Vacation!!!

OK!! I know I have not been blogging and I apologize... I am on the cusp of a long needed vacation... I promise to get some much needed pics and new stories so stay tunned.
I am going to the St. Christopher's carnival tonight which is much like a high school reunion. (Big Fuckin Beers!!!) you know what I mean the draft fest beers!!! holy shit!!
Then I leave this weekend for the lake.. We have the wave runner which is cool but we can't run it on our lake right now cause the water level is so high they have a No Wake rule in effect until the water level drops enough... Rich Mother-fuckers with their million dollar homes on the lake who don't want use low lifers with water toys to be able to tear around the lake and create waves which pretty much erode their yards .... So I guess I really can't gripe... But Fuck !!!

So I have been keeping active at work and the gym.. Just went to "Motley Crue Fest" Wed. night and it was excellent!! Vince hit his notes. I guess The last time I saw them he was pretty rusty well they ironed that out and sounded great.. Poor Nick Mars still freaks me out... He looks dead!!!!
OK I have to play Taxi driver and drop the little one off at her friends house for a party....
She just better not be drinking!!!
So stay tuned for after vacation posts...
LAter Bitches!!

New Disc compilation idea

NOTE: (read with an Adam West accent)
OK follow me here.. I just got off on Heff's blog or let me rephrase that... Nope it was correct as is.. I listened to Snow blind done by Sabbath and covered by BLS as done by Sabbath.... (you can stop using the Adam West accent now)
I liked the way that song sounded and I am going to start a disc of songs that jam and that have reason but that also bother people... This disc shall be jammed very loadly as the Rica Marie sits at the dock and this Disc will be heard by people enjoying their meal... It won't be played too loud just loud enought to hear... and either tickle your senses or drive you insane....
OK here are some songs I came up with.....

She @#$%en hates me....... Puddle of Mudd
Titties and beer.......... Zappa
Champagne and Refer....... Muddy Waters
Like a Virgin............. Madona
The Lemon song............ Zepplin
Sweet Leaf................ Sabbath
Everybody must get stoned. Bob Dylan

This should be good let me know what you would like to see on this disc...

Corporate America

OK, I hope nobody or not a lot of people from my work place reads this due to the graphic nature of the topic... Corporate America, which is pretty much Pornographic because it sucks ass.. I actually think corporate America is a phrase or title thought up by Upper management to hide behind because they are to chicken shit to stick up for their own beliefs... Too many times now I have heard of caka mamy excuses for unrealistic attempts at business ideas or people not standing up for their beliefs or their errors... If you have an idea stick behind it and say it's my idea.. If it fails your human.. if it succeeds your doing your job.. Don't blame it on someone else.. take the hit like a grown up... I am stuck in corporate america right now and man it's mind boggling how the basic concept of being a service provider is lost.... Our job 1st and foremost is to provide service.. But it is being neglected by trying to re-invent the wheel... I am probably babbling right now because of frustration with my job and the fact that, that frustration has driven me to drink 4 Icehouse beers which will be the next post for my Beer Buzz this weekend.. Icehouse It's a mutha-fucka!!
Any how... Bosses who won't stand behind ya, People going back on their words even the gas prices are outta control... why?? Corporate America!!! There are reasons why things can't be said outright in the job place now-a-days with this sue happy world we live in.. but come on people, tell the truth... In Nam they brought in 1st lieutenants who hadn't a clue what was going on in the jungle.. it failed miserably.. Now we are going throught the same thing... people being put into place due to a college education which is an attempt to re-invent the wheel..What about the people who stayed at the job thru thick and thin and did the work and learned the in's and out's of the business while Theadore went to Harvard? So he should get the job or the right to tell you the correct way to do it!! or be given the abality to not even give your ideas a listen!!!. Mom and pop shops are being bought up to try this money hungry price raising push for the future!!! BHLA!!! I just can't stand it!!! Oh well care to comment.. go ahead I will answer any and all questions thanks for letting me vent without getting too much to the point or naming names.. Much like corporate america!!! ( I stopped capitalizing it because I don't believe in it!!!)
FUCK!!!!

Beer Buzz

Ahh an oldy but a goody!! Old Milwaukee beer from Jos. Schlitz Brewwing company. I purchased a twelve pack of this just because it was $5.49 a 12(er)!! It was getting close to the date on the bottowm of the can.. When I delivered beers for a Miller sidtributer in Chicagoland here Ohh about 14 years we used to use an spray deoderant to wipe that date off the cans of beers that got close to the date but don't tell anyone I told you that.. Anyhow not a bad beer but not a real good one. Light on taste no real aftertaste or anything that distinguishes it from other beers. It bosts " Americas Best tasting beer" I don't know if that is self proclaimed or a title given by National Lampoons or what? Usually they will give a award date and Beer fest name or what ever with that type of selling pitch. If it's cheap buy it if not forget it..
I have to throw more trash today as well as yesterday and I noticed Heff's trying to cut in on the beer tasting although he sticks with the newer beers which is fine by me.. I have had the Land shark he tested in his last blog and I agree it is good but over priced and not a real brew, but lets see what kind of beers I grab for this weekend.. Uhmmm

