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...