u/CawlinAlcarz

I was 23 in the fall of 1993. I was back home in Montgomery County, PA from a grad school experiment in Pittsburgh that didn't work out and was hanging out in my hometown with high school pals I hadn't really seen much of since graduation in 1988.

Notably, I was hanging around with a friend I'd known since grade school. We played baseball together from Little League all the way through high school and senior American Legion. We even played a little bit in the Perky League.

We were both left-handed pitchers. We used to argue with each other, insisting the other was the #1 pitcher on the team.

We both pitched in college after high school and were in different divisions of the Middle Atlantic Conference (D3), but we never faced off against each other.

That summer of '93 was pretty special, watching Dutch, Kruk, Morandini, Hollins, Incaviglia, Nails, Schilling, Mulholland, and Wild Thing (Mitchie-Poo), and the rest, go from worst to first. We listened to the late, great Harry Kalas (the voice of the Phillies from my earliest memories in the early 1970s) calling the games.

I was 23, back home again, seeing tons of old pals from high school every week at the bar. Some older, some younger, everyone knew me and my pal from our baseball days. Life was fucking good!

We would watch the Phils, tell jokes, lies, stories, and we would sweat through Williams' "exciting" appearances.

We would reminisce about games and brawls from high school and Legion, and of course, all the other old memories that pals who grew up together could share.

I remember being in that bar for Carter's series ending homer. It was as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. In reality, it was probably 150 to 200 people, still well above the fire marshall's occupancy limits for that bar, and the cry was "FUCK!!" in unison.

Listening to Kruk and McCarthy these days reminds me of how my buddy and I would chatter during those games, and talk about how cool it would be to have a beer with Dutch, Kruk, Morandini, and some of the other guys on that team.

These memories from over 30 years ago hit me hard every time I get to listen to Kruk and McCarthy, and I wouldn't trade a single one of them.

I don't know how many folks use Dawn foaming cleaning spray, but it is effective and convenient, but unfortunately, it is quite expensive.

A typical bottle of it costs around $5.

You can mix your own out of your favorite dish soap, some isopropyl alcohol, and some tap water for relative pennies.

You'll want to buy one of the bottles of the factory product first - the spray nozzle is the thing that is difficult to replace - it is a foaming dispenser, and buying those sorts of bottles separate without actual product is not overly cost effective. So just buy the Dawn power spray once, and when it's empty, use your favorite liquid soap dish detergent (I'll do the price breakdown with Dawn because it's my favorite) and some isopropyl alcohol (either 70% or 91%).

Prices are from my local Wal-Mart.

You will also need a kitchen scale that measures in grams OR reasonably accurate means of measuring fluid ounces. I use my kitchen scale because that's my #1 kitchen hack, and everyone should have one.

$4.94 Initial bottle cost (30.9 ¢/fl. oz)

$9.94/67 fl. oz of Dawn Detergent (14.8 ¢/fl. oz)

$1.98/16 fl. oz of 70% Isopropyl Alcohol (12.4 ¢/fl. oz) (you can get this for cheaper buying in bulk, but storing that many bottles may not be worth it to you)

Filtered water (essentially free if you have a water filter fridge or pitcher) or distilled water (1.1 ¢/fl. oz)

If you cannot get filtered water or if you think it will take longer than a couple weeks to use up the bottle of soap, use distilled water.

Recipe:

55-60g Dawn Dish Soap (4 TBS, 2 fl. oz) 29.6 ¢

20-25g 70% isopropyl alcohol (2 TBS, 1 fl. oz) 12.4 ¢

385-400g water (slightly less than 1.75 cups, \\\~13.5 fl. oz) 13.5 ¢ if distilled water.

Directions:

Add all ingredients, to spray bottle and invert several times gently to mix ingredients.

\*\*Total Cost DIY: $0.42 to $0.56/bottle or 2.6 ¢ to 3.5 ¢/fl. oz.\*\*

\*\*Total Cost Retail: $4.94/bottle or 30.9 ¢/fl. oz.\*\*

Notes:

You can add a few drops of essential oil if you want the scent. I personally skip that because I don't have any essential oils but knock yourself out.

If you have particularly hard water and no reliable filtration such as a filter pitcher or a filtered refrigerator dispenser, buy and use distilled water for around $1.25-1.50/gallon or around 1-1.1 ¢ /fl. oz.

If you do not anticipate using the whole bottle of soap in a couple weeks, use distilled water to reduce the chance of mold forming or other microbial growth (yes, it's possible for mold or other microbes to grow even in such a solution with detergents and alcohol).

