Got off the train this morning and walked along the river from Ogilvie. The construction narrowed the walkway, so when the flood of people came out of Union Station at Adams, I figured I'd be nice and try to stay to the right as much as I could. Some big dude decided to try and get around the mob and walked right into me. For a moment, I thought about running up behind him, picking him up and throwing him in the river, but I'm fat and hungry so I kept walking to get my donut and coffee. People are fucking morons.

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Are you really my BIL from Crystal Lake?

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If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Downtown is finally back!

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Don't take it personally.

No....

Office occupancy has flatlined at about 55% of pre-pandemic levels. A comparison of downtowns in the U.S. in 2019 and 2023, conducted by the University of Toronto School of Cities, found that downtown Chicago has had one of the worst recoveries in the nation.

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Furnace had issues this past week and replaced a control board. Coldest morning of the year here at -1 degrees and we wake up to the furnace blowing only cold air and it is 53 degrees in house. Got a message into our local darkside, they are hopefully going to have someone here soon. It is always something.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Had this happen last year. Thank god for my Darkside BIL.

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If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

My brotherlaw would end up destroying our house if he attempted to work at anything.

God bless the real darksides having to get out in this awful cold to do stuff.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

My wife and I have made the difficult choice to put my dog to sleep at home later this evening. Never an easy decision as MANY here know. 2023 was one of the toughest years in my life and this is a bitter pill to swallow early in 2024 with very little to look forward to. Will be odd to not have my buddy there after almost 11 years.

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami

Sorry to heat TBone. just remember, though that your dog and your wife would also make difficult decision to pull the plug on you if they had a chance.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

R.I.P. Hank

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2018
#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

very sorry Tbone, that sucks

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

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If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Condolences, T-Bone. It's very hard to part with beloved family pets.

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here's hoping '24 is a good number to live in.

No doubt!

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami

For any of you who like old style beer, start buying up cases with march dates or earlier. They just switched production from the miller facilities to the lacrosse(i think?) facilities. The result is a completely different, worse beer. Hopefully it a minor hiccup in the transition.

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Worse? Not possible.

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“Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office.”- JD Vance
“My god, what an !diot.”- JD Vance tweet on Trump
“I’m a ‘Never Trump’ guy”- JD Vance

There are many, MANY worse beers than old style. I'm willing to bet you're some IPA douche.

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If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

I’m actually a fan of bad beers. But Old Style is beyond bad. I’m sorry for your loss.

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“Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office.”- JD Vance
“My god, what an !diot.”- JD Vance tweet on Trump
“I’m a ‘Never Trump’ guy”- JD Vance

Ph@g vibe.

Old style is a cheap beer that doesn't pretend to be anything other than what it is, a cheap beer. It tastes good and it is cheaper than any of its competitors. I don't think you know anything about cheap beer. I think you are one of a billion sanctimonious beer nerds that shit on something that doesn't cost 21.99 a 4 pack. What's in your fridge right now?

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Fresh beer is usually more important than what kind it is.

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the world will always the world. your entire existence is defined by your response.

Worst beer? Keystone, bottled beer piss in a can.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Beer nerd. Yep, you nailed it. I consumed 2 brands of beer this weekend - Miller Lite on Saturday and PBR today. I do enjoy a good microbrew as well, but IPA is not anywhere near the top of my list. My fridge currently has remnants of a New Glarus variety pack that we offered guests at Christmas and a couple of bottles of Medalla Light. FWIW, most of my bad beer consumption occurs during the summer.

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“Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office.”- JD Vance
“My god, what an !diot.”- JD Vance tweet on Trump
“I’m a ‘Never Trump’ guy”- JD Vance

Tri Colored on the muscle.

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Wattabout Kodak Black?

Yeah unexpected especially going after my guy Zippy. So much WI hate.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

gotta love a bad beer argument.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Old Style connoisseurs tend to have short fuses. It’s a side-effect of krausening.

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“Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office.”- JD Vance
“My god, what an !diot.”- JD Vance tweet on Trump
“I’m a ‘Never Trump’ guy”- JD Vance

I'm not sure how you can shit on old style and willingly drink miller lite. Enjoy that PBR now (as i do) because that is also getting the lacrosse treatment soon.

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