OT: My Afternoon

[Rich Grise]

I think we need a new word.

There's 'stoned', and there's 'tipsy' [or any of an indeterminate
number of euphemisms for 'drinking'], but there seems to not be
a word for the synergy.

Anyway, I got a paycheck today, so I went and bought gasoline,
booze, and herbs. I sampled the herbs, and I'd been sampling the
booze since yesterday, so I was in great spirits! So, as I drive
by the infamous "Slauson Cutoff", there's this panhandler standing
at the stop sign at the bottom of the exit ramp. Now, I have a
soft spot in my heart for panhandlers - kind of a "been there,
done that" feeling. So, I decide to give the guy a buck or two.
I wasn't on the freeway, so I couldn't go down the exit ramp, so
I pulled into the gas station about a block or so away. I walk
up to this guy, and I say - Oh, by the way, did I mention that
I'd already been to my herb dealer's house, and have herbalized
my brain? So, I decide to be manganimous, and give the guy a
buck - been there done that, did I say that already too?

Damn! This is going to be humiliating tomorrow when I'm
sober!

Anyways, to get to the point of the anecdote - I walk up to
the bum, and say, "Hey, here's a dollar, but I've got five
if you want to just sit down, shoot the breeze, and maybe
have a beer or doobie.

Apparently, this bum didn't want to have no truck with
interlopers or something - he turned me down. Gaq! Am I
_THAT_ obnoxious? Thank All That Is for USENET! (Otherwise,
I wouldn't have anybody to talk to at ALL!)

But the next thing - it turns out the guy felt pressed for
time. He points to this plastic-wrapped flat pack of 1-pint
containers, like those little house-shaped milk cartons,
and there's 30 of them in this pack. He says, "I don't
have anyplace to keep this milk so it won't spoil, do
you want it?" I was stunned. I said, "Well, uh, yeah,
sure." And I picked up this little 30-pack of pints in
their little cardboard cartons, and gave the guy two
bucks.

Got to the car, took a look at the "milk", and it turns
out I have been given 30 pints of apple juice by a
homeless person!!????!?!?!?!

Ain't life weird?

Thanks,
Rich

 

[jabara]

"Rich Grise" <eatmyshorts@doubleclick.net> wrote in message
newsan.2005.07.29.23.49.04.577041@doubleclick.net...

I think we need a new word.

There's 'stoned', and there's 'tipsy' [or any of an indeterminate
number of euphemisms for 'drinking'], but there seems to not be
a word for the synergy.

Anyway, I got a paycheck today, so I went and bought gasoline,
booze, and herbs. I sampled the herbs, and I'd been sampling the
booze since yesterday, so I was in great spirits! So, as I drive
by the infamous "Slauson Cutoff", there's this panhandler standing
at the stop sign at the bottom of the exit ramp. Now, I have a
soft spot in my heart for panhandlers - kind of a "been there,
done that" feeling. So, I decide to give the guy a buck or two.
I wasn't on the freeway, so I couldn't go down the exit ramp, so
I pulled into the gas station about a block or so away. I walk
up to this guy, and I say - Oh, by the way, did I mention that
I'd already been to my herb dealer's house, and have herbalized
my brain? So, I decide to be manganimous, and give the guy a
buck - been there done that, did I say that already too?

Damn! This is going to be humiliating tomorrow when I'm
sober!

Anyways, to get to the point of the anecdote - I walk up to
the bum, and say, "Hey, here's a dollar, but I've got five
if you want to just sit down, shoot the breeze, and maybe
have a beer or doobie.


Ain't life weird?

When did you sniff all that gasoline you bought up?

 

[Carl D. Smith]

"Rich Grise" <eatmyshorts@doubleclick.net> wrote in message
newsan.2005.07.29.23.49.04.577041@doubleclick.net...

So, as I drive
by the infamous "Slauson Cutoff"

There is actually a "Slauson Cutoff?" I thought that was just a
Johnny Carson joke.

Hey Rich, my spell checker just suggested I change your last name
from Grise to Grime....

