DFB - Modular Homes

[snowman]

I used to work in a small store in the late 70's and early 80's -
construction crews were regulars - get coffee, donuts, and
a few cases of beer in the morning for the daily shift.

Used to have one customer who operated his own backhoe
service - drank a few cases of Black Label beer a day. He had
a heart attack and his doctor put him on a diet, so he
switched to Miller Lite ponies. He wasn't a stumbling drunk;
he was a very nice guy who always had a smile on his face.
If you didn't know, you could never tell he was such a heavy
drinker (except for his belly).

 

[scruffy]

<font color=blue>Bird</font color=blue>, Sounds like you had my Uncle Harold build them for you! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif Never wore his dentures, and always had a 16 ounce coors in his hand!!! Shorter if he couldn't find the 16ounce. Wonder how many walls he insulated with them? /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by scruffy on 09/14/01 06:38 PM (server time).</FONT></P>

 

[Bird]

Scruffy, I went through a few of those Coors myself, before I went back to Bud products./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif For 11 years, I had a friend (neighbor across the alley) who bought nothing but Coors. He and I did quite a number of mechanicin', re-modelin', plumbin', and buildin' projects together, and every time we goofed, he'd just say we had too much help from Adolph./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Bird

 

[scruffy]

<font color=blue>Bird</font color=blue>, can remember a few of those times myself, but not in many a years now. (quit in '75') It seems in my family (different sides) we got preachers, or moonshinin' hill-billys! The Uncle I was referring to was one of the top-rated housing contractors in Dallas. Short little fart..only 5'2" tall or so. Don't know what happened to him, cause his bro's were 6'2"+, 250+ pounders! Just like my oldest brother and I, and we have a shorty in between us.
Uncle H got turned around down there in WW2 and having no trees or mountains to use as landmarks, could never find his way home to Oregon!
Darned good builder though!

 

[Bird]

Scruffy, you know they didn't even sell Coors in Texas until the late '60s (or possibly early '70s). I know the first time I ever saw it was on a trip to Colorado in '65. And yep, I've got quite a variety of characters in my family, too, from teetotalers to heavy drinkers, Baptist preachers to . . . ., well, I won't go into that./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif And I guess I'm the runt in my family; lack a quarter inch or so making 6'.

Bird

 

[scruffy]

<font color=blue>Bird,</font color=blue> The first time I was down there, he went out to get some beer, I think he drove 7 or 8 miles to a drive in (?) and bought Coors. That was in '69', maybe early '70'. Up to that point, I had never heard of a beer drive in, much less seen one! Where he lived (Jim Miller Rd) it was 'dry', he had to go over a county line (I guess) to buy beer.

 

[Bird]

Scruffy, that area is still "dry". Texas quite possibly has the most ridiculous, convoluted, and lengthy liquor laws in the nation. Our county seat is dry (except for "private clubs"), so people either go 4 miles north or 4 miles south of town on the Interstate to buy whatever they want. Some places still have "drive up" windows and some even have "drive through" facilities. You know you could buy beer and wine, but not mixed drinks, in Texas until '72 (except in private clubs - which are a joke, of course).

Bird

 

[StoneHeartFarm]

Bird,

We couldn't even get Coors here until either the late 70's or early 80's. I believe Pabst is the drink of choice among the builders around here.

I've got my brother-in-law taping and floating drywall for me. His choice is Old Milwaukee. You bet I've already warned him I will stomp his ever loving dirty dog bleepedy bleep right into the dirt if I catch him nippin when he's on the job with me. Course, it makes getting the drywall done real slow, because I've got to be there to swing the baseball bat, BUT, he's doing a top notch job. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

SHF

 

[Bird]

<font color=blue>His choice is Old Milwaukee</font color=blue>

If he can drink that stuff, he's tougher'n I am then./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif If Schlitz & Corona were the only brewers left, I guess I'd be a teetotaler./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Bird

 

[GlueGuy]

An old buddy of mine spent part of his military time down in Alabama (I think, don't quote me on this). The county the base was in was "Coffee County", and it was dry. He and a couple others that play guitar wrote a cute little song about "no drinking in coffee county".