Back to the basics

Well we all are at some point in our life right now .. Correct? We all traveled a road or path that got us here right? Some times it's good for us to re-visit those roads we have taken to our present point in life and re-evaluate our travels thru life thus far...
OH Fuck!! I am babbling....
I had to go and throw trash the last 3 days!! Not by choice either well listen to my story... This time of the year in the trash industry is what we call Yard waste season.. To make it short and sweet we have to hire additional drivers to pick up the yard waste which is leaves, grass clippings and small twigs. In this eco system conscious, tree hugging, bio friendly, global warmed reason to protest day and age!!! We are doing our part as waste haulers by diverting anything we can from going to the landfills ie; recycling and or Yard waste. That is why it is picked up in a separate truck and not thrown in with the regular trash headed to the landfill.
OK trash haulers 101 complete lets move on. I being in the management portion of the business in a supervisory setting.. in about February this year started planning on how many people (drivers) we need to hire to cover our daily routes and was totally ignored... next we started hauling a new town and I voiced my concerns on the fact that they bid it with not enough men and trucks to do it... I was ignored and sequestered!!! So I had to sit back and let this thing blow up. I have been working here at this facility for over 10 years and have been a leading force of where it is or where it was 2 months ago.. Now I have to let it get all fucked up just so people can see that it was being done correctly...People won't take my word for it or even give me an ear to be heard with!!! So I sat back and watched things fester and get screwed up.. I watched drivers work 12 plus back breaking hours and still had to let this happen... Well it is hard to let something you care about fall apart just for this reason and then the bombs started to drop .. drivers got hurt, drivers got sick we didn't have enough drivers to cover the routes soooo I had to go out and throw trash..
Now I don't know if you people realize how difficult of a job this is... You think Oh Big Bill has got muscles, he is strong... Well yes I do but it's not all strength. in fact some of my better drivers are the middle size guys who can move quick and keep moving for twelve plus hours!!! Wed. I threw 5 tons of Yard waste which was back breaking. Bags of wet grass weigh up to 75 lbs so figure out how many 50lbs bags on average it would take to make 5 tons or 10,000lbs.... Uhmm like 200 bags... On average!! So that was the first day someone else drove while I hung off the ass-end of the truck and jumped down and threw the Yard waste.. Oh yeah and I was also in the town of .... well it's just North of the Commanders dwelling... Thursday I went out and threw 10 tons of trash on a rear load truck much is like the one in this picture here.. Now remember our trucks run with only one guy on them.. The guy drives the truck to the pile stopping as the truck just passes the pile so it's at the back of the truck where you load said pile into the hopper or back of the truck... We have right hand drive trucks which makes it driver friendly but only so much. There are 23 steps from the stand up side door to the back and back to the steering wheel. I did about 450 or so homes that day.
On Friday I went out in a Front load truck and threw 15 tons!!! It's easier on a front load truck because eth bucket is in the front. This means less steps to the work!! Oh yeah some of you might have a toter or cart or can you rent from your Hauling company. It is much like the ones Menard's or local Hardware stores sell for about $75.00. They are big and plastic and the trucks have these mechanical things on them called Toter Tippers!! that lift these heavy ass cans up when they are full of trash.. I had one of those on my front loader .....but it was broken and would not lift any toters for me.. (the reason it was broke was because I broke it Thursday!!) Dumbass!! That was why I had a rear loader Thursday!! I took a route that didn't have a lot of toters on it but they still had a hundred or so and man that was a little difficult. Like I said I am strong and can move some weight with my muscle but to do it over and over and over takes a different kind of strength..It takes a different kind of mind set and different kind of driver... Which I guess I still possess. So after three days of this type of labor I am tired, real tired and sore, real sore!! Keep in mind there are piles of stuff out there like in the picture above. This time of the year people clean out garages and sheds and basements and put it out to be hauled away!!
I have a meeting with my boss and his boss on Tuesday so I am trying to figure out what to say diplomatically so I am heard and not shut up or sequestered.
So this is the point I am at right now... the beginning of where I started in this industry and I ..... I like it.. It makes me feel good and brings me back closer to the driver and their issues which makes me a better manager..
I believe that I will be throwing again next week until we get new or more drivers... Wish me luck and you can Kiss my tired asssss!!
Happy Holiday Bitches!!!

Beer Buzz

Hey beer drinkers..
Not much on this beer. pretty obscure.. I found it up in Wisconsin at a pretty normal grocery store. Not very steep in price. It is brewed by City brewery?? I have not heard of them before and will do more research on them. I actually think they brew a few different beers that we all know and love..
So La Cross Lager.. I liked it. Plain simple good old fashioned beer. Old time lack luster presentation.. Which is kind of nice, Today too much emphasise goes into the packaging of a product more so than the quality of said product like the taste of a beer. I will definitly drink this beer when up at the lake tooling around on the Rica Marie so look forward to seeing this one again and again. It was only like $8.00 a 12 pack of bottles when Miller and Bud products are going for $12.00.
Later bitches..

Beer Buzz History

The G. Heileman Brewing Company of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA, was a brewery firm that operated in 1858-1996. It was acquired in the latter year by Stroh's, and its independent existence ended. From 1872 until its acquisition, the brewery bore the family name of its co-founder, brewer Gottlieb Heileman.

Other key brewery CEOs in the life of Heileman's were Heileman's son-in-law and successor, Emil T. Mueller, and Russell Cleary.[1] Mueller introduced what was to become Heileman's leading "premium" beer label, Heileman's Old Style Beer, in 1902. Cleary headed an acquisition and consolidation effort in the 1970s and early 1980s that gathered a significant percentage of old-line brewery names and intellectual properties into the Heileman family. After doing this he lost control of the firm to Alan Bond of Australia.

Bond, who already controlled the Tooheys name and beer interests in Australia, hoped to build a worldwide brewing combine. Lacking cash, he financed the acquisition of G. Heileman with junk bonds. The collapse of Bond's financial empire led indirectly to the end of Heileman's existence as an independent brewer. After further consolidations, G. Heileman's brewery names and intellectual properties became part of the Pabst Brewing Company, the current owner (as of 2007). Pabst oversees the brewing of several well-known Heileman brands, including Old Style and Special Export, under the G. Heileman name.

Historic U.S. brewing names that were consolidated into G. Heileman during its final years include Blatz, Blitz-Weinhard, Drewry's, Grain Belt, National Bohemian, Olympia, and Rainier. At its height the Heileman's combination was the third largest brewer in the United States, behind Anheuser-Busch and Miller.

