not many apparently
QuoteThe facts are, experts said, two dead hornets were found in Washington last December, a lone Canadian live nest was found and wiped out last September and no live hornets have yet been seen this year.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/05/07/us/washington-state-gypsy-moths-proclamation-trnd/index.html
but thats how varroa got here. introduced in one place and then it zpread.
we already have pretty big hymenoptz here
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphecius_speciosus
I don't know that I have one. I've done a lot in my short life. I consider 59 to be somewhat young still if one is in good health.
My father died of cancer when he was 58. He worked all his life rarely taking time off. He saved his money for a retirement that he'd never see. I know he wanted his own business and was working toward that goal but time after time things didn't go his way. He never got it.
It took about a year and a half, maybe two years, for the cancer to kill him. He was in a lot of pain and in the hospital for the last six to eight weeks of his life.
He was complaining of pain again after he went into remission. The doctor came back with the x-ray and showed it to me and my mother. His chest looked like it had cotton balls all over it. He said, "He won't be leaving the hospital." The following day the cancer attacked his spinal cord and he became paraplegic. He was on morphine and I don't know what else. The pain for him, even on morphine, showed in his face.
I watched him lose weight over the weeks, sleeping more and more, eating less and less. They gave him cartons of Ensure which he never drank and I forget why. Maybe he didn't like the taste. What he did love was coffee. So sometimes I would go downstairs to the coffee machine and get him and myself a cup and talk.
Anyway, I'm off topic now. I guess what I wanted to say is that don't wait to live. I learned a valuable lesson and that is never expect the future to play out like you think. Sure, save money, but don't work your life away. Live for the moment because that's all one really has. I know it first hand now that I've got the disease.
So, I have no bucket list.
I genuinely appreciate your advice. :notes:
My youngest brother survived laryngeal cancer caused by smoking. My mother, father and one younger brother succumbed to tobacco-related disease, and they all suffered. I'm really sorry to see that you are in this predicament. I can't imagine what it is like, even after having seen it for many people, since I'm on the outside of it. :(
My father died of cancer two weeks after my 17th birthday in 1967. He died of secondaries from a previous bout. He was on diamorphine, which I used to collect from the chemist. My mother injected him as she had been a nurse. Diamorphine is the posh name for heroine.
Quote from: Tank on May 16, 2020, 06:08:59 AM
My father died of cancer two weeks after my 17th birthday in 1967. He died of secondaries from a previous bout. He was on diamorphine, which I used to collect from the chemist. My mother injected him as she had been a nurse. Diamorphine is the posh name for heroine.
I'm sorry to hear that. Were you close?
I'm glad that medical science has gotten this far. I've had more treatments than I think my father had although our cancers are different. Still, I think he would have had more options if he'd had what we have now some twenty-six years ago.
One co-worker told me, "Thank God!"
I replied, "Thank medical science!"
Quote from: Dark Lightning on May 16, 2020, 04:49:41 AM
My youngest brother survived laryngeal cancer caused by smoking. My mother, father and one younger brother succumbed to tobacco-related disease, and they all suffered. I'm really sorry to see that you are in this predicament. I can't imagine what it is like, even after having seen it for many people, since I'm on the outside of it. :(
I hope you never have to find out. :)
My brother smokes heavily. I'm surprised he doesn't have lung cancer. He tells me repeatedly that his doctor told him, "It will take ten years off your life."
He replied, "But it's the last ten years. What am I going to miss, drooling on myself?" He's got a sense of humor, albeit a caustic one. He loves confrontation.
Anyway, I didn't mean for this to be a downer thread. I actually came here to modify my answer before I realized that three people have replied. So I'll leave it be.
nonethelezz. you are correct to recommend that one live in the moment.
there is no pazt or future. all anybody has iz an eternal *now*
ive like therez no tomorrow, because there isnt.
Quote from: Dark Lightning on May 16, 2020, 04:49:41 AM
My youngest brother survived laryngeal cancer caused by smoking. My mother, father and one younger brother succumbed to tobacco-related disease, and they all suffered. I'm really sorry to see that you are in this predicament. I can't imagine what it is like, even after having seen it for many people, since I'm on the outside of it. :(
I imagine it is different for many people. There are several different kinds of cancers with several different treatments for each. Mine was caused by HPV and I don't know that I could have avoided it. It became a head-and-neck cancer on the base of my tongue. The thing has metastasized to my liver, my hip bone, and probably encasing my gallbladder. We haven't done a biopsy of it as most likely it is the same.
I'm in no pain so far, and in pretty good spirits overall. I had a slight breakdown yesterday but I'm feeling better today. My nausea is under control as well as my coughing, The trach irritates the back of my throat sometimes causing me to cough. I don't think there are any more treatment types they can give me. After this one fails that's when the tumors grow nonstop. That's when I think I'll need painkillers. But as long as I can, I'd like to keep my mind out of a fog.
