This is a sentence that hardly ever passes my lips...
Trigger
Not something I normally say, but I blurted it out at the local beer outlet.
It's a take-out joint attached to a pretty sleazy hotel downtown but it's
close (5-minute stumble). The reason I uttered the above sentence is that
it's all of a sudden become one fucked up place. You now enter and are
immediately confronted by a wall - like no shit, right *there*. You turn to
the right and there's a beer guy sitting behind a caged window. He asks what
you want and then he goes and gets it (a dozen Molson's Canadian in my case).
Then I said "So. What the *fuck* is going on around here?" - thinking to
myself, "When's the last time I said *that*?". I drew a blank.
Anyway, nutfuck behind the counter tells me he's been ripped off too many
times and decided to lock himself up in his little beershop of horrors. He
then proceeded to rip *me* off to the tune of 23 fucking dollars for a fucking
case of beer.
--
Trigger - I won't be going back
Mark Mathu
> ... 23 fucking dollars for a fucking case of beer.
That better be Canadian dollars.
Mark Mathu
> ... He asks what you want and then he goes and gets it (a dozen
> Molson's Canadian in my case).
>
> ... He then proceeded to rip *me* off to the tune of 23 fucking dollars
> for a fucking case of beer.
How much beer did you get?
12?
24?
Mark Mathu
> 15US, not bad really for a decent beer. Good beers cost me $18 or more
> a case here. Stop yer bitching trig unless they charged you that for
> bud light or something equally nasty.
Maybe he's paying for the new ambience of the place.
My local liquor store is a place where you give your order and they go to the
back room and get it for you. But no cage.
Bender or Agent Smith
wrote:
>Trigger wrote...
>> ... 23 fucking dollars for a fucking case of beer.
>
>That better be Canadian dollars.
>
It's certainly not Aussie dollars. It costs 30 to 40 of those useless
plastic pacific clams for a case of beer.
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local shop and the beer is there, right there, in front of you. Wine on
shelves and the liquour in view if not to hand. Cors, it costs an arm and a
leg, but what the fuck do you want for a shop less than 3 mins walk?
Leaf
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"Dinsdale" <$US...@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 02:12:26 -0500, Mark Mathu <ma...@mathu.com>
wrote:
No, that is a SUITcase.
First time I saw one of those I laughed and laughed.
(SOMEone had been in my haid and stole that idea).
Mind you as a person who had 2 cases of bottled beer...one in each
hand for balance and got swinging them in tandem in the parking lot
and one of the cheap cardboard handles breaking, spraying beer and
glass across the lot at 9:00 a.m. it is maybe a better idea to
man-handle one BIIG suitcase into the trunk rather than 2 sissy
packs.
Gonz
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> I am beginning tio think it is not too bad here after all. I can go to my
> local shop and the beer is there, right there, in front of you. Wine on
> shelves and the liquour in view if not to hand. Cors, it costs an arm and
a
> leg, but what the fuck do you want for a shop less than 3 mins walk?
Since we are on the topic of booze prices, here is my story of the cheap
booze I purchased at the local grocery story 2 weeks ago. Was walking the
isles of Albertson's, my local store, and came upon a cart with marked down
booze. There was no way I could pass up this stuff called Clan MacGregor.
It's a Scotch Whisky imported from Scotland. Being a vodka man, I don't
drink the stuff, but at $4 US for a 750ml bottle, I couldn't pass it up.
That, for those of you in Canada and the UK, comes out to $6 Canadian and
£2.72 UK. I ended up getting 3 bottles of the stuff, and they are sitting
on our booze shelves waiting for some Whisky drinking DB to come and visit
us.
