No more Mr. Nice Guy (that's me)

[Bruno_78]

I've been noticing a trend lately that people think that they can pick on Mr. Bruno and get away with it! Well, I'm here to tell you,

I will not go quietly into the night, I will prevail, youth always wins out over experience, and you can take that to the bank!

I have spent the last several years of my life getting to know myself, and I've come to one conclusion.

Uh...I don't remember what it was right now, but it was profound, and it had great relevence to this situation.

Years ago, when I was the subject of the school bully, I asked myself how I was going to go through life letting other people decide the route I took home. After that, I picked up a large nut, and hurled it at that bully. (true story) Of course, after that, I took off running in the other direction. But that doesn't apply here.

Now, after years of reflection and two college degrees started and not finished, I've decided that I want to finish my studies in the chemical sciences. Beer has inspired me to do this, and will continue to be the main motivation in finishing the degree. I work more than full time, I don't really have any financial means to accomplish this goal, and I don't remember a lick about chemistry.

None the less, I'm going to do this, and then no one will be able to pick on me again.

In the mean time, keep it coming, 'cause it's funny as hell, and I can dish it as well as I can take it!

And that's my editorial for the evening.

[BluesHarp]

Originally posted by Bruno_78
youth always wins out over experience, and you can take that to the bank!



au' contraire!! Youth will always lose out to old age and treachery!

They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks...but don't you dare turn your back on him!

That was very funny stuff, by the way! :D

[b3s]

Originally posted by Bruno_78
I will not go quietly into the night, I will prevail, youth always wins out over experience, and you can take that to the bank!


just remember butch, the older the ram, the stiffer the horn ;)

[Bruno_78]

The confident ram uses not his horn to denudate his path.

[Concrete Blonde]

Originally posted by BluesHarp
They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks...but don't you dare turn your back on him!


Old dog speaking here...what the *!#@*$@#! do you PUPS know anyway?

Bruno: I think you deserve a gold star for the day for that post. Note: this doesn't mean I won't pick on you, but I will expect an equally respectable, sarcastic, witty comeback in return.

Don't turn your back on me ;)

[Tweek]

I admire the spunk.

That being said, I dont envy you. I set out to do a biochem degree and let me tell you, the classes, well lets just say they are not all about beer and fermentation. I felt cheated. I switched to something easier, like business. :D

I hope you have better luck than I.

[b3s]

Originally posted by Bruno_78
The confident ram uses not his horn to denudate his path.

:rolleyes: these young kids these days with their mtv and nose picking avatars and crazy ideas...

[b3s]

heh, just to set the record wrong for the final time: i don't have any degrees, either (college was boring) and appear to be semi-successful without having to actually stoop to work (paraphrased quote from the same movie the ram quote came from :p)

[Bruno_78]

Sorry, No respectable, sarcastic, or witty response right now. (one will surely be on the way)


And Tweek, I don't envy myself either. I just hope I get through it without many injuries, either mental or physical.

I just finished an email to the department head at the university expressing my interest in continuing. I hope it's received well.

[b3s]

good luck with that!

[Bruno_78]

I've been semi-successful myself, and I have no complaints about my current employment status. I make a decent living, I work for a generous family who has all but taken me in, my job is my hobby (I work in a motorcycle parts and accessories store).

I always wanted to get my life "started", and I just didn't have time to wait for college to be over. Now, I've got my house, I've got my motorcycle, I've established my life, and I don't know why I was is such a hurry for all this.

I've really been a bit of a bump on a log for the last couple years. Now I feel that at 26, I need to do something, or else I'm going to rot with that log. Mom always said to finish school while I was there, that it would be a lot easier then.

Once again, and I won't let her hear this, she was right. The only difference is that back then I was doing it all for her, now I'm doing it for me.

[b3s]

amen to that! maybe even a hell yeah ;)

[Tweek]

let me tell you something though.

Going back to school rocks. There are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooo many nice things to look at ;)

[brewmonkey]

There is always the route I took...

Get a job brewing beer.

