“Umm, you aren’t beerguyrob” Saturday night’s Open Thread.

 

Good evening everyone it is I the substitute for Beerguyrodrigo who I believe is currently running bootleg jeans down to America. I hope he doesn’t get busted and will send me some candycorn m&m’s for me to do a Baking with Litre post. For those of you who just come to the fair city during footbaw season you may be wondering what the hell does this guy have to say? Will there be stoner talk? Maybe. Wine talk? Hell yeah. Plus I will try to fill in with the sportsing  as best as I can which really isn’t important as Ratbirds v Jaguras is on 1st thing in the morning tomorrow. I promise no futbol chat for once.

Image from Etsy.

As some of you may know, legalization is coming next year up here countrywide and things are going to change a lot. It seems that the provinces are deciding how they distribute it and each province will have a different policy. Ontario has come out and said they will not privatize the sales and it will all be done through a government store, like their alcohol sales are. Both federal and provincial governments will tax it and be the sole legal distributor of the sticky icky apart from medicinal users who can still get it by mail. There is a few problems with this policy that jump to mind. First of all, Ontario is going to start out with only 40 dispensaries for the whole province. Your geography may not be up to snuff on Canadian provinces but Ontario is huge and this is not nearly enough coverage for that many people in that big of a landmass. Second thing that springs to mind is their pricing and how they are going to be competitive with the black market if they tax the hell out of the stuff. My medicinal pricing is on par with what I used to get from my guy Chad (seriously), but with Chad for Green (in my phone) I was getting strains of weed without knowing their potency. Now I have become very aware the percentages of THC and CBD as the strains with super high THC sketch me out a bit so I order accordingly. In my mind the provincial governments up here should take a page out of Denver’s book when recreational consumption was legalized. When I visited Denver after legalization it was a great setup everywhere I went. Security was high (heh) in these places and there was security everywhere. I am sure there are cons to the system which one of our Colorado DFOers are more than welcome to point out below. It was privatised but the government still got their cut so everyone involved was pleased, consumer, dispensary, and government. I will continue to order my medicinal through the mail because I have to do very little and it comes directly to my door with my mailman. 

 

Most of you who tune in during the offseason will know that I am a wine guy as well as a medicinal marijuana user (double threat). Well the seasons are changing and as are my wine drinking habits. My ritual on Thursday in the fall is to grab a bottle of red , fire on the interwebs and watch the coloUr rush game until my eyes bleed. Summer has passed and it is starting to get chilly up here so white and roses just will not do. Last time I did this I spoke about trends and how certain regions and grape varietals come and go. As of right now the popular red varietal is Malbec and the region is Mendoza, Argentina. If you like this variety (I don’t) definitely buy stuff from Argentina as the plantings elsewhere haven’t had the time for the vines to mature enough. If you are wondering about French Malbec it is something that you would rarely by itself due to French wine laws. In France Malbec is predominantly used for blending in Rhone. This time of year I gravitate towards Pinot Noirs from Oregon, or Merlots from Washington as those regions are closest to me here and the quality is phenomenal. Later in the season I get into bigger red when the snow is outside and it is -20 degrees. As for value this time of year I look to Spain and Rioja’s little brother Navarra as they still use the same 2 grapes Grenache and Tempranillo but the are a lot cheaper and are still great quality. 

 

On to the sportsing!

 

College Football: Times are whatever you see on the screen in front of you when you look it up.

Irish v Michigan St FOX

Washington at Colorado FS1

UCLA at Stanford ESPN

Also Hawaii at Wyoming! Go CowboUys! ESPN 2

 

There still is baseball games going on and Bumgarner is on the bump against the Dodgers so there is that.

There is Ice Football Preseason but the kids are still all playing so it isn’t worth your time. READ A BOOK WILL YOU!

In soccer there are some MLS games if you are so inclined. (not futbol)

There is a CFL game but nobody up here will be watching it either. Toronto v Montreal.

 

Remember if you are in a restaurant/winebar/lounge/Tomsula’s boxcar that house wine is the money maker for the house and the next couple of cheaper glasses are great value as they are trying to get rid of that wine.

