OT - NO POLITICS A Hazy Shade of Winter

[Bruinswillwin77]

View attachment 783689View attachment 783690If any of you go to Harpoons or like their beers check out my nephew DJ’s award winning concoction.




“Each year, our employee owners participate in a homebrew contest, the Owner’s Cup, where the winning recipe is decided by popular vote. The winner is forever immortalized by having their recipe canned and sold to the public.
This year, brewer DJ Paron won with his Hazy IPA. Known for his viper shades and general coach-like demeanor, this beer features a heavy dose of Azacca, Galaxy, and El Dorado hops. With tropical fruit aromas, and pineapple, peach, and stone fruit flavors, this IPA has a firm but balanced hop profile. Congrats, DJ, on being crowned the ’23 Harpoon Owner’s Cup Winner.
Available now at the Harpoon Beer Hall and the Harpoon Brewery Taproom and Beer Garden in Vermont and shipping to select retailers in New England

“

Ha, I'll try it if I come across it although I have only seen the regular Harpoon IPA at the local places I get beer at. Says shipping to select retailers though, I'll keep an eye out.

 

[NeelyDan]

NeelyDan's Friday Five:

1. A cruise in the Caribbean, diving in Thailand, or a safari in Kenya - what are you choosing, young padiwan?
2. Would you pay me $10 to get naked and sing Boston's "More Than a Feeling?"
3. After you've passed, our friend up there in the sky informs you that you get to return to your physical body for a single day to do the one thing you enjoyed most during your life on earth - what is that thing?
4. Remember all that required reading in high school? Were there any books you particularly loved? Any that you hated?
5. What was the first album/cassette/CD you ever bought?

 

[jgatie]

1. None of them, really. Can't stand cruises, I get seasick. Diving in Thailand would only take place if I was stuck in that cave like those kids, and I would need just as much drugs as them. I guess a safari would be OK. So safari.
2. Nope.
3. A day at Cahoon Hollow, followed by a great band at The Beachcomber and a bonfire on the beach.
4. Brave New World. Can't recall any I hated, but I'm sure there were a couple.
5. Hmmm, not sure. I'd like to say Ramones or Never Mind the Bollocks, but it was probably Running on Empty or The Long Run.

 

[rfournier103]

NeelyDan's Friday Five:

1. A cruise in the Caribbean, diving in Thailand, or a safari in Kenya - what are you choosing, young padiwan?

Caribbean cruise every time.

2. Would you pay me $10 to get naked and sing Boston's "More Than a Feeling?"

I’d pay you $100 not to.

3. After you've passed, our friend up there in the sky informs you that you get to return to your physical body for a single day to do the one thing you enjoyed most during your life on earth - what is that thing?

Spend another day with my wife.

4. Remember all that required reading in high school? Were there any books you particularly loved? Any that you hated?

Loved “All Quiet on the Western Front” and “Different Seasons.”

I forget the ones I hated.

5. What was the first album/cassette/CD you ever bought?

The first album I ever bought with my own money was Van Halen’s 5150.

 

[BMC]

NeelyDan's Friday Five:

1. A cruise in the Caribbean, diving in Thailand, or a safari in Kenya - what are you choosing, young padiwan?
2. Would you pay me $10 to get naked and sing Boston's "More Than a Feeling?"
3. After you've passed, our friend up there in the sky informs you that you get to return to your physical body for a single day to do the one thing you enjoyed most during your life on earth - what is that thing?
4. Remember all that required reading in high school? Were there any books you particularly loved? Any that you hated?
5. What was the first album/cassette/CD you ever bought?

1. Kenya safari
2. No. I'd pay you $100 not to do either
3. Spend time with niece/nephew when they were small. I miss those days a lot.
4. Didn't like any of them. I thought they were poor choices of those authors' works. I mean, "Great Expectations" instead of "A Christmas Carol"? Really?
5. "Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy" by Elton John

 

[Gee Wally]

NeelyDan's Friday Five:

1. A cruise in the Caribbean, diving in Thailand, or a safari in Kenya - what are you choosing, young padiwan?

a cruise.