Develop sondylolisthesis/Spondylolisis at L5/S1 (or any other level if you really want to be different).

Have surgery to correct said defect (4 screws, 2 rods, 1 steel cage, 2 fused vertebra and a lamenectomy)

Develop Adhesive Arachnoiditis from having 9 epdiurals, 1 myleogram and the above surgery.

Fill out disability paperwork and sit back and relax.

The only thing I would caution against is the arachnoiditis. There is NO CURE and you WILL spend most of the rest of your life in constant pain.

Good news about the pain, it really cuts down on the beer budget as you spend most of your day on some form of pain med like hydrocodone or duragesic patches. Neither go well with beer.:mad:

The sit back and relax thing is also a joke as there is not really any position that is comfortable with arachnoiditis.

Another plus is I am home to see my wife all the time and drive her up the wall!!!

Of course I did get a sweet laptop computer out of the deal. She got tired of my 20,000 questions and constant asking "will you run me to Barnes & Nobles? I finished my 3rd book this week and need more." But that is only because I have not found anything good at the library.

Of course we all need to remember, I AM THE RESIDENT JACKASS. If you do not believe that, just ask me!!!

Time to switch back to my old avatar if I can find it.

[Tweek]

reading your post BM, was like school again without the eye candy.

[Bruno_78]

Originally posted by Tweek
let me tell you something though.

Going back to school rocks. There are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooo many nice things to look at



:D

[fretlessman71]

Originally posted by brewmonkey

Time to switch back to my old avatar if I can find it. What, the gun pic? I certainly remember it getting people's attention, that's for sure.... :D

[b3s]

only folks who aren't members of the nra party...the rest of us thought "cool" ;)

[fretlessman71]

I just hope that his Adhesive Arachnoiditis has an adverse effect on his aim if I ever see that in person! :eek:

[b3s]

no, it doesn't affect aim...remember, fret, gun control means squeezing the trigger ;)

[Concrete Blonde]

Originally posted by brewmonkey
Of course we all need to remember, I AM THE RESIDENT JACKASS. If you do not believe that, just ask me!!

Wanna thumb wrestle for the title? ;)

Seriously, my web site is down now but for a long time I kept a running journal of my 10 bedridden/hospital-bound years with Lupus/Sarcoidosis and my journey through the hell of pain killers, depression, et all. I believe you must know the drill; we should compare notes.

Now back to this "Resident Jackass" thang.... >:-)

[brewmonkey]

Fret-

That would be the one. I guess I could always just take a new pic. I might wait until after the Holidays though as I do believe I will be recieving a new M-4A4.

"It's a present Dave! From me to me." <--Think Chipmunk christmas songs. :D

Concrete Blonde-

I would be willing to share said title even though it has been under my name for some time. We would then have to call ourselves Mr/Mrs Resident Jackass or something along those lines.

I do have a blog where I started keeping notes of my day to day stuff.

My Blog (http://opforsoldier.blogspot.com)

I notice that you are a MASH fan. I love that show and at one time I even had the MASH trivia game (ex-wife threw it away during divorce)

[chazwicke]

"Oh the wisdom of youth!" One of my old HS teachers used to exclaim that. It comes in handy when you have a 17 year old who thinks he knows it all. We call him "Einstein" when he begins to tell us about the ways of the world.

I never completed my degree either although I did make it through 3 + years. I bought my first condo when I was in college and had to work and attend school to pay for it. My life has been wildly successful and I can only attribute it to being lucky. Good things have happened to me and I can't explain why. Maybe Karma. I'm soon to be 47, and I own several pieces of real estate, own my own successful business employing 15. I vacation frequently and am basically retired as my "Figurehead" job only requires a small amount of the time I spend in the office. In fact I could retire at any time as I have a standing offer from a Fortune 100 company to buy me out. I heartily recommend continuing your education. At one time I considered Law School but at this point I would gain little from doing it. And one other thing....Keep that positive attitude. Positivity and generosity and luck will take you all the way. And don't be afraid to take some chances either.

