First World Problems

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  1. gul

    gul Revolting Beer Drinker Administrator Formerly Important

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    I thought about posting this in the beer thread, but couldn't find it. Anyway, maybe we could use a more general thread about such things, though in my case it regards beer.

    A new beer store opened today in my neighborhood. It's maybe a quarter mile from my house, so while not as convenient as the small liquor store around the corner, the selection is OMFGs, amazing! I will have no problem taking the extra 5 minutes to go here, or stopping by on the way home. Hundreds of varieties to try, where to even begin!

    So this is one of my first purchases:

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    Really fucking good, I'm drinking one now, and mentally debating whether to drink the rest all tonight, or try to spread it out to savor over a few days. So first world problem, how to best handle an abundance of amazing beer opportunities.

    Why is life so hard in wealthy places. :(
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  2. oldfella1962

    oldfella1962 the only real finish line

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    Sweet looking beer & glass too. The only bad thing about a "First World Problems" thread is people in the Third World can't get on the internet and read our complaining and wish they could could us in the face. :( Hey! This in itself is a typical First World lament! This is fun! :techman: Here's my recent one - I bought a bigger TV for the living room under my son's technical advice and got a 40" 480 "bits per inch" or whatever. It looks good, but it just doesn't "pop" like his TV. Then he tells me the reason his TV looks insanely good is he has a 1200 (or so) TV so it's resolution is four times as good as mine! :facepalm:
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  3. Prufrock

    Prufrock Disturbing the Universe

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    Opened some cabernet sauvignon tonight, immediately got hit in the nose with buttery-popcorn flavor. Did some Googling and apparently buttery-popcorn flavor in wine is a sign of quality wine, although I'm pretty sure this is the cheap stuff and would be better off without the popcorn flavor anyway. Pretty sure those Google articles I found were planted by wine industry trying to justify their weird-flavored cheap cab savs.
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  4. Nono

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    There's incredible snobbery involved in the wine business, as in many other areas.
    Good wine is whatever you think it is. Does it taste good? Does is give you a buzz? Does it give a headache? (Is it chock-full of pesticides?)

    So, no swirling and gazing, no silent sniffing, no "fruity-but-unpretentious" bullshit. If you like drinking it and it doesn't positively pose a health risk, it's a good wine.

    Though that popcorn flavour sure don't sound too promising ...
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  5. Quincunx

    Quincunx anti-anti-establishment Staff Member Administrator

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    Buttered popcorn is the worst Jelly Belly flavor too. :yuck:
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    Science says: Wine tasting experts are full of shit!
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  7. oldfella1962

    oldfella1962 the only real finish line

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    You know you can replicate the "buttery-popcorn" wine flavor by sneaking a bottle of MD 20/20 into the dollar movie theater, right? Just passing along what I've heard, of course.
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    Will Power If you only knew the irony of my name.

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    @gul

    Castle Island looks like really good stuff :techman:

    Probably be great to have on SuperBowl Sunday!

    I love IPAs.
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    Nice call! Do you have the Untapped app? Really nice.
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    Dinner 2012 & 2014 Master Prognosticator

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    I tried a new place today for some bibimbap but they didn't serve it with the egg yolks still runny the way I like it. :(

    At least they had a special on 22 oz bottles of OB Lager.
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    oldfella1962 the only real finish line

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    Wow..... I can't believe you survived to tell the tale. There but for the grace of god go I!
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  12. gul

    gul Revolting Beer Drinker Administrator Formerly Important

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    Yes, love the app and have fun coming up with micro reviews. More good beer experiences yesterday. I went with a couple of buddies to Trillium. I've enjoyed their beers before, but they seem to have kicked it up a notch. The only way I can describe what I had yesterday, would be that it's some combination of velvet and silk in liquefied form. It was just a completely different level from other beers, almost unwordly!
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  13. TheBurgerKing

    TheBurgerKing The Monarch of Flavor

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    ah, first world problems. I had to install a new carburetor and fuel pump in my second truck because I never drive it.
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    Dinner 2012 & 2014 Master Prognosticator

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    Not a problem but a good thing. I went to traffic court today and got a speeding ticket thrown out because the cop didn't show up. I had rescheduled several times in a bid to confuse him and it appears to have worked.