There was also a one litre bottle of Lord Calvert Canadian Whisky there
for $7 US ($10.75 Canadian, £4.80 UK). I felt it was a deal, but not having
had Canadian Whisky since college days many years ago, I have no idea if
this was a good price or not. Regardless, that bottle, too, is sitting on
our booze shelves for either 1) a Canadian Whisky drinking DB to visit us,
or 2) we run into dire straights and can't afford our swill vodka. I
suspect that it will be sitting on our shelves for a long time. (knock on
wood)
Gonz
(Either way, I got 4 bottles of booze for $23US. Pity that it wasn't some
good quality vodka that was on sale.)
vusani
"Gonz" <go...@drunkenbastards.org> wrote in message
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Well hell! If you were to ever invite us, it would not HAVE to sit there
that long. I mean, I'll trade you swill vodka for canadian or scotch any
day. I even stooped so low as to buy J&B swill scotch because the price was
right just the other day. And I refuse to drink scotch. But not so much if
it's all-but-free. And I am sure it goes good with the pills that I take
from time to time..............
Happy Vodka swilling to you sir.
Sincerely,
Vusani
Gonz
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> Well hell! If you were to ever invite us, it would not HAVE to sit there
> that long. I mean, I'll trade you swill vodka for canadian or scotch any
> day. I even stooped so low as to buy J&B swill scotch because the price
was
> right just the other day. And I refuse to drink scotch. But not so much if
> it's all-but-free. And I am sure it goes good with the pills that I take
> from time to time..............
Vusani, the whisky is sitting on our booze shelves. I invite you to
come and polish it off. The accomodations here Mesa, AZ are not exactly
perfect, but I can guaruntee two things: You will get drunk, and you will
have a bed to crash on.
> Happy Vodka swilling to you sir.
That might be the best quote that I have heard ever. In fact, that is
my new toast. Happy vodka/whisky swilling to you, sir, also.
Gonz
(I'm up late on a school night. You don't appreciate having to be at work
until 9:30am until you are late at that time.)
vusani
TheLeaf
"Gonz" <go...@drunkenbastards.org> wrote
>
> (Either way, I got 4 bottles of booze for $23US. Pity that it wasn't some
> good quality vodka that was on sale.)
>
would take it up for a brief period at those prices!
Nice one, Gonz.
Leaf
Beavis
> Since we are on the topic of booze prices, here is my story of the
> cheap
> booze I purchased at the local grocery story 2 weeks ago. Was walking
> the isles of Albertson's, my local store, and came upon a cart with
> marked down booze. There was no way I could pass up this stuff called
> Clan MacGregor. It's a Scotch Whisky imported from Scotland. Being a
> vodka man, I don't drink the stuff, but at $4 US for a 750ml bottle, I
> couldn't pass it up. That, for those of you in Canada and the UK, comes
> out to $6 Canadian and £2.72 UK. I ended up getting 3 bottles of the
> stuff, and they are sitting on our booze shelves waiting for some Whisky
> drinking DB to come and visit us.
I haven't drunk whisky since me and my mate Terry shared a bottle aged 18
and I was as sick as a dog.
I'd be willing to give it another go for 4 bucks a bottle, mind.
Cheers
Beavis
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Gonz
> Fucking hell, so to speak! I don't drink whiskey very often either, but I
> would take it up for a brief period at those prices!
This was my feeling exactly. We've now got a small reserve of something
that is 40 proof to fall back on in case we are dead broke and want to get
drunk. And, I won't feel guilty about downing an "imported" bottle of
whisky. I'm worried about the possible hangover, though. Having not drunk
anything like this in years, I wonder what the hell it will do with my head.
And, what do I use as a chaser? Pepsi? I definitely can't use the Diet
Sprite or Diet Orange like we do for vodka. Do I just swill it and then
bite a bullet until the burning subsides?
Gonz
(Will check back at Albertson's on Friday to see if they still have the
"shopping cart 'o booze" in the markdown isle.)
sonny
talked about possibly drinking his bargain whiskey:
>Having not drunk
>anything like this in years, I wonder what the hell it will do with my head.
>And, what do I use as a chaser? Pepsi? I definitely can't use the Diet
>Sprite or Diet Orange like we do for vodka. Do I just swill it and then
>bite a bullet until the burning subsides?
