Things you should know by now, but only just discovered

It sounds like you guys don’t have enough moxie. The original Moxie is an acquired taste. I like it, but I’m an oddball. It’s a ginseng and herbal soda.

The other flavors are just fruit flavored sugar water.

Hrdina wrote:

My dad grew up in Riverside, home of Boost. I grew up 3 towns away. The inventor (Ben Faunce) is supposed to be a cousin of mine, although I don't actually have proof of that.

Growing up, I lived in Burlington, Edgewater Park, Delran, and Delanco. Basically, everywhere BUT Riverside, but I spent a lot of time at the ball fields in Riverside and at Riverside Lanes.

This is a (dusty) shelf in my game room:

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-BEP

Moxie sounds like a made-up carbonated beverage in a Fallout-style post-retro video game.

"A man chooses, a slave obeys! Drink Moxie!"

Moxie's special flavor is gentian root, not ginseng. Ginseng would be an improvement.

fenomas wrote:

Moxie sounds like a made-up carbonated beverage in a Fallout-style post-retro video game.

"A man chooses, a slave obeys! Drink Moxie!"

Moxie, a beverage found predominantly in Maine, is in fact the clear inspiration for the "Vim" beverage that takes the place of Nuka Cola in the "Far Harbor" (Bar Harbor/Acadia/Mount Desert Island) expansion for Fallout 4.

You can find it all over New England, though, especially in the smaller towns and cities. It's something I drink when I'm there but don't seek out elsewhere. Like Coffee Brandy. (Which is, to be fair, a scourge upon the face of the earth...)

bepnewt wrote:
Hrdina wrote:

My dad grew up in Riverside, home of Boost. I grew up 3 towns away. The inventor (Ben Faunce) is supposed to be a cousin of mine, although I don't actually have proof of that.

Growing up, I lived in Burlington, Edgewater Park, Delran, and Delanco. Basically, everywhere BUT Riverside, but I spent a lot of time at the ball fields in Riverside and at Riverside Lanes.

This is a (dusty) shelf in my game room:

IMAGE(https://i.imgur.com/l5LJSC9.jpg)

Yes, we had a couple of those mixing bottles with the line for syrup. I haven't had any of that in a long time (trying to not have so much sugar). I grew up in Riverton; my mom still lives in Cinnaminson (near where Clover used to be).

Depending upon when you were there, we may have met on the ball fields. I played baseball & soccer for years, and Riverside tended to be one of our bitter enemies (since we were both among the smaller schools).

All this obscure beverage talk is making me remember a regional obscurity, that I remember drinking as a kid as I ran around rural Kentucky in the 80s, SKI.

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Pure cane sugar? Like, simple syrup?

Robear wrote:

Pure cane sugar? Like, simple syrup? ;-)

Perfect for mixing cocktails, right?

...what I was hoping, yeah...

I'm not sure I should have known this by now, but apparently Ye Oldenne Times were not "Ye", they were just "The", spelled with a thorn (Þ). Printers who didn't have that in their typeset, however, used a variant of Y, and once the thorn dropped out of usage, we were left with "Ye".

Does that mean Kanye is actually Kanth?

That would be "Kan-The" lol.

Yeah, and "you" should actually be "thou", the same lexigraphical transformation happened there.

Or Theezus

BadKen wrote:

Or Theezus

Gesundheit

The rabies vaccine is just a series of four shots in the deltoid muscle (plus a couple shots of immunoglobulin to kick start some protection) instead of 13 or more deep in the abdomen. Those went out some time in the 80s.

Also, the gloves you think are thick enough to protect you when handling a stray cat are probably not thick enough.

In case anyone was wondering.

FeralMonkey wrote:

The rabies vaccine is just a series of four shots in the deltoid muscle (plus a couple shots of immunoglobulin to kick start some protection) instead of 13 or more deep in the abdomen. Those went out some time in the 80s.

Also, the gloves you think are thick enough to protect you when handling a stray cat are probably not thick enough.

In case anyone was wondering.

I typically use construction gloves when I need to put my cat Joséphine in her carrier. Saved my skin many times.

Theezus Christ!

edit: oh and I think we would be hard pressed to find any gloves that can protect against cat claws that aren't metal.

bobbywatson wrote:
FeralMonkey wrote:

The rabies vaccine is just a series of four shots in the deltoid muscle (plus a couple shots of immunoglobulin to kick start some protection) instead of 13 or more deep in the abdomen. Those went out some time in the 80s.

Also, the gloves you think are thick enough to protect you when handling a stray cat are probably not thick enough.

In case anyone was wondering.

I typically use construction gloves when I need to put my cat Joséphine in her carrier. Saved my skin many times.

I usually have to wrap my cat up in a blanket and shove it all into the carrier. I have had him like 90% in and he has managed to fight his way out because I am afraid forcing the issue will result in him getting injured.

Sounds like a market opportunity to me. Spray sedative for cats.

Fangblackbone wrote:

Theezus Christ!

And now all I can think of is Mr. Slave...

The last 3 times I've tried to put my cat in the carrier she has lost bladder control all over me and herself. One was during a building evacuation, so I didn't even stop to change my clothes afterwards. Cat pee doesn't get better the longer you wear it.

That people have trouble using cat carriers = thread title. Just start them young with some nice short trips where they can see you, you pet them, and they can see out the windows as you drive, they'll love using them.

We keep ours out with the gate open in a corner of the living room and our cats take naps in it sometimes.

It helps. But they still get a little worked up forcing them into it.

Keithustus wrote:

That people have trouble using cat carriers = thread title. Just start them young with some nice short trips where they can see you, you pet them, and they can see out the windows as you drive, they'll love using them.

So... I guess I should take the tape loop of barking dogs out of my cat carrier then.

Yeah some cats just never acclimate. I had two such cats.

Although one did condition himself to puke 10 minute away from any destination. Didn't matter if it was a 10 minute or 4 hour trip. Puke 10 minutes away.

My fiance had all three of our cats in her car when we moved. It is only a 15 minute drive between the old condo and our house but she describes it as 15 minutes of pure hell with the two male cats wailing the whole trip. Funny thing was they didn't want to leave the carriers when we got them to the new house. Our female cat Edna came right out and started exploring when we opened hers but it took Dexter like 15 minutes and Henry an hour to venture forth and then they just went and hid under the bed.

Jayne is played by a Baldwin (not a brother but a cousin). Watched the movie, My Bodyguard and I'm like, hey, that's Jayne. I also thought I saw Johnny from Karate Kid but it wasn't him. It's always fun to watch old movies and see young stars.

For me it was The Goonies* -- young Thanos/Cable and young Sam Gamgee! Plus even-younger-than-Lost-Boys Corey Feldman for the hat trick.

* Yeah, I know, point and laugh. I'm trying to catch up on the classics I missed.