And I'll second you opinion of Corona, Shlitz, and Old Milwaukee, and throw in Pabst, Coors, Bud, and a few others that I can't think of right now.

However, I do have a conversation now and then with old "Sammy".

The GlueGuy

 

[StoneHeartFarm]

GlueGuy and Bird,

Back when I still allowed myself to partake, my favorite kind was the FREE kind. Always tastes better. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

SHF

 

[Bird]

I don't know "Sammy", Glue Guy.

And I'll have to admit you're right, SHF./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Bird

 

[GlueGuy]

Bird,

This is Deja Vue all over again (sorry). "Sammy" is what we call "Samual Adams" around here. One of my favorites.

SHF,

That's sort of along the lines when my Dad told me about sneaking into a neighbor-farmer's watermelon field and snitching a watermelon. He said the ones he snitched always tasted better (with a wink).

The GlueGuy

 

[Bird]

GlueGuy, I haven't met Samuel Adams either; no wonder I didn't know Sammy./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

And your dad's watermelon snitching reminds me of a story my own dad used to tell. He said one of the old farmers got tired of the boys snitching his watermelons, so he set a cot right in the middle of the watermelon patch to sleep on, with his shotgun laying beside him. Dad said, on a dare, he crawled on his belly across that watermelon patch, after the old man went to sleep, pickup up the shotgun, fired both barrels in the air, dropped it, and ran. He said the old man never slept in the watermelon patch again.

Bird

 

[scruffy]

Bird, I used to have a dog with extremely poor taste. You could line up 15 different beers, and that thing would go for the schlitz every time. Never could get him to drink any other type. Guys in the unit were always offering that dog a beer.

 

[Bird]

Scruffy, I'm not sure whether that dog had poor taste or bad judgement. I don't care for the taste of Schlitz, but could get past that. It's what it does to you the next day that I couldn't stand. You know they didn't intend to name it Schlitz; it's just that the guy who named it had a lisp./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Bird

 

[s1120]

<font color=red>This is Deja Vue all over again (sorry). "Sammy" is what we call "Samual Adams" around here. One of my favorites.</font color=red>

That's my second favorite. Bass would be the #1./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[s1120]

<font color=red>Bird, I used to have a dog with extremely poor taste. You could line up 15 different beers, and that thing would go for the schlitz every time. Never could get him to drink any other type</font color=red>

Ya, but you got to remember, dogs lick their butts

 

[Chuck52]

At last a Quality thread! I would bet dollars to doughnuts that most folks wouldn't be able to tell any of the old line big name beers apart in a blind taste test. Coors, better known as Colarado Kool Aid does tend to stand out because it tastes something like diluted lemonade. However, you pour glasses of Schlitz, Bud, PBR, Miller (any variety), Carling Black Label (remember that?), Old Milawaukee, Milwaukee's Best (one is by Miller the other is one of the other big brewers), Sterling (another oldie), Strohs, and most beer drinkers won't be able to pick their favorite. Sam Adams is a step in the right direction, but your best bet for real beer is a brew pub. The local one here is the Flat Branch, and they always have a selection of real beers for a variety of tastes. Unfortunately, they may be changing brewmeisters, and if so I may have to start brewing my own again. Beer. Man does not live by bread alone. He has beer! I once asked a snivelling wine drinker why drinking fermented grape juice was so much more sophisticated than drinking fermented barley juice. No real comeback. Ever played the "how many beers can you name" game. I started one during a really boring seminar and we hit an incredible number. Of course, there were several foreign folks there who had totally different lists. On the other hand, one guy from Wisconsin named all kinds of local Wisconsin and Minnesota brews no one else had heard of.

Chuck

 

[scruffy]

Chuck, in metropolitan areas, you probably do have that choice, but out in the country, (and I can name many areas where everything is far apart, with a tiny population) you have your basic mom 'n' pop grocery, or tavern (whatever you may wish to call it) where the choice is extremely limited.
I'm sure that you could order what you wanted, and they would throw a Bud, or something similar in front of you...take it or lump it.