Richter's Intoxicant Production

[Cainad (dec.)]

 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

ACTUAL TESTIMONIAL!

"I made better behind my desk at school in an old milk jug with a condom over it" 
    - Richter's Dad

Your dad sounds awesome.

[Richter]

He's a hell of a guy. 
Cynical or optimistic as required, engineering mentality but willing to get as hands on as any mechanic.  Taught me loads of stuff, including critical / analytical thinking.

[Suu]

ACTUAL TESTIMONIAL!

"I made better behind my desk at school in an old milk jug with a condom over it" 
    - Richter's Dad

Typical.

[Richter]

Mom thought I had spiked it with acetone. 

[The Good Reverend Roger]

ACTUAL TESTIMONIAL!

"I made better behind my desk at school in an old milk jug with a condom over it" 
    - Richter's Dad

Typical.

Har!

My dad, on the other hand, does dumb shit like "saving money" by buying a turkey in September and sticking it in a cryo freezer at about 10 Kelvin for two months (the resulting household disaster was AMAZING), or cooking canned turkey in an autoclave, with predictable results.

Yeah, there's no boring thanksgivings in our family.  And Christmas?  Ask me about Christmas, I dare you. 

[Richter]

I have to know now.

We have a housefire every Christmas.  Our house if no one else's steps up.  This is has resulted in last minute repairs to oven, toaster, and  gutters, as well as getting to play on 40 ft. icy rooves on Christmas morning patching a hole.

[Richter]

It just sunk in; AN AUTOCLAVE?  A CANNED TURKEY? 

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I have to know now.

We have a housefire every Christmas.  Our house if no one else's steps up.  This is has resulted in last minute repairs to oven, toaster, and  gutters, as well as getting to play on 40 ft. icy rooves on Christmas morning patching a hole.

2 days before Christmas in 1985, my mother decides the flooring in the kitchen and dining room has to be replaced RIGHT NOW.  We ate Christmas dinner standing up.

I come home from the army for Christmas in 1988, expecting to see my girlfriend.  My folks decide a surprise trip to visit cranky old relatives in Canada is in order, and don't bother to tell me.  GF not happy, GF's family not happy, Parents surprised that I had made plans to spend time with GF that I hadn't seen in 3 months.

The other two stories, of course, are predictable:  Turkey #1 comes out of the cryofreezer and home from the lab, put in fridge to thaw.  Next morning, fridge is frozen shut, and everything inside is rock solid.

Turkey #2 happened aboard ship, and resulted in a rocket down the aisle of the galley, the moment the can was punctured.  2d degree burns were had by all.

[Richter]

We did the flooring thing ourselves before Easter when I was 14.  Mom and sister were out shopping.  It was rainy, and Dad was getting stir crazy.  He decided he was sick of the linoleum, so we spent the next two hours with prybars and hammers ripping it up.  I asked if mom knew what we were doing, and he'd only admit they'd discussed it.  (Not that I blame him for his short answer, he was trying to plunge cut the plywood under the linoleum without severing the supports at the time.) 

Mom prepared Easter dinner on slats and tar paper.  New plywood was put down quick, but choosing tile took until Thanksgiving.

[Triple Zero]

The other two stories, of course, are predictable:  Turkey #1 comes out of the cryofreezer and home from the lab, put in fridge to thaw.  Next morning, fridge is frozen shut, and everything inside is rock solid.

... at first I thought you were kidding about the 10 Kelvin thing ... what a story

I can see where you got your crazy from

[Richter]

The other two stories, of course, are predictable:  Turkey #1 comes out of the cryofreezer and home from the lab, put in fridge to thaw.  Next morning, fridge is frozen shut, and everything inside is rock solid.

Turkey #2 happened aboard ship, and resulted in a rocket down the aisle of the galley, the moment the can was punctured.  2d degree burns were had by all.

There's an Elton John song in that somewhere.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

The other two stories, of course, are predictable:  Turkey #1 comes out of the cryofreezer and home from the lab, put in fridge to thaw.  Next morning, fridge is frozen shut, and everything inside is rock solid.

... at first I thought you were kidding about the 10 Kelvin thing ... what a story

I can see where you got your crazy from

My father is a hideous freak that would have been put down in any sane society, for his own good.  But he wasn't, and here I am.  He's me, with 24 more years of weird under his belt.

I remember once showing him the webpage "SloMo, Retard Rapper", I thought he was going to bust a gut.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

The other two stories, of course, are predictable:  Turkey #1 comes out of the cryofreezer and home from the lab, put in fridge to thaw.  Next morning, fridge is frozen shut, and everything inside is rock solid.

Turkey #2 happened aboard ship, and resulted in a rocket down the aisle of the galley, the moment the can was punctured.  2d degree burns were had by all.

There's an Elton John song in that somewhere.

Already done:  Screw You.

[Suu]

I have to know now.

We have a housefire every Christmas.  Our house if no one else's steps up.  This is has resulted in last minute repairs to oven, toaster, and  gutters, as well as getting to play on 40 ft. icy rooves on Christmas morning patching a hole.

Last year's house fire was hosted at my place. In fact, Richter was so happy about it he comes running into my work room going, "WE JUST HAD THE CHRISTMAS HOUSE FIRE! DON'T PANIC!"

Apparently he let the pizza go in the toaster oven a bit too long.