Giff wrote: Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:35 am
I had a couple buddies miss the Jeff Kent walk off the '04 NLCS when some random couple was with us started fighting and the guy shoved her. They immediately grabbed him and led him outside before delivering a few blows, then coming back inside to celebrate the HR they missed.
When I was in college, I was hanging outside a friend's apartment with him smoking a J, and there was couple having an argument out in the parking lot. It was getting pretty heated, when the dude slapped the woman. My friend and I both went "Hey!" and started to move towards them, when the woman turned and DECKED the dude with a right hand right to the jaw, which dropped him like a ton of bricks.
My friend and I looked at each other and decided that she had things under control.
mister d wrote: Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:41 pm
Incredibly awkward moment with a mid-20s bartender this weekend. Went up to order w/ my oldest who got a coke with grenadine.
Bartender: "You know that has a name? Its like Roger something I think. The other place I work has it by name in the system."
Me: [googles] "Huh. Roy Rogers."
Bartender: "No, Hooters."
Me: "I meant the drink name."
Next round I went to the other side of the bar.
How hot was she?
An honest to God cult of personality - formed around a failed steak salesman.
-Pruitt
And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. - God
Oh yeah...I forgot the nougat. In that case, a Baby Ruth is just a Snickers but nuttier.
And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. - God
a. i have never had a Baby Ruth
b. there is/was definitely no peanut butter in this Reggie! bar
c. i don't know what i was expecting, other than a blast of nostalgia, but the candy sucked.
d. to salve my candy nostalgia, i'm going for a roll of Necco wafers next - will not disappoint.
Yeah I noticed after my post that your pic didn't say peanut butter.
MaxWebster wrote: Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:40 am
a. i have never had a Baby Ruth
b. there is/was definitely no peanut butter in this Reggie! bar
c. i don't know what i was expecting, other than a blast of nostalgia, but the candy sucked.
d. to salve my candy nostalgia, i'm going for a roll of Necco wafers next - will not disappoint.
Aside (based on SC's post) - I walked past the original D.L. Clark building in downtown Pittsburgh on Saturday. Seems it's now primarily a residential or maybe mixed-use residential/business building, but the giant CLARK bar sign still towers over the parking lot.
Aside #2 (based on Max and Citgo's posts) - in double-checking all of this before posting, I learned that the Necco company bought most of the D.L. Clark company after the latter went through bankruptcy.
A random town in Kansas was mentioned today that made me think of my ex's family. Went down a rabbit hole and found out my ex FIL passed away in 2022 which shook me a little. He was a really great guy and only 61 when he passed. She lost her Mom right after we split and it blew my mind that she was only 44 at the time. Both of them passed from cancer. I did send a message to his sister who lives in Kansas, but debating on sending a message to my ex.
rass wrote: Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:03 pm
Aside (based on SC's post) - I walked past the original D.L. Clark building in downtown Pittsburgh on Saturday. Seems it's now primarily a residential or maybe mixed-use residential/business building, but the giant CLARK bar sign still towers over the parking lot.
Aside #2 (based on Max and Citgo's posts) - in double-checking all of this before posting, I learned that the Necco company bought most of the D.L. Clark company after the latter went through bankruptcy.
Aside #3 - Necco (or NECCO /ˈnɛkoʊ/ NEK-oh) was an American manufacturer of candy created in 1901 through the merger of several small candy companies located in the Greater Boston area, with ancestral companies dating back to the 1840s.
In 1927, Necco moved into a new factory on Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, which was then the largest factory in the world devoted entirely to candy, as seen in a photograph of a 1928 Necco Wafers truck.
Since April 2004, the Necco building at 250 Massachusetts Ave in Cambridge has been occupied by the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research. The water tower was repainted with a double helix to represent the biomedical research being performed within.
In October 2019, it was announced that the Revere complex would be leased to Amazon for use as a distribution center.
Ah, the NECCO warehouse. I used to drive past it as a kid. As was mentioned, Amazon moved in because that land was prime being close to a major roadway and being a straight shot to the airport.
mister d wrote:Couldn't have pegged me better.
EnochRoot wrote:I mean, whatever. Johnnie's all hot cuz I ride him.
MaxWebster wrote: Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:40 am
d. to salve my candy nostalgia, i'm going for a roll of Necco wafers next - will not disappoint.
Ron Howard voiceover wrote:They will disappoint.
I actually liked them as a kid for some reason. Never would have bought them, but liked getting them on Halloween. The chocolate ones felt like a special treat, because my father took by half of them, and no other flavor. His chocolate tax was NECCO wafers and some Nestle Crunch bars.
An honest to God cult of personality - formed around a failed steak salesman.
-Pruitt
Do they still make those caramel circles with the oreo cream in the middle?
And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. - God
Went on a tour of the largest handmade chocolate factory in the US a few weeks ago (it's here in Denver) it was ok, their best confections weren't made in-house (the red chile chocolate truffle had my vote.)
Is anyone else here a fan of the Zagnut? My favourite candy bar. Though I do like the Reeses Take 5 or a 100 Grand in a pinch (Zagnuts are hard to find in these parts.)