[Seymour]

I went back to college at 27. For me. And got the degree I wanted, not what my parents wanted. And aced every course. Because I went back to school for me. Now I too am more successful than I have the right to be, and also have the satisfaction of finishing something I started.

Good luck with that, young man. If you need a little encouragement now and again, you know you have a fertile field on this forum!

[fretlessman71]

My "higher education" consisted of a year of music school in Hollywood, a semester at Colo. St., and 8 years playing all over the state (and sometimes the country) with a Triple-A Contemporary Jazz Quintet. We were pretty dang popular, but we never quite made it to the Big Leagues. I learned more in my stint with that band than college could have ever taught me, and besides that I was getting paid to be there instead of the other way around - not a bad arrangement!

[Concrete Blonde]

Originally posted by brewmonkey
Concrete Blonde-

I would be willing to share said title even though it has been under my name for some time. We would then have to call ourselves Mr/Mrs Resident Jackass or something along those lines.

I do have a blog where I started keeping notes of my day to day stuff.


b3s told me last evening you kept a blog as he knew I would be able to relate to it (unfortunately, he had forgotten the address). I read a good deal of it this morning, and I thank you for sharing that with me. While our "disabilities" are vastly different in nature, it was true I could relate to much of your experience. If you don't mind, I'd like to ask you a few questions about your medical treatment, although I will save that for a PM to spare the rest of the board my whinging about life's cruelties (and because, contrary to my actions, I really DO realize this forum is about the brewing, tasting, and consuming of BEER).

I hope you are doing as well as you can and I am glad to hear you have a supportive mate. I did not.

Take good care.

[wortchillergoal]

Why do all the good threads get started late at night? I have to retire early as I have to be at work early in the morning, 6am. I havwe to be in bed when all this strats and then can't respond until later in the day.

Go get'em Bruno!

[BluesHarp]

Originally posted by Concrete Blonde
Old dog speaking here...what the *!#@*$@#! do you PUPS know anyway?



I'm not that young, Miss Blonde; I've got a bit of gray on my muzzle...but thanks anyway! ;)

[brewmonkey]

Originally posted by Seymour
I went back to college at 27. For me. And got the degree I wanted, not what my parents wanted. And aced every course. Because I went back to school for me. Now I too am more successful than I have the right to be, and also have the satisfaction of finishing something I started.

Good luck with that, young man. If you need a little encouragement now and again, you know you have a fertile field on this forum!

I too went for the first time at 27 and now going on 35 I will be going back this Spring. Not sure if I will go for the Masters degree but I want to take some more MIS classes for s#*t's and grins.

I think it was easier to relate to the instructors being a bit older and mature then your average freshman. My goals were not to drink and party while away from home. Since it was all on my dime (GI Bill actually) I made sure I got my moneys worth.

[wortchillergoal]

When I was at a 2 yr community college, the median age was in the low 30s. It was hard to believe as it seemed all I saw were people my own age. It must have been all those visual distractions.

[b3s]

Originally posted by chazwicke
"Oh the wisdom of youth!" One of my old HS teachers used to exclaim that. It comes in handy when you have a 17 year old who thinks he knows it all. We call him "Einstein" when he begins to tell us about the ways of the world.

when i was 16 i thought my father was an idiot...when i was 21 i was amazed how smart he got in 5 years! ironically enough, when i talked to him about that he laughed his cocyx off and then related a similar conversation he had with my grandfather at about the same age!

more from chaz
I never completed my degree either although I did make it through 3 + years. I bought my first condo when I was in college and had to work and attend school to pay for it. My life has been wildly successful and I can only attribute it to being lucky. Good things have happened to me and I can't explain why. Maybe Karma. I'm soon to be 47, and I own several pieces of real estate, own my own successful business employing 15. I vacation frequently and am basically retired as my "Figurehead" job only requires a small amount of the time I spend in the office. In fact I could retire at any time as I have a standing offer from a Fortune 100 company to buy me out. I heartily recommend continuing your education. At one time I considered Law School but at this point I would gain little from doing it. And one other thing....Keep that positive attitude. Positivity and generosity and luck will take you all the way. And don't be afraid to take some chances either.

having performed a lot of interviews out there in the real world i can say that education is important, but (and this is NOT a dig, as it does not apply to bruno at all) there are a lot of highly educated idiots out there. i have been often quoted as saying i can train anyone to do this crap, but i cannot train someone to think -- they either can or cannot.

i will say this, though...unless you are studying something you have passion about, you're wasting your time. work without meaning is empty motion! i say that knowing full well that my professional life for the last few years has been nothing BUT wasted motion -- but someday i'll have the monkey off my back and i'll be free as air to open that brewpub in OR or wherever CB and i land...

[b3s]

Originally posted by wortchillergoal
Why do all the good threads get started late at night? I have to retire early as I have to be at work early in the morning, 6am. I havwe to be in bed when all this strats and then can't respond until later in the day.


yeah, i know the feeling...i usually wake up at 0430 to spend time online with CB before going to work...of course, i seem to be one of those late night wackos, too...i think i need to go to postaholics anonymous!

hi, my name is b3s, and i'm a postaholic...i have been post free for about 2.9 nanoseconds...

hi, b3s! here's a postaholic anniversary chit, keep it up, buddy!

oh CRAP, i just posted again! now i'll have to start all over!

actually, i do know what ya mean, wortchillergoal!

[Concrete Blonde]

Originally posted by wortchillergoal
Why do all the good threads get started late at night? I have to retire early as I have to be at work early in the morning, 6am.


Indeed. I feel your pain, wort. When I am not on holiday (as I am now), I get up at an hour most folks do not even HAVE on their alarm clocks (and this in itself does not get pathetic until you know that I don't have to be to work until just before 8 and it's a four minute drive. It's very draining to be the OCD Poster Child) I, too, have to retire early and miss all the fun.

OTOH, only five more days and y'all will be free of my continuous rambling. ;)

[steveh]

Originally posted by Bruno_78
I've been noticing a trend lately that people think that they can pick on Mr. Bruno and get away with it!

Well, I'm glad I don't have to start a new post about your new avatar - and I was gonna say that you could have at least smiled! Now I guess I need to say maybe you should have scowled if you were really trying to scare us -- as it is, this picture makes you look like my Jr. High science teacher, so maybe that's a good omen!

Seriously though, having met Bruno, I can tell you he's really not as sour as his avatar may suggest...and all it takes to make him smile is a good brat patty! ;)

S.

[steveh]

Originally posted by b3s
only folks who aren't members of the nra party...the rest of us thought "cool"

Well. I was one of the folks who suggested Brew Monk could use a refresher course in firearm safety, and I am a life member. Just hate seeing false stereotypes perpetuated, ye know?

S.

Oh, and I also believe it was me who warned that not only should he be careful about pointing his weapon only at an identified target, he ought to be careful that said target won't shoot back...

[Bruno_78]

Originally posted by steveh
I was gonna say that you could have at least smiled!
S. [/B]

This is my smile!

[brewmonkey]

Originally posted by steveh
Well. I was one of the folks who suggested Brew Monk could use a refresher course in firearm safety, and I am a life member. Just hate seeing false stereotypes perpetuated, ye know?

S.

Oh, and I also believe it was me who warned that not only should he be careful about pointing his weapon only at an identified target, he ought to be careful that said target won't shoot back...


That weapon was perfectly safe, my finger was NO WHERE NEAR the trigger.

[wortchillergoal]

Originally posted by Concrete Blonde
OTOH, only five more days and y'all will be free of my continuous rambling. ;)

I don't see your not being here as a good thing.

[Concrete Blonde]

Originally posted by wortchillergoal
I don't see your not being here as a good thing.

Aaawwwwwww....Thank you, wort!!
I hope you don't live to regret those words. ;-)

Originally posted by BluesHarp
I'm not that young, Miss Blonde; I've got a bit of gray on my muzzle...but thanks anyway!

You're getting awful close to "Blondie," there, harp. ;)
And you are welcome.