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 05:30:51 GMT, the renowned Carl D. Smith
<cdsmith69NOSPAM@earthlink.net> wrote:

"Rich Grise" <eatmyshorts@doubleclick.net> wrote in message
newsan.2005.07.29.23.49.04.577041@doubleclick.net...

So, as I drive
by the infamous "Slauson Cutoff"

There is actually a "Slauson Cutoff?" I thought that was just a
Johnny Carson joke.

There are quite a few of them-- Slauson Av. intersects the San Diego,
Santa Ana, San Gabriel River and Harbor Freeways. It crosses the Long
Beach Fwy. too, but there's no "cutoff".

Hey Rich, my spell checker just suggested I change your last name
from Grise to Grime....

Gopher to Guts.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
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[Spehro Pefhany]

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 02:02:21 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
<speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote:

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 05:30:51 GMT, the renowned Carl D. Smith
cdsmith69NOSPAM@earthlink.net> wrote:

"Rich Grise" <eatmyshorts@doubleclick.net> wrote in message
newsan.2005.07.29.23.49.04.577041@doubleclick.net...

So, as I drive
by the infamous "Slauson Cutoff"

There is actually a "Slauson Cutoff?" I thought that was just a
Johnny Carson joke.

There are quite a few of them-- Slauson Av. intersects the San Diego,
Santa Ana, San Gabriel River and Harbor Freeways. It crosses the Long
Beach Fwy. too, but there's no "cutoff".

P.S. I think the one Carson would have been referring to would be the
one off the Santa Ana Fwy. in Downey. If you take Slauson east a bit
then turn down Rosemead, under I-5 to where it turns into Lakewood,
you'll find the world's oldest McDonalds:

http://www.downeyca.org/visitor_mcdonalds.php

They renovated it some years back, so it's not quite as authentic as
it once was, but...


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com

 

[Mark Fergerson]

Rich Grise wrote:

I think we need a new word.

There's 'stoned', and there's 'tipsy' [or any of an indeterminate
number of euphemisms for 'drinking'], but there seems to not be
a word for the synergy.

"Primed for that Zen slap upside the head the Universe delivers
when it damn well feels like it". Feel free to attempt to make an
acronym of that. Might work better in say Japanese. Do acronyms even
exist in Japanese? Do you know how to say "transistor" in Japanese?

I don't do alcohol all that often, but I was recently given a
six-pack of this:

http://stanmccann.us/image/alienbeer.jpg

Anyway, for me it's usually coffee and the herb; we used to call
that "speedweeding", remember? All over the fucking map, and way too
quickly for straights to keep up with.

Anyway, I got a paycheck today, so I went and bought gasoline,
booze, and herbs. I sampled the herbs, and I'd been sampling the
booze since yesterday, so I was in great spirits! So, as I drive
by the infamous "Slauson Cutoff",

Did it hurt?

there's this panhandler standing
at the stop sign at the bottom of the exit ramp. Now, I have a
soft spot in my heart for panhandlers - kind of a "been there,
done that" feeling. So, I decide to give the guy a buck or two.
I wasn't on the freeway, so I couldn't go down the exit ramp, so
I pulled into the gas station about a block or so away. I walk
up to this guy, and I say - Oh, by the way, did I mention that
I'd already been to my herb dealer's house, and have herbalized
my brain? So, I decide to be manganimous, and give the guy a
buck - been there done that, did I say that already too?

At least three times.

Damn! This is going to be humiliating tomorrow when I'm
sober!

So don't allow that to happen...

Anyways, to get to the point of the anecdote - I walk up to
the bum, and say, "Hey, here's a dollar, but I've got five
if you want to just sit down, shoot the breeze, and maybe
have a beer or doobie.

Apparently, this bum didn't want to have no truck with
interlopers or something - he turned me down. Gaq! Am I
_THAT_ obnoxious?

He was probably a professional panhandler and makes several
hundred a day and you were cutting into his work time. I'm
constantly amazed at the level of self-discipline such people can
maintain on the scam; just try to get them to apply it to a real job.

Uh, gaq? You speak tlhIngan Hol?

