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Offline micsager

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Be afraid, be very afraid
« on: August 14, 2013, 10:52:01 am »

Offline chezteth

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Re: Be afraid, be very afraid
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2013, 11:06:14 am »
Wow, talk about a niche market.

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Re: Be afraid, be very afraid
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2013, 11:08:10 am »
I call BS !

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Re: Be afraid, be very afraid
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2013, 11:09:05 am »
I saw this yesterday, they are touting it as an alternative for camping, hiking, etc. but unless you are near some plumbing or a stream, you'll have to carry in your water anyways. I wonder how it actually tastes. Has anyone out there tried it yet?
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Re: Be afraid, be very afraid
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2013, 11:09:38 am »
I'd swear I've seen a product in the beverage section of my local grocery store - something like "instant beer - just add water"... I wonder if this is the same stuff? I'm gonna check next time I go shopping...
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Re: Be afraid, be very afraid
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2013, 11:45:28 am »
Preface: Lately my idea of "camping" is pulling the bike into the lot of a Best Western.

When I used to hike/camp, the standing order was he who packs the beer gets out of cooking washing and firewood details

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Re: Be afraid, be very afraid
« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2013, 12:22:15 pm »
I"m hard pressed to think of ANY instant product that holds a candle to making the real thing. Makes BMC sound good, and I don't say that lightly.
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Re: Be afraid, be very afraid
« Reply #7 on: August 14, 2013, 12:38:56 pm »
Preface: Lately my idea of "camping" is pulling the bike into the lot of a Best Western.

When I used to hike/camp, the standing order was he who packs the beer gets out of cooking washing and firewood details

The last time we went tent camping, my wife announced that there would be no camping in the future unless our shelter had a bathroom.
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Re: Be afraid, be very afraid
« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2013, 12:59:13 pm »
Sounds like something out of the Jetsons... "Jane stop this crazy thing!"
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Re: Be afraid, be very afraid
« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2013, 01:01:23 pm »
I wonder if we're related sometimes lol.
The wife and I are going camping in a couple weeks. A cabin on the river in Winthrop, then Friday Harbor Inn, then a resort on Lopez Island,  then the Obertal Inn in Levenworth. Roughing it

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Re: Be afraid, be very afraid
« Reply #10 on: August 14, 2013, 01:09:46 pm »
I car camp and bring growlers and kegs. I'd give this a try if I was going backpacking. I don't see it as being much different from the dehydrated food that backpackers eat.

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Re: Be afraid, be very afraid
« Reply #11 on: August 14, 2013, 01:15:22 pm »
In 2006, my wife and I hiked the Appalachian Trail. finding good canned beer was nonexistant in those days, so we'd split a liter of vodka. Every evening on the trail we had a cocktail of 4oz vodka and crystal light. at first others laughed at us sitting there with "our little hiker-trash drinks". But after over a thousand miles and into PA they weren't laughing so hard. 2,175 miles took us 182 days. There were only 4 nights I didnt have a bev, only because i was too exhausted to do so, or we rolled into town where the beers flowed freely. One HAS to reward one's self after walking all day.
I have since modified. I found a vodka that comes in aluminum bottles (Kru). I bought some 1.75s, drank the vodka, and now we fill them with whatever I have on tap. If you're just going for an overnight-er they are perfect.
I wish i had bought a couple cases of Bud Lite when it was in the aluminum bottles; those would've been perfect for backpack or on a boat.
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Re: Be afraid, be very afraid
« Reply #12 on: August 14, 2013, 01:23:24 pm »
Imagine the fossil fuels I wouldn't be burning the next time I transport my beer? Last time I transported beer, I didn't need a tanker truck!
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Re: Be afraid, be very afraid
« Reply #13 on: August 14, 2013, 01:31:20 pm »
I wonder if we're related sometimes lol.
The wife and I are going camping in a couple weeks. A cabin on the river in Winthrop, then Friday Harbor Inn, then a resort on Lopez Island,  then the Obertal Inn in Levenworth. Roughing it

 ;D  that's camping like my friends Lee's Acura MDX is a "truck"  ;D
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Re: Be afraid, be very afraid
« Reply #14 on: August 14, 2013, 01:35:02 pm »
Is there such a thing as powdered alcohol??  No, there's not.  Simply add vodka??  But then you're really just drinking a malt extract cocktail.  Add some green olives or pickled mushrooms, and you're g....

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