Friday Night Drinking Thread
Hope everyone's summer is winding down nicely. Just finished week one of my 13th season coaching, and I'm sitting out back, enjoying some blues, cool evening weather and a store pick of Woodinville bourbon. What are the activities and beverages that everyone is enjoying this weekend?
August 13th, 2021 at 9:57 PM ^
Founders Oktoberfest and Makers Mark from Tippin’s. Cheers to the weekend and cool weather!
August 13th, 2021 at 9:58 PM ^
Russell’s Reserve 13yr. Fine juice for a wedding in Grand Rapids…visiting the city of my birth from NC.
August 13th, 2021 at 10:16 PM ^
Where do you rank this RR 13y among bourbons / ryes in the $50-$100 price range?
August 14th, 2021 at 9:30 AM ^
It is fantastic. Every but as good as a phenomenal Elijah Craig Barrel Proof (like C919 or C920), but of course different in its own way. I got it at MSRP but worth paying $100 all day long.
August 13th, 2021 at 10:06 PM ^
Bushmills Black Bush tonight, Castle Danger Cream Ale tomorrow.
Shopping for back to school supplies on tap!
August 13th, 2021 at 10:29 PM ^
Very Old Barton 90 proof bourbon. Thought I could only find it in Kentucky, but I found it today in a liquor store 4 miles from my house in GA. $22 for a 1.75 and drinkable on the rocks.
August 13th, 2021 at 10:32 PM ^
Nice!
August 14th, 2021 at 12:15 PM ^
Gross
August 13th, 2021 at 10:33 PM ^
Had an ice cold pint of Michelob's finest Ultra and that's probably going to do it for tonight. Early trip to the golf course tomorrow morning.
August 13th, 2021 at 10:41 PM ^
I'm treating myself to a couple of Scottsdale Blondes tonight.
August 13th, 2021 at 10:43 PM ^
Tonight features vaping oil that weighs in at 92% THC. I can’t get up and walk, but I can now see through time.
August 13th, 2021 at 10:48 PM ^
Can you tell me how the michigan football / basketball / hockey seasons shake out?
August 13th, 2021 at 10:47 PM ^
I just got home from another rather long day (a few of you know who I work for, so you'll understand), so it might be just a fake beer and a slide into bed so I can do it all again tomorrow.
August 13th, 2021 at 10:54 PM ^
If you work for DTE, how much do you want to come by my area (they’re saying Tuesday at 11:30 pm at the earliest).
August 13th, 2021 at 11:25 PM ^
Yeah, I don’t think LSA is the guy you want coming by. My bet is he’s dispatched to stand by downed wires until they can be secured. There are a lot of white collar people tasked with that duty during storms.
On the other hand, maybe he IS a line worker!? (But if memory serves me that isn’t the case.)
Or maybe he doesn’t even work for DTE!?
August 14th, 2021 at 6:47 AM ^
Actually, I do circuit patrols in storms, so I look for the damage. I actually do design (engineering / planning work) work on the system, so that's where they have us working. I've done the sort of work you are describing incidentally a handful of times when we've come upon sites we couldn't leave.
August 14th, 2021 at 7:38 AM ^
I’d love to see the business case of burying lines in subdivisions with frequent outages. My power has gone out for maybe a handful of hours in the sub I’m in with buried lines over the last 10 years. The cost must be astronomical to choose not to do it.
August 14th, 2021 at 8:05 AM ^
I know they've done studies on it and the estimate usually comes in - for our system - in the tens of billions. The one thing I do often tell people when I meet customers and they ask is that going underground doesn't necessarily improve reliability so much as changes the nature of what could be wrong and where, though it does mean that - generally, except for situations like massive flooding - your local infrastructure isn't in the air and can't fall over because it is already on the ground, as it were (in it in fact).
The other issue is that, if an underground cable does fail somewhere, it's a very labor intensive fix (if you've ever seen us install underground, you'll see trenchers, backhoes, an army of laborers, splicers trying to do cable terminations, etc...). If a pole falls over, assuming it is truck accessible and we're not dealing with something like, well, a big storm, that's probably a 2-3 hour proposition. If an underground transformer or cable fails, you're may be out for much of the day depending on the scale of the failure, and if there is a problem behind it on the overhead, well, there's that time too potentially. It's really a "pick your poison" scenario ultimately.
