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mikester · 04-16-2003, 04:53 PM

for most people, it loosens them up a bit. if you have just enough to make you feel good, then you're mellow, happy, chatty, and best of all you forget all your problems for the time being. everyone needs that once in a while. of course, there are other ways to do this, but alcohol is the simplest and easiest way to do it in our society.

as it's been said, all things in moderation. alcohol is only good to a certain point. once abused, it is no longer positive but an overall nuisance (especially to those around who can hold their booze).

did that make sense?

mongrel · 04-16-2003, 05:05 PM

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Originally posted by Ab_Normal
That's so much nicer than the term I prefer: "beer snob".

I like the term, "beer-slut".

After all, I go from beer to beer regularly, I have low standards(or so I've been told- without naming any Gothic Sydney infidels

) as to which beer is next, and I'm not very loyal to any particular one.

Mad Lion · 04-16-2003, 08:32 PM

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"What are you, a beer connouisseur?" So I said, "Yes I am ".

So am I! So many people don't understand beer connouisseurs... I don't see how it's any different from being a connouisseur of wine or liquor... and it's cheaper too.

mike_decock · 04-16-2003, 08:53 PM

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Originally posted by Lamma
He made fun of me because before I drank it I held it up to the light, smelled it, and sipped it while I thoughtfully evaluated its characteristics. "What are you, a beer connouisseur?" So I said, "Yes I am ".

Hehehe... Most people just don't get it. They've tried Bud and Coors and decided that "beer is beer". It's sad, really.

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There's so much more to beer than Coors, Bud, and Miller. I'm bottling a Begian Wit come Sunday. Only two more weeks until I get to actually drink it.

Excellent. Witbier is one of my favorites. I actually grew up in Belgium and I didn't realize how spoiled I was until I came back to the US

.

Should we start an Infidel Brewer's thread? I'd love to talk recipes, techniques, etc but don't want to derail this thread too far...

-Mike...

MilitantModerate · 04-16-2003, 09:55 PM

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To alcohol! The cause of... and solution to all of life's problems!

-Homer Simpson

Godless Dave · 04-17-2003, 05:39 AM

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Originally posted by mike_decock
Should we start an Infidel Brewer's thread? I'd love to talk recipes, techniques, etc but don't want to derail this thread too far...

Yes we should!

mike_decock · 04-17-2003, 06:40 AM

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Originally posted by Godless Dave
Yes we should!

Done!

The Infidel Brewer's Thread!

-Mike...

HaysooChreesto! · 04-17-2003, 08:15 AM

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Originally posted by ImGod
I�m not sure why I drink:

My job bores me to tears and after 8 hours of sitting at a computer trying to muster up what it takes to finish the two reports due on Friday, I get the joy of going home to two crying kids that have driven my wife nuts all day. The 4 year old is crying because she doesn't get to play enough during the day and candy is not a dinner option. The 2 year old takes her diaper off and craps on the living room carpet. My wife is on the phone frantically trying to finish some of her work she didn�t get to do during the day while I get the 4 year old ready for a night time activity. The dog is begging at my feet to be feed. My wife leaves and the 2-year-old screams for mommy for the next 20 minutes. I accidentally step on the dog and it decides to wait for dinner in the corner. A Barney video saves me from a possessed 2 year old but leaves the song �I love you, You love me� stuck in my head. I get a chance to eat cold pizza over the sink before cleaning up a house splattered with random food, toys, and god only knows what the hell that was on the kitchen floor. My wife comes home to tell me she needs to travel for work next week. Who can watch the kids? Another report due next week for me. The kids want to take a shower, not a bath, but end up spraying most everything but skin. 8:30-9:00 pm and the kids pretend to go to bed. 9:30 pm comes around and the bills are paid and the kitchen floor is being mopped while my wife reads the pile of mail. 10:00 pm comes and its time to fold laundry. My wife breaks the knob off the TV. 11:00 pm comes and the TV has been taken apart and repaired. 11:30 pm laundry is done. Midnight rolls around and I get to crawl into bed. Looking forward to the alarm going off before 6:00 am to start again.

This evening was sponsored by whiskey shots and beer chasers.

Edited to add: Today's looking much the same as I sit here working late while being tormented by someone who doesn't seem to realize I'm staying late to actually work. My wife has called once an hour for the last 4 hours asking when I think I'll be home.

Outstanding post. And I thought that when my youngest daughter was 2 that she was the only baby that would just decide to squat and crap on the floor.
I hear ya big time.
Last night I came home from work to find my wife about 6 sheets to the wind after the day she had with the kids. And who says alcohol doesn't serve a purpose?

ImGod · 04-17-2003, 08:32 AM

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Originally posted by Lamma
Outstanding post. And I thought that when my youngest daughter was 2 that she was the only baby that would just decide to squat and crap on the floor.
I hear ya big time.
Last night I came home from work to find my wife about 6 sheets to the wind after the day she had with the kids. And who says alcohol doesn't serve a purpose?

The worst part is the week is going downhill from there. My report is due tomorrow to a client with potential future work that our executive management deemed imporant and wants us to make a good impression. I didn't get shit done working late last night because the guy I'm doing the report with wouldn't shut the fuck up. This morning I sat down to start back in and it's 10:30 and I haven't been able to work on anything I'm responsible for finishing because I'm answering other people's questions.

Then my wife calls to tell me my uncle was killed in a car accident at 5:30 this morning. Now I need to try and focus on work, not think about my family, and finish this unimportant crap as quickly as I can to free up time to head home for a funeral.

Next week I'm taking some vacation and/or sick leave that will involve much alcohol.

Ab_Normal · 04-17-2003, 09:49 AM

{{{ImGod}}}

Did you ever watch the movie Strange Days? The macguffin was a device that recorded memories so others could experience them. I wish we had the tech, so that days like yours could be recorded, then those who want children could know what they're getting into.

edited: I'm not sure that sentence is English, but I can't think of a way to fix it. Oh well.

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04-16-2003, 04:53 PM	#61
mikester Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 813	for most people, it loosens them up a bit. if you have just enough to make you feel good, then you're mellow, happy, chatty, and best of all you forget all your problems for the time being. everyone needs that once in a while. of course, there are other ways to do this, but alcohol is the simplest and easiest way to do it in our society. as it's been said, all things in moderation. alcohol is only good to a certain point. once abused, it is no longer positive but an overall nuisance (especially to those around who can hold their booze). did that make sense?

04-17-2003, 09:49 AM	#70
Ab_Normal Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,842	{{{ImGod}}} Did you ever watch the movie Strange Days? The macguffin was a device that recorded memories so others could experience them. I wish we had the tech, so that days like yours could be recorded, then those who want children could know what they're getting into. edited: I'm not sure that sentence is English, but I can't think of a way to fix it. Oh well.

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