Fog induced by beer I don't mind however. ;)
Quote from: Randy on May 16, 2020, 06:12:56 PM
... But as long as I can, I'd like to keep my mind out of a fog.
Fog induced by beer I don't mind however. ;)
:superman:
Wait. What?
:grin:
Quote from: Magdalena on May 16, 2020, 09:21:54 PM
Quote from: Randy on May 16, 2020, 06:12:56 PM
... But as long as I can, I'd like to keep my mind out of a fog.
Fog induced by beer I don't mind however. ;)
:superman:
Wait. What?
:grin:
:lol: Did I confuse you? I'll try to explain although I may just end up getting it all muddled.
There was a time when I had a band. We wrote our own songs. I played the guitar. My brother played the drums and brought homemade beer. It was a little stronger than the stores supply. Have a couple of these and the music begins to deteriorate.
Or the time I invited my brother's family and a couple of friends over for Thanksgiving. This time he brought the stuff from the store. The three of us men were going to cook the turkey outside in a deep fryer. We couldn't get the propane lit so, in my drunken stupor I suggested we put the pot on the gas stove. It took a lot longer but the oil was finally ready. In went the turkey.
We had oil pouring over the sides of the pot. My brother's hands were scalding but he couldn't let go or it would have been a disaster. Meanwhile, the friend is over in the corner laughing. He finally gets it in and we mop up the oil that spilled everywhere.
What had not crossed our minds due to the fog of the brain was that we could have set the house on fire. We learned a valuable lesson that day. Next time we eat at Golden Corral.
That kind of fog I don't mind although I haven't drank a beer in several years now due to the medication. I should add that to my bucket list. Have a beer on my way out, my final act if you will. What is the nurse going to do? She'd probably let me since it won't matter anymore. :)
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Quote from: Magdalena on May 16, 2020, 09:21:54 PM
Quote from: Randy on May 16, 2020, 06:12:56 PM
... But as long as I can, I'd like to keep my mind out of a fog.
Fog induced by beer I don't mind however. ;)
:superman:
Wait. What?
:grin:
:lol: Did I confuse you?
No, I just thought you were asking for a beer, if I could, I would come to the rescue and bring you a beer. :devil2:
I don't mind fog induced by beer, either.
:grin:
Quote from: Randy on May 16, 2020, 09:46:23 PM
I'll try to explain although I may just end up getting it all muddled.
There was a time when I had a band. We wrote our own songs. I played the guitar. My brother played the drums and brought homemade beer. It was a little stronger than the stores supply. Have a couple of these and the music begins to deteriorate.
Or the time I invited my brother's family and a couple of friends over for Thanksgiving. This time he brought the stuff from the store. The three of us men were going to cook the turkey outside in a deep fryer. We couldn't get the propane lit so, in my drunken stupor I suggested we put the pot on the gas stove. It took a lot longer but the oil was finally ready. In went the turkey.
We had oil pouring over the sides of the pot. My brother's hands were scalding but he couldn't let go or it would have been a disaster. Meanwhile, the friend is over in the corner laughing. He finally gets it in and we mop up the oil that spilled everywhere.
What had not crossed our minds due to the fog of the brain was that we could have set the house on fire. We learned a valuable lesson that day. Next time we eat at Golden Corral.
That kind of fog I don't mind although I haven't drank a beer in several years now due to the medication. I should add that to my bucket list. Have a beer on my way out, my final act if you will. What is the nurse going to do? She'd probably let me since it won't matter anymore. :)
That's a funny story, I can almost see it. :lol:
~Dangerous too. :run!: :haironfire:
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Quote from: Magdalena on May 16, 2020, 11:13:16 PM
Quote from: Randy on May 16, 2020, 09:46:23 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 16, 2020, 09:21:54 PM
Quote from: Randy on May 16, 2020, 06:12:56 PM
... But as long as I can, I'd like to keep my mind out of a fog.
Fog induced by beer I don't mind however. ;)
:superman:
Wait. What?
:grin:
:lol: Did I confuse you?
No, I just thought you were asking for a beer, if I could, I would come to the rescue and bring you a beer. :devil2:
I don't mind fog induced by beer, either.
:grin:
I'd take it too. I'm half tempted to get my caretaker to get me one but my taste buds aren't working correctly so I have no idea how it would taste. Give me a few and I won't care. :lol:
Quote from: Magdalena on May 16, 2020, 09:21:54 PM
Quote from: Randy on May 16, 2020, 09:46:23 PM
I'll try to explain although I may just end up getting it all muddled.
There was a time when I had a band. We wrote our own songs. I played the guitar. My brother played the drums and brought homemade beer. It was a little stronger than the stores supply. Have a couple of these and the music begins to deteriorate.
