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MUScoop => The Superbar => Topic started by: StillAWarrior on June 06, 2019, 12:48:34 PM
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Earlier today, a high school friend of mine posted the following on Facebook: "Heresy Alert:
I just don't find "Animal House" very funny."
It got me to thinking...what are some popular things that I just don't "get"? I'm not talking about things that I haven't tried (e.g., Game of Thrones), but things that I have tried but just didn't enjoy.
As a starting point: I'm not the only person who thinks the Rolling Stones suck, am I?
What are some things that you don't "get"?
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Doge memes, (not) much wow, so don't get.
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NASCAR
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trolling. I honestly don't understand what people get out of being a troll.
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U2
Sweet potato fries
Julia Roberts
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100% with you on the Stones, not a fan of them at all.
Mine is probably Napoleon Dynamite. Thought that was one of the dumbest movies I’ve seen in my entire life.
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was garbage without a single redeeming quality and people love it. It's baffling.
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The Stones for pretty much anything after Tattoo You and the same for Aerosmith after Rocks.
The movie Dumb & Dumber. I have friends that think it's the best comedy ever, I can't watch more than 10 minutes at
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Soccer.
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Agree with some of the things already on this list. U2, Napoleon Dynamite, Dumb and Dumber. I enjoy the Rolling Stones and Aerosmith but not at the level most seem to put them at.
My biggest one is probably college football. I enjoy it enough that I'll go to a game if I have a free ticket and I'll bandwagon with the Aggies for the first 5 weeks before the Alabama game when everyone realizes that we are on completely different level from the top teams. But I cannot understand following a sport where half the teams could go undefeated and still not make the national championship, most of the rest are eliminated after 1 or 2 losses, and pretty much every team is eliminated by their 3rd loss. Once the Aggies get loss number 2 I can't pay attention any more.
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Springsteen.
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The Beatles
Marvel Comic / Superhero Movies
Quentin Tarantino
Peanut Butter
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was garbage without a single redeeming quality and people love it. It's baffling.
That movie is so terrible.
Everyone who thought they were "deep" in high school loved it.
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Springsteen.
Springsteen is good. But not nearly as good as a lot of people think he is.
He's another John Mellencamp, Bob Seger, etc. He's fine, but that's it.
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Dessert
Obsessions with football at every level
Bourbon
Every aspect of pop culture whether that's music, MTV reality shows, or following the Kardashians
Catcalling (has it ever worked? Even once in a trillion?)
The Departed
95% of rap
video games except the original smash bros
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Addressing some that have been mentioned:
Dumb and Dumber -- a stupid, guilty pleasure...sorry.
Springsteen -- not really a fan and wouldn't go out of my way to listen, but did see him in concert once. It was pretty good.
U2 -- I'm a casual fan. Took my daughter to see the Joshua Tree tour a couple years ago and we had a great time.
The Departed -- I'm a fan.
The Kardashians -- WTF?
Napoleon Dynamite -- never really saw it...just bits and pieces.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -- never saw it.
Sweet potato fries -- meh...
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I really, really like U2 back in the day. Now I can't listen to them. Every song sounds the same.
I do like peak Rolling Stones (roughly Beggar's Banquet through Exile on Main Street) But they've come out with so much schlock and hung around so long that it has watered everything down.
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Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Vacation, social media in general, cats on the internet, pets in general, fishing, coffee, any form of extremism.....
Great thread idea. I can see returning to it on a daily basis as something new pisses me off.
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Springsteen.
+ Infinity
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The Big Lebowski
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I enjoyed The Wire, but everything else David Simon has done is terrible (IMO).
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Scottish whiskey
watching baseball
Jim Carrey
George Stephanapolis
Geraldo Rivera
Anything Kardashian
Drake
hops in beer
college football
Why people from Minnesota drive so slow in the left lane
guns
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Vacation
Huh?
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Rolling Stones were great for more than a decade. Now they're an oldies act. That's cool. Their oldies are great. Springsteen has become a great oldies act, too. Happens to the best of them unless they break up first, like ...
The Beatles.
Fluffy, you're out of your mind. I mean, what's not to love about the greatest band there ever was or will be? (And what's with peanut butter being on your list? Delicious! I eat it almost every day for breakfast with apple slices and bananas. It's almond butter and other "all-natural" nutty-ish butters I don't get. They look like a cat had dia ... well, you know.)
Totally agree with most pop-culture stuff. I have never watched one minute of reality TV and I doubt I ever will. A late-night TV comedian will make a reference to some of these clowns and I have no idea what they're talking about ... and that's A-OK. My life is not worse because I don't know anything about the couple that had 30 kids or about what happened on the effen Bachelor.
There are many movies that people LOVE that I think are highly overrated, or just plain bad. Good example: I hadn't seen Blazing Saddles since it was in the movies and some friends of mine were talking about it, so I decided to watch it again. I was stunned at how funny it wasn't. Caddyshack is another one; when I told a friend I didn't like it, he was outraged and told me I would have to turn in my "Guy Card." Field of Dreams ... sappy crap; and as if that wasn't enough, they even sent Shoeless Joe to the plate to bat right-handed.
But Animal House? Come on, man, that's a freakin' hilarious flick! Almost every scene Belushi is in is riotous, and many others are damn funny too.
Sports-wise ... agree with wades about soccer and TAMU about college football. There is nothing worse than the non-playoff bowl games ... except, perhaps, for soccer "friendlies."
The NFL Draft has gone from the worst day in sports to the worst two days in sports to the worst three days in sports. Maybe next year, they can just televise one round a day and make it an entire worst week in sports.
I definitely don't get auto racing. Or ultimate fighting. Maybe combine the two so that when a driver gets pissed at his rival, he kicks the guy in the face.
Fun topic.
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The Beatles.
Fluffy, you're out of your mind. I mean, what's not to love about the greatest band there ever was or will be?
You mean beside the delusional people who think they're the greatest band there ever was or will be? ;)
In all seriousness, I just don't like the music. I'd rather listen to more blues oriented stuff like the Stones or the Yardbirds.
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Scottish whiskey
hops in beer
The greatest things related to alcohol ever
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Huh?
The movie.
Agree with the football dislike.
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The movie.
The original? Remake? European? Christmas? Vegas?
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The original? Remake? European? Christmas? Vegas?
Yes.
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Add me to the list of people who don't subscribe to the Beatles being the greatest band of all time. Most influential? Probably. Greatest? Just not my cup of tea.
Since Hilltopper bumped the Fortnite thread I was reminded, I don't get Fortnite or any PvP focused FPS. I would much rather grind out single player campaigns on my own then listen to a bunch of tweens try to be cool on the internet
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I would much rather grind out single player campaigns on my own then listen to a bunch of tweens try to be cool on the internet
I see you've met my son.
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I'm not a big video game guy, but if I see a classic Galaga arcade game when out and about, chances are I will have the high score within a game or two.
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hops in beer
It technically wouldn't be beer without any hops, you don't like beer at all or meant IPA type hop-bombs??
I can now only watch individual scenes from Animal House (can't even watch the parade anymore), same for my favorite movie ever, Pulp Fiction, seen it so many times now I just tune in to watch a scene or two if killing time. So many scenes stand up all their own in PF.
I was a huge Springsteen fan after seeing him at the Auditorium in '78 but admittedly he has released nothing I liked in years, perhaps nothing after Devils and Dust.
Concert sing-alongs! I hate concerts where the entire crowd sings along, usually this is the oldies bands that play a greatest hits setlist and everyone knows all the songs.
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I really, really like U2 back in the day. Now I can't listen to them. Every song sounds the same.
I do like peak Rolling Stones (roughly Beggar's Banquet through Exile on Main Street) But they've come out with so much schlock and hung around so long that it has watered everything down.
The last two U2 albums have been great. Two of their best.
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I will raise Tower and say
Chevy Chase, in every thing he did from SNL to Community, other than Caddyshack.
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The last two U2 albums have been great. Two of their best.
True dat.
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LinkedIn
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Add me to the list of people who don't subscribe to the Beatles being the greatest band of all time. Most influential? Probably. Greatest? Just not my cup of tea.
I'm torn on the Beatles. I did go through a small Beatles phase, but I'm decades removed from that. But still...wow. Not long ago, I saw a website rank every Beatles song. (https://ultimateclassicrock.com/every-beatles-song/) It is absolutely astounding the number of hits -- many of which I really like, even if I never really listen to them any more. Most bands are lucky to have more than a few. Reading through the list, there are literally dozens. It really is an amazing body of work.
On a related note, I really enjoyed Paul McCartney on Carpool Karaoke with James Corden (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjvzCTqkBDQ). I was struck by the bit where they were greeting people on the street and people were telling him "my brother is named after you" and "we played your music at my father's funeral." It's hard to imagine going through life hearing things like that on a daily (hourly?) basis.
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Instagram.
It's Facebook, only with far fewer features and security controls.
Also, iPhones.
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The movie.
Agree with the football dislike.
Got it. Was confused.
I don't disagree, if you're talking about the original. Christmas Vacation will always be a fav of mine.
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Instagram.
It's Facebook, only with far fewer features and security controls.
Also, iPhones.
This. Also,
Neil Young
Cross Country Skiing
Brazilian steakhouses
Making your own yogurt
Spa treatments (except for massage)
Scrapbooking
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Elvis — Just an overblown hack.
Soccer and Hockey — Are these really sports?
Minnesota Winters — People live here because .... ?
My children — Comes with being a Dad 😍
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Cher
Kathy Gifford
Kathy Griffin
Roseanne
Mike and Ikes
Ben and Jerrys
Jim Carrey
Sarah Silverman
Kardashian of all walks of life
George Clooney
Bette Midler
Amy Schumer
Regular season NBA
Neil Young
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I'm not a big video game guy, but if I see a classic Galaga arcade game when out and about, chances are I will have the high score within a game or two.
Amen brother. I can walk up to a Galaga game today, not played in a decade and rip off 50K points no problem.
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Kombucha
Vegan food
People going to time square for NYE
Cologne
Whole Lobster (or even worse crawfish).
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Decaf coffee
CBS sitcoms
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Cher
Kathy Gifford
Kathy Griffin
Roseanne
Mike and Ikes
Ben and Jerrys
Jim Carrey
Sarah Silverman
Kardashian of all walks of life
George Clooney
Bette Midler
Amy Schumer
Regular season NBA
Neil Young
I'm with you on Amy Schumer. She wasn't bad in her acting roles but I don't think her standup is particularly strong. Your comedian selection has a certain pattern though...
I do not get:
Facebook for your newborn children
Posting hundreds of pictures in the middle of a vacation
Cleanses
Being rude to service workers
Big Bang Theory
Aversion to advanced statistics
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Got it. Was confused.
I don't disagree, if you're talking about the original. Christmas Vacation will always be a fav of mine.
I’ll go with actual vacation. Like why do people willingly travel somewhere knowing they’re going to get fleeced? How shiitty does life have to be that you need to overpay for everything just so you can lie to yourself for a week about needing to relax?
Is it any surprise that some obscene %age of divorce filings occur within a month or two following a vacation.
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This is a fun thread.
I love Neil Young, especially 70s era but he made a lot of great stuff much later, too.
Chevy Chase was hilarious on the old SNLs. I laughed a lot at Vacation. Pretty much everything else sucked.
Sarah Silverman is funny ... but I will admit that when we were in Vegas last time she had a show and we went to see it with great anticipation ... and she was no good. She was obviously trying out some new material and most of it was quite bad. She was so effen funny on The Aristocrats, although Gilbert Godfrey stole the show. Yes, Gilbert Effen Godfrey!
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Oh and I don't get country music either. Sounds like something right out of my dog's howling.
And, yes, I grew up in Nashville. I went to school with the children of country music stars; lived around the corner from one of the pioneers of the form of music and I still hate it.
I don't get the Kardashians, legalized marijuana and Illinois' propensity to tax anything that moves. The Kardashians impress me as a bunch of spoiled brats who leveraged their Dad's OJ fame.
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elvis
butternut squash
prince
the kardashians
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Oh and I don't get country music either. Sounds like something right out of my dog's howling.
And, yes, I grew up in Nashville. I went to school with the children of country music stars; lived around the corner from one of the pioneers of the form of music and I still hate it.
I don't get the Kardashians, legalized marijuana and Illinois' propensity to tax anything that moves. The Kardashians impress me as a bunch of spoiled brats who leveraged their Dad's OJ fame.
I don't really like country music, either, but I should. Anybody can sing country. You don't need a voice at all. Much of it is just talkin'.
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Scoop.
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Billy Madison
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Clubs
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U2
Sweet potato fries
Julia Roberts
2 out of 3 aint bad. Sweet Potato Fries are God's gift to the world... unless they are a soggy disgusting mess.
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Decaf coffee
CBS sitcoms
I'll go one step further. Almost all network television.
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The Rolling Stones
Dave Matthews Bands
IPAs
Complaining about April 15
Pets, especially considering them family members
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Some of these things that people get or don't get are because they are of an era. Take Dumb and Dumber, that movie was on near constant rotation in our apartment when we stumbled back home on the weekends (along with the South Park movie and Billy Madison). Those movies are hilarious and nostalgic to me but I also get why people don't get them because they saw them once or something and just think they are silly.
Things I don't get:
Youtube viral videos
Slime
People who enjoy yard work
Anything by U2
Quentin Terintino films
Judging something retro-actively
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The Rolling Stones
Dave Matthews Bands
IPAs
Complaining about April 15
Pets, especially considering them family members
Gotta see them live. I pretty much don't listen to them anymore and still wouldn't miss an Alpine Valley show
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Cher
Kathy Gifford
Kathy Griffin
Roseanne
Mike and Ikes
Ben and Jerrys
Jim Carrey
Sarah Silverman
Kardashian of all walks of life
George Clooney
Bette Midler
Amy Schumer
Regular season NBA
Neil Young
This is a great list except for Neil Young (and Mike and Ikes). Roseanne's early stand-up before her original TV show was very funny, but agree since her show made her famous.
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Decaf coffee
CBS sitcoms
I disaghree on decaf coffee. I have a condition where I cannot have much caffeine, but I love coffee. So, it has to be good decaf. Not the crap in diners, which ntastes metallic, but a good Nespresso decaf, either in espresso form (latte's, flat whites) or a good heary cup o Joe.
Things I don't get. The NFL (about 30 minutes of action spread over 3 hours). The SuperBowl-most specifically halftime shows and commercials (way overrated), and grown men wearing their favorite players jersey.-Going to a game is even worse for me...there is way too much dead time, and I cannot change the channel
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Some of these things that people get or don't get are because they are of an era. Take Dumb and Dumber, that movie was on near constant rotation in our apartment when we stumbled back home on the weekends (along with the South Park movie and Billy Madison). Those movies are hilarious and nostalgic to me but I also get why people don't get them because they saw them once or something and just think they are silly.
Things I don't get:
Youtube viral videos
Slime
People who enjoy yard work
Anything by U2
Quentin Terintino films
Judging something retro-actively
I was out of town on assignment (I believe in Boston) when the South Park movie came out. I had an afternoon to kill and, even though I had only seen bits and pieces of the series, I decided to go to the movie. I expected it to be so stupid that I would hate it. It was stupid, of course, but I loved it. I have rewatched it a couple of times since and still think it is very funny, and I'm still not a regular watcher of the show. Dumb and Dumber is just bad.
I like most of the Tarantino films I've seen, especially Inglorious Basterds, Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill. I admit I "don't get" the fascination with Reservoir Dogs (I thought it was rather boring) and he's had a few clunkers, but he's made some very good stuff IMHO.
Otherwise, I totally get your list of things you don't get.
And not you but ...
Surprised by the level of dislike for the Stones. Crazy.
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Coffee.
I tried it once, 25 years ago. Awful. So I put some sugar in it. It was 3% less awful.
So I put some more sugar in it, and it was 5% less awful. Thinking about others I've seen, I dumped 4-5 more spoons of sugar in there and it was almost OK, but it was too much work.
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This is a fun thread.
I love Neil Young, especially 70s era but he made a lot of great stuff much later, too.
Neil Young is great in any era.
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Any talent show like American Idol etc. The only good talent show was the Gong Show.
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I don't really like country music, either, but I should. Anybody can sing country. You don't need a voice at all. Much of it is just talkin'.
Country music stars were the first rappers.
Boy Named Sue
Uneasy Rider
Devil Went Down to Georgia
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And not you but ...
Surprised by the level of dislike for the Stones. Crazy.
As the person who started this -- and specifically started it with a reference to the Stones -- I wouldn't say that I "dislike" them. I just find them...meh. My reaction to the stones is, "this is an all-time classic band? Really?"
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And not you but ...
Surprised by the level of dislike for the Stones. Crazy.
Would be me too (didn't want to pile on) I really like maybe 3 Stones songs the rest is garbage to me and the general fanboying about them just mystifies me.
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I'm with you on Amy Schumer. She wasn't bad in her acting roles but I don't think her standup is particularly strong. Your comedian selection has a certain pattern though...
I do not get:
Facebook for your newborn children
Posting hundreds of pictures in the middle of a vacation
Cleanses
Being rude to service workers
Big Bang Theory
Aversion to advanced statistics
The pattern is they are not funny. Add Dane Cook, Whoopi, Wanda Sykes, AZiz Ansari. Comedians are brutal. Could add 20 more easily.
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Coffee.
I tried it once, 25 years ago. Awful. So I put some sugar in it. It was 3% less awful.
So I put some more sugar in it, and it was 5% less awful. Thinking about others I've seen, I dumped 4-5 more spoons of sugar in there and it was almost OK, but it was too much work.
Great one. Haven’t had a cup in 30 years. The smell of it still nauseates me. Same for Kona ice cream
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I think the stones are very hit or miss. I actually have a playlist I made on Spotify called "Good Stones" It's 13 songs.
The band I really never "got" was Led Zeplin.
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Coffee.
I tried it once, 25 years ago. Awful. So I put some sugar in it. It was 3% less awful.
So I put some more sugar in it, and it was 5% less awful. Thinking about others I've seen, I dumped 4-5 more spoons of sugar in there and it was almost OK, but it was too much work.
I have had 2 sips of coffee in my life. I tried a sip of my mom's coffee when I was about 13 and almost had to go puke. My wife LOVES coffee and seems so happy drinking it that I decided to try a sip of hers about 4 years ago. Just putrid. It's like toxic sludge.
I don't like coffee ice cream, coffee candies, coffee in my beer, anywhere.
However ...
I do like the idea of coffee, the idea of the coffeeshop as a place to just chill out with friends or a book -- Howard Schultz was a genius to recognize the appeal and to make it into "a thing."
I also like being at a restaurant or cafe with a friend who says something like this to the server: "Oh, nothing for me ... just coffee." Kinda cool.
But coffee itself? Ugh.
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This is a great list except for Neil Young
I would rather listen to fingernails on a blackboard than Neil Young's whiny voice.
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I actually have a playlist I made on Spotify called "Good Stones" It's 13 songs.
Listen to "Jigsaw Puzzle" on Beggars Banquet. It's the best track on one of my favorite albums.
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I would rather listen to fingernails on a blackboard than Neil Young's whiny voice.
I prefer to call his voice "expressive."
You're a mom. Listen to Neil's song "Here for You" and tell me it doesn't make you mist up a little.
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As a starting point: I'm not the only person who thinks the Rolling Stones suck, am I?
With you on that one
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I think the stones are very hit or miss. I actually have a playlist I made on Spotify called "Good Stones" It's 13 songs.
The band I really never "got" was Led Zeplin.
I like Zeplin, I think their music is at least differentiated but people definitely got too into the "narrative" element of them. Moody Blues with a full orchestra is much better at that
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Dick Vitale
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The Dennis Pearson sculptures known as "Beasties." Why anyone would pay thousands for them is a mystery to me.
And I don't get nose piercings/rings. Why women choose to wear them baffles me.
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I can let most things pass in this thread, but I still think the most egregious thing in this thread is someone not liking the movie Vacation.
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Listen to "Jigsaw Puzzle" on Beggars Banquet. It's the best track on one of my favorite albums.
My preference is Let It Bleed.
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Coffee.
I tried it once, 25 years ago. Awful. So I put some sugar in it. It was 3% less awful.
So I put some more sugar in it, and it was 5% less awful. Thinking about others I've seen, I dumped 4-5 more spoons of sugar in there and it was almost OK, but it was too much work.
+1000
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Zeppelin to me is hit and miss. They are undoubtedly brilliant musicians, but their music can just be so heavy. Which of course is their style. If you watch some of their old stuff in concert, some of it is tiring, but some is absolutely incredible stuff. I could listen to a Jimmy Page solo all day long.
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Enjoying my coffee right now.
Both the Beatles and the Stones do nothing for me although I'd never consider them 'bad'.
Trolling. Why do people do that crap? Life's too short and mine's shorter than it was in my MU days.
Good topic.
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Grains
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what this thread has become
(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/familyguy/images/c/c5/Grinds-my-gears1.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100119021134)
But I'll throw in another one...... Adults who go to Disney World without children. What the everloving f*ck
Sure, bring the tots to see Mickey when they are 5. But people actually go for honeymoons..... I'd rather shoot my own kneecap
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Crean
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Running marathons
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I like Zeplin, I think their music is at least differentiated but people definitely got too into the "narrative" element of them. Moody Blues with a full orchestra is much better at that
I don't get how people keep mis-spelling Zeppelin.
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I like Zeplin, I think their music is at least differentiated but people definitely got too into the "narrative" element of them. Moody Blues with a full orchestra is much better at that
I didn't get Zeppelin at all either, but their music has aged well to me. I enjoy them now which was not the case 30 years ago. I'm intrigued a little more as I'm turning 50 and this book is my next read and they are mentioned as one of the 1969 changes.
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Listen to "Jigsaw Puzzle" on Beggars Banquet. It's the best track on one of my favorite albums.
I did as you recommended. This might come as a surprise to you, but I...didn't get it.
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But I'll throw in another one...... Adults who go to Disney World without children. What the everloving f*ck
Sure, bring the tots to see Mickey when they are 5. But people actually go for honeymoons..... I'd rather shoot my own kneecap
We did it once when we were young, before kids. Then took them some years later exactly as you describe. Totally agree with the frequent repeat visitors thing.
Looking forward to the day we take grandkids telling my damn kids to stay home. It's OUR turn with the babies.
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So much angst!
Grown ass men that refer to athletes by their first name. Exception is if that is what they are commonly known as (e.g. Lebron).
Minnesota drivers that can't merge.
Wisconsin drivers that don't get out of the left lane.
Door County
Great America and amusement parks in general.
Clowns
Music: The Stones, Springsteen, most of the songs by the Who, Weezer, 99% of pop music, Bohemian Rhapsody,
Crean
Movies: anything by Tarantino, Jim Carrey, Napoleon Dynamite, Star Wars
Pubes on the toilet seat at work (seriously, how hairy is your ass, man?)
Coffee shops
SNL
Blue Balls
UW Madison, the Terrace, the Union, all sucks
Cub fans that became fans when they moved from Pigsknuckle, NE to Chicago for a job in finance.
Snapchat
Tennis, volleyball, hockey
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Country music stars were the first rappers.
Boy Named Sue
Uneasy Rider
Devil Went Down to Georgia
I think you proved 82’s point.
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Craft beer and Bob Dylan.
Are these acquired tastes?
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Looking forward to the day we take grandkids telling my damn kids to stay home. It's OUR turn with the babies.
I'd be grateful for the time off! Good grandparents
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Craft beer and Bob Dylan.
Are these acquired tastes?
I do enjoy many "craft beers" but definitely do not "get" IPAs.
And, I fully agree about Dylan.
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Pubes on the toilet seat at work
Blue Balls
UW Madison
You don't seem to understand the thread. This isn't supposed to be a list of "things that suck." It's a list of things that some people like but that you don't "get". Nobody likes some of the things you listed.
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Fun thread.
Vloggers
Guinness
Running for fun/exercise
Instagram
YouTube celebrities
"Influencers"
eSports
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I did as you recommended. This might come as a surprise to you, but I...didn't get it.
Thanks for trying.
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Dessert
Obsessions with football at every level
Bourbon
Every aspect of pop culture whether that's music, MTV reality shows, or following the Kardashians
Catcalling (has it ever worked? Even once in a trillion?)
The Departed
95% of rap
video games except the original smash bros
This is the only list that makes me upset. Bourbon, rap, video games and the departed are all great. I don't get you sir :)
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The movie Grease. I like muscials but I never understood the appeal of Grease
I know this will shock some people but I did not get Lost
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Saying happy birthday/anniversary to your spouse on Facebook. Are you not going to see her/him that day? Or talk on the phone?
Miley Cyrus.
Couldn't agree more on Springsteen.
Napoleon Dynamite? I thought that the first time I watched it, but after watching it again, it's f-ing hilarious.
Notre Dame.
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Bill Walton
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Coffee has come a long way in the last 25-30 years. But I can understand it's not for everybody, just like IPAs aren't for me.
My wife drinks decaf for health reasons, too. She used to drink regular.
Another thing that I don't get is Monty Python.
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Smoking
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Network television
"Reality" tv
Professional wrestling
Pop country
Reggaeton
Non fast food chain restaurants (Applebee's, Chili's, Outback Steakhouse, etc.)
People who sit in the left lane while driving unless they're passing, i.e. Wisconsin drivers
Tourist traps
People who are intolerant of other people's cultures
the Dutch
Also, how do so many people not like the Stones? That's truly baffling, such a wide range of genres and they made maybe the greatest album of all time in Exile on Main Street.
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This is the only list that makes me upset. Bourbon, rap, video games and the departed are all great. I don't get you sir :)
;D
Bourbon is too sweet for me, scotch, Japanese, and Irish all above it.
Rap makes zero sense to me when you have white kids driving nice SUVs in the extremely far out, wealthy suburbs singing about living on the streets and shootings. That or the absurdly graphic sex songs. Then it got even weirder stealing old school punk fashion and claiming it as it's own. Just don't get it's appeal for more than a few hype tunes that used to be on at the boxing gym and some nostalgic 90s/early 2000s tunes.
The Departed I hate mainly because it made Dropkick Murphys popular, id been seeing them since 2003 when you could name everybody at the show.
Video games ive got no reason just not my vibe.
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Queen
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I prefer to call his voice "expressive."
You're a mom. Listen to Neil's song "Here for You" and tell me it doesn't make you mist up a little.
Not sure I have ever heard it. I tend to change the radio station if I hear his voice.
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;D
Bourbon is too sweet for me, scotch, Japanese, and Irish all above it.
Rap makes zero sense to me when you have white kids driving nice SUVs in the extremely far out, wealthy suburbs singing about living on the streets and shootings. That or the absurdly graphic sex songs. Then it got even weirder stealing old school punk fashion and claiming it as it's own. Just don't get it's appeal for more than a few hype tunes that used to be on at the boxing gym and some nostalgic 90s/early 2000s tunes.
The Departed I hate mainly because it made Dropkick Murphys popular, id been seeing them since 2003 when you could name everybody at the show.
Video games ive got no reason just not my vibe.
I like rye whiskey a lot because it is basically bourbon but not as sweet so you can give that I try. I hate scotch and have tired "good ones" so there you go.
There is rap other than gangster rap.
I didn't think about the dropkick murphys, that is a vaild point
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I like rye whiskey a lot because it is basically bourbon but not as sweet so you can give that I try. I hate scotch and have tired "good ones" so there you go.
There is rap other than gangster rap.
I didn't think about the dropkick murphys, that is a vaild point
I've tried a couple ryes and do agree with your point that they're less sweet. There's a couple that i have back in Chicago but moreso for cocktails. Different strokes
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I like rye whiskey a lot because it is basically bourbon but not as sweet so you can give that I try. I hate scotch and have tired "good ones" so there you go.
The thing about Scotch is that the varieties are so different that they are not even remotely the same thing. I really like some Scotch, but really hate others.
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Running marathons
I ran my first and only marathon in April, got under 4 hours and I will never do better than that so like the fat kid in dodgeball I'M OUT!
The two weeks following were awful and it was such a time commitment prior to train myself up for it and I'm a guy who generally averages 20-25 miles a week as part of my normal work out routine. I can't believe people do marathon's more than once.....I wanted to cut my own legs off with a dull spoon the next day and forget taking stairs for like a week.
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Queen
You shut your f'ing mouth. Their music and especially Freddie Mercury should be an f'ing international treasure.
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another one: the re-emergence of short shorts for men. I'm not talking the daisy dukes one might see at L.A. Cage or Boys Town in Chicago but the Martha's Vineyard straight leg shorts that are like 7 inches long. Give me shorts that come to my knee or give me death.
Signed a 38 year old man who is 6'4"
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what about american flag short shorts? those are ok right?
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You shut your f'ing mouth. Their music and especially Freddie Mercury should be an f'ing international treasure.
+1
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what about american flag short shorts? those are ok right?
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Queen
Maybe “Galway” meant “The Queen”. Would be an Irish thing to do!
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You shut your f'ing mouth. Their music and especially Freddie Mercury should be an f'ing international treasure.
Never got the love affair. Fat bottom girls is catchy though. That being said I should've just said all stadium rock
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Never got the love affair. Fat bottom girls is catchy though. That being said I should've just said all stadium rock
Don't hedge your bets Galway. Stick to your guns. Queen is terrible and ridiculous. Their songs are ridiculous. The only good one is Under Pressure, because of Bowie, and Vanilla Ice.
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Can I add people who are weirdly proud of not watching reality tv to the list? Like it's some badge of honor
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Styx
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what this thread has become
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But I'll throw in another one...... Adults who go to Disney World without children. What the everloving f*ck
Sure, bring the tots to see Mickey when they are 5. But people actually go for honeymoons..... I'd rather shoot my own kneecap
Define adults...
Recently went with my sister, mom, two of my cousins and their parents.
My sister, cousins, and I are all in our early to mid-20s, and we had an absolute blast because we could actually appreciate/remember it.
Last time we were there beforehand was 15 years ago.
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Black Mirror. I can just imagine being in that writer’s room:
“Okay guys, so here’s what our next episode is gonna be about. Somebody invents a car, only instead of using gasoline, it’s powered by social media likes. And now gas stations don’t have fuel pumps but instead have hot chicks in bikinis and you can take your picture with them and get lots of likes on Instagram to fill up your tank. And what happens is one guy is driving in the middle of nowhere and his car breaks down and he has to post a bunch of stuff to get it going again, only his phone is dying. Now get to work.”
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Define adults...
Recently went with my sister, mom, two of my cousins and their parents.
My sister, cousins, and I are all in our early to mid-20s, and we had an absolute blast because we could actually appreciate/remember it.
Last time we were there beforehand was 15 years ago.
Yeah, people like you guys. I don't get it. Been there once as an adult (family trip - against my will), and couldn't understand how people would pay money for those crowds and overpriced everything. I can think of 100 other places I'd rather spend my hard earned money and vacation time.
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Never got the love affair. Fat bottom girls is catchy though. That being said I should've just said all stadium rock
You realize Queen was a lot more than stadium rock right?
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Define adults...
Recently went with my sister, mom, two of my cousins and their parents.
My sister, cousins, and I are all in our early to mid-20s, and we had an absolute blast because we could actually appreciate/remember it.
Last time we were there beforehand was 15 years ago.
Yeah, and what if you are someone like me that never got to go until they were adults? #Largefamilyproblems
But saying that, add "People who get married at Disney" to the list.
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Black Mirror. I can just imagine being in that writer’s room:
“Okay guys, so here’s what our next episode is gonna be about. Somebody invents a car, only instead of using gasoline, it’s powered by social media likes. And now gas stations don’t have fuel pumps but instead have hot chicks in bikinis and you can take your picture with them and get lots of likes on Instagram to fill up your tank. And what happens is one guy is driving in the middle of nowhere and his car breaks down and he has to post a bunch of stuff to get it going again, only his phone is dying. Now get to work.”
Send that one in.
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Queen
I've taken a lot of crap from you over the years Galway. This might be the last straw
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Yeah, and what if you are someone like me that never got to go until they were adults? #Largefamilyproblems
That's a fair exception. If you never got to go before, I get the curiosity thing. But that one time would be enough for me.
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Maybe “Galway” meant “The Queen”.
Now that you mention it ...
One thing that hundreds of millions of people are into that I totally don't get: The obsession with the royal family.
I can't figure out why some farmer in Tuscola would give a rat's rump about any British prince or princess.
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If any of you are on Instagram I highly recommend you follow Gary Janetti. His takes on the royal family are hilarious.
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I don't like Magic Kingdom but I love theme parks. Wife and I are contemplating going to Orlando for the tourney this year. Will gladly hit up Universal Studios, Epcot, and Hollywood Studios.
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I don't like Magic Kingdom but I love theme parks. Wife and I are contemplating going to Orlando for the tourney this year. Will gladly hit up Universal Studios, Epcot, and Hollywood Studios.
Avoid Hollywood studios since Galaxy’s Edge is gonna be opening. That’s gonna be a nightmare.
Animal Kingdom was by far my favorite, Epcot was pretty sweet too.
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-Adults who follow and post on social media account of high school and college athletes.
-People who follow and give money to Instagram and YouTube "influencers."
-People who actually believe in the Prosperity Gospel despite seeing their preachers living large with multiple private jets and mansions.
-I'm with the people who have said adults (particularly those without kids) obsessed with Disney.
-people who feel the need to bring their pets everywhere and claim them as "emotional support animals" because they can't bear to be away from their little rat dog for 3 hours or a weekend away.
-neck, hand and face tattoos.
-people who put "0.0" stickers on their cars. That's great, you can't run for distance, way to advertise your laziness and your disdain for those of us who can and are proud of it (no, I do not have any sort of sticker on my car advertising my running accomplishments. I don't do stickers on my car).
-people who are obsessed with Rose' and wear "Rose All Day" shirts and sport other gear with that saying.
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I've taken a lot of crap from you over the years Galway. This might be the last straw
hahahaha
You realize Queen was a lot more than stadium rock right?
Yes. I've given them chances before. They just aren't heavy enough to spark my interest and when they are they seem like those high pitched hair metal bands that I also don't care for basically I listen to punk from that era and that's about it. Plus I don't care for Freddie Mercury's voice.
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-people who feel the need to bring their pets everywhere and claim them as "emotional support animals" because they can't bear to be away from their little rat dog for 3 hours or a weekend away.
People who lie and say their pet is an emotional support animal when they are not are the worst. I would be careful assuming that is what is going on when you meet someone with an emotional support animal
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-I'm with the people who have said adults (particularly those without kids) obsessed with Disney.
I'm certainly not obsessed with Disney, but my wife and I did go there once without kids. We had a great time. And we took our kids once. Again, a great (albeit expensive) vacation that I have recommended many times. But these people go go year after year -- especially without kids -- yeah...I don't get that.
-people who feel the need to bring their pets everywhere and claim them as "emotional support animals" because they can't bear to be away from their little rat dog for 3 hours or a weekend away.
Now we're moving beyond my "don't get it" list and into my pet peeves list (no pun intended). I absolutely hate this. Particularly because it is not protected under the law. Emotional support animals (as distinguished from service animals) are not permitted in stores, restaurants, hotels, etc. I wish more business owners would prohibit this, but they're afraid of getting sued. More states are making it illegal to overstate and/or misrepresent your animal's role. Good.
-people who are obsessed with Rose' and wear "Rose All Day" shirts and sport other gear with that saying.
I have no idea what you're even referring to here. Can't say that I've even heard of this.
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-people who feel the need to bring their pets everywhere and claim them as "emotional support animals" because they can't bear to be away from their little rat dog for 3 hours or a weekend away.
Amen, Brother Billy!!!!
Boarded a United flight from MCO to ORD about two years ago. Was in first class and just settled in when a dude and comfort hound boarded. They sat next to me with the comfort hound in the space between seats 1E and 1F in first class.
The comfort hound was as much an emotional support animal as an alligator running through one of 1 million Florida drainage canals. He was drooling and gazed up at me as I ate the dinner United served. The hound himself sitting was about four feet tall and weighed about 80 pounds. Damn dog smelled bad and was trained about as well as my spoiled, stubborn and internally focused cocker spaniel.
I'm sorry folks. I don't care whether you need the comfort hound or not. If you can't go three hours on an airplane without emotional support, you don't belong on an airplane.
In short:
I DON'T GET COMFORT HOUNDS!!!!!! Either
P.S. -- For the record, I'm a dog owner.
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People who lie and say their pet is an emotional support animal when they are not are the worst. I would be careful assuming that is what is going on when you meet someone with an emotional support animal
I agree with you, but again point out that emotional support animals are not permitted in most businesses/locations. I freely acknowledge that some states might have more expansive laws, but generally speaking the rights afforded to emotional support animals are fairly limited and focus primarily on housing and air travel; not businesses. Even if they are totally legit.
And that doesn't even begin to scratch the surface on the bogus emotional support animals.
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I don't like Magic Kingdom but I love theme parks. Wife and I are contemplating going to Orlando for the tourney this year. Will gladly hit up Universal Studios, Epcot, and Hollywood Studios.
I hate Disney too. I've never been there since I have an aversion to long lines and irritable, uncontrolled children. Haven't been to Universal either.
And, yes, my Florida home is 1:20 from MCO and about 1:40 from Disney.
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I'm certainly not obsessed with Disney, but my wife and I did go there once without kids. We had a great time. And we took our kids once. Again, a great (albeit expensive) vacation that I have recommended many times. But these people go go year after year -- especially without kids -- yeah...I don't get that.
Now we're moving beyond my "don't get it" list and into my pet peeves list (no pun intended). I absolutely hate this. Particularly because it is not protected under the law. Emotional support animals (as distinguished from service animals) are not permitted in stores, restaurants, hotels, etc. I wish more business owners would prohibit this, but they're afraid of getting sued. More states are making it illegal to overstate and/or misrepresent your animal's role. Good.
I have no idea what you're even referring to here. Can't say that I've even heard of this.
1. It's cool to go but like I said, there's an obsession. A number of years ago my family did a Disney cruise (mainly for my nieces and nephew) and my wife and I were curious if there was anything for adults with no kids and came across message boards. People would list how many Disney cruises they did, identify the boat and all as if being on 14 Disney cruises was a badge of honor. I don't get that.
The Rose' thing must be a regional thing being in a big wine area. It's huge among 20 something girls (I believe they're known as "Basic Bitches") and I see it a lot in my fitness studios. Rose' is little more than more expensive Franzia.
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Candy Corn
NECCO
Rush (the band)
Avatar
Transformers
Rum
White Russians
Threesomes
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The movie Grease. I like muscials but I never understood the appeal of Grease
I know this will shock some people but I did not get Lost
Definitely did not get Lost. Tried watching it twice. Never got past the second episode. I literally "didn't get it."
Grease ... a lot of the music was/is catchy. And you have to remember that when it came out Travolta was extremely, extremely popular. My girlfriend at the time LOVED him.
I also think that for a certain age kid at the time -- say, 11-16 year olds -- their parents were duped into thinking it was "wholesome entertainment" and let them watch it. But it actually is quite raunchy -- filled with innuendo and more.
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Threesomes
Let me be the first to say ... C'mon man, you don't even get twosomes.
Lots of onesomes for chicos!
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Amen, Brother Billy!!!!
Boarded a United flight from MCO to ORD about two years ago. Was in first class and just settled in when a dude and comfort hound boarded. They sat next to me with the comfort hound in the space between seats 1E and 1F in first class.
The comfort hound was as much an emotional support animal as an alligator running through one of 1 million Florida drainage canals. He was drooling and gazed up at me as I ate the dinner United served. The hound himself sitting was about four feet tall and weighed about 80 pounds. Damn dog smelled bad and was trained about as well as my spoiled, stubborn and internally focused cocker spaniel.
I'm sorry folks. I don't care whether you need the comfort hound or not. If you can't go three hours on an airplane without emotional support, you don't belong on an airplane.
In short:
I DON'T GET COMFORT HOUNDS!!!!!! Either
P.S. -- For the record, I'm a dog owner.
Brother Dgies, I can agree that people who don't train their dogs are the absolute worst. Doubly true if they are emotional support animals because the least you can do when taking your animal into a crowded public space is to make sure it is trained and bathed. I would also say that it is common courtesy in that situation to put the dog in the window seat and the human in the middle seat.
But I can't agree with the statement that people who need ESAs don't belong on airplanes. If that were true that would mean my wife (and I by extension) don't belong on airplanes. I'm sorry your ride was uncomfortable and smelly. It was likely not very comfortable for the person with the ESA either.
I agree with you, but again point out that emotional support animals are not permitted in most businesses/locations. I freely acknowledge that some states might have more expansive laws, but generally speaking the rights afforded to emotional support animals are fairly limited and focus primarily on housing and air travel; not businesses. Even if they are totally legit.
And that doesn't even begin to scratch the surface on the bogus emotional support animals.
Agreed. There's a ton of misinformation about emotional support animals out there and some of that confusion paralyzes businesses from enforcing their rules. There are also those that use that misinformation to their advantage and abuse the system. In this case, I was reacting the quotation marks around emotional support animals.
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But I can't agree with the statement that people who need ESAs don't belong on airplanes. If that were true that would mean my wife (and I by extension) don't belong on airplanes.
Ironically, the situation Dgies describes is actually one of the fairly limited public settings where one can expect to legitimately encounter an ESA. Like you said, it's unfortunate that he had a bad experience.
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Let me be the first to say ... C'mon man, you don't even get twosomes.
Lots of onesomes for chicos!
Onesomes are the best, always an explosive experience
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Onesomes are the best, always an explosive experience
Thanks for taking my silliness in the manner in which it was intended.
I don't care what anybody says ... you are the master of your domain.
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You don't seem to understand the thread. This isn't supposed to be a list of "things that suck." It's a list of things that some people like but that you don't "get". Nobody likes some of the things you listed.
You havent scoured the bowels of the internet, I see.
Some people like pubes and blue balls.
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I don't get people who dislike candy corn.
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You havent scoured the bowels of the internet, I see.
Some people like pubes and blue balls.
Touche
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Can I add people who are weirdly proud of not watching reality tv to the list? Like it's some badge of honor
But we are obviously smarter humans than those who do watch reality shows, so why wouldn't we point it out? :)
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Definitely did not get Lost. Tried watching it twice. Never got past the second episode. I literally "didn't get it."
Grease ... a lot of the music was/is catchy. And you have to remember that when it came out Travolta was extremely, extremely popular. My girlfriend at the time LOVED him.
I also think that for a certain age kid at the time -- say, 11-16 year olds -- their parents were duped into thinking it was "wholesome entertainment" and let them watch it. But it actually is quite raunchy -- filled with innuendo and more.
my mom got my little sister into Grease and Grease 2. A lot of LONG drives in the car with those cassettes playing. ::)
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I don't get people who dislike candy corn.
going for a twofer. At Disney's not so scary Halloween Party. Candy Corn flavored ice cream!
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fine dining
camping at park campsites
guns
Aaron Sorkin
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Banning the politics board.
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going for a twofer. At Disney's not so scary Halloween Party. Candy Corn flavored ice cream!
Another twofer - Disney marathons. You run through the theme parks at night. Sometimes they have themes like Disney Princess or Star Wars and people run in costume.
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Vegas
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Vegas
You must be doing the wrong things there, then.
I am headed out there tonight.
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You must be doing the wrong things there, then.
I am headed out there tonight.
Watch out for falling plane parts
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Vegas
I've been four times, don't get the fascination either. Cool shows but otherwise overpriced restaurants, weak beer scene, crowded as hell.
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I've been four times, don't get the fascination either. Cool shows but otherwise overpriced restaurants, weak beer scene, crowded as hell.
Get off the strip. Nothing cool there. I've been there many times when I never even made it over there.
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Another twofer - Disney marathons. You run through the theme parks at night. Sometimes they have themes like Disney Princess or Star Wars and people run in costume.
you have just described my wife. She runs it every year, 5K, 10K, and half marathon in 3 days. Dressed like a princess. I prefer Epcot, a drink at each country
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Country music stars were the first rappers.
Boy Named Sue
Uneasy Rider
Devil Went Down to Georgia
you missed the best one-HOT ROD LINCOLN
commander cody and his lost planet airmen
had all the words memorized, but probably could still do a pretty good job
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As the person who started this -- and specifically started it with a reference to the Stones -- I wouldn't say that I "dislike" them. I just find them...meh. My reaction to the stones is, "this is an all-time classic band? Really?"
i like some of their stuff, but recently downloaded some live stuff on my phone and it sounds like any band playing their stuff live. very simplistic and wedding band sounding
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"Pubes on the toilet seat at work (seriously, how hairy is your ass, man?)"
first off-you said "pubes" not ass hairs ;D
secondly, how do you know it was a man? ;D ;D
you missed the community soap with "hairs" embedded... brutal, but it is soap though, eyn'a?
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Vegas
100%, that place is a dump.
But it does prove that you CAN, in fact, polish a turd.
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Get off the strip. Nothing cool there. I've been there many times when I never even made it over there.
This is 100% correct, closest you should get to the strip is Fremont Street. Lots of fun stuff around there if you avoid the Strip
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Snowmobiles
ATVs
UTVs
Boats
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Get off the strip. Nothing cool there. I've been there many times when I never even made it over there.
The rides on top of the stratosphere are pretty cool as is the roller coaster at New York New York
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vegas is a cool city-gotta be one of the #1 "people watching" places in the world
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Surprising amount of dislike for Jim Carrey.
You can buy ESA permits off Amazon. Obnoxious.
Social media influencers is on the top of my list
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Get off the strip. Nothing cool there. I've been there many times when I never even made it over there.
I’ve been off the strip probably more than I’ve been on it. Vegas is the Applebees of cities.
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Seems like a lot of acquired taste items on here. e.g.
Coffee
Hoppy Beers
Scotch
Threesomes
All items people usually dislike on their first taste, but with more experience learn to appreciate the joys in them.
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I gave up alcohol for 18 years. Started to have beer again in 2011. At first, I couldn't handle anything even slightly hoppy. Drank lite beer or wheat beer. But gradually, I expanded my pallet (and my waistline), and now I enjoy a good IPA. Really like the hazies, but not only them. If one is super-hoppy it's still not for me, but I actually seek good IPAs now.
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Sours are the most acquired taste of beers, I love them but I absolutely get why others wouldn't get them
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Sours are the most acquired taste of beers, I love them but I absolutely get why others wouldn't get them
Agreed.
I didn't like them as recently as a year ago. Now, I enjoy most I try.
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Don't hedge your bets Galway. Stick to your guns. Queen is terrible and ridiculous. Their songs are ridiculous. The only good one is Under Pressure, because of Bowie, and Vanilla Ice.
Never thought I would see “Vanilla Ice” and “good” in the same sentence.
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Seems like a lot of acquired taste items on here. e.g.
Coffee
Hoppy Beers
Scotch
Threesomes
All items people usually dislike on their first taste, but with more experience learn to appreciate the joys in them.
What about hopscotch?
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If any of you are on Instagram I highly recommend you follow Gary Janetti. His takes on the royal family are hilarious.
Add Gary janetti to my list.
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Sours are the most acquired taste of beers, I love them but I absolutely get why others wouldn't get them
Rauchbier is definitely the most acquired taste of beers. That stuff is so weird.
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Brother Dgies, I can agree that people who don't train their dogs are the absolute worst. Doubly true if they are emotional support animals because the least you can do when taking your animal into a crowded public space is to make sure it is trained and bathed. I would also say that it is common courtesy in that situation to put the dog in the window seat and the human in the middle seat.
But I can't agree with the statement that people who need ESAs don't belong on airplanes. If that were true that would mean my wife (and I by extension) don't belong on airplanes. I'm sorry your ride was uncomfortable and smelly. It was likely not very comfortable for the person with the ESA either.
Agreed. There's a ton of misinformation about emotional support animals out there and some of that confusion paralyzes businesses from enforcing their rules. There are also those that use that misinformation to their advantage and abuse the system. In this case, I was reacting the quotation marks around emotional support animals.
First of all brother TAMU, if I was offensive, I do apologize.
My concern is twofold. First, for every situation like your wife, there are dozens upon dozens of situations where dogs masquerade as comfort animals in an effort to avoid either a $250 or more fee to check the dog in cargo or to make sure the airline lets the dog onboard. I'm candidly guessing my experience was the former.
I think the middle seat idea is a good one, by the way.
