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Seriously. You won't have to read much further to realize I've had a few cold ones. Temps in the 50s, bluebird skies, light breeze out of the NW.= a perfect day for a fire. I decided to go with the flow.

My decision was greatly affected by the fact that I went to the store and stocked up on 3 of my favorite beers.
.Shiner Bock, a Texas beer and my over all favorite.
.Modelo, negra, my favorite Mexican beer
.Budweiser Copper Lager, about the only Budweiser product I can stand.
I would have gotten some Blue Moon Belgian white but I don't have that big of a fridge.

When it comes to beer I'm painfully aware, and freely admit that I do not have a discerning pallet. For me there are 3 categories of taste in beer: Those that taste good, those that taste bad, and those that have little or no taste (lite beer). I have enjoyed trying out all the new "crafted" beer and I like some of them more than others. The IPA beers are just to bitter for me but most are not bad;

Anyway, I was in a serious quandary this morning as I tried to decide which beer to have for today. I decided on the Budweiser Copper Lager. It isn't that easy to find and I haven't had any in a while. Judging from how I feel right now I'd say I made a good decision.:)

You know what, and this is just my opinion, Sometimes clarity is best achieved through inebriation. :D Not the exotic hallucinogens, That stuff is too weird and I don't do that stuff. I'm talking about beer. It lets your brain relax and think more deeply without interference from the cares and woes of the day.

I don't do it very often but sometimes I just like to let the badger run.

I kind of needed this today for a very special reason. As things are shaping up it looks like we will be moving up to north central Texas some time next year. I'll get into all that later but I have lived in this house for 40 years. raised my family here. much love, life, joy, sorrow, loss and, well, life.

Even in this moment of enlightenment I am unable to describe how much a pat of my life this house is. It is the center of my world. Not just a place to keep my clothes and sleep. Everything revolves around it and the people I have shared it with for the last 40 years.

I love to travel. But when I do, no matter where I go or how long I stay away this is where I love to come back to.

I'll be moving to the compound where all the family is. Love the place and the people there. But it's their world. They carved it out and established their lives there..as I did HERE. In a way I feel like an intruder...out of my element if you see what I mean.

This is going to happen but not right away. Lots of stuff has to happen and it will take a while. I'll get into it in depth later on.

But I have spent the last few hours reflecting back on the last 40 years and all that I will lose and miss when we leave here...as well as pondering how my life will be after the move. All that I will gain and have for the rest of my life as that will be my last home on this earth. I always thought this would be he house they would carry me out of but now I can see that that last house has not been built yet but will soon be and there I'll be and there I'll end.

WOW! That's enough of that. I thank y'all for lettin' me blabber. I'm outta here. :)
 
Kurusu said:
I'm mostly a wine guy. But I do drink beer too.:D
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Funny you should bring up wine. I have always liked the taste of wine but it used to give me indigestion something awful. But, strange as it may seem, for the last few years that seem to be a problem that I no longer have.

My daughter and her husband are serious wine lovers. when I spend a few days with then I find myself drinking wine with almost every meal.
My faves:
Cabernet Sovinion with steak or prime rib
Merlot with italian food
Sangria Mexican food or sea food

Not a fan of any white wine
 
Walkin' Jack said:
Funny you should bring up wine. I have always liked the taste of wine but it used to give me indigestion something awful. But, strange as it may seem, for the last few years that seem to be a problem that I no longer have.

My daughter and her husband are serious wine lovers. when I spend a few days with then I find myself drinking wine with almost every meal.
My faves:
Cabernet Sovinion with steak or prime rib
Merlot with italian food
Sangria Mexican food or sea food

Not a fan of any white wine
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The wine from some grapes also gives me indigestion. I just need to read the label before buying.:D
 
Never met a beer I didn't like. I'm still trying new varieties on a regular basis. I will be sure and report any truly offensive beers that I experience.

So far, the worst beer I ever had was pretty good at the time.
 
