Random thoughts that are pointless and too dumb to say anywhere else thread: 2012

[Thurston Fluff]

My 16 year old nephew from Austin TX was up visiting us last week. I thought it would be fun to play so wiffle ball and discovered he had never played? What is the world coming to?

[1992casey]

When you asked him to play, did he think you were talking about a video game?

[chuckiehacks]

Speaking of kids in a different technological generation, a friend of mine was working on spelling homework with his son. When being quizzed on the words, the son couldn't understand why "eyebrow" wasn't spelled "iBrow".

 

Somewhere Steve Jobs is smiling.

[JimH5]

Whenever the Samuel Adams "For the love of beer" commercial comes on I get a warm feeling about those guys. They seem like good chums, like you'd want to hang out with them. ". . .and I am overwhelmed by you".

 

Seldom does a commercial strike me that way.

[Thurston Fluff]

When you asked him to play, did he think you were talking about a video game?

 

Funny but no. Mostly because I always joke with him about getting a new reality based game like going outside and throwing a football around or something.

[hawing]

So every open checkout line at Woodman's today was full and fairly slow moving. Two women ahead of the line we chose noticed the S.O. looking around to see if any other line was worth moving to. One of them pretty much laughed at him, saying that people really need to try shopping on a weekday if they can, or at least earlier on a weekend day.

 

True enough, but why act like you know more about when to shop when you're waiting in the same line? I reserve the right to move this to the What's Bugging You? thread later if I so choose.

[berniebrewer4life]

Hawing, i do that even if my line has 3 people in it. I'm always looking for the most efficient way out. If those old birds want to waste their day waiting in line, then fine. But people like us have better things to do!

 

And pointing out the fault in shopping at the wrong time when THEY are also there, seems pretty stupid.

[Thurston Fluff]

Looking for the fastest moving/shortest line is an American pastime. It is second only to baseball and slightly ahead of finding the closest parking space.

[hawing]

And pointing out the fault in shopping at the wrong time when THEY are also there, seems pretty stupid.

 

That's what struck me. Seems that's what you'd say from your hammock where you've spent your Saturday lounging because you were "smart enough" to do your shopping during the week or in the middle of the night or whenever it's quiet.

[TracyThom]

Looking for the fastest moving/shortest line is an American pastime. It is second only to baseball and slightly ahead of finding the closest parking space.

 

Whenever I try to jump to a shorter line, I always seem to get behind a shopper who needs a price check. It's kinda like the opening scene in Office Space when Peter repeatedly switched lanes only to get stuck behind the slow moving vehicles.

[Funketown]

Also, driving several miles to save 2c/gallon on gas.

[MJLiverock]

Why does every fast food or to go place make their coffee so scalding hot you have to take the lid off and let it cool for 20 minutes to make it drinkable?

[1992casey]

At McDonald's, I ask for a little bit of ice if I want to drink it right away.

[dlk9s]

When I was a kid, my family and I went to Disneyworld. It was an anniversary year, so the park had a promotion where you could win a prize when you go through the turnstile. Everyone won something, but it usually something like a sticker. We were in a really slow line, like standstill slow, so we switched to a different one. The people who took our spot in the old line won a car.

 

Patience is a virtue.

[GAME05]

the hotter the coffee is, the more its smell wafts through the store. it's why McDonalds keeps it that hot and was a big reason why the lady won the lawsuit when she spilled coffee in her lap and burned herself.

[trwi7]

When I was a kid, my family and I went to Disneyworld. It was an anniversary year, so the park had a promotion where you could win a prize when you go through the turnstile. Everyone won something, but it usually something like a sticker. We were in a really slow line, like standstill slow, so we switched to a different one. The people who took our spot in the old line won a car.

 

Patience is a virtue.

 

I went to Disney World once when I was in 3rd grade for family vacation. These are the things I remember from the trip.