In my case, my wife and I have a 12-year-old cocker spaniel. We recently traveled from our homes in Florida to Chicago. We had three choices. First, call him a comfort animal, get him a certificate and fly him in the plane to Chicago. The second would be to check him as cargo, pay the money and fly him in the cargo pit back to Chicago. The third was, in Amtrak language, alternate transportation. Our dog was alternately transported in one of our cars by me from Florida to Chicago!
Gosh, that was a long trip! Darn dog!
Second, I have been flying for personal and business reasons since the 1960s (first flight was in 1964 on a DC-3). It's strictly anecdotal but I never saw comfort animals until fairly recently. I honestly don't understand the concept but I'm not a trained professional either.
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I've been four times, don't get the fascination either. Cool shows but otherwise overpriced restaurants, weak beer scene, crowded as hell.
Ever been off the Strip? Serious question but I don't want to hijack the thread.
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Ever been off the Strip? Serious question but I don't want to hijack the thread.
When I go to Las Vegas, this is what I see when I look out my window.
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Rauchbier is definitely the most acquired taste of beers. That stuff is so weird.
That is fair.
I do get weird looks when I make a true German Radler that all the shandy's are trying to intimate
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Can I add people who are weirdly proud of not watching reality tv to the list? Like it's some badge of honor
Only if I can add people who are weird because they think they’re watching reality TV.
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The comfort animal thing has been abused (like most things) to an extreme.
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The comfort animal thing has been abused (like most things) to an extreme.
Most things?
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All inclusive resorts.
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You can buy ESA permits off Amazon. Obnoxious.
You can. They do not mean anything. There is no certificate for ESAs. What is needed to prove an ESA is a signed letter from a mental health professional. If anyone presents you with a certificate but not a letter you can tell them it don't mean sh*t. Also, if anyone tries to bring their ESA anywhere other than a plane (maybe train and bus too IDK) or into a property that they are actively renting/owning, you can tell them their dog isn't allowed.
My concern is twofold. First, for every situation like your wife, there are dozens upon dozens of situations where dogs masquerade as comfort animals in an effort to avoid either a $250 or more fee to check the dog in cargo or to make sure the airline lets the dog onboard. I'm candidly guessing my experience was the former.
Your apology is of course accepted Dgies. But I would be careful with assumptions like this. It is a misconception that for every legitimate one there are dozens that are not. I have no idea what ratio but I would guess that most are legitimately prescribed by licensed mental health professionals. All airlines that I'm aware of have tightened up their policies and require a signed letter from a mental health care professional to be submitted for review months before boarding and a copy of it needs to be present at boarding.
The comfort animal thing has been abused (like most things) to an extreme.
So increase fines for those who fake it. Increase training for those who may need to gatekeep the differences between service animals, esas, and normal pets. Don't disparage an entire group of people and throw the baby out with the bathwater.
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Ever been off the Strip? Serious question but I don't want to hijack the thread.
Yes. Have hiked/scrambled up Red Rocks a few times. Really cool. But, when people say “Vegas” it’s really referring to the Strip. So many other places I’d rather go to for vacation.
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Allowing dogs, or pets in general, to sleep in your bed.
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People who lie and say their pet is an emotional support animal when they are not are the worst. I would be careful assuming that is what is going on when you meet someone with an emotional support animal
Yeah, I meant the liars. I had a coworker who made a vest for their little rat dog so it could go to restaurants with them. And let’s not forget the emotional support peacock. I guess I should have claimed my cat as a ESA when I moved with him to avoid paying the fees, eh? Instead, my emotional support on long flights is my iPad, Netflix and CBD/THC gummies.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/31/united-refused-to-let-an-emotional-support-peacock-board-plane.html
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Let’s get this thread back on track.
The farce on NBC called Notre Dame “football”.
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Never thought I would see “Vanilla Ice” and “good” in the same sentence.
So odd that it took this long for someone to call that out! Haha!
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Bob Dylan
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I gave up alcohol for 18 years. Started to have beer again in 2011. At first, I couldn't handle anything even slightly hoppy. Drank lite beer or wheat beer. But gradually, I expanded my pallet (and my waistline), and now I enjoy a good IPA. Really like the hazies, but not only them. If one is super-hoppy it's still not for me, but I actually seek good IPAs now.
Hazies are where it's at. Love me some f
Fire, Skulls & Money from TGB. Best stuff is out in Vermont imo. Foam, in Burlington is best of the best.
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I don't get the people that ga-ga over wine(this includes my father that will bore anyone to tears with his extensive wine knowledge)
People have their thing but I can barely tell the difference between a chiraz and a pinot griego. Seems like a lot of wasted time to me.
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You can. They do not mean anything. There is no certificate for ESAs. What is needed to prove an ESA is a signed letter from a mental health professional. If anyone presents you with a certificate but not a letter you can tell them it don't mean sh*t. Also, if anyone tries to bring their ESA anywhere other than a plane (maybe train and bus too IDK) or into a property that they are actively renting/owning, you can tell them their dog isn't allowed.
Oh. I get that. But you're crazy if you think an airport employee or airline attendant, or heck even a store owner, is going to tell someone their certificate is fake or their animal is not allowed.
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I don't get the people that ga-ga over wine(this includes my father that will bore anyone to tears with his extensive wine knowledge)
People have their thing but I can barely tell the difference between a chiraz and a pinot griego. Seems like a lot of wasted time to me.
I was the same way but then I started going to food pairing demonstrations and seeing and hearing what goes with what. Besides learning about the taste and composition, I really enjoy the science.
That said, give me a beer.
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Oh. I get that. But you're crazy if you think an airport employee or airline attendant, or heck even a store owner, is going to tell someone their certificate is fake or their animal is not allowed.
Considering that about half time when we do fly with my wife's ESA the airport employees tell us that we can't bring the dog even though we have all the proper documentation I think you underestimate the power of the airport employees.
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Yeah, I meant the liars. I had a coworker who made a vest for their little rat dog so it could go to restaurants with them. And let’s not forget the emotional support peacock. I guess I should have claimed my cat as a ESA when I moved with him to avoid paying the fees, eh? Instead, my emotional support on long flights is my iPad, Netflix and CBD/THC gummies.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/31/united-refused-to-let-an-emotional-support-peacock-board-plane.html
Your friend is an idiot. ESAs aren't allowed in restaurants. We actually have a vest for my wife's ESA that we use when we travel on planes. We have it because people are less likely to try and come up and pet him. One time when we flew a kid came up and pulled our dog's tail and he yelped. The lady at ticketing heard him and told us that if he barked again we would be grounded.
And you can't "claim" your cat as an ESA. You need to be diagnosed by a mental health professional as having a mental disorder and by prescribed an ESA and have all the documentation to prove it. There's a lot of hoops you have to jump through in order to get your ESA approved to fly.
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Your friend is an idiot. ESAs aren't allowed in restaurants. We actually have a vest for my wife's ESA that we use when we travel on planes. We have it because people are less likely to try and come up and pet him. One time when we flew a kid came up and pulled our dog's tail and he yelped. The lady at ticketing heard him and told us that if he barked again we would be grounded.
And you can't "claim" your cat as an ESA. You need to be diagnosed by a mental health professional as having a mental disorder and by prescribed an ESA and have all the documentation to prove it. There's a lot of hoops you have to jump through in order to get your ESA approved to fly.
Actually, in Wisconsin ESA's are allowed in restaurants.
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/wisconsin-laws-on-service-dogs-and-emotional-support-animals.html
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Actually, in Wisconsin ESA's are allowed in restaurants.
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/wisconsin-laws-on-service-dogs-and-emotional-support-animals.html
From the article you linked
Neither the ADA nor Wisconsin’s equal rights law, however, covers what some people call “emotional support animals”: animals whose presence provides a sense of safety, companionship, and comfort to those with psychiatric or emotional conditions. Although these animals often have therapeutic benefits, they are not individually trained to perform specific tasks for people with disabilities.
What Wisconsin law allows for is "Psychiatric Service Animals" which have to be trained to do a specific task that helps a person with a mental disability.
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I don't get the crazy around CBD. Never tried it but apparently it cures everything????
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I don't get the crazy around CBD. Never tried it but apparently it cures everything????
My local Family Video is selling it now. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Bob Dylan
He is best thought of as a poet who sings. Not a great musician by any means.
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I was the same way but then I started going to food pairing demonstrations and seeing and hearing what goes with what. Besides learning about the taste and composition, I really enjoy the science.
That said, give me a beer.
I don’t get the love for any alcohol. I don’t mind having a couple of beers when out with friends or a glass or two of wine at a party, but I can take or leave it. Much rather have a Pepsi with a meal than alcohol.
Never buy it to drink at home - only use if for cooking.
Even when I was young and would go out and get hammered on weekends, I didn’t enjoy the taste of beer.
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I was the same way but then I started going to food pairing demonstrations and seeing and hearing what goes with what. Besides learning about the taste and composition, I really enjoy the science.
That said, give me a beer.
like pork n beans? biscuits n gravy? peanut butter n jelly,,,
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Add me to the Dylan list.
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Actually, in Wisconsin ESA's are allowed in restaurants.
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/wisconsin-laws-on-service-dogs-and-emotional-support-animals.html
Read again. Service animals are allowed in restaurants (and stores and hotels, etc.). ESAs are not.
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Read again. Service animals are allowed in restaurants (and stores and hotels, etc.). ESAs are not.
Fair enough, I submit.
I would like to put out an anecdotal story. My wife, friend, and myself were in Montreal and went to a really nice Michelin star tasting menu restaurant. We walked in only seconds after a US Vet, his wife, and his service dog were denied entry. They were denied entry because of the dog. The restaurant was nearly empty, and we were seated almost immediately. After a few minutes, the Veteran and his family came back and read from his phone that Canada recognizes the same rules for service animals as the US for vets. Even after reading him that, the matre'd still felt the need to go to every table and ask if it was okay for the dog to be with him. Every single person said yes... around 15-20 of us. The dog never moved, nor did he make a single sound for the three plus hours that we spent at that restaurant. That was the best meal that I ever have eaten, but the experience put a sour taste in my mouth.
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Fair enough, I submit.
I would like to put out an anecdotal story. My wife, friend, and myself were in Montreal and went to a really nice Michelin star tasting menu restaurant. We walked in only seconds after a US Vet, his wife, and his service dog were denied entry. They were denied entry because of the dog. The restaurant was nearly empty, and we were seated almost immediately. After a few minutes, the Veteran and his family came back and read from his phone that Canada recognizes the same rules for service animals as the US for vets. Even after reading him that, the matre'd still felt the need to go to every table and ask if it was okay for the dog to be with him. Every single person said yes... around 15-20 of us. The dog never moved, nor did he make a single sound for the three plus hours that we spent at that restaurant. That was the best meal that I ever have eaten, but the experience put a sour taste in my mouth.
Understandable. And if it was a service dog, the restaurant was out of line.
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Most things?
Yup. Human nature.
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Hazies are where it's at. Love me some f
Fire, Skulls & Money from TGB. Best stuff is out in Vermont imo. Foam, in Burlington is best of the best.
Haven't tried that. Is it available all around the country, or only in Vt?
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Haven't tried that. Is it available all around the country, or only in Vt?
Fire, Skulls, Money is from Toppling Goliath. Iowa. Should be available... though it is a tad pricey. If you happen to see King Sue by them... grab it as well.
Stuff from Foam is only available at their taphouse as far as I know.
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Fire, Skulls, Money is from Toppling Goliath. Iowa. Should be available... though it is a tad pricey. If you happen to see King Sue by them... grab it as well.
Stuff from Foam is only available at their taphouse as far as I know.
Toppling Goliath is a good but hype brewery. Their owner is a complete clown Azhat. I won't buy another beer from him because he treats his employees like sheet. His barrel aged beers are a hot mess that should be drain poured. Specially morning delight - gross. Plus, most of their beer is now made in JAX not IA. You should have heard what their brewing team had to say when that $--tstorm went down. That team hated that idea.
If you're in the Midwest get alarmist (best regular hazy ipa there is.. I'll fight you over that), eagle Park but they use a lot of lactose, Maplewood, old nation.. All way better than topling and you're not supporting a c.unt.
So things I don't get ...
All inclusive resorts
Religion
Suburbs
People who are scared of international travel
Straight edge
Comic book movies
College football
Pachuli
Vegetarians that aren't from s cultural perspective
Southwest Airlines
For those that hate / dont get bourbon - i feel for ya. You need to get yourself a good bourbon.
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good bourbon saturday night
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good bourbon saturday night
I have the same glass
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I love all inclusives
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Fire, Skulls, Money is from Toppling Goliath. Iowa. Should be available... though it is a tad pricey. If you happen to see King Sue by them... grab it as well.
Stuff from Foam is only available at their taphouse as far as I know.
Thanks, Hards ... though Chili and you will have to duel at dawn, it appears.
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Toppling Goliath is a good but hype brewery. Their owner is a complete clown Azhat. I won't buy another beer from him because he treats his employees like sheet. His barrel aged beers are a hot mess that should be drain poured. Specially morning delight - gross. Plus, most of their beer is now made in JAX not IA. You should have heard what their brewing team had to say when that $--tstorm went down. That team hated that idea.
If you're in the Midwest get alarmist (best regular hazy ipa there is.. I'll fight you over that), eagle Park but they use a lot of lactose, Maplewood, old nation.. All way better than topling and you're not supporting a c.unt.
So things I don't get ...
All inclusive resorts
Religion
Suburbs
People who are scared of international travel
Straight edge
Comic book movies
College football
Pachuli
Vegetarians that aren't from s cultural perspective
Southwest Airlines
For those that hate / dont get bourbon - i feel for ya. You need to get yourself a good bourbon.
Thanks for the beer tips.
I almost said religion but I didn't want to hear from the peanut gallery ... so thanks for saying it first.
Agree with most of the rest of your list, but I begrudgingly like Southwest for free bags and more legroom, and I do understand the allure of suburbs to some. After 16 years in Chicago, we have lived in the next suburb over from Charlotte for 8 years now, and I very, very much miss the city. Almost talked my wife into moving close to uptown (what they call downtown here) but we probably won't be here for more than another 2-4 years, so I had to agree with her that it's silly to move now. Thankfully, our little downtown in this suburb has a great craft beer scene.
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People that are strangely angry about the metric system.
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Chicago
Getting drunk/high at concerts
Add me to the Bob Dylan haters
Ryan Seacrest
Tinder
People watching YouTube videos of other people playing video games
Guns
Tequila
Ariana Grande
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This will show my age
Binge watching
Zombie shows
Selfies
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Electronic music mainly dubstep and it's cult following
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Chicago
Getting drunk/high at concerts
Add me to the Bob Dylan haters
Ryan Seacrest
Tinder
People watching YouTube videos of other people playing video games
Guns
Tequila
Ariana Grande
Good tequila is up there with good mamajuana. For guns, Super Black Eagle.
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Chicago
Getting drunk/high at concerts
Add me to the Bob Dylan haters
Ryan Seacrest
Tinder
People watching YouTube videos of other people playing video games
Guns
Tequila
Ariana Grande
I would expect anyone under 50 to hate Dylan. His music was definitely of a certain era. The lyrics and music were inseparable. He was an innovator doing something no one had ever done before - to the extent that his own fans turned on him when he changed the original mold.
Also I will add one more thing I don't get.
Adam Sandler. Saw him on a rerun of SNL last night and was reminded that he has never said or done anything funny to me ever. Movies, standup, music. Nothing.
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Good tequila is up there with good mamajuana.
Nope.
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If you're in the Midwest get alarmist (best regular hazy ipa there is.. I'll fight you over that), eagle Park but they use a lot of lactose, Maplewood, old nation.. All way better than topling and you're not supporting a c.unt.
For those that hate / dont get bourbon - i feel for ya. You need to get yourself a good bourbon.
I find Midwest hazys to be overly dry hopped and too dank. I like my juice bombs. I heard so much about M-43 from Old Nation (it saved the brewery) but wasn’t a fan. Just my preference.
Bourbon is good but prefer a good single malt Scotch from the Highlands.
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Nope.
Which one don’t you like?
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I never got folks who use "we" when discussing their favorite professional sports teams.
College, if you went there, sure. I do that sometimes, but not always.
And I realize that may be viewed as an odd distinction.
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Which one don’t you like?
Tequila
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I never got folks who use "we" when discussing their favorite professional sports teams.
College, if you went there, sure. I do that sometimes, but not always.
And I realize that may be viewed as an odd distinction.
Not at all. With you 100%.
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I never got folks who use "we" when discussing their favorite professional sports teams.
College, if you went there, sure. I do that sometimes, but not always.
And I realize that may be viewed as an odd distinction.
I get why you don't get this. Neverthless ...
If you're looking for an explanation, I have one word for you: Community.
Maybe not for all fans, but for many (including me), one big reason why I like being a fan is the "we're in this together" part of it.
I like going to Panthers games because I like being in the stands, cheering along with my fellow fans. I could see the game much better on TV at home, but I want to be part of the community.
When we don't go to games, Mrs. 82 and I often go to a local sports bar because we like being with like-minded people -- part of the community that's rooting on "our" Panthers.
BTW, my Panthers are gonna surprise a lot of people this year. If Cam stays healthy, we're going back to the Super Bowl!
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women in golf wearing shorty shorts and sleeveless shirts that double as VS garments while guys wear the long pants and button down golf shirt
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I never got folks who use "we" when discussing their favorite professional sports teams.
College, if you went there, sure. I do that sometimes, but not always.
And I realize that may be viewed as an odd distinction.
Agreed.
The only team I ever have called "we" in all my life is Marquette. Got into a debate about it with a brother and basically said, "I am Marquette. I was graduated from Marquette. I buy the tickets. I go to the games. I watch them on TV and when they make the tournament, I go when I can."
Reminded him too I supported Marquette financially.
Anybody else... I don't think so.
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I never got folks who use "we" when discussing their favorite professional sports teams.
College, if you went there, sure. I do that sometimes, but not always.
And I realize that may be viewed as an odd distinction.
I get it for national teams as well. But regular pro teams I don't understand it
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The hoodie warmups NBA players wear. You would think with all of the publicists and other "people" each of them have, one of them would point out how utterly stupid they look with the hoodie up.
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Anybody else... I don't think so.
But regular pro teams I don't understand it
Well, I explained it. Maybe you now don't get the explanation.
We are Marquette! (That, of course, is indisputable.)
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Well, I explained it. Maybe you now don't get the explanation.
We are Marquette! (That, of course, is indisputable.)
I read your explanation and it still doesn't register well with me. I agree with the concept of community for fandom but we just disagree on the usage of "we"
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I don't get people who are super into taking care of their lawns. I'm fine with mowing the lawn and all, but there are some people just really into taking care of the lawn/landscape and it just seems like a lot of work and annoying.
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I don't get people who are super into taking care of their lawns. I'm fine with mowing the lawn and all, but there are some people just really into taking care of the lawn/landscape and it just seems like a lot of work and annoying.
So you don't want to borrow my dethatcher Amazon delivered yesterday?
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This thread is fun!
But something I don't get... is some of these answers! I'd go through them one by one, but "trolling" was already mentioned here so I'm not going to be that guy.
Ok, but all inclusive resorts... I can see why people don't get it if they haven't done them. My wife was that way. Then we went to one for a destination wedding of a friend. Now we really enjoy going to them. We still don't do them often, but every once in a while it's nice to have an absolutely stress-free trip in a beautiful destination where you don't have to worry about costs, trying to follow a schedule, etc.
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I don’t get the Muppets. Are they for kids or adults? Are they supposed to be funny?
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This thread is fun!
But something I don't get... is some of these answers! I'd go through them one by one, but "trolling" was already mentioned here so I'm not going to be that guy.
Ok, but all inclusive resorts... I can see why people don't get it if they haven't done them. My wife was that way. Then we went to one for a destination wedding of a friend. Now we really enjoy going to them. We still don't do them often, but every once in a while it's nice to have an absolutely stress-free trip in a beautiful destination where you don't have to worry about costs, trying to follow a schedule, etc.
I'm going to really blow some people's minds: when my wife and I took the kids to Disney, we paid for the "Disney Dining Plan." So, it was kind of like Disney (which a lot of people here don't get) coupled with an all-inclusive (ditto). We're reaching Inception-level stuff here.
By the way, I loved it. Disney actually has a lot of good food available, and we tried many of them out. I enjoyed knowing that all the food was already covered, and everyone could just order what they wanted.
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So you don't want to borrow my dethatcher Amazon delivered yesterday?
Can I borrow it next spring?
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So you don't want to borrow my dethatcher Amazon delivered yesterday?
Even if I knew what it was, it would be highly unlikely I would be interested in such........pursuits
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Anti-vaxxers.
All the information is readily available to them from reputable sources. Yet they go to "Doctor" SoandSo's website that sells healing oils and spirit crystals (or books about how bad Vaccines are) that say the CDC is covering for big pharma and suddenly they see gospel.
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Anti-vaxxers.
All the information is readily available to them from reputable sources. Yet they go to "Doctor" SoandSo's website that sells healing oils and spirit crystals (or books about how bad Vaccines are) that say the CDC is covering for big pharma and suddenly they see gospel.
Well, now we have to add flat-earthers to the list.
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I don't get people who are super into taking care of their lawns. I'm fine with mowing the lawn and all, but there are some people just really into taking care of the lawn/landscape and it just seems like a lot of work and annoying.
Thankfully, Mrs. 82 does all of our yardwork and landscaping. She likes it. Says it's relaxing and good exercise. She takes pride in how it looks.
But I'm with you, mu03, if it were up to me, we'd have the most boring yard ever. I'll mow the lawn if I have to, but that's it. We probably wouldn't even own a flower.
Ok, but all inclusive resorts... I can see why people don't get it if they haven't done them. My wife was that way. Then we went to one for a destination wedding of a friend. Now we really enjoy going to them. We still don't do them often, but every once in a while it's nice to have an absolutely stress-free trip in a beautiful destination where you don't have to worry about costs, trying to follow a schedule, etc.
Agreed. We thought we wouldn't like them, but we have liked the couple we've gone to very much. So nice to know your costs going in. Same with nice cruises. If you shop hard enough, you can get some good values.
Well, now we have to add flat-earthers to the list.
Except flat-earthers don't put other people's health in jeopardy by choosing to believe the earth is flat. Anti-vaxxers are a menace; if you have a religious or some other personal objection, cool, you just can't send your kids to school, daycare, etc. Why should you be allowed to poison somebody else?
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I don’t get the Muppets. Are they for kids or adults? Are they supposed to be funny?
The original Muppet Show was great. It was a fun show that the whole family watched when I was a kid. My recollection is that the local TV station had Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom beforehand, so that was an hours worth of TV that my parents undoubtedly treasured back in the day.
That reboot that ABC did a couple years ago was a f*cking travesty.
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Except flat-earthers don't put other people's health in jeopardy by choosing to believe the earth is flat. Anti-vaxxers are a menace; if you have a religious or some other personal objection, cool, you just can't send your kids to school, daycare, etc. Why should you be allowed to poison somebody else?
I wasn't aware that this was "things I don't 'get' that put other people's health in jeopardy." I guess a bunch of us will need to go back and edit prior entries.
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Except flat-earthers don't put other people's health in jeopardy by choosing to believe the earth is flat. Anti-vaxxers are a menace; if you have a religious or some other personal objection, cool, you just can't send your kids to school, daycare, etc. Why should you be allowed to poison somebody else?
Um...... I’ve never heard a single flat earther tell us where the edge is at so we can avoid falling off.
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Vegas
Gotta agree. It is fun when it is for a work conference and I don't have to pay, but I'd never go there on my own dime.
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WWE
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I wasn't aware that this was "things I don't 'get' that put other people's health in jeopardy." I guess a bunch of us will need to go back and edit prior entries.
Yeah ... sorry I got on my soapbox a little there. A zillion apologies. Sometimes I don't get myself.
Um...... I’ve never heard a single flat earther tell us where the edge is at so we can avoid falling off.
True, true.
WWE
Ditto.
When my father-in-law lived with us a couple years ago, he sat on the edge of the sofa mesmerized by the screaming, preening 'rasslers. My wife and I would be upstairs watching good TV and every time one of us went down to check on him, the actors would be screaming at each other. We saw precious little actual 'rasslin'.
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Flat Eathers confuse me so much. We have a friend who "saw a documentary" and believes just was flummoxed when I told her I've see the curve of the earth with my own eyes. She still believes though.
She also believes humans and dinosaurs lived around the same time.....sooooo yeah
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Flat Eathers confuse me so much. We have a friend who "saw a documentary" and believes just was flummoxed when I told her I've see the curve of the earth with my own eyes. She still believes though.
She also believes humans and dinosaurs lived around the same time.....sooooo yeah
I have a former employee who is a "young earth creationist." She was posting pictures with her kids at Ark Encounter over the weekend.
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I have a former employee who is a "young earth creationist." She was posting pictures with her kids at Ark Encounter over the weekend.
Oy
As someone who believes in God myself these people drive me nuts.
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She also believes humans and dinosaurs lived around the same time.....sooooo yeah
Did you not see the documentary?
(http://wallpapers-best.com/uploads/posts/2016-02/16_jurassic_park.jpg)
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WWE
So I've never sat and watched a moment of WWE on TV. However, a year or so ago, my wife won tickets off the radio to a semi-pro wrestling event that was happening in town (they didn't say what the prize was before she called in). Since we had free tickets, we went. I had a surprisingly good time. While it's painfully fake and overacted to an extreme, some of the feats they were able to accomplish were still impressive. They did a good job pumping up the crowd and they worked a good amount of comedy into the routine.
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Oy
As someone who believes in God myself these people drive me nuts.
As a nonbeliever, this stuff always cracks me up. But if I were a believer, as you say, it would be so frustrating to know that people who call themselves Christian think Jesus rode a dinosaur and that the earth is only a few thousand years old.
Things I definitely don't get!
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So I've never sat and watched a moment of WWE on TV. However, a year or so ago, my wife won tickets off the radio to a semi-pro wrestling event that was happening in town (they didn't say what the prize was before she called in). Since we had free tickets, we went. I had a surprisingly good time. While it's painfully fake and overacted to an extreme, some of the feats they were able to accomplish were still impressive. They did a good job pumping up the crowd and they worked a good amount of comedy into the routine.
Low level wrestling is the best. We went to a beer fest once where that was the entertainment. It was so anateurish, we could tell that the one guy was jumping to help the other guy flip him. Hilarious, especially when you are drunk on multiple shot-sized beer samples.
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Flat Eathers confuse me so much. We have a friend who "saw a documentary" and believes just was flummoxed when I told her I've see the curve of the earth with my own eyes. She still believes though.
She also believes humans and dinosaurs lived around the same time.....sooooo yeah
Hello...Flinstones, Land of the Lost.
How much more proof is needed. She’s right
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I have a former employee who is a "young earth creationist." She was posting pictures with her kids at Ark Encounter over the weekend.
Kinda funny that they sued for flood damages a couple weeks ago that their insurance didn’t cover because it was an “act of God”.
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Kinda funny that they sued for flood damages a couple weeks ago that their insurance didn’t cover because it was an “act of God”.
This is hilarious
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I think the Ark museum suffering water damage cracked everyone up except the true believers.
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I have a former employee who is a "young earth creationist." She was posting pictures with her kids at Ark Encounter over the weekend.
If adults want to believe in that stuff, fine, but I almost think it should be illegal for parents to teach it to their young children who don’t have a choice and don’t know any better.
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If adults want to believe in that stuff, fine, but I almost think it should be illegal for parents to teach it to their young children who don’t have a choice and don’t know any better.
Eh, that's part of the luck of the draw.....if you get crappy parents that's apparently because, contrary to what Einstein said, God does play dice.
We really can't save people from themselves.
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I get why you don't get this. Neverthless ...
If you're looking for an explanation, I have one word for you: Community.
Maybe not for all fans, but for many (including me), one big reason why I like being a fan is the "we're in this together" part of it.
I like going to Panthers games because I like being in the stands, cheering along with my fellow fans. I could see the game much better on TV at home, but I want to be part of the community.
When we don't go to games, Mrs. 82 and I often go to a local sports bar because we like being with like-minded people -- part of the community that's rooting on "our" Panthers.
BTW, my Panthers are gonna surprise a lot of people this year. If Cam stays healthy, we're going back to the Super Bowl!
As long as you aren't one of those fans who paint their faces and put on costumes it's all good. I have never gotten adults who do that for a professional game.
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I have a former employee who is a "young earth creationist." She was posting pictures with her kids at Ark Encounter over the weekend.
I read an interview with Blake Griffin a few years ago and he said he believed in it because "that's what I was taught growing up."
Believer or non-believer (in religion) to ignore the overwhelming and conclusive evidence and use absurd logic to defend your beliefs because "that's what I was taught" I'll never get.
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I have a former employee who is a "young earth creationist." She was posting pictures with her kids at Ark Encounter over the weekend.
I take pride in knowing my kids make fun of Jesus riding a Dinosaur people. I did good!
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Toppling Goliath is a good but hype brewery. Their owner is a complete clown Azhat. I won't buy another beer from him because he treats his employees like sheet. His barrel aged beers are a hot mess that should be drain poured. Specially morning delight - gross. Plus, most of their beer is now made in JAX not IA. You should have heard what their brewing team had to say when that $--tstorm went down. That team hated that idea.
If you're in the Midwest get alarmist (best regular hazy ipa there is.. I'll fight you over that), eagle Park but they use a lot of lactose, Maplewood, old nation.. All way better than topling and you're not supporting a c.unt.
So things I don't get ...
All inclusive resorts
Religion
Suburbs
People who are scared of international travel
Straight edge
Comic book movies
College football
Pachuli
Vegetarians that aren't from s cultural perspective
Southwest Airlines
For those that hate / dont get bourbon - i feel for ya. You need to get yourself a good bourbon.
Didn't know anything about the guy at TGB. I have never bought any of the BA stuff. I usually stick to PS, FSM, and King when its around. And now since I know he is a crappty dude, I will spend my cash elsewhere.
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Showering before bed. WTH?
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Monty Python
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Monty Python
For the intellectual class.....huge fan of Monty Python. That's because I'm a lumberjack and I’m ok.
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Monty Python
This is incorrect.
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Monty Python
And now for something completely different
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Monty Python
those are fightin' words Fluffy.
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Monty Python
Well, I’m sure a lot of people don’t get math and reading, too, but they don’t go around broadcasting it.
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I’m not disparaging Monty Python or their fans. I just don’t find it funny.
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I’m not disparaging Monty Python or their fans. I just don’t find it funny.
Agreed. Glad I'm not the only one.
Some of my friends love it. I had never seen it so we all watched SftHG one time. I didn't laugh once. Not only that, I fell asleep! I was that bored.
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Monty Python
Next you'll say you don't get Benny Hill
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Kinda funny that they sued for flood damages a couple weeks ago that their insurance didn’t cover because it was an “act of God”.
So far, that's the funniest thing to happen in 2019, and it's hard to believe it will be topped.
I probably laughed for 2 straight minutes when I heard it.
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For the intellectual class.....huge fan of Monty Python. That's because I'm a lumberjack and I’m ok.
The Marquette Basketball Program is not dead yet.
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I don’t get the Muppets. Are they for kids or adults? Are they supposed to be funny?
Combining two "favorites here"
https://www.youtube.com/v/tgbNymZ7vqY
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The NM thread.
Agreed on Monty Python.
Maybe the above are related?
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Butt buddies
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I love Holy Grail and Life of Brian but the Monty Python Show never seemed funny to me
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I am sure that everyone will not get muwarrior69 not getting the Beatles. When they sang it was like chalk grating on a blackboard to my ear. They should have just kept to composing and let those who can sing, sing.
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Life of Brian is by far the funniest.
Holy Grail is funny, but doesn't come close to L of B.
Flying circus/Meaning of life is hit or miss. Some skits are incredible, others not so much.
Also, it is much, much funnier when watching with a group, preferably at a theater that serves alcohol. Never watch Monty Python alone.
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I’m not disparaging Monty Python or their fans. I just don’t find it funny.
It looks as though you're essentially saying, "What's so special about Monty Python."
Well obviously 'Monty Python' is not meant to be taken literally... it refers to any manufacturers of British comedy products.
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I love Holy Grail and Life of Brian but the Monty Python Show never seemed funny to me
First date with my wife was Life of Brian at the Varsity Theater in 1980. We re-watch every 5 years on the anniversary. Very funny movie (but I suppose not funny enough to watch every year). I can see the don't gets for Monty Python. It is a very specific type of humor that either appeals to you or doesn't. I think the dead parrot and the Spanish inquisition sketches are hilarious, but know many people who don't think so at all.
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I don't get and will never get Snapchat
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I am sure that everyone will not get muwarrior69 not getting the Beatles. When they sang it was like chalk grating on a blackboard to my ear. They should have just kept to composing and let those who can sing, sing.
So you're saying that the thing you don't like about the Beatles is that Paul and John didn't sing well? Okey dokey then.
Butt buddies
Don't worry, Doc, maybe you'll get a coupla butt buddies this week.
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I don't get and will never get Snapchat
Its just a different way to send dick pics.
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So you're saying that the thing you don't like about the Beatles is that Paul and John didn't sing well? Okey dokey then.
Yeah, I kinda thought Ringo carried the band!!!!!!
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One I just thought of: Yelpers, especially those who review places they've never been to because of some political controversy (e.g. the Red Hen or the pizza place in Indiana). Yelpers, in general, can be annoying (a dentist friend refuses to put his practice on there because some fellow dentists in the area have been practically extorted with people threatening bad reviews if they don't do something for them) but to go out of your way to rip or praise a restaurant in the news because of a political controversy when you've never been there? I just don't get that.
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How about this, inspired by the NM thread: I don't get people who spend half a grand on a cooler and even less those who are SO proud of it. People buy a Yeti (or similar) cooler and not only have they spent hundreds of dollars on something far beyond what most people could ever need from a cooler, but then they put the company's stickers on their truck, their laptop, fridge, hat, whatever. It's become a very odd piece of "conspicuous consumption" the past few years.
I spent $40 on a Coleman (Xtreme series, I think?) and it does exactly as well, for my purposes, as something that costs ten times as much. Then again, I don't need to keep fish fresh for five days - just cold drinks and snacks for a day or two.
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How about this, inspired by the NM thread: I don't get people who spend half a grand on a cooler and even less those who are SO proud of it.
Ever heard of this thing called the iPhone? Same thing, except it's a full grand.
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Upscale Mexican restaurants that have "street tacos" on their menu.
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How about this, inspired by the NM thread: I don't get people who spend half a grand on a cooler and even less those who are SO proud of it. People buy a Yeti (or similar) cooler and not only have they spent hundreds of dollars on something far beyond what most people could ever need from a cooler, but then they put the company's stickers on their truck, their laptop, fridge, hat, whatever. It's become a very odd piece of "conspicuous consumption" the past few years.
I spent $40 on a Coleman (Xtreme series, I think?) and it does exactly as well, for my purposes, as something that costs ten times as much. Then again, I don't need to keep fish fresh for five days - just cold drinks and snacks for a day or two.
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Ever heard of this thing called the iPhone? Same thing, except it's a full grand.
The same thing as what?
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That reminds me. I don't get why iphone users are so convinced their phones are that much better than any other out there.
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That reminds me. I don't get why iphone users are so convinced their phones are that much better than any other out there.
Because they are brand whores rather than heady consumers.
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Ever heard of this thing called the iPhone? Same thing, except it's a full grand.
Ummm. Try $1500. If you ever make it to the end zone, act like you have been there before.
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Golf
Tennis
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Ever heard of this thing called the iPhone? Same thing, except it's a full grand.
Not sure I follow your point or how it relates to my post. You don't like Apple products/fans?
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Not trying to be rude but I genuinely don't know what you mean by this. You agree? I hit it on the nose?
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Add me to those who don't get the cult of the Iphone
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Add me to those who don't get the cult of the Iphone
The cult of Apple in general (as I type this on an iPad). I remember when Jobs died, I went past an Apple store with a bunch of apples with one bite taken out laying in front of it, candles, gifts and notes to Jobs pasted on the window, with some I saw saying “you saved my marriage” and “you made my life worth living.” Really, a computer company CEO and his slave labor made products did that for you?
In general, people who build their identity around products and brands I don’t get.
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Add me to those who don't get the cult of the Iphone
It’s iPhone, young lad. With Jobs, it was technology: iOS, the mouse, color monitors, Mac, GUI, true email, music, telephony, SMS, animation, video, and photography. And then it ended.
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The cult of Apple in general (as I type this on an iPad). I remember when Jobs died, I went past an Apple store with a bunch of apples with one bite taken out laying in front of it, candles, gifts and notes to Jobs pasted on the window, with some I saw saying “you saved my marriage” and “you made my life worth living.” Really, a computer company CEO and his slave labor made products did that for you?
In general, people who build their identity around products and brands I don’t get.
Billy/Chico’s, you missed a generation. Maybe you’ll catch up on the next Summit. So sad.
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I got an iPhone because of the vertical integration. Their phones had ITunes back when it mattered, had photos that sunk up with iPhoto, had a better selection of apps, etc. honestly now that I think about it I could probably move away from iPhone since music is on Spotify and I use google for photo storage and amazon prime for videos more than iTunes.
I do think the laptops are much more user friendly though.
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I don't get Olympic swimming events other than freestyle. Who cares who the fastest to get from point A to point B using some sub-optimal stroke is?
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I don't get Olympic swimming events other than freestyle. Who cares who the fastest to get from point A to point B using some sub-optimal stroke is?
Couldn't you argue that same point about most track events? Sprints of different distance, hurdles, relay.
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I don't get Olympic swimming events other than freestyle. Who cares who the fastest to get from point A to point B using some sub-optimal stroke is?
This reminds me of Robin William's stand up routine about the invention of golf
https://youtu.be/pcnFbCCgTo4 (https://youtu.be/pcnFbCCgTo4)
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Couldn't you argue that same point about most track events? Sprints of different distance, hurdles, relay.
I think the more appropriate analogy would be races where you have to run backwards, or side shuffle, or some slower gait. Which of course we have in the form of race walking, which how this is an Olympic sport is something I don't get.
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I don't get Olympic swimming events other than freestyle. Who cares who the fastest to get from point A to point B using some sub-optimal stroke is?
Why have any Olympic events other than swimming, running, and wrestling?
Athletic ability in its purest form. No teams, no equipment.
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Athletic ability in its purest form. No teams, no equipment.
Are they also doing this naked?
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Are they also doing this naked?
Really getting back to the Olympic roots I suppose.
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I think the more appropriate analogy would be races where you have to run backwards, or side shuffle, or some slower gait. Which of course we have in the form of race walking, which how this is an Olympic sport is something I don't get.
I disagree with this. Different strokes are completely different feats of athleticism. That is like asking why there is both bobsledding and Luge, ice dancing and mixed skating, downhill/slalom/super G, greco-roman wrestling/Judo/freestyle wrestling, rowing with coxwains and without, artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, etc etc. The only thing the various strokes have in common is that they are a race in the water.
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Billy/Chico’s, you missed a generation. Maybe you’ll catch up on the next Summit. So sad.
If not getting worshiping a CEO and is missing a generation I’m glad I missed it.
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I disagree with this. Different strokes are completely different feats of athleticism. That is like asking why there is both bobsledding and Luge, ice dancing and mixed skating, downhill/slalom/super G, greco-roman wrestling/Judo/freestyle wrestling, rowing with coxwains and without, artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, etc etc. The only thing the various strokes have in common is that they are a race in the water.
But what is the point? Why backstroke and not side stroke? Why not a dog paddle race? What the hell is the butterfly for? A race should be to get from point A to point B as fast as you can, not with artificial limitations on how you can get there.
The skiing stuff you mention is still get from point A to point B as fast as you can, you just have to negotiate different types of courses. You have a point with wrestling. Gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics are all different events (and aren't sports anyway since they are judged. The Olympic motto is "higher farther faster", not "with more grace and aplomb in the eyes of a majority of judges". Track and Field different races are just lengths and/or obstacles (hurdles, steeplechase). Swimming is the same venue the same conditions. Doesn't make sense to me.
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Why have any Olympic events other than swimming, running, and wrestling?
Athletic ability in its purest form. No teams, no equipment.
Bare knuckle boxing deserves its spot in this new olympics.
While on that topic, I do not understand bareknuckle boxing.
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But what is the point? Why backstroke and not side stroke? Why not a dog paddle race? What the hell is the butterfly for? A race should be to get from point A to point B as fast as you can, not with artificial limitations on how you can get there.
The skiing stuff you mention is still get from point A to point B as fast as you can, you just have to negotiate different types of courses. You have a point with wrestling. Gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics are all different events (and aren't sports anyway since they are judged. The Olympic motto is "higher farther faster", not "with more grace and aplomb in the eyes of a majority of judges". Track and Field different races are just lengths and/or obstacles (hurdles, steeplechase). Swimming is the same venue the same conditions. Doesn't make sense to me.
Butterfly evolved out of the breaststroke. The original rules of breaststroke said that the arms had to move in unison, as well as the legs. A guy in Australia invented the butterfly technique, which technically did not break the rules, but was way faster. They decided to make it a separate stroke.
Also, if you want to do the sidestroke or dog paddle, you are welcome to do so in the freestyle events. "Freestyle" literally means that you can do whatever stroke you want. Most competitors choose to do what is otherwise known as the Front Crawl.
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You guys might not want to argue swimming with chick unless you can actually dunk a basketball. She's literally swam against and was coached by some of the best in the world. Just sayin'.
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Butterfly evolved out of the breaststroke. The original rules of breaststroke said that the arms had to move in unison, as well as the legs. A guy in Australia invented the butterfly technique, which technically did not break the rules, but was way faster. They decided to make it a separate stroke.
Also, if you want to do the sidestroke or dog paddle, you are welcome to do so in the freestyle events. "Freestyle" literally means that you can do whatever stroke you want. Most competitors choose to do what is otherwise known as the Front Crawl.
That doesn't address any of my point. The butterfly still doesn't make any sense. If they fixed the rule so you can't use that stroke in the breast stroke, why did they need to create another event that forces you to use it? Also, you can use the breast stroke or the back stroke or the butterfly in freestyle, too, so that is not an argument to not create separate races for the dog paddle or side stroke.
A race is a race. You should use the best non-mechanical (like using a car in a running race) method to get from point A to point B.
The original Olympic swimming race they brought everybody out on a boat and the first guy to shore won.
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That doesn't address any of my point. The butterfly still doesn't make any sense. If they fixed the rule so you can't use that stroke in the breast stroke, why did they need to create another event that forces you to use it? Also, you can use the breast stroke or the back stroke or the butterfly in freestyle, too, so that is not an argument to not create separate races for the dog paddle or side stroke.
A race is a race. You should use the best non-mechanical (like using a car in a running race) method to get from point A to point B.
The original Olympic swimming race they brought everybody out on a boat and the first guy to shore won.
I may be reading into it, but I'm beginning to think that you don't "get" why there are different swimming events other than freestyle. ;)
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I may be reading into it, but I'm beginning to think that you don't "get" why there are different swimming events other than freestyle. ;)
I'm still working it out in my head, but I am beginning to think you are right. :)
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We should add hopping, trotting and skipping to free style running events. ;)
And running backwards. We already have walking, which is just ridiculous.
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Butterfly evolved out of the breaststroke. The original rules of breaststroke said that the arms had to move in unison, as well as the legs. A guy in Australia invented the butterfly technique, which technically did not break the rules, but was way faster. They decided to make it a separate stroke.
Also, if you want to do the sidestroke or dog paddle, you are welcome to do so in the freestyle events. "Freestyle" literally means that you can do whatever stroke you want. Most competitors choose to do what is otherwise known as the Front Crawl.
my wife was a high-level butterfly swimmer and was going to try for Rio 2016 for her homeland until circumstances ended that dream (and my dream of being in the Olympic Village for a week). It is a messed up stoke and takes a ridiculous amount of skill to do it.
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my wife was a high-level butterfly swimmer and was going to try for Rio 2016 for her homeland until circumstances ended that dream (and my dream of being in the Olympic Village for a week). It is a messed up stoke and takes a ridiculous amount of skill to do it.
In my swimming days many years ago, there were precious few fleeting moments when my butterfly stroke "came together" and it felt sort of natural and fast. The overwhelming majority of the time, it was akin to controlled (and extremely strenuous) drowning.
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my wife was a high-level butterfly swimmer and was going to try for Rio 2016 for her homeland until circumstances ended that dream (and my dream of being in the Olympic Village for a week). It is a messed up stoke and takes a ridiculous amount of skill to do it.
I hate doing it, even though it has been my most competitive stroke.
Seeing how far you can go without losing your form is a great measure of how in shape you are swimming-wise.
A few years ago when I was actively training in Master's, I could go 200+ yards. Today, I could probably eke out a 25.
If your wife still swims, she should consider competing in Masters. It doesn't take much to be nationally ranked in butterfly because no one wants to do it.
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I disagree with this. Different strokes are completely different feats of athleticism. That is like asking why there is both bobsledding and Luge, ice dancing and mixed skating, downhill/slalom/super G, greco-roman wrestling/Judo/freestyle wrestling, rowing with coxwains and without, artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, etc etc. The only thing the various strokes have in common is that they are a race in the water.
I was simply saying the analogy the previous poster was using was off. It wasn't about different distances or having obstacles in the way, it was about using completely different strokes or gaits.
But I still don't get why race walking is even a thing much less an Olympic sport. Next Up: Race Crawling
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I hate doing it, even though it has been my most competitive stroke.
Seeing how far you can go without losing your form is a great measure of how in shape you are swimming-wise.
A few years ago when I was actively training in Master's, I could go 200+ yards. Today, I could probably eke out a 25.
If your wife still swims, she should consider competing in Masters. It doesn't take much to be nationally ranked in butterfly because no one wants to do it.
She was swimming Masters for a number of years and racked up a lot of medals in regional competitions to the point where she was serious about the Trials (faster times than six 2012 Olympians) but we moved to a city without many pools available so she decided to move on from swimming.
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I swam a bit, and butterfly does not feel like the same sport as freestyle. It's like the snatch vs. clean & jerk in Olympic lifting --> both will get the bar over your head but they're not the same event at all.
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I swam a bit, and butterfly does not feel like the same sport as freestyle. It's like the snatch vs. clean & jerk in Olympic lifting --> both will get the bar over your head but they're not the same event at all.
big fan of both, tbh. don't get all that powder though.
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I don't get people who can't swim.
... I can't swim
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I don't get people who can't swim.
... I can't swim
I can teach you. :)
Don't want you drowning like Rodney King.
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big fan of both, tbh. don't get all that powder though.
Just sew ewe no, eye'm partial ta snatch, hey?
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Not trying to be rude but I genuinely don't know what you mean by this. You agree? I hit it on the nose?
Yes, basically. In charades touching your nose means, "Yes, correct". This is your nerd fact of the day. To unsubscribe from nerd facts please send one dollar to 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield.
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I don't get "vegan meat"
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I don't get people who can't swim.
... I can't swim
Both my daughters are swim coaches and one plays water polo, but I struggle to do a 50m. I blame Wisconsin springs, when my parents sent me to swim lessons in 62 degree weather.
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When I was probably about 6 or 7, I would struggle to decide if I would prefer to go to swimming lessons at the Y or the dentist. And our childhood dentist would literally slap you if you didn't open your mouth far enough.
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I hate doing it, even though it has been my most competitive stroke.
Seeing how far you can go without losing your form is a great measure of how in shape you are swimming-wise.
A few years ago when I was actively training in Master's, I could go 200+ yards. Today, I could probably eke out a 25.
If your wife still swims, she should consider competing in Masters. It doesn't take much to be nationally ranked in butterfly because no one wants to do it.
Someone once told me I held my youth club’s 9-10 butterfly record for nearly two decades. No idea if it was true, but I do recall being the only boy in my age group who entered either butterfly event.
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Don't want you drowning like Rodney King.
Wtf?
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Butterfly evolved out of the breaststroke. The original rules of breaststroke said that the arms had to move in unison, as well as the legs. A guy in Australia invented the butterfly technique, which technically did not break the rules, but was way faster. They decided to make it a separate stroke.
I was a swim official for maybe a decade. In the IM, great butterflyers would always lose it in the breaststroke. Back, breast, fly, free. The outcome of the race would change change on the two middle strokes. It’s a different body build.
