|
RideTheSpiral posted:On saturday morning I woke up in a 5 star hotel I'd checked myself into after losing my keys while pissed. I have no recollection of how that happened. This is the very best sentence. Sadly my bachelorisms are in slightly short supply because I've not had the chance to really unwind lately, but I'm looking forward to getting back to microwaved food/Jack+coke/X-Files marathons in my underwear, while on a fully nocturnal sleep schedule.
|
#
¿
Nov 3, 2013 16:52
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 18, 2024 22:13 |
|
|
Kalos posted:What sort of beer is typically used in a Snakebite? I've only heard of the Black and Apple before, which is Guinness floating on Cider (and cinnamon sugar on the rim if you're fancy and gross) Here in Glasgow, it's Tennents and Strongbow, sometimes with a dash of blackcurrant to colour it.
|
|
#
¿
Nov 5, 2013 03:29
|
|
|
A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:I was recently reading about coffee and read that cowboys on the trail made coffee by just putting grounds into a pot of boiling water and waiting for the grounds to settle. I tried it in a sauce pan and it works. Boil water, stir in grounds, wait 5 minutes, pour off liquid into mug. Perfectly clear coffee with way easier cleanup. This is what my parents taught me was called a 'stinger' and they picked it up in med school. It's great it you have ground coffee at work, but not sieve/strainer/cafetiere/etc. You need pretty course-ground coffee beans, though. Spoonful in the mug, boiling water, stir once, and let it settle. Persistently floating grounds can be coaxed to sink by stroking the surface with the back of the spoon or, in a pinch, tapping them with a fingertip smartly. Works a treat. You just have to be careful when you get to the bottom of the mug. Combine with a roll-up for a seriously early-morning-hangover vibe, if that's your thing. Recommended, personally.
|
|
#
¿
Dec 17, 2013 19:14
|
|
|
omnibobb posted:So I'm about to become a bachelor after 12 years of living with parents/military dorms/marriage as an adult. Take two weeks to sit in your underpants and listen to 80s rock records. After that, work out what you need to do to not feel like some kind of goon-cave scumbag, and do that regularly. Otherwise, everything you survey from the comfort of your sofa is yours, and rock that poo poo. Start cooking insanely complicated meals at 10pm involving steak (see thread for advice on the best way to cook steak!) and eat at 2am because why the gently caress not? Also: showerbeer. It will change your life.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 27, 2014 03:58
|
|
|
So yesterday, I went down to visit at mate of mine who lives in the same apartment block as me. He's moving house, so he's looking to get rid of a bunch of stuff, and let me have a root through his back room where all his junk is stored. I came away with an old keyboard, some 8.5kg dumbbells, a bunch of useful decorating equipment, a 5.1 surround sound system, and some booze. Quite a lot of booze. Turns out he went teetotal a few years back, and had some stuff left over that he was never going to drink. Here's a picture.  We have: almost full bottle of 12 year Highland Park; unopened 10 year Laphroig, a 2/3 full single cask Speyside single malt from the Whisky Appreciation society (which is 60% ABV and 20+ years old), a collection of 4 British ales, a surprise bottle of Hobgoblin, four bottles of Asahi Japanese beer, and sundry tiny bottles of random booze. All with a healthy layer of dust. I may be in prison come Monday... bachelor weekend mode engaged.
|
|
#
¿
May 9, 2014 12:44
|
|
|
Hayden posted:Awesome score on the Scotch, but toss the Asahi and don't expect too much from the other beers. Some beers benefit from aging, but most deteriorate pretty quickly past 3 months from packaging. Generally speaking, only stuff with double digit abv is going to hold up past about six months. The brewery I work for pulls our beer off the shelves after 120 days, for what it's worth. Had a couple of the Asahi last night, no ill effects. i'm well aware of what beer past its prime tastes like, so I'll go carefully. I mean, it's not like I don't have back-up booze, right?
|
|
#
¿
May 9, 2014 16:13
|
|
|
Wasabi the J posted:I'm still transfixed by this part. I'm hoping my pronouncement is merely tongue in cheek and I wake up in my own bedroom on Monday. Got some friends coming over, and it's likely to get... boozy.
|
|
#
¿
May 9, 2014 17:12
|
|
|
kastein posted:You can, and I have. You just have to use liquid nitrogen to freeze it. Pimpin' new av you've got there, pal. Bachelor Friday engaged: tobacco, Laphroig, trousers off, watching nerdy films.
