wacky1980

i'm working on expanding our scotch selection at the bar, and i'm struggling with pricing. our regular liquor pricing formula doesn't work so well in this instance. i'm shooting for a pour cost of around 35-45% which is ridiculously low (20% is probably average), but you have to remember we're in the sticks and margins tend to be shit on everything out here. so anyways, this is my current list: GLENMORANGIE 10 - $6 GLENLIVET 12 - $7 GLENFIDDICH 14 - $8 AUCHENTOSHAN 12 - $8 HIGHLAND PARK 12 - $10 GLENKINCHIE 12 - $10 GLEN SCOTIA 15 - $10 MACALLAN 12 - $11 LAPHROAIG 10 CASK - $12 GLENDRONACH 15 - $13 OBAN 14 - $14 LAGAVULIN 16 - $15 MACALLAN 18 - $38 BRUICHLADDICH 1984/32 - $96 many of these are about 25% lower than average retail from what i'm seeing online, but again, in the sticks. also, there's not shit for whiskey bars anywhere around here, so it's tough to just walk in somewhere and compare prices. what would you expect to pay for some of these in your area? also, i know i have some standards missing from this list, and a couple only so-so bottles for such a small list. some of this shit's tough to source if you don't live on a coast or near a big city. and every region is represented, which was the biggest pain in the ass out of all of it. distribution laws are bullshit. thanks for your time.

a friend discovered some old brewing ingredients in the back of their closet from like 15 years ago. so we did what any pile of dumb folks would do: we concocted a recipe based on the ingredients he discovered, and we brewed a beer with them last night. i'm concerned it might kill us if we try to drink it, but we'll worry about that later if it actually ferments out. the plan is to have an amber/red ale crammed full of noble hops, clocking in at around 5%. now we wait...

i think i have one more name/rank card to play. because i donated twice. flex, mf.

i'd take it back to the dealer if i was concerned it could be something more involved than a belt or pulley, but they're an hour drive and they didn't offer shit for a warranty (30 days 50/50). and i declined their "extended warranty" bullshit. it was actually a pretty nice weekend so we put the top down and enjoyed it. this is a thing i can easily get used to lol.

we're talking about maybe doing a small lift and upgrading the wheels/tires, but that probably won't happen right away. i want to get to know her a little bit first. we got this primarily as a work vehicle for me, which includes hauling product around and occasionally pulling a draft beer trailer. i doubt we'll get into trail riding or bombing around the countryside ... not too much anyways, at first. but we'll see. first things first though. i've gotta address that belt chirp this weekend, or else i'm taking it back to the dealer to fix it for me. it only happens for the first couple minutes when it's cold, but it's fucking embarrassing starting up a new buy and having it make noise on day one. i ordered up a full led upgrade kit (i loathe the standard lighting), minus tail lights because i'm not settled on the style i like just yet. next, a few trim pieces and cosmetic tweaks, and maybe a new radio as well. then i'll dive underneath this summer to start looking for trouble lol.

Reminds me of a few months ago when we had a bat in our house. The kids were going nuts being scared of the flying rodent and I couldn't find anything to catch it with, so being the resourceful mofo that I am, I decided to use a small blanket as a makeshift whip to snap it out of the air mid-flight. And wouldn't you know, I nailed that fucker. Problem was, I hit it on the snapback part of the whipping motion, because the bat got knocked back at me and hit me square in the face. It was stunned and I took it outside where it eventually flew off, but I think I was more traumatized than the damn bat.

Thanks for the pointers! I've spent a small amount of time researching this engine so far. It's an early enough manufacture date that it could have been one of them that had the casting sand problem, but I assume that would have become apparent by now. There's a little chirp in the belt for the first few minutes after startup that wasn't there when I test drove it, but I should be able to track that down without too much effort. Engine looks real clean, no leaks, everything is dry. It did just come from a dealer so who knows if it will stay that way for very long. I'll probably take it down to the county highway dept shop and we'll go thru it pretty thoroughly this weekend (my BiL is the dept head down there, and a diesel mechanic before that). We can do most of the mechanical work on it ourselves, so I'm not scared of a little wrenching as the need arises.

3.6 pentastar

so i'm just gonna say it. i can't believe it took me this long to figure out that i shoulda been in a jeep this whole time. never drove one before this week, and i'm pretty sure i'll drive one from now on. ...but i'm sure the honeymoon will end soon enough. it has to, right?

have you seen this shit? https://steveharveysheadonthings.tumblr.com/

I avoided jail on my 2nd dui. Well, except for the whole getting arrested part. But I never had to go back into jail after my conviction. Probably only because I'm a pretty lady, sorry nabs.

It's the content I came here for.

I swear, it was an acci-dent.

poor nabs. couldn't even post $100 bail. and he was never heard from again.

well now i'ma have to go look.

click on your profile page. my finger slipped/i have fat thumbs/this fucking mouse is possessed/i thought it was someone else//// well, not really. i'm actually just snooping on you in particular. nice activity stream, btw.

i mean, your choice.

if you recall, that dude died at the end of his little tank ride.

the tan one had a small lift and the dealer said the tires were oversized. and the wheels weren't originally black. they were painted or plasti-dipped or something. it was scratching off quite a bit, and i bet it could be removed if a person wanted. i personally liked the look of black wheels, but those looked kinda crappy tbh. i might upgrade the wheels on the one i got to match the paint. i already ordered led headlamps because i don't really like the performance of the stock lights. might add nicer step bars and some other shit too if the feeling hits me. it looks to be pretty much all-stock right now, so there's a lot of room for playing around. i can see how jeep mods could easily become an addiction lol. but she looks pretty good already, so i'm happy.

I almost pulled the trigger on it yesterday. I really got to liking that color. Oh well, next time.

That's the thing, it was only going to be for fun because I have zero need for it. And I don't like the thought of my asshole puckering up every time I have to take off on an incline. There's a lot of stop signs like that around here. Doesn't matter though. They wouldn't budge on price for the stick so I walked out. Bought a black one about an hour ago from another dealer. I'm happy, wife's happy, the boys are happy.

i'm haggling over price and perks on the stick right now. the black one slipped thru our fingers, and they've made it clear they're not ready to move much on price for the white one, which was probably going to be more than i'm willing to spend right now regardless. buying a car right now is weird. they want to do all of this over the phone. i want to sit there and stare at the guy while we haggle. if they won't come down, i have another black soft top on the hook. haven't seen it in person yet but i talked to the salesman and he said it's pretty much in perfect condition. we'll see man, we'll see...

i'll give you two bits if you'll stop being so old on the internet.

speaking of weekend warrior shit...i went and looked at one that ended up being a POS but it had a fuckload of mods for rock climbing. i don't need any of that bullshit, but if someone wants to bolt a handyman jack to the back of my jeep, i'll let 'em.