2. Would you pay me $10 to get naked and sing Boston's "More Than a Feeling?"

nope.


3. After you've passed, our friend up there in the sky informs you that you get to return to your physical body for a single day to do the one thing you enjoyed most during your life on earth - what is that thing?

a Christmas morning when all three of my kids were little.

4. Remember all that required reading in high school? Were there any books you particularly loved? Any that you hated?

loved A Tale of Two Cities
hated The Catcher in The Rye

5. What was the first album/cassette/CD you ever bought?

Cant really remember. May have been Carole King Tapestry.

 

[leeroggy]

Darn, I thought this was going to be about the Simon and Garfunkel song . . .

 

[BMC]

Now comes the most painful part of my hip replacement surgery- paying the hospital, surgeon etc after the insurance company has paid. Unfortunately I have a very high deductible otherwise I couldn't afford the premium, between that & the extra expenses that always come with major surgery I'm looking at around $10,000. Fortunately I had time to set aside money to cover most of it. I'm going to use the payment plans they offer, I don't like tying up such a large amount of money on just one thing. This way if life throws me another financial curve ball somewhere I'll be in better shape to handle it.

 

[Ladyfan]

NeelyDan's Friday Five:

1. A cruise in the Caribbean, diving in Thailand, or a safari in Kenya - what are you choosing, young padiwan?
2. Would you pay me $10 to get naked and sing Boston's "More Than a Feeling?"
3. After you've passed, our friend up there in the sky informs you that you get to return to your physical body for a single day to do the one thing you enjoyed most during your life on earth - what is that thing?
4. Remember all that required reading in high school? Were there any books you particularly loved? Any that you hated?
5. What was the first album/cassette/CD you ever bought?

1. None really appeal to me. I have been on a couple of cruises to the Caribbean. Maybe that.

2. No

3. Thanksgiving at my Grandparents house with all of the family.

4. A Tale of Two Cities.

5. Meet the Beatles

Now comes the most painful part of my hip replacement surgery- paying the hospital, surgeon etc after the insurance company has paid. Unfortunately I have a very high deductible otherwise I couldn't afford the premium, between that & the extra expenses that always come with major surgery I'm looking at around $10,000. Fortunately I had time to set aside money to cover most of it. I'm going to use the payment plans they offer, I don't like tying up such a large amount of money on just one thing. This way if life throws me another financial curve ball somewhere I'll be in better shape to handle it.

When you retire get Medigap...Plan G. I paid nothing.

 

[BMC]

1. None really appeal to me. I have been on a couple of cruises to the Caribbean. Maybe that.

2. No

3. Thanksgiving at my Grandparents house with all of the family.

4. A Tale of Two Cities.

5. Meet the Beatles


When you retire get Medigap...Plan G. I paid nothing.

Oh yes, my parents had that plan. I still can't believe how little Mom had to pay for Dad's last hospital stay. Mom's medical bills were paid in full too

 

[NeelyDan]

the fact that all of you answered #2 seriously is why I love you

 

[BMC]

My streak of continuous viewing of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" will remain intact for another year, I can watch it on Apple+ tv for free from December 22-December 25

tv.apple.com

 

[Ladyfan]

Oh yes, my parents had that plan. I still can't believe how little Mom had to pay for Dad's last hospital stay. Mom's medical bills were paid in full too

People are fooled into the "Advantage" Plans ...which are cheaper BUT if you need them, you always pay a lot out.

I found out when I had my hip replaced how good the Medigap plan is. I do wish they had dental though.

 

[NeelyDan]

1. None of them, really. Can't stand cruises, I get seasick. Diving in Thailand would only take place if I was stuck in that cave like those kids, and I would need just as much drugs as them. I guess a safari would be OK. So safari.
2. Nope.
3. A day at Cahoon Hollow, followed by a great band at The Beachcomber and a bonfire on the beach.
4. Brave New World. Can't recall any I hated, but I'm sure there were a couple.
5. Hmmm, not sure. I'd like to say Ramones or Never Mind the Bollocks, but it was probably Running on Empty or The Long Run.

my GOSH Jackson Browne is unreal eh

 

[caz16]

NeelyDan's Friday Five:

1. A cruise in the Caribbean, diving in Thailand, or a safari in Kenya - what are you choosing, young padiwan?
2. Would you pay me $10 to get naked and sing Boston's "More Than a Feeling?"
3. After you've passed, our friend up there in the sky informs you that you get to return to your physical body for a single day to do the one thing you enjoyed most during your life on earth - what is that thing?
4. Remember all that required reading in high school? Were there any books you particularly loved? Any that you hated?
5. What was the first album/cassette/CD you ever bought?

