What i did on July 4th 2010...

[GoldenRivet]

Add your story below :woot:

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My wife and i went to the in laws house where the family reunion on her side was being held. Linked up with some of our very own soldiers and played some games on the wii, card games, had a bunch of beers.

Then we headed out to a local park where all the baseball and soccer (football) fields were opened up to the general public for setting up chairs, blankets etc.

There we tossed the pigskin until it got dark. i wondered at 5am why my arm hurt... then it dawned on me; 31 year old playing quarterback for a bunch of 12 - 20 year olds. Though im a defense man myself, i understand the passing game well... and i must say its amazing the pass rush a group of 13 year olds bring

After dark we settled in for the massive fireworks show put on partly by the city. Lasted about 45 minutes. Then we sort of all headed our separate ways.

lots of fun.

[AVGWarhawk]

Crabs and beer at my house. Oh and beer. :DL

[GoldenRivet]

Crabs and beer at my house. Oh and beer. :DL

very nice. blue crab? king crab? body crab?

[Sailor Steve]

Didn't do much of anything. Posted here, watched A More Perfect Union, a TV movie about the creation of the Constitution (don't have any about the Declaration), ate pizza and played SH.

[GoldenRivet]

Didn't do much of anything.... Posted here... ate pizza and played SH.

So...




what i usually call monday then? :haha:

[Jimbuna]

Crabs and beer at my house. Oh and beer. :DL


What den of iniquity are you living in that gives visitors and guests crabs? :hmmm::o

:03:

[krashkart]

I came home from work and caught up with an old friend. We had too much rain here for fireworks.

[thorn69]

Lets see...

I urinated blood with large clots about 25 times yesterday (felt like I was pissing razorblades) and screamed in sheer agony all while being doped up on hydrocodone 10-650 and UTA capsules. Had a kidney stone last Monday and tried to pass it but it was pronged and it got stuck in my urinary tract (HURT LIKE A __FILL IN THE BLANK__!!!!). It was only 3mm but to a guy it might as well been a football coated in spines!

Eventually, I had to have surgery which went well but it left a stint with a very irritating string hanging out of my manhood (it's sort of cool because it comes out when I pee and then goes back in about a minute later) to be pulled out by the doctor sometime tomorrow.

In a way, I'm horrified since they won't knock me out when they pull this thing out, but it's so uncomfortable to have it in, I'm just about on the verge of pulling it out myself. So yeah, it's been an eventful 4th I'd say. Not exactly what I was hoping for, but at least I haven't had to go back to work for over a week. :rock:

[Jimbuna]

Lets see...

I urinated blood with large clots about 25 times yesterday (felt like I was pissing razorblades) and screamed in sheer agony all while being doped up on hydrocodone 10-650 and UTA capsules. Had a kidney stone last Monday and tried to pass it but it was pronged and it got stuck in my urinary tract (HURT LIKE A __FILL IN THE BLANK__!!!!). It was only 3mm but to a guy it might as well been a football coated in spines!

Eventually, I had to have surgery which went well but it left a stint with a very irritating string hanging out of my manhood (it's sort of cool because it comes out when I pee and then goes back in about a minute later) to be pulled out by the doctor sometime tomorrow.

In a way, I'm horrified since they won't knock me out when they pull this thing out, but it's so uncomfortable to have it in, I'm just about on the verge of pulling it out myself. So yeah, it's been an eventful 4th I'd say. Not exactly what I was hoping for, but at least I haven't had to go back to work for over a week. :rock:


Good luck with that :up:

Had me cross-eyed just reading it :o

[thorn69]

Good luck with that :up:

Had me cross-eyed just reading it :o

The pain was so intense I threw-up until I passed out about 5 times when I had the stone in me. I was begging the rescue squad to shoot me on the way to the hospital. I had to spend 2 hours in sheer hell in the triage center of the hospital without any pain medicine at all until they could cat-scan and x-ray me to figure out what was wrong. No matter which way I rolled around on the bed I was in pain. I eventually settled for the fetal position before throwing up and passing out!