Phelps was great at the butterfly and adequate on the breast. Lochte couldn’t ever beat Phelps because of his poor breaststroke (and a few other things).
That said, swimming has the highest audience typically at the Olympics and is one of the top participation sports, if not the top.
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Wtf?
Rodney King fell in a backyard pool while he was high. A woman who was there called 911 but did not attempt to rescue him because she didn't know how to swim. The guy drowned in 5 feet of water.
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I was a swim official for maybe a decade. In the IM, great butterflyers would always lose it in the breaststroke. Back, breast, fly, free. The outcome of the race would change change on the two middle strokes. It’s a different body build.
Phelps was great at the butterfly and adequate on the breast. Lochte couldn’t ever beat Phelps because of his poor breaststroke (and a few other things).
That said, swimming has the highest audience typically at the Olympics and is one of the top participation sports, if not the top.
My two best strokes were Freestyle and Butterfly. Being good in Freestyle doesn't help much in the IM because at that point in the race it's more about how much gas you have left in the tank.
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The guy drowned in 5 feet of water.
That makes absolutely no sense. Unless Mr. King was unconscious, all he had to do was put his feet down on the bottom of the pool and walk out. At 5.0 feet, I serious doubt the water was above either Mr. King's mouth or nose.
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That makes absolutely no sense. Unless Mr. King was unconscious, all he had to do was put his feet down on the bottom of the pool and walk out. At 5.0 feet, I serious doubt the water was above either Mr. King's mouth or nose.
Happens all too frequently dgies. Ask any lifeguard.
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Rodney King fell in a backyard pool while he was high. A woman who was there called 911 but did not attempt to rescue him because she didn't know how to swim. The guy drowned in 5 feet of water.
The cocaine, marijuana and alcohol in his system did not help his outcome either.
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That makes absolutely no sense. Unless Mr. King was unconscious, all he had to do was put his feet down on the bottom of the pool and walk out. At 5.0 feet, I serious doubt the water was above either Mr. King's mouth or nose.
I've seen a dude almost drown in 2 feet of water because he was wasted and quite fat....humans are stupid, frail creatures.
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Rodney King fell in a backyard pool while he was high. A woman who was there called 911 but did not attempt to rescue him because she didn't know how to swim. The guy drowned in 5 feet of water.
I get that. Just didn’t seem like something to joke about.
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I get that. Just didn’t seem like something to joke about.
Who said I was joking? I don't want Galway to drown. Any time someone tells tells me they don't know how to swim, I offer to teach them. It's a tragic way to die, because it is almost always preventable. I used Rodney King as an example because everyone knows who he is.
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Agree with chickadee. Swimming is a skill every human being should have. My wife is not a great swimmer, and I am always a little worried about her when she goes in the water, especially the ocean. I stay very nearby.
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I don't get people who can't swim.
... I can't swim
You should learn just to jump off the N6 Bridge into the Corrib River. It's a long way down but a major rush! We finally did it my roommate's last night in Galway coming back from the pubs around midnight.
Though the primary reason people don't learn to swim is lack of access to pools and lessons. I was fortunate that I grew up on a lake and thus my parents made it a priority for my siblings and me to learn via the YMCA. Unfortunately, in many neighborhoods, particularly in minority neighborhoods, that opportunity does not exist.
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You should learn just to jump off the N6 Bridge into the Corrib River. It's a long way down but a major rush! We finally did it my roommate's last night in Galway coming back from the pubs around midnight.
Though the primary reason people don't learn to swim is lack of access to pools and lessons. I was fortunate that I grew up on a lake and thus my parents made it a priority for my siblings and me to learn via the YMCA. Unfortunately, in many neighborhoods, particularly in minority neighborhoods, that opportunity does not exist.
That'd be terrifying but awesome. If I could swim I'd 100% try it. Probably should start off at the low black rock platform though
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I was with someone today that reminded me of a galactically dumb thing I do not get:
Lip enlargement.
What is wrong with these women with big puffy clown lips? Of all aesthetic enhancements, that's the one that I bet most people think is just awful.
In my 50 years, I've never heard any dude say "boy, if that girl over there just had puffier lips..."
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I was with someone today that reminded me of a galactically dumb thing I do not get:
Lip enlargement.
What is wrong with these women with big puffy clown lips? Of all aesthetic enhancements, that's the one that I bet most people think is just awful.
In my 50 years, I've never heard any dude say "boy, if that girl over there just had puffier lips..."
Cuz these little twits watch too much Reality TV.
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Cuz these little twits watch too much Reality TV.
That explains why the little twits follow a trend, but doesn't explain the origins.
My wife watches some of the real housewives shows. And about 99% of them have the lip fillers. And they're all 40/50. I wouldn't call them little twits. So how'd this crap start? Looks terrible. Don't get it at all.
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I was with someone today that reminded me of a galactically dumb thing I do not get:
Lip enlargement.
What is wrong with these women with big puffy clown lips? Of all aesthetic enhancements, that's the one that I bet most people think is just awful.
In my 50 years, I've never heard any dude say "boy, if that girl over there just had puffier lips..."
speakin of blown up stuff...who the hack loves an artificially or otherwise, overblown, obnoxiously wide caboose? if they would just give it a little time, the thing will grow on it's own
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speakin of blown up stuff...who the hack loves an artificially or otherwise, overblown, obnoxiously wide caboose?
Sir Mix-a-Lot
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Agree with chickadee. Swimming is a skill every human being should have.
I agree. I learned to swim when I was about 7 or 8 and it's a crime if you live anywhere near water not to.
I'm an old fart now but I can still swim well enough for my age.
And Chick, I first learned at Cedars of Lebanon when I was a really dorky little kid.
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I agree. I learned to swim when I was about 7 or 8 and it's a crime if you live anywhere near water not to.
I'm an old fart now but I can still swim well enough for my age.
And Chick, I first learned at Cedars of Lebanon when I was a really dorky little kid.
I swam for KC Donelson!
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speakin of blown up stuff...who the hack loves an artificially or otherwise, overblown, obnoxiously wide caboose? if they would just give it a little time, the thing will grow on it's own
Nothing new Freddie Mercury has a song about them.
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I was with someone today that reminded me of a galactically dumb thing I do not get:
Lip enlargement.
What is wrong with these women with big puffy clown lips? Of all aesthetic enhancements, that's the one that I bet most people think is just awful.
In my 50 years, I've never heard any dude say "boy, if that girl over there just had puffier lips..."
DSL’s
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I was with someone today that reminded me of a galactically dumb thing I do not get:
Lip enlargement.
What is wrong with these women with big puffy clown lips? Of all aesthetic enhancements, that's the one that I bet most people think is just awful.
In my 50 years, I've never heard any dude say "boy, if that girl over there just had puffier lips..."
My mom does lip fillers at her medispa in Scottsdale. Some of it is people with body dysmorphia, some of it is selfies have allowed people to notice every minor imperfection about their selves, and some of it is people want the look that lipstick gives except all the time.
Also smoking can cause people to lose volume in their lips which is why many middle aged women come in and get lip fillers.
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Disney is now a college course.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/disneyland-fanatics-can-now-take-a-college-course-on-the-theme-park-005459199.html
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Disney is now a college course.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/disneyland-fanatics-can-now-take-a-college-course-on-the-theme-park-005459199.html
Not surprised.
My daughter almost went to Grinnell in Iowa, and one of the things that struck us during our visit there was the many "unique" (for lack of better word) course offerings they had. I remember one being about Batman and Superman.
I think many colleges offer these kinds of electives in part to give students something less heavy to deal with than the courses in their majors ... and in part to get people talking about the wacky courses they offer, as the article you linked did.
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Disney is now a college course.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/disneyland-fanatics-can-now-take-a-college-course-on-the-theme-park-005459199.html
Makes perfect sense, and I mean that in all seriousness.
It's a successful business case.
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Makes perfect sense, and I mean that in all seriousness.
It's a successful business case.
UCI is a damn good school too. Ranked 33.
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Disney is now a college course.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/disneyland-fanatics-can-now-take-a-college-course-on-the-theme-park-005459199.html (https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/disneyland-fanatics-can-now-take-a-college-course-on-the-theme-park-005459199.html)
I have a niece that interned at Disney World in the food service side. Anytime one saw an actual rat they used "Mickey's cousin" as code in case a customer overheard them.
I literally don't get hangovers, I sometimes think those that say they suffer from a hangover are psychosomatic .
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I literally don't get hangovers, I sometimes think those that say they suffer from a hangover are psychosomatic .
This is a joke, right??
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Disney is now a college course.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/disneyland-fanatics-can-now-take-a-college-course-on-the-theme-park-005459199.html
Why wouldn't it be? They are masters of the theme park as well as the standard for customer service.
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This is a joke, right??
No joke, never have had a hangover and that's not from a lack of trying lol.
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No joke, never have had a hangover and that's not from a lack of trying lol.
Guys, I found the Scoop mutant.
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I have a niece that interned at Disney World in the food service side. Anytime one saw an actual rat they used "Mickey's cousin" as code in case a customer overheard them.
I literally don't get hangovers, I sometimes think those that say they suffer from a hangover are psychosomatic .
you have obviously never mixed beer, wine and Jameson all within a few hours.
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No joke, never have had a hangover and that's not from a lack of trying lol.
Although we've never met, I want you to know that I have a deep personal hatred for you.
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you have obviously never mixed beer, wine and Jameson all within a few hours.
Glow and I have a friend who doesn't get hangovers.
He chooses not to drink because he is afraid that the lack of a "penalty" for overdrinking might get him into trouble.
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I literally don't get hangovers, I sometimes think those that say they suffer from a hangover are psychosomatic .
Well, just because you don't get hangovers doesn't mean they aren't real. I have never gotten a rash from poison ivy, but I believe poison ivy -- and the ill effects some suffer -- is real.
I used to get such bad hangovers -- even after only drinking 1 or 2 beers -- that I stopped drinking for 18+ years. During that time, our kids were young and I wanted to be a good role model, and I didn't really miss it, so it wasn't that difficult.
But as the beer got better and I saw how others were enjoying it, including Mrs. 82, I decided that after we moved into our new house in Charlotte in 2011 I'd give it another try. Been enjoying craft malt beverages ever since. Occasional mild hangover if I've had a few, but usually nothing, especially after only 1 or 2.
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"The Stand". Started reading King a couple of years ago, and was pretty much universally told that it was his best work (by far according to some). Didn't think that is was bad, just doesn't even come close to some of the other stuff he has written over the years.
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Well, just because you don't get hangovers doesn't mean they aren't real. I have never gotten a rash from poison ivy, but I believe poison ivy -- and the ill effects some suffer -- is real.
I used to get such bad hangovers -- even after only drinking 1 or 2 beers -- that I stopped drinking for 18+ years. During that time, our kids were young and I wanted to be a good role model, and I didn't really miss it, so it wasn't that difficult.
But as the beer got better and I saw how others were enjoying it, including Mrs. 82, I decided that after we moved into our new house in Charlotte in 2011 I'd give it another try. Been enjoying craft malt beverages ever since. Occasional mild hangover if I've had a few, but usually nothing, especially after only 1 or 2.
The last one I had came from an evening with a wine blogger friend who had to review 6 reds that night and of course, he needed my help. Then we opened up some IPA's and finished some KBS and Old Rasputin. Yeah, the next morning was kind of rough.
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Glow and I have a friend who doesn't get hangovers.
He chooses not to drink because he is afraid that the lack of a "penalty" for overdrinking might get him into trouble.
I think I hate that guy more. I mean someone who squanders a super-power is pretty unlikable right?
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"The Stand". Started reading King a couple of years ago, and was pretty much universally told that it was his best work (by far according to some). Didn't think that is was bad, just doesn't even come close to some of the other stuff he has written over the years.
I hate all of Stephen King's super-long books. His short stories and novellas are amazing, though.
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I think I hate that guy more. I mean someone who squanders a super-power is pretty unlikable right?
Nope, we like him. And seeing as he is also our attorney, we are completely fine with his decision.
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I used to get such bad hangovers -- even after only drinking 1 or 2 beers -- that I stopped drinking for 18+ years. During that time, our kids were young and I wanted to be a good role model, and I didn't really miss it, so it wasn't that difficult.
So you didn't drink because of fear of bad hangovers or because you were being such a grand role model for your kids? I don't get it.
Another thing I don't get... gender neutral bathrooms with multiple stalls.
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So you didn't drink because of fear of bad hangovers or because you were being such a grand role model for your kids? I don't get it.
Another thing I don't get... gender neutral bathrooms with multiple stalls.
Unless the place is brand new and was designed that way, I'd guess that those were probably originally gendered bathrooms but they removed the designation without remodeling them.
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I think I hate that guy more. I mean someone who squanders a super-power is pretty unlikable right?
"Partyman"? "Alcohol Avenger"? What would his name be?
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Glow and I have a friend who doesn't get hangovers.
He chooses not to drink because he is afraid that the lack of a "penalty" for overdrinking might get him into trouble.
if he doesn't drink, how does he(or you) know that he doesn't get hangovers? trust me, if he spent a friday and/or a saturday with me over a decade ago, he wouldn't have had a hangover, he would still be drunk, looking for a little hair of the dog. he didn't get hangovers because he didn't embibe enough and that's not a knock on him. as a matter of fact, he's a very smart man, imho
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"Partyman"? "Alcohol Avenger"? What would his name be?
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no satisfaction
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I don't get hangovers and it drives my wife nuts because she use to try to keep up and she'd suffer significantly.
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no satisfaction
Pack it up boys, thread is over. Dad has arrived.
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Carbonation and sugar will kill you.
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Unless the place is brand new and was designed that way, I'd guess that those were probably originally gendered bathrooms but they removed the designation without remodeling them.
Wat? Yes. It was a women’s bathroom and they changed it to NG
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Glow and I have a friend who doesn't get hangovers.
He chooses not to drink because he is afraid that the lack of a "penalty" for overdrinking might get him into trouble.
Thusly demonstrates why I don’t get people who say “marijuana is no dangerous than alcohol” (all the while ignoring he fact that the body doesn’t have a defense mechanism against marijuana like it does with alcohol).
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Wat? Yes. It was a women’s bathroom and they changed it to NG
Ok... so what's not to understand about that?
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Ok... so what's not to understand about that?
Why would you do this? I do not understand.
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Why would you do this? I do not understand.
I'm not sure I'm on the same page as you. Is your confusion less about "why are there multiple stalls in there" and more about "why have gender neutral bathrooms"?
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So you didn't drink because of fear of bad hangovers or because you were being such a grand role model for your kids? I don't get it.
I didn't drink because I felt my body was telling me not to. It was a personal/health decision.
But at the time, my kids were 6 and 5 years old, and I thought an added benefit of my decision was that my kids would see that an adult could thoroughly enjoy life without booze. Which I did.
As it turned out, being a role model like this was overrated. As is the case with 99% of kids, they made decisions on their own as they grew up. Both are now in their early 30s, both enjoy the occasional alcoholic beverage (as do I), and both are responsible, successful, fantastic adults.
They soon will be parents themselves and will get to see how much "fun" they can have trying to influence their own kids!
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Thusly demonstrates why I don’t get people who say “marijuana is no dangerous than alcohol” (all the while ignoring he fact that the body doesn’t have a defense mechanism against marijuana like it does with alcohol).
Because it is a simple fact.
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Baby on board bumper stickers.
Like I wasn’t planning on smashing into your car whether you have a baby or not.
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Got another one from driving this morning. People who slow down over railroad tracks as if it's a speed bump. What's wrong with going normal speed over the tracks?
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Got another one from driving this morning. People who slow down over railroad tracks as if it's a speed bump. What's wrong with going normal speed over the tracks?
I've wondered this for years. It's bumpier if you slow down as well.
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Got another one from driving this morning. People who slow down over railroad tracks as if it's a speed bump. What's wrong with going normal speed over the tracks?
Hit a curb going 5 mph. Now hit it going 35 mph.
Short answer is that it is a lot easier on your suspension.
Honestly, it depends on the tracks. There are some in Madison that are horrible, and others that you can go full speed over without thinking about it.
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Baby on board bumper stickers.
Like I wasn’t planning on smashing into your car whether you have a baby or not.
Also, a bad guy wanting to lay in wait and jump someone as they are getting into their car will pick this one as opposed to one with a "Gold's Gym" bumper sticker.
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you have obviously never mixed beer, wine and Jameson all within a few hours.
don't be so sure (except swap scotch for the Jaimo)
it doesn't matter what form(s) the alcohol was in, I think 1 aspect to hangovers for many is the crap you might be mixing your cocktails with: Coke, 7-UP etc.
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you have obviously never mixed beer, wine and Jameson all within a few hours.
I did this last monday adding in tequilla, jager and baby guiness shots. It was not my best decision.
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Carbonation and sugar will kill you.
What is it about the carbonation that is killing you? Sugar hate I get. Carbonation hate I don't.
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What is it about the carbonation that is killing you? Sugar hate I get. Carbonation hate I don't.
Carbonic Acid eats at your teeth.
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Carbonic Acid eats at your teeth.
Meh, the British don't seem to be dropping like flies.
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Carbonic Acid eats at your teeth.
Does beer have carbonic acid?
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Does beer have carbonic acid?
yes
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Walking through the airport yesterday, within a couple of minutes I saw two men wearing Grateful Dead t-shirts. I never got the Grateful Dead.
Although I did have a lot of fun just walking around the area where all the Deadheads were hanging out when they were in Milwaukee when I was at Marquette.
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Walking through the airport yesterday, within a couple of minutes I saw two men wearing Grateful Dead t-shirts. I never got the Grateful Dead.
Although I did have a lot of fun just walking around the area where all the Deadheads were hanging out when they were in Milwaukee when I was at Marquette.
I never got the Dead either but figured I was too young for them. I tried to get into Phish when I got to MU upon the encouragement of friends but couldn't get into them either.
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I never got the Dead either but figured I was too young for them. I tried to get into Phish when I got to MU upon the encouragement of friends but couldn't get into them either.
Same for me.
Some of Garcia's work outside the Dead was pretty good, though.
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Same for me.
Some of Garcia's work outside the Dead was pretty good, though.
I thought their music was pretty decent but I wasn't a "fan". For their fans (those I knew anyway) it was about lifestyle as much (or more) as it was about the music.
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I’m a huge deadhead and was waiting for someone to mention them. Took 17 pages, not bad.
The modern day version, Dead and Company, just played two nights at Wrigley (both shows were fantastic) which is why you probably saw people at the airport wearing the shirts
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I thought their music was pretty decent but I wasn't a "fan". For their fans (those I knew anyway) it was about lifestyle as much (or more) as it was about the music.
More about a concert band versus a studio band? I see some hate for U2 but they put on a fantastic live concert (or Super Bowl halftime show). I was at a U2 concert once and they played 22 encores and went till 2AM. Amazing.
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More about a concert band versus a studio band? I see some hate for U2 but they put on a fantastic live concert (or Super Bowl halftime show). I was at a U2 concert once and they played 22 encores and went till 2AM. Amazing.
Very much so. And "concert bands" have a lot of fans "all in" who tour with them.
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I never got the Dead either but figured I was too young for them. I tried to get into Phish when I got to MU upon the encouragement of friends but couldn't get into them either.
Phish, absolutely. I don't get it. They kinda suck. And a sucky song goes on for 2 hours.
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Phish, absolutely. I don't get it. They kinda suck. And a sucky song goes on for 2 hours.
And then the next song sounds exactly the same.
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The modern day version, Dead and Company, just played two nights at Wrigley (both shows were fantastic) which is why you probably saw people at the airport wearing the shirts
That would probably explain it - it was O'Hare. I saw the one, and then was surprised to see another just a couple minutes later.
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More about a concert band versus a studio band? I see some hate for U2 but they put on a fantastic live concert (or Super Bowl halftime show). I was at a U2 concert once and they played 22 encores and went till 2AM. Amazing.
I was always somewhere "in between" with U2. I liked them and listened to quite a bit of their music when I was in high school, but would never have considered myself a huge fan. I had always wanted to see them in concert, and passed it up a couple of times and regretted it.* I finally saw them in 2017 on the Joshua Tree tour and it was absolutely a fantastic concert. An unforgettable night with my oldest daughter. And One Republic opened, which was also a great show.
*I also always wanted to see Tom Petty in concert, and really regret that I never did and won't have a chance. Similar to U2, I'm not a huge fan. But I've heard that his concerts were outstanding.
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*I also always wanted to see Tom Petty in concert, and really regret that I never did and won't have a chance.
YES! I was really close to pulling the trigger the last time he was at Summerfest in 2017, but we had already seen Paul Simon earlier and didn't feel like going twice. Because Petty toured all the time right?
Damn...
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And then the next song sounds exactly the same.
When you think about it, "Phish" is pretty much the perfect response to this topic.
Totally don't get the allure. And I love music of all types.
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*I also always wanted to see Tom Petty in concert, and really regret that I never did and won't have a chance. Similar to U2, I'm not a huge fan. But I've heard that his concerts were outstanding.
First saw Petty and the Heartbreakers 35+ years ago when the were the opened for Bob Dylan. They did a set, Dylan did a set and they did a set together. Dylan was really good but Petty and his band stole the show. Became a big fan that night.
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Love the Grateful Dead (and Dead & Co).
Phish sucks.
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*I also always wanted to see Tom Petty in concert, and really regret that I never did and won't have a chance. Similar to U2, I'm not a huge fan. But I've heard that his concerts were outstanding.
I saw him just months before he died. My first (and only) Petty show. It was a greatest hits show and he did not disappoint. It was a straight forward rock show. Mike Campbell impressed the hell out of me too.
I've seen U2 twice. I came away rather unimpressed during the 360 tour - it was more about the spectacle than the music. The Joshua Tree show, however, was awesome. One of the defining albums of my childhood played live along with other great songs I grew up listening to. That show was about the music.
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I saw him just months before he died. My first (and only) Petty show. It was a greatest hits show and he did not disappoint. It was a straight forward rock show. Mike Campbell impressed the hell out of me too.
I've seen U2 twice. I came away rather unimpressed during the 360 tour - it was more about the spectacle than the music. The Joshua Tree show, however, was awesome. One of the defining albums of my childhood played live along with other great songs I grew up listening to. That show was about the music.
Saw Petty a few times. I agree on Campbell. Outstanding guitarist. A lot like Steve Stevens, where you end up watching him more than paying attention to
Billy Idol.
Saw U2 on the original Joshua Tree tour in Chicago. Maybe the best concert I've seen. Very sparse stage - it was all about the music. They also used "local" bands as openers on the tour. At Rosemont, it was The BoDeans.
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First saw Petty and the Heartbreakers 35+ years ago when the were the opened for Bob Dylan. They did a set, Dylan did a set and they did a set together. Dylan was really good but Petty and his band stole the show. Became a big fan that night.
Saw Petty in about 1978, when WLUP had a giveaway at a mall in Joliet, Illinois. A friend of mine worked as a security guard and scored the tix without having to stand in line. Saw him again in '80 and again at Summerfest in 2017. The last one was great because I also got to see the Smithereens before Pat Dinizio died. Petty and Mike Campbell always put on a great show.
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Godfather II. Incredibly dull movie and worst of the three by a long shot.
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Godfather II. Incredibly dull movie and worst of the three by a long shot.
Clearly you haven't seen GF III. GF II was fabulous.
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Saw Petty a few times. I agree on Campbell. Outstanding guitarist. A lot like Steve Stevens, where you end up watching him more than paying attention to
Billy Idol.
Saw U2 on the original Joshua Tree tour in Chicago. Maybe the best concert I've seen. Very sparse stage - it was all about the music. They also used "local" bands as openers on the tour. At Rosemont, it was The BoDeans.
I think you mean Da Bodeans, as they were known when the played the mugrack.
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Clearly you haven't seen GF III. GF II was fabulous.
I have. The first time I watched II, I thought I must be missing something. But I have seen it a couple times since, and frankly I think the story is slow and boring. III isn't best picture worthy, but it's better than its reputation.
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Star Wars...and the endless line of sequels/prequels.
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I totally recommend watching Godfather I and II spliced together in chronological order. It was on TV once and I'm sure its floating around out on the interwebs somewhere. It is pretty cool .
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Sticker on your car that says “13.1”. Oh, you could only do a half marathon, great - good celebration.
What’s next, “GED” ???
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Sticker on your car that says “13.1”. Oh, you could only do a half marathon, great - good celebration.
What’s next, “GED” ???
Guys who ridicule other people's athletic accomplishments, but brag about a team on which they just sit on the sidelines and tell other players what to do. ;)
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Sticker on your car that says “13.1”. Oh, you could only do a half marathon, great - good celebration.
What’s next, “GED” ???
no, GED would be the 0.0 stickers. 13.1 is still a hell of an accomplishment.
I have co-worker running a 100 mile race in a few days, in reality, he could look down at marathoners as inferior if you think 13.1 makes one inferior.
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no, GED would be the 0.0 stickers. 13.1 is still a hell of an accomplishment.
I have co-worker running a 100 mile race in a few days, in reality, he could look down at marathoners as inferior if you think 13.1 makes one inferior.
Agree 13.1 is no small feat. Also, who cares about what stickers people have on their cars.
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no, GED would be the 0.0 stickers. 13.1 is still a hell of an accomplishment.
I have co-worker running a 100 mile race in a few days, in reality, he could look down at marathoners as inferior if you think 13.1 makes one inferior.
I'm an avid runner and stick to 5K races and would still find a half-marathon difficult. Finishing would be easy, but running well not-so-much.
Most road races run a half or full marathon and a 5K plus I prefer to get to the post-race beer sooner.
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I don't get bowl games, barely understand the allure of the "prestigious" ones like the Rose Bowl, but the Meinecke Car Car Bowl? Cannot fathom it.
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I don't get bowl games, barely understand the allure of the "prestigious" ones like the Rose Bowl, but the Meinecke Car Car Bowl? Cannot fathom it.
I am sure you would care if basketball had bowl games instead of post-season tournaments.
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I am sure you would care if basketball had bowl games instead of post-season tournaments.
Maybe?
But it's sort of the same thing we talk about when the CBI comes calling at the end of a terrible season. People talk themselves into the NIT (and not everyone) being worth it to play in, but nobody's out there touting "participated in a meaningless and expensive exhibition game or games that nobody cares about" as a benchmark for success like college football does.
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I don't get bowl games, barely understand the allure of the "prestigious" ones like the Rose Bowl, but the Meinecke Car Car Bowl? Cannot fathom it.
I'm not a big football fan, but if you are, you only get 12 games a year to watch. A bowl game gets you another game to watch against a solid team. So I get it, even if it is not necessarily for me.
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I don't get bowl games, barely understand the allure of the "prestigious" ones like the Rose Bowl, but the Meinecke Car Car Bowl? Cannot fathom it.
It's bonus football.
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okay, extra Saturday to drink before noon is as good a reason as any I've heard offered in defense of bowl games. I'll revise to "kinda get it, but still think it's dumb and will mock their goofy sponsors mercilessly."
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Bumpa stickas, hey?
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I don't get bowl games, barely understand the allure of the "prestigious" ones like the Rose Bowl, but the Meinecke Car Car Bowl? Cannot fathom it.
Totally agree with you, jf.
I haven't watched one second of a non-playoff bowl game for almost 20 years.
I guess I get that fans might want to see their team one more time, but unless gambling, why would somebody with no rooting interest care about N Illinois vs Sam Diego State in the Weed Eater Bowl?
I mean, I did watch some of our NIT games a couple years ago but I didn't watch one second of the NIT after we lost.
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Godfather II. Incredibly dull movie and worst of the three by a long shot.
Disagree. II was great, "Best Picture" worthy. III was awful IMO.
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I'm an avid runner and stick to 5K races and would still find a half-marathon difficult. Finishing would be easy, but running well not-so-much.
Most road races run a half or full marathon and a 5K plus I prefer to get to the post-race beer sooner.
I've done a few 10K's and hope to complete a half at some point. Not for time though! I have the cardiovascular endurance but not so much for my body (back in particular) being able to take the pounding. I work at an Ironman a few years ago and was in awe of the ability of those individuals running a full marathon AFTER swimming 2.4 miles and biking 112 miles. That's why I "get" those who get the Ironman logo as a tattoo.
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I don't get bowl games, barely understand the allure of the "prestigious" ones like the Rose Bowl, but the Meinecke Car Car Bowl? Cannot fathom it.
Agree 100%. Unless the bowl is one of the semi-finals or the national championship games they're all just meaningless exhibition games.
Every game in the NCAA Hoops Tourney leads to finding the champion. NIT = Bowl games - even the "big ones".
And for the "bonus football" I say who cares? The NFL is on and is light years a better product even though it's starting to lose it's luster with rules no one can follow.
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I've done a few 10K's and hope to complete a half at some point. Not for time though! I have the cardiovascular endurance but not so much for my body (back in particular) being able to take the pounding. I work at an Ironman a few years ago and was in awe of the ability of those individuals running a full marathon AFTER swimming 2.4 miles and biking 112 miles. That's why I "get" those who get the Ironman logo as a tattoo.
Two words: core strength.
I ran multiple marathons, half-marathons, 5K though 20K, the whole deal. Never had issues with endurance, knees, ankles, just a couple of minor achilles and plantar fascia issues. Then I ruptured a couple of discs and my running days were over. I thought it was the simple up and down force of the pounding, but I learned that my core/back muscles were too weak to keep my spine from moving back and forth, which eventually led to the rupture.
If I had known then what I know now....
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Guys who ridicule other people's athletic accomplishments, but brag about a team on which they just sit on the sidelines and tell other players what to do. ;)
+1000. Half marathons are a great accomplishment. And Jaybee seems like a very unlikable tool. Rant over
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Totally agree with you, jf.
I haven't watched one second of a non-playoff bowl game for almost 20 years.
I guess I get that fans might want to see their team one more time, but unless gambling, why would somebody with no rooting interest care about N Illinois vs Sam Diego State in the Weed Eater Bowl?
I mean, I did watch some of our NIT games a couple years ago but I didn't watch one second of the NIT after we lost.
Bowl games draw strongish ratings for ESPN and fill inventory. The biggest draw for bowl games is gambling. Football’s rise in popularity has many reasons in our culture but I argue gambling is one of the biggest reasons. You can gamble on all sports, but people see football as far less random and easier to “predict” than single baseball or basketball games
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I've done a few 10K's and hope to complete a half at some point. Not for time though! I have the cardiovascular endurance but not so much for my body (back in particular) being able to take the pounding. I work at an Ironman a few years ago and was in awe of the ability of those individuals running a full marathon AFTER swimming 2.4 miles and biking 112 miles. That's why I "get" those who get the Ironman logo as a tattoo.
I've done two mini-triathlons. 1/3 mile swim (in the YMCA pool), 12 mile bike ride and 5K run. I only practiced the swim and run part and did the bike ride on my steel mountain bike. Fun stuff.
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+1000. Half marathons are a great accomplishment. And Jaybee seems like a very unlikable tool. Rant over
Seems like you’d be a big fan of tools?
Half marathons are a great accomplishment for some. Putting a sticker on your car bragging about it to the general public is something I don’t get.
I also don’t get prickly (nh) lettuce/greens for a salad. Super nasty. Must be healthy or something, cause the texture sucks.
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I also don’t get prickly (nh) lettuce/greens for a salad. Super nasty. Must be healthy or something, cause the texture sucks.
I don't get why they put red lettuce in the Spring Mix. It's always the first to go bad (by a long stretch), and then you have to throw the whole bag out.
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Glory holes.
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I'm not talking about things that I haven't tried (e.g., Game of Thrones), but things that I have tried but just didn't enjoy.
Glory holes.
Given the source I probably shouldn't be surprised...but still...
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Two words: core strength.
I ran multiple marathons, half-marathons, 5K though 20K, the whole deal. Never had issues with endurance, knees, ankles, just a couple of minor achilles and plantar fascia issues. Then I ruptured a couple of discs and my running days were over. I thought it was the simple up and down force of the pounding, but I learned that my core/back muscles were too weak to keep my spine from moving back and forth, which eventually led to the rupture.
If I had known then what I know now....
working on that! I've got the disc issues too (from my lifting days and overall body structure). I get cupping and accupuncture done frequently to help with the inflamation in my mid back when I'm running distance. it's a good temporary solution. More planks!!!
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I don't get why they put red lettuce in the Spring Mix. It's always the first to go bad (by a long stretch), and then you have to throw the whole bag out.
Preach.
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Modern haunted houses. Ever since they made the fire codes so strict that it can't be really dark they just don't have "it" anymore
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I don't get why they put red lettuce in the Spring Mix. It's always the first to go bad (by a long stretch), and then you have to throw the whole bag out.
I agree. My wife said to please stop buying as it just ends up in the compost pile.
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I agree. My wife said to please stop buying as it just ends up in the compost pile.
In retrospect, I think I actually do get it. It's a conspiracy run by Big Salad to increase sales.
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In retrospect, I think I actually do get it. It's a conspiracy run by Big Salad to increase sales.
Yep. Big Salad has us right where it wants us.
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Multi-level Marketing companies. It's like low key aspirational heroin.
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People who always back into parking spots.
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People who always back into parking spots.
And people who don't pull through.
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People who always back into parking spots.
This is just smart operating of a vehicle.
Parking lots most dangerous territory for drivers. It's lawless. People don't abide by speed limits nor parking space lines. Increasing your field of vision when you leave your parking spot by backing in prevents all possibility of an accident.
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People who always back into parking spots.
I back into park spots for various reasons:
On sunny days when an open spot faces to the west so the tinted glass of the vehicle faces the afternoon sun in the summer.
At sporting and other busy events that will let out at the same time making it easier to exit the parking spot
Parking garages because of visibility
What I don't get is when people get upset about someone backing in (not saying this is you). I understand they have to wait an extra 12 seconds while the person backs in. However, if the car has to back out later, a car would have to wait the same 12 seconds plus there's a higher risk of being backed into because the person leaving the spot may not be able to see cars and pedestrians as well.
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People who always back into parking spots.
Easier to get out. Especially at a ball game.
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Backing into a spot is the best thing to do in winter in snowy conditions, this is one of the lessons my father ingrained into us when we learned to drive.
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Yeah, still don't get it.
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This is just smart operating of a vehicle.
Parking lots most dangerous territory for drivers. It's lawless. People don't abide by speed limits nor parking space lines. Increasing your field of vision when you leave your parking spot by backing in prevents all possibility of an accident.
Back in or back out, you still have to reverse it. Is it less lawless when you arrive at Costco?
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I personally think it's easier to back out of a parking spot than into one. With a backup camera set to the wide angle view, backing out isn't that hard.
A high traffic event, sporting event, or parking garage I might back in. But typically I don't.
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Cashier gets three one dollar bills from a customer. They spend several vital seconds flipping them around so that they are all showing the same side and in the same direction. EFFIN WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT? Stop wasting time. I don't get it.
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This is just smart operating of a vehicle.
Parking lots most dangerous territory for drivers. It's lawless. People don't abide by speed limits nor parking space lines. Increasing your field of vision when you leave your parking spot by backing in prevents all possibility of an accident.
No.
I’ve had my car hit twice in the last 5 years by someone backing into a spot next to me.
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Cashier gets three one dollar bills from a customer. They spend several vital seconds flipping them around so that they are all showing the same side and in the same direction. EFFIN WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT? Stop wasting time. I don't get it.
You would not be a good software engineer.
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No.
I’ve had my car hit twice in the last 5 years by someone backing into a spot next to me.
Just because a lot of people can't drive worth a crap doesn't mean it's not smart. ;)
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Cashier gets three one dollar bills from a customer. They spend several vital seconds flipping them around so that they are all showing the same side and in the same direction. EFFIN WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT? Stop wasting time. I don't get it.
OCD and impatience do not mix well.
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Cashier gets three one dollar bills from a customer. They spend several vital seconds flipping them around so that they are all showing the same side and in the same direction. EFFIN WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT? Stop wasting time. I don't get it.
Their manager likely requires the ordered bills when turning down the register at the end of the shift. Spend the time now to order your drawer so it’s faster when you clock out.
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No.
I’ve had my car hit twice in the last 5 years by someone backing into a spot next to me.
Twice in five years is bad luck. Or something else. People with poor depth perception shouldn't be driving period less reversing into an empty space.
Back in or back out, you still have to reverse it. Is it less lawless when you arrive at Costco?
Again, as long as you are mentally able to perform the task, reversing into a stationary object (e.g curb) is much easier and safer than reversing into multiple moving objects (e.g. pedestrians, pass through vehicles).
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People who always back into parking spots.
For me, the question of backing in is situational.
If I am arriving and can see that there is nobody behind me, I often back in because I know it will be easy to back in, but I have no idea whether it will also be easy to back out. Maybe a tall vehicle will be blocking my view. Maybe a vehicle will be coming around a corner too fast. I can mitigate those things by backing in if I see it’s gonna be easy.
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For me, the question of backing in is situational.
This.
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Twice in five years is bad luck. Or something else. People with poor depth perception shouldn't be driving period less reversing into an empty space.
Again, as long as you are mentally able to perform the task, reversing into a stationary object (e.g curb) is much easier and safer than reversing into multiple moving objects (e.g. pedestrians, pass through vehicles).
Listen, we can all see it’s is easier and safer to pull out. Yet, you still have to back in...reversing across two lanes of traffic at the Costco with your three point turn, with the same moving pedestrians with carts, etc. to get into your space. Why is that any safer?
If you pulled through two spaces like at a stadium, I get it...but in this case, you still have to back in with all the hurdles you mention...and if you lave to load your hatch, your cart is banging my car as you only have six inches to load. For some reason this is more common in the South which maybe tells us something.
And why do many parking garages often ban backing into a space if it is so safe? Often there is a building sewage pipe running across the garage that fits under a hood but not a hatch.
Also, I love the knobs that pull through surface lots with diagonal parking, pointed the wrong way into traffic. Usually with a Badger bumper sticker on their vehicle.
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"Listen, we can all see it’s is easier and safer to pull out."
We can all agree on half of dis, hey?
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Cashier gets three one dollar bills from a customer. They spend several vital seconds flipping them around so that they are all showing the same side and in the same direction. EFFIN WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT? Stop wasting time. I don't get it.
Things I don't get - People who still use cash & checks.
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Things I don't get - People who still use cash & checks.
What about people that don’t have access to digital currency (cards, etc). I would rather pay cash if I can, too easy to rack up charges on cards and forget about it until the credit card bill arrives. I either have the cash or don’t buy it.
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What about people that don’t have access to digital currency (cards, etc). I would rather pay cash if I can, too easy to rack up charges on cards and forget about it until the credit card bill arrives. I either have the cash or don’t buy it.
My wife and I were at dinner with some friends 15 years younger than us (late 20’s’). When the bill came we put down cash for our half and one of our friends exclaimed “you use and carry cash?” It’s generational.
I’d rather use cash at a bar instead of having to retrieve my card and have to wait to do that. Just a preference.
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Things I don't get - People who still use cash & checks.
What about people that don’t have access to digital currency (cards, etc). I would rather pay cash if I can, too easy to rack up charges on cards and forget about it until the credit card bill arrives. I either have the cash or don’t buy it.
Agree with Cheeks on this one. Wife and I take out cash at the beginning of every month and only use cards in emergency. Helps us stay on budget.
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Why I spend time on MUScoop.
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Why I spend time on MUScoop.
still trying to figure if ya want to go in the back or the front, ey? all depends on how much room ya have, your visibility and the safest way out. always look both ways before pulling out
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Agree with Cheeks on this one. Wife and I take out cash at the beginning of every month and only use cards in emergency. Helps us stay on budget.
This is an intelligent way to pay for those who are most comfortable with this kind of budgeting system. Also, if one is prone to forget to pay credit-card bills, as apparently is the case with chicos, one shouldn't use credit cards. The fees and interest are astronomical on most of them.
However, for those without these problems, it's hard to beat the convenience of paying with credit cards. I carry less than $10 in cash and use CCs almost exclusively. In four decades as a card-carrying adult, I have never once failed to pay the bill at the end of the month. Credit cards help me budget, because at the end of the month I have a record of exactly where and how I spent our money. At the end of the year, each CC provides an annual statement on how we spent money.
If any kind of fraud situation pops up, the bank associated with the credit card can advocate for the card-holder; if one pays cash, tough luck. Many CC double the length of product warranties. Many other benefits, too. Meanwhile, I get points for travel and/or cash back, depending on the card.
It's one of those things in which there is no "right" or "wrong" answer, and I totally get why some use cash.
And as chicos said, there are people out there who for whatever reason do not have access to credit cards.
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My wife and I pay with credit card for pretty much everything (gas, groceries, eating out, etc) and have for basically our whole adult lives (25-30 years). I rarely have $40 or more of cash in my wallet. We've also never not paid off a monthly credit card bill in that time. In fact, I have no idea what the interest rate has been on any credit card I've ever had because I've never paid any.
I think of it as a badge of honor now.
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My wife and I pay with credit card for pretty much everything (gas, groceries, eating out, etc) and have for basically our whole adult lives (25-30 years). I rarely have $40 or more of cash in my wallet. We've also never not paid off a monthly credit card bill in that time. In fact, I have no idea what the interest rate has been on any credit card I've ever had because I've never paid any.
I think of it as a badge of honor now.
You are smart and disciplined, way too many people are not. Even worse now with people getting their bills emailed to them instead of paper. Companies beg people to go to auto bill pay and credit card companies in turn do the same. Less scrutiny, people don’t pay attention as much. But good for you, as you have it down pat.... your fellow Americans not so much.
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This is an intelligent way to pay for those who are most comfortable with this kind of budgeting system. Also, if one is prone to forget to pay credit-card bills, as apparently is the case with chicos, one shouldn't use credit cards. The fees and interest are astronomical on most of them.
However, for those without these problems, it's hard to beat the convenience of paying with credit cards. I carry less than $10 in cash and use CCs almost exclusively. In four decades as a card-carrying adult, I have never once failed to pay the bill at the end of the month. Credit cards help me budget, because at the end of the month I have a record of exactly where and how I spent our money. At the end of the year, each CC provides an annual statement on how we spent money.
If any kind of fraud situation pops up, the bank associated with the credit card can advocate for the card-holder; if one pays cash, tough luck. Many CC double the length of product warranties. Many other benefits, too. Meanwhile, I get points for travel and/or cash back, depending on the card.
It's one of those things in which there is no "right" or "wrong" answer, and I totally get why some use cash.
And as chicos said, there are people out there who for whatever reason do not have access to credit cards.
I’m not prone to forget, I’m saying it is easier. I pay my bills each and every month, but what I hear from customers and research of customers all the time is they forgot about the bill, it was in their email, etc, etc.
Note that in states like Pennsylvania and Massachusetts it is required by law to have a non credit card payment option.
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I charge everything I can to my Delta credit card, including my cable bill, insurance, etc. About $800 worth of monthly charges that go on automatically. I then pay everything I can with the card as well. The card is paid in full, on the exact day it is due.
The advantages:
1. I get the credit for the airline miles.
2. Money doesn't leave my checking account for nearly two months after I make some purchases given the length of time the card is open and the time until I have to pay the card.
3. I track all of the purchases on one phone app, and check it at least once a day to make sure no fraud is happening.
My monthly budget is very simple: mortgage, utility bill, credit card bill, wife's car lease payment, IRA deposits, a couple mutual fund auto deposits. All of these are auto drafted so rarely do I write a check. I also track all of my bank activity on my phone to check for fraud.
I got $20 out of an ATM yesterday - the first time I had cash on me in about two weeks.
Despite all of this, I *still* keep a written log in my checkbook. Which my kids think is hilarious.
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Put me down as someone that uses the card whenever possible. I also pay off my credit card every month.
Cash and checks are situational. My favorite Thai restaurant is cash only. Farmers market, cash. School fundraiser, check. Some home contractors prefer check.
All large purchases, I make sure I have the money to cover before I put it on a credit card.
I also don't have a budget. Instead I track every expense and have a savings goal. It helps that my wife and I are both thrifty. If one of us gets a little off track, we can correct it pretty easily.
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I’m not prone to forget, I’m saying it is easier. I pay my bills each and every month, but what I hear from customers and research of customers all the time is they forgot about the bill, it was in their email, etc, etc.
Note that in states like Pennsylvania and Massachusetts it is required by law to have a non credit card payment option.
Didn't mean to misrepresent you. When you said, "I would rather pay cash if I can, too easy to rack up charges on cards and forget about it until the credit card bill arrives. I either have the cash or don’t buy it," I thought you were saying you no longer use credit cards because it was too easy for you to forget to pay. A zillion apologies.
Despite all of this, I *still* keep a written log in my checkbook. Which my kids think is hilarious.
I absolutely keep a written log in my checkbook, even though I just about never write checks. I like to know to keep tabs on what I have coming in and going out. While I'm quite sure my kids don't do that themselves, I don't think they laugh at me for doing it. They see that it's worked.
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I’m not prone to forget, I’m saying it is easier. I pay my bills each and every month, but what I hear from customers and research of customers all the time is they forgot about the bill, it was in their email, etc, etc.
Note that in states like Pennsylvania and Massachusetts it is required by law to have a non credit card payment option.
That’s what I love about the autopay option. I pay off the balance every month and don’t have to worry about forgetting.
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Let's talk debit cards. There are no advantages. Theft protection, return protection, building no credit rating, no 30 day interest free loan.
https://youtube.com/v/vsMydMDi3rI
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You are smart and disciplined, way too many people are not. Even worse now with people getting their bills emailed to them instead of paper. Companies beg people to go to auto bill pay and credit card companies in turn do the same. Less scrutiny, people don’t pay attention as much. But good for you, as you have it down pat.... your fellow Americans not so much.
So wait a second.... you’re taking the side of the people who aren’t smart and disciplined?!? Who are you and what have you done with chicos?
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Yeah, I don't understand how people can't use the CC for everything abd/or pay it off at the end of the month. My parents use to have rolling credit on their card and I thought it was insane. Put everything we can on the cards for the purpose of points and cash flow advantage then pay it off at the last possible moment.
Free money
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So wait a second.... you’re taking the side of the people who aren’t smart and disciplined?!? Who are you and what have you done with chicos?
As Michael Jordan said, they buy sneakers (fill in your biz product), too.
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Agree with Cheeks on this one. Wife and I take out cash at the beginning of every month and only use cards in emergency. Helps us stay on budget.
You realize that you are flushing a portion of that cash down the toilet every month, right?
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You realize that you are flushing a portion of that cash down the toilet every month, right?
Hey, it's his cash. If he wants to put it in the chitter, so be it. No one should judge.
I use cash to snort coke primarily. I write checks for the kids' school.
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You realize that you are flushing a portion of that cash down the toilet every month, right?
I’m curious why you say this.
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You realize that you are flushing a portion of that cash down the toilet every month, right?
I honestly have no idea what you are talking about.
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When you use a credit card to pay for things, it is essentially a free loan of one to two months. Provided you pay the card off in full, you can keep your cash in something interest bearing until you have to pay off the card.
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When you use a credit card to pay for things, it is essentially a free loan of one to two months. Provided you pay the card off in full, you can keep your cash in something interest bearing until you have to pay off the card.
What about factoring in credit card fees (yes, many don’t have them).
At any rate, here’s the psychology of it all and why cc is good sometimes, cash good other times.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-science-behind-behavior/201607/does-it-matter-whether-you-pay-cash-or-credit-card
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I honestly have no idea what you are talking about.
POINTS!!!! and Cash Back. Plus interest free loan.
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What about factoring in credit card fees (yes, many don’t have them).
At any rate, here’s the psychology of it all and why cc is good sometimes, cash good other times.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-science-behind-behavior/201607/does-it-matter-whether-you-pay-cash-or-credit-card
I've always kinda stared blankly at banks that talk about eliminating fees on checking accounts and credit cards. I've never paid a fee for either.
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I've always kinda stared blankly at banks that talk about eliminating fees on checking accounts and credit cards. I've never paid a fee for either.
I’ve found historically the cards that have rewards programs, at least the better programs, charge an annual fee.
That said, I use those cards all the time. Checking fees not an issue in my experience.
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We've also never not paid off a monthly credit card bill in that time. In fact, I have no idea what the interest rate has been on any credit card I've ever had because I've never paid any.
I think of it as a badge of honor now.
Many years ago, after we were engaged, my wife and I found a wedding ring that she absolutely loved. We were essentially kids at the time -- just a few months out of college. She really wanted it. I wanted to buy it for her. One problem: it was like $700...which seemed like a fortune to us at the time.
I called my Dad and asked him if I could borrow the money. I promised I'd pay him back in two payments over the next two months. He asked, "Don't you have a credit card?" I answered that I did. He said, "Use your credit card." I told him that we couldn't afford to pay it back. He responded, "You don't have to. You can pay it in two months if you need to." The thought had never occurred to me. He laughed and said that he was now very comfortable that I'd never get myself in trouble with credit cards.
I charged the ring. My wife and I saved everything for the next month and paid it off when the bill came. We didn't wait the extra month. To this day we've never not paid our credit card bill off each month.
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This topic came up at work a few weeks ago and I mentioned how I have never paid interest on a credit card. The two guys first looked at dumbfounded then it was like they were in awe. I honestly didn't realize that we were so abnormal.
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This topic came up at work a few weeks ago and I mentioned how I have never paid interest on a credit card. The two guys first looked at dumbfounded then it was like they were in awe. I honestly didn't realize that we were so abnormal.
I love the people who make a big deal about finding something on sale - then charge it and pay minimum payment every month. Then they still talk about the great deal that they got.
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POINTS!!!! and Cash Back. Plus interest free loan.
Yep. Yep. And yep.
My $$$ is in an online bank paying 2.2% interest.
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This topic came up at work a few weeks ago and I mentioned how I have never paid interest on a credit card. The two guys first looked at dumbfounded then it was like they were in awe. I honestly didn't realize that we were so abnormal.
Yup, look how the avg American is thousands of dollars in debt.....because they don’t or can’t pay the cards off.
Avg debt is $5700 on credit cards.
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Yep. Yep. And yep.
My $$$ is in an online bank paying 2.2% interest.
CIT Bank paying about 2.4% at the moment.
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CIT Bank paying about 2.4% at the moment.
Wow. Is there a max balance they'll pay that on?
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Let's talk debit cards. There are no advantages. Theft protection, return protection, building no credit rating, no 30 day interest free loan.
https://youtube.com/v/vsMydMDi3rI
I had the treat of spending many hours with Frank Abagnale (Catch me if you can)...I was a witness on his will signing.
After prison release he had a long career as a fraud/white collar crime consultant, and our lawyers hired him to consult on a bunch of cases. Great storyteller too. What an absolute charmer of the ladies...the movie got that part right. He was gifted with innate high level intelligence and incredible attention to detail.
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I’m curious why you say this.
Already explained by many here - rewards, interest on money that remains in your checking account longer, etc., etc., . I'm curious why you were curious.
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Related
Monopoly goes cashless
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-grim-financial-lesson-children-will-learn-from-cashless-monopoly-2019-06-21
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I don't get why people have like a dozen CCs. My wife has like 10 when we met and I've slowly whittled her down to 3 at most (our shared primary and one or two store specific ones she won't give up) so that we maximize points, minimize the number of cards we have to remember to pay off every month, etc.
I don't get people who don't do it that way
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I had the treat of spending many hours with Frank Abagnale (Catch me if you can)...I was a witness on his will signing.
After prison release he had a long career as a fraud/white collar crime consultant, and our lawyers hired him to consult on a bunch of cases. Great storyteller too. What an absolute charmer of the ladies...the movie got that part right. He was gifted with innate high level intelligence and incredible attention to detail.
He was the one that faked his way onto a hospital ship during Vietnam or Korea right? Then proceeded to fake being a doctor. THEN performed successful surgery? Because that is amazing.
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I don't get why people have like a dozen CCs. My wife has like 10 when we met and I've slowly whittled her down to 3 at most (our shared primary and one or two store specific ones she won't give up) so that we maximize points, minimize the number of cards we have to remember to pay off every month, etc.
I don't get people who don't do it that way
Your credit rating get hit?
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He was the one that faked his way onto a hospital ship during Vietnam or Korea right? Then proceeded to fake being a doctor. THEN performed successful surgery? Because that is amazing.
The movie "Catch Me if You Can" was based on his life.
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The movie "Catch Me if You Can" was based on his life.
Aye Ive seen it. Pretty good movie. However the person I was thinking of is Ferdinand Demara
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Your credit rating get hit?
We're both north of 800, so no I guess?
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Aye Ive seen it. Pretty good movie. However the person I was thinking of is Ferdinand Demara
He also was the subject of a fun watch movie..."The Great Impostor" (1961) starring Tony Curtis
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There is no doubt we use far less cash than we used to but it still comes in handy. Like last year. At State Fair. When my delightful niece wanted a beer.
Now that I think about it, maybe she WAS the smart one. ?-(
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I don't get why people have like a dozen CCs. My wife has like 10 when we met and I've slowly whittled her down to 3 at most (our shared primary and one or two store specific ones she won't give up) so that we maximize points, minimize the number of cards we have to remember to pay off every month, etc.
I don't get people who don't do it that way
I don't have a dozen, but I do have more than 3.
Barclay's offers 60K miles to those who get their American Air co-branded credit card. I want the miles. I open the card. A year later, when they start charging the annual fee, I close the card. I have done that with several others -- United, Marriott, Hilton, etc.
I don't recommend this for everybody. Some can't keep track of the pay dates. Some can't remember to cancel them when the fee starts. Some have only OK credit scores and opening/closing cards adversely affects those scores. Some might be buying a house or a car soon and don't want to risk even a small decrease in credit score.
But for those who have none of those problems ... it's free stuff worth hundreds (or thousands) of dollars. For example, I am using my AA bonus miles for two one-way first-class flights to Seattle. That's more than $1200 worth of free flights.
I like free stuff.
Yup, look how the avg American is thousands of dollars in debt.....because they don’t or can’t pay the cards off.
Avg debt is $5700 on credit cards.
I give most Scoopers who are taking part in this discussion credit for being more intelligent and financially savvy than the average American.
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I deal with every day Americans, you should see the crazy stuff and their priorities....it is breathtaking at times.
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I have a coworker who is about 47. He goes back and forth telling me a) how he and his wife live paycheck to paycheck and has nothing in savings (even though they make ~$120/yr between them) while he has the newest iPhone and buys cars new for him and his kids and b) how he plans to retire early at 59-60.
I go back and forth between being stunned at his financial ineptitude and mad that he wastes my time telling me his big plans that have no possibility of coming true.
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I have a coworker who is about 47. He goes back and forth telling me a) how he and his wife live paycheck to paycheck and has nothing in savings (even though they make ~$120/yr between them) while he has the newest iPhone and buys cars new for him and his kids and b) how he plans to retire early at 59-60.
I go back and forth between being stunned at his financial ineptitude and mad that he wastes my time telling me his big plans that have no possibility of coming true.
I have an employee that complains that he doesn't make enough money to 'truly live his life', yet he recently decided to cut a day out of his work week. You can imagine how much sympathy I have for his situation.
People are nuts.
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1 credit card. No credit card debt. Last time I bought a car, the sales manager said he had never seen a credit rating that high and I could afford more car than I was buying. I asked him how he thought I got the insanely high credit rating.
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Something my wife and I don't get: expensive jewelry. She's always been very uncomfortable with expensive jewelry. I'm thankful that she doesn't get it; it's saved us quite a lot of money over the years. We've both been amazed by the amount of money that people spend on such things. When I graduated she bought me a nice watch -- with "nice" being relative -- $600 or $700 or so. Aside from our engagement/wedding rings, it's the most expensive piece of jewelry we've ever bought (and those rings weren't very much more) - and I rarely wear it. She has her grandmother's pearls, which I suspect are worth more, but I don't know - and aside from our wedding day, I don't think she's ever worn those. I've offered to "upgrade" her engagement and/or wedding rings which were purchased when we had no money, but she's absolutely not interested. Perhaps she'll change her mind once we're done paying for our kids' education...that (along with planning for retirement) has been our financial priority for years.
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Something my wife and I don't get: expensive jewelry. She's always been very uncomfortable with expensive jewelry. I'm thankful that she doesn't get it; it's saved us quite a lot of money over the years. We've both been amazed by the amount of money that people spend on such things. When I graduated she bought me a nice watch -- with "nice" being relative -- $600 or $700 or so. Aside from our engagement/wedding rings, it's the most expensive piece of jewelry we've ever bought (and those rings weren't very much more) - and I rarely wear it. She has her grandmother's pearls, which I suspect are worth more, but I don't know - and aside from our wedding day, I don't think she's ever worn those. I've offered to "upgrade" her engagement and/or wedding rings which were purchased when we had no money, but she's absolutely not interested. Perhaps she'll change her mind once we're done paying for our kids' education...that (along with planning for retirement) has been our financial priority for years.
You'd need the jaws of life to get the wedding ring off my fat finger by now, not that I would ever consider not wearing it. The only jewelry I own are it and a really cheap watch (it's a winder that I got in 1978 for playing in a basketball tournament-it stills works fine but I never wear it because I don't like things on my wrist and I can always check my phone for the time). I've never bought a new car for myself (I've never driven as my primary car a vehicle that was built in the decade I was driving it). All I want is something reliable that gets me where I'm going. But I "get" why people might like to have expensive jewelry or a really expensive watch or a new car with all the bells and whistles. I suppose it is the whole point of this thread, but I suspect most everybody has things that they like to spend their money/time on that a great chunk of the population would not understand.
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I don't get mosquito bites, I get bit but no longer have any allergic reaction to the bite, it doesn't even seem top leave a mark. I used to see bites on my arms etc., my wife will get bites sitting right next to me so I'm pretty sure I'm also getting bites.
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I don't get mosquito bites, I get bit but no longer have any allergic reaction to the bite, it doesn't even seem top leave a mark. I used to see bites on my arms etc., my wife will get bites sitting right next to me so I'm pretty sure I'm also getting bites.
I must get all of yours. I have tried everything to prevent them, and nothing seems to work.
I saw an article that said there are patches (same delivery technology as a nicotine patch) and might give that a try.
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Restaurants where everything is "shared plates".
I am cool with splitting an appetizer, but otherwise, I like having my own damned plate of food that I can enjoy even if no one else would have wanted it! Who decided that it would be fun to go out to eat and have every thing you order put up to a vote?
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I don't get mosquito bites, I get bit but no longer have any allergic reaction to the bite, it doesn't even seem top leave a mark. I used to see bites on my arms etc., my wife will get bites sitting right next to me so I'm pretty sure I'm also getting bites.
What is your blood type? Do you sweat a lot? Overweight?
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What is your blood type? Do you sweat a lot? Overweight?
A-, no and no. I also don't wear perfume or any other type of heavily-scented products.
I don't fit into any of the "reasons" people get more bites. I just do.
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Port wine cheese spread.
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Something my wife and I don't get: expensive jewelry. She's always been very uncomfortable with expensive jewelry. I'm thankful that she doesn't get it; it's saved us quite a lot of money over the years. We've both been amazed by the amount of money that people spend on such things. When I graduated she bought me a nice watch -- with "nice" being relative -- $600 or $700 or so. Aside from our engagement/wedding rings, it's the most expensive piece of jewelry we've ever bought (and those rings weren't very much more) - and I rarely wear it. She has her grandmother's pearls, which I suspect are worth more, but I don't know - and aside from our wedding day, I don't think she's ever worn those. I've offered to "upgrade" her engagement and/or wedding rings which were purchased when we had no money, but she's absolutely not interested. Perhaps she'll change her mind once we're done paying for our kids' education...that (along with planning for retirement) has been our financial priority for years.
my wife's "expensive jewelry" came from a friend who worked with a company who did knockoffs. So, she paid $40 or so for a knockoff of a necklace that the real one retailed for over $2K. I'm cool with that. She's tried to guilt me into a ring when we were at Cartier once but I got out of that one. I have my wedding ring, my Fitbit and that's if for "jewelry."
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A-, no and no. I also don't wear perfume or any other type of heavily-scented products.
I don't fit into any of the "reasons" people get more bites. I just do.
Well that is unfortunate.
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What is your blood type? Do you sweat a lot? Overweight?
AB+, no, no. Why am I saying these things
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my wife's "expensive jewelry" came from a friend who worked with a company who did knockoffs. So, she paid $40 or so for a knockoff of a necklace that the real one retailed for over $2K. I'm cool with that. She's tried to guilt me into a ring when we were at Cartier once but I got out of that one. I have my wedding ring, my Fitbit and that's if for "jewelry."
Beejay ended up in the ER due to a cheap, knockoff c*ck ring.
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Restaurants where everything is "shared plates".
I am cool with splitting an appetizer, but otherwise, I like having my own damned plate of food that I can enjoy even if no one else would have wanted it! Who decided that it would be fun to go out to eat and have every thing you order put up to a vote?
Totally agree, chickadee.
First time I went to Cafe Ba Ba Reeba many many years ago, I thought, "That's kind of a cool concept." But after hundreds and hundreds of restaurants were doing it, I thought, "This sucks. Give me a real portion of food."
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I don't get why a thread on a player who didn't want to go to Marquette, never played at Marquette and had absolutely nothing to do with Marquette is in Hangin' at the Al.
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AB+, no, no. Why am I saying these things
Type O, heavy sweaters, overweight people, and alcohol all increase the chance of being bitten by mosquitos
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Type O, heavy sweaters, overweight people, and alcohol all increase the chance of being bitten by mosquitos
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Type O, heavy sweaters, overweight people, and alcohol all increase the chance of being bitten by mosquitos
Why would someone wear a heavy sweater during mosquito season?
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My wife bought a $20k watch to impress people. Then she could not wear it, she felt guilty. I had to buy her a $160 watch.
Like a friend who was a Bird Col. with a uniform with six rows of ribbons. I asked him when he wore it, he said when he wanted to intmidate someone. Then he was promoted, hay, it may have worked.
Personally I don't do expensive jewlery, tattoos or expensive name plates. Whatever floats your boat.
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My wife bought a $20k watch to impress people. Then she could not wear it, she felt guilty. I had to buy her a $160 watch.
Like a friend who was a Bird Col. with a uniform with six rows of ribbons. I asked him when he wore it, he said when he wanted to intmidate someone. Then he was promoted, hay, it may have worked.
Personally I don't do expensive jewlery, tattoos or expensive name plates. Whatever floats your boat.
I don't know many woman who, if they were going to blow 20 grand on jewelry, would buy a watch with it.
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Interesting reading on credit cards, I pay for everything with my cards (I have 2), and I don’t think I’ve ever paid interest either.
This summer, I started to teach my 9 year old twins about money. Felt like the right time to give them more individual responsibility, learn about spending/saving/earning/debt. I get paid every other Friday, so last Friday, I showed them my electronic pay stub and then showed them my checking account and where the money goes and how it’s budgeted. I told them they needed to show me work they did around the house or rewardable type behavior, and they’d individually would earn $10 each every other Friday.
I took them to GameStop on Saturday. My son wanted a $23 video game. He picked it up and said “If I get this, I won’t get an allowance for a month, but that’s ok because I’ll keep working for the next time I get it.” My daughter took the approach of spending only $8, and saving $2 “to someday travel to Australia.” It was interesting to see how each went about it.
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Beejay ended up in the ER due to a cheap, knockoff c*ck ring.
Just spit out my Coke Zero.
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I don't get mosquito bites, I get bit but no longer have any allergic reaction to the bite, it doesn't even seem top leave a mark. I used to see bites on my arms etc., my wife will get bites sitting right next to me so I'm pretty sure I'm also getting bites.
I had a scratch test for 21 stinging insects. I am only allergic to one. And it's fatal.
Eat at Arby's
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I had a scratch test for 21 stinging insects. I am only allergic to one. And it's fatal.
Eat at Arby's
Nice knowin' ya, doc.
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Beejay ended up in the ER due to a cheap, knockoff c*ck ring.
was it his or his partners though? depends where the rash was, eyn'a?
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Nice knowin' ya, doc.
I'm gowne,hey?
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My 11 year old son is a mosquito magnet. He'll be outside at 8, 10am in the morning, and sleeping mosquitos will wake up just for him.
He is mosquito delicious.
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My 11 year old son is a mosquito magnet. He'll be outside at 8, 10am in the morning, and sleeping mosquitos will wake up just for him.
He is mosquito delicious.
Too much (or not enough) Arby's. Not sure.
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Too much (or not enough) Arby's. Not sure.
OMG, that's it. He's never had the protective coating Arby's food must yield!
#science
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OMG, that's it. He's never had the protective coating Arby's food must yield!
#science
Yes. I recommend slathering him in Horsey Sauce. That should do the trick.
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My 11 year old son is a mosquito magnet. He'll be outside at 8, 10am in the morning, and sleeping mosquitos will wake up just for him.
He is mosquito delicious.
I've heard that if you eat a lot of red delicious apples that the mosquitoes won't touch you, damn near poisonous to them.
Not sure it would be worth it though.
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Wow. Is there a max balance they'll pay that on?
https://www.cit.com/cit-bank/bank/savings/
Not aware of any max, but you need 25K to start it.
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https://www.cit.com/cit-bank/bank/savings/
Not aware of any max, but you need 25K to start it.
According to your link, that's not correct. It says "minimum balance of $25,000 or $100 monthly deposit." The "See how (https://www.cit.com/cit-bank/bank/savings/savings-builder-account/)" link also says, "Minimum balance of $25,000 or $100 monthly deposit. $100 minimum opening deposit."
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https://www.cit.com/cit-bank/bank/savings/
Not aware of any max, but you need 25K to start it.
Thanks. I think I’m gonna toss $100k in there this week.
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According to your link, that's not correct. It says "minimum balance of $25,000 or $100 monthly deposit." The "See how (https://www.cit.com/cit-bank/bank/savings/savings-builder-account/)" link also says, "Minimum balance of $25,000 or $100 monthly deposit. $100 minimum opening deposit."
Yes, thank you. I went for the $25K minimum route.
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Thanks. I think I’m gonna toss $100k in there this week.
Just be aware their online system is a little clunky compared to other banks and be prepared to have to authenticate with a phone / text multiple times.
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CIT Bank paying about 2.4% at the moment.
2.4 beats the next highest I was aware of (2.25 @ Synchrony, FWIW)
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2.4 beats the next highest I was aware of (2.25 @ Synchrony, FWIW)
You can get 2.36% from Citibank. $500 minimum deposit to avoid a monthly fee.
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OK, just initiated a transfer of $100k to CIT. if they steal these funds I will be sad.
7 bucks a day... not awful for a savings account, a1na
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OK, just initiated a transfer of $100k to CIT. if they steal these funds I will be sad.
7 bucks a day... not awful for a savings account, a1na
#humblebrag
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OK, just initiated a transfer of $100k to CIT. if they steal these funds I will be sad.
7 bucks a day... not awful for a savings account, a1na
I'm pretty sure I see what you did there.
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Do be aware that rates for the CIT account (and all others being discussed here) can go down at any time without any advance notice, and almost surely will if the Fed lowers rates next month as expected.
They obviously can go up, too ... and they had been until the Fed turned dovish a few months ago.
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Do be aware that rates for the CIT account (and all others being discussed here) can go down at any time without any advance notice
If by “at any time without any advance notice” you mean “after the current Evaluation Period, as defined.”
There is actually a very specific, defined day that resets occur for the CIT Savings Builder.
If I’m Friday they decided they wanted to change my rate, they’d be SOL for 4 weeks. #LockedIn
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If by “at any time without any advance notice” you mean “after the current Evaluation Period, as defined.”
There is actually a very specific, defined day that resets occur for the CIT Savings Builder.
If I’m Friday they decided they wanted to change my rate, they’d be SOL for 4 weeks. #LockedIn
Thanks for that correction. I wish you good fortune.
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people who don't like needles but are tatted up like a faded blue print, pierced up like pin cushion...and then those ear lobes you could throw a small baby through...nope, don't get it
btw, how the hack do ya tattoo eyes??
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Nose, lip and eyebrow piercings
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people who don't like needles but are tatted up like a faded blue print, pierced up like pin cushion...and then those ear lobes you could throw a small baby through...nope, don't get it
btw, how the hack do ya tattoo eyes??
Put a spoon in between your eyelid and eyeball. No joke. That's how The Cousins on Breaking Bad said they did it.
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Put a spoon in between your eyelid and eyeball. No joke. That's how The Cousins on Breaking Bad said they did it.
Things I don't get. A Clockwork Orange.
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Autographs for adults.
Unless something has specific sentimental value (a Marquette fan getting Butch Lee to sign '77 FF program, for instance), I don't really get it.
Kids are a different story, of course.
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Nose, lip and eyebrow piercings
my wife has a nose piercing, I dig it. Not the bull ring between the nostrils though. That I don't get.
I didn't know eyebrow piercings were still a thing. I remember a guy on my floor in McCormick who got one and it promptly got badly infected and he looked like he had a golf ball over his eye.
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don't get the pierced tongue...well, i do, but what one goes thru for that one. i heard it hurts like a beach, tongue swells up for days, can't eat(or that either) for a while. then infection, chipped up teeth, etc all for a little whoo ha? i'm seeing fewer and fewer of them, but i guess when you're a ute and ya meet someone with one of those little balls bouncing around in their mouth, it's like, oh, you're a big fan of jacque cousteau...cool.
then there's the split, serpent tongue thing...ho boy
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ZFB has his nips pierced. Says it goes over very well at the bathhouse.
I don’t get ear hair on the outside of your ear. Why would I have a hair grow 4 feet overnight from the back of my effin ear????
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NM (earlier post repeated)
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don't get the pierced tongue...well, i do, but what one goes thru for that one. i heard it hurts like a beach, tongue swells up for days, can't eat(or that either) for a while. then infection, chipped up teeth, etc all for a little whoo ha? i'm seeing fewer and fewer of them, but i guess when you're a ute and ya meet someone with one of those little balls bouncing around in their mouth, it's like, oh, you're a big fan of jacque cousteau...cool.
then there's the split, serpent tongue thing...ho boy
when he was a freshman in college in the early 2000's my brother told my cousin and me he was thinking of getting a tongue piercing. We immediately reminded him of the Chris Rock bit on tongue piercing and he never spoke of it again.
Any sort of body modification that cannot be undone I do not get...and I say this as someone with a tattoo. I can easily cover it or even remove it. A hole in my ear or that tongue thing you're referring to, well, I have to imagine that's a little more difficult to reverse.
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I don't know many woman who, if they were going to blow 20 grand on jewelry, would buy a watch with it.
So now you do, sort of.
Hell, it costs more to change the battery than get the oil changed on my VW.
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NM (earlier post repeated)
Wrong thread. Take it to the Al.
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Autographs for adults.
Unless something has specific sentimental value (a Marquette fan getting Butch Lee to sign '77 FF program, for instance), I don't really get it.
Kids are a different story, of course.
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Implying that someone is going on some unspecified 'list'.
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My old fashioned feelings on tattoos:
Not everyone with one is on Death Row.
But pretty much everyone on Death Row has one.
No thanks.
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Winder wear sum of dees folks get da bred four der ink, hey?
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My old fashioned feelings on tattoos:
Not everyone with one is on Death Row.
But pretty much everyone on Death Row has one.
No thanks.
My thoughts on tattoos:
I am fascinated by tattoos as an art form, and really like quality tattoos. Ink Master is a guilty pleasure.
I'm virtually certain that I'd never get one.
I'd prefer if my kids didn't get them.
Quite of few of my nieces and nephews have them. Several are heavily tatted and some of them are really good.
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My thoughts on tattoos:
I am fascinated by tattoos as an art form, and really like quality tattoos. Ink Master is a guilty pleasure.
I'm virtually certain that I'd never get one.
I'd prefer if my kids didn't get them.
Quite of few of my nieces and nephews have them. Several are heavily tatted and some of them are really good.
It will be interesting to see what happens when tattoos are no longer in fashion.
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My daughter will be in for a surprise.
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My daughter will be in for a surprise.
I always told my kids that the day any of them got a tattoo or a piercing in a place other than an ear, it was time to move out of the house. My two sons and a daughter made it through without having to move out....
And ear gauges. I don't get it.
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My daughter will be in for a surprise.
Sometimes I think my kids are goofs, but not in this regard.
Awhile back (I think Chick jr. was in middle school), the subject of tattoos came up, and I said to her, "The problem with tattoos is that the things you think are cool at the time you get one might not seem so cool later. If you had gotten a tattoo when you were 3 years old, you'd have a permanent picture of Barney the Dinosaur on your body."
She said, "Good point", and to this day is tat-free.
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All I can think about with the tattoos is what is it going to look like when you are 70 or 80? What picture would I possibly want to be permanently branded with for 60 years?
I don't like tattoos at all, but unless you are my wife or kid you should care roughly 0% about that.
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Sometimes I think my kids are goofs, but not in this regard.
Awhile back (I think Chick jr. was in middle school), the subject of tattoos came up, and I said to her, "The problem with tattoos is that the things you think are cool at the time you get one might not seem so cool later. If you had gotten a tattoo when you were 3 years old, you'd have a permanent picture of Barney the Dinosaur on your body."
She said, "Good point", and to this day is tat-free.
That logic only works on girls because boys of all ages like nekkid women. Just kidding. Kinda.
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Sometimes I think my kids are goofs, but not in this regard.
Awhile back (I think Chick jr. was in middle school), the subject of tattoos came up, and I said to her, "The problem with tattoos is that the things you think are cool at the time you get one might not seem so cool later. If you had gotten a tattoo when you were 3 years old, you'd have a permanent picture of Barney the Dinosaur on your body."
She said, "Good point", and to this day is tat-free.
but not every individual who gets a tattoo does it impulsively. My wife has a tattoo reading "Cura Personalis" and it's something that means a lot to her and something she thought about for a long time before getting it. Our rule is to wait three months and if we still want it then go for it. It's not like she went in, pointed to the wall and said "I want the third skull from the right, second row." She got her first 13 years ago and has no regrets about it. I've had mine nearly 5 years and have no regrets. All that we have are in areas that can be covered easily if the situation dictates doing so.
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My wife has a tattoo reading "Cura Personalis" and it's something that means a lot to her...
As I said up thread, I'm pretty sure I'll never get one. But, if I did, it probably would be along these lines. Just a few weeks ago my brother and I were talking, "If you did get one, what would you get?" My answer was either the first letter of my kids' names or "AMDG" (which, coincidentally, is actually only one letter off my kids' initials...should have named my first daughter something different).
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As I said up thread, I'm pretty sure I'll never get one. But, if I did, it probably would be along these lines. Just a few weeks ago my brother and I were talking, "If you did get one, what would you get?" My answer was either the first letter of my kids' names or "AMDG" (which, coincidentally, is actually only one letter off my kids' initials...should have named my first daughter something different).
her next one, if she pulls the trigger, is going to be "AMDG." She's joked about adding her birthdate similar to the cornerstones on the buildings at MU.
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She was out of college before she started getting ink.
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All I can think about with the tattoos is what is it going to look like when you are 70 or 80? What picture would I possibly want to be permanently branded with for 60 years?
I don't like tattoos at all, but unless you are my wife or kid you should care roughly 0% about that.
It's going to look like faded blobs. But you'll be 80, so you won't care.
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Implying that someone is going on some unspecified 'list'.
Oh, now you've crossed a line, you're going on my list.
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Oh, now you've crossed a line, you're going on my list.
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My thoughts on tattoos:
I am fascinated by tattoos as an art form, and really like quality tattoos. Ink Master is a guilty pleasure.
I'm virtually certain that I'd never get one.
I'd prefer if my kids didn't get them.
Quite of few of my nieces and nephews have them. Several are heavily tatted and some of them are really good.
The coach on the high school girls' basketball team for which I am an assistant just got a huge, very colorful lion tattoo on his arm. The girls already thought he was the coolest thing going, so they really dig this.
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I always told my kids that the day any of them got a tattoo or a piercing in a place other than an ear, it was time to move out of the house. My two sons and a daughter made it through without having to move out....
And ear gauges. I don't get it.
When my son was 13, he tried to "get" me by asking: "What would you say if I got my ear pierced?"
I smiled and said, "Go for it. Pierce both of them. And your nose. And your scrotum, for all I care."
He's 31 now. Still no piercings.
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Internet fighting people on basketball sites
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Internet fighting people on basketball sites
You talkin' to me, tough guy?
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You talkin' to me, tough guy?
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No homo.
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Oh, now you've crossed a line, you're going on my list.
That will be on your permanent record.
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Do you all conduct body checks on your adult kids or just take them at their word. I mean I 100% plan on getting a tattoo... my mum will not be told so how do you know you aren't on the receiving end of that?
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When my son was 13, he tried to "get" me by asking: "What would you say if I got my ear pierced?"
I smiled and said, "Go for it. Pierce both of them. And your nose. And your scrotum, for all I care."
He's 31 now. Still no piercings.
Nads double-checks weekly.
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Do you all conduct body checks on your adult kids or just take them at their word. I mean I 100% plan on getting a tattoo... my mum will not be told so how do you know you aren't on the receiving end of that?
I just let mine notice it on their own. During breakfast one day when they were visiting it peeked out from my shirt sleeve. “Wait a minute, what is that?” I actually thought they’d be upset but they understood the meaning it had to me so the next question was “do you have any more?”
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Some tattoos and piercings are functional. ZFB often brags about his several well-placed bullseye tatts.
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I always told my kids that the day any of them got a tattoo or a piercing in a place other than an ear, it was time to move out of the house. My two sons and a daughter made it through without having to move out....
And ear gauges. I don't get it.
I read this, and I 100% thought you where chicos before I read the name.
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Pretty sure BeeJay and F*ckin' dig tramp stamps, hey?
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Some tattoos and piercings are functional. ZFB often brags about his several well-placed bullseye tatts.
Yep, just like multiple gecko tattoos indicates desert trash, not Great Plains trash.
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No tats or piercings on this physical specimen.
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Favorite tramp stamp of all time .
"Thick and Juicy"
Apt.
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Colleges that have a mandatory one-day orientation-ish event in the middle of the summer. Sure, we’re having a good time, but what a pain in the ass.
Does Marquette do this?
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Colleges that have a mandatory one-day orientation-ish event in the middle of the summer. Sure, we’re having a good time, but what a pain in the ass.
Does Marquette do this?
Marquette's is just before school starts.
Xavier's is just before school starts.
I think large schools do it to break up the number of students going to orientation at once and maybe are limited on student group leaders. Other than that it makes no sense.
College of Charleston was rational. They had an orientation in the middle of summer unless you lived more than 75 miles away then you would come just before school started.
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Marquette's is just before school starts.
Xavier's is just before school starts.
I think large schools do it to break up the number of students going to orientation at once and maybe are limited on student group leaders. Other than that it makes no sense.
College of Charleston was rational. They had an orientation in the middle of summer unless you lived more than 75 miles away then you would come just before school started.
Purdue also has an extended orientation right before school starts. It’s optional, but I loved orientation so I wouldn’t let her miss it. The one today - which is billed as mandatory unless you claim hardship - is for advising, course selection/registration, financial and other info. We’ll see how useful it is.
My daughter is thrilled to be on campus again, so there’s that...I guess.
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Does Marquette still do the Preview days? They had a few of those throughout the summer and served as sort of a pre-orientation.
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Marquette's is just before school starts.
Actually Marquette started having sessions throughout the summer a number of years ago.
One of the sessions is right before school starts, but you can't attend that one unless you are coming from a long distance.
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Marquette's program now looks more like other schools. The initial orientation is a two day required event called SPARK where things like academic advising and registration take place. Beginning the first weekend in June, the university has 4-5 sessions scattered throughout the summer and students/parents attend one at their convenience. (There is one final SPARK session the couple days before orientation for those folks traveling from great distance who choose not to make two summer trips.) Orientation itself now begins on Thursday the week prior to school (used to be Wednesday but some of those functions have shifted to SPARK.)
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Colleges that have a mandatory one-day orientation-ish event in the middle of the summer. Sure, we’re having a good time, but what a pain in the ass.
Does Marquette do this?
Schools do this early in the summer because it gives them a more firm picture of their fall enrollment, financial position and what class sections they may need to add or delete.
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Schools do this early in the summer because it gives them a more firm picture of their fall enrollment, financial position and what class sections they may need to add or delete.
There's truth in that. They've also learned that it has improved Frosh retention rates which is better for all involved.
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Purdue also has an extended orientation right before school starts. It’s optional, but I loved orientation so I wouldn’t let her miss it. The one today - which is billed as mandatory unless you claim hardship - is for advising, course selection/registration, financial and other info. We’ll see how useful it is.
My daughter is thrilled to be on campus again, so there’s that...I guess.
This is to break up the visits, so everyone can get adequate advising before registration. The reason it is important, is many classes have a limited number of seats, particularly if there are preferred instructors. Getting there early guarantees you a seat in the classes/sections you want.
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Creighton has an optional summer preview, multiple sessions you can choose from and then a required welcome week at move-in Saturday that goes through the start of classes the next Wednesday
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Creighton has an optional summer preview, multiple sessions you can choose from and then a required welcome week at move-in Saturday that goes through the start of classes the next Wednesday
Do the folks at Creighton realize that Saturday-Wednesday is not a week?
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I'm still buds with my Preview roommate from 1996.
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I'm still buds with my Preview roommate from 1996.
I know two married couples that met at Freshman Orientation (1980) and Preview (2010), respectively.
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Do the folks at Creighton realize that Saturday-Wednesday is not a week?
Technically there are events that go through the next weekend but most were checked out by then.
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I'm still buds with my Preview roommate from 1996.
what I remember about my Preview roommate is me being woken up by the RA in the middle of the night to be informed "you're roommate is in bad shape and really sick in the bathroom, you better keep an eye on him." Welcome to college, Billy! Our families had coffee in the Brew Bayou the next morning and he was in rough shape!
He owns a brewery now.
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I don't get the love for women's soccer. I mean, soccer in general is something that most Americans don't care about. And women's sports is something that most American's don't care about. So one would think the overlap would be really small, yet, it seems to multiply the fandoms of women's sports and soccer. I find it very weird.
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They dive less than their male counterparts. The World Cup is just great competition. Finally, Americans are softies for winners. The USWNT are among the best in the world. The men are not. So.....during the Women's World Cup, interest spikes.
To expand.... Curling is not on anybody's radar except for two weeks every 4 years. And there aren't a million young girls participating in youth curling in America. With their snowplow parents. A built in fanbase for women's soccer.
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I don't get the love for women's soccer. I mean, soccer in general is something that most Americans don't care about. And women's sports is something that most American's don't care about. So one would think the overlap would be really small, yet, it seems to multiply the fandoms of women's sports and soccer. I find it very weird.
Personally, I watched the '99 cup and it was entertaining, but at the time very rarely watched soccer (so olympics effect). Fast forward to today, I watch more world cup/international soccer, but can now appreciate that the woman's game is quite good/entertaining. I will likely take in more US Woman's international games and would consider going to a match before the next World Cup.
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Finally, Americans are softies for winners. The USWNT are among the best in the world. The men are not. So.....during the Women's World Cup, interest spikes.
This.
Hardly anybody gave a rat's rump about the America's Cup sailing thing until "we" didn't have it any more and then "we" got it back. Then it became a thing for awhile. Now, nobody cares again.
Soccer, in general, is only moderately more popular than it was before the USWNT did anything. But when they are in the World Cup, and winning it, popularity spikes.
Same when there is a horse going for the Triple Crown. Otherwise, saying there is apathy toward horse racing in the U.S. is an insult to the word "apathy."
If the men's soccer team ever wins a World Cup, they will get plenty of plaudits, at least as many as the women's team gets now, IMHO.
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I don't get the love for women's soccer. I mean, soccer in general is something that most Americans don't care about. And women's sports is something that most American's don't care about. So one would think the overlap would be really small, yet, it seems to multiply the fandoms of women's sports and soccer. I find it very weird.
I enjoy watching Women's soccer more than Men's. Reasons have largely been discussed.
1. They are really damn good.
2. Men dive to much.
3. Possibly related to 2, but I find the recent men's teams generally unlikeable. The women's team is very easy to like and root for.
4. Related to 3. Brandi Chastain. Iconic individual. Hero. Role model. Got people hooked.
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Gotta do it before doc gets here-
“Men dive to much.”
And that’s NOT what she said ;D
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Technically there are events that go through the next weekend but most were checked out by then.
If I had to go to Creighton, I’d probably check out within a week, too.
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If I had to go to Creighton, I’d probably check out within a week, too.
Haha fair. However, Creighton was much more generous with grants and aid.
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Haha fair. However, Creighton was much more generous with grants and aid.
kind of wish I'd looked more closely at Creighton for grad school. I dismissed it almost immediately because it was in Nebraska. A friend is a former prof there and has nothing but great things to say about his time at CU.
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Omaha really isn't that different from Milwaukee. It is a cool town. They don't have any major league sports teams but the College World Series is a pretty awesome sports event they host every year. I don't regret going to MU but Creighton was on the short list, along with SLU and Loyola Chicago.
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Omaha really isn't that different from Milwaukee. It is a cool town. They don't have any major league sports teams but the College World Series is a pretty awesome sports event they host every year. I don't regret going to MU but Creighton was on the short list, along with SLU and Loyola Chicago.
Yo... what???
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Omaha really isn't that different from Milwaukee. It is a cool town. They don't have any major league sports teams but the College World Series is a pretty awesome sports event they host every year. I don't regret going to MU but Creighton was on the short list, along with SLU and Loyola Chicago.
Humidity can suck, I miss the lake effect, but it’s changed significantly in the 13 years I’ve lived here since I moved here for school.
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People hoo give a chit how many states dave bin inn, hey?
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Peeps hoo spelz rong for onlyne schtick, aina?
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Fake eyelashes. I know they’ve been around forever, but when did they become a thing? And, why?
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Omaha really isn't that different from Milwaukee. It is a cool town. They don't have any major league sports teams but the College World Series is a pretty awesome sports event they host every year. I don't regret going to MU but Creighton was on the short list, along with SLU and Loyola Chicago.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Gymnastics. What is that sh1t?!
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Gymnastics. What is that sh1t?!
Thought the young competitors would be right up your alley, aina.
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Thought the young competitors would be right up your alley, aina.
More likely the muscular young men, aina?
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I don't get horror movies and why people like them. I saw Saw in the theaters and didn't sleep for like 10 days. It's not a gore thing, I can watch war movies, etc all day long. There is something specific to horror movies that I just don't get.....why does anyone want to scare themselves? I've never watched Get Out or Us.....the way people talk about it, sounds like great films but I have ZERO interest in scary movies. Some people love scary movies and I just don't get it.
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I don't get horror movies and why people like them. I saw Saw in the theaters and didn't sleep for like 10 days. It's not a gore thing, I can watch war movies, etc all day long. There is something specific to horror movies that I just don't get.....why does anyone want to scare themselves? I've never watched Get Out or Us.....the way people talk about it, sounds like great films but I have ZERO interest in scary movies. Some people love scary movies and I just don't get it.
+1 though i suppose for some it's the same thrill as roller coasters, skydiving and other adrenaline junkie things that I love. Different strokes for different folks
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I don't get horror movies and why people like them. I saw Saw in the theaters and didn't sleep for like 10 days. It's not a gore thing, I can watch war movies, etc all day long. There is something specific to horror movies that I just don't get.....why does anyone want to scare themselves? I've never watched Get Out or Us.....the way people talk about it, sounds like great films but I have ZERO interest in scary movies. Some people love scary movies and I just don't get it.
You should watch Get Out. It is not a horror movie in the Saw genre. May actually be more of a political movie than horror - making fun of fake do-gooder libs.
OTOH, there are really very few good horror movies. Saw, Scream, and Halloween aren't horror movies to me - just slasher films. There has to be a psychological aspect to the movie for it to be true horror.
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You should watch Get Out. It is not a horror movie in the Saw genre. May actually be more of a political movie than horror - making fun of fake do-gooder libs.
OTOH, there are really very few good horror movies. Saw, Scream, and Halloween aren't horror movies to me - just slasher films. There has to be a psychological aspect to the movie for it to be true horror.
Agree 100%. I am not much of a slasher movie fan, but I love a good horror thriller. And I have always love the monster movie genre. And I especially love the bad horror movies. They are the best.
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I don't get horror movies and why people like them. I saw Saw in the theaters and didn't sleep for like 10 days. It's not a gore thing, I can watch war movies, etc all day long. There is something specific to horror movies that I just don't get.....why does anyone want to scare themselves? I've never watched Get Out or Us.....the way people talk about it, sounds like great films but I have ZERO interest in scary movies. Some people love scary movies and I just don't get it.
Just finished watching Stranger Things season 3. They used lots of elements from classic horror movies during the season, including The Blob, slasher flicks, etc. It was interesting to pick them out ... when I wasn't covering my face to hide from the gory violence.
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Just finished watching Stranger Things season 3. They used lots of elements from classic horror movies during the season, including The Blob, slasher flicks, etc. It was interesting to pick them out ... when I wasn't covering my face to hide from the gory violence.
That's the funny thing, I LOVE Stranger Things but none of it is horror to me. I get that it's gory and I'm only through Episode 5 of Season 3 but I don't "put myself" in that show like I do horror/slasher films.
Take the Annabelle horror franchise or whatever, just the trailers creep my out and I hate it.....ain't no way you are gonna get me to watch any of those movies.
I've seen Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon.....f'ing hated both of them (not because they were bad, they of course weren't) because I was creeped out for days. Do not get why people want to feel that way.
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That's the funny thing, I LOVE Stranger Things but none of it is horror to me. I get that it's gory and I'm only through Episode 5 of Season 3 but I don't "put myself" in that show like I do horror/slasher films.
Take the Annabelle horror franchise or whatever, just the trailers creep my out and I hate it.....ain't no way you are gonna get me to watch any of those movies.
I've seen Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon.....f'ing hated both of them (not because they were bad, they of course weren't) because I was creeped out for days. Do not get why people want to feel that way.
The Annabelle series and all the other related scary ghost stuff is based on the real life stories of the now (as of 2 weeks ago) deceased local (to me) Warren Family. Around Halloween they would always give presentations in the area on stories from past investigations that I heard were extremely creepy just seeing photos, objects and hearing the story behind it.
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I suggest 10 Cloverfield Lane with John Goodman. Not really horror like Cloverfield was, really a very good suspense flick that seems plausible (until the end scene).
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That's the funny thing, I LOVE Stranger Things but none of it is horror to me. I get that it's gory and I'm only through Episode 5 of Season 3 but I don't "put myself" in that show like I do horror/slasher films.
Take the Annabelle horror franchise or whatever, just the trailers creep my out and I hate it.....ain't no way you are gonna get me to watch any of those movies.
I've seen Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon.....f'ing hated both of them (not because they were bad, they of course weren't) because I was creeped out for days. Do not get why people want to feel that way.
I definitely don't like slasher films like Chucky, Friday 13th, Halloween, etc. But I loved Get Out, Silence of the Lambs, The Blob, etc.
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There is something specific to horror movies that I just don't get.....why does anyone want to scare themselves? I've never watched Get Out or Us.....the way people talk about it, sounds like great films but I have ZERO interest in scary movies. Some people love scary movies and I just don't get it.
I love movies that make you feel like that. I guess I'm not sure why, its just feels like it taps into a very basic, fight or flight response or something? I'm not exactly sure tbh.
For fans of horror - not just gore movies - I'd recommend The Witch. Everyone either loves or hates that movie, and I'm very firmly in the loves camp.
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I don't get horror movies and why people like them. I saw Saw in the theaters and didn't sleep for like 10 days. It's not a gore thing, I can watch war movies, etc all day long. There is something specific to horror movies that I just don't get.....why does anyone want to scare themselves? I've never watched Get Out or Us.....the way people talk about it, sounds like great films but I have ZERO interest in scary movies. Some people love scary movies and I just don't get it.
I was on a flight yesterday and one of the movie options was Us. It's a movie I have wanted to watch, but something about watching a scary movie on a plane didn't feel right to me. I didn't want to look like wimp to my fellow passengers if it got really scary. I ended up watching Aquaman. I chose badly (although still not sure about watching a scary movie on a plane).
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I was on a flight yesterday and one of the movie options was Us. It's a movie I have wanted to watch, but something about watching a scary movie on a plane didn't feel right to me. I didn't want to look like wimp to my fellow passengers if it got really scary. I ended up watching Aquaman. I chose badly (although still not sure about watching a scary movie on a plane).
One of the dumbest things I ever did was read Jaws while vacationing in Miami when I was a teenager. I loved the movie and I really wanted to read the book (which was outstanding, for those who haven't read it). But every time I went into the water, every effen shadow I saw made me think I had "company."
Stupid, stupid, stupid!
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I was on a flight yesterday and one of the movie options was Us. It's a movie I have wanted to watch, but something about watching a scary movie on a plane didn't feel right to me. I didn't want to look like wimp to my fellow passengers if it got really scary. I ended up watching Aquaman. I chose badly (although still not sure about watching a scary movie on a plane).
Interesting coincidence. I was on a flight last Wednesday. I was working but both they guy next to me and the guy in front of me and one seat to the left decided out of all the movies to watch Us. The guy next to me kept laughing, don't know if it was nervous laughter or genuine laughter.
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I once watched Flight on a flight.....got some weird looks but I was like whatever I want to see it and I got 3 hours to kill
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I once watched Flight on a flight.....got some weird looks but I was like whatever I want to see it and I got 3 hours to kill
I watched "Almost Famous" for the first time on an airplane. They cut out the entire scene when they were on the plane near the end. Without that scene, the end of the movie didn't make a lot of sense. I always wondered why they bothered to show it if they were going to cut that scene out.
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I watched "Almost Famous" for the first time on an airplane. They cut out the entire scene when they were on the plane near the end. Without that scene, the end of the movie didn't make a lot of sense. I always wondered why they bothered to show it if they were going to cut that scene out.
Remember the scene in "Rain Man" where Raymond freaks out at the airport and starts spouting plane crash statistics and wanted to fly on Qantas because "Qantas never crashes"?
Every airline cut out that scene, except for Qantas.
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I was on a flight yesterday and one of the movie options was Us. It's a movie I have wanted to watch, but something about watching a scary movie on a plane didn't feel right to me. I didn't want to look like wimp to my fellow passengers if it got really scary. I ended up watching Aquaman. I chose badly (although still not sure about watching a scary movie on a plane).
I watched Step Brothers for the first time flying to Amsterdam. It was my second movie of the night (after Role Models) and I woke everyone up around me laughing so hard. On the flight back I watched Revolutionary Road and that just depressed me. Comedy every time.
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Game Night was a highly enjoyable airplane movie.
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Game Night was a highly enjoyable airplane movie.
I think that's where I watched also.
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I only have one watching a movie on a plane story. I went to the Maui Invitational not this most recent time but the time before that. On the flight there I was seated next a woman about my age and we hit it off. I'm usually not the talking to strangers on a plane type of person but she initiated and was very easy to talk to. We chat for the first hour or so, split a few overpriced plane cocktails and exchange phone numbers thinking we could hang out on the island.
We then decide to watch our own movies. I don't remember what she put on but it looked high brow and sophisticated. Like others here, I usually go for comedies on flights. I wasn't thinking about the fact that I was trying to impress the woman next to me and decided to put on Ted because I had been wanting to see it. I was about halfway through the movie when I realized that she was looking over at my screen every few seconds and kind of had this look of disgust with a touch of horror.
At the end of the flight, I said I'd text her, she said she was looking forward to it. I texted her, she never texted back. Fing Seth McFarlane.
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I only have one watching a movie on a plane story. I went to the Maui Invitational not this most recent time but the time before that. On the flight there I was seated next a woman about my age and we hit it off. I'm usually not the talking to strangers on a plane type of person but she initiated and was very easy to talk to. We chat for the first hour or so, split a few overpriced plane cocktails and exchange phone numbers thinking we could hang out on the island.
We then decide to watch our own movies. I don't remember what she put on but it looked high brow and sophisticated. Like others here, I usually go for comedies on flights. I wasn't thinking about the fact that I was trying to impress the woman next to me and decided to put on Ted because I had been wanting to see it. I was about halfway through the movie when I realized that she was looking over at my screen every few seconds and kind of had this look of disgust with a touch of horror.
At the end of the flight, I said I'd text her, she said she was looking forward to it. I texted her, she never texted back. Fing Seth McFarlane.
If she can't appreciate the low key genius of Seth McFarlane she would have been a disaster to date anyway
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I only have one watching a movie on a plane story. I went to the Maui Invitational not this most recent time but the time before that. On the flight there I was seated next a woman about my age and we hit it off. I'm usually not the talking to strangers on a plane type of person but she initiated and was very easy to talk to. We chat for the first hour or so, split a few overpriced plane cocktails and exchange phone numbers thinking we could hang out on the island.
We then decide to watch our own movies. I don't remember what she put on but it looked high brow and sophisticated. Like others here, I usually go for comedies on flights. I wasn't thinking about the fact that I was trying to impress the woman next to me and decided to put on Ted because I had been wanting to see it. I was about halfway through the movie when I realized that she was looking over at my screen every few seconds and kind of had this look of disgust with a touch of horror.
At the end of the flight, I said I'd text her, she said she was looking forward to it. I texted her, she never texted back. Fing Seth McFarlane.
Probably pissed y'all didn't join the mile high club, aina?
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Probably pissed y'all didn't join the mile high club, aina?
does this count if you're flying oh solo mio? ::)
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If she can't appreciate the low key genius of Seth McFarlane she would have been a disaster to date anyway
My thoughts exactly.
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My thoughts exactly.
Eh, there is a lot of "hot or miss" in Seth McFarlane's humor. I can see why it isn't everyone's cup of tea.
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Eh, there is a lot of "hot or miss" in Seth McFarlane's humor. I can see why it isn't everyone's cup of tea.
Take away Family Guy and American Dad, and there's not much miss.
Although, if you've ever been written a script for Ritalin, Family Guy is 100% hit.
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I don't own: A dog.
I don't get: People who clean up after dogs.
I don't like: People who don't clean up after their dogs.
I don't get the people I like, and I don't like the people I get. But evidently, fecalpheliacs make the best dog owners.
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If she can't appreciate the low key genius of Seth McFarlane she would have been a disaster to date anyway
My thoughts exactly.
You're not wrong, but you got to keep in mind that we were on a plane. To appreciate the low key genius, you need to hear the dialogue. Without sound Ted is just an overweight teddy bear having sex with a grocery clerk in the back of a grocery store.
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I don't "get" the love for that guy. I thought Seth McFarlane was hilarious for a couple weeks when I was maybe 13. I don't think he's funny at all anymore; he just comes off so smug to me.
I get it, you watched a lot of tv in the 80s. Not my cup of tea
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I don't "get" the love for that guy. I thought Seth McFarlane was hilarious for a couple weeks when I was maybe 13. I don't think he's funny at all anymore; he just comes off so smug to me.
I get it, you watched a lot of tv in the 80s. Not my cup of tea
Agreed, except never liked him. Would rather listen to a 72 yo man strain to take a dump than SM’s schtick
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I don't get: People who clean up after dogs.
You don't get people who clean up after their dogs? What don't you get? We're being good citizens.
It's like saying you don't get people who flush after taking a dump in the toilet of a public rest room.
Benny, Benny, Benny.
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You don't get people who clean up after their dogs? What don't you get? We're being good citizens.
It's like saying you don't get people who flush after taking a dump in the toilet of a public rest room.
Benny, Benny, Benny.
I think he meant he doesn't get people who are willing to pick up after dogs.
I love dogs. A lot. But I play with everyone else's dog so that I don't have to actually take care of one.
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Take away Family Guy and American Dad, and there's not much miss.
Although, if you've ever been written a script for Ritalin, Family Guy is 100% hit.
And American Dad is basically family guy. And Family Guy is just a bad 2nd rate knock off of the Simpsons.
I don't get Seth McFarland at all.
(https://frinkiac.com/video/S17E08/EaWg-PRzxZbEKmiIGH4WLNZFcCE=.gif)
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I don't get cyclists. They think their bikes are cars, but don't obey any of the laws of the road. And why the devil do they have to wear the freaking suits. You aren't in the Tour de France buttface, you're riding your bike around the neighborhood like a 12 year old. I can tell aerodynamics really aren't your cup of tea anyways. The spandex isn't helping you. No one wears a NBA uniform when they play pickup hoops, and catchers in beer league softball don't wear gear. You're ridiculous.
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I don't get cyclists. They think their bikes are cars, but don't obey any of the laws of the road. And why the devil do they have to wear the freaking suits. You aren't in the Tour de France buttface, you're riding your bike around the neighborhood like a 12 year old. I can tell aerodynamics really aren't your cup of tea anyways. The spandex isn't helping you. No one wears a NBA uniform when they play pickup hoops, and catchers in beer league softball don't wear gear. You're ridiculous.
Following up on that. I don't get (and am frankly totally annoyed by) cyclists who freakin' refuse to use the gdamn million dollar bike path our community supported but would rather be out on the two lane road blocking traffic when a great option is literally 10 feet away.
Actually, that fits better on the 'things that really piss me off' thread. >:(
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I don't get cyclists. They think their bikes are cars, but don't obey any of the laws of the road. And why the devil do they have to wear the freaking suits. You aren't in the Tour de France buttface, you're riding your bike around the neighborhood like a 12 year old. I can tell aerodynamics really aren't your cup of tea anyways. The spandex isn't helping you. No one wears a NBA uniform when they play pickup hoops, and catchers in beer league softball don't wear gear. You're ridiculous.
In my experience, the pretty boy ratio among cyclists is quite high.
My community spent a crap ton of money building bike paths along our major streets and most "serious" cyclists don't use them. I have almost missed my train on more than one occasion on a weekday morning because I got trapped behind a peloton of these jerks.
ETA: This is obviously a sore spot in our family. We make it a mission whenever possible to drive up next these self-entitled pretty boys, roll down the window, and yell "Use the bike path!"
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Following up on that. I don't get (and am frankly totally annoyed by) cyclists who freakin' refuse to use the gdamn million dollar bike path our community supported but would rather be out on the two lane road blocking traffic when a great option is literally 10 feet away.
Actually, that fits better on the 'things that really piss me off' thread. >:(
No crap. We have this same damn situation.
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Sh*t, we've been married so long we think alike! (She's at the other end of the couch right now!)
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I think he meant he doesn't get people who are willing to pick up after dogs.
I love dogs. A lot. But I play with everyone else's dog so that I don't have to actually take care of one.
It’s like a kid and diapers.
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The ESPYs.
I really don't get the effen ESPYs.
Not sure how much somebody would have to.pay me to watch 'em.
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I don't get cyclists. They think their bikes are cars, but don't obey any of the laws of the road. And why the devil do they have to wear the freaking suits. You aren't in the Tour de France buttface, you're riding your bike around the neighborhood like a 12 year old. I can tell aerodynamics really aren't your cup of tea anyways. The spandex isn't helping you. No one wears a NBA uniform when they play pickup hoops, and catchers in beer league softball don't wear gear. You're ridiculous.
Two things, maybe not known to non-cyclists, years ago I use to be more serious about cycling so picked up a few things I didn't understand previously.
1. The jerseys have special designs to allow you to store stuff conveniently to keep it from getting in the way while cycling. Normal athletic apparel does not. Also the fabric helps keep you cool.
2. The bike seats are very hard to keep down the bike weight. When you go for a 100 mile ride, you are going to be hurting. The bike shorts (spandex), have built in padding right where you need it. Without it, you are walking right or peeing right for awhile.
My community spent a crap ton of money building bike paths along our major streets and most "serious" cyclists don't use them. I have almost missed my train on more than one occasion on a weekday morning because I got trapped behind a peloton of these jerks.
ETA: This is obviously a sore spot in our family. We make it a mission whenever possible to drive up next these self-entitled pretty boys, roll down the window, and yell "Use the bike path!"
Can't speak for your area, but the "bike paths" in my area are not actually really made for biking, especially if you are a serious biker. Not only that, but they technically do not allow biking above a speed of 15 mph and you can be ticked substantial amounts for violating that. They are really made for "multi-purpose" athletics, eg running, walking, biking.
If you are doing serious training where you want to average 20 mph+ for 100 miles, you can't do that on the trails, it is dangerous for the biker, and anyone else on the trail.
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If you are doing serious training where you want to average 20 mph+ for 100 miles, you can't do that on the trails, it is dangerous for the biker, and anyone else on the trail.
I get that, but then stay off the main roads! Go 5 miles further out of town where you aren't blocking traffic.
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I get that, but then stay off the main roads! Go 5 miles further out of town where you aren't blocking traffic.
Got it.
Then you are recommending what I used to do. I road the trails to the edge'ish of town as a warmup. Then switched to the roads. At most had 1-2 miles of riding on city streets, on lower traffic streets.
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The asshat cyclists on country roads are worse. Not where for them or the car to go. No shoulder, no lane.
Surprised more wannabe ironmen aren't killed.
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You don't get people who clean up after their dogs? What don't you get? We're being good citizens.
It's like saying you don't get people who flush after taking a dump in the toilet of a public rest room.
Benny, Benny, Benny.
You’re. Playing. With. Dog. Shiite.
Not human diapers. Animal poo. Doesn’t matter whether you’re a creationist or an evolutionist, the message is the same... if it smells bad, that’s either God or Science telling you you’re not supposed to go anywhere near it. And if some dog owners think it smells good, well, that would be an entirely different level of “I don’t get.”
I can’t stand cats (allergic), but I’d rather clean up after ten cats than one dog.
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I can’t stand cats (allergic), but I’d rather clean up after ten cats than one dog.
I'll PM you my garage code, want to scoop the cat chit at the ZFB Estate?
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You’re. Playing. With. Dog. Shiite.
Not human diapers. Animal poo. Doesn’t matter whether you’re a creationist or an evolutionist, the message is the same... if it smells bad, that’s either God or Science telling you you’re not supposed to go anywhere near it. And if some dog owners think it smells good, well, that would be an entirely different level of “I don’t get.”
I can’t stand cats (allergic), but I’d rather clean up after ten cats than one dog.
I don't know how many dog owners you know who "play" with dog shyte, but I don't know any. Including myself.
I don't get cats. I especially don't get men who like cats.
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Two things, maybe not known to non-cyclists, years ago I use to be more serious about cycling so picked up a few things I didn't understand previously.
1. The jerseys have special designs to allow you to store stuff conveniently to keep it from getting in the way while cycling. Normal athletic apparel does not. Also the fabric helps keep you cool.
2. The bike seats are very hard to keep down the bike weight. When you go for a 100 mile ride, you are going to be hurting. The bike shorts (spandex), have built in padding right where you need it. Without it, you are walking right or peeing right for awhile.
Can't speak for your area, but the "bike paths" in my area are not actually really made for biking, especially if you are a serious biker. Not only that, but they technically do not allow biking above a speed of 15 mph and you can be ticked substantial amounts for violating that. They are really made for "multi-purpose" athletics, eg running, walking, biking.
If you are doing serious training where you want to average 20 mph+ for 100 miles, you can't do that on the trails, it is dangerous for the biker, and anyone else on the trail.
None of this makes it make more sense.
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Two things, maybe not known to non-cyclists, years ago I use to be more serious about cycling so picked up a few things I didn't understand previously.
1. The jerseys have special designs to allow you to store stuff conveniently to keep it from getting in the way while cycling. Normal athletic apparel does not. Also the fabric helps keep you cool.
2. The bike seats are very hard to keep down the bike weight. When you go for a 100 mile ride, you are going to be hurting. The bike shorts (spandex), have built in padding right where you need it. Without it, you are walking right or peeing right for awhile.
Can't speak for your area, but the "bike paths" in my area are not actually really made for biking, especially if you are a serious biker. Not only that, but they technically do not allow biking above a speed of 15 mph and you can be ticked substantial amounts for violating that. They are really made for "multi-purpose" athletics, eg running, walking, biking.
If you are doing serious training where you want to average 20 mph+ for 100 miles, you can't do that on the trails, it is dangerous for the biker, and anyone else on the trail.
This answers everything I don't get about cyclists except the not obeying the rules of the road. Nothing is more annoying then them blowing stop signs when it's your turn, trying to blow through lights in small traffic spaces, or failing to signal when turning in front of traffic. It's common knowledge bikers have to obey the rules of the road and yet they never do.
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This answers everything I don't get about cyclists except the not obeying the rules of the road. Nothing is more annoying then them blowing stop signs when it's your turn, trying to blow through lights in small traffic spaces, or failing to signal when turning in front of traffic. It's common knowledge bikers have to obey the rules of the road and yet they never do.
Yeah, that's just people being asshats.
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Yeah, that's just people being asshats.
I don’t get people being asshats.
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I don't get motorcyclists who use the center lines in traffic to pass cars. The first time I saw it happen was on a California freeway and it freaked me out. A week ago in heavy traffic, a motorcycle came screaming by me, in between me and another car on my left. All it would have taken would be me to veer a foot to the left or the guy to my left to veer a foot or so to his right and the biker would have been roadkill.
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I'll PM you my garage code, want to scoop the cat chit at the ZFB Estate?
In case anyone is confused, yes, ZFB lives in a garage.
My cat does some nasty stuff. Now, I wouldn’t walk to walk a dog every day and pick up its sh1t, but cats can be pretty gross too.
PS- ironically, as I type this I’m sitting on the toilet. 2nd time today. First at 5:15 before basketball, now 7:45. Next will likely be in 3 hours.
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I don't get motorcyclists who use the center lines in traffic to pass cars. The first time I saw it happen was on a California freeway and it freaked me out. A week ago in heavy traffic, a motorcycle came screaming by me, in between me and another car on my left. All it would have taken would be me to veer a foot to the left or the guy to my left to veer a foot or so to his right and the biker would have been roadkill.
In California it is perfectly legal for motorcycles to drive between lanes.
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PS- ironically, as I type this I’m sitting on the toilet. 2nd time today. First at 5:15 before basketball, now 7:45. Next will likely be in 3 hours.
Is this the kind of stuff you text when you are chatting up a girl on Tinder? No wonder you're single. ::)
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Is this the kind of stuff you text when you are chatting up a girl on Tinder? No wonder you're single. ::)
I guess we know where all the boxes of Colon Blow went in the greater Twin City metroplex went.
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In California it is perfectly legal for motorcycles to drive between lanes.
In California, everything in the world can cause cancer but please race your crotch rocket between 2 trucks at 80 mph.
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In California, everything in the world can cause cancer but please race your crotch rocket between 2 trucks at 80 mph.
That's California in a nut shell.
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When you think about it, it's kind of crazy that seat belts are mandatory for drivers and passengers in 4000-pound SUVs that are loaded with every airbag and safety device known to man ... but there are just about no requirements for a motorcycle rider's safety.
Many states don't have helmet laws, seat belts obviously can't be used, and, as has been pointed out, Cali allows bikes to ride between lanes of traffic.
FWIW, I am a former rider myself. Always wore a helmet and never drove between lanes but still had a couple of close calls. Close enough that I decided to become an ex-biker.
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Is this the kind of stuff you text when you are chatting up a girl on Tinder? No wonder you're single. ::)
No, I’d need a girl to swipe right on me in order to talk with her. If that ever happens, then yes I will
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I don't get motorcyclists who use the center lines in traffic to pass cars. The first time I saw it happen was on a California freeway and it freaked me out. A week ago in heavy traffic, a motorcycle came screaming by me, in between me and another car on my left. All it would have taken would be me to veer a foot to the left or the guy to my left to veer a foot or so to his right and the biker would have been roadkill.
And yet Captain Kirk woulda been coming after your ass, aina? Motorcyclists can somehow rev and backfire up and down quiet streets and streets with lots of restaurants and pedestrian traffic, weave in and out of traffic, and ride around with no helmet, and yet from all the plaintiff's firm commercials, you'd think they're right up there with folks unwittingly exposed to asbestos as a maligned group.
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When you think about it, it's kind of crazy that seat belts are mandatory for drivers and passengers in 4000-pound SUVs that are loaded with every airbag and safety device known to man ... but there are just about no requirements for a motorcycle rider's safety.
Many states don't have helmet laws, seat belts obviously can't be used, and, as has been pointed out, Cali allows bikes to ride between lanes of traffic.
FWIW, I am a former rider myself. Always wore a helmet and never drove between lanes but still had a couple of close calls. Close enough that I decided to become an ex-biker.
I, too, rode as a young man. It was stunning how often motorists simply didn't see you. In fact, for whatever reason I have maintained my license. I'm pretty sure I won't own one again. We get almost the same experience out of our little convertible so that's probably my 'countryside ride of choice' from here on out.
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You don't get people who clean up after their dogs? What don't you get? We're being good citizens.
It's like saying you don't get people who flush after taking a dump in the toilet of a public rest room.
So, you don’t get Buzz Williams?
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I think he meant he doesn't get people who are willing to pick up after dogs.
I love dogs. A lot. But I play with everyone else's dog so that I don't have to actually take care of one.
The positives of dog ownership significantly outweigh the negatives.
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And yet Captain Kirk woulda been coming after your ass, aina? Motorcyclists can somehow rev and backfire up and down quiet streets and streets with lots of restaurants and pedestrian traffic, weave in and out of traffic, and ride around with no helmet, and yet from all the plaintiff's firm commercials, you'd think they're right up there with folks unwittingly exposed to asbestos as a maligned group.
Yup, all of us motorcyclists behave exactly like that!
I've been riding cycles since 1980 and have close to 300K experience on a bike but I have been hit twice by oncoming blind cagers that each turned left across my lane because they apparently didn't see me.
Yes I wear a helmet and a ballistic mesh jacket, on long rides I wear kevlar lined jeans, my Harley has stock pipes (I can't stand loud pipes either). I doubt I'd have the balls to lane-split if I ever rode in CA. Our HOG chapter just rode in the Tosa & Greenfield 4th of July parades, channel 6 interviewed the Marine we had leading the Tosa parade.
The EPA has been pressuring H-D about loud pipes, dealers have stopped selling them and some will void the warranty if its been re-tuned and is then exceeding the emission laws.
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The positives of dog ownership significantly outweigh the negatives.
Sadly, lately I've been finding myself questioning this^^ statement, which I have generally regarded as an undeniable truth for most of my life. My wife and I have had dogs pretty much our entire married life. Currently we have two. While I really love our dogs, I cannot wait to be dog-free. I know that sounds awful, but it's true. I'm very happy that our kids grew up with dogs -- I think that is fantastic. But for the last couple years, the negatives have outweighed the positives. Our older dog is getting very close to the end. On a regular basis, we find ourselves confronting that very difficult "is it time" question. We were discussing it again just this morning. So far, we're thinking "no." But, it's getting close and we're revisiting it often. As awful as it is to say, we both just kind of hope he goes comfortably in his sleep. The younger one is still going to be with us for a few years, I think. There will be no more dogs in our house after he goes.
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Sadly, lately I've been finding myself questioning this^^ statement, which I have generally regarded as an undeniable truth for most of my life. My wife and I have had dogs pretty much our entire married life. Currently we have two. While I really love our dogs, I cannot wait to be dog-free. I know that sounds awful, but it's true. I'm very happy that our kids grew up with dogs -- I think that is fantastic. But for the last couple years, the negatives have outweighed the positives. Our older dog is getting very close to the end. On a regular basis, we find ourselves confronting that very difficult "is it time" question. We were discussing it again just this morning. So far, we're thinking "no." But, it's getting close and we're revisiting it often. As awful as it is to say, we both just kind of hope he goes comfortably in his sleep. The younger one is still going to be with us for a few years, I think. There will be no more dogs in our house after he goes.
Sorry to hear that man. Ours just turned 6 months old and is really starting to hit her stride.
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The positives of dog ownership significantly outweigh the negatives.
ZFB told me the same thing. When asked to explain, he got excited and kept saying, “peanut butter trick! Peanut butter trick!!”
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The positives of dog ownership significantly outweigh the negatives.
Not if you travel as much as we do and have no one to look after the dog when you are gone.
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I don't get people driving the speed limit in the far left lane. Then there are 20 cars behind all trying to pass, but skittish about doing so on the right hand side and/or are unable to do so because the people in the middle are doing what they exactly are supposed to be doing - traveling in the travel lane.
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I don't get people driving the speed limit in the far left lane. Then there are 20 cars behind all trying to pass, but skittish about doing so on the right hand side and/or are unable to do so because the people in the middle are doing what they exactly are supposed to be doing - traveling in the travel lane.
Especially annoying on the Merritt Parkway.
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Cleaned up too many gory motorcycle accidents to ever get on one.
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ZFB told me the same thing. When asked to explain, he got excited and kept saying, “peanut butter trick! Peanut butter trick!!”
BAAAAaaaaaaa...goat.
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Especially annoying on the Merritt Parkway.
Which occurs every time you are on the Merritt.
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Motorcycle owners are called organ donors by ER nurses.
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I don't get people driving the speed limit in the far left lane. Then there are 20 cars behind all trying to pass, but skittish about doing so on the right hand side and/or are unable to do so because the people in the middle are doing what they exactly are supposed to be doing - traveling in the travel lane.
Need a car with a missile launcher on the hood to take out these knuckleheads.
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I've been riding cycles since 1980 and have close to 300K experience on a bike but I have been hit twice by oncoming blind cagers that each turned left across my lane because they apparently didn't see me.
I really, really try to keep a good eye out for motorcycles. As soon as I spot one in traffic, I make extra effort to always know where he is because it is easy to lose them in a blind spot. That said, whenever I see the "look twice" bumper stickers, it makes me want to go out and get a "don't ride like an idiot" bumper sticker. I'll do my part and keep a look out for you. Some of these idiots -- not saying you, Waldo -- need to do their part and not drive 30 mph faster than everyone else weaving in and out of traffic, popping wheelies, etc. And yes, I'm very aware that many drivers are oblivious to motor cycles...and other cars...and traffic lights...and...
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ZFB told me the same thing. When asked to explain, he got excited and kept saying, “peanut butter trick! Peanut butter trick!!”
they have these doggie ice cream cups too. our dog sits by the freezer waiting for us to open it, but yeah, peanut butter probably works better ;)
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they have these doggie ice cream cups too. our dog sits by the freezer waiting for us to open it, but yeah, peanut butter probably works better ;)
Plus ice cream presents a shrinkage issue....or so I've been told
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I was riding down the Edens on a nice sunny afternoon, in the right lane, going about 60. The person driving the car in the next lane over just didn't see me (I assume), and decided to change lanes, cutting me off. I had to pull into the shoulder, where there was all kinds of loose gravel. It was pretty amazing that the bike didn't go down; obviously relieved it didn't. I was so shaken up after that, I couldn't really ride with confidence again. About 2 months later, I sold the bike (a sweet BMW) and all my gear. I had 2 little kids and didn't want them to grow up fatherless.
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Thank God ya didant go down Nads, hey?
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I was riding down the Edens on a nice sunny afternoon, in the right lane, going about 60. The person driving the car in the next lane over just didn't see me (I assume), and decided to change lanes, cutting me off. I had to pull into the shoulder, where there was all kinds of loose gravel. It was pretty amazing that the bike didn't go down; obviously relieved it didn't. I was so shaken up after that, I couldn't really ride with confidence again. About 2 months later, I sold the bike (a sweet BMW) and all my gear. I had 2 little kids and didn't want them to grow up fatherless.
I don't ride anymore either, and it's because (partly) of drivers like this. I was taught to ride with the mindset that I should assume nobody in the other vehicles could see me, so be as defensive as possible. It's crazy how often that assumption was actually true.
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In California it is perfectly legal for motorcycles to drive between lanes.
I understand it's "perfectly legal", but that doesn't mean I "get" it. Driving between lanes going exceedingly fast in relation to everyone else around you seems to be a foolish thing. As I said, it wouldn't take more than a driver veering either direction by a foot or less to make Tower get out there to clean it up.
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I don't get people driving the speed limit in the far left lane.
Same here. I'd really like to get a dozen of them together and interview them.
I mean .. Are they oblivious to their surroundings and the rules of the road? Do they know the anger they are causing? Are they dumb?
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Need a car with a muzzle launcher on the hood to take out these knuckleheads.
I always think "if I just had one of those James Bond cars"...................
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Same here. I'd really like to get a dozen of them together and interview them.
I mean .. Are they oblivious to their surroundings and the rules of the road? Do they know the anger they are causing? Are they dumb?
Yes
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I understand it's "perfectly legal", but that doesn't mean I "get" it. Driving between lanes going exceedingly fast in relation to everyone else around you seems to be a foolish thing. As I said, it wouldn't take more than a driver veering either direction by a foot or less to make Tower get out there to clean it up.
And it really pisses me off that I could be held legally responsible and/or have someone's death on my conscience for the rest of my life because they insisted on straddling two lanes at 70 mph. I'm a great driver with a clean record, but even so - crap is dangerous enough with two ton death machines flying around at 60-80 mph everywhere. Everyone shouldn't then be expected to be extra preoccupied with guys in sleeveless tanks straddling lanes at 75 mph because they like the rush of riding a small rocket through rush hour traffic.
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And it really pisses me off that I could be held legally responsible and/or have someone's death on my conscience for the rest of my life because they insisted on straddling two lanes at 70 mph. I'm a great driver with a clean record, but even so - crap is dangerous enough with two ton death machines flying around at 60-80 mph everywhere. Everyone shouldn't then be expected to be extra preoccupied with guys in sleeveless tanks straddling lanes at 75 mph because they like the rush of riding a small rocket through rush hour traffic.
Yep.
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How anyone could still defend this goon.
https://deadspin.com/grayson-allen-ejected-from-summer-league-game-for-you-1836299774
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How anyone could still defend this goon.
https://deadspin.com/grayson-allen-ejected-from-summer-league-game-for-you-1836299774
Yet somehow, they do (https://balldurham.com/2019/07/12/duke-basketball-grayson-allen-victim/). Honestly, when I first started reading this, it was so over-the-top that I thought it was satire. Incredibly, I don't think it is.
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How anyone could still defend this goon.
https://deadspin.com/grayson-allen-ejected-from-summer-league-game-for-you-1836299774
Yet somehow, they do (https://balldurham.com/2019/07/12/duke-basketball-grayson-allen-victim/). Honestly, when I first started reading this, it was so over-the-top that I thought it was satire. Incredibly, I don't think it is.
I think Grayson is a steaming pile of dog crap and a dirty player, but honestly watching that video, neither deserved a flagrant.
Both stemmed from illegal screens. The first, I've seen Lebron react that same exact way when someone sets the same type of illegal screen, and they blow the whistle and call a foul on the other guy.
The second one, meh, he was clearly going for the ball and unintentionally hit him in the head. I do think it was unintentional, but he just isn't going to get the benefit of the doubt, because he is known as a steaming pile of dog crap.
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I think Grayson is a steaming pile of dog crap and a dirty player, but honestly watching that video, neither deserved a flagrant.
Both stemmed from illegal screens. The first, I've seen Lebron react that same exact way when someone sets the same type of illegal screen, and they blow the whistle and call a foul on the other guy.
The second one, meh, he was clearly going for the ball and unintentionally hit him in the head. I do think it was unintentional, but he just isn't going to get the benefit of the doubt, because he is known as a steaming pile of dog crap.
I've got kids his age. If either one was a steaming pile of crap like that there would be absolute hell to pay. I promise you that they don't doubt it. Punks aren't born, they're enabled.
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1. Dakich cracked me up. Was funny when the ref came over to tell him about the first flagrant and Dakich told the ref to throw Allen out of the game.
2. They say basketball is now positionless, but according to Deadspin, Allen has a position: Former Duke sh!thead Grayson Allen
3. I didn't think the first one was a flagrant, frankly. That was a reputation call. (And I'm glad it went against him.)
4. The second one, absolutely. Allen took a wild, full-arm swing at the offensive player and hit the offensive player in the head. That's a flagrant 100% of the time.
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I think Grayson is a steaming pile of dog crap and a dirty player, but honestly watching that video, neither deserved a flagrant.
Both stemmed from illegal screens. The first, I've seen Lebron react that same exact way when someone sets the same type of illegal screen, and they blow the whistle and call a foul on the other guy.
The second one, meh, he was clearly going for the ball and unintentionally hit him in the head. I do think it was unintentional, but he just isn't going to get the benefit of the doubt, because he is known as a steaming pile of dog crap.
Maybe, BUT if Allen was such a f#*kin butt head...
I know Lebron James and Grayson Allen is no lebron james ;)
I am very surprised Allen can still take in solids
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I think Grayson is a steaming pile of dog crap and a dirty player, but honestly watching that video, neither deserved a flagrant.
Both stemmed from illegal screens. The first, I've seen Lebron react that same exact way when someone sets the same type of illegal screen, and they blow the whistle and call a foul on the other guy.
The second one, meh, he was clearly going for the ball and unintentionally hit him in the head. I do think it was unintentional, but he just isn't going to get the benefit of the doubt, because he is known as a steaming pile of dog crap.
Both were clearly flagrant and in no way was he going for the ball on the last one. It wasn't even close.
Honestly it baffles me that you would even question those calls. Pretty much everyone outside of poor ole Grayson saw them the exact same way.
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1. Dakich cracked me up. Was funny when the ref came over to tell him about the first flagrant and Dakich told the ref to throw Allen out of the game.
2. They say basketball is now positionless, but according to Deadspin, Allen has a position: Former Duke sh!thead Grayson Allen
3. I didn't think the first one was a flagrant, frankly. That was a reputation call. (And I'm glad it went against him.)
4. The second one, absolutely. Allen took a wild, full-arm swing at the offensive player and hit the offensive player in the head. That's a flagrant 100% of the time.
I probably should have qualified my statement regarding the 2nd one. I understand why it was called a flagrant, but if it was any other player I'd say it was incidental and an accident.
That exact same type of foul happens all the time. In my opinion, he was out of position, and tried to aggressively go for the ball. Because of his position, he ended up hitting him in the head instead. Understand its a flagrant, but any other player and I'm saying 100% accidental.
Heck, I take the same hit every couple games in pickup ball, defenders always extremely apologetic. Accidental, it just happens when you are out of position.
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I probably should have qualified my statement regarding the 2nd one. I understand why it was called a flagrant, but if it was any other player I'd say it was incidental and an accident.
That exact same type of foul happens all the time. In my opinion, he was out of position, and tried to aggressively go for the ball. Because of his position, he ended up hitting him in the head instead. Understand its a flagrant, but any other player and I'm saying 100% accidental.
Heck, I take the same hit every couple games in pickup ball, defenders always extremely apologetic. Accidental, it just happens when you are out of position.
Many times every college basketball season, that second one is called a flagrant after a review. Wild swing, contact to the head, flagrant. I happen to think it wasn't accidental in this case because Allen was pissed and he's a douchebag. But even if it was accidental, it's a flagrant every time.
Your Y is not organized ball, with replays. Irrelevant. Which of course you know.
Oh, and Allen wasn't apologetic. Douchebags don't apologize.
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Many times every college basketball season, that second one is called a flagrant after a review. Wild swing, contact to the head, flagrant. I happen to think it wasn't accidental in this case because Allen was pissed and he's a douchebag. But even if it was accidental, it's a flagrant every time.
Your Y is not organized ball, with replays. Irrelevant. Which of course you know.
Oh, and Allen wasn't apologetic. Douchebags don't apologize.
Agreed on all accounts.
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Same here. I'd really like to get a dozen of them together and interview them.
I mean .. Are they oblivious to their surroundings and the rules of the road? Do they know the anger they are causing? Are they dumb?
This is my father. He just doesn't get it. Smart guy, thinks the speed limit is the speed limit.
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This is my father. He just doesn't get it. Smart guy, thinks the speed limit is the speed limit.
My dad always said speed limit signs were just “suggestions”.
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I don't get people driving the speed limit in the far left lane. Then there are 20 cars behind all trying to pass, but skittish about doing so on the right hand side and/or are unable to do so because the people in the middle are doing what they exactly are supposed to be doing - traveling in the travel lane.
came across that last night, which was particularly annoying as the guy seemed to be deliberately stopping me from passing him as he was going the same speed as a truck in the center lane. Does it really offend you to have another car pass you on an expressway? Then, after the car in the right lane took an exit lane I was able to pass the truck by using the right lane and then move back to the middle lane and the idiot blocking the left lane sped up to over 85 and blow by me.
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came across that last night, which was particularly annoying as the guy seemed to be deliberately stopping me from passing him as he was going the same speed as a truck in the center lane. Does it really offend you to have another car pass you on an expressway? Then, after the car in the right lane took an exit lane I was able to pass the truck by using the right lane and then move back to the middle lane and the idiot blocking the left lane sped up to over 85 and blow by me.
It annoys the hell out of me when I've got the car on cruise control and catch up to someone; move into the left lane to pass; pass; and then move back into the right lane when I'm well past them, only to have them immediately speed up; pass me; get in front of me; and slow down again. It makes me say words I shouldn't say in front of the kids.
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When that happens with me, I use it as a teaching moment for the 12 year old. Highlight the stupidity.
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George Carlin.
I get that he stood up for free speech and all, but the guy was just not funny. Not even a little.
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George Carlin.
I get that he stood up for free speech and all, but the guy was just not funny. Not even a little.
Wrong.
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George Carlin.
I get that he stood up for free speech and all, but the guy was just not funny. Not even a little.
Really? Hall of Famer IMHO.
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George Carlin.
I get that he stood up for free speech and all, but the guy was just not funny. Not even a little.
WTF?
One of the all time greats
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George Carlin.
I get that he stood up for free speech and all, but the guy was just not funny. Not even a little.
Andrew Dice Clay was not funny. Carlin was a comedic genius.
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Andrew Dice Clay was not funny. Carlin was a comedic genius.
Gilbert Gottfried has made a living as a duck.
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George Carlin.
I get that he stood up for free speech and all, but the guy was just not funny. Not even a little.
Are you effing kidding me.
The man was an absolute genius.
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Gilbert Gottfried has made a living as a duck.
I'm not much of a Gilbert Gottfried fan, but I laughed hysterically while watching his take on the big joke in The Arisocrats.
And Carlin ... an American treasure. Until Eldon, I literally had never heard a single person say they didn't think he was funny. I'm sure there are more folks like Eldon out there, but I don't know 'em. He (Carlin, not Eldon) would be having a heyday now, that's for sure.
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I'm not much of a Gilbert Gottfried fan, but I laughed hysterically while watching his take on the big joke in The Arisocrats.
And Carlin ... an American treasure. Until Eldon, I literally had never heard a single person say they didn't think he was funny. I'm sure there are more folks like Eldon out there, but I don't know 'em. He (Carlin, not Eldon) would be having a heyday now, that's for sure.
Carlin always had a heydey, that was the point. He called BS on the entire elitist ruling class and it was gorgeous every time he did it.
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George Carlin.
I get that he stood up for free speech and all, but the guy was just not funny. Not even a little.
I am curious who are your favorite comedians, ie IYO some guys who are funny?
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Gilbert Gottfried has made a living as a duck.
He got fired from that gig a number of years ago.
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funny, the 7 words ya can't say on tv got him thrown out/arrested of summerfest(not televised) back in the 70's...
sh!t p!$$ F**k c**t co**sucker motherf*** and t!ts? wow, some of those are regular banter on the cartoon network and snl today
the guy talked about things most others were afraid to talk. he was an independent thinker who questioned things others just accepted. a little bit like lenny bruce
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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
-George Carlin
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I'm not much of a Gilbert Gottfried fan, but I laughed hysterically while watching his take on the big joke in The Arisocrats.
I believe it the Hugh Hefner roast (few months after 9/11) where he heckled and booed for his "my plane had a connection at the Empire State Building" joke, so he launched into his Aristocrats joke... not sure if it was the same as the documentary or a new variant, but some lauded it as one of the best of all time; unfortunately, the whole thing was cut from the roast and has never been seen.
On that note, for those who "get" celebrity roasts, check out Jeff Ross's Historical Roasts on Netflix... Gottfried had a couple hilarious moments on the Anne Frank episode.
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I believe it the Hugh Hefner roast (few months after 9/11) where he heckled and booed for his "my plane had a connection at the Empire State Building" joke, so he launched into his Aristocrats joke... not sure if it was the same as the documentary or a new variant, but some lauded it as one of the best of all time; unfortunately, the whole thing was cut from the roast and has never been seen.
On that note, for those who "get" celebrity roasts, check out Jeff Ross's Historical Roasts on Netflix... Gottfried had a couple hilarious moments on the Anne Frank episode.
I have seen Gottfried on a couple of those roasts and agree he was hilarious. I find myself being almost surprised that I'm laughing because, again, I haven't loved his body of work.
Anybody who doesn't laugh at his take in The Aristocrats needs to go to the hospital, stat, and get a new sense of humor.
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Jim Jeffries. Don't hate.
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He got fired from that gig a number of years ago.
Duck, parrot, whatever, they all look the and sound the same. The dude has the bird voice over market to himself.
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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
-George Carlin
My favorite: "Somewhere out there is the world's worst doctor. The scariest part is that someone has an appointment with him tomorrow."
I discovered Carlin in 9th grade when a friend gave me the cassette "What the Hell Am I Doing in New Jersey?" Funniest stuff I'd ever heard! But, my parents being very strict and straight-laced, would kill me for listening to something so "vulgar." A while later my dad and I are going to an even to an event on a Saturday evening and I ask if we'll be home by 10. He asks why and I tell him there's a comedian on HBO I want to see, hoping to put that to rest. "Who is it?" "George Carlin." He responds "I love George Carlin" and brings me some George Carlin records he had from college. My mom, dad and I watched the special together.
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Jim Jeffries. Don't hate.
He swings back and forth. He can be very funny and insightful, and he can be obnoxiously over the top for a reaction. His comedic take on gun control is unnatural carnal knowledgeing hilarious and brilliant. His early stuff, unsurprisingly, is better. He got famous and found the need to live up to his over the top persona, and its hurt his comedy, IMO.
Legit was a fantastic show. Based around some of his early material. Its really funny and surprisingly poignant in a lot of parts.
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funny, the 7 words ya can't say on tv got him thrown out/arrested of summerfest(not televised) back in the 70's...
sh!t p!$$ F**k c**t co**sucker motherf*** and t!ts? wow, some of those are regular banter on the cartoon network and snl today
the guy talked about things most others were afraid to talk. he was an independent thinker who questioned things others just accepted. a little bit like lenny bruce
And after he lists the "7 words" he says "I can understand why you can't say co**sucker and motherf***er - there's a lot going on there. But tits? What's the big deal? Sound like it should be a tasty snack - new and delicious from Nabisco - "Corn Tits" - what could be wrong with that?"
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He swings back and forth. He can be very funny and insightful, and he can be obnoxiously over the top for a reaction. His comedic take on gun control is unnatural carnal knowledgeing hilarious and brilliant. His early stuff, unsurprisingly, is better. He got famous and found the need to live up to his over the top persona, and its hurt his comedy, IMO.
Legit was a fantastic show. Based around some of his early material. Its really funny and surprisingly poignant in a lot of parts.
I saw Jefferies live last year. His comedy has "matured" as he's become a father and therefore isn't as edgy, but he definitely has "did he really say that" moments. Yes, the gun control bit was amazing, as was his earlier bit on religion from "I Swear to God." And his "good girls and sluts" bit.
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Bean Salad
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"Furries"
https://www.furfest.org/
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I am curious who are your favorite comedians, ie IYO some guys who are funny?
Dave Chappelle is my personal favorite. I'm talking just his standups alone (to say nothing of Chappelle Show).
Others mentioned in this thread, Lewis Black, Jeffries are also good. I'd add Jim Gaffigan, Bill Burr, and Russell Peters. All of them are good. Each one is light years ahead of Carlin, IMO.
I say to myself: "hey, these newer comics are from your own generation. Carlin was a different era. Thats why you don't find him funny."
But then I think "no, no. Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor standups are still funny to this day."
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Dave Chappelle is my personal favorite. I'm talking just his standups alone (to say nothing of Chappelle Show).
Others mentioned in this thread, Lewis Black, Jeffries are also good. I'd add Jim Gaffigan, Bill Burr, and Russell Peters. All of them are good. Each one is light years ahead of Carlin, IMO.
I say to myself: "hey, these newer comics are from your own generation. Carlin was a different era. Thats why you don't find him funny."
But then I think "no, no. Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor standups are still funny to this day."
Super interesting.
I am an avid Chappelle, Burr, Black, Gaffigan, etc fan. And I love Carlin.
Pryor and Murphy, I feel like their humor is mostly fart humor...it’s funny and stuff, but Carlin makes one think.
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Der iz know blue food, aina?
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Dave Chappelle is my personal favorite. I'm talking just his standups alone (to say nothing of Chappelle Show).
Others mentioned in this thread, Lewis Black, Jeffries are also good. I'd add Jim Gaffigan, Bill Burr, and Russell Peters. All of them are good. Each one is light years ahead of Carlin, IMO.
I say to myself: "hey, these newer comics are from your own generation. Carlin was a different era. Thats why you don't find him funny."
But then I think "no, no. Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor standups are still funny to this day."
I think you haven't seen enough Carlin. He is on Comedy Rushmore.
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Der iz know blue food, aina?
psh. you haven't had blue raspberries then.
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Jim Jeffries. Don't hate.
Yeah, don’t get that one. I saw his Dry Hole bit....too angry.
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Super interesting.
I am an avid Chappelle, Burr, Black, Gaffigan, etc fan. And I love Carlin.
Pryor and Murphy, I feel like their humor is mostly fart humor...it’s funny and stuff, but Carlin makes one think.
Eddie Murphy is fart humor? Are you talking about his standup or just judging him off of The Nutty Professor? His standups were critically acclaimed and still are to this day. And I'm hard pressed to find them as toilet humor :o
Yeah, don’t get that one. I saw his Dry Hole bit....too angry.
Have you seen a full set from him? Or are you not getting a comedian off of one bit? And funny that you think he's angry but love Burr. The angriest Irishman alive, and I really like Burr.
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Eddie Murphy is fart humor? Are you talking about his standup or just judging him off of The Nutty Professor? His standups were critically acclaimed and still are to this day. And I'm hard pressed to find them as toilet humor :o
Have you seen a full set from him? Or are you not getting a comedian off of one bit? And funny that you think he's angry but love Burr. The angriest Irishman alive, and I really like Burr.
A group of 5 of us saw Murphy in Greensboro in 1987. 3 of us nearly died laughing and could not believe the other 2 completely hated it. Despite being in their 30's then they were disgusted with the number of F-bombs.
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Eddie Murphy is fart humor? Are you talking about his standup or just judging him off of The Nutty Professor? His standups were critically acclaimed and still are to this day. And I'm hard pressed to find them as toilet humor :o
Have you seen a full set from him? Or are you not getting a comedian off of one bit? And funny that you think he's angry but love Burr. The angriest Irishman alive, and I really like Burr.
I saw his standup back in the day at the MECCA. I own delirious and Raw. Maybe fart humor isn’t the right way to describe it...look, I find him funny, but it’s not deep thinking humor in my opinion. Chasing the ice cream truck, building a fire, poop in the bath tub, it’s funny but not the same in my opinion.
Jeffries I have seen a few of his bits, just don’t find them too funny but will keep on trying.
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And funny that you think he's angry but love Burr. The angriest Irishman alive, and I really like Burr.
Is this what he doing after retiring from Big East officiating?
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John Mulaney. If you haven't watched you should
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Anthony Jeselnik. Jokes that don't end the way you think they are going to. A lot of "I cannot believe he just said that" moments. Big fan. Thoughts and Prayers is a classic.
"I was in a bar last night, saw this beautiful woman. Like a supermodel. I walked up, I was like, “Hey, where you from? What do you do?” She goes, “Oh, me? I live here in San Francisco. I’m a brain surgeon.” I don’t know if this makes me sexist, but I was really impressed. You know? I mean, most women can’t pull off sarcasm."
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John Mulaney. If you haven't watched you should
First time I heard the Salt & Pepper diner bit I almost pee'd my pants. It's not the most Earth shattering bit ever but it is amazingly funny.
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First time I heard the Salt & Pepper diner bit I almost pee'd my pants. It's not the most Earth shattering bit ever but it is amazingly funny.
Fantastic bit. I really like Mulaney. I also really like Mike Birbiglia and Jim Gaffigan, completing the Georgetown trifecta.
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Anthony Jeselnik. Jokes that don't end the way you think they are going to. A lot of "I cannot believe he just said that" moments. Big fan. Thoughts and Prayers is a classic.
"I was in a bar last night, saw this beautiful woman. Like a supermodel. I walked up, I was like, “Hey, where you from? What do you do?” She goes, “Oh, me? I live here in San Francisco. I’m a brain surgeon.” I don’t know if this makes me sexist, but I was really impressed. You know? I mean, most women can’t pull off sarcasm."
Jeselnik is unbelievably funny to me. He’s awful, terrible and causes more groans and “I can’t believe he just said that” responses than pretty much anyone I’ve ever heard. His Casey Anthony bits is one of the most awful - and hilarious- bits I’ve ever heard. I’m a little ashamed to admit that.
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Saw Oh, Hello live. Legit almost peed my pants.
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John Mulaney is probably my favorite comic out there right now. I saw his "Kid Gorgeous" show live - so funny
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Antonio Brown finds Carlin's fart humor fookin' hilarious, aina?
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I have to say that Bill Cosby's Self stand-up was just about the funniest thing I'd seen especially when I saw it as a kid and then again when I had a kid but it's really weird/hard to talk about though given who Cosby turned out to be. My dad use to use the line "I brought you into this life, I'll take you out of it" on my all the time when I was a kid, so much so that it entered by lexicon and I've really had to unlearn that.
To a way lesser degree Eddie Murphy's comedy is the same, especially in his hey day he was wildly homophobic.....doesn't make him less funny but it's tough to look past some of that in retrospect. There is pushing the envelope and then there is stuff you believe in your core.
That's where I think someone like Carlin or Jeselnik or Chapelle are critical....I don't get the sense that the comedy they are using is built out of some core belief but really centered around the need to force people to think in a funny/constructive way. They are provocateurs without being morally provocative.
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I have to say that Bill Cosby's Self stand-up was just about the funniest thing I'd seen especially when I saw it as a kid and then again when I had a kid but it's really weird/hard to talk about though given who Cosby turned out to be. My dad use to use the line "I brought you into this life, I'll take you out of it" on my all the time when I was a kid, so much so that it entered by lexicon and I've really had to unlearn that.
"Dad is great! Gives us the chocolate cake!" Cosby had some really good stand-up. Turns out he's an awful, evil person...but he was really funny.
If you want another really funny stand-up from that era that hasn't drugged and raped dozens of women (AFAIK), Bob Newhart's Button Down Mind was really good.
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John Mulaney is probably my favorite comic out there right now. I saw his "Kid Gorgeous" show live - so funny
Lot of people in the comedy business think Mulaney is the best joke writer going right now. With the exception of his failed sitcom, he's been tremendously successful and very funny in a variety of mediums. And his standup is tight and pristine.
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Lot of people in the comedy business think Mulaney is the best joke writer going right now. With the exception of his failed sitcom, he's been tremendously successful and very funny in a variety of mediums. And his standup is tight and pristine.
I think of his bit about college calling ("We want a gift! But only if it's money! ...I gave you a HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS and you SPENT IT ALREADY?!?") every time I get an email or letter from MU.
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Don Rickles
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There was about a 5-year stretch when Steve Martin was the funniest man alive. His standup act was effen hilarious, and The Jerk was good, stupid fun.
Then he stopped doing standup and started making cute, heartwarming movies. And then he became an artist and musician and who knows what else.
The only really funny movie he has made in the last 35 years was Planes, Trains and Automobiles, and he was John Candy's straight man in that one. Candy was so funny in it.
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There was about a 5-year stretch when Steve Martin was the funniest man alive. His standup act was effen hilarious, and The Jerk was good, stupid fun.
Then he stopped doing standup and started making cute, heartwarming movies. And then he became an artist and musician and who knows what else.
The only really funny movie he has made in the last 35 years was Planes, Trains and Automobiles, and he was John Candy's straight man in that one. Candy was so funny in it.
That's the brilliance of Steve Martin as a comedian. He can do it all comedy-wise.
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Greeting cards. People buy these crappy cards for like $4.89?!?!? What's the margin on these things, 98%??? I don't remember when it happened, but at some point the price of these skyrocketed. It's bizarre. Monopoly hey?
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Greeting cards. People buy these crappy cards for like $4.89?!?!? What's the margin on these things, 98%??? I don't remember when it happened, but at some point the price of these skyrocketed. It's bizarre. Monopoly hey?
I only buy cards from the porn store, so i expect a markup.
My MIL's bday is her favorite day of the year.
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That's the brilliance of Steve Martin as a comedian. He can do it all comedy-wise.
Pink Panther was surprisingly funny.
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Don Rickles
Amazing. RIP
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Awfully good timing with the Carlin talk.
https://twitter.com/mcjesse/status/1174938294603247616?s=21
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Awfully good timing with the Carlin talk.
https://twitter.com/mcjesse/status/1174938294603247616?s=21
What kills me is all the memes I see where someone puts a "quote" in a picture of George Carlin where the subject of the joke is something that happened after George Carlin died.
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2 things I don’t get.
1) how cheeks is allowed to ruin every thread and is on his 5th username.
2) what happened to hoopaloop. was a great poster. where did he go?
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2 things I don’t get.
1) how cheeks is allowed to ruin every thread and is on his 5th username.
2) what happened to hoopaloop. was a great poster. where did he go?
I am answering other people’s posts. Takes two to tango, funny how that is always missed. There are 100’s of threads I do not even participate in.
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I am answering other people’s posts. Takes two to tango, funny how that is always missed. There are 100’s of threads I do not even participate in.
It’s like talking to a 4 year old. “But mom he did it first!” Sometimes when you’ve gotten in trouble for the same thing over and over (banned multiple times here yet here we are) the person who is showing that behavior for the first time gets a little more leash than the one who constantly is acting out. But no, just chicos being the innocent bystander being unfairly called out again! Life is so unfair to you.
PS you must know given how close you and your back yard beer drinking buddy is. What’s hoopaloop up to these days?
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2 things I don’t get.
1) how cheeks is allowed to ruin every thread and is on his 5th 15th username.
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1) how cheeks is allowed to ruin every thread and is on his 5th username.
Two words: Page views!
Three more: Winter is coming.
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Two words: Page views!
Three more: Winter is coming.
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Two words: Page views!
Three more: Winter is coming.
It also helps when one of the many aliases has/had mod status.
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It also helps when one of the many aliases has/had mod status.
Chicos was a mod?
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I've been on some Arby's benders before so take this with a grain of salt, but I think I'd remember that.
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What kills me is all the memes I see where someone puts a "quote" in a picture of George Carlin where the subject of the joke is something that happened after George Carlin died.
Do you mean like this?
There are people who only reply to things in memes and think if they've been created their obviously true.
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Do you mean like this?
There are people who only reply to things in memes and think if they've been created their obviously true.
They're vs. their
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Sushi
IPAs
Golf
Oh, and Seinfeld
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Well, I agree with you on 2 out 3.
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Inspired by the gadgets thread...
I don't get why some people enjoy cutting their lawns. It's an exercise in futility... within a day or two of cutting the grass, it starts to need it again. Over and over again. The short term satisfaction of it looking nice is overshadowed by the repetitive waste of time it is.
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Inspired by the gadgets thread...
I don't get why some people enjoy cutting their lawns. It's an exercise in futility... within a day or two of cutting the grass, it starts to need it again. Over and over again. The short term satisfaction of it looking nice is overshadowed by the repetitive waste of time it is.
Eh, it's a good excuse to listen to podcasts and not be in the house/dealing with kids
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Inspired by the gadgets thread...
I don't get why some people enjoy cutting their lawns. It's an exercise in futility... within a day or two of cutting the grass, it starts to need it again. Over and over again. The short term satisfaction of it looking nice is overshadowed by the repetitive waste of time it is.
I kinda enjoy cutting the grass. Lots of things are repetitive wastes of time. All outdoor gardening .. everything eventually dies. Making your bed. Vacuuming the carpet. Cleaning the dishes. Eating Arby's.
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I kinda enjoy cutting the grass. Lots of things are repetitive wastes of time. All outdoor gardening .. everything eventually dies. Making your bed. Vacuuming the carpet. Cleaning the dishes. Eating Arby's.
I agree with this. Doing the lawn (kind of crappily, like I do it) is to cooking what gardening is to baking.
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I don't get why some people enjoy cutting their lawns. It's an exercise in futility... within a day or two of cutting the grass, it starts to need it again. Over and over again. The short term satisfaction of it looking nice is overshadowed by the repetitive waste of time it is.
When my wife and I were a young couple, about to move from Madison to Minneapolis, she said she wanted a house (vs. an apartment). I said, "OK, but I really hate shoveling snow and mowing the lawn." And she said, "Well that's great, because I love doing that."
And she has held up her end of the bargain. When she was really pregnant, had just given birth or had knee surgery, I of course stepped in and did it. But otherwise, for nearly 35 years now, she has done just about all of mowing and shoveling. Says she likes the exercise, and likes to make the lawn look really nice. Thankfully, haven't had snow to shovel since we left Chicago.
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I don't get lawns. And by this I mean mass expanse of lawn. Most of the lawn is not used for anything. It is just there. To be mowed. Weeded. Sprayed. Whatever. It is a waste. It is sterile. Dead.
I get lawn immediately around the house. Where you are outside and moving. We purchased a house on 1.85 acres last year and as per normal residential use, the majority of the land is, yup, lawn. We are going to convert over an acre of it specifically to natural prairie. It will be a living piece of land again with bugs and birds and butterflies and life. It won't need near the care and attention of the lawn once established. Better all the way around. We will probably even cut a trail through it so that we can walk through the prairie and enjoy it. I cannot wait to be done with the lawn.....
So yeah, I don't get lawns.....
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I don't get lawns. And by this I mean mass expanse of lawn. Most of the lawn is not used for anything. It is just there. To be mowed. Weeded. Sprayed. Whatever. It is a waste. It is sterile. Dead.
I get lawn immediately around the house. Where you are outside and moving. We purchased a house on 1.85 acres last year and as per normal residential use, the majority of the land is, yup, lawn. We are going to convert over an acre of it specifically to natural prairie. It will be a living piece of land again with bugs and birds and butterflies and life. It won't need near the care and attention of the lawn once established. Better all the way around. We will probably even cut a trail through it so that we can walk through the prairie and enjoy it. I cannot wait to be done with the lawn.....
So yeah, I don't get lawns.....
I agree with that to a point....I don't get lawns that are big enough that you have to use a riding mower. I've got a nice little quarter acre.....gives plenty of space for the door, keeps the neighboring houses a reasonable distance away, and gives me plenty of space for outdoor events like the bags tournament(for adults) and bounce house(for kids) event I'm hosting this weekend.
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When my wife and I were a young couple, about to move from Madison to Minneapolis, she said she wanted a house (vs. an apartment). I said, "OK, but I really hate shoveling snow and mowing the lawn." And she said, "Well that's great, because I love doing that."
And she has held up her end of the bargain. When she was really pregnant, had just given birth or had knee surgery, I of course stepped in and did it. But otherwise, for nearly 35 years now, she has done just about all of mowing and shoveling. Says she likes the exercise, and likes to make the lawn look really nice. Thankfully, haven't had snow to shovel since we left Chicago.
Many years ago, I came home after work in the middle of a horrible snow storm. My next door and across the street neighbors were shoveling my driveway. I learned that my wife - 8+ months pregnant at the time -- had been out shoveling. They sent her inside. For a while, I thought they might kick my ass for "letting" my wife shovel in that condition. They didn't know my wife very well; nobody really "lets" her do anything. A couple cases of beer and we were all square.
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I've been a 100% cut your own grass guy. I've got a 42" zero turn for two acres. I'm at the point of possibly looking at a service. This summer has been brutal, first year my lawn hasn't gone brown for a period of time. I've been cutting twice a week, on a pretty high setting.
It's calming and nice 85 minute break from my house. I also do a way better job than the neighbors' landscapers.
Do I drop $6k on a quality 52" zero turn? I estimate it'll cost me $3,000/year to get my lawn cut by someone else. Financially makes total sense, but valuing my time for the mid-week cut is where I'm stuck.
What I really don't get it is people with underground sprinklers that use them on a nightly basis.
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The nice thing about mowing and shoveling is the quiet. My wife does neither, and leaves me alone when I am doing it. Sometimes I will shovel one or two of the neighbor's sidewalks in addition to my own just so I can have a few more minutes of quiet.
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one of the reasons i love Az. i can leave for extended periods of time and not worry about a lawn. just kill the weeds a couple times a year...more pool & golf time
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I've been a 100% cut your own grass guy. I've got a 42" zero turn for two acres. I'm at the point of possibly looking at a service. This summer has been brutal, first year my lawn hasn't gone brown for a period of time. I've been cutting twice a week, on a pretty high setting.
It's calming and nice 85 minute break from my house. I also do a way better job than the neighbors' landscapers.
Do I drop $6k on a quality 52" zero turn? I estimate it'll cost me $3,000/year to get my lawn cut by someone else. Financially makes total sense, but valuing my time for the mid-week cut is where I'm stuck.
What I really don't get it is people with underground sprinklers that use them on a nightly basis.
Two acres? Buy some goats.
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Two acres? Buy some goats.
BTW, what's the deal with "goat yoga?" It's just like regular yoga...but with goats?
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BTW, what's the deal with "goat yoga?" It's just like regular yoga...but with goats?
yes, you do yoga with goats roaming around. My wife is an instructor and some people who own a farm asked if she wanted to run a class with the goats. She declined. We just don't get that one. Beer yoga, however...
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Can I do beer yoga without all the stretching part?
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I've been a 100% cut your own grass guy. I've got a 42" zero turn for two acres. I'm at the point of possibly looking at a service. This summer has been brutal, first year my lawn hasn't gone brown for a period of time. I've been cutting twice a week, on a pretty high setting.
It's calming and nice 85 minute break from my house. I also do a way better job than the neighbors' landscapers.
Do I drop $6k on a quality 52" zero turn? I estimate it'll cost me $3,000/year to get my lawn cut by someone else. Financially makes total sense, but valuing my time for the mid-week cut is where I'm stuck.
What I really don't get it is people with underground sprinklers that use them on a nightly basis.
1.5 half acres but thankfully the back half is woods. Riding lawn tractor and I used to not mind, but I have a weird shaped yard, loaded with immovable erratics (glacial rocks) and New England grows rocks and it's a new challenge every summer as you don't know where or what size rock will pop out that wasn't there the year before. A blade and deck killer.
I don't water or put down weed killer.
underground sprinklers - As a daily morning runner I see people who always run their sprinklers at 5:30 am. I've been asking WTF for the last 2-3 weeks as a I see a few houses where people are still watering their lawns. It's September!
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1.5 half acres but thankfully the back half is woods. Riding lawn tractor and I used to not mind, but I have a weird shaped yard, loaded with immovable erratics (glacial rocks) and New England grows rocks and it's a new challenge every summer as you don't know where or what size rock will pop out that wasn't there the year before. A blade and deck killer.
I don't water or put down weed killer.
underground sprinklers - As a daily morning runner I see people who always run their sprinklers at 5:30 am. I've been asking WTF for the last 2-3 weeks as a I see a few houses where people are still watering their lawns. It's September!
September/fall is the secondary growth period for cool season grasses. Water to encourage significant growth, especially roots, before winter sets in.
Edit: I moved into my first house/yard 2 years ago. I've spent an obscene amount of time in the last year learning how to take care of a lawn and implementing that education. Lawns are boring to look at. But they're like any other planting/gardening hobby. Lots of time and lots to learn if you want it.
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This is both related to lawn care and something I don't get...
We moved into a house last year. It has an in-ground sprinkler system in the yard. Seems fine, BUT... the previous owners removed the control panel. The box where it connects to the system is still attached to the wall in the garage, but the cover (including all the buttons and the display) are gone. It doesn't even have a visible brand name or anything. Not sure what that's all about, but I haven't bothered trying to fix it.
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Two acres? Buy some goats.
Village won’t allow it. Thought about an alpaca. Well, two alpacas because they get lonely. And then the guard llama to keep them safe.
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yes, you do yoga with goats roaming around. My wife is an instructor and some people who own a farm asked if she wanted to run a class with the goats. She declined. We just don't get that one. Beer yoga, however...
Does your wife teach Bikram? Started going regularly about 4 years ago. One of the toughest workouts I’ve experienced (and I’ve run a bunch of marathons and half marathons).
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one of the reasons i love Az. i can leave for extended periods of time and not worry about a lawn. just kill the weeds a couple times a year...more pool & golf time
I'm with ya, rocketman. We actually seriously considered the PHX area before choosing NC. I like the desert landscape, and I liked that we wouldn't have a lawn ... but my wife hated that part of it.
I'd be the worst at taking care of a yard, because I just don't give a darn about it. Good thing my wife will never dump me because I'm so effen lovable.
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I agree with that to a point....I don't get lawns that are big enough that you have to use a riding mower. I've got a nice little quarter acre.....gives plenty of space for the door, keeps the neighboring houses a reasonable distance away, and gives me plenty of space for outdoor events like the bags tournament(for adults) and bounce house(for kids) event I'm hosting this weekend.
Quick tip: Use 3/4” EMT and yellow spray paint for the foul poles in your backyard WiffleBall field.
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Does your wife teach Bikram? Started going regularly about 4 years ago. One of the toughest workouts I’ve experienced (and I’ve run a bunch of marathons and half marathons).
no. She hates Bikram and extreme heat gives her headaches. She does Vinyasa, some Yin and hybrid classes. I did Bikram for a while but got bored with it (and yes, it was a brutally tough workout). I'd rather do heated Vinyasa with flows. To me, there's a cult-like vibe around Bikram and the smell of the studios (thanks to the carpet) takes a bit to get used to.
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I'm with ya, rocketman. We actually seriously considered the PHX area before choosing NC. I like the desert landscape, and I liked that we wouldn't have a lawn ... but my wife hated that part of it.
I'd be the worst at taking care of a yard, because I just don't give a darn about it. Good thing my wife will never dump me because I'm so effen lovable.
my buddy put Astroturf in his back yard. Great for the kids to play on and no upkeep.
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my buddy put Astroturf in his back yard. Great for the kids to play on and no upkeep.
When we lived in Chicago, our backyard was so small that we said the heck with it, paved the whole thing and made it into a basketball court for the kids. It turned out to be a great decision. All the neighborhood kids came to us, so we always knew where ours were, and both of my kids ended up having nice little basketball "careers." You make do with what you have!
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no. She hates Bikram and extreme heat gives her headaches. She does Vinyasa, some Yin and hybrid classes. I did Bikram for a while but got bored with it (and yes, it was a brutally tough workout). I'd rather do heated Vinyasa with flows. To me, there's a cult-like vibe around Bikram and the smell of the studios (thanks to the carpet) takes a bit to get used to.
Agree on the cult-like vibe though a bunch of studios out east have removed “Bikram” from the name secondary to the legal issues of the lunatic founder. I find every class is a challenge. Haven’t tried the other forms though I’m well aware that most people think Bikram is the lowest form of yoga.
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I'd be the worst at taking care of a yard, because I just don't give a darn about it. Good thing my wife will never dump me because I'm so effen lovable.
Fake news, I know you care about the trees in your yard 😉
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I will say yoga is one of those things I don't get. Maybe I'm just not mature enough or focused enough but the couple of times my wife talked me into going to a class I ended up giggling my way through and getting dirty looks. Quiet mindfulness is just not my jam and I fail to see how I can get a workout of it as efficiently as pounding some miles on the pavement.
I workout because I'd be a super fatass if I didn't, I don't work out to relax per se.
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Fake news, I know you care about the trees in your yard 😉
Scores!
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I will say yoga is one of those things I don't get. Maybe I'm just not mature enough or focused enough but the couple of times my wife talked me into going to a class I ended up giggling my way through and getting dirty looks. Quiet mindfulness is just not my jam and I fail to see how I can get a workout of it as efficiently as pounding some miles on the pavement.
I workout because I'd be a super fatass if I didn't, I don't work out to relax per se.
I used to laugh at the idea of doing yoga and make fun of my wife when she'd be practicing at home and I don't get into the whole mindfulness thing (ADD will do that) but I find it great for flexibility and recovery. The first class I started attending regularly was called "Rockin' Vinyasa" and had music playing: modern rock, pop and even hip hop. I was down with that.
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I will say yoga is one of those things I don't get. Maybe I'm just not mature enough or focused enough but the couple of times my wife talked me into going to a class I ended up giggling my way through and getting dirty looks. Quiet mindfulness is just not my jam and I fail to see how I can get a workout of it as efficiently as pounding some miles on the pavement.
I workout because I'd be a super fatass if I didn't, I don't work out to relax per se.
I’m a runner (and golfer). Try one Bikram class. I guarantee you won’t be giggling. You’ll likely be too busy talking yourself out of throwing up. I know that sounds crazy but it’s 100% accurate.
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I’m a runner (and golfer). Try one Bikram class. I guarantee you won’t be giggling. You’ll likely be too busy talking yourself out of throwing up. I know that sounds crazy but it’s 100% accurate.
I pretty much forgot my name during my first class. I had a NFL player in a class and he was struggling. It’s brutal but not true yoga.
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Lawns are cool. I’m bummed that I had to rehab a knee this year and had to pass the mowing duties off.
I’m considering increasing my cylinder index and upgrading the snow blower.
Do they make a two cylinder ice auger?
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Terry Bradshaw
Has gone from a likeable goof to a guy who will hawk anything using his "gee shucks am I am dumba$$" persona.
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Terry Bradshaw
Has gone from a likeable goof to a guy who will hawk anything using his "gee shucks am I am dumba$$" persona.
He's still a likeable goof. Now he's just a likeable goof that sells sh!t.
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I find his act so very tired.
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Happens to a lot of sports casters, see V, Dickie and Berman, Chris
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I find his act so very tired.
It's not an act.
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my buddy put Astroturf in his back yard. Great for the kids to play on and no upkeep.
some people will either plant grass in their front yards or put in these little 10/15' x 20' or so patches of grass outlined with a concrete edge in their backyards. maybe dunks has some insight into this.
the house we bought had one of these little grass patches and i was almost stupid enough to turn it into a putting green(face slap) it's now a cactus garden. i found one of those long horn skulls and put it right in the middle-wild wild west baby.
some will even paint their yards green and put an old rusty snowblower on it- i just hope it's an enviro friendly substance ;)
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Terry Bradshaw
Has gone from a likeable goof to a guy who will hawk anything using his "gee shucks am I am dumba$$" persona.
he sure did put the whoop arse on AB. is still a well respected hof'er
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i don't get why anyone would even consider smuggling ANY cocaine into china, but $3 million dollars worth?
at minimum, you could be sentenced to rehab in one of their choice facilities...and/or execution. if you even think about it...you just may have a little problem
https://www.travelpulse.com/news/airlines/south-african-airways-flight-attendants-caught-smuggling-drugs.html
https://drugabuse.com/the-20-countries-with-the-harshest-drug-laws-in-the-world/
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my buddy put Astroturf in his back yard. Great for the kids to play on and no upkeep.
It is a big deal here in Calif with the drought. I bet 40% of my neighborhood has it now, I still mow my lawns, but it is tempting to rip it out and replace.
It gets very hot, and not great for the dog.
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It is a big deal here in Calif with the drought. I bet 40% of my neighborhood has it now, I still mow my lawns, but it is tempting to rip it out and replace.
It gets very hot, and not great for the dog.
In Las Vegas the government is literally paying people to rip out their lawns and put in rock gardens instead.
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In Las Vegas the government is literally paying people to rip out their lawns and put in rock gardens instead.
H2O, pesticides, allergies etc...bringing something to the desert that wasn't meant to be. there are so many cool and creative ways to landscape ones yard in the desert to appreciate. when we first moved out to the southwest, my first impression was that it seemed dirty, disorganized, unkempt, but when done properly, it can be absolutely stunning
our backyard in surprise is more diverse with a few different types of palms, many types of cacti, ocotillo, agave, bismarks, an orchid tree, a lemon tree. using different colored stone highlighting different beds etc no need for grass. if i can find a pic of our orchid tree-i'm not a real plant guy, and i've never seen an orchid tree, but this thing is stunning when it flowers, but a pain in the ass for the pool
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Sew, watt yur sayin' iz dat yo neighborhood is deverse and yo beein' unfairly labelled, aina?
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Sew, watt yur sayin' iz dat yo neighborhood is deverse and yo beein' unfairly labelled, aina?
well, we are adverse to introducing any "non-native" growing types if you will so i guess the answer to your question is wtf else is new enn'a?
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LinkedIn
It's a social media platform, but with sh*tty management advice!!!
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LinkedIn
It's a social media platform, but with sh*tty management advice!!!
Job searching isn't so much more legit on it than indeed monster or any of those sites however
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Most people who live in the upper Midwest have done so for most of their adult lives. How is it they completely forget how to drive in snow? The physics never change. Spend some money on tires.
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Most people who live in the upper Midwest have done so for most of their adult lives. How is it they completely forget how to drive in snow? The physics never change. Spend some money on tires.
Every year I wonder about this. I understand exercising caution, but some people want to slow down so much they actually create more danger because it increases their chances of getting rear-ended.
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In the Great Lakes region, we spend 1/3 of our lives dealing with it. And yet first snow = panic, idiocy, demolition derby.
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One of the things I hated most during my years in Chicago was being trapped in Lake Forest for work when the first big snow of the season happened. What usually was a 45-minute drive home for me turned into a 2-hour slog. Or worse.
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In the Great Lakes region, we spend 1/3 of our lives dealing with it. And yet first snow = panic, idiocy, demolition derby.
It's not any different in the Northeast.
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Most people who live in the upper Midwest have done so for most of their adult lives. How is it they completely forget how to drive in snow? The physics never change. Spend some money on tires.
That includes the pilots who drive off the end of the runway.
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Saw that. Or maybe the airports could be a little better at clearing runways.
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I will say that if there's even a light dusting of snow here in Charlotte, it might as well have been Armageddon.
No plows here, and few drivers have a clue how to handle it.
Last couple of years, they have closed schools at 4 pm on a Tuesday on the mere threat of snow on Wednesday -- and at least twice the snow never came.
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In the Great Lakes region, we spend 1/3 5/12 of our lives dealing with it. And yet first snow = panic, idiocy, demolition derby.
FTFY
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Paternity leave
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Paternity leave
One day, a woman will fall for your #LIES, and you may be blessed with a child. A mother needs all the help she can get. Paternity leave is a great idea, and more companies should offer it.
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One day, a woman will fall for your #LIES, and you may be blessed with a child. A mother needs all the help she can get. Paternity leave is a great idea, and more companies should offer it.
“I have nipples. Cold you milk me?”
(I actually “get” paternity leave)
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“I have nipples. Cold you kill me?”
(I actually “get” paternity leave)
The sheriff have to show up at your door to tell you that you qualify?
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Wtf. “Milk” autocorrected to “kill”
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Your auto correct knows the inclination of its master.
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One day, a woman will fall for your #LIES, and you may be blessed with a child. A mother needs all the help she can get. Paternity leave is a great idea, and more companies should offer it.
I suggest you “get” yourself to a chiropractor so you can look up at everything that’s flying over your head.
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Paternity leave
What's there not to get? Paternity leave is good for the father, good for the kid, good for the mother(who already has to do too much simply because life at fair) and is good for the mother's career. There are multiple studies out now showing that the majority of the gender pay gap is actually due to a child penalty that women pay because of their maternity leave.
Honestly, I don't think paternity leave at most companies goes far enough.....whatever time the woman is off a man should be forced to take the equivalent. Only way you are going to start to correct the in balance.
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What's there not to get? Paternity leave is good for the father, good for the kid, good for the mother(who already has to do too much simply because life at fair) and is good for the mother's career. There are multiple studies out now showing that the majority of the gender pay gap is actually due to a child penalty that women pay because of their maternity leave.
Honestly, I don't think paternity leave at most companies goes far enough.....whatever time the woman is off a man should be forced to take the equivalent. Only way you are going to start to correct the in balance.
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What's there not to get? Paternity leave is good for the father, good for the kid, good for the mother(who already has to do too much simply because life at fair) and is good for the mother's career. There are multiple studies out now showing that the majority of the gender pay gap is actually due to a child penalty that women pay because of their maternity leave.
Honestly, I don't think paternity leave at most companies goes far enough.....whatever time the woman is off a man should be forced to take the equivalent. Only way you are going to start to correct the in balance.
I really hate to explain the joke, but Jay Bee doesn't get paternity leave because you don't get paternity leave when an unknown 14 year-old kid shows up at your door with a DNA report saying you're the father.
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Going on another team's board and discussing why a recruit should pick your program over theirs.
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I really hate to explain the joke, but Jay Bee doesn't get paternity leave because you don't get paternity leave when an unknown 14 year-old kid shows up at your door with a DNA report saying you're the father.
So, free throw protection mattas?
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Have to admit, I was not well versed in Jay Bee's paternity status so I guess I missed something huh?
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Have to admit, I was not well versed in Jay Bee's paternity status so I guess I missed something huh?
You might say that....you didn't get something
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I really hate to explain the joke, but Jay Bee doesn't get paternity leave because you don't get paternity leave when an unknown 14 year-old kid shows up at your door with a DNA report saying you're the father.
With or without Maury?
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With or without Maury?
Given that there's a limit of six appearances on Maury, it's without from now on.
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Given that there's a limit of six appearances on Maury, it's without from now on.
What? 6 times?
How is the fat white chick that was sleeping with 8 desperate-ass, skinny black dudes at the same time (no gang bang)find out how the father is after she drags 6 dudes to the shoe and they are all NOT THE FATHER?
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Honestly, I don't think paternity leave at most companies goes far enough.....whatever time the woman is off a man should be forced to take the equivalent. Only way you are going to start to correct the in balance.
Ok, well, I don't get this. You want to force people to take time away from work, when they are ready, willing and able to go to work? I don't get that. So much for freedom eh?
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Ok, well, I don't get this. You want to force people to take time away from work, when they are ready, willing and able to go to work? I don't get that. So much for freedom eh?
The 'forced' comment was absolutely bizarre. I worry for much of America.
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The 'forced' comment was absolutely bizarre. I worry for much of America.
Yep - the idea that a worker should be "forced" to take any (let alone "more") paternity (or maternity) leave should only be embraced in totalitarian states.
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is it paternity or maternity when a transgendered adopts? do you need the designated go to female ans he/she get's the maternity leave while the other one, the maleness of the relation would look awfully self absorbed if she/he did support her/he's he/she
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is it paternity or maternity when a transgendered adopts? do you need the designated go to female ans he/she get's the maternity leave while the other one, the maleness of the relation would look awfully self absorbed if she/he did support her/he's he/she
I’m trans-child where I feel like I have a newborn. Accordingly, I additional benefits
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Paternity leave works best when it’s a “use it or lose it” deal... it’s not transferable, and it can’t be cashed out.
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The company I worked for at the time started giving a week of paternity leave the very year I became a dad. It was very nice to be able to join my wife in taking care of our daughter.
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I get 8 weeks. Paid 100%. It was a big part of why I chose to work for this company
The free market in the USA is starting to catch up to practices in the rest of the world. More and more companies are adding this benefit. It is a good development, I think.
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I get 8 weeks. Paid 100%. It was a big part of why I chose to work for this company
The free market in the USA is starting to catch up to practices in the rest of the world. More and more companies are adding this benefit. It is a good development, I think.
Agreed.
If it actually was a main reason why you chose to work for your company, then the benefit had its desired effect.
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I get 8 weeks. Paid 100%. It was a big part of why I chose to work for this company
The free market in the USA is starting to catch up to practices in the rest of the world. More and more companies are adding this benefit. It is a good development, I think.
Except it is also causing enormous strain in some areas and other employees in some cases. One of our departments currently has 1/2 of their 16 member team out for maternity / paternity. The 8 folks remaining are so slammed that one resigned earlier this week. There’s always the other side of the coin and unintended consequences. People trying to be supportive of their colleagues, but also knowing how effected they are. The older employees who never got that kind of time off, you can bet there is some resentment...you can hear it in their remarks.
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Except it is also causing enormous strain in some areas and other employees in some cases. One of our departments currently has 1/2 of their 16 member team out for maternity / paternity. The 8 folks remaining are so slammed that one resigned earlier this week. There’s always the other side of the coin and unintended consequences. People trying to be supportive of their colleagues, but also knowing how effected they are. The older employees who never got that kind of time off, you can bet there is some resentment...you can hear it in their remarks.
My prediction is that if they make paid parental leave mandatory by federal law, you are going to start seeing an uptick in hiring discrimination involving people of childbearing age. There will be plenty of employers who, having a choice between two candidates, one being a 40-year-single man and a 28-year-old married woman, will pick the former on the parental leave issue alone.
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Except it is also causing enormous strain in some areas and other employees in some cases. One of our departments currently has 1/2 of their 16 member team out for maternity / paternity. The 8 folks remaining are so slammed that one resigned earlier this week. There’s always the other side of the coin and unintended consequences. People trying to be supportive of their colleagues, but also knowing how effected they are. The older employees who never got that kind of time off, you can bet there is some resentment...you can hear it in their remarks.
Then hire more workers. It's not rocket science. Temps / Intern / Admins.
As for resentment from older employees - don't like - find another place to work.
I mean I don't get a pension like some of my coworkers who have been working longer than I have but I get over it.
ABI moved to 8 wks 2 years ago and it's kept a lot of people. It's becoming a more essential part of a package to recruit with.
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ABI moved to 8 wks 2 years ago and it's kept a lot of people. It's becoming a more essential part of a package to recruit with.
It definitely is. I interviewed and was offered a role with another company a few months prior to my daughter's arrival last year. Slight bump in comp, but they had no parental leave policy. My current company doesn't have a great one, but being able to take those few weeks was ultimately the deciding factor.
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Agreed.
If it actually was a main reason why you chose to work for your company, then the benefit had its desired effect.
Friends of ours recently had a child, the husband works for Tesla and gets something like 8 weeks paid and is able to split it up into a couple chunks. So he's staying home a bit to help right away, and then going to take the rest of his time after his wife returns to work. I think that's a heckuva benefit and I wouldn't have minded one bit if I had gotten it.
My daughter was born on 7/1, I went back to work on 7/11 and thought 'dang my employer is being pretty generous.' I have other friends where dad went back to work the day after they got home from the hospital. Just goes to show the spread on what is 'acceptable' on this front.
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Except it is also causing enormous strain in some areas and other employees in some cases. One of our departments currently has 1/2 of their 16 member team out for maternity / paternity. The 8 folks remaining are so slammed that one resigned earlier this week. There’s always the other side of the coin and unintended consequences. People trying to be supportive of their colleagues, but also knowing how effected they are. The older employees who never got that kind of time off, you can bet there is some resentment...you can hear it in their remarks.
That is just a lack of planning and poor management. I have been making arrangements with teammates for 5+ months. Everyone is incredibly supportive and excited for me. I have heard zero resentment, and the majority of my coworkers are in their 40s and 50s. I am splitting it up into 4 weeks right away and another 4 weeks after my wife goes back to work next summer. I have committed to checking in on email every day or two and calling in to our weekly team meeting. I think that is a fair compromise.
People take leave all the time. My boss was out for 6 weeks after back surgery. Another woman had breast cancer and was intermittently out for weeks at a time during heavy chemo sessions for years. Someone else needed 3 weeks to grieve after losing a spouse. Life happens. If management can't adapt, that is on them.
And MU82, it was absolutely one of the major reasons I came here, along with total compensation. We are just starting a family. I was determined to find a job that would let me be the kind of dad I want to be.
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Except it is also causing enormous strain in some areas and other employees in some cases. One of our departments currently has 1/2 of their 16 member team out for maternity / paternity. The 8 folks remaining are so slammed that one resigned earlier this week. There’s always the other side of the coin and unintended consequences. People trying to be supportive of their colleagues, but also knowing how effected they are. The older employees who never got that kind of time off, you can bet there is some resentment...you can hear it in their remarks.
Must have been one hell of a company party 9 months ago
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I find that employees frequently take their cues from their boss and the culture that person created.
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I find that employees frequently take their cues from their boss and the culture that person created.
You're 100% right. My boss is a huge reason this policy is working so well for our team.
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That is just a lack of planning and poor management. I have been making arrangements with teammates for 5+ months. Everyone is incredibly supportive and excited for me. I have heard zero resentment, and the majority of my coworkers are in their 40s and 50s. I am splitting it up into 4 weeks right away and another 4 weeks after my wife goes back to work next summer.
People take leave all the time. My boss was out for 6 weeks after back surgery. Another woman had breast cancer and was intermittently out for weeks at a time during heavy chemo sessions for years. Someone else needed 3 weeks to grieve after losing a spouse. Life happens. If management can't adapt, that is on them.
And MU82, it was absolutely one of the major reasons I came here, along with total compensation. We are just starting a family. I was determined to find a job that would let me be the kind of dad I want to be.
First, congrats on the family. Companies offer benefits to recruit employees. It sounds like your company thought it out carefully, decided to offer this benefit, and it helped them land a great employee like you! Win-win-win.
Otherwise, you make many outstanding points. Well-run companies can handle all kinds of situations that crop up.
And as somebody else said, if you don't like that companies offer paternity leave, hasta la bye-bye. Go work for Caveman Inc.
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Except it is also causing enormous strain in some areas and other employees in some cases. One of our departments currently has 1/2 of their 16 member team out for maternity / paternity. The 8 folks remaining are so slammed that one resigned earlier this week. There’s always the other side of the coin and unintended consequences. People trying to be supportive of their colleagues, but also knowing how effected they are. The older employees who never got that kind of time off, you can bet there is some resentment...you can hear it in their remarks.
Typical Boomer selfishness
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First, congrats on the family. Companies offer benefits to recruit employees. It sounds like your company thought it out carefully, decided to offer this benefit, and it helped them land a great employee like you! Win-win-win.
Otherwise, you make many outstanding points. Well-run companies can handle all kinds of situations that crop up.
And as somebody else said, if you don't like that companies offer paternity leave, hasta la bye-bye. Go work for Caveman Inc.
Thanks! It is our first. All of the MU onesies are ready to go!
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I find that employees frequently take their cues from their boss and the culture that person created.
Exactly. My God the sky is falling attitude and the slippery slope arguments are terrible. I have half of one of my departments who are going to be out for about four weeks in January due to parental leave. We are planning for it, but most definitely we are celebrating each and every one of those births. (For all but one it's a first child.) One of these employees I hired less than a year ago, and have I ever had regrets because she is going to be taking eight weeks of leave? Not a chance.
I once promoted someone who told me in the next breath that she was pregnant. Didn't change a thing. She went on leave for awhile, allowed her to work a flexible schedule from home for awhile, and it worked out great.
Any business that worries about this sort of stuff at the expense of the long term benefit of the employee, the family and the organization, is probably not a very good business.
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the sky is falling attitude and the slippery slope arguments are terrible.
During my years as a Scooper, I have found that the vast majority of Chicken Littling and slippery sloping has turned out to be completely unjustified.
I remember a discussion years ago about the terrible things that were going to happen because Seattle was raising its minimum wage.
Wrong!
https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/7/13/20690266/seattle-minimum-wage-15-dollars
Just one example.
Teeth-gnashing over the grad-transfer rule has been another. The vast, vast majority of movement has been of athletes moving down a level to get more playing time.
The NIL stuff surely will turn out to be another, as college sports will do just fine -- probably even thrive more than now -- if athlete/students are allowed to profit off their own likenesses, as every other college student can.
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Except it is also causing enormous strain in some areas and other employees in some cases. One of our departments currently has 1/2 of their 16 member team out for maternity / paternity. The 8 folks remaining are so slammed that one resigned earlier this week. There’s always the other side of the coin and unintended consequences. People trying to be supportive of their colleagues, but also knowing how effected they are. The older employees who never got that kind of time off, you can bet there is some resentment...you can hear it in their remarks.
Dumb.
In the US, you are an at-will employee, i.e., any employee is free to leave the company at any time for any reason whatsoever.
Therefore, you're saying that having an employee leave abruptly for another job is preferable to having 7-9 months to plan how to bridge the gap for 2-4 months.
Frankly, I think that companies who take that kind of approach deserve to fail.
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Dumb.
In the US, you are an at-will employee, i.e., any employee is free to leave the company at any time for any reason whatsoever.
This is pretty much true in any country where slavery is illegal.
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This is pretty much true in any country where slavery is illegal.
Many countries use employment contracts which have limitations on how and when an employee is able to leave. In return, they have greater job security than in the United States, and better severance benefits if they are terminated. It is a double edged sword and I like our system better, but not everyone has a system like ours. These contracts are entered into freely. It is definitely not slavery.
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Many countries use employment contracts which have limitations on how and when an employee is able to leave. In return, they have greater job security than in the United States, and better severance benefits if they are terminated. It is a double edged sword and I like our system better, but not everyone has a system like ours. These contracts are entered into freely. It is definitely not slavery.
Yup. Most of my european friends all work on contracts and are not at will employees free to leave at any time. They have to wait for the contract to be up.
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Yup. Most of my european friends all work on contracts and are not at will employees free to leave at any time. They have to wait for the contract to be up.
Or else what?
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Or else what?
They give notice. Negotiate leave date. An example is my friend Robert who had to wait 6mo after the half year before he could leave his position. However, they will often let the employee go before the full term of the negotiation.
Also, people in other countries respect rules and agreements like my friend Robert who is German.
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They give notice. Negotiate leave date. An example is my friend Robert who had to wait 6mo after the half year before he could leave his position. However, they will often let the employee go before the full term of the negotiation.
Also, people in other countries respect rules and agreements like my friend Robert who is German.
I'm not being argumentative, but I'm really curious about the answer to Chick's question: "Or else what?" What would be the consequence if someone just quit without giving notice?
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I'm not being argumentative, but I'm really curious about the answer to Chick's question: "Or else what?" What would be the consequence if someone just quit without giving notice?
It's just not done. Cultural difference. You ever try and get a German to walk against a "Don't Walk" sign? It's like pulling teeth. Or see a German pass on the right? No way. No everyone thinks like America thankfully.
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Contracts are legally binding documents. Much like a non-compete. Big companies have a deep bench of lawyers and will take legal action if a worker tries to reneg on a signed agreement. That is why workers often comply. Employment law is very complex in Europe.
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It's just not done. Cultural difference. You ever try and get a German to walk against a "Don't Walk" sign? It's like pulling teeth. Or see a German pass on the right? No way. No everyone thinks like America thankfully.
Contracts are legally binding documents. Much like a non-compete. Big companies have a deep bench of lawyers and will take legal action if a worker tries to reneg on a signed agreement. That is why workers often comply. Employment law is very complex in Europe.
Hypothetically speaking, what would happen if an American got a job in Germany and quit? Obviously, no German would ever do such a thing. But if some American did it, what would happen? I understand the binding nature of employment contracts and all that. What I'm asking -- and nobody seems willing (or able) to answer -- is what do these employment contracts say will happen if someone quits? When that deep bench of lawyers takes legal action, what are they asking the court/tribunal to do?
Again, I'm not trying to be argumentative. I've been an employment lawyer for nearly 25 years. I'm not familiar with how this works in Europe and I'm genuinely curious.
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It's just not done. Cultural difference. You ever try and get a German to walk against a "Don't Walk" sign? It's like pulling teeth. Or see a German pass on the right? No way. No everyone thinks like America thankfully.
Yeah, if only.more people thought like Germans.
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Hypothetically speaking, what would happen if an American got a job in Germany and quit? Obviously, no German would ever do such a thing. But if some American did it, what would happen? I understand the binding nature of employment contracts and all that. What I'm asking -- and nobody seems willing (or able) to answer -- is what do these employment contracts say will happen if someone quits? When that deep bench of lawyers takes legal action, what are they asking the court/tribunal to do?
Again, I'm not trying to be argumentative. I've been an employment lawyer for nearly 25 years. I'm not familiar with how this works in Europe and I'm genuinely curious.
IANAL, But my assumption would be to sue for breach of contract
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IANAL, But my assumption would be to sue for breach of contract
Thanks for the response. That just leads back to my question: what are they asking for when they sue.
I did some very quick research, and it looks essentially like these are set up similarly to non-compete agreements in the U.S. Based on what I saw, people are absolutely free to quit (and, shockingly, they do sometimes -- even in Germany, if you can believe it), but they can then be restricted from getting other employment for a period of time. It looks like 3-6 months is fairly typical. More in some cases. I'm not sure if the employers can sue for damages or just to enforce the agreements. I'd be curious to know how broadly this could be enforced (i.e., just in Germany or throughout the EU). But, people can and do quit. They just can't work for a while after they do.
Disclaimer: this was really quick and dirty research. I'd still be interested to hear from others who might have more first-hand knowledge.
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Yeah, if only.more people thought like Germans.
It would make driving 100% safer that's for sure. People actually following the rules of the road rather than thinking the world revolves around me - novel concept.
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In France, there are damages available for.either side, but in practical terms most settle.
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Typical Boomer selfishness
i just had a guy ask for 6 weeks paternity/maternity leave...he's a whatever ya call 'em with a capital "M", but times sure have a changed.
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i just had a guy ask for 6 weeks paternity/maternity leave...he's a whatever ya call 'em with a capital "M", but times sure have a changed.
DiD tHaT gUy WaNt To ShAvE hIS HeAd ToO?
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i just had a guy ask for 6 weeks paternity/maternity leave...he's a whatever ya call 'em with a capital "M", but times sure have a changed.
How do you handle that? Allow him the time off? Disagree with the notion of time off for dad?
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It would make driving 100% safer that's for sure. People actually following the rules of the road rather than thinking the world revolves around me - novel concept.
And the trains would run on time.
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And the trains would run on time.
In Italy...
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How do you handle that? Allow him the time off? Disagree with the notion of time off for dad?
i guess i didn't make myself clear-yeah, he wanted that too! i'm not sure if you're up to speed there jes my man, they want their cake man. you ought to try being a boss sometime...good luck
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DiD tHaT gUy WaNt To ShAvE hIS HeAd ToO?
no, just a mohawk dyed pink if he had a girl and blue for a little dude :D
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Typical Boomer selfishness
The job has to get done and they know it. They have dreams and families, too.
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Must have been one hell of a company party 9 months ago
Overlaps. Some have been out only a few weeks, others 3 months. One woman almost a year on LTD.
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That is just a lack of planning and poor management. I have been making arrangements with teammates for 5+ months. Everyone is incredibly supportive and excited for me. I have heard zero resentment, and the majority of my coworkers are in their 40s and 50s. I am splitting it up into 4 weeks right away and another 4 weeks after my wife goes back to work next summer. I have committed to checking in on email every day or two and calling in to our weekly team meeting. I think that is a fair compromise.
People take leave all the time. My boss was out for 6 weeks after back surgery. Another woman had breast cancer and was intermittently out for weeks at a time during heavy chemo sessions for years. Someone else needed 3 weeks to grieve after losing a spouse. Life happens. If management can't adapt, that is on them.
And MU82, it was absolutely one of the major reasons I came here, along with total compensation. We are just starting a family. I was determined to find a job that would let me be the kind of dad I want to be.
Not my dept as I stated, but when you are in a sector that is downsizing already, contract help and other options are not tenable. My point was the work still has to get done and with less resources means more burden on them if alt employment help is not available. Right?
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I get 8 weeks. Paid 100%. It was a big part of why I chose to work for this company
The free market in the USA is starting to catch up to practices in the rest of the world. More and more companies are adding this benefit. It is a good development, I think.
Um, how do you define “more and more”?
Hundreds, thousands? Or two or three at a time?
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It would make driving 100% safer that's for sure. People actually following the rules of the road rather than thinking the world revolves around me - novel concept.
Well, as long as you had blue eyes and blond hair.
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Well, as long as you had blue eyes and blond hair.
...and big'uns eyn'a?
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i guess i didn't make myself clear-yeah, he wanted that too! i'm not sure if you're up to speed there jes my man, they want their cake man. you ought to try being a boss sometime...good luck
Maybe I misunderstood.
I thought you were saying a male employee of yours asked for 6 weeks paternity leave.
I was interested, if that was the situation, whether you granted it
I was also interested on your opinion of maternity/paternity leave in general.
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Maybe I misunderstood.
I thought you were saying a male employee of yours asked for 6 weeks paternity leave.
I was interested, if that was the situation, whether you granted it
I was also interested on your opinion of maternity/paternity leave in general.
it was a male, it was one of the questions he had during an interview. i offer paid time off (PTO). they can use it for whatever they want. for this particular position however, it was a salaried position with a draw against collected production. also, i am not a business of 50 or more and typically employees must have worked 12 months to be eligible. so in my situation, i need to know if and when this employee would be taking an extended leave as we usually have patients booked out a few weeks in advance. if they want to continue to draw a salary, they will need to earn it back anyway.
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it was a male, it was one of the questions he had during an interview. i offer paid time off (PTO). they can use it for whatever they want. for this particular position however, it was a salaried position with a draw against collected production. also, i am not a business of 50 or more and typically employees must have worked 12 months to be eligible. so in my situation, i need to know if and when this employee would be taking an extended leave as we usually have patients booked out a few weeks in advance. if they want to continue to draw a salary, they will need to earn it back anyway.
Thanks for the info. Appreciate the clarification
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Overlaps. Some have been out only a few weeks, others 3 months. One woman almost a year on LTD.
Sounds more like FMLA, not maternity/paternity leave. It should be unpaid, as well as private
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Im taking 8 weeks paternity leave when my younging comes in January. Looking forward to it.
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My last employer had 6 weeks of 100% paid paternity leave. They later reduced it to 60% pay. Last I heard, they eliminated it when "Aligning benefits" with the company they merged with (aka, stripped all the great benefits they had).
Between their paternity leave policy and generous tuition reimbursement (12k a year to pay for my MU MBA), it kept me at the company for 9 years. If not for those benefits, I would have left in the 3-4 year range. The institutional knowledge, experience, and efficiencies maintained through that 9 years, plus the fact they didn't need to hire an train a replacement or replacements, saved the company far more than it cost. It was a win-win.
Unfortunately, short sighted bean counters fail to see that sort of thing. With the reduced benefits they'll miss out on hiring or retaining some great people.
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My last employer had 6 weeks of 100% paid paternity leave. They later reduced it to 60% pay. Last I heard, they eliminated it when "Aligning benefits" with the company they merged with (aka, stripped all the great benefits they had).
Between their paternity leave policy and generous tuition reimbursement (12k a year to pay for my MU MBA), it kept me at the company for 9 years. If not for those benefits, I would have left in the 3-4 year range. The institutional knowledge, experience, and efficiencies maintained through that 9 years, plus the fact they didn't need to hire an train a replacement or replacements, saved the company far more than it cost. It was a win-win.
Unfortunately, short sighted bean counters fail to see that sort of thing. With the reduced benefits they'll miss out on hiring or retaining some great people.
if the company is still in business, they must know what they are doing. if they scaled back their benefits programs, they ceased being cost effective. i've met a lot of people who have never written a paycheck, much less run a business, claim they know better. give it a try sometime. if there are other companies offering similar benefits that your company eliminated, go get it and good luck on ya. short sighted "bean counters" are usually unemployed "bean counters".
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if the company is still in business, they must know what they are doing. if they scaled back their benefits programs, they ceased being cost effective. i've met a lot of people who have never written a paycheck, much less run a business, claim they know better. give it a try sometime. if there are other companies offering similar benefits that your company eliminated, go get it and good luck on ya. short sighted "bean counters" are usually unemployed "bean counters".
In general, I'd agree with this. I worked in the M&A field for a while and talked with lots of bosses about compensation and benefits. From my experience, there wasn't necessarily a better or worse way to approach this from a corporate perspective, but I will say that management tends to be much more in tune to the value of benefits than most employees would think.
At a personal level, it sucks that there are numbers attached to things like health care and parental leave, but it's a very real and necessary thing for companies to consider. Contrary to general opinion, me experience was that most employers truly wanted to offer as much as possible to employees. I heard many C-suiters talk about wanting to offer the best benefits they could in their area and/or field but struggling to do so given the rising costs.
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The irony of this debate is that people are saying a paternity policy would lead to discrimination against men of child bearing age....they are correct and we know this because that's what is happening to women of child bearing age! And guess what, if companies start discriminating against child bearing age people of both genders they are going to rapidly run out of work force plus all the remaining work force wont be out on leave but likely have kids they have to take time for.
Companies can absorb all of this if they are forward thinking and employee centric. But either a lot more reform is necessary to level the playing field for women and to change the cultural expectation to one where men are equal care givers to women
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if the company is still in business, they must know what they are doing. if they scaled back their benefits programs, they ceased being cost effective. i've met a lot of people who have never written a paycheck, much less run a business, claim they know better. give it a try sometime. if there are other companies offering similar benefits that your company eliminated, go get it and good luck on ya. short sighted "bean counters" are usually unemployed "bean counters".