|
|
#
¿
May 17, 2014 02:04
|
|
|
JEEVES420 posted:Beer cubes works wonders for warm beer. Vodka doesnt freeze, as been mentioned, and watered down vodka defeats the purpose. Ice cube shot glasses are the way to go. Or those whisky stone things — lumps of stone you freeze. I'll often order a single malt and a separate tumbler with just ice in it when I'm at a pub, so I can dunk the ice for thirty seconds and then pull it out again. Does the 'chill slightly' and 'drop of water' in one fell swoop.
|
|
#
¿
May 17, 2014 03:09
|
|
|
Zemyla posted:I was going to write Interesting! I've never used them (because  ) but that's a good read. Science: 1; pretentious wankers: 0.
|
|
#
¿
May 17, 2014 03:23
|
|
about whiskey stones, but
|
TheKingslayer posted:I'm curious. How do the rest of the bachelor crowd prevent drunk texting? Or do you just embrace it and let it ride? Comedy option: get too drunk to text. Serious answer: I don't know. I've not done it in years...
|
|
#
¿
May 17, 2014 04:08
|
|
|
Ensign Expendable posted:French toast and a pale ale is dinner, right? Absolutely. Mix it up with Guinness every so often for special occasions (or because your iron intake is low). Just got back from an excellent dinner at a friend's place. His wife went to bed early (they have a very young wee boy) and the two of us stayed up drinking wine and watching terrible sci-fi. I'm back at my place now, had some tea, got my tobacco, my 12 year Highland Park single malt, and it's time for yet another Firefly rerun on Netflix because 
|
|
#
¿
May 22, 2014 01:39
|
|
|
Jut finished 24 hours coding over 2 days. Now I have whisky and damnit I am getting drunk on a Tuesday night.
|
|
#
¿
May 28, 2014 02:53
|
|
|
kastein posted:Turns out bread goes from perfectly fine to moldy as gently caress basically overnight, so I just ate some peanut butter and jelly with a spoon. Not because I don't have any money, mostly because I didn't feel like getting off my rear end and going to buy more bread... Scrape the mould off.
|
|
#
¿
May 28, 2014 03:26
|
|
|
The recipe I'm cooking calls for a slotted spoon. I don't have a slotted spoon. I do, however, have a drill, a file, and some knackered drill bits that needed using up. Result: slotted spoon.  In the interests of safety, I'd like to reassure all concerned parties that safety
|
|
#
¿
May 30, 2014 19:05
|
|
|
JEEVES420 posted:why not just use a fork? What were you cooking? The obvious solution is seldom the most fun.
|
|
#
¿
May 30, 2014 19:52
|
|
|
kastein posted:I hope deburring was performed because that's going to hurt if you forget and eat off it sometime. Screaming and bleeding from the lips isn't very bachelor. Of course. Broke out the files immediately. Then again, it's a serving spoon, so I don't eat with it. JEEVES420 posted:The kind that finds the solution with least amount of work...lazy kind I guess. Cassoulet. It required spooning out 1/2 kilo of cannellini beans from a big pot of stock they'd been cooking in for an hour or so. Not fun with a fork, hence bachelor DIY madness.
|
|
#
¿
May 31, 2014 01:51
|
|
|
birdlaw posted:Only YOU can prevent bush fires. ...is the wisecrack I was going to make, but you sorta beat me.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 13, 2014 17:19
|
|
|
Outrail posted:Put a finger/face guard on that I don't see a problem with letting the kids mow the lawn. Nah, pseudo-industrial accidents are all part of the learning process.
|
|
#
¿
Aug 4, 2014 20:06
|
|
|
Weeeeellll its Friday night, it's my birthday, my mates are all busy/in different cities, so I've got two bottles of wine, some violent movies, and I am sorted.
|
|
#
¿
Aug 8, 2014 22:10
|
|
|
Drink and Fight posted:Famous Grouse is delicious. It's my go-to for flask filling. Aw man, I'm sorry you feel that way 
|
|
#
¿
Aug 26, 2014 01:11
|
|
|
Splizwarf posted:rice. You don't need to do that with brown rice — just 1:2 rice:water works a treat. To improve brown rice, the following: A glug or two of oil in the pan, LOTS of turmeric, heat it up until the turmeric just starts to sizzle. Chuck in the rice, mix it around until it's coated nice and yellow. Let it heat up nicely before dumping the water in. Bring to boil, then stick a lid on and put it on your smallest ring on its lowest setting. Leave for forty minutes. Shovel into face.
|
|
#
¿
Nov 7, 2014 00:39
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 18, 2024 22:13 |
|
|
The advantages of being a bachelor: head to my regular bar at midnight, have two slow drinks until they close at one, get two more free from the staff while you shoot the poo poo over a couple smokes until the staff leaves at half two. No one back home to complain. It helps to be self employed and working from home.
|
|
#
¿
Nov 7, 2014 03:55
|
|