I'm convinced that it's THE WORST pain anybody could ever go through. Even women have said they'd rather go into full blown child labor naturally then to have to pass another stone. The way I see it - Women want to have kids - NOBODY wants a stone!

Besides, my wife just had our first boy about 3 weeks ago and she got the benefit of actually having a kid out of all her misery. All I got was a rock! On the bright side, somebody sent me some flowers and a balloon that said, "It's a STONE!!!" It was hilarious but it hurt too much to laugh. :woot::wah:

[Tchocky]

I studied, it was hella-patriotic :/

watched Fargo in the evening though, so I got a little America into the day :)

[GoldenRivet]

Lets see...

I urinated blood with large clots about 25 times yesterday (felt like I was pissing razorblades) and screamed in sheer agony all while being doped up on hydrocodone 10-650 and UTA capsules. Had a kidney stone last Monday and tried to pass it but it was pronged and it got stuck in my urinary tract (HURT LIKE A __FILL IN THE BLANK__!!!!). It was only 3mm but to a guy it might as well been a football coated in spines!

Eventually, I had to have surgery which went well but it left a stint with a very irritating string hanging out of my manhood (it's sort of cool because it comes out when I pee and then goes back in about a minute later) to be pulled out by the doctor sometime tomorrow.

In a way, I'm horrified since they won't knock me out when they pull this thing out, but it's so uncomfortable to have it in, I'm just about on the verge of pulling it out myself. So yeah, it's been an eventful 4th I'd say. Not exactly what I was hoping for, but at least I haven't had to go back to work for over a week. :rock:




i dont know what else to say except what first comes to mind... and that is:




Jesus




H.





Christ


:o:o

[krashkart]

thorn69: holy smoked carp on a polearm... it hurt just to read that. Even my lower abdomen is saying "Ow ow ow ow ow owww!!". :o

[Aramike]

Lotsa food and alcohol at Summerfest here in Milwaukee.

[Jimbuna]

On the bright side, somebody sent me some flowers and a balloon that said, "It's a STONE!!!" It was hilarious but it hurt too much to laugh. :woot::wah:

LOL.....I have a mate who went in for vein clearance due to bad circulation in his lower legs and one of his feet, someone sent him a single slipper in a gift wrapped box :DL

[UnderseaLcpl]

:oGeez, thorn, I hope you get better soon.

Makes me feel bad to say I spent most of the day on Lake Texoma with my dad and my little sister. It was a beautiful day for sailing, though. We anchored off one of the islands to watch the fireworks show and light a few of our own before going back to the marina for the dock party.

If it makes you feel better, I didn't get any beer at the party (babysitting) and we ran aground twice(shoulders still aching from rocking the boat off sandbars). We also broke our jib furler in big gust:cry:

[thorn69]

LOL.....I have a mate who went in for vein clearance due to bad circulation in his lower legs and one of his feet, someone sent him a single slipper in a gift wrapped box :DL

A little humor in these situations is actually nice. I didn't mind the balloons or flowers. I wanted to laugh about it all myself but it just hurt too much. I got a string hanging out of my boy for God's sakes! It's like a mangina!!! How ridiculous is THAT!! HAHAHA!!! :rotfl2:

[thorn69]

:oGeez, thorn, I hope you get better soon.

Makes me feel bad to say I spent most of the day on Lake Texoma with my dad and my little sister. It was a beautiful day for sailing, though. We anchored off one of the islands to watch the fireworks show and light a few of our own before going back to the marina for the dock party.

If it makes you feel better, I didn't get any beer at the party (babysitting) and we ran aground twice(shoulders still aching from rocking the boat off sandbars). We also broke our jib furler in big gust:cry:

That sucks man! Running aground is not good! Did it do damage to your boat?

[krashkart]

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/scruthut/fireworks.jpg

[thorn69]

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/scruthut/fireworks.jpg


That's so wrong! :rotfl2:

[UnderseaLcpl]

That sucks man! Running aground is not good! Did it do damage to your boat?

Nah, it was just mud, and the boat has a swing-keel configuration. We've damaged it by hitting submerged rocks before but I'm sure you don't want hear about any subject like that for a long time:DL

[Torvald Von Mansee]

Well, I visited my mother at the rehab place, and then came home. The end.

[thorn69]

Nah, it was just mud, and the boat has a swing-keel configuration. We've damaged it by hitting submerged rocks before but I'm sure you don't want hear about any subject like that for a long time:DL


Yeah, no more rock stories! :o

Glad your boat is not messed up though! :up:

[nikimcbee]

Crabs and beer at my house. Oh and beer. :DL

Sounds fun:woot: The only crab is dungeness crab though.:D

[AVGWarhawk]

very nice. blue crab? king crab? body crab?


Yes....:O:

Blue crab. Got a bushel and 2 cases of beer. :03:

[AVGWarhawk]

What den of iniquity are you living in that gives visitors and guests crabs? :hmmm::o

:03:

I call it home. :DL

[AVGWarhawk]

Sounds fun:woot: The only crab is dungeness crab though.:D


I like all kinds of crabs really. In fact, seafood in general I like a lot. :yeah:

[Jimbuna]

I like all kinds of crabs really. In fact, seafood in general I like a lot. :yeah:


Me too...especially fish fingers :DL:03:

[Sailor Steve]

Fish have fingers? :o

[frau kaleun]

Fish have fingers? :o

If chickens have nuggets, anything's possible.

[Sailor Steve]

If chickens have nuggets, anything's possible.
True. I'm told buffalo have wings.

[Jimbuna]

Fish have fingers? :o

You probably call them something else over on your side of the pond :DL


http://www.fastmoving.co.za/fmcg-suppliers/fishing/i-j/i-j/fish-finger/IJ-Omega-3.jpg

[krashkart]

We call those 'fish sticks'. :yep:

[Jimbuna]

We call those 'fish sticks'. :yep:

Ah, right :yep:

[AVGWarhawk]

Me too...especially fish fingers :DL:03:

We like to bread and fry fillets in our cast iron pot. Good stuff!

[krashkart]

Crab, crawfish, lobster, homemade fish fry... man, I hate being landlocked! :shifty:

[Sailor Steve]

You probably call them something else over on your side of the pond :DL
I have a fairly good handle on our respective terminologies. I was just havin' fun with yas.

And I hate fish. :O:

[frau kaleun]

And I hate fish. :O:

:o

But there's nothing like a nice big cod fillet, properly battered and deep-fried, drizzled with fresh lemon juice and malt vinegar...

[thorn69]

UPDATE:

Just got back from the doc's office and had my stent removed. My pecker burns a bit when I pee, but I feel like a new man overall and feel soooo friggin relieved! :sunny:

I'm just so glad that it's over! I might be peeing blood and clots for a few more days, maybe a week, but I can deal with that. My blood is discolored anyways because of the UTA drugs I'm taking to cleanse my kidneys. Looks like a dark green/turquoise/alien blood color. So it's cool to look at in the potty and helps bypass the image of normal blood and the reality of it all which makes me want to pass out.

Did it hurt when I had the stent removed? Yeah, but it was real quick. He stuck some sort of contraption down my pecker and dropped a long metal cord down it that had a small hook. The hook grabbed the string I mentioned earlier and with a very quick tug, he ripped the stent out of me. Burned real bad for a second or two and that was it. Then I got a shot of something in my butt and got some pills to take to help relieve some of the pissing razor blades feeling I'm going to have to endure for a few days.

Anyways, I just had to ask the female nurse in there with the doc during the procedure what she thought of my you-know-what. I was like, you see a lot of these things come in here right? She said several time a day - everyday with a cute smile! So before I really asked her anything she knew what I was going to ask and she said mine was the "perfect size"! :yeah:

I mean, I just wanted to know if my wife had just been flattering me for the last 10 years! :rotfl2:

[Tchocky]

Crab, crawfish, lobster, homemade fish fry... man, I hate being landlocked! :shifty:

New England clam chowder. Bread bowl. Forever

[UnderseaLcpl]

New England clam chowder. Bread bowl. Forever

You eat mollusks!? Eeeeewwww!

Personally, I can't stand the thought of eating a living piece of mucous, but hey, bon appetite:up:

[krashkart]

:o

But there's nothing like a nice big cod fillet, properly battered and deep-fried, drizzled with fresh lemon juice and malt vinegar...

Mmmm-hmmm... :up:

Hadn't ever tried fish with a vinegar of any kind though. :hmmm:

[AVGWarhawk]

New England clam chowder. Bread bowl. Forever


:yeah:

Cream of crab in the bread bowl is quite nice!

[krashkart]

:yeah:

Cream of crab in the bread bowl is quite nice!

Bread bowl soups are the best on really cold nights. :sunny:

[Platapus]

Bread bowl soups are the best on really cold nights. :sunny:

May I recommend a girlfriend as an alternative? :D:D:D

Bread bowls are nice but............

[Sailor Steve]

:o

But there's nothing like a nice big cod fillet, properly battered and deep-fried, drizzled with fresh lemon juice and malt vinegar...
Well, hate is a strong word. I've eaten all kinds of fish, including shark. My mom used to grill a great catfish.

It's just something I don't actively pursue. Like Chinese.

[Platapus]

:o

But there's nothing like a nice big cod fillet, properly battered and deep-fried, drizzled with fresh lemon juice and malt vinegar...

Well, hate is a strong word. I've eaten all kinds of fish, including shark. My mom used to grill a great catfish.

It's just something I don't actively pursue. Like Chinese.

It should be your patriotic duty to eat Cod on Independence Day.

Check out

Kurlansky, M., (1998) Cod: A biography of the Fish that Changed the World

(Which is actually a pretty interesting book)

[Jimbuna]

I have a fairly good handle on our respective terminologies. I was just havin' fun with yas.



Are yous sure?

I'm well aware you Americans take everything you read and hear literally :DL

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/5305/fishfingers800.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/i/fishfingers800.jpg/)

[Jimbuna]

Anyways, I just had to ask the female nurse in there with the doc during the procedure what she thought of my you-know-what. I was like, you see a lot of these things come in here right? She said several time a day - everyday with a cute smile! So before I really asked her anything she knew what I was going to ask and she said mine was the "perfect size"! :yeah:

I mean, I just wanted to know if my wife had just been flattering me for the last 10 years! :rotfl2:

That nurse is my wifes cousin and she was on the phone in fits of hysterics, we found it hard to understand what she was saying but she did make reference to "something the size of a cocktail sausage" :O:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/08_02/cocktailMENSYN_228x363.jpg

[frau kaleun]

Mmmm-hmmm... :up:

Hadn't ever tried fish with a vinegar of any kind though. :hmmm:

I never liked tartar sauce so once I learned to put lemon on fish that was my favorite when I could get it... until malt vinegar.

My dad learned to eat fish'n'chips with malt vinegar in England during the war but we never had it around here, until an "Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips" place opened up nearby. They had malt vinegar in little packets like fast food ketchup. I tried it because he was using it and OMG I loved it.

They closed down after a bit but most of the fast food fish places here still have it on the condiment stand. And the int'l market here carries bottles of it imported from the UK (and maybe other places, altho I haven't looked for it outside the UK aisles). I imagine it's way better than what comes in thost l'il fast food packets.

Maybe some of the Brits here could recommend a preferred brand?

[AVGWarhawk]

Yep, Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips. :up: I would eat there when I was a kid. I do not have a restaurant local now. The malt vinegar made the meal. The good old days.....

