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67rustavenger
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 Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2025 5:28 pm Post subject: Re: Beers and Bays |
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| Xevin wrote: |
I returned from a tour of southern states today and was welcomed back with this intriguing beer at my door. Sent from Southern California by a certain Samba member beer aficionado 
Just put it in the refrigerator.
Definitely a lucky day.
And my 30 year anniversary to Xatie today 
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Wait! Wasn't that supposed to be the other way around?
You owed him a local beer for a recent answer to your question.
Congratulations on your 30th Anniversary! You two deserve each other!
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Shonandb 
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Location: Vancouver, BC
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2025 4:40 pm Post subject: Re: Beers and Bays |
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| Xevin wrote: |
I returned from a tour of southern states today and was welcomed back with this intriguing beer at my door. Sent from Southern California by a certain Samba member beer aficionado
Just put it in the refrigerator.
Definitely a lucky day.
And my 30 year anniversary to Xatie today
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Congratulations on the 30th anniversary and the Beer! I had a similar day earlier this month but we had to buy the beer. 
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Xevin
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2025 4:34 pm Post subject: Re: Beers and Bays |
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I returned from a tour of southern states today and was welcomed back with this intriguing beer at my door. Sent from Southern California by a certain Samba member beer aficionado
Just put it in the refrigerator.
Definitely a lucky day.
And my 30 year anniversary to Xatie today
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| 67rustavenger wrote: |
| GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
| Clatter wrote: |
| Damn that Xevin... |
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I respect Xevin and he's a turd  |
| SGKent wrote: |
My God! Xevin and I 100% agree  |
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2025 5:33 pm Post subject: Re: Beers and Bays |
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My last remaining single cab, along with my last Sleigh'r for the season. This, in celebration of national beer day. Commemorating the end of prohibition, the Cullen-Harrison act was the beginning of the end for the 18th amendment, 92 years ago.
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Shonandb
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2025 4:08 pm Post subject: Re: Beers and Bays |
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the real bud, db! |
We sponsor a local Early Stage/Startup Tech Industry CEO group that has an annual Leadership conference up in Whistler. Each year, as a way to check the pulse of the industry, we put on a "Beer Poll" that has 5-7 multiple choice questions and we post the results on the last day of the event. When the CEOs do the poll, they can choose a beer or a non alcoholic beverage.
This year we had an assortment of Warsteiner, Guinness, and Czechvar (the original Budweiser) beer to choose from and had a few left over after the event.
Here are a few humourous questions that went over well:
1. If your company had a theme song, what would it be?
o "We Didn’t Start the Fire" – Billy Joel (for endless market chaos)
o "Money for Nothing" – Dire Straits (if only it were that easy)
o "Stuck in the Middle with You" – Stealers Wheel (between investors and customers)
o "Under Pressure" – Queen & David Bowie (self-explanatory)
o "Eye of the Tiger" – Survivor (for the ones still fighting)
2. If you had to compare your startup journey to a movie, which one fits best?
o The Social Network (Tech hype, but fewer lawsuits)
o Inception (Every decision feels like another level of confusion)
o The Hunger Games (Pitching investors in 2024)
o Mission: Impossible (Hiring great engineers right now)
o Groundhog Day (Explaining the same thing to investors over and over again)
3. If last year was a cocktail …
o Zombie - Still alive… technically. But only because of extreme financial engineering.
o Moscow Mule - Seemed refreshing, but kicked harder than expected.
o Screw Driver - Investors kept turning the screws on ROI, and it got pulpier by the quarter.
o Old Fashion – The do more with less playbook. A classic, strong, getting really old.
o Long Island Ice Tea - A chaotic mix of everything. Strong at first, but the real effects hit later.
o Irish Coffee - Running on caffeine, but the whiskey is doing the real work.
o Mai Tai – Too many meeting with lawyers.
o Caesar – I’m salty, spicy and still in charge, dammit!
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Build & Trip Thread: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=758760
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dodger tom
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| Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2025 9:21 pm Post subject: Re: Beers and Bays |
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the real bud, db!