The ultimate driver is that any massive overhaul would be passed on to customers in their rates, and nobody really would want that bill.
August 13th, 2021 at 10:49 PM ^
William Heavenhill
August 14th, 2021 at 10:23 AM ^
Which one did you drink last night?
Hope all is well and workload is lightening up?.
August 14th, 2021 at 6:29 PM ^
It's the 13 year released last year. Actually picked it up on the drive up to Michigan from Georgia. Work is still insane. Will likely be in jury trial all week. No end in sight.
I hope you've been drinking my share for me!
August 14th, 2021 at 7:32 PM ^
Those are large shoes to fill, LOL ?.
Good to hear from you, keep in touch and Go Blue!!!!
August 13th, 2021 at 10:53 PM ^
Nothing tonight despite being out of power for 72 hours and counting. Have an early practice tomorrow as we wrap up week 1 of the football season. Great numbers, hungry kids, and rejuvenating to be back coaching and doing what I love.
August 13th, 2021 at 11:05 PM ^
Good luck on the upcoming season (unless you have a game against us ?)!
August 14th, 2021 at 7:55 AM ^
Good luck to you as well! What county are you in?
August 13th, 2021 at 10:56 PM ^
Black coffee and watching Black Spot on Netflix.
August 13th, 2021 at 11:04 PM ^
Two Hearted
August 13th, 2021 at 11:15 PM ^
just did a shot of Bacardi.... it was a gift that's been sitting around a long, long time.... not into the hard stuff so much
but I need a shot of something after this week....
and we'll see were it heads from there, but I felt it hit my brain almost instantly
August 13th, 2021 at 11:26 PM ^
Yikes! Bacardi with no cola!? Try the Bacardi 10 year if you want to drink it straight.
August 13th, 2021 at 11:17 PM ^
Mr Beam, by the shore of Burt. Beautiful evening.
August 14th, 2021 at 12:13 AM ^
I'm drinking 12 hours worth of work
It tastes gross
August 14th, 2021 at 2:35 AM ^
Today I got told that I’m now running my entire department (no raise no promotion) because my boss has been reassigned to another location.
I just went from an executive level scientist to a plain old executive …. more business less lab. Fuck. Shit.
I’m drinking PBR, Jack Daniels, Oban Little Bay, and some Old Forrester 1921 Prohibition to “celebrate” the “good news.” Work blows.
August 14th, 2021 at 12:41 AM ^
Been hitting the wine lately, especially Pinot Noir. Tried Cloudline.. it was OK.
August 14th, 2021 at 12:55 AM ^
Just polished off some Fess Parker Pinot.
August 14th, 2021 at 11:36 AM ^
Went to the Fess Parker Winery in Santa Barbara a while back. Tall, distinguished looking gentleman is pouring the samples. One of my party asks "Does Fess come by often?" "Oh yes" the feller answers. "Pretty hands on is he?" "Oh yes." so I ask, "Are you Fess?"
"Oh yes."
Still have the autographed bottle.
August 14th, 2021 at 11:01 PM ^
That’s awesome. I’m kinda just getting into it. I tried some Williams Selyem on a trip back in the early summer and was instantly hooked. Still taking recommendations on some new ones to try!
August 14th, 2021 at 1:20 AM ^
Late To the thread - at Hoxeyville.
Billy Strings closed the show. Amazing performance. Drinking Old Forrester 100 and beers
August 14th, 2021 at 10:14 AM ^
Had friends over last night for a barbeque and drinks. Drank a Yuengling Traditional Lager while watching the grill. After dinner, Larceny BP A120, ECBP A121, Noah's Mill, EC Toasted Barrel ?.
Hope everyone is doing well and staying healthy.
@Teach_Coach_GoBlue: If you get over to my neck of the woods, let me know. Would like to buy you a drink ?
August 14th, 2021 at 9:46 PM ^
Would love to do that! Crazy busy between football, school starting soon and the two little ones, but I would love to be able to meet up sometime and have a drink!