As of 2007, the former Heileman's flagship brewery in La Crosse is owned and operated by the City Brewing Company. The new brewery chose to use the name that the former Heileman's used as its startup name in 1858-1872.

This is actually the first beer purchase I ever made underage and solo.. A case of Heileman's Special Export.. I thought I was bad ass!!!! I went up to the counter like what the fuck, how much for this beer? and got away with it. As I pulled out of the parking lot of E&S liquors in beautiful Posen IL. I neglected to turn on my headlights and got pulled over!!! I shit a golden HoHo right there.. I thought I was toast. The cop was a black chick and didn't even see the case sitting in the back seat she was more concerned with my safety and wanted me to keep my lights on.. Yeah cause the beer was not going to help my vision!!!
Anyhow not a bad beer. Much like Dog Style.. Er a I mean Old Pile or aa Old Style which I like.. Special Export has a good beer flavor to it kind of slight for the malt and hoppyness. What gets me is it has a lot of carbonation.. I guess to give the beer that "CRISP" flavor and me heartburn!!
Not much else to report I am more than likely gonna try a different beer this weekend up at the lake.. Lets see what kind of old piss they sell up there!!!!
Yummmyy

Busy Weekebd

Well at last it is here.. Summer?
This weekend IDOBEASTOOL and I are heading up to the lake for a very busy weekend. If all goes correctly we will pick up the Wave Runner tomorrow, then tax, title and license in town. we need to go to the local Hardware store and pick up the docking poles (Ha Ha I said Poles) and Hardware to tie her up when she is not in use... Much like the handling procedures of most of the woman I know.. Then between Tomorrow and the next day we need to auger the poles in to the lake bed and set up the docking area by our Pier for the New toy.
Monday the Rica Marie gets placed on the H2O and between Monday and Tuesday we have to get her poles Augured in to the lake Bed by the other Pier..
All this is in preparation for summer time fun and relaxation.. I have been asked Why are you doing it this weekend it is still cold out the lake will be cold.. It takes one weekend to get it all set up so that when we do get a chance to break away and get up there we will be able to have fun.. not have to do all this work...
I am sure the Hilarity's and funny comments shall fly with IDOBEASTOOL by my side.. We will have to try a local Brew from the tap at one of the many taverns in town.
I will bring a camera to capture any hilarious pics like this one of IDOBEASTOOL after he asked for a pop-tart and I said NO! You will ruin your appetite, Now put on your life jacket..

Beer Buzz

European Breweries History: Moretti Beer - Birra Moretti

Moretti Beer is brewed in Udine, in the Fruili region of northern Italy, since 1859. For five generations, the beers from the Moretti family have combine German, Czech and Viennese brewing expertise with Italian craftsmanship to produce a unique beer of Old World heritage.

Who is the man on the Moretti Beer label? In 1942 the Moretti family spotted a man enjoying a beer at a local Trattoria. They believed the man captured the essence of their beer and they asked if they could take his picture. His only request in return was another Moretti. His genuine Italian image has graced every bottle since.

I went out with some buds on Thursday which I have not done in a long time. I stayed out pretty late 8:30 pm was in bed by 9:00 to get up at 2:00 am. Yeah real freakin party animal. The funny thing was my buds and I hit this nice Italian resturaunt around 5:00 pm and when we get together we are loud somewhat foul and a bit obnoxious. On our defense I can say that the people around us may cringe at some of the lanuage but for the most part they enjoy our conversation and comments. This enjoyment usually is forced upon them because they either have to leave the resturaunt or sit and deal with it.. Two buds drank Grey goose and cranberry, one buddy was drinking fishbowls of Merlot!!! and I opted for pints of Moretti's on draft. I love draft beer and the only other choices where Lite ... and Blue Moon, Too sweet.. So I slugged back a few pints and it was not bad. This beer has a alcohol content of 4.6 which is pretty high for a lager (which effected me only slightly during the evenings antics) The beer taste was some-what hard to find. it was there but not to my standards. I did enjoy it and will try a pint again but I am still looking for a BEER..
So to finish my report OK beer kind of light not over carbonated and no metallic micro beer twang to it. Good mix with "Calamari Friti" and "Perch Limone" Steamed brocoli and Orange Ruffy....
Later Bitches

Beer Buzz

Pabst Blue Ribbon, colloquially known as PBR, is the most famous product of the Pabst Brewing Company. Originally called Best Select, Best Mutha Fuckin Select and then Pabst Select, the current name came from the blue ribbons that used to be tied around the bottle neck, a practice that ran from 1882 until last week.

The distinguishing quote on the bottom of the can reads as follows: "This is the original Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer. Nature's choicest products provide its prized flavor. Only the finest of hops and grains are used. Selected as America's Best in 1893."

Although the Pabst Brewing Company claims that Pabst Select officially became Pabst Blue Ribbon "following its win as 'America's Best' at the World's Columbian Exposition," there does not appear to be any documentary evidence supporting the company's claim to winning a blue ribbon or any other recognition for its beer. So that means they are all Fucking liars.

To the contrary, there is evidence to suggest that no such award was given, (OK they are Fucking story tellers not lairs.) as contemporaneous accounts indicate that many vendors were frustrated by the fair's refusal to award such prizes. One account says that the only prizes awarded by the executive committee were bronze medals in recognition of "some independent and essential excellence in the article displayed," rather "than merely to indicate the relative merits of competing exhibits."

Pabst Blue Ribbon is 4.73% alcohol by volume in most markets, though a 3.2% alcohol by weight brew is produced for certain market. That's why I like to drink it now and then, I tend to get more drunker'er....?

