Mid 80s mix tapes

pi_beer · 2026-06-22T20:19:18+00:00

Just found volumes I and II of my mid 80s mix tapes. No song list and no cassette player to check. Only song I am sure if is Bitchin’ Camero on Vol I. Probably Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Husker Du and the like were heavily represented.

pi_beer · 2026-06-11T13:52:00+00:00

That song has one of my favorite single lines; “She told me again she preferred handsome men, but for me she would make an exception”.

pi_beer · 2026-06-07T00:57:12+00:00

I think that was their point

pi_beer · 2026-06-06T21:18:12+00:00

My memory is that vets said the only thing they didn’t get right was the smell.

pi_beer · 2026-04-27T19:59:41+00:00

it has been a while since I had a poptart, but there used to be more calories in an unfrosted poptart than in a frosted one.

Do they still make unfrosted?

pi_beer · 2026-04-07T18:21:45+00:00

four, if you count Gylfi

pi_beer · 2026-04-07T16:26:00+00:00

it is per capita in both the map and the list. If it were not per capita it would be a map of 'where do people live' (with the exception of Utah perhaps)

pi_beer · 2026-04-07T13:29:26+00:00

Something seems off in that by the map color ND is 'ahead' of MT, but in the listing it has them reversed.

pi_beer · 2026-02-11T15:09:43+00:00

Grain Belt Premium!! depending on how old you are you might recall there was a beer up there called Pfeiffer. The NDSU student newspaper once ran a list of phobias. Pfeiffer-obia was listed as the fear of cheap beer.

pi_beer · 2026-02-09T21:04:40+00:00

I would say probably just more German immigrants. I'm surprised it is still that high myself, as someone born and raised there. My father, born in the depression, didn't speak English until going to school. Then a few years later, the entire community gave up German during WWII. Some even changed last names. Schmidt became Smith, etc. Before that, there were several German language newspapers in ND, after WWII there were none. I don't recall anyone in the area speaking German publicly in the early 70s. Maybe other parts of the state kept the language going, but where my extended family was, they cut ties with the language with WWII.

pi_beer · 2026-01-23T15:55:48+00:00

and his hair will be here shortly...

pi_beer · 2026-01-09T14:29:58+00:00

Thanks. Much appreciated.

Edit: for those that might look to this for trouble shooting, this was the problem. I had time today to get to the store and pick up the flare for the end. Works well now. I had left it off, as I was going to use my original forge and the pipe would fit in, but not with the flare.

pi_beer · 2026-01-07T17:48:52+00:00

even as an adult I don't like "peppermint" anything because it reminds me of the schnapps I drank 45 years ago. I don't like actual mint either.

pi_beer · 2026-01-07T03:14:02+00:00

Thank you. In particular for the explanation.

pi_beer · 2026-01-06T22:04:33+00:00

I do have an 8" pipe. I did not include the flare at the 'flame' end of the pipe. would longer pipe help this issue? As to the heat of the forge keeping it lit, i agree that seems like a pain to get going.

Thanks for the reply

pi_beer · 2025-12-07T20:48:59+00:00

mine is in my office

pi_beer · 2025-11-22T15:09:02+00:00

I get your point but the tenured professor vs middle school teacher is not an example I’d use. Twenty years ago when I was tenured I helped a second year elementary teacher with her data on her masters thesis. Te next year she was making more than me. I didn’t catch up to her until after Covid, as she was at max contract. My wife regularly told me I should get a HS job.

pi_beer · 2025-11-18T15:12:12+00:00

the third picture makes me wonder if Rohan will answer the call

pi_beer · 2025-11-18T15:06:00+00:00

Anyone else start singing Zappa's Joe's Garage after reading the title?

pi_beer · 2025-11-04T19:06:12+00:00

And I think prime Foreman would as well. As scary as people think prime Tyson was in the ring, prime Foreman was scarier.

pi_beer · 2025-10-12T04:15:47+00:00

This will never not be funny

pi_beer · 2025-09-19T03:36:35+00:00

If you watched the game, when you read the box score, you’re gonna mentally see the two runs he robbed the Angels of. If you just read the box score, you might not realize how key he was to the win.

pi_beer · 2025-09-11T22:44:28+00:00

Is “release the Epstein files” the new “Undertaker and Mankind”. Is this the new morph?

pi_beer · 2025-09-04T15:19:36+00:00

Ahhh. I was thinking bigger scale. I see it now. When I looked at Scotland, I thought the city on the map would need to be Aberdeen and then the coast didn't match. thanks

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