1. None of them, I hate the heat especially.

2. Is this your Freedom 55 plan? Your answer could sway me.

3. Definitely a day with hubby and the girls when they were little.

4. I loved to Kill a Mockingbird and The Pigman, absolutely loathed Red Badge of Courage.

5. BTO Not Fragile

 

[KnightofBoston]

NeelyDan's Friday Five:

1. A cruise in the Caribbean, diving in Thailand, or a safari in Kenya - what are you choosing, young padiwan?
2. Would you pay me $10 to get naked and sing Boston's "More Than a Feeling?"
3. After you've passed, our friend up there in the sky informs you that you get to return to your physical body for a single day to do the one thing you enjoyed most during your life on earth - what is that thing?
4. Remember all that required reading in high school? Were there any books you particularly loved? Any that you hated?
5. What was the first album/cassette/CD you ever bought?

1. Thailand because their weather is up my alley and I would love to take a tour of landrace strains of marijuana and see how the local cultures grow and process the flower

2. No, because it seems like something you don't automatically want to do because you need to be paid and I think naked performances really need to come from the heart
3. Spending time with my wife, gaming, reading or listening to Dune, hiking with the dogs bedroom aerobics etc.
4. I loved Of Mice and Men, 1984, Catcher and the Rye, Lord of the Flies - I hated Wuthering Heights and anything by Oscar Wilde. I didnt care for shakespeare but didn't hate it
5. Paranoid by Black Sabbath

 

[Ladyfan]

my GOSH Jackson Browne is unreal eh

That was the last concert I went to. (in Boston at the Pavillion). Jackson was excellent and Joe Walsh opened and was great too.

 

[caz16]

1. Thailand because their weather is up my alley and I would love to take a tour of landrace strains of marijuana and see how the local cultures grow and process the flower

2. No, because it seems like something you don't automatically want to do because you need to be paid and I think naked performances really need to come from the heart
3. Spending time with my wife, gaming, reading or listening to Dune, hiking with the dogs bedroom aerobics etc.
4. I loved Of Mice and Men, 1984, Catcher and the Rye, Lord of the Flies - I hated Wuthering Heights and anything by Oscar Wilde. I didnt care for shakespeare but didn't hate it
5. Paranoid by Black Sabbath

I loved these too, so many good books. I actually played the part of Lenny from Of Mice and Men in the class play....lol I was so nervous and put my lines in a hat I had to wear in case I forgot them, took the hat off, went down on my knee, looking into the hat and reading my lines. The teacher PRAISED me for being so creative and dramatic, something that always made me laugh.

 

[Troublesome 85]

Leaving for work

 

[caz16]

Leaving for work

Already waiting for you to return!

 

[TD Charlie]

NeelyDan's Friday Five:

1. A cruise in the Caribbean, diving in Thailand, or a safari in Kenya - what are you choosing, young padiwan?
2. Would you pay me $10 to get naked and sing Boston's "More Than a Feeling?"
3. After you've passed, our friend up there in the sky informs you that you get to return to your physical body for a single day to do the one thing you enjoyed most during your life on earth - what is that thing?
4. Remember all that required reading in high school? Were there any books you particularly loved? Any that you hated?
5. What was the first album/cassette/CD you ever bought?

1. Probably the safari. The cruise is most easily accessible, and I run a huge risk of getting sea sick. Diving could be great, but the ocean is a scary f***ing place. Therefore, safari. No matter what, that plane ride is gonna require some hypnosis, heavy sedatives, and possible general anesthesia.