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the Alpha and the Amoeba

As tempting as it may be, don’t argue with a robot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fDHRrUN0hA

JerBear50

Oh how I do miss me some ass mode.

Spur

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Brick Meathook

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Well, you better keep an eye on that shoulder.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Ventilated.

Spur

Which Kardashian is this?

Mr. Ayo

How dare you besmirch Demi Rose’s reputation with such slander.

herodotus450

So, Demi Rose Cardassian?

Mr. Ayo

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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WCS

Breathes well.

Unsurprised

Wow. Nice.

Unsurprised

FUUUUUUUUCK

My brother is right on the cusp of undergoing some kind of bariatric procedure to help him lose weight, but he’s having a bunch of (to me) irrational doubts and concerns and I wish I knew how to help him cut through the bullshit and realize that those doubts are all just the last gasps of the same thoughts that caused him to regain all the weight he lost after a couple of his friends and then our mother died in an 18 month span.

theeWeeBabySeamus

What are his doubts, if I may ask?

FWIW, surgery/anesthesia is never to be taken lightly in any case. If he’s having doubts, don’t dismiss them out of hand.

King Hippo

you lose the ability to #ShameBinge

Unsurprised

That is genuinely one reason.

Unsurprised

I understand, but it’s not about the surgery. It’s the psychology of what it means. That he needs surgery, that he feels pressure to lose weight and really change his life if he does it, but mostly it’s the fear that even if he does lose as much weight as he hopes to that he’s still going to feel miserable because his depression and self-doubts aren’t just rooted in being fat. And I keep telling him it’s a holistic process where dealing with those psychological aspects are part of what he’d have to do to lose weight no matter what. He’s seen a therapist a couple times but doesn’t think he’s ready to go fully into it, and I figure whatever is causing that doubt is related to this.

theeWeeBabySeamus

OK, lots to digest there (no pun intended, sorry) so forgive me if I miss something here.

But the bottom line from where I’m looking (and hopefully understanding) is you think maybe he’s not mentally/emotionally where he should be to be taking on a life change like this which will require his intestinal fortitude?

Unsurprised

It seems that way. He’s also making an interesting point that this is one step in a whole set of changes that he would have to make involving seeing dieticians, therapist, etc. But he could do all that without the surgery, and should, and so why not try the non-invasive method of doing all the other work before adding in the part where someone has to cut him open? This seems like a reasonable take, but also seems ripe to excuse not doing anything.

theeWeeBabySeamus

I see your point regarding it possibly being an excuse. And you very well could be correct, FWIW.

But also totally am on board with the commitment and lifestyle change necessities, surgery or not. Sadly, there’s no easy answer for you. Sorry. It sucks.

I don’t know him as you do, of course. But you’re correct that surgery or not, he’ll need to make a commitment going forward. The surgery itself is that commitment for a lot of people. But if he’s having second thoughts, maybe it’s not for him.

Maybe encouraging him to live healthier, making little changes (eat better, exercise more even just walking, etc) is a better way to start for him maybe?

How old is he? How much of an immediate health issue is this?

Unsurprised

He’s 36, and he’s in decent health aside from his weight. I think if he does all of the other stuff (diet, exercise, therapist, get better sleep/CPAP even?), he can lose the weight without surgery. That’s basically what I’m doing and how he lost all this weight ten-twelve years ago (tbf, metabolism changes a lot in those ten years).

We’re going to discuss it more in the morning. I appreciate your insight so far. Thanks.

theeWeeBabySeamus

No problem.
Hope he figures out and does what’s best for him. It’s not always an easy thing to figure out.

Unsurprised

He’s in L.A. He snapchats me every day from the gym, which he’s been going to every day this year, He’s not losing weight, even though he also only eats one meal a day (which, caloric content of what that meal entails aside isn’t good for losing weight). We talk all the time about exercising and such, but the normal route just seems to be insufficient for him at this point.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Wow. I like video replay, it’s a good thing.
But do we gotta review every fucking thing now?

King Hippo

THIS. Absolutely needs to be some common sense “materiality” threshold.

Spur

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Unsurprised

25 years later, the idea that Seagal could ever beat up TLJ is just laughable.

