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National Dive Bar Wednesday @ the MSC
Posted: July 7, 2021 8:16 am
by SMLCHNG
The dive bar has a long history. By their very nature, bars had to have been around a long time and seen a lot over the years to be labeled a ‘dive bar.’ In their first life, dive bars might have been taverns, mom-and-pop shops, roadhouses, speakeasies, inns, or saloons. As circumstances changed, so did their clientele and ability to care for the establishment.
I'm sure there's a 'few' of us who have been in one.
Yesterday I was as work at 6:15 am. Thank goodness not today!
Hope you have a great day!!
Re: National Dive Bar Wednesday @ the MSC
Posted: July 7, 2021 8:49 am
by Dr.Corona
Good Morning Penny, BN'ers!
Love the "Dive Bar". One of my experiences in determining the "Dive Bar" (talking bout you Wigs Lounge) while applying a Jeff Foxworthy theme. "If the men's urinal in the bathroom uses ice to deal with the flow rather than the plumbing flush, It might be a Dive Bar"!
Interested to hear others' "Dive Bar" stories.
Enjoy your 7/7/21 everybody.
Re: National Dive Bar Wednesday @ the MSC
Posted: July 7, 2021 8:57 am
by bodypainter
Good morning Penny. I have fond memories of most of the dives I've frequented.
Re: National Dive Bar Wednesday @ the MSC
Posted: July 7, 2021 9:11 am
by Saltx3
There are a few in our area but we haven't been to any of them in quite some time. We love the "dive" bars in KW but haven't been to them in 2 yrs.....hmmmmm....I see a pattern - might need to work on remedying that issue
Re: National Dive Bar Wednesday @ the MSC
Posted: July 7, 2021 10:38 am
by MDShark70
I got a membership into the Dive Bar T-Shirt of the Month Club for Christmas. I'm getting some unique shirts and definitely adding some places to my bucket list when I travel.
Re: National Dive Bar Wednesday @ the MSC
Posted: July 7, 2021 10:40 am
by MICHIPHIN
Mornin BN'ers.....
Did anybody get a download from last nights show?
Re: National Dive Bar Wednesday @ the MSC
Posted: July 7, 2021 11:13 am
by LIPH
Good morning. That b**** Elsa isn't supposed to get here until late tonight but the sky is really dark and it's been thundering for more than an hour. No rain yet but there's 2-3 inches in the forecast.
Re: National Dive Bar Wednesday @ the MSC
Posted: July 7, 2021 11:44 am
by moog
Last night we had 7 hours straight thunder and lightning. We got hit with hail too. I opened my door was barefoot and hail hit my foot. That freaking hurt.
Re: National Dive Bar Wednesday @ the MSC
Posted: July 7, 2021 12:19 pm
by Crazy Navy Flyer
Good Morning Bners.
My most frequented dive bar would have to be the FloraBama. It has become more of a tourist bar in the last 20 years but was a great place back in the 70's when it was pretty much the only building on the beach, before the concrete jungle was built around it.
Re: National Dive Bar Wednesday @ the MSC
Posted: July 7, 2021 2:34 pm
by Dr.Corona
MDShark70 wrote: ↑July 7, 2021 10:38 am
I got a membership into the Dive Bar T-Shirt of the Month Club for Christmas. I'm getting some unique shirts and definitely adding some places to my bucket list when I travel.
Have thought about gifting a membership to my son. Or even getting one myself. I'd get one for my girlfriend but she's already got 100+ concert t-shirts. Ain't no way I'm feeding her t-shirt habit any further
Re: National Dive Bar Wednesday @ the MSC
Posted: July 7, 2021 3:04 pm
by moog
Is it safe to drink under water while diving?
Re: National Dive Bar Wednesday @ the MSC
Posted: July 7, 2021 4:35 pm
by springparrot
Afternoon BNers
We made a trip to Dollar Tree and to get drugs. I am so out of shape that I can't get through a small store.