Gonz, I drink whiskey on a regular basis.
Your best bet for a chaser I think is to fill a glass with ice cubes,
fill with whiskey, wait a couple minutes for some ice to melt and sip
off the top. If you just can't wait for the ice melting action, I
suppose you could add a little water.
If you find you don't like the taste of whiskey (what, are you
nuts!?!), pick up some sour mix. Now these sour mix bottles will say
something like mix 2:1 mixer to whiskey, but that's crazy talk. 2:1
whiskey to mixer is more like it, but I still think that's too much.
Just a wee splash of sour mix to a highball glass is plenty.
Good luck.
--
sonny
rocky mount
vusani
"sonny" <Liv...@go.com> wrote in message
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Thank you for that sonny, but I still think that you might be referring to
using a glass for the whiskey and sour mix. Are you really talking about not
sluggin' the stuff out of the bottle?! What is that all about? I am so
disaffected with all you amateurs.........
Vusani
sonny
<Vus...@Idontthinkso.cowtown.net> wrote:
>Thank you for that sonny, but I still think that you might be referring to
>using a glass for the whiskey and sour mix. Are you really talking about not
>sluggin' the stuff out of the bottle?! What is that all about? I am so
>disaffected with all you amateurs.........
>
>Vusani
Yeah. Since no one actually pays me to drink, I suppose I am an
amateur. Hell, when I go out drinking I usually have to PAY the
barkeep.
And it is true that when I am at home, I almost always use a glass. I
even pour beer into a glass to drink it. And I think that's OK. A
drunkard doesn't *have* to act like a derelict, IMO.
Hmmm.... drinking straight out of the bottle.... Damn! I can't
actully remember the last time I did that. There's a flask o' whiskey
in my van that I'll slug straight from now and again. Over Memorial
Day weekend I drank some very tasty homemade brandy straight from the
container, but it was a jar, not a bottle.
Anyway, Gonz was asking about mixers for whiskey which in most cases
calls for use of a glass.
I raise mine to all of you....
--
sonny
rocky mount
Officer Down
If yer want a sweet "foofoo" whisky-drink,
go fer the Tom Collins or Whisky Sour mix
-- ice it down and drink thru a Crazy Straw
from a cocktail glass with a tiny umbrella
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with hot-chicks. If you don't have a pool
and don't know hot-chicks, get a real job..
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vusani
"Officer Down" <ratf...@concord.jelly.jar> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 06 Jun 2002 19:36:16 GMT in alt.drunken.bastards, sonny goes...
> > On Thu, 6 Jun 2002 13:45:15 -0500, "vusani"
> > <Vus...@Idontthinkso.cowtown.net> wrote:
> > Anyway, Gonz was asking about mixers for whiskey which in most cases
> > calls for use of a glass.
>
> If yer want a sweet "foofoo" whisky-drink,
> go fer the Tom Collins or Whisky Sour mix
> -- ice it down and drink thru a Crazy Straw
> from a cocktail glass with a tiny umbrella
> fer zeal.. This is great for layin pool-side
> with hot-chicks. If you don't have a pool
> and don't know hot-chicks, get a real job..
Fair enough Occifer D! I will get a real job the absolute second that you
do! In the meantime, I am breaking all the glasses I have in this cave that
I live in. But I did run out of silly straws, so have to go back to the
store which I hate doing.
Vusani
Officer Down
in the 70's, see? I bet whoever invented them are filthy
fucking rich. My head is filled with stupid ideas -- why
can't I be a millionaire? Actually, you have to be a 50
millionaire these days just to adjust for inflation. My
real job is staying out of jail! There's no fucking way
to work in Dallas unless you have a car. So don't talk
to me about real jobs! I used to support 5 drug dealers
and a liquor store when I had a "real job"! Well; I
can still afford an above ground pool if I go back to
telemarketing (which is what turned me into a crazed
booze hound to begin with)..