King Hippo

streams on Yahoo I think, and y’all better it’s mandatory

Mr. Ayo

No way I’m getting up at 6:30am. It’s hard enough to get up by 10am for the first games.

Mr. Ayo

What?!?

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Unsurprised

At least he’s not black?

theeWeeBabySeamus

Or Asian.
Trust me on this one….oy.

Unsurprised

/Bill Parcells puts down the baseball bat. For now.

King Hippo

and it’s not like we ask you to put pants on for church. In fact, we actively discourage it.

Mr. Ayo
Unsurprised

I may be up anyway, but I’m not going to watch. I’ll liveblog, though.

theeWeeBabySeamus
WCS

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herodotus450

Rhyming Boy with boi, cant beat that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIy3n2b7V9k

King Hippo

and ppl still say she not deep. haterz!

herodotus450

Oh, I’d like to go deep, don’t get me wrong.

Brick Meathook

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Exactly.

herodotus450

Montez just fell down on that play like he saw the white sails of John Cabot

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Spur

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Damn, that was a good hit.

WCS

Pauls-Clots tomorrow. If we’re ever going to see a 2-2 tie, this is it.

Senor Weaselo

Pauls-Jets beg to differ, but that’ll be a 5-5 tie.

WCS

7-5 OT win

King Hippo

to think, that’s the CHRISTMAS PRESENT fixture for those sad fucks

Senor Weaselo

You call it Christmas present, I call it DEEP HURTING.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjCjgjk9n0o

King Hippo

“shall we kill ourselves or go to the Jets/Pauls game this Christmas?”

“why not BOTH??”

Unsurprised

Thousands of peoples Christmases are already being ruined by watching or attending the game, so a ritual dual sacrifice/suicide during the game isn’t going to make things any worse for anyone there. Plus, you’d be famous!

King Hippo

#ThePauls

#DefinitiveProgress

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Did you ask for a Fek Check earlier?

^Should have thought of that earlier.

WCS

Damn, YOUDUB, hell of a catch.

Horatio Cornblower

So the scariest part of the movie ‘It’ was when I turned around and yelled “Hey, shut the fuck up!” at this one kid who was talking for the first 15 minutes of the movie. I spent the rest of the movie wondering if I was going to get shot walking out.

When the lights came on I turned around to see what I was dealing with.

He was 12.

Horatio Cornblower

Also ‘It’ is not very scary. Like at all.

theeWeeBabySeamus

12 huh?
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Brocky

Better a kid than some “retired” police officer in Florida:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/13/justice/florida-movie-theater-shooting/index.html

seriously, I can’t remember the last time I got mad at NRA members, but them defending this fucker made my blood boil

Unsurprised

All Cops Are Bastards

King Hippo

UCLA’s regular defense has returned to my teevee box

Spur

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herodotus450

(Image that just says “boobs”)

Unsurprised

Hmm. I might be able to do that.

theeWeeBabySeamus

My pants just got tighter.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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King Hippo

call me kooky, but something about tall, lithe blondes just does it FOAR me

theeWeeBabySeamus

You’re a WASP white male.
Duh.

King Hippo

ahem, spelling out “white” after WASP is redundant. PLEBIAN

theeWeeBabySeamus

LMFAO. I’d call you a cunt if you weren’t 100% correct.
You fucking cunt.

King Hippo

That’s Mister WASP cunt, thank you.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Also, get ready to laugh….

I’m trynna pick up Hurns off of waivers. How fucking funny is that?????

Mr. Ayo

Ok kooky.

WCS

How does one make an offering to SHANKLOR when it’s blocked?

King Hippo

A line through the appropriate letter, like in Icelandic.

Unsurprised

Start cutting off kicker toes to make amends?

the Alpha and the Amoeba

RONALD WEEEEEASLEY!!!! IT’S LEVIOSAAAAAAA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reop2bXiNgk

herodotus450
Brocky

I love classic simple internet

Unsurprised

We does Ron look like a young Trump?

Horatio Cornblower

Hey guys! Who else just got in from playing naked hide-and-seek in the cornfields behind their house?