Or the time I invited my brother's family and a couple of friends over for Thanksgiving. This time he brought the stuff from the store. The three of us men were going to cook the turkey outside in a deep fryer. We couldn't get the propane lit so, in my drunken stupor I suggested we put the pot on the gas stove. It took a lot longer but the oil was finally ready. In went the turkey.
We had oil pouring over the sides of the pot. My brother's hands were scalding but he couldn't let go or it would have been a disaster. Meanwhile, the friend is over in the corner laughing. He finally gets it in and we mop up the oil that spilled everywhere.
What had not crossed our minds due to the fog of the brain was that we could have set the house on fire. We learned a valuable lesson that day. Next time we eat at Golden Corral.
That kind of fog I don't mind although I haven't drank a beer in several years now due to the medication. I should add that to my bucket list. Have a beer on my way out, my final act if you will. What is the nurse going to do? She'd probably let me since it won't matter anymore. :)
That's a funny story, I can almost see it. :lol:
~Dangerous too. :run!: :haironfire:
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Quote from: Randy on May 16, 2020, 11:53:07 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 16, 2020, 11:13:16 PM
Quote from: Randy on May 16, 2020, 09:46:23 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 16, 2020, 09:21:54 PM
Quote from: Randy on May 16, 2020, 06:12:56 PM
... But as long as I can, I'd like to keep my mind out of a fog.
Fog induced by beer I don't mind however. ;)
:superman:
Wait. What?
:grin:
:lol: Did I confuse you?
No, I just thought you were asking for a beer, if I could, I would come to the rescue and bring you a beer. :devil2:
I don't mind fog induced by beer, either.
:grin:
I'd take it too. I'm half tempted to get my caretaker to get me one but my taste buds aren't working correctly so I have no idea how it would taste. Give me a few and I won't care. :lol:
"Give me a few and I won't care."
Ha! :lol:
I think that's how I ended up with a malt liquor in my hand at the end of the day, the other day.
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Quote from: Randy on May 16, 2020, 11:53:07 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 16, 2020, 11:13:16 PM
Quote from: Randy on May 16, 2020, 09:46:23 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 16, 2020, 09:21:54 PM
Quote from: Randy on May 16, 2020, 06:12:56 PM
... But as long as I can, I'd like to keep my mind out of a fog.
Fog induced by beer I don't mind however. ;)
:superman:
Wait. What?
:grin:
:lol: Did I confuse you?
No, I just thought you were asking for a beer, if I could, I would come to the rescue and bring you a beer. :devil2:
I don't mind fog induced by beer, either.
:grin:
I'd take it too. I'm half tempted to get my caretaker to get me one but my taste buds aren't working correctly so I have no idea how it would taste. Give me a few and I won't care. :lol:
"Give me a few and I won't care."
Ha! :lol:
I think that's how I ended up with a malt liquor in my hand at the end of the day, the other day.
:lol: Yeah, I can well relate. Out of curiosity, what is your favorite beer? Mine is either Guinness or Yuengling Black & Tan depending on what I feel like.
Quote from: Randy on May 17, 2020, 02:20:57 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 17, 2020, 02:29:46 AM
Quote from: Randy on May 16, 2020, 11:53:07 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 16, 2020, 11:13:16 PM
Quote from: Randy on May 16, 2020, 09:46:23 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 16, 2020, 09:21:54 PM
Quote from: Randy on May 16, 2020, 06:12:56 PM
... But as long as I can, I'd like to keep my mind out of a fog.
Fog induced by beer I don't mind however. ;)
:superman:
Wait. What?
:grin:
:lol: Did I confuse you?
No, I just thought you were asking for a beer, if I could, I would come to the rescue and bring you a beer. :devil2:
I don't mind fog induced by beer, either.
:grin:
I'd take it too. I'm half tempted to get my caretaker to get me one but my taste buds aren't working correctly so I have no idea how it would taste. Give me a few and I won't care. :lol:
"Give me a few and I won't care."
Ha! :lol:
I think that's how I ended up with a malt liquor in my hand at the end of the day, the other day.
:lol: Yeah, I can well relate. Out of curiosity, what is your favorite beer? Mine is either Guinness or Yuengling Black & Tan depending on what I feel like.
Well,
Randy, I like beer, but I prefer a glass of red wine. I enjoy a beer with seafood, and I enjoy a nice red wine with good friends.
:secrets1: ...Or alone.
:grin:
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Quote from: Randy on May 16, 2020, 11:53:07 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 16, 2020, 11:13:16 PM
Quote from: Randy on May 16, 2020, 09:46:23 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 16, 2020, 09:21:54 PM
Quote from: Randy on May 16, 2020, 06:12:56 PM
... But as long as I can, I'd like to keep my mind out of a fog.
