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Re: Trying something out
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:04 am
by speedsix
sjfcontrol wrote:speedsix wrote:...now THERE'S an idea...some of the other "donors" were more into Thunderbird and Boone's Farm...and don't forget Ripple...not the good stuff that comes in magnums...
Don't forget Two-Buck-Chuck!

...guess that one hadn't made it to La. yet...don't know it...
Re: Trying something out
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:13 am
by sjfcontrol
speedsix wrote:sjfcontrol wrote:speedsix wrote:...now THERE'S an idea...some of the other "donors" were more into Thunderbird and Boone's Farm...and don't forget Ripple...not the good stuff that comes in magnums...
Don't forget Two-Buck-Chuck!

...guess that one hadn't made it to La. yet...don't know it...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_buck_chuck" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: Trying something out
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:02 am
by SQLGeek
sjfcontrol wrote:speedsix wrote:sjfcontrol wrote:speedsix wrote:...now THERE'S an idea...some of the other "donors" were more into Thunderbird and Boone's Farm...and don't forget Ripple...not the good stuff that comes in magnums...
Don't forget Two-Buck-Chuck!

...guess that one hadn't made it to La. yet...don't know it...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_buck_chuck" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I'm no wine connoisseur but that is not a bad wine, especially for the price.
Re: Trying something out
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:59 am
by sjfcontrol
SQLGeek wrote:sjfcontrol wrote:speedsix wrote:sjfcontrol wrote:speedsix wrote:...now THERE'S an idea...some of the other "donors" were more into Thunderbird and Boone's Farm...and don't forget Ripple...not the good stuff that comes in magnums...
Don't forget Two-Buck-Chuck!

...guess that one hadn't made it to La. yet...don't know it...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_buck_chuck" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I'm no wine connoisseur but that is not a bad wine, especially for the price.
So I've heard... It's ridiculed more for it's "non-pretencious" price than it's quality.
I also have a tendency to think of it as "Two-Buck-Upchuck!", but that's probably not fair.
Re: Trying something out
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:25 am
by SQLGeek
Boones Farm it ain't. No upchuck going on there unless you're working on your third bottle.

Re: Trying something out
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:30 am
by sjfcontrol
SQLGeek wrote:Boones Farm it ain't. No upchuck going on there unless you're working on your third bottle.


I was referring to the play on words, not personal experience!

Re: Trying something out
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:41 am
by speedsix
...no wonder I don't know about it...it looks by that WIKI article that it graced the market shelves over 20 years after the time I posted in...a DOUBLE generation gap...
Re: Trying something out
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:17 am
by LikesShinyThings
OldCurlyWolf wrote:LikesShinyThings wrote:I gave blood a week and a half ago, and the phlebotomist got my beautifully - one stab, just exactly perfect in the arm. Almost didn't even feel it. That's the type of vampire I like.
I need to start that again. Last count was 2 gallons and 2 pints. But I am on so many meds they may not want it any more. Still need to check.

Definitely check. They have really loosened up on what meds they allow donors to be taking.
May be helpful:
http://www.redcrossblood.org/donating-b ... eria-topic
(I just hit the 2 gallon mark locally. That's after a decade or more donation hiatus. Previous to that hiatus I had easily passed the 2 gallon mark... don't remember by how much any more. That was a long time ago.)
Re: Trying something out
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 12:15 pm
by 7075-T7
Interview questions.
Re: Trying something out
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 12:56 pm
by The Annoyed Man
In his old standup routines, Red Fox used to talk a out drinking "champipple"......Ripple and 7Up.
In my family when I was a lad, my dad used to make 200 gallons of wine a year for personal consumption and entertaining. We did a LOT of entertaining.

Re: Trying something out
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:17 pm
by sjfcontrol
The Annoyed Man wrote:In his old standup routines, Red Fox used to talk a out drinking "champipple"......Ripple and 7Up.
In my family when I was a lad, my dad used to make 200 gallons of wine a year for personal consumption and entertaining. We did a LOT of entertaining.

Hmmm, TAM, I can just see your mother out in the back yard, stomping on grapes a-la Lucille Ball.

Re: Trying something out
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:34 pm
by speedsix
...I knew an old lady in La. who was about 78...made wine in coke bottles with balloons on the necks...when the balloon blew up...it was making...when it went back down...it was done...that was some gooood wine...elderberry, peach, maybe even grape...recipe and methods are gone...
Re: Trying something out
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:36 pm
by The Annoyed Man
sjfcontrol wrote:The Annoyed Man wrote:In his old standup routines, Red Fox used to talk a out drinking "champipple"......Ripple and 7Up.
In my family when I was a lad, my dad used to make 200 gallons of wine a year for personal consumption and entertaining. We did a LOT of entertaining.

Hmmm, TAM, I can just see your mother out in the back yard, stomping on grapes a-la Lucille Ball.

It wasn't just her. We
all stomped the grapes.

Re: Trying something out
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:46 pm
by speedsix
...kinda gave the wine a "special, family" flavor, huh...
Re: Trying something out
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:51 pm
by sjfcontrol
speedsix wrote:...I knew an old lady in La. who was about 78...made wine in coke bottles with balloons on the necks...when the balloon blew up...it was making...when it went back down...it was done...that was some gooood wine...elderberry, peach, maybe even grape...recipe and methods are gone...
We used to do that in our college dorm rooms, for both wine and beer (but in bigger containers than coke bottles).