King Hippo

for your sake, hopefully a hairy bear named “Dirk?”

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Unsurprised

I didn’t realize Buddy lived in the Canadian Breadbasket. Kinda figures, though.

King Hippo

oh shit, UCLA wins tonight and Rosen will be a certified Chryst-killer!

WCS

Shut it down. We have a winner.

herodotus450

He’ll have to change his name to Rosenberg after that.

Unsurprised

Wow.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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King Hippo

Black guy and Jewish guy doing synchronized sideline dance, oh American Fuhrer fo sho not gon’ like dat!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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theeWeeBabySeamus

That movie scared the shit out of me when I was a kid.
No shit.

It was basically nothing more than Jaws, with a bear stand in. But still.

Horatio Cornblower

Aaron Rodgers used to whack to the title.

theeWeeBabySeamus

I don’t get the arousal, but OK.
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Senor Weaselo
theeWeeBabySeamus

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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theeWeeBabySeamus

Rosen is Closin’

WCS

2nd and 35 in the Hawaii-Wyoming tilt? NFL BLITZ!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Unsurprised

I shouldn’t have eaten that other half of my salmon. I’m painfully full now. It is a good excuse keeping me from doing laundry, though.

theeWeeBabySeamus

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King Hippo

what this voodoo, UCLA defense HITTING PPL??

theeWeeBabySeamus

Sooooo….. Last FG wins in Palo Alto?

herodotus450

As long as FG stands for “Freedom Grab,” or “Federal Grant,” or … something.

Spur

Is there going to be a DFO-Con in Vegas again?

theeWeeBabySeamus

It has recently been brought up, but nothing concrete in teh worx just yet.

King Hippo

I volunteer to keep the rivebrogs going for us shut-ins!!

theeWeeBabySeamus

Bullshit.
You ain’t getting out of it two years running. I damned well wanna see your pilled up arse running around a sportsbook betting on everything you can find.

I’ve earned it, dammit!!!!!!

Spur

Yes, Nov please.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Early December was mentioned, same as last year.
Again, nothing concrete there, and honestly we’re short on time for early December at this point soooooo….we’ll see.

Spur

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Fucking damn rabbits.

herodotus450

Cassandra, no!

theeWeeBabySeamus

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theeWeeBabySeamus

After that first sentence, I have to say I was expecting a better story.
You disappoint me.

King Hippo

Old me…would have sobered up and made sure everybody got home safely. I was never really any fun.

King Hippo

humanity is a doomed endeavor, it would be nice to have my metabolism, ability to drink, and delusional (albeit faint) hope that life might improve back, though

herodotus450

Yeah, we’d all love to be 15 again.

Unsurprised

Fuck everything.

Brick Meathook

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theeWeeBabySeamus

Ricky The Dog: Hey!!!! Not cool man. My penis needs that stuff. No, not the horseradish you ignorant fuck.

herodotus450

Teodor you quirk!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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WCS

Someone check on Fek.

WCS

Iowa… whew…

herodotus450

Frk?
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He’s doing fine. Back with Detroit, he might make the big club, but doing fine.

JustStopDude

The important thing to remember is that the victims of Penn State have once again learned…you don’t speak up against Penn State.

King Hippo

glad I didn’t watch any of that horseshit. FUCK OFF, IOWA

JustStopDude

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JustStopDude

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theeWeeBabySeamus

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Unsurprised

I was so happy to see his character killed.

herodotus450

Penn State forces their entry on the Iowa endzone

WCS

HOLE E. SHEET. Penn State with a walk-off touchdown with no time left.

Shogun Marcus

Ouch iowa.

WCS

Seven seconds left. Pedo State 3rd and goal at the seven.

herodotus450

AFA not able to stop (The Red) Baron II from adding the extra point, SDSU back on top.

King Hippo

kicker short from 56. Make it 31 in a row.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Things are moving slowly in Lexington.
I might be getting bored now.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Had the line, just not the leg.

King Hippo

Wow, 30 losses in a row to the Gators. That is pitiful.

WCS

Pedo State down, 19-15, with 58 seconds left and fourth and two.