Thank All That Is for USENET! (Otherwise,
I wouldn't have anybody to talk to at ALL!)

Huh, wha?

But the next thing - it turns out the guy felt pressed for
time. He points to this plastic-wrapped flat pack of 1-pint
containers, like those little house-shaped milk cartons,
and there's 30 of them in this pack. He says, "I don't
have anyplace to keep this milk so it won't spoil, do
you want it?" I was stunned. I said, "Well, uh, yeah,
sure." And I picked up this little 30-pack of pints in
their little cardboard cartons, and gave the guy two
bucks.

Got to the car, took a look at the "milk", and it turns
out I have been given 30 pints of apple juice by a

illiterate

homeless person!!????!?!?!?!

Ain't life weird?

Instant karma. Ferment the juice. Use wine yeast, not bread
yeast. Trust me.


Mark L. Fergerson.

 

[JeffM]

There is actually a "Slauson Cutoff?"
Carl D. Smith
Yup. http://mt.google.com/mt?v=w2.5&x=5631&y=13092&zoom=2

I thought that was just a Johnny Carson joke.

Nope.

..
..

I think the one Carson would have been referring to
would be the one off the Santa Ana Fwy. in Downey.
Spehro Pefhany

**Near** Downey.

It's north of the Rio Hondo, barely in the City of Commerce.
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=-13148750.2022605&Y=4002500.86992066&width=500&height=300&srec=0&coordsys=mercator&db=US&zm=0&scale=50000&multimap.x=187&multimap.y=198
..
..

If you take Slauson east a bit then turn down Rosemead,
under I-5 to where it turns into Lakewood,
you'll find the world's oldest McDonalds:
http://www.downeyca.org/visitor_mcdonalds.php

Yup. Oldest extant McDonalds. (The 1st was in San Berdoo.)

I would have sworn it was on Florence Av. (Nope.)
It's set back considerably from Lakewood.

 

[Pat Ford]

"Mark Fergerson" <nunya@biz.ness> wrote in message
news:M5tHe.70518$ro.68851@fed1read02...

sniperony

Ain't life weird?

Instant karma. Ferment the juice. Use wine yeast, not bread
yeast. Trust me.

??

Anyone got a good recipe for fermented apple cider? I'm thinking about
trying to brew a batch.

Mark L. Fergerson.

 

[Rich Grise]

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 02:02:21 -0400, Spehro Pefhany wrote:

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 05:30:51 GMT, the renowned Carl D. Smith
cdsmith69NOSPAM@earthlink.net> wrote:

"Rich Grise" <eatmyshorts@doubleclick.net> wrote in message
newsan.2005.07.29.23.49.04.577041@doubleclick.net...

So, as I drive
by the infamous "Slauson Cutoff"

There is actually a "Slauson Cutoff?" I thought that was just a
Johnny Carson joke.

There are quite a few of them-- Slauson Av. intersects the San Diego,
Santa Ana, San Gabriel River and Harbor Freeways. It crosses the Long
Beach Fwy. too, but there's no "cutoff".

At Santa Fe Springs Rd., Slauson changes to Mulberry. ;-)

But I don't think there's any place really "officially" called
the S.C.

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Mark Fergerson]

Pat Ford wrote:

"Mark Fergerson" <nunya@biz.ness> wrote in message
news:M5tHe.70518$ro.68851@fed1read02...

sniperony

Ain't life weird?

Instant karma. Ferment the juice. Use wine yeast, not bread
yeast. Trust me.

??

Anyone got a good recipe for fermented apple cider? I'm thinking about
trying to brew a batch.

Try Google terms like homebrew +"hard cider"; ignoring the
commercial sites, you'll get hits like:

http://www.sallys-place.com/beverages/beer/hard_cider.htm

http://www.stoutbillys.com/stout/recipens/15a993b0/4797bd72.htm

http://rob.rnovak.net/content/archives/Individual/000019.php

http://jedsbrews.blogspot.com/

Some say juice from special cider apples, some say any apple
juice with or without preservatives. Some say brewer's yeast, some
say wine yeast. This _is_ an art, you know. ;&gt


Mark L. Fergerson