Maybe. Or they were told they had to raise profits to meet stock holders unreasonable demands. Short sighted dividends traded for quality workers isn't something that is noticed immediately, but is certainly noticed in the years ahead.
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The irony of this debate is that people are saying a paternity policy would lead to discrimination against men of child bearing age....they are correct and we know this because that's what is happening to women of child bearing age! And guess what, if companies start discriminating against child bearing age people of both genders they are going to rapidly run out of work force plus all the remaining work force wont be out on leave but likely have kids they have to take time for.
Companies can absorb all of this if they are forward thinking and employee centric. But either a lot more reform is necessary to level the playing field for women and to change the cultural expectation to one where men are equal care givers to women
When you compete internationally and those other nations have fewer benefits, higher productivity, etc, and consumers ultimately want cheap and fast, it makes it very difficult.
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The most productive county in the world by GDP per hours worked, is Norway. Norway mandates all sorts of leave policies such as four weeks vacation and 43 weeks of maternity/paternity leave. If you look at the list of most productive countries in the world, they are almost entirely counties with similar mandated benfits. (Notable exception: The United States)
It's another canard that leave benefits hurts productivity. By all evidence it actually helps.
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The most productive county in the world by GDP per hours worked, is Norway. Norway mandates all sorts of leave policies such as four weeks vacation and 43 weeks of maternity/paternity leave. If you look at the list of most productive countries in the world, they are almost entirely counties with similar mandated benfits. (Notable exception: The United States)
It's another canard that leave benefits hurts productivity. By all evidence it actually helps.
Microsoft went to a 4-day work week in Japan. Saw productivity climb, and costs decrease. Massive profit.
The idea we can't support leave is absurd. We push working more to keep people busy.
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The most productive county in the world by GDP per hours worked, is Norway. Norway mandates all sorts of leave policies such as four weeks vacation and 43 weeks of maternity/paternity leave. If you look at the list of most productive countries in the world, they are almost entirely counties with similar mandated benfits. (Notable exception: The United States)
It's another canard that leave benefits hurts productivity. By all evidence it actually helps.
if it's a "canard" then open up a business and show your people the love and let me know how it works out for ya
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The most productive county in the world by GDP per hours worked, is Norway. Norway mandates all sorts of leave policies such as four weeks vacation and 43 weeks of maternity/paternity leave. If you look at the list of most productive countries in the world, they are almost entirely counties with similar mandated benfits. (Notable exception: The United States)
It's another canard that leave benefits hurts productivity. By all evidence it actually helps.
Another thing I don't get is why people always compare the US and Norway. Norway has fewer people than the Chicago metro area and has tremendous oil wealth. They produce about 600K more barrels of oil per day than the US gets from the Gulf of Mexico. I wonder if their low population and oil wealth could possibly lead to high per capita GDP? Maybe the answer is more oil? Or maybe attributing a complex issue to a single variable is stoopid.
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if it's a "canard" then open up a business and show your people the love and let me know how it works out for ya
I’m not going to do that. But if I did I certainly wouldn’t care if a female employee wanted to shave her head.
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gotta be the lutefisk and the hot woman
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I’m not going to do that. But if I did I certainly wouldn’t care if a female employee wanted to shave her head.
that's it? :) when you own your own company, have your way
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i've met a lot of people who have never written a paycheck, much less run a business, claim they know better. give it a try sometime.
As soon as daddy hands me a fully developed practice I'll try that.
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As soon as daddy hands me a fully developed practice I'll try that.
that's right wise ass and then continue to run it successfully for another 17 years ain't by accident. 60 year old family legacy operating at 3-4 x revenues over this time span no matta ey? let me know when your business starts to approach this. i'm not trying to toot any horns here smith, but your bullschmit response forced my hand
not sure what your point is though so we'll put that down as a swing and a miss
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that's right wise ass and then continue to run it successfully for another 17 years ain't by accident. 60 year old family legacy operating at 3-4 x revenues over this time span no matta ey? let me know when your business starts to approach this. i'm not trying to toot any horns here smith, but your bullschmit response forced my hand
not sure what your point is though so we'll put that down as a swing and a miss
Born on second and thinks he hit a double.... Maybe you can run for President one day.
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that's right wise ass and then continue to run it successfully for another 17 years ain't by accident. 60 year old family legacy operating at 3-4 x revenues over this time span no matta ey? let me know when your business starts to approach this. i'm not trying to toot any horns here smith, but your bullschmit response forced my hand
not sure what your point is though so we'll put that down as a swing and a miss
So daddy put you through school and then handled you a fully developed practice...well done. Another right-winger that pulled themselves up by their own bootstraps.
My "business" generates over $10M in new sales a year, not to mention recurring revenues. And I paid my own way through MU.
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Nm
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Ok. Things I dont get are d!@$ measuring contests on message boards.
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So daddy put you through school and then handled you a fully developed practice...well done. Another right-winger that pulled themselves up by their own bootstraps.
My "business" generates over $10M in new sales a year, not to mention recurring revenues. And I paid my own way through MU.
wtf?? paid my own school and for the practice dip schmit! paid for 2 kids thru private grade school, middle school, h.s and marquette i don't know what your problems are smith but get help with some of your biness
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Ok. Things I dont get are d!@$ measuring contests on message boards.
people assuming they know wtf they are talking about
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Born on second and thinks he hit a double.... Maybe you can run for President one day.
another life lesson from sultan...is this what you tell your students at st norberts?
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The most productive county in the world by GDP per hours worked, is Norway. Norway mandates all sorts of leave policies such as four weeks vacation and 43 weeks of maternity/paternity leave. If you look at the list of most productive countries in the world, they are almost entirely counties with similar mandated benfits. (Notable exception: The United States)
It's another canard that leave benefits hurts productivity. By all evidence it actually helps.
Norway with a tiny population smaller than Los Angeles, doesn’t have to be the world cop and defend anyone, etc, etc...talk about canard.
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if it's a "canard" then open up a business and show your people the love and let me know how it works out for ya
Exactly
At least you weren’t called racist this time by these guys...an improvement that will last a week these guys.
As to the 4 day work week, a bunch of companies here in the US do it...still 40 hours or more, just squeezed in to less days.
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Born on second and thinks he hit a double.... Maybe you can run for President one day.
Politics
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Another thing I don't get is why people always compare the US and Norway. Norway has fewer people than the Chicago metro area and has tremendous oil wealth. They produce about 600K more barrels of oil per day than the US gets from the Gulf of Mexico. I wonder if their low population and oil wealth could possibly lead to high per capita GDP? Maybe the answer is more oil? Or maybe attributing a complex issue to a single variable is stoopid.
Yup, it is so intellectually dishonest. Similar to the broadband comparisons a nation like Korea or Japan have and then crying we don’t despite being many X larger in territory. The comparisons they make are absurd...absolutely absurd....their populations are more homogenous, they don’t have anywhere close to the world shouldering we do in defense, monetary influence, peacemaker, etc. I rather enjoy it, however, because it exposes the simplicity of their argument for all to see.
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Yup, it is so intellectually dishonest. Similar to the broadband comparisons a nation like Korea or Japan have and then crying we don’t despite being many X larger in territory. The comparisons they make are absurd...absolutely absurd....their populations are more homogenous, they don’t have anywhere close to the world shouldering we do in defense, monetary influence, peacemaker, etc. I rather enjoy it, however, because it exposes the simplicity of their argument for all to see.
Having brought up broadband, do you think the ISPs in the US will be giving back the money they were given to upgrade fiber infrastructure?
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Having brought up broadband, do you think the ISPs in the US will be giving back the money they were given to upgrade fiber infrastructure?
You mean for things like building out dedicated networks for our law enforcement and first responders?
Or the 14 million homes AT&T just finished building, more than what the govt required as they exceeded it. Etc.
Need more direction on what you are asking to answer.
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Damn it! I liked this thread. Surprised it lasted as long as it did. I’ll miss it. Thanks, guys.
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Damn it! I liked this thread. Surprised it lasted as long as it did. I’ll miss it. Thanks, guys.
My thoughts exactly. Another example of why we can't have nice things.
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Norway with a tiny population smaller than Los Angeles, doesn’t have to be the world cop and defend anyone, etc, etc...talk about canard.
Apples and space ships (ie being the world cop has nothing to do with whether or not private and/or public companies provide comparable leave for new parents).
There are lots of studies out there showing that mandated family leave actually improves productivity not decreases it. Further if you are a smart company you can actually improve you outcomes leveraging that concept (someone out on maternity/paternity gives someone else an opportunity to try something new/expand their skill set, etc).
I will never understand the mentality of folks that think if a business model/culture was created 50 years ago it must be the best approach.
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I honestly don't give a crap about your dental practice or who paid for it. Let's get back to talking about the issues.
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if the company is still in business, they must know what they are doing. if they scaled back their benefits programs, they ceased being cost effective. i've met a lot of people who have never written a paycheck, much less run a business, claim they know better. give it a try sometime. if there are other companies offering similar benefits that your company eliminated, go get it and good luck on ya. short sighted "bean counters" are usually unemployed "bean counters".
It is a global fortune 500 company that merged with another global fortune 500 company and decided to "align" benefits, which just meant taking the lower benefit of the two companies in every category. So yes, it is still in business. However, I hardly consider that a marker of success. The stock has consistently under performed the market and they have been struggling to meet investor expectations for some time now.
With all due respect, despite your experience running a small ma and pa office, I'm guessing I probably know more about corporate financial strategy of a global conglomerate than you do. I can tell you, without a doubt, that many of the recent decisions regarding cost cutting and human capital at this company are made with short term stock implications, rather than long term success.
In addition, this company has a huge problem in turnover rate of employee's with less than 5 and 10 years experience. Last time I saw the data, their rate has climbed to over 30% higher than companies in similar industries and significantly higher than similar size corporations in the region. In other words, they have a large number of legacy employees that have great benefits or a lot invested in their job while the rest is largely a revolving door. This is not a coincidence.
While the overall situation encompasses a lot more than paternity leave... the general culture shifted over the last decade from being a company known for their excellent benefits to one that is working to match the lowest common denominator. It's not surprising they struggle with retaining younger savy employees in this tight labor market.
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In general, I'd agree with this. I worked in the M&A field for a while and talked with lots of bosses about compensation and benefits. From my experience, there wasn't necessarily a better or worse way to approach this from a corporate perspective, but I will say that management tends to be much more in tune to the value of benefits than most employees would think.
At a personal level, it sucks that there are numbers attached to things like health care and parental leave, but it's a very real and necessary thing for companies to consider. Contrary to general opinion, me experience was that most employers truly wanted to offer as much as possible to employees. I heard many C-suiters talk about wanting to offer the best benefits they could in their area and/or field but struggling to do so given the rising costs.
Regarding the bolded above, in my experience they tend to have an excellent idea of the costs but struggle with the total value proposition. At best, they tend to look at costs to replace and train a new worker, assign some value to potential institutional knowledge and/or loss of productivity depending on what kind of role it is, and things of that nature. Mostly, it is guess work that tries to assign a dollar figure and the results vary greatly.
Anyway, I know pretty accurately the cost/benefits of my own situation, and at least in my case it was a good deal for both my employer and myself.
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In addition, this company has a huge problem in turnover rate of employee's with less than 10 years experience. In the last decade, their rate has climbed to over 30% higher than companies in similar industries and significantly higher than similar size corporations in the region. In other words, they have a large number of legacy employees that have great benefits or a lot invested in their job while the rest is largely a revolving door. This is not a coincidence.
While the overall situation encompasses a lot more than paternity leave... the general culture shifted over the last decade from being a company known for their excellent benefits to one that is working to match the lowest common denominator. It's not surprising they struggle with retaining younger savy employees in this tight labor market.
Lot of big companies struggling with this. I worked at a Fortune 100 CPG. One of the myriad reasons I left was they were "streamlining" corporate structure. Basically they wanted less buckets of workers. So someone at post-MBA management levels like I was would only be 4 "levels" away from the CEO. Woo, flat corporate structure is great right?! Until you realize 2 big things. While there were multiple roles within each bucket, until you graduated to a higher bucket, your comp/bonus was fenced in (as opposed to it graduating higher with each role increase/promotion). And even more concerning, they restricted management with direct reports to higher buckets. Again, supposedly more stream lined and efficient, but in reality, as a 30 year old MBA hire, you were 3 promotions and who knows how many years from gaining true management experience. Good luck applying for jobs at similar companies with no such experience against candidates who had been gaining that. I haven't looked at the stats, but I imagine the number of people at or around my level leaving in less than 4-5 years had to have jumped.
And to your later point, I'm shocked how many older employers/management haven't come to the realization about the tightness of the labor market and the evolution of professional life cycles and paths. Less than 5 years ago I spoke at a networking event with a gentleman in his 50s who said he flat out would not hire someone who had more than 2 jobs post college if they were early 30s or younger. "Young professionals need to learn that loyalty is important, and even more so, will be rewarded." I couldn't decide if it was more naive or selfish.
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Lot of big companies struggling with this. I worked at a Fortune 100 CPG. One of the myriad reasons I left was they were "streamlining" corporate structure. Basically they wanted less buckets of workers. So someone at post-MBA management levels like I was would only be 4 "levels" away from the CEO. Woo, flat corporate structure is great right?! Until you realize 2 big things. While there were multiple roles within each bucket, until you graduated to a higher bucket, your comp/bonus was fenced in (as opposed to it graduating higher with each role increase/promotion). And even more concerning, they restricted management with direct reports to higher buckets. Again, supposedly more stream lined and efficient, but in reality, as a 30 year old MBA hire, you were 3 promotions and who knows how many years from gaining true management experience. Good luck applying for jobs at similar companies with no such experience against candidates who had been gaining that. I haven't looked at the stats, but I imagine the number of people at or around my level leaving in less than 4-5 years had to have jumped.
And to your later point, I'm shocked how many older employers/management haven't come to the realization about the tightness of the labor market and the evolution of professional life cycles and paths. Less than 5 years ago I spoke at a networking event with a gentleman in his 50s who said he flat out would not hire someone who had more than 2 jobs post college if they were early 30s or younger. "Young professionals need to learn that loyalty is important, and even more so, will be rewarded." I couldn't decide if it was more naive or selfish.
Could be naive, selfish, or realistic. All are perfectly good answers depending on the situation. If he/she doesn’t want to hire someone that jumps ship every 2 years, that is their prerogative.
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It is a global fortune 500 company that merged with another global fortune 500 company and decided to "align" benefits, which just meant taking the lower benefit of the two companies in every category. So yes, it is still in business. However, I hardly consider that a marker of success. The stock has consistently under performed the market and they have been struggling to meet investor expectations for some time now.
With all due respect, despite your experience running a small ma and pa office, I'm guessing I probably know more about corporate financial strategy of a global conglomerate than you do. I can tell you, without a doubt, that many of the recent decisions regarding cost cutting and human capital at this company are made with short term stock implications, rather than long term success.
In addition, this company has a huge problem in turnover rate of employee's with less than 5 and 10 years experience. Last time I saw the data, their rate has climbed to over 30% higher than companies in similar industries and significantly higher than similar size corporations in the region. In other words, they have a large number of legacy employees that have great benefits or a lot invested in their job while the rest is largely a revolving door. This is not a coincidence.
While the overall situation encompasses a lot more than paternity leave... the general culture shifted over the last decade from being a company known for their excellent benefits to one that is working to match the lowest common denominator. It's not surprising they struggle with retaining younger savy employees in this tight labor market.
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Very well stated and thank you for clarifying
There is no ma, in my pa business ;)
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Very well stated and thank you for clarifying
There is no ma, in my pa business ;)
I got a little chippy after you implied I didn't know what I was talking about. ;D
But I really did mean with all due respect!
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Lot of big companies struggling with this. I worked at a Fortune 100 CPG. One of the myriad reasons I left was they were "streamlining" corporate structure. Basically they wanted less buckets of workers. So someone at post-MBA management levels like I was would only be 4 "levels" away from the CEO. Woo, flat corporate structure is great right?! Until you realize 2 big things. While there were multiple roles within each bucket, until you graduated to a higher bucket, your comp/bonus was fenced in (as opposed to it graduating higher with each role increase/promotion). And even more concerning, they restricted management with direct reports to higher buckets. Again, supposedly more stream lined and efficient, but in reality, as a 30 year old MBA hire, you were 3 promotions and who knows how many years from gaining true management experience. Good luck applying for jobs at similar companies with no such experience against candidates who had been gaining that. I haven't looked at the stats, but I imagine the number of people at or around my level leaving in less than 4-5 years had to have jumped.
And to your later point, I'm shocked how many older employers/management haven't come to the realization about the tightness of the labor market and the evolution of professional life cycles and paths. Less than 5 years ago I spoke at a networking event with a gentleman in his 50s who said he flat out would not hire someone who had more than 2 jobs post college if they were early 30s or younger. "Young professionals need to learn that loyalty is important, and even more so, will be rewarded." I couldn't decide if it was more naive or selfish.
Before I write a huge response to your first paragraph, I'm going to stop myself and sum it up as so: I am 100% on the same page as you.
As for the hiring manager, I've got to imagine it is naivety. The key part is that he added "will be rewarded." If it was just a matter of him looking for the best and most loyal and he has the compensation package and culture to attract and retain those people, then by all means let him be as confident in that strategy as he wants. However, if he really thinks loyalty is rewarded, he must be living in a bubble at a small company or a privately held one that bucks the larger trends.
I sure hope he's never had to layoff any of his employees though. That'd be worse than being naive, it would make him a hypocrite. People just don't feel secure in their employment anymore, so many don't feel their employers are owed the same back.
The only exceptions I found to this are employee, family, or privately owned companies that purposely integrate this loyalty into the culture. Unfortunately, in my experience anyway, that is a rare situation.
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I got a little chippy after you implied I didn't know what I was talking about. ;D
But I really did mean with all due respect!
no disrespect taken. my ma/pa response was meant to be a light-hearted show of humility with respect to the many others here who's life experiences far outweigh those of mine. your dialogue was very informing and i do respect and very much appreciate not only your response, but a unique civility that some here are lacking.
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People that chant overrated at a player. Especially when said player just scored 24 points in 10 minutes.
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Soccer
Country music
Fancy coffee drinks/Frappuccinos
White Claw
Staying in an Airbnb — when on vacation, I want someone else to clean and cook.
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Soccer
Country music
Fancy coffee drinks/Frappuccinos
White Claw
Staying in an Airbnb — when on vacation, I want someone else to clean and cook.
Won’t touch Soccer, but couldn’t disagree more on WhiteClaw. And that’s coming from someone who didn’t get it for awhile.
I don’t drink a ton of beer cause it gives me stomach issues if I have a bunch, been that way since college. Really like cider, but that’s a ton of sugar. WhiteClaw is a great alternative to cocktails or other liquor and is very sessionable and refreshing. I don’t really care for sparkling water either, so I can imagine the appeal for people who are big Perrier or La Croix fans
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Won’t touch Soccer, but couldn’t disagree more on WhiteClaw. And that’s coming from someone who didn’t get it for awhile.
I don’t drink a ton of beer cause it gives me stomach issues if I have a bunch, been that way since college. Really like cider, but that’s a ton of sugar. WhiteClaw is a great alternative to cocktails or other liquor and is very sessionable and refreshing. I don’t really care for sparkling water either, so I can imagine the appeal for people who are big Perrier or La Croix fans
You're drinking the wrong cider then. We have 3 ciders in our core offerings under 8g of sugar per serving. Brut has 0g, Rose 2g and our flagship Apple has 8g.
https://www.virtuecider.com/products-index
(https://www.virtuecider.com/products-index)
That Angry Orchard and other overly sweet sheet isn't cider.
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Soccer
Country music
Fancy coffee drinks/Frappuccinos
White Claw
Staying in an Airbnb — when on vacation, I want someone else to clean and cook.
I rent out an Airbnb in MKE. Most guests eat out and don't use anything but the plates and silverware. I've also never had one actively clean up after themselves regardless of how long they stay.
I think you'd be surprised at the accommodations you can get versus the price you'd pay for a similar hotel room
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I rent out an Airbnb in MKE. Most guests eat out and don't use anything but the plates and silverware. I've also never had one actively clean up after themselves regardless of how long they stay.
I think you'd be surprised at the accommodations you can get versus the price you'd pay for a similar hotel room
For a family trip, Airbnb blows a hotel out of the water. I usually can find a 2+ bedroom in a great location for the same price as a regular room in a good hotel, often with similar amenities. Rented a 2-bed, 2-bath condo on the beach in San Diego this year for less than a standard room at a beachfront hotel. Having separate bedrooms from the kids plus a common area is invaluable.
And I always clean up after myself.
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You're drinking the wrong cider then. We have 3 ciders in our core offerings under 8g of sugar per serving. Brut has 0g, Rose 2g and our flagship Apple has 8g.
https://www.virtuecider.com/products-index
(https://www.virtuecider.com/products-index)
That Angry Orchard and other overly sweet sheet isn't cider.
I understand you’re promoting your brand, but don’t act like the options are Angry Orchard/Woodchuck and then your offerings. Outside of the Brut which sugar free makes me go :o, 8g is right in range with a lot of great ciders like Crispin Browns Lane, Seattle, or Strongbow Original Dry which is my favorite. Having 3-4 of those in a night is like having a bag of candy. Definitely something I’ll still do, but just not all the time
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...couldn’t disagree more on WhiteClaw. And that’s coming from someone who didn’t get it for awhile.
I really wanted to “get” WhiteClaw. I generally limit carbs, and was intrigued by this as a low carb alternative to beer. I’ve tried two flavors and didn’t like them at all. And, I really like LaCroix, Perrier, Bubbly, etc.
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I really wanted to “get” WhiteClaw. I generally limit carbs, and was intrigued by this as a low carb alternative to beer. I’ve tried two flavors and didn’t like them at all. And, I really like LaCroix, Perrier, Bubbly, etc.
Same
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I really wanted to “get” WhiteClaw. I generally limit carbs, and was intrigued by this as a low carb alternative to beer. I’ve tried two flavors and didn’t like them at all. And, I really like LaCroix, Perrier, Bubbly, etc.
I have tried WhiteClaw a couple of times, and I don't even really taste the alcohol. And I don't get buzzed. Maybe that's because I have never had more than one at a single sitting.
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I have tried WhiteClaw a couple of times, and I don't even really taste the alcohol. And I don't get buzzed. Maybe that's because I have never had more than one at a single sitting.
One? Not much of an effort. I expect more from you, chick!
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I really wanted to “get” WhiteClaw. I generally limit carbs, and was intrigued by this as a low carb alternative to beer. I’ve tried two flavors and didn’t like them at all. And, I really like LaCroix, Perrier, Bubbly, etc.
People who pay a premium to drink low-carb alcoholic beverages.
The carbs come from the alcohol, i.e. if you’re drinking low-carb whatever, that simply means it has less alcohol. Save yourself a few bucks and just ask the bartender to water down your drink next time.
Whiteclaw is essentially club soda with a splash of vodka and a drop of flavor extract. Yet people are paying 8, 9, 10 dollars for this stuff?!? Yeesh.
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Those hard seltzer’s serve their purpose. Perfect during that summer at the pool where you can down a handful and not feel bloated. Not something i drink if I’m just going to have one. Trulys aren’t bad.
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One? Not much of an effort. I expect more from you, chick!
What can I say, Lenny? I didn't like it enough to order another one.
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People who pay a premium to drink low-carb alcoholic beverages.
The carbs come from the alcohol, i.e. if you’re drinking low-carb whatever, that simply means it has less alcohol. Save yourself a few bucks and just ask the bartender to water down your drink next time.
Whiteclaw is essentially club soda with a splash of vodka and a drop of flavor extract. Yet people are paying 8, 9, 10 dollars for this stuff?!? Yeesh.
Well, they are 5% alcohol, so about equivalent to a non-craft beer but with far fewer carbs.
But I recommend:
--Pierce a serrano pepper several times
--Steep it in vodka, preferably cool cucumber vodka, for at least 48 hours for a good infusion
--Mix with club soda and a twist of lime.
Much better than a fruity hard seltzer.
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I understand you’re promoting your brand, but don’t act like the options are Angry Orchard/Woodchuck and then your offerings. Outside of the Brut which sugar free makes me go :o, 8g is right in range with a lot of great ciders like Crispin Browns Lane, Seattle, or Strongbow Original Dry which is my favorite. Having 3-4 of those in a night is like having a bag of candy. Definitely something I’ll still do, but just not all the time
That's because Brut & Rose are the only dry ciders we have in core. Apple is a semi-dry cider at 8g where Strongbow Dry is 10g. Most people don't know what cider categories are.
Seattle, Austin, Stem, Two Towns, et all have better cider. It's just the vast majority of people only know A.O., Crispin, Strongbow, Woodchuck and other sugar bombs.
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That's because Brut & Rose are the only dry ciders we have in core. Apple is a semi-dry cider at 8g where Strongbow Dry is 10g. Most people don't know what cider categories are.
Seattle, Austin, Stem, Two Towns, et all have better cider. It's just the vast majority of people only know A.O., Crispin, Strongbow, Woodchuck and other sugar bombs.
Seattle Cider is really good.
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I keep a stash of the Claw for female visitors, which of course are many.
This past weekend they enjoyed Vodka Claws - white claw with a shot(s) of vodka added in, served with Sour Patch Kids twists to be used as a straw.
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The carbs come from the alcohol, i.e. if you’re drinking low-carb whatever, that simply means it has less alcohol. Save yourself a few bucks and just ask the bartender to water down your drink next time.
This is completely, 100% wrong. Pure alcohol has no carbs. Zero. That's why people who are avoiding carbs tend to drink hard liquor--either straight or with low-carb/no-carb mixers. Some spirits have sugar and get carbs from that...but it's the sugar that brings the carbs, not the alcohol.
The carbs in beer and wine come from sugars and/or grains--not the alcohol. So it is true that to get low carb versions of these, they are (or at least taste) watered down. That's why White Claw is so popular with people who are avoiding/limiting carbs. It's billed as a cold, refreshing alcoholic drink that is low carb...an alternative to watered-down beer. Unfortunately, I don't like it. I'll stick with carb-free whisky. Or, I'll put a shot of vodka into a LaCroix and see how that tastes.
Whiteclaw is essentially club soda with a splash of vodka and a drop of flavor extract. Yet people are paying 8, 9, 10 dollars for this stuff?!? Yeesh.
White Claw is $15 for a 12-pack here. Slightly more expensive than cheap domestic beers, but hardly out of line with other beverages.
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I keep a stash of the Claw for female visitors, which of course are many.
This past weekend they enjoyed Vodka Claws - white claw with a shot(s) of vodka added in, served with Sour Patch Kids twists to be used as a straw.
So your mom and sister like White Claw?
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So your mom and sister like White Claw?
Ain't no incest laws when you're drinking Claws
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This is completely, 100% wrong. Pure alcohol has no carbs. Zero. That's why people who are avoiding carbs tend to drink hard liquor--either straight or with low-carb/no-carb mixers. Some spirits have sugar and get carbs from that...but it's the sugar that brings the carbs, not the alcohol.
The carbs in beer and wine come from sugars and/or grains--not the alcohol. So it is true that to get low carb versions of these, they are (or at least taste) watered down. That's why White Claw is so popular with people who are avoiding/limiting carbs. It's billed as a cold, refreshing alcoholic drink that is low carb...an alternative to watered-down beer. Unfortunately, I don't like it. I'll stick with carb-free whisky. Or, I'll put a shot of vodka into a LaCroix and see how that tastes.
White Claw is $15 for a 12-pack here. Slightly more expensive than cheap domestic beers, but hardly out of line with other beverages.
My bad... you're right: pure alcohol has zero carbs. But it's a moot distinction for those folks who are legitimately on a low-carb diet, because alcohol is just as bad for your body - perhaps worse - than carbs.
Aside from fat, alcohol is the most calorie-dense energy source. And since most people haven't a clue about how keto or low-carb diets work, allow me to enlighten: According to one of the foremost experts on low-carb diets, Gary Taubes, one of the primary benefits to a low-carb/high-fat diet is restoring your body's natural preference to burn fat as an energy source.
Unfortunately, all these lies and myths that have been ingrained into society over the past 50 years about low-fat diets being healthy, saturated fats and cholesterol being bad, etc. all led to the over-sugaring of our food supply, and that has shifted our bodies' preference to carbs as a fuel source. Even so, alcohol is metabolized for fuel even before both fats and sugars, so in that respect, it's worse than a carb.
Additionally, some of the detrimental effects alcohol has on the body's growth functions is actually mitigated by fructose. In other words, metabolic function aside, for some people, alcohol + low carb may actually be worse for the body than alcohol + high-carb.
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When in Bend, our party did the innertube float down the Deschutes River two different days. Plenty of alcohol consumed (and a few chewables, too). The ladies in the party were really digging the Claws. I had a couple sips and happily returned to my craft beer.
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My bad... you're right: pure alcohol has zero carbs. But it's a moot distinction for those folks who are legitimately on a low-carb diet, because alcohol is just as bad for your body - perhaps worse - than carbs.
Aside from fat, alcohol is the most calorie-dense energy source. And since most people haven't a clue about how keto or low-carb diets work, allow me to enlighten: According to one of the foremost experts on low-carb diets, Gary Taubes, one of the primary benefits to a low-carb/high-fat diet is restoring your body's natural preference to burn fat as an energy source.
Unfortunately, all these lies and myths that have been ingrained into society over the past 50 years about low-fat diets being healthy, saturated fats and cholesterol being bad, etc. all led to the over-sugaring of our food supply, and that has shifted our bodies' preference to carbs as a fuel source. Even so, alcohol is metabolized for fuel even before both fats and sugars, so in that respect, it's worse than a carb.
Additionally, some of the detrimental effects alcohol has on the body's growth functions is actually mitigated by fructose. In other words, metabolic function aside, for some people, alcohol + low carb may actually be worse for the body than alcohol + high-carb.
Thanks for all that...I guess. I'm not sure anyone was arguing that alcohol is healthy. But, if you're trying to avoid carbs (i.e., keto) -- and there's plenty of debate regarding whether that's a good idea or not -- it's understandable if you want to avoid carbs in your beverages too. Otherwise, what's the point? In my personal opinion, that's a significant reason for the popularity of White Claw. There are a lot of people limiting carbs these days, and it's an option for them. But overall, as you mentioned, alcohol is extremely calorie dense. If someone is trying to address their weight, it's pretty hard to do if you're consuming a lot of alcohol...doesn't really matter if it's high carb or low carb.
I'm aware that I'll probably be risking my 'Scoop card by admitting this, but I don't drink much at all any more. On the rare occasions that I do, I usually try to keep it low carb. So, I don't drink much beer any more...but I really didn't drink very much beer before, either.
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But overall, as you mentioned, alcohol is extremely calorie dense. If someone is trying to address their weight, it's pretty hard to do if you're consuming a lot of alcohol...doesn't really matter if it's high carb or low carb.
Not just weight, but whatever one’s goal is with low/no-carb, the alcohol itself makes the carb content irrelevant.
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Ain't no incest laws when you're drinking Claws
and at closing time, A na?
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Why do people insist on walking in the street when the sidewalk is 10 feet away? And I’m not even talking about when it’s snowing and the sidewalks haven’t been shoveled. Either these people have a death wish or David Gurnee on speed dial.
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Things I don’t get. People that park directly next to another car when there are 15 open spaces around the spot.
There are two types of car parkers:
1) Those who space a spot or two from the nearest parked car in the parking lot.
2) Those that must park directly next to the nearest parked car. These often are also people that must park closest to the door. They can be seen circling and circling for 30 minutes at a time to get that spot as opposed to parking a few more feet away. They are commonly referred to as Hawks. Perhaps they enjoy solving puzzles or wearing argyle socks too.
(if you are disabled or elderly you may drop off in front of building zero problem with that and strongly encouraged. Thee above are not these people)
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Why do people insist on walking in the street when the sidewalk is 10 feet away? And I’m not even talking about when it’s snowing and the sidewalks haven’t been shoveled. Either these people have a death wish or David Gurnee on speed dial.
In my old neighborhood jackwagons jogged in the street at 5 a.m., win the winter, in dark clothes, on the same side as traffic, when the freaking sidewalk was RIGHT THERE.
Why? Asphalt cannot possibly be that much more forgiving on the knees than sidewalk. Why not a single reflective headband? Are they trying to make themselves easier to drill?
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In my old neighborhood jackwagons jogged in the street at 5 a.m., win the winter, in dark clothes, on the same side as traffic, when the freaking sidewalk was RIGHT THERE.
Why? Asphalt cannot possibly be that much more forgiving on the knees than sidewalk. Why not a single reflective headband? Are they trying to make themselves easier to drill?
Dark clothes is horrible but other than that usually streets are plowed or at least salted to the point where there's not ice unlike sidewalks
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Things I don’t get. People that park directly next to another car when there are 15 open spaces around the spot.
There are two types of car parkers:
1) Those who space a spot or two from the nearest parked car in the parking lot.
2) Those that must park directly next to the nearest parked car. These often are also people that must park closest to the door. They can be seen circling and circling for 30 minutes at a time to get that spot as opposed to parking a few more feet away. They are commonly referred to as Hawks. Perhaps they enjoy solving puzzles or wearing argyle socks too.
(if you are disabled or elderly you may drop off in front of building zero problem with that and strongly encouraged. Thee above are not these people)
3) People who insist on backing into the spot every time
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When in Bend, our party did the innertube float down the Deschutes River two different days. Plenty of alcohol consumed (and a few chewables, too). The ladies in the party were really digging the Claws. I had a couple sips and happily returned to my craft beer.
my wife was recently diagnosed with a wheat allergy so other than stouts beer is no more. So, she's made a move to White Claw and cider when we're out. She can have them, all IPA's for me!
I'm pretty sure White Claw is just leftover Zima from during the time when I was in college but to each their own.
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Dark clothes is horrible but other than that usually streets are plowed or at least salted to the point where there's not ice unlike sidewalks
I almost ran a guy over this morning on the way to work. It was still completely dark and there were no street lights. He was dressed completely in black, on the right side of the road.
What an idiot.
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I almost ran a guy over this morning on the way to work. It was still completely dark and there were no street lights. He was dressed completely in black, on the right side of the road.
What an idiot.
same here-last week-dark clothes-walking right into me-crest of a hill-there he is-inches-scared the digested food outta me-my life(and others) could be really different today-cue in the song-Jesus take this wheel-seriously
i don't take that way home anymore
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my wife was recently diagnosed with a wheat allergy so other than stouts beer is no more. So, she's made a move to White Claw and cider when we're out. She can have them, all IPA's for me!
I'm pretty sure White Claw is just leftover Zima from during the time when I was in college but to each their own.
My wife has the same issue and there are plenty of good beers without gluten. Quite often purchase beers for her from Omission, Green's, Daura and Lakefront New Grist. (Only Lakefront beer I ever see out this way.)
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I almost ran a guy over this morning on the way to work. It was still completely dark and there were no street lights. He was dressed completely in black, on the right side of the road.
What an idiot.
When I was training for the marathon in HS first thing my mom made me do was get neon sweatshirts and a reflector and that's in a burb with a ton of street lights. No excuse for wearing dark clothes as a runner/jogger/walker
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3) People who insist on backing into the spot every time
It is much easier to back into a spot when you are driving something larger than say, a minivan.
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Dark clothes is horrible but other than that usually streets are plowed or at least salted to the point where there's not ice unlike sidewalks
I counted five occasions in three days where people were walking in the street instead of the sidewalk... in Florida. Typically it’s a place not known for salt and ice, but maybe the snowbirds were freshly landed and didn’t get the message.
Whatever the case, it took every ounce of discipline not to swerve toward them as I drove by.
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I almost ran a guy over this morning on the way to work. It was still completely dark and there were no street lights. He was dressed completely in black, on the right side of the road.
What an idiot.
Glow needs to drop the insurance payout...
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When I was training for the marathon in HS first thing my mom made me do was get neon sweatshirts and a reflector and that's in a burb with a ton of street lights. No excuse for wearing dark clothes as a runner/jogger/walker
This was just a guy walking somewhere in a big black winter coat. And there was a sidewalk on the other side of the street.
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I get the road walking thing entirely. Sidewalks are narrow and concrete is often cracked, buckled, or otherwise uneven with tripping as a very real consequence.
That said, you're an idiot if you are not illuminated more than an xmas tree with drivers out there who are fookin' with their phone, drunk, high, or all of the above.
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I do all my marathon training on the sidewalks and paths in the neighborhood. Too many crazies out there.
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Also when I walk the dog on the sidewalk, she stops every ten feet. When I walk her in the street, we actually walk.
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I don't understand whether bicyclists want to be treated as pedestrians or as vehicles or as asshats who are selfish.
They want right of way from other vehicles but blow through stop signs and/or traffic lights. On paths they expect the runners/Walker's to get out of their way.
I don't get bicyclists
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I get the road walking thing entirely. Sidewalks are narrow and concrete is often cracked, buckled, or otherwise uneven with tripping as a very real consequence.
Where do you live that the sidewalks are in worse condition than the streets? Only place I’ve ever seen that is the trailer parks, and ain’t nobody walking there who cares about a trip and fall.
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When I was training for the marathon in HS first thing my mom made me do was get neon sweatshirts and a reflector and that's in a burb with a ton of street lights. No excuse for wearing dark clothes as a runner/jogger/walker
I have a blinker clip for my 5:30am runs. Don't need May through early September.
There are no sidewalks in Connecticut in the suburbs. Only the cities. Sidewalks are a distraction from the landscape.
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I don't understand whether bicyclists want to be treated as pedestrians or as vehicles or as asshats who are selfish.
They want right of way from other vehicles but blow through stop signs and/or traffic lights. On paths they expect the runners/Walker's to get out of their way.
I don't get bicyclists
They also demand separate bike paths and then don't use them.
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Where do you live that the sidewalks are in worse condition than the streets? Only place I’ve ever seen that is the trailer parks, and ain’t nobody walking there who cares about a trip and fall.
In da hood wear Ma sez ya kan rent a swell apartment for $800/mo., hey?
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I get the road walking thing entirely. Sidewalks are narrow and concrete is often cracked, buckled, or otherwise uneven with tripping as a very real consequence.
That said, you're an idiot if you are not illuminated more than an xmas tree with drivers out there who are fookin' with their phone, drunk, high, or all of the above.
What bout pullin on da ole pud, aina?
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People who submit generic cover letters when they are applying for a job.
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I do all my marathon training on the sidewalks and paths in the neighborhood. Too many crazies out there.
Same. I still have almost been hit a few times in crosswalks with the walk sign on. Look both ways, distracted drivers blow through red lights. It's insanity.
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People who submit generic cover letters when they are applying for a job.
+1000. Or people who can't be bothered to get a name right in an email. I'm in recruiting and the lack of professionalism of some people will never cease to amaze me.
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Hey I just read one where he is applying for a job for the City of San Bernadino. (I don't work for the City of San Bernadino.)
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At cross-walks in various cities including Milwaukee, the go noise appears to sound like machine gun fire.
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People who submit generic cover letters when they are applying for a job.
Would you recommend a salutation of "Dear Sir/Madam" or "To whom it may concern"?
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Would you recommend a salutation of "Dear Sir/Madam" or "To whom it may concern"?
I'm partial to "Dear Hiring Professional"
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Would you recommend a salutation of "Dear Sir/Madam" or "To whom it may concern"?
“Dear Z”, @ina?
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Would you recommend a salutation of "Dear Sir/Madam" or "To whom it may concern"?
From my job search experience:
You try to get the person's name that the Cover Letter & Resume will go to. HR Manager or Engineering Manager (for example). You can comb LinkedIn or just call the company business phone and ask as someone will often at least share a name.
If I got nowhere, then I just go with Dear Sir or Madam:
Always use the colon not a comma. It's a business letter not a friendly letter.
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At cross-walks in various cities including Milwaukee, the go noise appears to sound like machine gun fire.
London and HK have a concussive sounding chatter with a higher pitched beep over the top. Its like they only took a piece of that and the results don't work. Funny enough, as someone who is a great fan of both those cities, their crosswalk sound is something I attach fondness to every time i hear it, like a familiar smell people enjoy and associate with happiness.
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Hey I just read one where he is applying for a job for the City of San Bernadino. (I don't work for the City of San Bernadino.)
Lettus no wen starts off, Deer Dr. Ruth, hey?
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The NET Rankings.
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London and HK have a concussive sounding chatter with a higher pitched beep over the top. Its like they only took a piece of that and the results don't work. Funny enough, as someone who is a great fan of both those cities, their crosswalk sound is something I attach fondness to every time i hear it, like a familiar smell people enjoy and associate with happiness.
Ha, never been able to put it into words but I know exactly what you're talking about.
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Always use the colon not a comma. It's a business letter not a friendly letter.
Honest question... is this even being taught anymore?
Also, more and more I'm seeing hyphens in place of a semi-colon in business emails (when they are bothering to punctuate). Are there separate rules for business emails or do the follow the written letter conventions?
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Honest question... is this even being taught anymore?
Also, more and more I'm seeing hyphens in place of a semi-colon in business emails (when they are bothering to punctuate). Are there separate rules for business emails or do the follow the written letter conventions?
Semi-colons are pretty much dead. I couldn't even tell you the last time I've used one.
Another thing thats outdated that my parents still do is put two spaces after periods.
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Semi-colons are pretty much dead; I couldn't even tell you the last time I've used one.
Another thing thats outdated that my parents still do is put two spaces after periods.
FIFY
I use semi-colons all the time.
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Hey I just read one where he is applying for a job for the City of San Bernadino. (I don't work for the City of San Bernadino.)
Well...at least it wasn’t generic.
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+1000. Or people who can't be bothered to get a name right in an email. I'm in recruiting and the lack of professionalism of some people will never cease to amaze me.
My last name was once spelled three different ways by an applicant on a cover letter (2) and the envelope (1), all three incorrect. That person did not get a callback. I've had the wrong company used too.
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People writing/typing 'pls' and/or 'thx' to others.
If you're really thankful, can't you effin write out "thank you" or "thanks"? You have to shorthand it?
ps - thx 4 reading my post guys
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My last name was once spelled three different ways by an applicant on a cover letter (2) and the envelope (1), all three incorrect. That person did not get a callback. I've had the wrong company used too.
Byllie
Sheeks
Happaloop
😝
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The NBA
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Byllie
Sheeks
Happaloop
😝
those are my various first names. ;)
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People writing/typing 'pls' and/or 'thx' to others.
If you're really thankful, can't you effin write out "thank you" or "thanks"? You have to shorthand it?
ps - thx 4 reading my post guys
If you really mean “no homo”, can’t you write it out instead of constantly abbreviating it to “nh”?
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Honest question... is this even being taught anymore?
Also, more and more I'm seeing hyphens in place of a semi-colon in business emails (when they are bothering to punctuate). Are there separate rules for business emails or do the follow the written letter conventions?
Not sure Benny.
That's why my kids are getting Emily Post's book on Etiquette (19th edition) for Christmas.
The world does require some etiquette. Was reading in Yankee Magazine how sales of the book have been increasing with people wanting to exhibit more of it in business.
My younger daughter proved the point when she opened the box from Amazon addressed to me. She thought it might have been something she ordered and questioned why she would need a book like that. My reply was "Because if you had etiquette, you wouldn't have opened a box addressed to your father."
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People who submit generic cover letters when they are applying for a job.
My man ZFB didn't have to bother with a cover letter for his latest gig. The restaurant had a 'hiring event' where you just showed up between noon and 4pm and they interviewed you right on the spot. Dude got a 20 hours a week job plus a free taco right there on the spot, no cover letter required.
If you really mean “no homo”, can’t you write it out instead of constantly abbreviating it to “nh”?
No way - it's too long nh
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My man ZFB didn't have to bother with a cover letter for his latest gig. The restaurant had a 'hiring event' where you just showed up between noon and 4pm and they interviewed you right on the spot. Dude got a 20 hours a week job plus a free taco right there on the spot, no cover letter required.
No way - it's too long nh
if the waitress has dirty ankles, the tacos are good?
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Semi-colons are pretty much dead. I couldn't even tell you the last time I've used one.
I use semicolons quite regularly; I find them very useful.
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People writing/typing 'pls' and/or 'thx' to others.
If you're really thankful, can't you effin write out "thank you" or "thanks"? You have to shorthand it?
ps - thx 4 reading my post guys
TY
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Y'all make dis language thang wey two complikated, aina?
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My man ZFB didn't have to bother with a cover letter for his latest gig. The restaurant had a 'hiring event' where you just showed up between noon and 4pm and they interviewed you right on the spot. Dude got a 20 hours a week job plus a free taco right there on the spot, no cover letter required.
No way - it's too long nh
Restaurant is a nice way of describing the peep show club. We do have a taco buffet, something to eat between shows. Thx.
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People who submit generic cover letters when they are applying for a job.
Oh FFS...
"Good day:
Please accept the enclosed materials as application for the position referenced herein."
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The entirety of the cover letter:
"Greetings, I would love to hear more about the open position. I think I would be a fantastic fit based upon the job description. Thank you for your time and interest!"
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I don’t get how the Fiserv has the worst metal detectors when it comes to boots.
This is Milwaukee in the winter. A lot people have steel/aluminum toe boots, they should have figured out a better way instead of seeing a bunch of guys taking their boots off to get in the place.
I have no use for any boot or winter shoe without a safety toe, and I’m certainly not getting boots just to walk into the Fiserv.
No problems getting into Wrigley, Miller, Lambeau, United Center, HOB, and other concert venues with steel toes.
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Hey look, a candidate who refers to himself in the third person throughout his cover letter. That's interesting!
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I don’t get how the Fiserv has the worst metal detectors when it comes to boots.
This is Milwaukee in the winter. A lot people have steel/aluminum toe boots, they should have figured out a better way instead of seeing a bunch of guys taking their boots off to get in the place.
I have no use for any boot or winter shoe without a safety toe, and I’m certainly not getting boots just to walk into the Fiserv.
No problems getting into Wrigley, Miller, Lambeau, United Center, HOB, and other concert venues with steel toes.
I don't get security theater in its entirety.
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Hey look, a candidate who refers to himself in the third person throughout his cover letter. That's interesting!
Better or worse than generic?
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Better or worse than generic?
Better, in that it amuses me, but still likely doesn't help job wise.
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The entirety of the cover letter:
"Greetings, I would love to hear more about the open position. I think I would be a fantastic fit based upon the job description. Thank you for your time and interest!"
Oof, I mean admittedly I have a general template for all my cover letters, but I do bother to put in the company name and adjust the skills and qualifications based on what I’m applying for.
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I don’t get how the Fiserv has the worst metal detectors when it comes to boots.
This is Milwaukee in the winter. A lot people have steel/aluminum toe boots, they should have figured out a better way instead of seeing a bunch of guys taking their boots off to get in the place.
I have no use for any boot or winter shoe without a safety toe, and I’m certainly not getting boots just to walk into the Fiserv.
No problems getting into Wrigley, Miller, Lambeau, United Center, HOB, and other concert venues with steel toes.
Who needs boots on a night like tonight? I was wearing canvas sneakers and I was fine.
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Who needs boots on a night like tonight? I was wearing canvas sneakers and I was fine.
Tonight, yes. Quickly coming to an end.
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Who needs boots on a night like tonight? I was wearing canvas sneakers and I was fine.
Even walkin' from 6th and Brown, hey?
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Tonight, yes. Quickly coming to an end.
I don't think I have ever worn winter boots to a Marquette game, and I street park several blocks away. They do a pretty decent job of keeping the sidewalks and streets plowed.
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I don't think I have ever worn winter boots to a Marquette game, and I street park several blocks away. They do a pretty decent job of keeping the sidewalks and streets plowed.
That’s extremely erroneous. And we’re not talking winter boots.
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Yeah, Milwaukee does a horrible job of getting sidewalks cleared, especially on city property despite the fact that there is a law on the books that snow has to be removed within 24 hours.
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That’s extremely erroneous. And we’re not talking winter boots.
PTM is a Important Person who needs to wear Steel Toes Boots to Kick Some Ass.