Timo Nieminen
OTOH, I can't see what's wrong with Diet Sprite or Diet Orange as a chaser
for whisky. I always thought Pepsi/Coke went better with gin than with
whisky, a bit like a black G&T.
Of course, for good whisky, the best chaser is more of the same.
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Uncle Wicked
Should take it up for more than a brief period. At those prices. Depends on the
booze; I like brandy but some I cannot drink regardless of the price. Or my
state of intoxication.
Uncle Wicked - Nice name for a state
Uncle Wicked
> OTOH, I can't see what's wrong with Diet Sprite or Diet Orange as a chaser
> for whisky. I always thought Pepsi/Coke went better with gin than with
> whisky, a bit like a black G&T.
>
> Of course, for good whisky, the best chaser is more of the same.
>
Right. Good booze, whiskey, vodka, scotch whatever doesn't need a chaser or a
mix.
Uncle Wicked - digging in the fridge for something to chase this nasty shit
down
Trigger
> I am beginning tio think it is not too bad here after all. I can go to my
> local shop and the beer is there, right there, in front of you. Wine on
> shelves and the liquour in view if not to hand. Cors, it costs an arm and a
> leg, but what the fuck do you want for a shop less than 3 mins walk?
Well see, that's the thing. I was *appalled*. I felt like I was in <insert
name of large American city>. That sort of shit is just not *done* here.
It's highly irregular to have to buy beer from a caged employee.
--
Trigger - windblown and covered in dust. It never rains here anymore and the
wind has been howling for weeks. Now I know what the old fuckers are talking
about when they refer to the "dirty 30's"
Trigger
I think Mark wrote this question, didn't he? I think, my drunken friend, that
if you read not between the lines, but *the actual lines* above, the word
"dozen" will jump right out at you. Heh.
> >
> >
> Isn't a case by default 24?
Actually no - I've always considered 12 to be a "case". Could be a Canajun thing.
In any case, we are highly fucking ripped off here in regards to booze prices.
A "sale" is when the knock a buck or two off to clear old stock. It's all a
government thing, ya see, and they tax the motherfucking shit out of *all* my
bad habits.
--
Trigger - if I quit drinking and smoking I could probably afford a live-in whore
Trigger
>
> On Thu, 06 Jun 2002 22:14:10 -0600, Trigger <tri...@drunkenbastards.org> wrote:
> >Dinsdale wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 02:12:26 -0500, Mark Mathu <ma...@mathu.com> wrote:
> >> >Trigger wrote...
> >In any case, we are highly fucking ripped off here in regards to booze prices.
> > A "sale" is when the knock a buck or two off to clear old stock. It's all a
> >government thing, ya see, and they tax the motherfucking shit out of *all* my
> >bad habits.
> >
> >--
> >Trigger - if I quit drinking and smoking I could probably afford a live-in whore
>
> If I recall correctly, never mind but those are quite expensive too.
That was my very point.
--
Trigger - jesus, some things ya gotta spell r-i-g-h-t o-u-t
bcj19
I'm more of a beer drinker myself, but I found a similar buy at a
local Osco Drug ......
Cases (yes, I said CASES) of Heineken (that's 24 cans) for $7.00US!
Needless to say, I walked out with the last four (4) cases...
-BCJ
Uncle Wicked
Or afford to be a live-in whore
Uncle Wicked - just trying to balance the sex thingy
Uncle Wicked
>
> Trigger - windblown and covered in dust. It never rains here anymore and the
> wind has been howling for weeks. Now I know what the old fuckers are talking
> about when they refer to the "dirty 30's"
I always thought that referred the core of my years of wedded bliss, but onward.
Uncle Wicked - werking on the dirty noughts
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Wicked.
Morty~
too preoccupied too
Uncle Wicked
>
> >
> I think you are too preoccupied with the sex thingy, Mr Uncle
> Wicked.
>
> Morty~
> too preoccupied too
Sad but true.
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