I am actually am drinking one right now waiting for the paint to dry... Mother has my ass painting again... So as I sip this good beer which is actually surprisingly good, I am taken back to memories of stealing cans of this beer from my Uncle Joe who drank this religiously... seriously he drank this night and day. I am going out on a limb here but I think he might have had a little bit too much of a fancy for the beer and liquor buzzzzzz. He ended up dying of organ failure due too alcohol uhm over-use... As you can tell I beat around this bush delicately because I love and miss my Uncle Joe. He was always very good to me.
So I actually enjoy this beer nothing special but a good beer very nice pleasant after taste and it slightly hangs there for a while like a beer should, which is nice...
I am going out tonight to meet some old friends and have a few cold ones. I think I might try one of these Retro-Beers from the keg if I can find one.... I can't stay out late cause I have to get up at 2:00 am for work.. Oh Yeah political correction from the guy at the liquor store who suggested I used the phrase Retro-beer instead of cheap old shit... go figure... Drink on Brethren.... stay tuned to more from the Beer Buzz

P90X

OK at work in January some of the people like a lot of other work places started a biggest loser contest to see who could lose the most weight. One of my drivers and long time friend came to me for guidlines on how I lost my weight. I gave them to him and answered his questions along with my program and his determination and commitment he has lost 70 lbs since January. He is down from 320 lbs to 250 lbs. This is a great achievment and is precisly what I went thru uhm like 6 years ago. He is projected to win the contest which will earn him like $1000.00 or so which is great.
Anyhow He went out and purchased this P90X program off the informercial which was like $150.00. He had it dubbed for me and gave me this 12 disc program. I am not one for the Bill Blanks Ty-bow, Jane Fonda POW , buns of steel diet video program and never relaly have been. But I think I will give this one a try. It looks very intense and will help me cut up for summer.I need to shake my work out up a little bit from the same types of routines I have been alternating the past 6 years. The secret is to shock and surprise the muscles and fool them by adding differnet routines and programs and that's what this program does. so wish me luck and lets see what happens. You have to have a pull up bar, resistant bands, dumbells a mat and I guess a lot of stamina. A few guys at work are gonna try it and we all are gonna do before and after pictures. Lets see what transpires.
I did the first work out and was really impressed.. It's not like Jazzercise or aerobasize or whatever you want to call it. Today we did tons of push-ups and pull-ups and stretches and man I could hardly keep up. I definitily could do as many pull-ups as these guys could I had to use the help of a chair, keeping one leg on the chair to assist me. I got done with the last few sets of push ups and could not get up off the ground. I am serious!! I had to roll over on my back to get up. So this seems to be what I have been looking for. A Way to exhaust myself (beside masterbation) with enough of a variety to keep it real interesting. I actually got dizzy a couple of times and will update you every couple of days.. Time for a Hamms!!

Hamms Beer

Hamm's is the name of a former American brewery in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
(Let the record show that there is no relationship with Colonel Chesthams)
The original Hamm's was established in 1865 when Theodore Hamm, a German immigrant, inherited the Excelsior Brewery from his friend and business associate, A. F. Keller (father of famous visionary Helen Keller.) Keller had constructed his brewery over artesian wells in a section of the valley of the Phalen Creek valley near Saint Paul, Minnesota, known as Swede Hollow. Hamm hired Christopher Figg to be his masterbrewer, and by the 1880s the T. Hamm Brewing Company was reckoned the second largest in Minnesota.

His son, William, and grandson, William Jr. inherited the operation in 1903. During Prohibition the company survived by producing soft drinks and other food products, leaving it in a position to expand rapidly through acquisitions after the repeal of Prohibition in 1933. In 1968 the company was acquired by the Heublein Brewing Company, which sold it to Olympia Brewing Company. In 1980 Olympia merged with Pabst, which was acquired by Stroh's in 1984 and it by Miller Brewing in 1999, and that in turn by South African Breweries later that year. The future of the brand is uncertain. There is limited distribution in North America.

Several beers are produced: the original Hamm's Premium, a pale lager; Hamm's Golden Draft; and Hamm's Special Light.

The name is most famous not for the company's beverages, however, but for its advertising jingle and for its mascot, the Hamm's Beer bear.



The original jingle, with lyrics by Nelle Richmond Eberhart and music by Charles Wakefield Cadman was derived from a 1909 art song entitled "From The Land of Sky-Blue Water." It was first used on radio and later extended to television. It started with the beating of tom-tom drums, after which a chorus intoned

From the Land of Sky Blue Waters,
From the land of pines, lofty balsams,
Comes the beer refreshing,
Hamm's the beer refreshing.
Brewed where nature works her wonders,
Aged for many moons, gently mellowed,
Hamm's the beer refreshing,
Hamm's the beer refreshing.
From across the rippling water,
Through the whisp'ring pines and birches,
Comes the beer refreshing,
Hamm's the beer refreshing.
Comes a call to cool enchantment,

I remember hearing that jingle on the radio during the ballgame or on the old black and white TV's with the rabbit ear antennas "From the land of Sky blue waters" Wow history.. Man that jarred some old images. My Grandfathers and past relatives who are now gone sitting around and talking watching the game.. Old homes we used to live in.. The cellar I used to be kept in when company came over... Ahh yes memories.

Hamm's was the beer sponsor of the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox in the late 50s and early 60s this is the song you would hear. I think even Hawks games... See what you can find out Commander.

Hamm's is often one of the cheapest beers found on the shelf - roughly $10-$12 for a 30-pack is common. This factor has made it enduringly popular with drinkers on a budget, like college students. The most interesting thing about the beer is that today it is still talked about and many advertisements are sought after. The descendants of the Hamm's family are alive and well, today being spread throughout the country. A branch of the family still resides in MN and proudly honors their heritage and family ties. Check out many bars in northern MN and ND and you will find the Hamm's sign lighting the way home for every Hamm's beer lover out there




I actually have a can like this old one somewhere amongst my worldly possessions. I found it up in Wisconsin actually in the lake and somehow it had been well preserved.
Anyhow I just had a Hamms and once again we have another very drink able beer. It is smooth not too bitter not over carbonated or to sweet like Bud, No funny after taste's and definitely has a good taste to it. I will have to test some more today.
I hope you all realize that this is somewhat of a public service announcement that we all can benefit from. I am actually trying the Beers that we have turned our backs on. We are afraid to try these beers and we should be ashamed of that. With the prices of gas reaching an all time high this year we need to conserve on something so why not go back to the cheaper better tasting beers? Your Welcome.

