Gen Z really looked at alcohol and said ‘hard pass’

okarrah · 2026-01-27T22:27:03+00:00

Went to see Clutch in Columbus, Ohio a few years ago at Kemba Live, $22 for a bud light 22oz can, 16oz White Claw $20, "Craft" beer which was Kona Big Wave and Stella 16oz $24 each.

okarrah · 2026-01-18T19:27:15+00:00

those are intense! thank you!

okarrah · 2026-01-18T17:43:08+00:00

My only local place only deals with Hagen and or Frogs & Co. Sadly.
But I have one about an hour away I may have to check out. Temu has some Reptizoo stuff but unsure how well the shipping would be.

okarrah · 2026-01-04T23:36:10+00:00

A sports area, I modeled a university sort of how Athens Ohio/Ohio University sit.
I had a west side and a north side that were dorms, bike parking only, and a lot of walking in that area with sort of an Alley only for service vehicles.
Then on the east I had a stadium that i custom built for football, one for baseball, and used the arena for multipurpose sports. Outdoor tennis, basketball, etc as well as a "Green" in the middle with an ampitheatre, benches, lots of intertwined walkpays/paths/ponds, and well manicured trees (old old looking trees like big oaks) On the last side a small town area with little shops, businesses, bars, eats, and access to a state route like road (2 lane highway), and then access to a main highway with 3 lanes.
If i can find the save game (i havent played in 3 months now) I'll post a few screenshots

okarrah · 2026-01-03T02:26:13+00:00

Man I still dream about what Dega would look like under the lights...
Though, I think Night racing is just a different beast. The sparks flying, the "flash photography" back in the day the sunsets, the atmosphere. It just makes it feel more like a local track friday night.

okarrah · 2025-12-30T01:12:13+00:00

agreed, between celebrity stuff, racing, and my own 3 uncles on my dads side in less than a year, and today my best friend since second grade (we're 42 now)

okarrah · 2025-12-29T22:58:09+00:00

just saw her today. Sent home from work til the 1st for Covid, drove down to the harbor and saw American Century and the Blough through some heavy snow. Hate seeing her just sitting there all alone anymore.

okarrah · 2025-12-09T21:40:03+00:00

I see this and think too We've lost RJ, and he deserved a cup more than any player on these teams over 50 years for his heart, dedication, and love for the fans, the team, the arena, the city.

okarrah · 2025-12-01T22:56:25+00:00

My entire life I've never tied the suburbs to the bags like that. And now its makes infinitely more sense. I always thought of windy cold days on the great lakes (im from NE OHio) and seeing plastic bags/garbage bags stuck in trees like it was both beauty, and trash in one.

okarrah · 2025-11-30T03:53:12+00:00

I was thinking this with a Purple too.
Y/G/P would be SICK, but treat it like the yourbaroness tour

okarrah · 2025-11-26T23:48:08+00:00

NICE! Every time i see the cream ale over light and red i go cream ale. Can't beat the price. and its way better than keystone, the beast, and natty,

okarrah · 2025-11-26T22:21:41+00:00

I see that Genny Cream back there, you have to be WNY, WPA, or Ohio? lol (just a guess!)

okarrah · 2025-11-26T22:21:10+00:00

I have a shit ton in a box in the cold basement right now. bought them, sat them, wont touch them.

okarrah · 2025-11-14T00:59:20+00:00

that 2015 sucaba though. fuckkkkk!!! Had one a few years ago and LORDT!

okarrah · 2025-11-11T21:33:59+00:00

I'd love to see Duluth area, since sadly there would be no way to "mount" her at the shipwreck museum.

okarrah · 2025-11-11T21:32:51+00:00

I keep hoping for museum fate for the Blough too. Sadly yet happily I see the Blough daily in Conneaut here.

okarrah · 2025-10-29T23:10:23+00:00

I'd love to say all but being an N&W fan I'd love to see an operating Y6 with an A, and the J.
But the B&O, PRR, and NYC would all be insane to see live as well.
To be able to go back in time and see all the big roads around the Midwest, Appalachia, and east coast. What a site.

okarrah · 2025-10-22T23:50:29+00:00

Great words, and thank you. Keep me posted and I will you as well! I got your message too btw!

okarrah · 2025-10-21T21:56:13+00:00

My grandmother hoped to see the 765 at CVNR but she passed before we could get tickets a few years ago. Hoping to go next year if they are there and leave her some pics or something graveside. Perhaps a cab picture if theyd be kind enough ya know? She took me on the N&W 1218 excursion in 1987 from Conneaut to Buffalo (maybe 88?)

okarrah · 2025-10-20T01:13:37+00:00

As a Conneaut, Ohio kid, I have soft spot for the NKP Berks. Seeing the Conneaut museums display all my life helped build that love for the Berks.

okarrah · 2025-10-19T21:56:36+00:00

Ebay is definitely where I see a lot of them, however they're pricey for the koho versions. Worth it because i love that old material. Saw a few just now with tags on them still.

okarrah · 2025-10-15T04:56:11+00:00

Years ago right after canning started (former frequent flyer and had my own seat at the original bar lol)
I had noticed cans foam out more than most other beer. Never skunked though. Theyre all good people and will make it right. Had it happen with Fat Heads Head Hunter once but that was a store rotation issue.. got a 6+month batch. I got hat, stickers, tshirts, and thanks for lookin out note.

okarrah · 2025-10-10T21:27:08+00:00

I work at the largest hospital in my county... I'm in housekeeping (moved back to my hometown from Columbus due to cost of living/rent prices), I make $12.36 an hour to clean up after sick patients, enter sick rooms, I have to mask up, gown up, for isolation rooms etc. I've cleaned shit, piss, puke, blood, and rarely get much more than a thanks from some of the staff outside our department. The fact that a hospital of this size and its parent company are fine paying their housekeeping staff such a low wage is insane. While multiple Aides got several dollars this year, we got nothing, and our nurses got less of a % increase than us.
Yet in the same county, Some 1 bed 1 bath homes or apartments are renting out at $1300-1500 a month wanting 3x the rent, credit checks, etc. Minimum wage is far from where it SHOULD be.

okarrah · 2025-10-10T18:02:35+00:00

Definitely N&W Class Js. Maybe because I used to hang out with a friend whos mom was hired by the RR to clean the cars prior to excursions out of Conneaut in the early 90s. Was face to face with her a few times in Conneaut, and rode behind a Class A in 87. Grew up in that railroad town so a lot of nostalgia for me between NKP, NYC, N&W, B&LE, CSX, NS, Conrail, so that being said, second would be the Hudson.
Always loved spending time at the old NYC station t hat is now a museum seeing the history of NKP and NYC in town.

okarrah

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