[chazwicke]

Originally posted by Bruno_78
I've been noticing a trend lately that people think that they can pick on Mr. Bruno and get away with it! Well, I'm here to tell you,

I will not go quietly into the night, I will prevail, youth always wins out over experience, and you can take that to the bank!

I have spent the last several years of my life getting to know myself, and I've come to one conclusion.

Uh...I don't remember what it was right now, but it was profound, and it had great relevence to this situation.

Years ago, when I was the subject of the school bully, I asked myself how I was going to go through life letting other people decide the route I took home. After that, I picked up a large nut, and hurled it at that bully. (true story) Of course, after that, I took off running in the other direction. But that doesn't apply here.

Now, after years of reflection and two college degrees started and not finished, I've decided that I want to finish my studies in the chemical sciences. Beer has inspired me to do this, and will continue to be the main motivation in finishing the degree. I work more than full time, I don't really have any financial means to accomplish this goal, and I don't remember a lick about chemistry.

None the less, I'm going to do this, and then no one will be able to pick on me again.

In the mean time, keep it coming, 'cause it's funny as hell, and I can dish it as well as I can take it!

And that's my editorial for the evening.

With regard to your new avatar, I saw a guy that looked just like you yesterday. I mean just like you. Could of been your twin...................Except he had a human head!!!

Sorry. I just remembered that old joke this morning and had to use it.

[Bruno_78]

I think I've gotten picked on more since I got rid of that old avatar!

[fretlessman71]

At least now WE'RE the ones doing the picking! :D

[Bruno_78]

Originally posted by fretlessman71
At least now WE'RE the ones doing the picking! :D

Damn, I'm still leaving myself wide open for these jokes!

[Concrete Blonde]

Originally posted by Bruno_78
I think I've gotten picked on more since I got rid of that old avatar!

Bruno: At this point in time, what AVATAR you use isn't going to change a thing. ;)

[fretlessman71]

Originally posted by Bruno_78
Damn, I'm still leaving myself wide open for these jokes! It's like Chess: When you make a move (post), try to figure out how your opponent (friends here on realbeer.com) will respond, and if you don't like the response, post something else. Not too hard, really!

Actually, I thought you just enjoyed being the straight guy... :)

[Bruno_78]

(i do, but dont' tell anyone)

[Bruno_78]

Guess I should have sent that last one in a pm

[fretlessman71]

I just would have forwarded it to everyone! No secrets here, anyway.... ;)

[Brownbeard]

Since when does being a chemist keep you from getting picked on?

[wortchillergoal]

You have some what of an idea of what it is to be a hockey goalie now Bruno. People are always picking on us and hurling a rock hard object in our direction. What helps us is our ability to foucs on the tas....what was I saying?

[fretlessman71]

Originally posted by wortchillergoal
You have some what of an idea of what it is to be a hockey goalie now Bruno. People are always picking on us and hurling a rock hard object in our direction. What helps us is our ability to foucs on the tas....what was I saying? You were going to tell us how to FOCUS on the task of SPELLING WORDS PROPERLY! Now I know you didn't put that there on purpose.... :rolleyes:

[wortchillergoal]

Originally posted by fretlessman71
You were going to tell us how to FOCUS on the task of SPELLING WORDS PROPERLY! Now I know you didn't put that there on purpose.... :rolleyes:

See Bruno, this is just the type of abuse we goalies get. I must change my statement a little. Fret should now fire a puck atmy head at speeds over, for fret, 40 miles an hour.

[fretlessman71]

I'd be amazed if I could even get the puck off the ice, let alone stand up straight on a pair of skates...

[wortchillergoal]

Originally posted by fretlessman71
I'd be amazed if I could even get the puck off the ice, let alone stand up straight on a pair of skates...

I got to thinking about that after posting it. I believe giving you credit for 40 mph was a bit much. I should have gone with 5 mph.

As far as the focus thing goes, it was a typo as my "u" finger fired before my "c" finger did.

[fretlessman71]

I could THROW the puck at 40 mph.... ;)