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Shonandb
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dodger tom
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| Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2025 5:41 pm Post subject: Re: Beers and Bays |
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la strong west coast ipa from paperback brewing in glendale. bunch of breweries have brewed beers to raise money to support those who lived through the devastating fires there this winter. procured at my local trader joe’s. can’t say enough about that place. couldn’t imagine living without one nearby.
la strong is 7% abv. light golden with a yellow tinge. slight chill haze. pine and stone fruit flavors. slightly harsh bitterness comes on mid-palette, lasting til the back. lingers.
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Slip356
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| Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2025 7:50 am Post subject: Re: Beers and Bays |
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Like the pic with the Spotted Cow, only in WI and a huge seller here, especially with the IL flat lander tourists.
Yuengling lager just introduced to IL. Getting closer to my home state of WI every year.
Can’t wait! |
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Shonandb
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| Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2025 8:02 pm Post subject: Re: Beers and Bays |
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Sampled some Tuborg today with my German beer mug. Very easy to drink, almost too easy....
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vwwestyman
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| Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2025 12:18 pm Post subject: Re: Beers and Bays |
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Thanks for taking those pics! It is helpful to see how they solved the "vent problem." And I can see that even with that seam, it looks just fine.
I need to get going on that project some time! Maybe it could be storage in our pool area or something.
Or I could hang it in my office, use it for storage, and use the back window as a dry erase marker board. (I currently have a sheet of tempered glass as the marker board.)
Then the project could be a business expense... Hmm... Might have to do some measuring.
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dodger tom
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| Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2025 12:43 pm Post subject: Re: Beers and Bays |
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I would love to see a side-view of how that bus-butt is mounted to the wall next time you're in!
I've got one I bought a few years ago, and part of why I haven't done anything is I haven't decided how I wanted to handle the cut, with the rear vents and all. |
nothing on the sides, dave, but there are fasteners on the top.
could be fasteners on the inside, but it is finished, so no inside view.
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KTPhil
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| Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 10:11 am Post subject: Re: Beers and Bays |
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I would love to see a side-view of how that bus-butt is mounted to the wall next time you're in!
I've got one I bought a few years ago, and part of why I haven't done anything is I haven't decided how I wanted to handle the cut, with the rear vents and all. |
Make it a cabinet with shelves. Every Bus owner will flinch and smile when they hear the distinctive THUD when you slam it closed!
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Clementine79
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| Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 9:43 am Post subject: Re: Beers and Bays |
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From Fort George in Astoria,
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dodger tom
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| Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2025 6:24 pm Post subject: Re: Beers and Bays |
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moon light brewing co’s bombay by boat west coast ipa. one of the greats. they’re in santa rosa, and give their neighbors, russian river, a run for their money.
6.2% abv. dark gold. unfiltered, but clear through cold conditioning (like lagering?). smooth rounded pine flavor. nice bitterness front to back. lingers beautifully.
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dodger tom
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| Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2024 9:59 am Post subject: Re: Beers and Bays |
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I would love to see a side-view of how that bus-butt is mounted to the wall next time you're in!
I've got one I bought a few years ago, and part of why I haven't done anything is I haven't decided how I wanted to handle the cut, with the rear vents and all. |
give eric a call at the pub ((916) 467-7790). he’s a samba guy, and would probably help out quicker and with more detail than i could.
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vwwestyman
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2024 9:22 am Post subject: Re: Beers and Bays |
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^^^ Excellent label design, and name. Bus middle seats for booth benches, too?
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dodger tom
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| Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2024 10:12 pm Post subject: Re: Beers and Bays |
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socket set from red bus brewing in folsom. 6.8% abv. clear. medium dark gold with a hint of red. citra, mosaic, and el dorado hops combine for a hoppy bitterness right from the start. fruit with a mild pine finish. mouth tingles for a while after swallowing.
took some cans home for further research.
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vwwestyman
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| Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 8:35 pm Post subject: Re: Beers and Bays |
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Well goodness, I guess I forgot to post my pics from a couple weeks, here!
Went to Colorado in mid-August for a therapy training/work trip/needed getaway after some stressful events in July. Learned some things about doing therapy out in nature, and spent a couple days with some Bus friends who were out in Colorado from Omaha.
Then for Labor Day weekend, met friends in South Dakota/Badlands area for a few days of camping.
Here is my August Colorado trip haul:
Took this pic one night during the training for the thread:
And the haul from the Labor Day trip through Nebraska, to South Dakota:
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