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Bronzewyrm said:
This is a thread for all your random thoughts. No need to start a new thread, just slap down whats on your mind. let the chips land where they may!

I'll Start.


Is it worse to take the batteries out of your "adult toys" to make the kids' toys work, or to take the batteries out the kids' toys to make the "adult toys" work?:breakdance:


Bronze.
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Please the kids, keep them quiet and depend upon old methods and customs.
 
Google Photos is a really amazing way to store photos. Unlimited backup, and my photos can sync with the wife's so when she takes the kids out on a trip I can see the photos she takes of them practically in real time.
 
Do I get my 12 year old son a smart phone? Really struggling with this one.
 
The french word for ugly is laid.

Just for reference, this guy is basically their Elvis Presley.

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All those struggling American artists hungry for fame, and all they need is some expensive foreign language study courses and an Aquiline nose transplant.
 
mook said:
Do I get my 12 year old son a smart phone? Really struggling with this one.
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My wife and I just bought our 11-year-old one for Christmas. We had been having him use a "dumb phone", but the phone itself was not reliable, and he was unable to participate in group text conversations between us, him, and his older sister--seems like a minor issue, but somehow in our family, the group text has become a crucial issue. Anyway...

We believe very strongly in parental controls on electronic devices, so while he has a smart phone, it is protected by an app called "Mobile Fence". The subscription is like $90/year (IIRC), but to me it's well worth it. App allows me to allow/restrict pretty much anything the phone is able to do.
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
Can a man trust his wife when she says the old washing machine isn't getting the clothes clean and she "needs" that shiny new red one?
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Do the laundry yourself and find out.

Question for single guys: when you eat alone in a restaurant (real one, not fast food) are you sometimes/often treated shabbily? Wait while people who arrived after you are served? Hustled out without being asked if you want dessert? This happens to single ladies frequently and I wonder about men?
 
I'm blown away by the garbage that flows from Crapzano and that people actually choose to listen & read his crap.
 
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crandc said:
Do the laundry yourself and find out.

Question for single guys: when you eat alone in a restaurant (real one, not fast food) are you sometimes/often treated shabbily? Wait while people who arrived after you are served? Hustled out without being asked if you want dessert? This happens to single ladies frequently and I wonder about men?
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Good question. I can’t really answer since I don’t like to spend any more time than I have to when I eat alone.
 
stampedehero said:
I just finished clearing snow with my trusty Troy Bilt 24" snow thrower/blower. An hour and a half of that exercise makes me feel satisfied and wholesome. 8 inches of snow here in wonderful freakin NJ. I used it on both of my neighbors driveways too. One guy has a torn rotator cuff and the other had a heart attack last year. Somehow doing this makes me feel 100% human. View attachment 17779 < Earlier in the day! Please- no one post they relaxed in their pool in sunny 70oF this afternoon.
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Dude, I just played at a funeral where it was 33 degrees in Orlando. Horn was cold Adonal Foyle. No sunny pools here...
 
BrianFromWA said:
Dude, I just played at a funeral where it was 33 degrees in Orlando. Horn was cold Adonal Foyle. No sunny pools here...
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Thanks for the Florida update. My Condolences as well. I knew they were going to get cold range but the citrus crop and old men are now frozen. If the town has a Conchi Joes Seafood restaurant, go for it!

PS: I once played trumpet for years and played in a concert band with obligation to play in the marching unit too. It was an Olds trumpet. Played many instruments.. Accordion, Drums (only a week then my dad could not take it)-(he was a lifelong Tenor sax and clarinet musician.) Went right to Bass guitar @13,. Picked up guitar as well. Nowadays I play along with music. No doubt-Bass is my Favorite! IMG_2510.JPG
 
SheedSoNasty said:
The other day my six year old was concentrating really hard on his LEGO project and was getting obnoxiously gassy. I asked him if he needed to use the bathroom and he said “it’s okay dad, I’m a professional at not pooping.”
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Your's too!!!??? Holy shit, it's like every time he goes to the bathroom it's an emergency! I'm like, why the hell are you saving your shit? WTF else do you have to do?

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crandc said:
Question for single guys: when you eat alone in a restaurant (real one, not fast food) are you sometimes/often treated shabbily? Wait while people who arrived after you are served? Hustled out without being asked if you want dessert? This happens to single ladies frequently and I wonder about men?
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I haven't ever really had that problem. And while a single guy I frequently would take a book in to read while I was at the restaurant. Even today, I'm on the road a lot for work/mil and eat alone while reading (violating about every principle of Keith Ferrazzi's business model, but in keeping well with my abject introversion). However, I'd like to think it was because of my politeness, patience, charm, good tipping and general Golden Rule-esque "don't be a dick" attitude than the fact than servers don't like women.

