Hurricanes Lounge XXIX: The "Hot and Cold" edition

[Lempo]

The news have it that a 65-year old billionaire diamond merchant has died during a penis enlargement surgery.

I don't know what to think.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

The news have it that a 65-year old billionaire diamond merchant has died during a penis enlargement surgery.

I don't know what to think.

Good riddance.

 

[SvechneJerk]

The news have it that a 65-year old billionaire diamond merchant has died during a penis enlargement surgery.

I don't know what to think.

If you'd die for a larger package, you might die trying to get a larger package?

 

[raynman]

The news have it that a 65-year old billionaire diamond merchant has died during a penis enlargement surgery.

I don't know what to think.

Money doesn’t buy happenis?

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Money doesn’t buy happenis?

 

[RodTheBawd]

Look, shit on Wicked Weed all you want to support our Dave bros of the world, but they still do it right. The restaurant was great and being on a sour kick made it pretty incomparable. I always hit up Highland when I'm there, and they generally have food trucks most weekends. GP covered pretty much everything else.

 

[Ahoy there]

The news have it that a 65-year old billionaire diamond merchant has died during a penis enlargement surgery.

I don't know what to think.

I'd say it wasn't the stiffy he was looking for

 

[Ahoy there]

The Burger King on Patton Ave is spot on every time. Don't fall for the Krispy Kreme a little further east of it though... donuts are never hot

 

[the halleJOKEL]

check out white labs kitchen and tap in asheville if you are at all interested in beer, brewing, biotech, etc

they are one of the larger suppliers of brewer's yeast and they do lab tours where they show you how it is made. they also will typically have multiple beers on tap with the same recipe using different yeasts so you can compare the taste difference.

they also use their yeast in their food. the hot chicken sandwich is one of the best things i have ever put in my mouth.

 

[Unsustainable]

Ditto? Ditto?!? You provincial putz!

You eloquently put it better then I could have ever done so, you magnificent human.

 

[Unsustainable]

Thanks! Sierra is definitely on the list. Among others. We may check out the River Arts district. We like stuff like that.

River Arts is very cool.

Asheville is one of my favorite places in NC. Take a camera with you, so many cool works of art there.

 

[garnetpalmetto]

The Asheville Art Museum's also not bad. When I went 15ish years ago or so they had an exhibition of works by Robert DeNiro, Sr. that was interesting.

 

[DaveG]

check out white labs kitchen and tap in asheville if you are at all interested in beer, brewing, biotech, etc

they are one of the larger suppliers of brewer's yeast and they do lab tours where they show you how it is made. they also will typically have multiple beers on tap with the same recipe using different yeasts so you can compare the taste difference.

they also use their yeast in their food. the hot chicken sandwich is one of the best things i have ever put in my mouth.

Also one of the former assistant brewers at Gizmo is now working for White Labs.

 

[The Faulker 27]

Thanks for the many suggestions. I'm making a list. We'll probably only get to some of it but we're hoping to start visiting Asheville more frequently so this is mostly an ice breaker trip.

 

[Negan4Coach]

Question:

Anybody else ever see these poor schlubs who stand outside the Renaissance Hotel in North Hills with reams of folders and wait patiently for a visiting hockey player to wander outside to sign their cards? I live across the street so I see these guys constantly and they are out their all day, in the cold, rain, etc.

I've always wondered what the ROI was on doing that. I can't imagine that stuff sells for anywhere near enough to justify standing out in the rain all day for a hit or miss chance. Or are these guys like felons who can't get a normal job?

 

[HisIceness]

It's cold outside

 

[NotOpie]

Agree. His abstract style is not my cup of tea, but his paintings are so colorful and interesting to look at. We stop in every time.

Have you had the occasion to meet and chat w/Jonas? He is the nicest dude.

My wife and I bought one of his more impressionistic/expressionistic paintings (she's the art history major so she'd have to tell you the difference) from his earlier days as a personal anniversary gift.

Like most on here, I love Asheville and try to get up there a couple of times a year.

 

[HisIceness]

Woman attacked by a jaguar after climbing over a fence at Arizona zoo | Daily Mail Online

Some people are f***ing stupid.

 

[raynman]

So I have an interview this week at a company in Burlington, NC. I’m not too familiar with areas west of Eastern NC and I don’t want to put the cart before the horse but for those of you more in the know, is commuting to Burlington from the Raleigh/Durham area doable? During the intitial phone interview it was mentioned that as a single guy Greensboro would be better than Burlington and that Chapel Hill isn’t too far either. I’m okay with commuting up to an hour away as I’ve done it before with a different job and school.

 

[MinJaBen]

So I have an interview this week at a company in Burlington, NC. I’m not too familiar with areas west of Eastern NC and I don’t want to put the cart before the horse but for those of you more in the know, is commuting to Burlington from the Raleigh/Durham area doable? During the intitial phone interview it was mentioned that as a single guy Greensboro would be better than Burlington and that Chapel Hill isn’t too far either. I’m okay with commuting up to an hour away as I’ve done it before with a different job and school.

I know a few folks that commute from Durham to Burlington for work. You’d be going the opposite direction of the majority of traffic, so it’s not too bad. Makes a difference if you are on the East or West side of Burlington.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Have you had the occasion to meet and chat w/Jonas? He is the nicest dude.

My wife and I bought one of his more impressionistic/expressionistic paintings (she's the art history major so she'd have to tell you the difference) from his earlier days as a personal anniversary gift.

Like most on here, I love Asheville and try to get up there a couple of times a year.

Yep, met him a few times. He was doing a live painting and we were the only ones there. He was listening to circ du solei and my wife didn’t notice the “do not talk during live painting” sign and started talking. Jonas turned around, stopped painting and came right over to us. Spent the next half hour showing us around the gallery and telling us about each painting. Funny enough, we purchased one of his less abstract paintings for our anniversary as well and he gave us another small one as a gift. We’ve been back a couple times and talked to him again.

We always stop in when we are there.

 

[NotOpie]

Yep, met him a few times. He was doing a live painting and we were the only ones there. He was listening to circ du solei and my wife didn’t notice the “do not talk during live painting” sign and started talking. Jonas turned around, stopped painting and came right over to us. Spent the next half hour showing us around the gallery and telling us about each painting. Funny enough, we purchased one of his less abstract paintings for our anniversary as well and he gave us another small one as a gift. We’ve been back a couple times and talked to him again.

We always stop in when we are there.

What a great story! And.....the exact same thing happened to my wife and me.....not the talking during the painting thing, but the gallery tour, bought one of his less abstract pieces, and he gave us another smaller piece. I'm going to have to get up there again soon....

 

[sheriff bart]

The news have it that a 65-year old billionaire diamond merchant has died during a penis enlargement surgery.

I don't know what to think.

While I'm neither a billionaire or have a large penis, I do know that if I had a billion dollars, I would not need a bigger penis.

 

[sabremike]

The news have it that a 65-year old billionaire diamond merchant has died during a penis enlargement surgery.

I don't know what to think.

Fun fact: 4 years ago he sold the world's most expensive diamond to a Chinese businessman whose last name was (ironically) Hung.

 

[Lempo]

Fun fact: 4 years ago he sold the world's most expensive diamond to a Chinese businessman whose last name was (ironically) Hung.

So he *booked* the time to the penis clinic after meeting a Chinese man who was Hung.

(if you didn't read this in Jerry Seinfeld's voice I did something wrong)