When the commander and I where young. We used to hang out at a house with some friends Phil and Dave C. Which they shall be known as. Their Mother Miss C. Drank Hamms everyday and used to get pretty wasted and let us hang out and drink (underage of course) we all were about 15-17 years old and she would even buy for us if we needed her too. This is my memories of Hamms looking into Miss C's Fridge and seeing a twelever of Hamms or just imagining her sitting on the couch with the can on the floor next her. After she drank a few all the fun would begin and sometimes the doors of Hell would even open up slightly... Ah yes Hamms Beer. Don't run from your history..
This Beer did not rate well on www.ratebeer.com I guess as usual I have no taste. Remember these people on Rate beer .com ar well educated tasters who know their beers. For crying out load I saw a comment on there from Indiana those guys know their beers...

Old Style Beer

Ahh yes Old Style beer. If you grew up in the Chicago land area this was THEE beer. I remember stealing or should I say procuring some of these to be cool with the other teenagers.. One Old Style distribution warehouse is right down the street from the house I grew up in. As with any thing change is inevitable and we try to be different with our age groups thinking that the newer Beer's are better and we seem to get away from the real essence of what made the original product. A Brew!! not a watered down mass produced beer-like beverage but BEER!!! A Malty, Hoppy, strong breath taking BREW.
Around here they still sell Old Style all over the place. BUT, the locals look at you like what are drinking that for? It's still the #1 seller at Wrigley Field home of the Chicago Cubs.
When people come in from out of town and ask me what the Chicago Beer is I tell them Old Style. I am sick of lite and Bud taking over every place. We need to keep a certain amount of history and our past to remind of us of where we come from. When I went to Puerto Rico the beer was "Medalla" I guess when I go to Wisconsin it's either going to be Lienenkugals or Point I will have more on those brews in the summer. I like trying the beer of the region or state. I think its important not to forget our past.
I have recently re-tried this beer and it's a good beer (it's low priced also about $3.00 a sixer). I won't turn it down like some snob.. It's a Beer, a good drinkable beer. Good taste, not that over carbonated watered down piss being spilled all over the floors in taverns around the world. I like this one better than shlitz it does not have a sweet finish to it like you will find with Schlitz or Bud. So Drink on people "Milk is for babies I drink Beer!!!" Arnold

Old Style Beer History

Old Style was first brewed in 1902 by the G. Heileman Brewing Company in La Crosse Wisconsin under the name Old Style Lager; it has since grown popular in Wisconsin, the Chicago metro area, Minnesota, eastern Iowa, Southwestern Michigan and Key West Florida.

Old Style was originally marketed only in Wisconsin and the Twin Cities, under the slogan "Pure brewed in God's Country". Eventually, Chicagoans vacationing in Wisconsin developed a taste for the beer, and it began to gain popularity in the Chicago area as well. In 1950, Heileman's and Old Style became sponsors of the Chicago Cubs; the relationship continues to this day, and Old Style is still sold by beer vendors in Wrigley Field along with dime bags of weed..

In 1996, Heileman's was purchased by the Stroh Brewing Company, including the Old Style name. In 1999, Pabst bought out Stroh's and shortly thereafter licensed out all brewing to Miller. When Pabst bought the Old Style name, it did not buy the beer's recipe.

The original Heileman's/Old Style brewery in La Crosse is now owned by the City Brewing Company. City Brewing Company is now brewing La Crosse Lager, which is the original Old Style recipe and is krausened for thirty days; this beer may also be the basis for the brewery's nationally-distributed DB Calvin and Hobbs brand.

Old Style advertising has often emphasized coldness, with images of ice and snow. In one such series of TV ads, the background music was an excerpt from "L'Enfant" by Vangelis or was that Vaginelis.

Old Style has been a sponsor of the Cubs radio broadcasts since 1950, representing the longest lasting corporate sponsorship of any teams in the USA. Competing St. Louis brand Budweiser has also long been a sponsor of the TV broadcasts, and while its presence is prominent at Wrigley Field, Old Style is more specifically associated with the Cubs and Wrigley Field.

Beer Buzz History

The Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company was an American brewery based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The beer it produced, Schlitz, was often considered the archetype of working-class beers. It has one of the best-known slogans in the American brewing industry: "The beer that made Milwaukee famous". The Schlitz container also boasts "Just the kiss of the hops" or "Just a tongue of my Sac."

The company was founded by Joseph Schlitz, who came to America from Mainz, Germany (The one's who bombed Pearl Harbor) in 1850, at the age of 20. Schlitz flourished in the frenzied beer industry of pre-Civil War Milwaukee, where saloons and breweries sprang up by the hundreds, and in 1856 he took over management of the large brewery owned by the recently deceased August Krug. Two years later he married Krug's widow ( Oh yeah! with a name like Krug she better be a good Fuck) and changed the name to the Joseph "I am doing the Widow Krug" Schlitz Brewing Co.

The company really began to succeed after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, when Schlitz donated thousands of barrels of beer to that city, (Party!!!) which had lost most of its breweries. He quickly opened a distribution point there, beginning a national expansion. (Much like the Disciples have done with their Crack Cocain sales only this was legal.) Schlitz built dozens of tied houses in Chicago, most with a concrete relief of the company logo embedded in the brickwork; several of these buildings survive today, including Schuba's Tavern at the corner of Belmont and Southport.