LoboGunLeather said:
Never met a beer I didn't like. I'm still trying new varieties on a regular basis. I will be sure and report any truly offensive beers that I experience.

So far, the worst beer I ever had was pretty good at the time.
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Any ice cold beer tastes good when it's 100 in the shade and you're thirsty.

Edit. I've heard that even water tastes good.:D
 
We must have been separated at birth. Shiner Bock and Negra Modelo are my two favorite beers. They're all I buy for myself.

As to our home, our current house is our dream home that we designed and built 32 years ago. They're gonna have to carry us out of it. Besides, when we moved in here, we were so exhausted, we couldn't move for two days. Now we're 32 years older, I don't think we could handle another move. Just thinking about it makes me want to take a nap.
 
Walkin' Jack said:
My decision was greatly affected by the fact that I went to the store and stocked up on 3 of my favorite beers.
.Shiner Bock, a Texas beer and my over all favorite.
.Modelo, negra, my favorite Mexican beer
.Budweiser Copper Lager, about the only Budweiser product I can stand.
I would have gotten some Blue Moon Belgian white but I don't have that big of a fridge.
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My favorite beer in the 80s through the early 90s was Lone Star. Then all the distributors here stopped bringing it in. I was really sad.

Walkin' Jack said:
I love to travel. But when I do, no matter where I go or how long I stay away this is where I love to come back to.
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There really is no place like home.

Walkin' Jack said:
I'll be moving to the compound where all the family is.
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The family compound? Like the Corleone family had?
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I love to travel. But when I do, no matter where I go or how long I stay away this is where I love to come back to.
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Jack, I'm totally with you. I love to visit friends, and some I've met right here at the forum. Yet, when it's time I dearly love returning to my little home:D.

Added: I also love to have friends come visit me.
 
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I liked to go places visit and always was happiest when I got back home. Lived with in 10 miles of where my family had lived since the 1660s. Within 3 miles of the same place all of my life. Wife wanted to come west(we had been here many times over the years). So we moved here 13 years ago. Yeah..it's home. But then again it's not. I'm probably a lot better off here than where I was in Maryland. It sounds a bit odd...but you miss the memories you had when you went to familiar places. No real familiar memories in a new place even if it is now home. Thing I miss the most was friends and what little bit of family I had left back there. Sorry....but I don't drink beer...never really did. Couldn't really get a good buzz even with a case. So I drank likker. Quit that too. But I understand why you had a "few" today! Been there. May go make myself a little drink...just to remember the memories
 
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I year and half ago I moved to a low high fat, medium protein, low carb Keto diet. Beer, other than low carb beers, pretty much are a no no. Most of the low carb beers purely suck. Thankfully I've found a few IPAs that are low carb and have some flavor but overall I miss beer.

Now onto house and home. Twelve or thirteen years ago the wife and I sold the home where we raised our daughter. We built a new home really too large for empty nesters. It is nice house but I still feel a bit being like on vacation in this house. After a dozen years, even with all my stuff here including furniture we've had for 30 plus years, it doesn't feel like home.

Worst it is beginning to feel like we need to downside. One of these days we will down size to what I hopefully hope is my final place to live...maybe some where in the panhandle of Idaho which puts us midway between kids and grandkids.

gotta ad the new place better have a nice porch protected from the weather where and old guy can enjoy a whiskey and fine cigar while watching the world go by.
 
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My man!

Kinda wish I was hanging out with you tonight! You’ve got it going. Have fun! :)

Be safe.

Walkin' Jack said:
Seriously. You won't have to read much further to realize I've had a few cold ones. Temps in the 50s, bluebird skies, light breeze out of the NW.= a perfect day for a fire. I decided to go with the flow.

My decision was greatly affected by the fact that I went to the store and stocked up on 3 of my favorite beers.
.Shiner Bock, a Texas beer and my over all favorite.
.Modelo, negra, my favorite Mexican beer
.Budweiser Copper Lager, about the only Budweiser product I can stand.
I would have gotten some Blue Moon Belgian white but I don't have that big of a fridge.

When it comes to beer I'm painfully aware, and freely admit that I do not have a discerning pallet. For me there are 3 categories of taste in beer: Those that taste good, those that taste bad, and those that have little or no taste (lite beer). I have enjoyed trying out all the new "crafted" beer and I like some of them more than others. The IPA beers are just to bitter for me but most are not bad;

Anyway, I was in a serious quandary this morning as I tried to decide which beer to have for today. I decided on the Budweiser Copper Lager. It isn't that easy to find and I haven't had any in a while. Judging from how I feel right now I'd say I made a good decision.:)

You know what, and this is just my opinion, Sometimes clarity is best achieved through inebriation. :D Not the exotic hallucinogens, That stuff is too weird and I don't do that stuff. I'm talking about beer. It lets your brain relax and think more deeply without interference from the cares and woes of the day.

I don't do it very often but sometimes I just like to let the badger run.

I kind of needed this today for a very special reason. As things are shaping up it looks like we will be moving up to north central Texas some time next year. I'll get into all that later but I have lived in this house for 40 years. raised my family here. much love, life, joy, sorrow, loss and, well, life.

Even in this moment of enlightenment I am unable to describe how much a pat of my life this house is. It is the center of my world. Not just a place to keep my clothes and sleep. Everything revolves around it and the people I have shared it with for the last 40 years.

I love to travel. But when I do, no matter where I go or how long I stay away this is where I love to come back to.

I'll be moving to the compound where all the family is. Love the place and the people there. But it's their world. They carved it out and established their lives there..as I did HERE. In a way I feel like an intruder...out of my element if you see what I mean.

This is going to happen but not right away. Lots of stuff has to happen and it will take a while. I'll get into it in depth later on.

But I have spent the last few hours reflecting back on the last 40 years and all that I will lose and miss when we leave here...as well as pondering how my life will be after the move. All that I will gain and have for the rest of my life as that will be my last home on this earth. I always thought this would be he house they would carry me out of but now I can see that that last house has not been built yet but will soon be and there I'll be and there I'll end.

WOW! That's enough of that. I thank y'all for lettin' me blabber. I'm outta here. :)
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Try Shiner's Bohemian Black Lager. So dark you can't see through it but not heavy at all. I have three that I drink regularly, all Shiners. Shiner Premium, which used to be Shiner Blonde. Shiner Bock and the Bohemian Black Lager.
 
Jack, I have an attachment to my house just like you have to yours. I had it built from the bare lot, and I helped to design it. It was always intended as my forever house, and I say that the only way I'm going to leave it is in a straightjacket or feet first.
 


I don't drink beer and I don'd drink wine.

I do love a margarita, short glass, no salt and gold tequila neither stirred or shaken. I don't do shots either.

I had a drinking problem in my younger days. These days I only drink with friends either while having dinner or sitting around a fire.

I can't remember the last time I had more than 3 mixed drinks in a sitting.

I love where I live and hope that I never have to move.
 
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rubiranch said:


I don't drink beer and I don'd drink wine.

I do love a margarita, short glass, no salt and gold tequila neither stirred or shaken. I don't do shots either.

I had a drinking problem in my younger days. These days I only drink with friends either while having dinner or sitting around a fire.

I can't remember the last time I had more than 3 mixed drinks in a sitting.

I love where I live and hope that I never have to move.
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JFYI. Mixed drinks are the work of the devil. I much prefer an honest 70% proof than anything in disguise.:rolleyes:
 
Got me to thinking, I don't feel any great attachment to the house I've owned and lived in here for the past 28 years. At the time we bought it, it was what we needed, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, fenced in yard for the the dogs, and close to work. During the time my kids were growing up we moved 8 times so they have no real attachment either. I have no plans to move until I can't do stair steps at all. Yes, it is home but just a house.

The one house I loved I never had a chance to live in. It was on one of the family farms. A big old four square with all the nice built-ins, was a catalog house from either Sears or Montgomery Wards. But it was always rented with the farm.
 
Walkin' Jack....lifting a bottle of Moose Drool Brown Ale to you. You made it this far and you'll do just fine the rest of the way. Happy Life to yah!
 
When we moved to our present location, Ozark forest next door, I said
the next move I make will be in the back of a long black hearse. Move
up to Benton Co. Arkansas to the family cemetery and become part of
the landscape.
And if I remember Deer Park is in Harris Co. Texas. Just drive up to
North Texas, take the Train, bus or other means to visit a few times
per year, or let the North Texans come visit you. Unless you are
talking someplace like Dumas or Texhoma in the panhandle, which would
be a much longer drive.
 
I do appreciate all the responses. A tremendous amount of support. personal experiences and advice. I can see by some of the above that I need to clarify my situation. Let me just preface the following by saying that I do have mixed emotions. Don't want to leave this house or this neighborhood. I know that my sparkling personality is going to be adversely affected being that far away from salt water. (400+ miles) But this event was always gonna happen and it's time has come. As time passes the list of physical impairment conttinues to grow. Miss Pam isn't driving any more and I don't know how much longer I'll be driving either. If something happens to us down here we're blowed up. Up there We have people to help us out if anything happens. I am also looking forward to it. Its a beautiful part of the state and I'll be surrounded by my people. They are really eager for us to get up there.

They have their names burned into a wooden plaque hanging on the gate that lets on to the property. They have already put our name on it and sent us a pic. It's going to be nice but I just gotta get past the move.

Used to laugh at people that were moving after living in the same house for a long time. I would jokingly say that I would never try to move after 5 years because I'd have too much stuff. I'd just have a fire and be done with it. But I ain't laughin' now. Anyway it will all get done. We will be leaving a lot of stuff behind and either having an estate sale or just giving it away.

So then, here's the deal:

When Miss Pam and I got married all of her people and almost all of my people lived very close by. 47 years on the situation is just the opposite. our parents, all of our aunts and uncles have passed away. Our son has passed away and so has his wife. Our grandchildren are in Florida with our daughter and her husband. We have no one here. a few cousins in North Carolina. And Pams folks up in the Texoma area, where we will be moving to.

When my FIL retired in '83 they bought 30 acres not 20 minutes from the Red River. We have stayed here because I had a good job and not much prospects up there. Plus I was not about to leave our beaches, no way, no how, no time.

Pams sister and her husband and Pams brother and his wife and kids moved up there and built houses. Now my niece and her husband and my nephew and his family have houses there and we call it the "compound".

My MIL passed away about 17 years ago. My FIL passed away a couple of weeks ago. So...My niece and her husband will be getting that house and the modular home they have been living in will be sold and taken away. We will build on that plot.

It's gong to be some time before we actually move. Lots of "stuff" to get through. A real bottle neck in the time line will be the fact that Cook County only has one surveyor and he's backed up for months. We are on the list but it will be a long time. Meanwhile the FIL's house needs a lot of work...a LOT of work and my niece and her husband are working on it but they will have to hire professionals for a lot of it and money is tight so that will take some time.

Once the modular home is out of the way we will begin construction on our new pad. Once we move up there this house will be empty and well have it cleaned and put it on the market.

I am not looking forward to the move itself but I am in a positive mood for BEING up there and having all the commotion over with. The task that lies before me is daunting. I give myself a 50/50 chance of survival. the really good part is that we will have plenty of time to "small up and simple down" per Waylon Jennings. If I can NOT procrastinate too much that will be a big help.
 
It will all be good when all is said and done. Having family close by can be priceless. My family is scattered so doubt I'll ever live close to any of them. Southern California NO way, northern AZ maybe, Minnesota nope,
southern Missouri maybe. Only a couple of cousins remain here in the old home territory.
 
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