I cannot recommend strongly enough that you use a kitchen scale in grams just for the basic fact that if you have not already discovered the game-changing value of such a scale in your kitchen, you will with this recipe and the thousand other uses you find for it besides this recipe. You can get one for as inexpensively as around $10 on Amazon. Also, this lets you pour the detergent directly from the bulk bottle on your scale into your spray bottle and stop at the right (approximate) number of grams without worrying about some of it sticking to and needing to be rinsed out of a volumetric dispenser.

A few grams in either direction of any of the ingredients won't matter. You do need to make sure you can put the nozzle back on the bottle once it's full, so try to be reasonably accurate adding the water - add less than the listed amount and make sure you can still get the nozzle on.

You may experience a couple of "stiff" or slightly resistant squeezes of the spray nozzle handle at first when you mix a new batch. There is something about these foaming dispensers that react this way to changes in the solution. I am not 100% sure what the cause of that is, but I notice it when I refill my foaming hand soap dispensers with a different brand of foaming soap too. If there are a few drops of the previous batch of cleaner in the bottle that you can't get out before mixing a new batch, just dump them out. That will significantly reduce the effect. It goes away and smooths out within a few uses though, so don't worry about it.

I don't know how many folks use Dawn foaming cleaning spray, but it is effective and convenient, but unfortunately, it is quite expensive.

A typical bottle of it costs around $5.

You can mix your own out of your favorite dish soap, some isopropyl alcohol, and some tap water for relative pennies.

You'll want to buy one of the bottles of the factory product first - the spray nozzle is the thing that is difficult to replace - it is a foaming dispenser, and buying those sorts of bottles separate without actual product is not overly cost effective. So just buy the Dawn power spray once, and when it's empty, use your favorite liquid soap dish detergent (I'll do the price breakdown with Dawn because it's my favorite) and some isopropyl alcohol (either 70% or 91%).

Prices are from my local Wal-Mart.

You will also need a kitchen scale that measures in grams OR reasonably accurate means of measuring fluid ounces. I use my kitchen scale because that's my #1 kitchen hack, and everyone should have one.

$4.94 Initial bottle cost (30.9 ¢/fl. oz)

$9.94/67 fl. oz of Dawn Detergent (14.8 ¢/fl. oz)

$1.98/16 fl. oz of 70% Isopropyl Alcohol (12.4 ¢/fl. oz) (you can get this for cheaper buying in bulk, but storing that many bottles may not be worth it to you)

Filtered water (essentially free if you have a water filter fridge or pitcher) or distilled water (1.1 ¢/fl. oz)

If you cannot get filtered water or if you think it will take longer than a couple weeks to use up the bottle of soap, use distilled water.

Recipe:

55-60g Dawn Dish Soap (4 TBS, 2 fl. oz) 29.6 ¢

20-25g 70% isopropyl alcohol (2 TBS, 1 fl. oz) 12.4 ¢

385-400g water (slightly less than 1.75 cups, \~13.5 fl. oz) 13.5 ¢ if distilled water.

Directions:

Add all ingredients, to spray bottle and invert several times gently to mix ingredients.

**Total Cost DIY: $0.42 to $0.56/bottle or 2.6 ¢ to 3.5 ¢/fl. oz.**

**Total Cost Retail: $4.94/bottle or 30.9 ¢/fl. oz.**

Notes:

You can add a few drops of essential oil if you want the scent. I personally skip that because I don't have any essential oils but knock yourself out.

If you have particularly hard water and no reliable filtration such as a filter pitcher or a filtered refrigerator dispenser, buy and use distilled water for around $1.25-1.50/gallon or around 1-1.1 ¢ /fl. oz.

If you do not anticipate using the whole bottle of soap in a couple weeks, use distilled water to reduce the chance of mold forming or other microbial growth (yes, it's possible for mold or other microbes to grow even in such a solution with detergents and alcohol).

I cannot recommend strongly enough that you use a kitchen scale in grams just for the basic fact that if you have not already discovered the game-changing value of such a scale in your kitchen, you will with this recipe and the thousand other uses you find for it besides this recipe. You can get one for as inexpensively as around $10 on Amazon. Also, this lets you pour the detergent directly from the bulk bottle on your scale into your spray bottle and stop at the right (approximate) number of grams without worrying about some of it sticking to and needing to be rinsed out of a volumetric dispenser.