Fog induced by beer I don't mind however. ;)
:superman:
Wait. What?
:grin:
:lol: Did I confuse you?
No, I just thought you were asking for a beer, if I could, I would come to the rescue and bring you a beer. :devil2:
I don't mind fog induced by beer, either.
:grin:
I'd take it too. I'm half tempted to get my caretaker to get me one but my taste buds aren't working correctly so I have no idea how it would taste. Give me a few and I won't care. :lol:
"Give me a few and I won't care."
Ha! :lol:
I think that's how I ended up with a malt liquor in my hand at the end of the day, the other day.
:lol: Yeah, I can well relate. Out of curiosity, what is your favorite beer? Mine is either Guinness or Yuengling Black & Tan depending on what I feel like.
Well, Randy, I like beer, but I prefer a glass of red wine. I enjoy a beer with seafood, and I enjoy a nice red wine with good friends.
:secrets1: ...Or alone.
:grin:
I have a favorite white wine called St. Michelle Riesling. There is a restaurant nearby called The Melting Pot. I'd usually take someone and order a bottle along with whatever meal we decided. It takes about three hours I suppose, maybe not quite that long, to finish a meal and dessert.
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Quote from: Magdalena on May 17, 2020, 02:29:46 AM
Quote from: Randy on May 16, 2020, 11:53:07 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 16, 2020, 11:13:16 PM
Quote from: Randy on May 16, 2020, 09:46:23 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 16, 2020, 09:21:54 PM
Quote from: Randy on May 16, 2020, 06:12:56 PM
... But as long as I can, I'd like to keep my mind out of a fog.
Fog induced by beer I don't mind however. ;)
:superman:
Wait. What?
:grin:
:lol: Did I confuse you?
No, I just thought you were asking for a beer, if I could, I would come to the rescue and bring you a beer. :devil2:
I don't mind fog induced by beer, either.
:grin:
I'd take it too. I'm half tempted to get my caretaker to get me one but my taste buds aren't working correctly so I have no idea how it would taste. Give me a few and I won't care. :lol:
"Give me a few and I won't care."
Ha! :lol:
I think that's how I ended up with a malt liquor in my hand at the end of the day, the other day.
:lol: Yeah, I can well relate. Out of curiosity, what is your favorite beer? Mine is either Guinness or Yuengling Black & Tan depending on what I feel like.
Well, Randy, I like beer, but I prefer a glass of red wine. I enjoy a beer with seafood, and I enjoy a nice red wine with good friends.
:secrets1: ...Or alone.
:grin:
I have a favorite wine called St. Michelle Riesling. There is a restaurant nearby called The Melting Pot. I'd usually take someone and order a bottle along with whatever meal we decided. It takes about three hours I suppose, maybe not quite that long, to finish a meal and dessert.
I haven't had the pleasure of having the white wine, called St. Michelle Riesling. I prefer red wine, there's just something about "the Blood of Christ"...I can't get enough of it.
;D
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***Forgive me,
Randy, it's hard for me to be serious about stuff. I'm just engineered that way.
:lol:
No worries, Magdalena, I have a hard time staying serious also. Laughter is the best medicine so they say. :)
By the way, I like a glass of red wine also. I just don't think I can handle something as big as the lady in the picture does.
Quote from: Randy on May 18, 2020, 01:08:50 PM
No worries, Magdalena, I have a hard time staying serious also. Laughter is the best medicine so they say. :)
Yes, I think we have that in common. :smilenod:
Quote from: Randy on May 12, 2020, 03:52:01 AM
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... most importantly, if it made me and others smile then I've done well.
Quote from: Randy on May 18, 2020, 01:08:50 PM
By the way, I like a glass of red wine also. I just don't think I can handle something as big as the lady in the picture does.
I probably could. :reading:
Quote from: Magdalena on May 18, 2020, 06:13:33 PM
Quote from: Randy on May 18, 2020, 01:08:50 PM
No worries, Magdalena, I have a hard time staying serious also. Laughter is the best medicine so they say. :)
Yes, I think we have that in common. :smilenod:
I probably could. :reading:
We have one thing in common. That's great! Waiter, another glass of red wine for the lady and a stout beer for myself.
Quote from: Randy on May 18, 2020, 08:07:12 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 18, 2020, 06:13:33 PM
Quote from: Randy on May 18, 2020, 01:08:50 PM
No worries, Magdalena, I have a hard time staying serious also. Laughter is the best medicine so they say. :)
Yes, I think we have that in common. :smilenod:
I probably could. :reading:
We have one thing in common. That's great! Waiter, another glass of red wine for the lady and a stout beer for myself.
Ha! :lol:
Cheers!
:cheers: :drink: