Yeah, I don't think this is the case anymore, but I remember my husband having a bottle from each year they made it, and then he had a "vertical tasting" with one of his buddies-- yes, they are beer geeks! It may have looked like soy sauce, but it tastes more like maple syrup. I remember that we couldn't find it in Georgia or North Carolina while we lived there, but Delaware and Pennsylvania always had it in stock (and I'm sure Massachusetts too). His dad always had to buy it for us on trips and then ship it to us.

Okay, so why again are we all poor?? Wal-Mart purchases, cd purchases, alcohol purchases and kitchen remodels aside... maybe we're all just morally bankrupt??

Yeah, the kitchen is nice and all but check out my living room...

In my case I think moral bankruptcy is WELL documented (just see the thread about Dat Wave if you have any questions)

I could say its because I'm unemploed/unemployable, but even when I am working, I'm always broke. I'm just a reprbate and there's nothing anyone can do about it.

I remain poor because I have no competitive drive, haven't left an economically depressed area, run through cycles of debt created by mentally ill family members whom I foolishly allow into my life, and because things cost a damn lot.

Oh, and the CDs. Yeah, those too.

Once ended up winning a "Buck Rogers And The Planet Of Zoom" original arcade video game on eBay. Kept it for two years then donated it to a special ed summer camp.

Who needs to get drunk?

I was doing fine financially until I got married.

That's no joke.

dana that kitchen is awesome, and I'm an architect

that's pretty cool that you have your avatar hanging in the room

Um.. I work there...


But, to save face, I'm only nineteen, I started when I was in highschool, I work at an indie record shop to balance out the evil of Wal-Mart and I'm quitting in a few weeks.

Because instead of catching up on my bills, I buy





and about 20 dvd's and cd's in the past 2 weeks.

You're encroaching on my decrees, woman. Lay off the perversity. That's my turf on this here web-board.

Apparently, life ain' nothin' but bitches or money.

Dana, the kitchen looks awesome.

I'm poor because of CDs and being stupid with credit cards a few years ago.

so you can kinda feel my pain right? The house was built in 1908, so there were a lot of interesting "work-around" remodel projects done in the house after that, which caused us some grief during this project (see: stairs). It was cool seeing the old materials after we did demo though. We pulled a lot of old nails that are not made anymore, and the wood used for structure was definitely different than what people use today. On one of the pictures, there is a tiny bottle sitting on our sink window sill, and we found that behind one of the walls (along with a Barbie shoe, a petrified SuperBall and a late 70s Olympia beer can). My husband put a beer bottle and a newspaper behind one of the walls before they sheetrocked. We also kept our mini-disco ball that we had hanging from the ceiling fan before.

Great kitchen Dana, ya'll should be really proud of it.

Kudos to your hubby for the newspaper idea. Nice.

As to what I spend my money on....hmmmm.......honestly most of my disposable income goes to cd's, movies, going out (and all that that entails), eating out, and beer/liquor. I rarely buy new clothes, I usually wait for birthdays or Christmas and ask for gift certs. I treated myself to a new computer last year which was the first big thing I have purchased since I bought my car 3 years ago.

I'm about to have to get my heat/air vents in my car fixed and get a filling at the dentist so I'm about to get screwed.

Derris goes to the dentist for a filling and a drilling.

*rim shot*

Speaking as someone who has a kitching so small my wife and I can't stand in it at the same time, your kitching looks great to me!

That microwave under the counter is neat.

**and this, friends, is how people with more drive than (man called) aerodynamics live**

Wait a second... Is this a real film (parody)? Is there really an adult movie titled Tilly Goes to the Dentist for a Filling and a Drilling?

The phrase came up a handful of times in the various Lewis Grizzard pieces I read, as they were accumulated in anthology and such populating the humour self at Walden's and Barnes n' Nobley, but I can't for the life of me believe that the phrase/title in question is an actual porno.

Speaking as someone who has one of those hallway sized kitchens (2 people in the kitchen is not feasible), I am completely jealous.

Ah...the real reason comes out.

I love your kitchen, Dana. Why do I get the feeling you and your husband were on Queer Eye for the Married Couple?

Oh and by the way, your husband is quite the cutey.