A few grams in either direction of any of the ingredients won't matter. You do need to make sure you can put the nozzle back on the bottle once it's full, so try to be reasonably accurate adding the water - add less than the listed amount and make sure you can still get the nozzle on.

You may experience a couple of "stiff" or slightly resistant squeezes of the spray nozzle handle at first when you mix a new batch. There is something about these foaming dispensers that react this way to changes in the solution. I am not 100% sure what the cause of that is, but I notice it when I refill my foaming hand soap dispensers with a different brand of foaming soap too. If there are a few drops of the previous batch of cleaner in the bottle that you can't get out before mixing a new batch, just dump them out. That will significantly reduce the effect. It goes away and smooths out within a few uses though, so don't worry about it.

I don't know how many folks use Dawn foaming cleaning spray, but it is effective and convenient, but unfortunately, it is quite expensive.

A typical bottle of it costs around $5.

You can mix your own out of your favorite dish soap, some isopropyl alcohol, and some tap water for relative pennies.

You'll want to buy one of the bottles of the factory product first - the spray nozzle is the thing that is difficult to replace - it is a foaming dispenser, and buying those sorts of bottles separate without actual product is not overly cost effective. So just buy the Dawn power spray once, and when it's empty, use your favorite liquid soap dish detergent (I'll do the price breakdown with Dawn because it's my favorite) and some isopropyl alcohol (either 70% or 91%).

Prices are from my local Wal-Mart.

You will also need a kitchen scale that measures in grams OR reasonably accurate means of measuring fluid ounces. I use my kitchen scale because that's my #1 kitchen hack, and everyone should have one.

$4.94 Initial bottle cost (30.9 ¢/fl. oz)

$9.94/67 fl. oz of Dawn Detergent (14.8 ¢/fl. oz)

$1.98/16 fl. oz of 70% Isopropyl Alcohol (12.4 ¢/fl. oz) (you can get this for cheaper buying in bulk, but storing that many bottles may not be worth it to you)

Filtered water (essentially free if you have a water filter fridge or pitcher) or distilled water (1.1 ¢/fl. oz)

If you cannot get filtered water or if you think it will take longer than a couple weeks to use up the bottle of soap, use distilled water.

Recipe:

55-60g Dawn Dish Soap (4 TBS, 2 fl. oz) 29.6 ¢

20-25g 70% isopropyl alcohol (2 TBS, 1 fl. oz) 12.4 ¢

385-400g water (slightly less than 1.75 cups, ~13.5 fl. oz) 13.5 ¢ if distilled water.

Directions:

Add all ingredients, to spray bottle and invert several times gently to mix ingredients.

Total Cost DIY: $0.42 to $0.56/bottle or 2.6 ¢ to 3.5 ¢/fl. oz.

Total Cost Retail: $4.94/bottle or 30.9 ¢/fl. oz.

Notes:

You can add a few drops of essential oil if you want the scent. I personally skip that because I don't have any essential oils but knock yourself out.

If you have particularly hard water and no reliable filtration such as a filter pitcher or a filtered refrigerator dispenser, buy and use distilled water for around $1.25-1.50/gallon or around 1-1.1 ¢ /fl. oz.

If you do not anticipate using the whole bottle of soap in a couple weeks, use distilled water to reduce the chance of mold forming or other microbial growth (yes, it's possible for mold or other microbes to grow even in such a solution with detergents and alcohol).

I cannot recommend strongly enough that you use a kitchen scale in grams just for the basic fact that if you have not already discovered the game-changing value of such a scale in your kitchen, you will with this recipe and the thousand other uses you find for it besides this recipe. You can get one for as inexpensively as around $10 on Amazon. Also, this lets you pour the detergent directly from the bulk bottle on your scale into your spray bottle and stop at the right (approximate) number of grams without worrying about some of it sticking to and needing to be rinsed out of a volumetric dispenser.

A few grams in either direction of any of the ingredients won't matter. You do need to make sure you can put the nozzle back on the bottle once it's full, so try to be reasonably accurate adding the water - add less than the listed amount and make sure you can still get the nozzle on.

You may experience a couple of "stiff" or slightly resistant squeezes of the spray nozzle handle at first when you mix a new batch. There is something about these foaming dispensers that react this way to changes in the solution. I am not 100% sure what the cause of that is, but I notice it when I refill my foaming hand soap dispensers with a different brand of foaming soap too. If there are a few drops of the previous batch of cleaner in the bottle that you can't get out before mixing a new batch, just dump them out. That will significantly reduce the effect. It goes away and smooths out within a few uses though, so don't worry about it.

