RichVR
2963
So I worked at the Empire State Building for many years. This by itself could fill a book. But on the subject of long island iced tea.
We had a long week of demo in several offices. I was on the freight elevator that went all the way to the top. My buddy Smitty was on a lower one. The shit that they bought down in dumpsters was probably asbestos, rock and black iron. It was a shitshow.
So Smitty and I decided to go immediately down to the overpriced bar in the building. Hannigans? Hooligans? I don’t recall.
Picture the scene. I am a six foot white guy. Smitty was almost seven feet tall. I may be exaggerating.
Anyway, Smitty ordered a beer. I ordered a LOIT. Dude was amazed at the number of liquors poured into the shaker. Honestly they were not that strong.
So I ordered about six of seven of them. Maybe ten, who knows? And then Smitty and I parted company as we had different trains to catch.
The next day at work I heard Smitty talking to another guy about me. So I asked him why.
He said, “Damn mon. You drink so much of dat stuff. You don’t get drunk. You crazy mon. You crazy.”
Tman
2964
Is that in chapter 22 or 23 of your book?
Nesrie
2965
Agreed. Rich just start writing. People are going to be interested; they already are.
I found out a couple of weeks ago that my (previously) infertile wife was pregnant. That was fine news in and of itself, but today at her first doctor’s appointment, we found out that there are actually two babies in there! I’m going to have twins! I figure there aren’t many times in a person’s life they get to hear that, so I’m a few scotches deep, thanks to a tasting set a friend gave me for Christmas. Happy Monday!
W00T! Astounding news! Enjoy your scotches, and then enjoy the uninterrupted sleep you will have afterwards even more. Except you don’t know to savor that bit yet or how rare it will be in 12 months.
Tman
2969
Whoa! That is wonderful news. Congrats!
RichVR
2972
Woot. Yay and such. Congrats!
I’m so happy for you. Congratulations!
Relish that time with the children; it goes so fast. You have been given a rare gift, my friend.
RichVR
2976
Now tell him about diapers. :) Seriously, he needs to know. That is many rare gifts.
I keed. Not.
Skipper
2977
Representing tonight. I’m 3 in and the missus told me we’re having her coworkers over after her shift. FWIW, service folks are on a different level of drinking than us mere mortals. Please check up on me tomorrow.
Proud father of twins here. They are cool. Mine have been best buddies forever and never fought all that much. The bonus is they keep each other amused when little, so a slight reducement in parenting. The minus is when one cries it sets the other off when little, so a bit more parenting is then required.
I have looked for one of those weird psychic things twins are supposed to have, but mine have never reported anything like that. I suspect it’s just a myth.
Nesrie
2979
It’s not a myth. We just don’t all portray our secrets in the weirdest ways possible like they show on TV.
I haven’t seen any personal evidence of it in my twins, and I have asked them. Perhaps in other twins they have that psychic connection. Until we have science to back it up, we have to rely on anectdotal evidence. As a father of twins, I have none.
Nesrie
2981
Here is what I know: when we were very young, we developed our own language prior to learning actual English. I know my parents aren’t lying because we had actual tapes of this before they were lost to the fire. I can’t play party games with her because while we don’t ready minds… good luck winning any game where we have to guess what each other is thinking. There is not enough wood in the world to cover the jinx issue either.
Also, I refuse to tell my parents all our secrets heh. I mean they recorded us without us knowing as kids!
My twins never quite developed twinspeak, but they did abbreviate speech a bit to where it became harder for me to understand it. I never mentioned this to them but it was a thing.
They may often sense what the other is feeling but there has never been one of those weird things where one is injured miles away and the other feels the same pain. That’s the kind of myth or possible myth I was thinking of. That never has happened for them. I of course hope it never does.