Schlitz died May 7, 1875, when on a return visit to Germany; his ship hit a rock near Land's End, Cornwall, and sank. ( I guess he kissed his last Hop)

The company flourished through the 1970s, being ranked as the No. 2 brewery in America as late as 1976. But problems with its production, specifically its attempt to cut costs in the brewing process by using a high-temperature fermentation, which produced a product that the public deemed inferior, combined with a crippling 1981 strike by workers at the Milwaukee plant, led to serious financial difficulties. On June 10, 1982, the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. was acquired by Stroh Brewery Company of Detroit, Michigan. The regular beer is still produced, though in relatively small quantities, by the Pabst Brewing Company, along with four malt liquors (Schlitz Malt Liquor, Schlitz Red Bull balls, Schlitz Bullshit Ice and Schlitz Very Smooth Lager) All of these brews can be found and enjoyed at the Trailer of Love, Star-Motel run by none other than our beloved Commander.

What remains of the historic Schlitz Brewery complex has been transformed into a business park called Schlitz Park. The buildings, including the Keg House, Bottle House and Malt House, have been turned to other uses, including office space, a school, a toilet, and a restaurant.

Schlitz has recently announced that they are bringing back the original 1960's formula. They have begun a new television advertising campaign as well. It should be available in local retailers now or very shortly.

"The BEER Buzz"

Well Now that I have tamed the wild beast I can feed it beer here and there and the light beers just don't cut it for me any more. I have been searching for a real BEER taste. I love Guinness (on tap), I don't care for the micro brews at all they all seem to have a metallic taste to them more than likely brought on by all the carbonation. I like a real hopping, malty, leave a good beer after taste type of first taste of beer you ever had when your Grandfather gave you a sip and it was so strong it took your breath away BEER!!! I recently had a Schlitz and then had a Miller lite and man I could hardly taste the lite beer.
Well I saw a 6 pack of Schlitz for sale and lately I have been having a couple of Old Style Beers, which has a stronger taste and is famous but not revered in the Chicago land area. But I must admit the Schlitz was really good and it only cost a little under $3.00 a six pack.
Rumor has it that a long time ago a rival bewing company put a buzz word out on the streets that only Afro-Americans drink Schlitz and I guess sales dropped.
Well they are actually going on a new sales drive and bringing back the original SCHLITZ beer real soon. More on the Beer Buzz word later.
Oh yeah That's my new Post "Beer Buzz" so go T your own sac I have the patent on this Weekly post able I think I will do it on Beers' of the past and present all things Beer..
So Now I feel like I contribute to this Blogger society..Yess
So in closing if your searching for a good beer for taste go back to the old Beers of the past, Lets be a little Nestalgic and have a good Brew.
Schlitz Beer "Just the Kiss of the Hops"

Another big purchase...

Well This means more summer fun for all...
Yes we invested in a new-used PWC (personal water craft)
As I have mentioned before we promised E. that if she brought the grades up we would get one. She then proceded to not only bring them up but got on the honor roll. Good job to her and as part of our deal here ya go.. It's for the whole family but if it was not for her diligence and effort we would not have it..
It's a 3 person 2000 Yamaha XL-700 Wave Runner. Very stable as far as tip-ability goes and will have absolutley not problem pulling a skier or tube. This is perfect and a lot more than we thought we would be getting. We headed out this morning with a 2 person watercraft in our sights and during the road trip Mother decided we should stop at the Marinas along the way and see what they had for sale. I was not keen on the idea but reluctently obliged. We saw this beauty and asked the price which was better than i anticipated. So we left our number and took theirs down and sped off to the one we thought we would purchase. When we got to the Marina with the 2 seater Polaris we hated it. cracked hood, nicks and dings and just small. we talked quite a bit to the dealer (boat dealer...) asking questions about common problems with PWC's and the pro's and con's of 2 and 3 seaters. We told him we would call him. As we headed to Lake Geneva for lunch we discussed it and made an offer on the 3 seater. they counter offered right before my fish taco's arrived and we told them we would call back and had some pints of Guiness.. We spoke to the wife of the owner of the marina who actually owned this PWC and all went well and this is the outcome.. So E. is happy, Mother is pleased, I am happy and you can all excpect to see a lot of pics this summer....
Peace out bitches...

Sorry!!!!

Sorry I have not been the blogger you all seem to be. I have been having a little trouble finding the time to sit my fat ass down and blog.
My last week shift at work had me waking up at 1:50 am and starting my day by driving to the city and then getting back to the office to start my day at the office at 3:30. The cool thing was that I got off of work at 12:30 pm.
E. has been having a lot of softball games this week so I go to the gym after work then come home and work on finishing some new 6 panel doors with stain and Polyurethane. Then eat a dinner at 3:30 I go to her games at 4:30 were I meet with mother and we watch our little G play, then off to bed around 6:30pm. E. has been doing really well pitching for the freshman team. I am sooo proud of her. More on her and pictures real soon.
Today she is going to 6-flags with a bunch or her friends and while she is there Mother and I shall slide up to the lake and more than likely purchase this PWC we have been looking at... I don't want to jinx us but I have still been waiting for the right one and right price to come along. If you remember we promised E. a year or two ago that if she brought her grades up we would purchase one. I look at this as a good grade raising management tool and also a way to lesson the amount of stress causing boating suffered by the Rica Marie. If we have a PWC we can use to entertain the physically active we can use the Rica as the main barge to hold the rest of the herd kind of like home base. This will add to the longevity of the Rica Marie so we can look forward to keeping her for years to come or keep her in top running order in the event we sell her to invest in something newer. Either way it's the right thing do right now.
So keep your fingers crossed on this venture today..
More updates on the recent earthquake and events taking place round here.
Peace bitches.

Look what washed up on shore!!

OK so while in Puerto Rico before we locked the drivers out, we had to drive around with some of the management there and actually ride thru the routes to see the cans we had to dump. Some are located at the beach.... So we walked the coast to see if there where more... Anyhow sceptics we where on the shores of La Guancha beach which is real pretty. It's in Ponce and the beach is primarily made up of corral that hs drifted a-shore. Click on the picture and see what my keen eyes found....