    They called the case, the cop wasn't there, the judge asked me to sit down and wait, I objected because he had immediately pronounced on cases against defendants if they weren't there so it seemed unfair to not allow the same if the prosecution was late, and the judge reluctantly agreed. He declared case dismissed due to failure to prosecute.
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    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    Had a similar experience in traffic court some years ago.

    I'd gotten popped for expired insurance and license on a motorcycle, and had to go to face the judge for the fine to be levied. I think I'd checked the response of "guilty with cause".

    The dozen or so folks also guilty of the same thing ahead of me all had a story and were fined 3-5000$ and/or suspended for several months to a year.

    I said to myself, "Self, you ain't gonna get away with any bullshit here."

    I said to the judge, "Yer honour, it was poor judgement and discretion on my part. I've since renewed my license sticker and insurance. I plead no other contest to the charges against me."

    Three month suspension and a $300 fine.
    For a motorcycle license in Canada in November.
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    oldfella1962 the only real finish line

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    A fine for expired insurance? They cuff and stuff you for that where I live - smile real pretty for your Jail Report picture! Hope you don't fuck up your "one phone call" and sit in jail until somebody notices you never made it home.
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    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    It's available as a sentence, I'm sure. Fines can run upwards of $5000 for it, and that was 20 years back. They let me drive home, as it was all of a block or two away from where they'd pulled me and I could do it without using main streets.
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    oldfella1962 the only real finish line

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    "available" as a sentence? :lol: Not an option in my county - you are arrested and your vehicle is towed to the impound lot until you get bailed out and get your insurance reinstated. Then you still have to pay a fine/court costs/towing costs/etc. Not likely that will cost you $5,000 (maybe it would including raised insurance rates) so I guess maybe getting jailed would be the lesser of two evils. :yes:
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  20. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    yeah, it's a lot more substantial a fine now. A quick googling and I found that 20 years later it's:

    The offence of Owner – Operate Motor Vehicle – No Insurance carries no demerit points, however, if found guilty you are liable on a first conviction to a fine of not less than $5,000 and not more than $25,000 and on a subsequent conviction to a fine of not less than $10,000 and not more than $50,000 and, in addition, your driver’s licence may be suspended for a period of not more than one year.

    No jail time though.
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    oldfella1962 the only real finish line

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    Well that's good - that fine is probably enough of a deterrent. Oh and I forgot along with jail comes possible probation which means now you go out with even more money for many months. :( My 70 year old neighbor had her sentence (kept hoarding cats despite many warnings!) :nono: cut in half but she still has to pay probation for a few months. Funny the county lockup is adjacent to the animal lockup where one of my cats did a week of quarantine because I couldn't find her recent rabies shot records (buried in my "important papers" box!) when she bit my son and the hospital had to report it by law :shakefist: until after they locked her up. :brood: BTW the daily cost was more than it would be for a motel in the area. They did take an official kitty "mug shot" of her which looked kind of funny, so it wasn't a total loss. :lol: The hospital said my son would have faced crippling injury if we had waited much longer to bring him in to the doctor - cat bacteria is very dangerous when it gets into tendons & ligaments. :scary:
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    foil1212 Jose "Mom Fan" Alvarez Staff Member Moderator

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    So you went to the CBC which has a great selection, but got Castle Island? They're available literally everywhere, and personally, I'm not a huge fan.

    Have you had any of the Lawsons Finest Liquids that's been getting distributed? They're making it down in Connecticut at Two Roads now so stores are getting Sip of Sunshine frequently enough. JP Blanchards is getting them every 2-4 weeks.
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    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    land of the free...
    I think the only thing that'll get you jailed for driving here is if you're drunk... like really, really drunk.
  24. Forbin

    Forbin Do you feel fluffy, punk?

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    First world problem:
    Get settled in my recliner. Footrest up. Soda on the end table. Snack in my lap. Start the Blu-Ray or Netflix program. All settled. Program running.
    SNEEZE!!
    Put the snack on the end table, pause the program, fold up the chair and get up, go to the kitchen to get a tissue, blow my nose.
    Then have to go though all that settling in shit all. over. again.
    Damn, life can be tough sometimes.

    :ramen:
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