[frau kaleun]

Yep, Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips. :up: I would eat there when I was a kid. I do not have a restaurant local now. The malt vinegar made the meal. The good old days.....

I don't know if it's just a case of "grumble grumble things were better in the olds days" but it seems like AT's was soooo much better than what's around now. Long John Silver's and Captain D's is what we have here.

Even LJS doesn't seem as good as it used to be, I worked in one for a couple years just out of high school and I remember it being much better back then than it is now.

[AVGWarhawk]

I have not tried a Long Johns. To be honest, I have not had malt vinegar on fish since Arthur Treacher's. I just might get a bottle when we have our next fish fry. :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

I never liked tartar sauce so once I learned to put lemon on fish that was my favorite when I could get it... until malt vinegar.

Maybe some of the Brits here could recommend a preferred brand?

When I was living in Holland alone I'd fly home every second weekend and take a dozen bottles of tartar sauce back for the cloggies, they loved the stuff.

As for malt vinegar, there are many brands available here in the UK but the Buna household prefer Sarsan's.

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I have not tried a Long Johns. To be honest, I have not had malt vinegar on fish since Arthur Treacher's. I just might get a bottle when we have our next fish fry. :hmmm:

Tis a taste to behold Chris :yeah:

Nobody has mentioned the other half of the condiment accompaniment....salt :hmmm:

[thorn69]

That nurse is my wifes cousin and she was on the phone in fits of hysterics, we found it hard to understand what she was saying but she did make reference to "something the size of a cocktail sausage" :O:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/08_02/cocktailMENSYN_228x363.jpg


Where is the middle finger emoticon?! :stare:

[Jimbuna]

Where is the middle finger emoticon?! :stare:

Middle finger eh?

That would probably be a good alternative to show the true dimensional size...yes :rotfl2:

:03:

[krashkart]

I love how these threads sometimes become cultural exchanges. :DL

So... the Buna household prefers Sarson's malt vinegar, FK first turned me on to the idea, and both she and AVG have mentioned it several times. One more thing to add to the grocery list this week, and a quest for the pickled herring. Thanks everyone. :up:


There used to be a brand of pickled prawns that I loved but the company that made them went out of business. Anyone here have experience with pickling shrimp? :ping:

[AVGWarhawk]

Pickled herring:up: I usually get some during the New Year celebration.

[frau kaleun]

Pickled herring:up: I usually get some during the New Year celebration.

I was at my sister's house watching one of those "guy travels around the world and tries weird food" shows. They were somewhere in Northern Europe - Amsterdam maybe? - and were out in the morning with their local guide buying pickled herring from some stand in a market.

The local dude mentioned that they were considered a good "cure" for a morning-after hangover by the Dutch/Germans etc.

My sister looks at her husband and says, "THAT'S why your parents always wanted pickled fish for breakfast on New Year's Day!"

[frau kaleun]

FK first turned me on to the idea

Just as a disclaimer, I also enjoy drinking the juice (brine?) straight out of jars of dill pickles. So, you know, my taste buds...

In short, YMMV.

At least I don't drink the juice out of olive jars like one of my relatives. Cuz that would be gross.

[Gerald]

i dont know what else to say except what first comes to mind... and that is:




Jesus




H.





Christ


:o:o America is merciful!

[krashkart]

Just as a disclaimer, I also enjoy drinking the juice (brine?) straight out of jars of dill pickles. So, you know, my taste buds...

In short, YMMV.

At least I don't drink the juice out of olive jars like one of my relatives. Cuz that would be gross.

Olive juice - I always reserve it for a good chug after the olives go into the spaghetti sauce. :up: Dill pickle juice I'm not so sure about, I've never tried it. :hmmm:

I better be careful. I don't want the reputation of the "guy who'll eat anything". There is, after all, surströmming and hákarl... :o

[Jimbuna]

A different type of pickle but one I wonder can you get in the states...Piccalilli? :hmmm:



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