I don't know how many folks use Dawn foaming cleaning spray, but it is effective and convenient, but unfortunately, it is quite expensive.

A typical bottle of it costs around $5.

You can mix your own out of your favorite dish soap, some isopropyl alcohol, and some tap water for relative pennies.

You'll want to buy one of the bottles of the factory product first - the spray nozzle is the thing that is difficult to replace - it is a foaming dispenser, and buying those sorts of bottles separate without actual product is not overly cost effective. So just buy the Dawn power spray once, and when it's empty, use your favorite liquid soap dish detergent (I'll do the price breakdown with Dawn because it's my favorite) and some isopropyl alcohol (either 70% or 91%).

Prices are from my local Wal-Mart.

You will also need a kitchen scale that measures in grams OR reasonably accurate means of measuring fluid ounces. I use my kitchen scale because that's my #1 kitchen hack, and everyone should have one.

$4.94 Initial bottle cost (30.9 ¢/fl. oz)

$9.94/67 fl. oz of Dawn Detergent (14.8 ¢/fl. oz)

$1.98/16 fl. oz of 70% Isopropyl Alcohol (12.4 ¢/fl. oz) (you can get this for cheaper buying in bulk, but storing that many bottles may not be worth it to you)

Filtered water (essentially free if you have a water filter fridge or pitcher) or distilled water (1.1 ¢/fl. oz)

If you cannot get filtered water or if you think it will take longer than a couple weeks to use up the bottle of soap, use distilled water.

Recipe:

55-60g Dawn Dish Soap (4 TBS, 2 fl. oz) 29.6 ¢

20-25g 70% isopropyl alcohol (2 TBS, 1 fl. oz) 12.4 ¢

385-400g water (slightly less than 1.75 cups, ~13.5 fl. oz) 13.5 ¢ if distilled water.

Directions:

Add all ingredients, to spray bottle and invert several times gently to mix ingredients.

Total Cost DIY: $0.42 to $0.56/bottle or 2.6 ¢ to 3.5 ¢/fl. oz.

Total Cost Retail: $4.94/bottle or 30.9 ¢/fl. oz.

Notes:

You can add a few drops of essential oil if you want the scent. I personally skip that because I don't have any essential oils but knock yourself out.

If you have particularly hard water and no reliable filtration such as a filter pitcher or a filtered refrigerator dispenser, buy and use distilled water for around $1.25-1.50/gallon or around 1-1.1 ¢ /fl. oz.

If you do not anticipate using the whole bottle of soap in a couple weeks, use distilled water to reduce the chance of mold forming or other microbial growth (yes, it's possible for mold or other microbes to grow even in such a solution with detergents and alcohol).

I cannot recommend strongly enough that you use a kitchen scale in grams just for the basic fact that if you have not already discovered the game-changing value of such a scale in your kitchen, you will with this recipe and the thousand other uses you find for it besides this recipe. You can get one for as inexpensively as around $10 on Amazon. Also, this lets you pour the detergent directly from the bulk bottle on your scale into your spray bottle and stop at the right (approximate) number of grams without worrying about some of it sticking to and needing to be rinsed out of a volumetric dispenser.

A few grams in either direction of any of the ingredients won't matter. You do need to make sure you can put the nozzle back on the bottle once it's full, so try to be reasonably accurate adding the water - add less than the listed amount and make sure you can still get the nozzle on.

You may experience a couple of "stiff" or slightly resistant squeezes of the spray nozzle handle at first when you mix a new batch. There is something about these foaming dispensers that react this way to changes in the solution. I am not 100% sure what the cause of that is, but I notice it when I refill my foaming hand soap dispensers with a different brand of foaming soap too. If there are a few drops of the previous batch of cleaner in the bottle that you can't get out before mixing a new batch, just dump them out. That will significantly reduce the effect. It goes away and smooths out within a few uses though, so don't worry about it.

The meme is from the Tejada leg breaker slide when Utley was a Dodger in 2015, but I thought maybe some of you might remember it.

The meme featured Martin Kove from the original Karate Kid movie delivering the iconic line "sweep the leg" to Utley in his Dodgers uniform.

I had a copy of this meme years ago but lost it, and I can't find it anywhere online.

Does anyone remember this? I'd like to get this back into my "special occasions" meme collection.

Thanks!

This 2-part documentary came out in 2020, but I implore anyone interested in the music that this sub is about to go find where to stream it and watch it. You won't be disappointed if you're really a fan of this musical genre.