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At least someone got it……. thanks, Duke….
» Posted By Dennis On 16/July/2009 @ 8:17 am
I missed this at first look, John, wedged between two larger posts…….
But real glad to read ur good report.
Excellent. Hang in there.
» Posted By Dennis On 15/July/2009 @ 10:44 pm
The ‘scope that sees past uranus…
LOLOLOLOLOLOL………..
Excellent….. ! ! ! Completely agree….
You gonna share with us the report, John…… presumably ur ok…….??? fingers crossed here….
» Posted By Dennis On 15/July/2009 @ 10:29 pm
For the record, I had one of these a few years ago too. But I only had to drink a gallon of the stuff and was amazed that I could force myself to actually do it – but I didn’t get a break on any broth or anything else.
Though I was put completely under too, when I woke up I was totally alert with zero after-effects from the anesthetic or procedure either. I went and had a huge breakfast and came home and took a nap and was good to go.
You’ll be fine, John.
But damn, John…TWO gallons ??????? – you must have a hellofa lot of intestines . . . .
» Posted By Dennis On 15/July/2009 @ 7:54 am
I saw the ‘Dancing’ on the marque, too, Von.
Who woulda thought?
» Posted By Dennis On 15/July/2009 @ 10:38 pm
Ok. You rang my reminiscence bell, so here’s another kinda long one from Dennis.
Yeah, I’ve often wondered the origins of such names too.
A reminiscence might fit here – when I was assigned to Clark Air Base in the mid 70’s…..true story, that long ago….. I very briefly found myself with ownership of ‘the rights’ to a bar on Fields Avenue by the name of The Blue Goldfish. Origins of that name, though I tried semi-valiantly to learn what they were, were never discovered or if anyone knew, they were never revealed. As it turned out, the BGF had a semi-dedicated group of guys who liked to drink there for some reason so for the short time I was involved I didn’t mess with the name.
Yeah, wow. So, how did I come into possession? Well, an NCO I knew quite well (I was a 1st Lieutenant at the time) was in dire need of some cash and against all rules etc of association and ‘so-called fraternization’, etc, (gag me with a spoon, here) I loaned it to him. It didn’t surprise me when he couldn’t pay it back, given all the irons he had in the fire, so he gave me/signed over the rights to the bar, which I subsequently sold to another guy within a couple months, and at a fair profit as I remember.
Your LTG readers may not know, and even more likely, could probably care less, but in the Philippines foreigners, including Americans, can’t own controlling interest in any business enterprise, which, aside from the disgusting double-standard the Phil government gets away with, of course makes these business-minded foreigners ideal targets for every sort of rip-off imaginable from supposed earnest Filipino business partners, who start off with all sorts of promises then pull the rug out from under the foreigner, usually within not too long a time after it gets up and running. I never heard of one that came out well. So in reality I didn’t own anything but the ‘rights’ to the business being conducted in the building and even that was probably technically not kosher either, most likely, but it seemed to work ok because the so-called rights were confined solely to what went on in the bar. Potentially worthy of note here, is that many businesses in the PI in which Americans or other foreigners are involved are conducted in this way. Sooner or later though, the Filipino building owner either wants a cut of the proceeds or raises his rent to the point that the American/Foreigner is forced out of business or if caves in from the extortion. Many foreigners attempt to get around all of these hazards by having a Filipino wife.
Interestingly, during the all too brief time I was assigned to Clark I also had a Sari-Sari store, which is a small hut-type, usually corner grocery hut – to even call it a store would be too strong a word for it, and a tailor shop for awhile too. My profit from the Sari-Sari store was confined solely to free San Miguel, a case at a time, probably a case a week, I’d guess (the profit margins weren’t high and the rest went to a good Filipino friend who ran the store) and from the tailor shop, free custom made clothes – on rare occasion – and I was usually surprised when they were given to me. But only that, nothing more. If nothing else, it made for some good and perhaps interesting memories.
So, in reminiscing, I kinda find myself wondering if the same guy who named the Blue Goldfish named the Blue Frog? Hey, don’t scoff, stranger things have happened.
I also find myself wondering why the owner of the Blue Frog there in Itaewon xhit-canned the Saturday nite dart league, which would seem to be a good source of customers and bar-sales, but then, what do I know?
In any case, John, I applaud your endeavor to inform your readers of the dart league haunts you frequent. Great idea and quite interesting. Thanks for that.
» Posted By Dennis On 15/July/2009 @ 7:41 am
Hey, it’s a long season, John.
You’ll do well over the longer haul and forget this ever happened.
» Posted By Dennis On 16/July/2009 @ 8:24 am
Break a leg, John.
And please clarify the pronunciation of Rubbies.
Is it rub as in rubbing somebody out…… or it is it the u, as in ruby?
The first would seem to be a good choice if in fact the goal is to rub out your opponents…. or the second if the members are all gems as darters.
Interestingly the Rubbie’s word in spell check comes back corrected as Rubie’s, which means it’s probably a made up word, which you already knew anyway.
» Posted By Dennis On 13/July/2009 @ 9:30 pm
Very clever, John. Well done.
» Posted By Dennis On 13/July/2009 @ 9:15 pm
I can’t think of a good label for the pic but I definitely volunteer to go in and rescue the cat……..
….those gorgeous Korean/asian legs….what’s not to love….
» Posted By Dennis On 13/July/2009 @ 1:45 am
What a really nice thing to do for your friends, John. Good on you.
And here’s a fun one – a simple reference for the future, no offense intended – as a former NCO club bartender, yeah really – decades ago in another lifetime, it’s Scotch whisky, not whiskey (check your label)…. and while we’re at it, if served by someone from Scotland, he/she’s a Scot, not Scotch.
And what’s even more confusing is for some reason all the other whiskey’s are whiskey.
Here’s a fun article on the subject: http://thepour.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/whiskey-versus-whisky/
» Posted By Dennis On 13/July/2009 @ 1:42 am
As usual for me, top pic is not visible/x’d out, but the bottom clip is excellent.
I remember in the mid eighties when I was last stationed in Korea the films, music and live bands were pretty much amateur compared to the west but I’m really impressed with the quality these days. – the ROK music and film industry seems to have really come in to it’s own as they have pretty much with everyhthing else too. The films, in particular, seem really well done to me.
I saw a Korean murder mystery last week on Asia Extreme entitled, Memories of Murder…..it was really well done, English subtitles, funny, dramatic, heart rending……. all the pieces. You might look for it if you have a chance.
Eat your heart out, Kim Jong IL.
» Posted By Dennis On 12/July/2009 @ 2:52 am
«« Back To Stats PageAgreed, congrats to Alisteir. Appears to have been a great time.
» Posted By Dennis On 12/July/2009 @ 2:31 am