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by Merchant Seaman
Sat Nov 19, 2022 10:39 am
Forum: The Pub
Topic: "Hello, I'm back!" - Where have you been? What's your excuse?
Replies: 912
Views: 341912

Re: "Hello, I'm back!" - Where have you been? What's your excuse?

Badfellow wrote:
Sat Nov 19, 2022 10:14 am
Artful Drunktective wrote:
Sat Nov 19, 2022 6:21 am
… I often drink without getting drunk. Oett says "what's the point?!" but I still enjoy, as you said, the pleasantries of it…
Yes, the "point" is to enjoy yourself. And to NEVER let ANY other motherfucker tell you how to drink. Just sayin’.
Very True
by Merchant Seaman
Fri Nov 18, 2022 5:16 pm
Forum: Not Booze Related
Topic: Oh Sammich glory, and where to find 'em
Replies: 428
Views: 110459

Re: Oh Sammich glory, and where to find 'em

Nope, first off, I don't really like the whole, stuffed bun crap, then, a burger is basic, keep it that way, it is a sammy, it's reason to exist is to be eaten, with your hands, not fall apart all over the plate.
by Merchant Seaman
Thu Nov 17, 2022 4:06 pm
Forum: Drinking Stories
Topic: Thus far
Replies: 4
Views: 8232

Re: Thus far

After drinking with the guys, I sat back and dozed for a while, I woke up a couple of hours later, and headed back to QFC for some mouthwash a brush and toothpaste. I then hit up the library to use the head, brush my teeth an use the mouthwash, then I washed my face and ventured out. I then hit up L...
by Merchant Seaman
Thu Nov 17, 2022 10:16 am
Forum: TV & Film
Topic: Any other great television shows?
Replies: 372
Views: 175830

Re: Any other great television shows?

A few (or more) of these may have been listed before, but here goes; Older, but available (one way or another); Waterfront (1954-'55) Route 66 ('60-'64) Perry Mason (57-66) China Beach (88-91) though the later seasons dragged a bit WKRP (78-82) Tour Of Duty (87-90) The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (59...
by Merchant Seaman
Mon Nov 14, 2022 4:13 pm
Forum: TV & Film
Topic: Old drink commercials
Replies: 19
Views: 14476

Re: Old drink commercials

by Merchant Seaman
Sun Nov 13, 2022 3:54 pm
Forum: Drinking Stories
Topic: Thus far
Replies: 4
Views: 8232

Re: Thus far

After a few at The Liberty Bar, I headed over to Palermo Pizza, I ordered up a medium classico meat pie with anchovies, had a couple of Peronis while I waited, and three more with my meal, then a large glass of Chianti for desert, it was only 1300ish, so I walked a few blocks down to Broadway, i kne...
by Merchant Seaman
Fri Nov 11, 2022 6:39 pm
Forum: TV & Film
Topic: The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Replies: 3
Views: 3911

Re: The Greatest Beer Run Ever

I thought Chick was a Merchant Marine like you M.S.? Yes, but before he was a merchant mariner, he served in the military, the USMC from '58-'64, as a merchant mariner he was a member of the National Maritime Union (NMU) and it was in '67 that he made his famous beer run, later in his life he purch...
by Merchant Seaman
Thu Nov 10, 2022 7:03 pm
Forum: New Booze Reviews
Topic: Anyone here
Replies: 5
Views: 6381

Anyone here

Tried Knobel Whiskey from Mike Rowe?
by Merchant Seaman
Thu Nov 10, 2022 7:00 pm
Forum: Drinking Stories
Topic: Thus far
Replies: 4
Views: 8232

Thus far

Yes, it's been a while, and being a daddy has cut into my drinking, but none the less. last 9JUL I few from Augusta to Seattle, now hotels were wicked expensive at the time, so I flopped in a joint in Kent, that was supposed to have a bar, but it had closed, so I get into my hooch and punch up door ...
by Merchant Seaman
Thu Nov 10, 2022 6:22 pm
Forum: TV & Film
Topic: The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Replies: 3
Views: 3911

The Greatest Beer Run Ever

This was a great book, and a good movie

A few bloopers, for one Chick Donohue serve in the USMC, in Japan and the PI, and the anti war protesters of the era were not pro-troops, but all in all a good film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqxziDlZOIo
by Merchant Seaman
Thu Nov 10, 2022 6:14 pm
Forum: The Pub
Topic: What are you drinking right now?
Replies: 12380
Views: 1399096

Re: What are you drinking right now?

Uncle Nearest, the original TJD
by Merchant Seaman
Thu Nov 10, 2022 6:04 pm
Forum: The Pub
Topic: "Hello, I'm back!" - Where have you been? What's your excuse?
Replies: 912
Views: 341912

Re: "Hello, I'm back!" - Where have you been? What's your excuse?

Here, been busy, it's been more than a little crazy, but I have boozing stories to share, and a movie suggestion, stay tuned!! (and drunk)
by Merchant Seaman
Fri Jul 22, 2022 3:44 am
Forum: My Favorite Bar
Topic: Bars we miss
Replies: 72
Views: 72668

Re: Bars we miss

Backbone Robby Bobby wrote:
Thu Jul 07, 2022 1:54 pm
Merchant Seaman wrote:
Tue Sep 14, 2021 7:52 pm
I miss Seattle bars, now that I live in Georgia.
Really? Why don't you visit The Righteous Room in Atlanta?
Mostly because I live near Augusta
by Merchant Seaman
Fri Jun 03, 2022 12:47 pm
Forum: The Pub
Topic: Things that are WRONG!
Replies: 194
Views: 40976

Re: Things that are WRONG!

Gonna combine those two into an even greater wrongness called the Bjorktail. It’s what they serve in hell. The horror! Could be worse with that canned tuna and gouda pizza. My fucking god!!! can you imagine eternity, drinking non-alcoholic "cocktails eating canned tunafish and gouda pizza with Bjor...
by Merchant Seaman
Thu Jun 02, 2022 6:56 pm
Forum: The Pub
Topic: Things that are WRONG!
Replies: 194
Views: 40976

Re: Things that are WRONG!

Badfellow wrote:
Thu Jun 02, 2022 4:19 pm
Merchant Seaman wrote:
Thu Jun 02, 2022 4:06 pm
Non alcoholic "cocktails" if it's non alcoholic, it's not a cocktail

and then there's the insane Icelandic Pixie, (AKA Bjork)
Gonna combine those two into an even greater wrongness called the Bjorktail. It’s what they serve in hell.
The horror!