Son-of-a-Weizen

Mencken: "We sat down to luncheon at one o'clock; I think it must have been at Leuchow's, his favorite refuge and rostrum to the end. At six, when I had to go, the waiter was hauling in his tenth (or was it twentieth?) Seidel of Pilsener, and he was bringing to a close prestissimo the most amazing monologue that these ears had ever funnelled into this consciousness. What a stew, indeed! Berlioz and the question of the clang-tint of the viola.....the psycho-pathological causes of the suicide of Tschaikowsky......why Nietzsche had to leave Sils Maria between days in 1887.........the echoes of Flaubert in Joseph Conrad......the precise topography of the warts of Liszt......George Bernard Shaw's heroic but vain struggles to throw off Presbyterianism.......how Frau Cosima saved Wagner from the libidinous Swedish baroness.......what to drink when playing Chopin........what Cezanne thought of his disciples.......the defects in the structure of "Sister Carrie"........Anton Seidl and the musical union......the complex love affairs of Gounod........the early days of David Belasco..........the varying talents and idiosyncrasies of Lillian Russell's earlier husbands.......whether a girl educated at Vassar could ever really learn to love.......the exact composition of chicken paprika.......the correct tempo of the Vienna Waltz.......what George Moore said about German bathrooms........the true inwardness of the affair between D'Annunzio and Duse.......the origin of the theory that all oboe players are crazy......why Loewenbrau survived exportation better than Hofbrau........Ibsen's loathing of Norwegians.....the best remedy for Rhine wine Katzenjammer...........how to play Brahms......the degeneration of Bal Bullier......the sheer physical impossibility of getting Dvorak drunk......the genuine last words of Walt Whitman............

Does anyone know if the platters for these turn up in any of the more complete discographies??? does anyone know how expensive the new mosaic plastic set is? Those who received replacement copies of Record 3 from the Miles "Blackhawk" set will probably agree that it sounded a bit like that blue one.

Originally posted by PFunkJazz: Like Bev and Chris A, I'm going to leave this BB for a while. I'll check things out in a couple of weeks, and if things have improved, Geez, back in September, PFunk was locked in a titanic struggle with Albertson.....one calling the other a nazi look alike and the other firing back with armor-piercing "troll' rounds. What a difference a couple of months makes.

True.....I suppose I should hunt down some old track on eBay and one of those old transformer jobbers. Hey, you got any spare oversize sponge tires in your kit?.....mine have lost their spongyness (sp?).

Back around 1970-74 these Aurora and Tyco HO slot cars were it!!! A few guys in the neighborhood had decent tracks and we'd all pour into their places in the afternoon with our various cars and then tinker around with the silver 'brushes', 'pick-ups', magnets, etc.. I still have several of my original cars silmilar to the black, blue and red/white stripped ones in the photo, as well as a bottle of the red 'special racing oil'. Just don't have anyone to play with!

Sorry Sonny, but neither "MAD's Cradle to Grave Primer", "Politically MAD" or "MAD Clobbers the Classics" were ever released in hardback form --- so you've basically got a bunch of worthless, inane scribbling on your hands! I'm tempted to say that the kid factor is the major impediment to cracking open the requisite number of books.....but that would be a lie. I've gotten lazy and it's too easy to bop around this place. In a couple of months, I'm going to spew forth a daily torrent of anti-organ venom and hopefully get bounced out of here for a week so that I can finally read Eugene Corti's epic novel The Red Horse. B)

Last month I spent a Saturday helping to install some new playground equipment at my kids school and thought I'd have a blast with one of these big 'ol towable hydraulic hole diggers w/an 18" auger. Wrong! The entire place with littered with small concrete chunks just beneath the surface which made digging each 3-foot deep hole a royal, time consuming, pain! And there wasn't even any beer on hand!

I think you'd need a specialty brew to bring out the flavour of a grilled torso.......something like a Bamberg 'Rauchbier' with its distinctive smoky taste.

Don't miss the Hogarth collection.

Aw heck Dmitry.....we launch one thread about some high stakes backroom Kremlin intrigue and you'll be zooming into the politics section faster than people can fire off notes to Grey re: his JRVG offers.

How about 'Edspinnichissimo' ? B)

Rooster, just how bored are you these days?

Yep, split a pint can over at the neighbors for a late night dessert. B) <<<<Yeah, this has been a good end to a great Thanksgiving Day. >>> .....and an odd day at that. At one point I found myself sitting back and enjoying the 'Chet Baker & Fifty Italian Strings' album -- and it wasn't due to the sauce!

For the record, it should be pointed out that none of the recent slashing, burning & other assorted acts of bad blood inducing vandalism that have plagued the good ship 'O' can be traced to the political threads. On the whole, they've been a veritable sea of tranquility.

The order of battle for today: Maybe a lone Heineken....to be followed by: * a lovely little French Vouvray * a tasty 2001 Maria Schneider 'Jazz' Riesling Spatlese * an Oregon Pinot Noir And You????

Correctamundo, couw!

Sure, I understand that 100%. But the thing is, this doesn't really have anything to do with actually engagingothers on the political threads.....you simply don't even want to see the forum title show up on your screen as though it doesn't even exist. Well fear not EKE, you'll get to see the signature line each and every time that I post after you! *just kiddin' ya

This is pretty funny. Americans always get the rap for sticking their heads in the sand and not paying enough attention to what's going on with the rest of the world......and yet the first three guys to line up for the 'magic blinders' treatment are non-Americans. Sorry Hans.....I'm still lovin' ya.

Yep, usually runs an additional $100 per ticket to do the full DC-MPLS-Duluth run......but I'm sick of the 4-hr drive from the Twin Cities to the spot I hit every summer 2 hrs. north of Duluth, and that flight shaves 2 hours off the total drive time. W/kids squirming in the back seat, I'm happy to burn frequent flyer mile tickets on that one. BTW, I love to pop into the 'Bottle Shop' over there by the 'Perkins' and give those guys hell for keeping Paulaner Weizens on the shelf that have outlived their expiration dates. Damn right I check those labels!

Battle of the Bulge

Grandma's Saloon & Grill is it in Duluth!

Man, we could have a field day trying to come up with the track titles for Vol. 2 of that cd!

How 'bout a (Ron & Juan) package deal? B)

So far no one in this ruckus has done anything to warrant banishment. This thread is beginning to turn into a flame war, however, and I may shut it down. I would rather everybody take a chill pill and RELAX! Ok? Quite frankly I find it amazing that so many people seem to be taking the time to send you little notes about this and other personel matters?? God, talk about a buzzing hive full of busybodies. You drop by on a regular basis to have a look at things & presumably know what the current state of play is --- so what do they all need to report in for? Extra credit? Ridiculous. btw, did you get my PM about banning Tod Irzyk, Catesta, Ron & Johnny?