It would seem odd to me though that that would happen much. I mean, there's a 60/40 ratio of female to male servers. I asked my wife (who served for a couple of years) about this, and she had 3 comments:
1) just like every other occupation, there is a certain percentage of assholes. It's likely higher in the service industry because the barrier to entry is low and turnover is high. She wouldn't be shocked that a server would hustle out a customer without dessert, but it would be rare and a surprise.
2) she wouldn't deviate much from her standard routines...trying to get them to buy an alcoholic beverage to start, push appetizers, always ask about dessert. Each one of those (at her restaurant) was another ~$10 on the order, which meant $2 in her pocket. It would be detrimental to allow your biases to factor into your service, except in the rare cases of #3...
3) she did say that, in other servers, she would see that there were some customers (see #1) where the server wouldn't even worry about a tip, they just wanted to be done. I asked her about your example and she said "no one I worked with would discriminate on sex or race (this was in the Seattle area, so it may be different in Birmingham or El Paso or something?), but there were servers who would, after a customer treated them poorly, basically be 'done' with the service." "Here's your food, here's your check, I have 5 other tables." The $10 tip or whatever wasn't worth dealing with those people.
 
dviss1 said:
Your's too!!!??? Holy shit, it's like every time he goes to the bathroom it's an emergency! I'm like, why the hell are you saving your shit? WTF else do you have to do?

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EXACT same with my 6y/o. He'll be standing up playing Minecraft and then sprint to the bathroom. For a while there he was mistiming it. Mommy took care of those.
 
stampedehero said:
Thanks for the Florida update. My Condolences as well. I knew they were going to get cold range but the citrus crop and old men are now frozen. If the town has a Conchi Joes Seafood restaurant, go for it!

PS: I once played trumpet for years and played in a concert band with obligation to play in the marching unit too. It was an Olds trumpet. Played many instruments.. Accordion, Drums (only a week then my dad could not take it)-(he was a lifelong Tenor sax and clarinet musician.) Went right to Bass guitar @13,. Picked up guitar as well. Nowadays I play along with music. No doubt-Bass is my Favorite! View attachment 17788
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I just traded in my Olds Custom Crafted for a Bach 37. Not that I'm close to good enough to need it, but I'm working to get the chops back and maybe do some jazz stuff. With my ample free time...
 
Brian, at a SF restaurant I like a lot (Bluestem Brasserie), the manager told me at her last job she traveled a lot and often had dinner solo in restaurants. She was treated badly so often she now makes a point of telling her staff to pay special attention to solo women.

This has happened to me way too many times to be random. I note on Yelp and don't return.
 
BrianFromWA said:
I haven't ever really had that problem. And while a single guy I frequently would take a book in to read while I was at the restaurant. Even today, I'm on the road a lot for work/mil and eat alone while reading (violating about every principle of Keith Ferrazzi's business model, but in keeping well with my abject introversion). However, I'd like to think it was because of my politeness, patience, charm, good tipping and general Golden Rule-esque "don't be a dick" attitude than the fact than servers don't like women.

It would seem odd to me though that that would happen much. I mean, there's a 60/40 ratio of female to male servers. I asked my wife (who served for a couple of years) about this, and she had 3 comments:
1) just like every other occupation, there is a certain percentage of assholes. It's likely higher in the service industry because the barrier to entry is low and turnover is high. She wouldn't be shocked that a server would hustle out a customer without dessert, but it would be rare and a surprise.
2) she wouldn't deviate much from her standard routines...trying to get them to buy an alcoholic beverage to start, push appetizers, always ask about dessert. Each one of those (at her restaurant) was another ~$10 on the order, which meant $2 in her pocket. It would be detrimental to allow your biases to factor into your service, except in the rare cases of #3...
3) she did say that, in other servers, she would see that there were some customers (see #1) where the server wouldn't even worry about a tip, they just wanted to be done. I asked her about your example and she said "no one I worked with would discriminate on sex or race (this was in the Seattle area, so it may be different in Birmingham or El Paso or something?), but there were servers who would, after a customer treated them poorly, basically be 'done' with the service." "Here's your food, here's your check, I have 5 other tables." The $10 tip or whatever wasn't worth dealing with those people.
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I over tip for good service and under tip for poor. I've been a server and have been in Customer Service most of my life so

I will say though that I've been a victim of the "Black people don't tip" stereotype and treated like they didn't think I was going to.
 
stampedehero said:
I actually created the name from two albums. Stampede by the Doobie Brothers and Time Loves a Hero from Little Feat. With these two albums a person can reach nirvana. :feelbass::smiley-dj: PS" I have Frank Zappa albums.
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I saw Little Feat in concert. I love them. Didn't get to see Frank, but I did go to a Dweezil Zappa Plays Whatever the Fuck He Wants concert last year :) It was so great!

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BBert said:
I saw Little Feat in concert. I love them. Didn't get to see Frank, but I did go to a Dweezil Zappa Plays Whatever the Fuck He Wants concert last year :) It was so great!

:cheers:
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I wish I had seen them in their heyday. Saw a good interview with Bill Payne who shed some light on Lowell George. Basically said, "Lowell George was the John Belushi of Rock N' Roll." I think that's as good an answer as any. "Waiting For Columbus" is them at their absolute peak. Got it on double vinyl. I think it would have been interesting to see where George went after he split up from the group. "Thanks, I'll Eat Here" is such a low key, but great solo album.
 
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