Rat's

One thing about trash that gets everyone besides the smell is the pesty rodents it attracts. Normal people are not indigenous to trash heaps or even dumpsters.
Around North America or the United States garbage is followed by Cock- roaches and Rats. In Puerto Rico when I raised the 8 yard box I found LIZARDS???
Yep lizards. I was used to seeing gecko's and small insect eating reptiles but if you click on the picture here it should enlarge on your screen. see if you can zoom in and see these lizards.

My 43rd Birthday party

Here are a few of the attendies... I'm not sure what happened that evening but I woke up with both of these beauties in my bed?? (In addition to a little black bitch)

I will turn 43 on Monday April 7th.

Today is Friday and I am off of work today hanging some new doors I just stained.. More to come as I grow bored with meanial tasks....

It's almost time!!!

A few more weeks maybe a couple of months realistically.... This is what I will be doing.... Boating you faggots!!!

I thought I Sarw a dead guy

This is Skelator, Jeff, He is not dead but looks like it.. Ya see folks this is what happens when friends make your drinks for you. I make one hell of a Fucking Cuba Libra. Rum and coke. I start out with a shot of DonQ Puerto Rican Rum and then ice and Coke (A-cola!) then on top I like to float a shot of 151 bacardi. By the time you get to the 151 your pretty lit and this usually puts ya right over the edge as you can plainly see in the picture.
Now poor Jeff, Skeletore only weighed in at about 95 lbs with a full load of shit in him. He is so lucky that I didnt have a permanent marker on me at the time because this pic was taken about 4 hrs prior to him getting up for his flight home... Skeletore got stuck in Atlanta because of the snow storm in his home town of Columbus Ohio. He arrived in Atlanta at 9:00 am Friday 3/7/08 and Joe and I got there at 3:00 pm and Joe had to catch his flight to Moline and I sat and talked to Skeletore for a while and told him to get a room at the local Lov-Tel. He actually didn't fly out till Sunday afternoon.... Nice picture though don't you think?

Tricked school bus

Yes the Lopez school bus line must be very proud of this bus. It's an example of the optimum bus should look like in Puerto Rican standards. A child's Safety is not a concern here.. We saw a bus driving down the wrong way of a one way divided road in the middle of rush hour!!! The other vehicles had to pull out of the way... But the bus looked good...
Mr Lopez go back to the drawing board and rethink your business strategies... I bet this Fuckin thing had hydrolics also..

Over weight box!!

Don't mistake the title I am not reffering to a "Fat Snatch". This is what happens when the box gets filled with concrete. As you try to load it onto the back of your truck... well if the box is heavier than the truck ....up goes the truck.. Very dangerous situation.. I hope you all appreciate DOT regulations and federal guidlines that force us to drug test our drivers... I can't imagine anyone high doing this... Or if they did they would do it over and over and over and just laugh their ass's off....

Pup trailer

This is the truck and loads we drove pretty big load.... Long and hard... How do you like my rig? Freakin Puerto Rican drivers Best stay out my way!!! Yeah it's not easy handleing one of these bitches... Just thought I would throw it in here for shit's and grins. See it was not all fun and games down there.

Roadside grub Puerto rican style

So when I got there to Ponce we didn't want the drivers to suspect that we had anything to do with being the Blue Crew. We wanted them to be at ease and we actually told them that we are there only to do route audits and watch them perform safety sensative tasks. One of the tasks that this Puerto Rican driver gave me was Lunch that was cooked in this old truck and served up at a place that most reasonable people would never dare to eat... Well this was the second one of these types of places that I dined at and I must admit the Comida (Food) was excellente!! The first place we stopped at we ran across a 4 lane divided highway much like the game frogger. There we dined on the Puerto Rican dish "Mofungo". Mofungo was served to us in 3 large styrafoam soup cups. One cup had fried pork chunks one had chicken broth and the other had fried mashed plantains. You mix the chicken broth with the plantains and "Wempawaytcho" (bon appatite, enjoy your food). It was great. At this place in this picture I ate half a chicken or pigeon I am not sure......

Happy Easter # 2

While down in Puerto Rico on The sur side of the Island in a town called "Ponce" after "Ponce De leon" We stayed at the Hotel Melia which was right in the middle of town across from the "Parque de Bombas" or "Hotel De Bombas" an Old fire house museum now that was built in 1883. Here the Puerto Ricans are celebrating something... These kids danced in the blistering heat and did pretty good. We watched a few sweating their ass's off and appear really tired at times but it was pretty cool.
So much for celebrations.

Happy Easter

I know you all saw this one before but it is still a favorite of mine. It's kind of like the old cardboard cutouts your mom used to put on the windows of your house to celebrate certain holidays. Wow times have changed. I guess know we should have pictures of Kasmire Pulaski and Martin Luther King. Kwansa, and the day they stopped all smoking in public places around Illinois... They did the same thing in Puerto Rico.
Anyway have a Happy Easter. Remember he has risen..
Bill

Here I am with "Peter Griffin". Well that's what I called him. His real name was Bob. Well that's what I thought till I called him Bob and he did not answer. I said to him BOB when I call you answer me!! he responded.... My names not Bob it's Dave .....OK Fair enough.. DAAAAVE.
Here we are by "La Muralla de San Juan" or City Wall it's located just east of "Castillo San Cristobal" or "Fuerte San Cristobal" which is either San Cristobal castle or fort. Its located in the San Juan Bay its sister Fuerte or fort is San Felipe del Morro Fortress built from 1540 to 1783.
On May 11 1898, American war ships arrived off the north shore of Puerto Rico. Just before dawn (I don't know who Dawn is?) the American ships opened fire on San Juan. Something like 1360 shells and more were fired. 15 thousand civilians took to the streets and ran into the jungles.
The Puertoricans had fired their huge Ordonez cannon from San Cristobal which started the Spanish-American war.
OK enough with the history leason. I remember walking thru the village in San Juan in the area that they are talking about and man it's like old Italy but it's not it,s Freakin Puerto Rico... The simalarities are this they both have very narrow cobblestone streets and the buildings are real close together. So when you think about that many shells being fired at this area it's pretty wild.. I will see if I have a few pics in my collection for a later viewing..
peace