Re: National Dive Bar Wednesday @ the MSC
Posted: July 7, 2021 5:00 pm
by moog
Dollar joints?
Re: National Dive Bar Wednesday @ the MSC
Posted: July 7, 2021 5:02 pm
by big john
Many years ago I was on the Outer Banks in North Carolina. I made friends with some locals that took me to the
most dive bar of all. It was in the backwater far away from the beach. Bartender was scruffy, had a long unkept beard,
and wore a wifebeater shirt. The bar was a plank sitting on two barrels. The bartender served you by pulling cans of beer
out of an ice chest that was next to him.
Re: National Dive Bar Wednesday @ the MSC
Posted: July 7, 2021 5:05 pm
by springparrot
moog wrote: ↑July 7, 2021 5:00 pmDollar joints?
Lol
Of course!
I got a message from Wells Fargo about a problem with our account. I am so glad they are paying attention.
Especially since we DO NOT have an account with WF.
Re: National Dive Bar Wednesday @ the MSC
Posted: July 7, 2021 5:39 pm
by Dr.Corona
big john wrote: ↑July 7, 2021 5:02 pm
Many years ago I was on the Outer Banks in North Carolina. I made friends with some locals that took me to the
most dive bar of all. It was in the backwater far away from the beach. Bartender was scruffy, had a long unkept beard,
and wore a wifebeater shirt. The bar was a plank sitting on two barrels. The bartender served you by pulling cans of beer
out of an ice chest that was next to him.
Ha! Sounds like a brewery I went to once. It was pretty much a Pole Barn. When I asked for glass of ice water to "cleanse the pallet" she ran some tap water & promptly went to the fridge, grabbed an ice cube tray & cracked some loose to put in the water.
Re: National Dive Bar Wednesday @ the MSC
Posted: July 7, 2021 5:47 pm
by Rabbitz
moog wrote: ↑July 7, 2021 3:04 pm
Is it safe to drink under water while diving?
Yup.
Just not fizzy mixers. The pressure removes the fizz but as you surface it fizzes up on the inside which has to come out somehow.
Re: National Dive Bar Wednesday @ the MSC
Posted: July 7, 2021 6:16 pm
by bodypainter
Rabbitz wrote: ↑July 7, 2021 5:47 pm
moog wrote: ↑July 7, 2021 3:04 pm
Is it safe to drink under water while diving?
Yup.
Just not fizzy mixers. The pressure removes the fizz but as you surface it fizzes up on the inside which has to come out somehow.
OH, geez, I already have issues with gas.
Re: National Dive Bar Wednesday @ the MSC
Posted: July 7, 2021 6:44 pm
by bodypainter
Big John has a good dive story! I doubt they took credit. I have a recent dive bar experience in the mountains of PA. We went into the rough lumber sided bar to find 2 lights on. One over a menu and one over the bar. The woman owner tended bar and dropped F bombs every third sentence. As I left the rest room, I saw the door had been punched through and sealed with duct tape. Someone had punched that through and they used a second color of tape on that patch to fix. it. Outside the rest room was a hole in the floor. Pascagoula Run popped into my head.
If the floor caved in, I'd go right straight through to Hell.
Re: National Dive Bar Wednesday @ the MSC
Posted: July 7, 2021 6:57 pm
by Saltx3
bodypainter wrote: ↑July 7, 2021 6:44 pm
Big John has a good dive story! I doubt they took credit. I have a recent dive bar experience in the mountains of PA. We went into the rough lumber sided bar to find 2 lights on. One over a menu and one over the bar. The woman owner tended bar and dropped F bombs every third sentence. As I left the rest room, I saw the door had been punched through and sealed with duct tape. Someone had punched that through and they used a second color of tape on that patch to fix. it. Outside the rest room was a hole in the floor. Pascagoula Run popped into my head.
If the floor caved in, I'd go right straight through to Hell.
Omgggg. I’m laughing out loud.