2. Where is this happening? Probably no, because we don't need soon to be NeelyDad in jail for indecent exposure and lewd conduct in public

3. Deep. Real deep. I think I might go back to childhood and play a round of mini golf with my father and my two brothers. There's a REALLY GOOD chick flick kinda centered around this concept called About Time, with Rachel McAdams (no babe threads, I know) Domhall Gleason and Bill Nighy. Highly recommend.

4. They were almost all terrible. The only one semi enjoyable was Great Expectations. I spent too many nights trying to memorize Shakespeare passages because I had an honors professor that forced us to recite full passages in front of the class, by memory, as a test grade.

5. I bought Dookie and Insomniac on cassette the same day when I was 10, 11 tops. Mom was not happy when she heard it played in the car.

 

[McGarnagle]

NeelyDan's Friday Five:

1. A cruise in the Caribbean, diving in Thailand, or a safari in Kenya - what are you choosing, young padiwan?
2. Would you pay me $10 to get naked and sing Boston's "More Than a Feeling?"
3. After you've passed, our friend up there in the sky informs you that you get to return to your physical body for a single day to do the one thing you enjoyed most during your life on earth - what is that thing?
4. Remember all that required reading in high school? Were there any books you particularly loved? Any that you hated?
5. What was the first album/cassette/CD you ever bought?

1. The safari is tempting because I love animals, but I'm afraid it'll be too damn hot. Maybe I'd go for comfort on the cruise instead.

2. .......

3. Either playing with my dog or eating pizza

4. I used to love reading independently when I was a kid, I think as soon as they made it obligatory with homework by middle school it ruined reading for me. But of those books they made us read, I remember really liking Gatsby but hating Grapes of Wrath.

5. Michael Jackson's Bad on cassette was the first I remember choosing. I may have been 8 or 9.

 

[eightspokedb]

NeelyDan's Friday Five:

1. A cruise in the Caribbean, diving in Thailand, or a safari in Kenya - what are you choosing, young padiwan?
2. Would you pay me $10 to get naked and sing Boston's "More Than a Feeling?"
3. After you've passed, our friend up there in the sky informs you that you get to return to your physical body for a single day to do the one thing you enjoyed most during your life on earth - what is that thing?
4. Remember all that required reading in high school? Were there any books you particularly loved? Any that you hated?
5. What was the first album/cassette/CD you ever bought?

1. None - I hate hot weather
2. No, not because I wouldn't want to see you nekkid, but because I hate that song
3. Eating ice cream...I can be had for cinnamon ice cream
4. Love to read... can't remember any I loved or hated...it WAS over 50 years ago....
5. Meet The Beatles in mono...

 

[RoccoF14]

NeelyDan's Friday Five:

1. A cruise in the Caribbean, diving in Thailand, or a safari in Kenya - what are you choosing, young padiwan?
2. Would you pay me $10 to get naked and sing Boston's "More Than a Feeling?"
3. After you've passed, our friend up there in the sky informs you that you get to return to your physical body for a single day to do the one thing you enjoyed most during your life on earth - what is that thing?
4. Remember all that required reading in high school? Were there any books you particularly loved? Any that you hated?
5. What was the first album/cassette/CD you ever bought?

1. Kenya
2. Nope.
3. Christmas Day 2008. My kids are still young and my Dad was still early in his Alzheimer's battle.
4. Loved: To Kill a Mockingbird (Still an all-time favorite), Red Badge of Courage, Lord of the Flies, Huck Finn. Hated: The Scarlet Letter, Pride and Prejudice, The Great Gatsby; (most overrated novel of all time, and all the characters are loathsome), Catcher in the Rye (also massively overrated IMHO).
5. KISS Double Platinum (I was 11 at the time).

2. No, not because I wouldn't want to see you nekkid, but because I hate that song

So are you saying you want to see him naked, then????

 

[TD Charlie]

the fact that all of you answered #2 seriously is why I love you

I considered a yes. “Maybe the guy needs a quick tenner. Maybe doing a jig in the buck to overrated classic rock is what brings him joy.“ Who am i to judge?

The legal ramifications just could not be ignored.