When we first got to Puerto Rico We had to be "incon-SPIC-uass" (not seen)
Ha Ha he used the word SPIC while referring to Puerto Rico Ha Ha.
So as we drove around in a BIG White van looking at routes and different locations that we service (ha ha he said service) we had to stop by the Bacardi plant!! After all we had box's there to service. We actually took the tour which was really interesting. Joe and I agree on ONE thing... Farts are funny, Boobs are cool and RUM is gooood!!
The shutter was not working properly on my camera.. The last time I used the camera to capture porn I was struck by my own money shot..... Sorry pretty graphic there... Uhm ok on with the trip....Here I am in front of Casa De Barcardi... When we got into the village later on that evening to sample the local cuisine and have a few cock-tails the locals laughed when we ordered Barcardi and told us the official RUM of Puerto Rico is DonQ
pronounced "Don-Cuu". I brought a bottle of DonQ back for my wife 1 liter was $10,00 at the duty free shop... Nice.

Big Lar.

Here is Larry, Good ole boy from St. Louis IL. We have been on 3 the strikes together and Love the work. I have to give Larry his props. He was very polished on his Front load driving skills and thank the sweet lord for that because Larry did the bulk of the routes.. No shit he finished his route and then helped other people finish theirs. Us other drivers had not been in a Frontload truck for some 7 years or so, so we became a little rusty..
NOTE: Good managers and supervisors should not be in the trucks at their home base doing the other drivers route under any circumstances at all... We are supposed to manage them not complete them...
Here is Lar at the "Hotel Melia" in the tiny elevator that was rated for only 4 people. I guess they meant 4 Puertorican people who tend to be smaller than us Big fucks!! We got on the elevator 4 of us and the doors closed the motor hummed the cables sounded like they actually stretched!! and then it stopped and went dead!! Larry reached over me and pushed the doors open and we had moved up about 4 feet. so we had a 4 foot hole to climb out of at the bottom of the door opening and we all came flying out one after another laughing our ass's off!!! Later there was a sign that said elevator under repair..... I don't know...
More to come!!

Backwoods Ass Country FUCKS!!!!

These two guys are about as Hillbilly country as you can get without pickin a Banjo.
The gentleman seated in the picture is Perry (Tater) Ford from Suck Creek Mississippi. I shit you not!! He was very cool His nickname was given to him because Slingblade was already taken and he reminded us of Carl..
The Moron in the back is "Tennessee Bill" total Fucken Gear head trucker who posed the question " how big is this here island? about 100 mile long and 50 miles wide, right? Then why the fuck do they have sleeper cabs on their semi's out here?" Good question.
Bill turned out to be a real Fuck-stick so we voted him off the island. That's right the big bosses sent him home. After 1 day. We all worked like 12 plus hours a day and he came in saying he was only working 10 and that was it. So we put him on a far away route and he ended up having his translator call the boss saying that he had to come in off the route. Well he stayed on the route and THEN went home .. LOL
More to come..

Here I am in front of the Hotel we stayed at in "Ponce" which is on the "Sur" or "south" side of the island. I just got dropped off from work and was about to go up to the roof for some beer and sun...

Good Eats

The Cuisine down in Puerto Rico was excellent!! Here is a whole red snapper along with fried Plantinos... Delicious.. I ended up eating the eyes also just to freak the other guys out.
Accompanied by a local beer "Medalla" pronounced "Med-eye-ah" This was a meal I had a couple of times...
More to come.

The story begins

So... In October my company started discussing the possability of our divisions in Puetro Rico going on strike. I belong to a certain team who gets sent to troubled areas to be a SCAB and do the job they refuse to do when they decide to strike. (SCAB stands for "Still Collecting All Benifits") My company took my information along with other qualified members of this team and submitted them to the Puerto Rican Government for approval. I was one of the ones who was given approval. Reminder: this was back in October 07. As we finished off the year we had a few times that the team was called and put on high alert ready to fly out at any given moment, but never did it happen. Now I have been on a few strike forces some close some far but Puerto Rico would be the BOMB!!!
I planned our yearly ski trip for the weekend of Feb. 16 08 and the morning of Friday the 15 of Feb 2008 I got the order to book my flight and that I was flying out on Tuesday the 19th of Feb. I flew out of Chicago at 6:00 am and landed in San Juan Puerto Rico at 2;30 pm that afternoon. I knew a few guys from the other strikes who would be there Big Lar. for one he lives in ST. Louis IL. but the rest of the guys would be strangers.. Here is a picture of me in a Front load commercial garbage truck. More to come Bitches

I am back from Puerto Rico!!!

Well I know I have been tardy with the blogging and I hope this is not just a one time post. I am going to do my darndest to keep blogging as much as possible. I just got back from Puerto Rico. I was cleared by the Puerto Rican government to drive a commercial truck (garbage truck). I was down there for 18 days. I left Febuary 19th 2008 and came back home March 7th 2008 (2 days before my anniversary!!) Yikes!!
I had a good trip and made a bunch of new friends all of which had the pleasure of seeing my bare ass on several occasions. Here is a pic with Mr Joe. He is a Master Chief in the Navy. He is currently in the reserves and works for our company. He is scheduled to go back over to Iraq in September.. Great guy, funny as hell!!
Here we are in front of ..... Well look at the freakin Picture !!!
I will have a lot more pics to show so keep stopping by from time to time!!
Peace bitches!!