 

1. Me freaking out when my mom told me we were flying there because I'm terrified of heights.

 

2. The crappy Days Inn we stayed at because our resort was booked the night we arrived. Also watching the Bucks/Magic game from the Days Inn.

 

3. My older brother cutting his leg on a palm tree he was trying to climb.

 

4. A dead, squished frog in the middle of the walkway on the way to the pool at the resort.

 

5. Not wanting to feed the dolphins because touching fish is gross.

 

6. Getting to hold a pan that was on fire for one of those performer guys at Epcot because my little brother cried when the guy asked him first.

 

7. Leaving Orlando in the middle of huge storms.

[hawing]

Ah, dead, squished frogs. That takes me back to junior high and high school, when we lived near this pond in Monroe that had a lot of frogs and was surrounded by a neighborhood with thoughtless drivers. Hence there were always wee, tiny frog pancakes on the streets in our subdivision.

[Thurston Fluff]

the hotter the coffee is, the more its smell wafts through the store. it's why McDonalds keeps it that hot and was a big reason why the lady won the lawsuit when she spilled coffee in her lap and burned herself.

 

Coffee it is best served at 155°F to 175°F. That lawsuit was pretty ridiculous, but the temperature of McDonald's coffee had to be taken into question. At that time, McDonald's did serve their coffee at 195° to 205°F. That is significantly higher than the suggested temperature and probably the reason they lost. Their coffee was too hot and did scald their customer when she spilled it.

 

One of the main reasons to adhere to the appropriate temperature is because if your coffee is served at too high a temperature many of the essential oils can evaporate. Too low and you lose aroma. Since smell is so connected to taste both will cause the flavor quality to be lost. The essential oils of the coffee beans are responsible for the flavor and aroma of your cup of Joe, so when they are compromised, your coffee will no longer have the deep and complex taste that it once did. It is advised to drink your coffee at 175°F to trust that it will be the best quality and flavor possible. It is also why you tend to get a better cup of coffee if you use a french press instead of a coffee maker. The filter in the coffee maker takes out some of the oils.

 

For the absolute best coffee roast your own, wait 24 hours and use it within two weeks of roasting it then french press it. Don't freeze it, keep it dry in an airtight container out of sunlight and only grind it when your ready to use it and only as much as you are going to use.

 

Sorry for the distraction. Some say I have a passion for coffee. I think it more an obsession.

[jerichoholicninja]

Children's Hospital is the most consistently good show on TV. Tonight's episodes was one of my favorite episodes of any show ever.

[NeedMoreFans]

I love how some DVDs (and formerly VHSs) come with previews. There you are, watching a movie that is 10 years old, and you get to fast forward through movies that are long forgotten, but now you have that certain urge to see again. Brilliant, Hollywood. Simply brilliant.

[fondybrewfan]

I have the Beatles song "When I'm 64" stuck in my head right now and its driving me crazy.

 

Also from my vantage point at the Packer game last night I had two observations

 

1. Graham Harrel isn't very good

2. The obesity problem facing the US cannot be understated. My gosh there were a lot of big people; I think they had to buy 2 seats just to fit.

[JimH5]

I think if Hawk Harrelson were broadcasting Brewers games, I would find a new team.

 

I can handle John Sterling & Suzyn Waldman, Mike Shannon, Darren Sutton, Dick Vitale, Dwayne Staats and even Rex Hudler.

 

Hawk is just so irritating to me in every way. I don't think I've heard him get through a single inning without wanting to mute it.

[davego]

I actually would probably be a casual Whitesoxs fan with the 'crew so long since removed as a protagonist; save Hawk. He is brutal.

[TheCrew07]

The first time I heard New Medicine's song "Rich Kids" I thought it was a fun little song.

 

Then I saw the video... now I'm hooked.

[Principessa21]

Yesterday at the game, we had a clear view of the sausage race. Chorizo was leading the whole race but Italian pulled ahead at the last minute to win. HOWEVER they gave the win to Chorizo?!?! Something fishy is going on...