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PTM is a Important Person who needs to wear Steel Toes Boots to Kick Some Ass.
This.
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This.
On the way out of FF last night I took a quick snap of your steel toed Uggs. Bought on Scoop?
(https://bigmemes.funnyjunk.com/pictures/Ugg+life_e24e2e_3961950.jpg)
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Better, in that it amuses me, but still likely doesn't help job wise.
What types of jobs are these? Are they entry level and/or fresh college graduate positions where maybe you can understand a certain lack of understanding of how to write cover letters?
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What types of jobs are these? Are they entry level and/or fresh college graduate positions where maybe you can understand a certain lack of understanding of how to write cover letters?
Executive.
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Executive.
lol
“Non profit” a1na
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lol
“Non profit” a1na
Yeah but still. 20+ years in the work force and you should know how to write a proper cover letter.
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Yeah but still. 20+ years in the work force and you should know how to write a proper cover letter.
Q: What kind of person spends 20 years in the work force then applies to a non-profit?
A: Someone who can’t write a cover letter.
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Q: What kind of person spends 20 years in the work force then applies to a non-profit?
A: Someone who can’t write a cover letter.
People spend 20+ years working for non-profits, like higher education institutions, in all sorts of administrative positions.
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lol
“Non profit” a1na
Why are execs at non profits laughable?
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People spend 20+ years working for non-profits, like higher education institutions, in all sorts of administrative positions.
So these are people who, for 20+ years could have taken a course anytime in Writing 101 as a perk of the job, didn’t, and yet still can’t write a cover letter.
Again, what kind of skills are you expecting here? Two kinds of people work for non-profits: 1) people who want to make a difference and 2) people who can’t write cover letters.
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So these are people who, for 20+ years could have taken a course anytime in Writing 101 as a perk of the job, didn’t, and yet still can’t write a cover letter.
Again, what kind of skills are you expecting here? Two kinds of people work for non-profits: 1) people who want to make a difference and 2) people who can’t write cover letters.
That’s a pretty dumb statement
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On the way out of FF last night I took a quick snap of your steel toed Uggs. Bought on Scoop?
(https://bigmemes.funnyjunk.com/pictures/Ugg+life_e24e2e_3961950.jpg)
(https://media3.giphy.com/media/YVvTCqTBglkOs/giphy.gif?cid=4d1e4f299168c10ef79fd51a1e020381b6cfab0426f550c8&rid=giphy.gif)
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Semi-colons are pretty much dead. I couldn't even tell you the last time I've used one.
Another thing thats outdated that my parents still do is put two spaces after periods.
I still do the two spaces after periods as well. I have anxiety reading anything my daughter writes using only one space. I know times have changed, but I have to suppress the urge to edit it.
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Semi-colons are pretty much dead. I couldn't even tell you the last time I've used one.
Another thing thats outdated that my parents still do is put two spaces after periods.
I used the two spaces in College and grad school. Sometimes you gotta meet a page quota and use the classic tricks after your point is made. (Also used the single space to meet a page max so it goes both ways)
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That’s a pretty dumb statement
Do people who work for institutions of higher education not receive free tuition at said institution? If not, that's pretty dumb, too.
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I used the two spaces in College and grad school. Sometimes you gotta meet a page quota and use the classic tricks after your point is made. (Also used the single space to meet a page max so it goes both ways)
Bumping all periods up from 12 to 14 can usually net you about 2 extra lines per page. I've heard of people being reprimanded for double spacing, but I've never heard of someone catching on to the period trick.
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Do people who work for institutions of higher education not receive free tuition at said institution? If not, that's pretty dumb, too.
It depends on the institution. It's pretty much the norm at private schools (and there are nice reciprocity programs at other schools0 to give free tuition but at public schools, it may not be. When I lived in WI it wasn't permitted at UW schools due to state of Wisconsin ethics rules. There are other states that may offer discounted but not full tuition remission. Room and board is not included either.
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It depends on the institution. It's pretty much the norm at private schools (and there are nice reciprocity programs at other schools0 to give free tuition but at public schools, it may not be. When I lived in WI it wasn't permitted at UW schools due to state of Wisconsin ethics rules. There are other states that may offer discounted but not full tuition remission. Room and board is not included either.
Am I crazy or did I hear that if you work at a Jesuit school tuition is free at all of them? Or at least at a huge discount?
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Am I crazy or did I hear that if you work at a Jesuit school tuition is free at all of them? Or at least at a huge discount?
I think it may be part of the Catholic universities associations. Not Jesuit, but my aunt has been faculty at St Norbert's for a long time. My cousins went to Marquette and St Marys for free as a result, I believe Notre Dame would have been also applicable but my cousin who went to St Marys didnt get in. Xavier was the second choice for one of my cousins who went to Marquette as well and it was pretty explicit that schools in that bucket were the options, otherwise they'd pay their own way.
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There are a number of programs.
https://www.cic.edu/member-services/tuition-exchange-program
http://cccte.org/
And yes there is one for just Jesuit schools
http://www.ajcunet.edu/fachex
Many of these are limited however. Some only require schools to open up a limited number of slots per year.
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I think it may be part of the Catholic universities associations. Not Jesuit, but my aunt has been faculty at St Norbert's for a long time.
She must know Sultan then!
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open up a limited number of slots per year.
How many slots u open up bro?
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Am I crazy or did I hear that if you work at a Jesuit school tuition is free at all of them? Or at least at a huge discount?
it is free, but there has to be an exchange - so if someone's kid wants to go from MU to BC someone's kid at BC has to be coming from BC to MU.
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How many slots u open up bro?
why limited? ya gotta take what ya can get when it becomes available man bang that slot like a screen door in a hurricane
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it is free, but there has to be an exchange - so if someone's kid wants to go from MU to BC someone's kid at BC has to be coming from BC to MU.
When did BC start participating? When I took advantage of this back in the late 90s Bc and Grown didn't participate but the rest of the Jesuit schools did. You could get a scholarship to bc but no free ride. Rest of the schools fair game.
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When did BC start participating? When I took advantage of this back in the late 90s Bc and Grown didn't participate but the rest of the Jesuit schools did. You could get a scholarship to bc but no free ride. Rest of the schools fair game.
I don't know, but in the early 2000's when I was helping kids with the process BC had been the top choice for exchange, until the Final Four run. Then, as a local alumni club president for MU, I was getting a lot of calls from people whose kids wanted to go to MU through the program but MU had a lengthy waitlist for it due to the popularity and thought I had some sort of influence (I didn't).
I would have figured schools like LMU and Santa Clara would have been the popular choices for kids from the Midwest. Though I'm sure not many kids from there wanted to experience Wisconsin winters!
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it is free, but there has to be an exchange - so if someone's kid wants to go from MU to BC someone's kid at BC has to be coming from BC to MU.
Common misconception. Schools set their own numbers (or ranges) and offer as they see fit. It's often extremely tough to get it as a student.
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People who don't know crap about Marquette basketball, but insist on sitting directly behind me at the Fiserv and talk nonstop, forcing me to listen to 2 hours of absolute bullish!t.
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People who don't know crap about Marquette basketball, but insist on sitting directly behind me at the Fiserv and talk nonstop, forcing me to listen to 2 hours of absolute bullish!t.
MikeDeanesDarkGlasses sits behind you? That sucks.
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MikeDeanesDarkGlasses sits behind you? That sucks.
Post of the day
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MikeDeanesDarkGlasses sits behind you? That sucks.
Not only that, but apparently PGsHeroes is sitting a few seats over screaming at the players from the upper bowl.
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Fiserv also hates belts.
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MikeDeanesDarkGlasses sits behind you? That sucks.
LOL!
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Speaking of annoying fan behavior, I will NEVER understand the people who wear random sports apparel of teams not playing to a sporting event. Today, around me at Fiserv, I saw a Minnesota sweatshirt, a Badger fleece, a Louisville basketball jersey, a Northwestern t shirt, and a Xavier shirt. Its so bizarre.
I feel like NHL games have a ton, cause hockey sweaters look dumb in normal outside life, so people want any excuse to wear them, so even if its a Blackhawks-Stars game, might as well toss on that Red Wings sweater. And maybe an element of "hockey people" being a smaller niche, but still bizarre.
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Speaking of annoying fan behavior, I will NEVER understand the people who wear random sports apparel of teams not playing to a sporting event. Today, around me at Fiserv, I saw a Minnesota sweatshirt, a Badger fleece, a Louisville basketball jersey, a Northwestern t shirt, and a Xavier shirt. Its so bizarre.
I feel like NHL games have a ton, cause hockey sweaters look dumb in normal outside life, so people want any excuse to wear them, so even if its a Blackhawks-Stars game, might as well toss on that Red Wings sweater. And maybe an element of "hockey people" being a smaller niche, but still bizarre.
This! Except I could at least understand the Xavier one
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MikeDeanesDarkGlasses sits behind you? That sucks.
Lol
Excellent
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People who don't know crap about Marquette basketball, but insist on sitting directly behind me at the Fiserv and talk nonstop, forcing me to listen to 2 hours of absolute bullish!t.
I had three Nova fans sitting behind me, an alum who now lives in Wisconsin and his two grown sons. About 8 minutes into the game, I stood during the TV timeout and one of the sons said to me, "That Howard is one hell of a player. You are lucky to have him." About 6-7 minutes later, the dad said, "I love this building."
Sounds like these Nova fans knew more about MU hoops than the people who sat behind you, chickadee!
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I had three Nova fans sitting behind me, an alum who now lives in Wisconsin and his two grown sons. About 8 minutes into the game, I stood during the TV timeout and one of the sons said to me, "That Howard is one hell of a player. You are lucky to have him." About 6-7 minutes later, the dad said, "I love this building."
Sounds like these Nova fans knew more about MU hoops than the people who sat behind you, chickadee!
See, those are the kind of interactions that make you enjoy and respect a fan base.
Not the SJU season ticket holders behind me at Carnesecca last year who said Sam was “barely a BEast player”, Theo had “popcorn muscles without defensive skills”, and that Markus was a “selfish chucker with a low BBall IQ who wishes he was half the player Ponds is. Which is why Ponds is an obvious NBA talent and Howard isn’t anywhere close”. And these dudes were regulars known by all the ushers. Would bet they still felt Marquette didn’t belong in the BE.
Or better, the father and son Purdue alumni duo behind us at Fiserv this year who yelled “woo” after any Purdue make, said “nice shot buddy” if MU missed, and loudly declared Markus “would be a nobody if he played in a conference like the Big Ten”. I lost my temper and told them to STFU late in the first and apologized to the older woman seated in front of me. She turned around and said “oh it’s fine, we were all thinking it”
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See, those are the kind of interactions that make you enjoy and respect a fan base.
Not the SJU season ticket holders behind me at Carnesecca last year who said Sam was “barely a BEast player”, Theo had “popcorn muscles without defensive skills”, and that Markus was a “selfish chucker with a low BBall IQ who wishes he was half the player Ponds is. Which is why Ponds is an obvious NBA talent and Howard isn’t anywhere close”. And these dudes were regulars known by all the ushers. Would bet they still felt Marquette didn’t belong in the BE.
Or better, the father and son Purdue alumni duo behind us at Fiserv this year who yelled “woo” after any Purdue make, said “nice shot buddy” if MU missed, and loudly declared Markus “would be a nobody if he played in a conference like the Big Ten”. I lost my temper and told them to STFU late in the first and apologized to the older woman seated in front of me. She turned around and said “oh it’s fine, we were all thinking it”
Love that woman's reaction!
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Or better, the father and son Purdue alumni duo behind us at Fiserv this year who yelled “woo” after any Purdue make, said “nice shot buddy” if MU missed, and loudly declared Markus “would be a nobody if he played in a conference like the Big Ten”. I lost my temper and told them to STFU late in the first.....
Too quick on the trigger.
Did Al ever say something like "if you can't pour salt into the wound, don't take a cut at the other guy."
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See, those are the kind of interactions that make you enjoy and respect a fan base.
Not the SJU season ticket holders behind me at Carnesecca last year who said Sam was “barely a BEast player”, Theo had “popcorn muscles without defensive skills”, and that Markus was a “selfish chucker with a low BBall IQ who wishes he was half the player Ponds is. Which is why Ponds is an obvious NBA talent and Howard isn’t anywhere close”. And these dudes were regulars known by all the ushers. Would bet they still felt Marquette didn’t belong in the BE.
Or better, the father and son Purdue alumni duo behind us at Fiserv this year who yelled “woo” after any Purdue make, said “nice shot buddy” if MU missed, and loudly declared Markus “would be a nobody if he played in a conference like the Big Ten”. I lost my temper and told them to STFU late in the first and apologized to the older woman seated in front of me. She turned around and said “oh it’s fine, we were all thinking it”
Curious how the Purdue fans reacted as the game progressed.
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Speaking of annoying fan behavior, I will NEVER understand the people who wear random sports apparel of teams not playing to a sporting event. Today, around me at Fiserv, I saw a Minnesota sweatshirt, a Badger fleece, a Louisville basketball jersey, a Northwestern t shirt, and a Xavier shirt. Its so bizarre.
I feel like NHL games have a ton, cause hockey sweaters look dumb in normal outside life, so people want any excuse to wear them, so even if its a Blackhawks-Stars game, might as well toss on that Red Wings sweater. And maybe an element of "hockey people" being a smaller niche, but still bizarre.
Strange thing to care about what other people are wearing. I'm old enough to remember going to games and not wearing team apparel at all, just wearing whatever you pulled out of your drawer or closet. It is different now. I am trying to get to all the MLB ballparks and I'm a Red Sox fan and I may very well wear a Red Sox shirt while watching a game in an NL Park, because that is what I own.
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I had three Nova fans sitting behind me, an alum who now lives in Wisconsin and his two grown sons. About 8 minutes into the game, I stood during the TV timeout and one of the sons said to me, "That Howard is one hell of a player. You are lucky to have him." About 6-7 minutes later, the dad said, "I love this building."
Sounds like these Nova fans knew more about MU hoops than the people who sat behind you, chickadee!
I only see MU in road games, and I always strike up a conversation with the home fans around me and basically always enjoy myself and cheer for Marquette and trade good-natured barbs and the like. Just a habit of mine. You get some interesting takes on the other team and find fans ask me lots of questions. Always enjoy myself. My wife, son and I were sitting in the middle of a bunch of Seton Hall fans during that miserable BET game last year with no real animosity either way.
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Strange thing to care about what other people are wearing. I'm old enough to remember going to games and not wearing team apparel at all, just wearing whatever you pulled out of your drawer or closet. It is different now. I am trying to get to all the MLB ballparks and I'm a Red Sox fan and I may very well wear a Red Sox shirt while watching a game in an NL Park, because that is what I own.
A couple of weeks ago, I was showing my son this video of the Majik-man replay game versus the Bears. Starting at about 4:25, they have some shots of the crowd, and you could hardly see any Packer gear. Maybe a hat, but that's about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf21NB4bdRw
Oh and I think wearing your team's jersey at another baseball game is fine. You see that a lot with baseball, but not usually other sports.
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Concert etiquette requires the opposite of game etiquette.
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People who don't know crap about Marquette basketball, but insist on sitting directly behind me at the Fiserv and talk nonstop, forcing me to listen to 2 hours of absolute bullish!t.
How about the sport they’re watching in general? I was at a MLS match and the guy behind me was trying to explain soccer to his wife/GF by comparing it to American football. Apparently, attacking wingers were like wide receivers, center backs were like linebackers, the 9 was the quarterback. It was painful.
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I only see MU in road games, and I always strike up a conversation with the home fans around me and basically always enjoy myself and cheer for Marquette and trade good-natured barbs and the like. Just a habit of mine. You get some interesting takes on the other team and find fans ask me lots of questions. Always enjoy myself. My wife, son and I were sitting in the middle of a bunch of Seton Hall fans during that miserable BET game last year with no real animosity either way.
Good stuff, CTW.
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Curious how the Purdue fans reacted as the game progressed.
Lot of talk about luck and how Koby was having the game of his career and wouldn’t score like that ever again.
Strange thing to care about what other people are wearing. I'm old enough to remember going to games and not wearing team apparel at all, just wearing whatever you pulled out of your drawer or closet. It is different now. I am trying to get to all the MLB ballparks and I'm a Red Sox fan and I may very well wear a Red Sox shirt while watching a game in an NL Park, because that is what I own.
Cool? I never said I cared, i just find it odd. Sorry that I should view my fan experience in 2020 in the lens of 30+ years ago lest I be deemed “strange” to care
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Canada Goose jackets. Every single person in Minneapolis wears one. It's unreal.
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Cool? I never said I cared, i just find it odd. Sorry that I should view my fan experience in 2020 in the lens of 30+ years ago lest I be deemed “strange” to care
Just pointing out a difference in generations, is all. No harm meant. Just something I never think about, other than if there is a planned white-out or something.
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Canada Goose jackets. Every single person in Minneapolis wears one. It's unreal.
NAFTA?
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Canada Goose jackets. Every single person in Minneapolis wears one. It's unreal.
I have one. They are unbelievably warm. But in my defense, I got it on sale (which almost never happens) and I walk a mile each way through the Loop on my commute, which can be pretty brutal in the winter.
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I have one. They are unbelievably warm. But in my defense, I got it on sale (which almost never happens) and I walk a mile each way through the Loop on my commute, which can be pretty brutal in the winter.
Uphill both ways?
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Got my nephew one last November. He’s a freshman at Loyola-Chicago. Came in quite handy during the Polar Vortex. As an aside, there is an Instagram account called LUC-Geese which includes photos of kids wearing them around campus with some pretty funny tongue-in-cheek commentary directed at the perceived affluence of those who have them.
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NAFTA?
Did you mean AFLAC?!?
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Got my nephew one last November. He’s a freshman at Loyola-Chicago. Came in quite handy during the Polar Vortex. As an aside, there is an Instagram account called LUC-Geese which includes photos of kids wearing them around campus with some pretty funny tongue-in-cheek commentary directed at the perceived affluence of those who have them.
Their current cheapest men's parks is $795.00. So...
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Their current cheapest men's parks is $795.00. So...
Trust me, I know how ridiculously expensive they are. However if you live somewhere as cold as the Upper Midwest I don’t think it’s the worst investment. Everyone that I know who has one raves about how warm they are.
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Trust me, I know how ridiculously expensive they are. However if you live somewhere as cold as the Upper Midwest I don’t think it’s the worst investment. Everyone that I know who has one raves about how warm they are.
I would never trust a college kid with one. Too many opportunities for them to lose it and/or get it stolen.
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I would never trust a college kid with one. Too many opportunities for them to lose it and/or get it stolen.
I don’t trust him to put on his pants the right way but he’s (hopefully) going to be there until 2022 and relatively speaking it wasn’t crazy expensive compared to the other jackets that were reviewed as being the warmest.
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I would never trust a college kid with one. Too many opportunities for them to lose it and/or get it stolen.
Where I went wasn’t as cold as Milwaukee or Chicago, but it was still Midwest cold. Most bars had a coat hallway of sorts, not even a coat check. It was ruthless. Kids would take the wrong coat and the kid whose coat was mistakenly or purposefully stolen would just grab a different one. I was always particular about hiding mine, but my roommate Junior year no lie came home in a different coat each weekend like 3-4 weeks in a row. And he had a nice North Face originally so he wasn’t out thieving. It ended when the next morning he realized the coat he took was a women’s coat and then he stopped ever letting the next new coat leave his sight
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Trust me, I know how ridiculously expensive they are. However if you live somewhere as cold as the Upper Midwest I don’t think it’s the worst investment. Everyone that I know who has one raves about how warm they are.
Here’s something I don’t get... people who use the word “investment” to describe things that have no chance in hell of appreciating in value.
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I left so many coats at Real Chili.
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NM
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Had never heard of Canada Goose but I recently got a very nice down parka at Sherper's for just $135.
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I've never heard of Canada Goose, although I imagine I will now start noticing them.
$1000+ for a jacket is insanity, though. There's a ski shop near me .. like every jacket is $400 or more .. You can be plenty warm for $150. Not to mention, buying expensive jackets for children is bonkers.
Same goes for cell phones. You do not buy an iPhone 11 for a middle school kid.
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I got an extremely warm jacket from Eddie Bauer a couple years ago in their post-Christmas clearance sale. I've been very happy with it. I don't recall exactly what I paid, but I'm sure it was sub-$200.
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Here’s something I don’t get... people who use the word “investment” to describe things that have no chance in hell of appreciating in value.
The accidental irony of this post is awesome. Investments can be non-financial, such as: purchasing a jacket looking for the outcome of staying warm. However, the awesome part of this is that an alternative definition of "investment" means outer layer. So these jackets are an investment in survival/staying warm, which is valid, but they are also literally an outer layer!
Who saw that double entendre coming?! I certainly didn't... mind blown! I'm going to take the rest of today off just to recover.
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I've never heard of Canada Goose, although I imagine I will now start noticing them.
$1000+ for a jacket is insanity, though. There's a ski shop near me .. like every jacket is $400 or more .. You can be plenty warm for $150. Not to mention, buying expensive jackets for children is bonkers.
Same goes for cell phones. You do not buy an iPhone 11 for a middle school kid.
This. I was in Chicago over Thanksgiving with a bunch of Canadians who were wearing Canada Goose jackets. Figured it was a Canadian knockoff of North Face. Another area I do not know.
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I got an extremely warm jacket from Eddie Bauer a couple years ago in their post-Christmas clearance sale. I've been very happy with it. I don't recall exactly what I paid, but I'm sure it was sub-$200.
Eddie Bauer makes great stuff. There is another company called Kelvin, for about 250, you can get an incredibly warm jacket, that is also battery heated. It is like having the seat heater in your car go with you.
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This. I was in Chicago over Thanksgiving with a bunch of Canadians who were wearing Canada Goose jackets. Figured it was a Canadian knockoff of North Face. Another area I do not know.
They just call them Goose jackets.
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Its tremendous that the capitalistic falsehood that price equals quality/capability is alive and well in this thread
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They just call them Goose jackets.
https://youtu.be/kmjG8g26bwU
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Its tremendous that the capitalistic falsehood that price equals quality/capability is alive and well in this thread
Is it? I mean, most of the posts seem to be saying that you can get just as good of quality at a fraction of the price of Canada Goose. Right? What did I miss?
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They just call them Goose jackets.
Manufactured by Goose from MU Scoop. I hear he only makes the easy down.
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Is it? I mean, most of the posts seem to be saying that you can get just as good of quality at a fraction of the price of Canada Goose. Right? What did I miss?
You missed the CG owners/buyers “explaining” that the outrageous price was reasonable because the jacket is “very warm”
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Is it? I mean, most of the posts seem to be saying that you can get just as good of quality at a fraction of the price of Canada Goose. Right? What did I miss?
but do you get the inflated sense of self-worth with one of those cheaper, less attention-grabbing alternatives?
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Ah, after readin' dis thred on Kanada Goose, eye now no y MU's endowment sucks sewer water, aina?
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Pretty sure know won here has ever herd of Moncler orr Moose Knuckles, ether, hey?
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You missed the CG owners/buyers “explaining” that the outrageous price was reasonable because the jacket is “very warm”
Can you buy a cheaper coat that keeps you just as warm? Most likely. But why do guys wear $5000 watches when the time is on the front of the phone they are always looking at? Why do people buy Mercedes when a Ford Fusion can get them where they want to go?
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'Cuz its chump change for sum folks. BTW, $5G duzant get ya much of a watch, hey?
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'Cuz its chump change for sum folks. BTW, $5G duzant get ya much of a watch, hey?
you can.get a nice IWC for $5k. Beats the hell out of an IWB
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Manufactured by Goose from MU Scoop. I hear he only makes the easy down.
In Hong Kong.
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Duluthtrading.com for warm jackets.
In the dells this weekend. Plenty of moose knuckle. On the women.
Gables, can i be your nephew too? $500+ xmas gift? Sign me up.
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you can.get a nice IWC for $5k. Beats the hell out of an IWB
#donedeal
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Duluthtrading.com for warm jackets.
In the dells this weekend. Plenty of moose knuckle. On the women.
Gables, can i be your nephew too? $500+ xmas gift? Sign me up.
Wisconsin Dolls has WiFi now?
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Wisconsin Dolls has WiFi now?
Free with bottle* service.
*Fleischman's.
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Can you buy a cheaper coat that keeps you just as warm? Most likely. But why do guys wear $5000 watches when the time is on the front of the phone they are always looking at? Why do people buy Mercedes when a Ford Fusion can get them where they want to go?
The answers you’re looking for are “tiny penis” and “tiny penis.” (Complex, not syndrome.)
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Duluthtrading.com for warm jackets.
In the dells this weekend. Plenty of moose knuckle. On the women.
Gables, can i be your nephew too? $500+ xmas gift? Sign me up.
Any camel toe der two, hey?
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While I drive a Benz, I find the big logo on the side of the shoulder on Canada Goose jackets reprehensible.
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Eye don't where the coat, butt da black out label iz a bit classier, aina?
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Can you buy a cheaper coat that keeps you just as warm? Most likely. But why do guys wear $5000 watches when the time is on the front of the phone they are always looking at? Why do people buy Mercedes when a Ford Fusion can get them where they want to go?
While I drive a Benz...
The answers you’re looking for are “tiny penis” and “tiny penis.” (Complex, not syndrome.)
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While I drive a Benz, I find the big logo on the side of the shoulder on Canada Goose jackets reprehensible.
Hoping you don’t have the light up grill logo or logo hologram on the curb options.
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Actually, the the logo that lights up the curb is a great safety feature when entering and existing the vehicle.
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Watching This Old House. I don’t get pergolas. “I want to spend a decent amount of money so I can have all of the discomfort of the hot sun beating down on me, but also block my view of the blue sky” Perfect!
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Hoping you don’t have the light up grill logo or logo hologram on the curb options.
When I had my Benz, I changed the door logo projector logo to Arby's.
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Actually, the the logo that lights up the curb is a great safety feature when entering and existing the vehicle.
This. It’d be safer if it was a bright light, but surprised it took this long to implement.
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The answers you’re looking for are “tiny penis” and “tiny penis.” (Complex, not syndrome.)
+1000
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People who don't know crap about Marquette basketball, but insist on sitting directly behind me at the Fiserv and talk nonstop, forcing me to listen to 2 hours of absolute bullish!t.
I thought of this post at Tuesday night's game as I and my brother-in-law stood from the start of the game until first MU basket while the people sitting behind us were complaining we were standing. They said things to one another like "What is this, the student section?"
Did they not look around to see the entire arena standing at that point?? I certainly hope they took notice after the first bucket and the entire place sat pretty much in unison.
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I thought of this post at Tuesday night's game as I and my brother-in-law stood from the start of the game until first MU basket while the people sitting behind us were complaining we were standing. They said things to one another like "What is this, the student section?"
Did they not look around to see the entire arena standing at that point?? I certainly hope they took notice after the first bucket and the entire place sat pretty much in unison.
FTR the color guys on Fox made note of it. They were commenting that everyone was still standing because it was awhile before we got our first field goal and how the tradition is to not sit down until that happens.
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4ever
Your choice of attire would surprise a lot of folks on here.
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FTR the color guys on Fox made note of it. They were commenting that everyone was still standing because it was awhile before we got our first field goal and how the tradition is to not sit down until that happens.
tradition? Since when?
I know Syracuse has done it forever and Wisconsin started having everyone stand until the opposing team scored (this started with the move to the Kohl Center). Traditions can't be imposed or created and immediately called a "tradition."
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tradition? Since when?
I know Syracuse has done it forever and Wisconsin started having everyone stand until the opposing team scored (this started with the move to the Kohl Center). Traditions can't be imposed or created and immediately called a "tradition."
The standing thing is stupid, IMHO, but has been going on for at least 10 years. At some point, I think you can call it a "tradition."
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tradition? Since when?
I know Syracuse has done it forever and Wisconsin started having everyone stand until the opposing team scored (this started with the move to the Kohl Center). Traditions can't be imposed or created and immediately called a "tradition."
For 15 plus years at least.
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For 15 plus years at least.
18 years plus.
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18 years plus.
40+ years plus
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I remember doing it in the 80s.
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tradition? Since when?
I know Syracuse has done it forever and Wisconsin started having everyone stand until the opposing team scored (this started with the move to the Kohl Center). Traditions can't be imposed or created and immediately called a "tradition."
WI fans can't stand until the badgers score, it takes too long. I think it was the IL game perhaps Rider, they didn't even score until the 13:45 mark LOL.
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I remember doing it in the 80s.
That's what she said
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I remember doing that in the 80s, too.
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I remember doing that in the 80s, too.
we never did it in the 90's or 2000's. Hell, in the mid 90's the student section barely stood.
Seems we should make our own "traditions" instead of ripping others off and calling it ours.
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we never did it in the 90's or 2000's. Hell, in the mid 90's the student section barely stood.
Seems we should make our own "traditions" instead of ripping others off and calling it ours.
Definitely did it 09 so it's at least 10 years old. Our students have enough trouble with our own traditions to the point we need to have a Jumbotron video explaining them so definitely don't need to add confusion
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For awhile, wasn't there a toilet paper toss after the first made basket?
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For awhile, wasn't there a toilet paper toss after the first made basket?
We did the tear up our tickets and throw it up. Idk about toilet paper
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4ever
Your choice of attire would surprise a lot of folks on here.
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Happy to say I don't own a sweater vest nor do I sit in the corner crappin' in Depends, hey?
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4ever
Your choice of attire would surprise a lot of folks on here.
(https://www.wojoswarriors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/wojowarriors_shirt1.png)
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For awhile, wasn't there a toilet paper toss after the first made basket?
Yeah, it was the ripped up tix when my kids were at MU 5-10 years ago.
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4ever
Your choice of attire would surprise a lot of folks on here.
Disco pants and haircut?
i think 99% of the board would pick Dr Open Vest and Bellbottoms out of a police line.
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For awhile, wasn't there a toilet paper toss after the first made basket?
If they tried that today, he team would probably be assessed 2 technicals right off the bat and the students would be using cornstalks to wipe themselves the next day...the wimpification of our yutes part II
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Disco pants and haircut?
i think 99% of the board would pick Dr Open Vest and Bellbottoms out of a police line.
Ad da white belt two, hey?
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Definitely did the standing thing as a student in 99-03.....became a season ticket holder in 2006 I think and the non-students were doing it then as well....so it goes way back.
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Cruises on the Great Lakes. Really? That's a thing?
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I don't get why this thread has slowed down. It is one of my favorite non bb threads to check in on!
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I don't get why this thread has slowed down. It is one of my favorite non bb threads to check in on!
I don't get why you'd say that.
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I don’t get how poorly run the Fiserv is.
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How ike got into fiserv with that whatchamacallit “get-up”??
Security!! :D
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I don’t get how poorly run the Fiserv is.
Explain?
Besides a poor hallway design .. and men's bathroom lines ..
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Curb feelers
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Explain?
Besides a poor hallway design .. and men's bathroom lines ..
For a full sell out game, there was two concessions stands open on the East side upper level.
On the west side the Klements and Gyro stand were open.
There is no craft beer offering in the upper level anymore.
The panarama club being the only option for a beer other than piss water, was at capacity at the stroke of halftime. One in, one out from the stairs.
The concourses were slammed with lines, went downstairs it was wide open.
If the plan is to have such poor options and service upstairs to move people downstairs it’s working. Today was the worst, but the beer is a problem every game.
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For a full sell out game, there was two concessions stands open on the East side upper level.
On the west side the Klements and Gyro stand were open.
There is no craft beer offering in the upper level anymore.
The panarama club being the only option for a beer other than piss water, was at capacity at the stroke of halftime. One in, one out from the stairs.
The concourses were slammed with lines, went downstairs it was wide open.
If the plan is to have such poor options and service upstairs to move people downstairs it’s working. Today was the worst, but the beer is a problem every game.
I couldn’t figure out why more was not open upstairs.
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TBT. I'm trying to get excited about it but I've really never been interested in watching a bunch of older guys playing pick up ball.
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TBT. I'm trying to get excited about it but I've really never been interested in watching a bunch of older guys playing pick up ball.
Think of it as a bunch of MUBB alumni many of whom were greats. Taking pride in their university enough so that they want to rep the colours again
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Think of it as a bunch of MUBB alumni many of whom were greats. Taking pride in their university enough so that they want to rep the colours again
Yeah.
Still not interested.
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Yeah.
Still not interested.
To each there own.
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Well, it’s fun to see an MU team actually have some tourney success.
Honestly, I think my only interest is due to them going far and being a threat to win. If they were first round exits every year, I wouldn’t care. It was fun to see Diener again, but it’s pretty sloppy to watch.
Something to be interested in for a few hours in the summer.
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Well, it’s fun to see an MU team actually have some tourney success.
Honestly, I think my only interest is due to them going far and being a threat to win. If they were first round exits every year, I wouldn’t care. It was fun to see Diener again, but it’s pretty sloppy to watch.
Something to be interested in for a few hours in the summer.
Sloppy? It’s higher level, more cohesive basketball than 90% of NCAA games. Its a bunch of guys who have been professionals for years, get that it’s not a defensive showdown and the coaching isn’t an Xs and Os master class, but sloppy doesn’t seem right, especially for those of us here who love CBB.
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Seeing it in person is a blast.
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Think of it as a bunch of MUBB alumni many of whom were greats. Taking pride in their university enough so that they want to rep the colours again
Plus every game is intense because it's winner take all. I've had a couple of friends on Overseas Elite and it's great to see them do well. The championship games are incredibly intense because the winners go home with $2 million and the losers, nothing. Plus, last year, I lost a bet to my assistant, a OSU grad. I still owe him 100 pushups...
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Sloppy? It’s higher level, more cohesive basketball than 90% of NCAA games. Its a bunch of guys who have been professionals for years, get that it’s not a defensive showdown and the coaching isn’t an Xs and Os master class, but sloppy doesn’t seem right, especially for those of us here who love CBB.
Ya saying the tbt is a pickup game is about as dumb as the argument two years ago over who would win, the alumni or current MU team.
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Well, it’s fun to see an MU team actually have some tourney success.
Honestly, I think my only interest is due to them going far and being a threat to win. If they were first round exits every year, I wouldn’t care. It was fun to see Diener again, but it’s pretty sloppy to watch.
Something to be interested in for a few hours in the summer.
After watching again, I’ll stand by my sloppy comment.
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Why do so many women hang dream catchers from the rear view mirror? How much sleeping is going on while driving?
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After watching again, I’ll stand by my sloppy comment.
Maybe give it more than just one game where players haven’t played in months, much less each other. Marquette’s run in the end of the first quarter into the second half was beautiful basketball
Team CP3 is not good and only relied on 2 players. That will drag any game down
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Why do so many women hang dream catchers from the rear view mirror? How much sleeping is going on while driving?
Related - people who are doing rant videos while driving to put up on the internet.
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Why do so many women hang dream catchers from the rear view mirror? How much sleeping is going on while driving?
One of my tells (and this is completely unfair) if a person has class is if they have a bunch of crap hanging from their rearview mirror. If there is anything, they probably don't.
This ought to rile some folks.
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One of my tells (and this is completely unfair) if a person has class is if they have a bunch of crap hanging from their rearview mirror. If there is anything, they probably don't.
This ought to rile some folks.
After peeking at the car condition, that’s the second thing I check out when an interviewee arrives.
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Never used to. Masks hanging there now.
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After peeking at the car condition, that’s the second thing I check out when an interviewee arrives.
Always been curious if the car thing was a myth or not
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Always been curious if the car thing was a myth or not
So true. One more reason to Uber to the interview.
Reminds me of the Steve Jobs Porsche story...
https://www.google.com/amp/s/inshorts.com/m/en/amp_news/steve-jobs-once-hid-his-porsche-from-investor-1487939489985
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After peeking at the car condition, that’s the second thing I check out when an interviewee arrives.
You'd knock a candidate for the condition of their car?
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(https://sfs.jondon.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/keep-your-service-truck-clutter-free-300x189.jpg)
If this is what their dashboard looks like with a few years worth of past city stickers on it, I'm not hiring them.
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You'd knock a candidate for the condition of their car?
Yep, majority of our hires end up driving company vehicles. Damage, condition and pride of ownership.
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(https://sfs.jondon.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/keep-your-service-truck-clutter-free-300x189.jpg)
If this is what their dashboard looks like with a few years worth of past city stickers on it, I'm not hiring them.
City stickers I’m okay with, they’re paying annually instead of ignoring it.
I’ve seen those dashboards, good indicator.
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Yep, majority of our hires end up driving company vehicles. Damage, condition and pride of ownership.
Opening it up from an employment perspective, I've always been of the belief that the condition of a person's car gives you great insight into their character and constitution.
Similar benchmark of character tests for me: how a person treats the staff in a restaurant and how a person behaves on the golf course.
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Opening it up from an employment perspective, I've always been of the belief that the condition of a person's car gives you great insight into their character and constitution.
Similar benchmark of character tests for me: how a person treats the staff in a restaurant and how a person behaves on the golf course.
I had a business owner tell me once to always look at the condition of a contractor's service vehicles when evaluating whether to hire them are not. Are they clean and well-maintained? If they don't even take good care of their own stuff, why would you expect them to take good care of yours?
Made sense to me.
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I had a business owner tell me once to always look at the condition of a contractor's service vehicles when evaluating whether to hire them are not. Are they clean and well-maintained? If they don't even take good care of their own stuff, why would you expect them to take good care of yours?
Made sense to me.
Our guiding decision criteria exactly. We chose our fence contractor because he had a clean truck, a Marine Corps sticker and was driving in the right lane on an interstate.
I asked him, why the left lane. He said because he is a retired cop. There you go. BTW, 3 fences later and a wonderful relationship.
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Watt went rong wit da furst too fenses, hey?
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Watt went rong wit da furst too fenses, hey?
Elephants, man.
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Yeesh, my 2004 Corolla probably wouldn't pass that test. Has a couple dents in it but those were there before I even got it.
Guess I can add that to the list. Don't get judging someone based on their car. Some people are just not car people and it's only to get them from point A to point B.
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Yeesh, my 2004 Corolla probably wouldn't pass that test. Has a couple dents in it but those were there before I even got it.
Guess I can add that to the list. Don't get judging someone based on their car. Some people are just not car people and it's only to get them from point A to point B.
The type of car you drive and the condition of that car are separate things.
I don't care what model people drive. But if that thing is a dumpster on wheels it gives me a peek inside what is (and isn't) important to the driver.
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I own four cars and they all look brand new. My 2016 BMW is the newest of the group and literally looks off the showroom shiny, even though it has 32,000 miles on it.
My 2011 Buick Enclave has 116,000 miles on it and we're going to keep it until it dies of old age. We maintain it and we make darn sure it is washed, clean and waxed. My 2012 Buick LaCrosse has people asking if it is brand new (72,000 miles).
Finally, my senior citizen is my 2008 VW Eos. That too is in outstanding shape. Key is clean it and wax it (and polish out the small scratches). Regularly change the fluids and fix them when they need repair. Oh, and when they get scratched or dented, have a body shop who knows you by your first name.
For those who ask, I have two cars in Chicago (BMW 5-series) and the Enclave and two in Florida (Eos and the LaCrosse).
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I don't get chain emails.
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people who cry over videos they see on the internet, particularly when so many are staged these days.
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Watt went rong wit da furst too fenses, hey?
They got arrested.
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people who cry over videos they see on the internet, particularly when so many are staged these days.
People who cry over anything on the internet really. The replies on Twitter or social media to something offensive, or a political piece, or something abroad and people are like “I’m sitting here bawling” “I’m shaking with anger” “I can’t stop crying over this”. And I’m not talking absurd tragedies or the most heart wrenching of videos, I’m talking run of the mill stuff that at worst should be like “that’s messed up, hope something can be done”
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Opening it up from an employment perspective, I've always been of the belief that the condition of a person's car gives you great insight into their character and constitution.
Similar benchmark of character tests for me: how a person treats the staff in a restaurant and how a person behaves on the golf course.
Not necessarily in agreement on the car part, but not a hill I’ll die on. The last two, 100% agreement. Former mother-in-law was awful to restaurant staff everyplace we went. It matched the character
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People who cry over anything on the internet really. The replies on Twitter or social media to something offensive, or a political piece, or something abroad and people are like “I’m sitting here bawling” “I’m shaking with anger” “I can’t stop crying over this”. And I’m not talking absurd tragedies or the most heart wrenching of videos, I’m talking run of the mill stuff that at worst should be like “that’s messed up, hope something can be done”
Not just negative stuff like you're talking about. I thought of this because there was a Tik Tok video on all over twitter yesterday (I saw it because Rex Chapman posted it) of a cashier paying for a homeless guy's snacks. It was obviously staged (who happens to be recording a Tik Tok video of customers at a convenience store?) but so many responses were "crying," "bawling my eyes out" and the like.
I workout at Orange Theory (well, not right now) and go to the Reddit page a bit. People would talk about crying as they went by their studio when it was closed. WTF??
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Not just negative stuff like you're talking about. I thought of this because there was a Tik Tok video on all over twitter yesterday (I saw it because Rex Chapman posted it) of a cashier paying for a homeless guy's snacks. It was obviously staged (who happens to be recording a Tik Tok video of customers at a convenience store?) but so many responses were "crying," "bawling my eyes out" and the like.
I workout at Orange Theory (well, not right now) and go to the Reddit page a bit. People would talk about crying as they went by their studio when it was closed. WTF??
Oh for sure. The guy going up to a fruit cart “how much to buy all of this”. Hands a $100 and poses with a beaming vendor. SO ORGANIC. And people are choking up
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Zero chance I am making a hiring decision based on the cleanliness of someone's car, or their type of car, or if they have a car.
I once was coming back from a trip, pretty messy car, (usually well kept but not at that moment) and, I received an unexpected call from a high level executive of an organization. There was a mix up with his ride to the airport. We didn't know each other. He asked me if I would give him a last minute ride to to catch a flight. It was a big city but I could hustle, pick him up from his hotel and scramble to get him to the airport in time for his flight in traffic. Zero time to clean the car. I was concerned with the condition of the car at that moment, thinking it was a deal breaker. Based only on our time together that day, he offered me a good job.
Another example is when I had to travel to spend time working with a colleague. I knew him, knew his work, very bright, very capable, got results, good person, organized, etc....We had just never never ridden together in his car before. When he picked me up, my jaw hit the floor. His SUV was a disaster. It could not have been the same person I knew. But yep it was him and his car. At first I didn't really know what to say. Eventually, later it became, "You need to do something about the condition of your car." We laughed. Zero chance I would hold that against him. None. He was a highly valued worker a long time.
I would however be interested in how someone consistently treats other people that are in zero position to help him/her in any way.
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Oh for sure. The guy going up to a fruit cart “how much to buy all of this”. Hands a $100 and poses with a beaming vendor. SO ORGANIC. And people are choking up
the last time I cried over something I saw on TV or the internet was our win against Kentucky in 2003.
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Nobody here cried when Old Yeller got shot?
I'm sure.
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Nobody here cried when Old Yeller got shot?
I'm sure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhmCHe0B5gw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhmCHe0B5gw)
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Nobody here cried when Old Yeller got shot?
I'm sure.
More of a stand up and cheer moment, tbh.
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Nobody here cried when Old Yeller got shot?
I'm sure.
Not as an adult.
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Tragic, pandemics take time to remedy. This chit should have been fixed long ago, aina?
https://apple.news/AzyhyugmoTla459jwMqU-dg
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Complex problems with complex solutions. Of course no one is going to agree on these solutions so it will likely continue.
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Still having a landline. Like why?
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Still having a landline. Like why?
Rural areas often have spotty cell coverage. And some like to keep one as a back up, recalling the jammed cell circuits on 9/11 for example.
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Still having a landline. Like why?
Besides the mentioned rural areas, there are other situations as well. For example, some elderly people. Many elderly people do not use smart phones. Eventually that will change more and more over time. But we are nowhere near a time where all elderly people use a smart phone. Many also don't use a omputer as well. Obviously many use a smart phone, use a computer etc...but many more than you may realize don't. Also, some disabled people, poor people, depending on the situation etc...
Size of phone/dexterity, having one in more than one room of the home,, all kinds of things.
You'd be surprised how often some people accidentally tap mute and don't untap it. Also, accidentally turning their ringer off, alarm on, airplane mode, block, you name it.
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Still having a landline. Like why?
We have a neighbor who says she keeps her landline for the sole purpose of being able to call her cellphone when she has misplaced it. Seriously.
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My parents have a landline at both their condo and their vacation place, and a cell phone.
My mom will get all texty, with emojis and everything! Then when I text her something a couple days later...no response. I call her and she'll invariably say something like "Oh I haven't checked the cell phone in awhile," or "I turned it off and forgot to turn it back on."
"Why'd you turn it off mom?"
"Because its battery was running low." She still thinks you have to turn it off to charge it.
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TRADER JOE'S
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TRADER JOE'S
checks out, I don't get that one either.
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checks out, I don't get that one either.
It's not bad. Good wine prices (and legit selection), good for quick and inexpensive meals, really good if you're gluten free (wide selection and affordable). But, there is a cult following around it which I don't get
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Still having a landline. Like why?
We dropped our landline when we moved 3+ years ago. We wanted to drop it years before but it was bundled with our cable and internet. When I called to find out how much I could “save” by dropping the landline I found out it would actually cost me more to have it removed.
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It's not bad. Good wine prices (and legit selection), good for quick and inexpensive meals, really good if you're gluten free (wide selection and affordable). But, there is a cult following around it which I don't get
Inexpensive dry goods and produce. It's just a step up from Aldi (which is also a good grocery story for dry goods and produce).
It's run lean, but still has some of the best customer service I've experienced at a grocery store. Plus, because they run lean, the employees they have are payed pretty well. If you've worked there for over 3 months you get full benefits, and a retirement account with a 10% match.
The downside is that they don't carry a lot of brand name stuff, so you'll have to rejigger your shopping list if you're picky.
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Rural areas often have spotty cell coverage. And some like to keep one as a back up, recalling the jammed cell circuits on 9/11 for example.
I still have a landline. They are not expensive per month and they still work when the power goes out after hurricanes.
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Inexpensive dry goods and produce. It's just a step up from Aldi (which is also a good grocery story for dry goods and produce).
It's run lean, but still has some of the best customer service I've experienced at a grocery store. Plus, because they run lean, the employees they have are payed pretty well. If you've worked there for over 3 months you get full benefits, and a retirement account with a 10% match.
The downside is that they don't carry a lot of brand name stuff, so you'll have to rejigger your shopping list if you're picky.
Just fyi, Aldi owns Trader Joe's.
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TRADER JOE'S
I quite enjoy Trader Joe’s. Probably my go to shopping place actually.
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Just fyi, Aldi owns Trader Joe's.
Not quite this simple. One of the two branches of Aldi own Trader Joe's
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Not quite this simple. One of the two branches of Aldi own Trader Joe's
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What? It's perfectly valid to draw the distinction between the two. Live in Europe for a bit and you'll realize Aldi Nord is not as nice as Sud despite Nord owning Trader joes
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What? It's perfectly valid to draw the distinction between the two. Live in Europe for a bit and you'll realize Aldi Nord is not as nice as Sud despite Nord owning Trader joes
I know, you were just being pedantic, though. :P
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I have a landline (VOIP) .. I use it exclusively as the voice quality is crystal clear. For $5 a month, I will keep it forever.
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I still have a landline. They are not expensive per month and they still work when the power goes out after hurricanes.
We thought about keeping it for that kind of thing ... except we had a cordless phone. So when the power went out, so did the phone.
We use a phone company for our DSL service and our account number is still our old phone number. What we learned is that we still could use the line to make a call but we would be charged on a per-minute basis ... but if somebody were to call us, we could answer and talk and pay nothing. So if we are having an unusually bad cellphone-service day and one of our kids wants to call us, we'll text them to call our old house number. We'll plug that sucker into the wall and then chat to our heart's content. Haven't had to do that in awhile, though, because our cellphone service has improved.
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Inexpensive dry goods and produce. It's just a step up from Aldi (which is also a good grocery story for dry goods and produce).
It's run lean, but still has some of the best customer service I've experienced at a grocery store. Plus, because they run lean, the employees they have are payed pretty well. If you've worked there for over 3 months you get full benefits, and a retirement account with a 10% match.
The downside is that they don't carry a lot of brand name stuff, so you'll have to rejigger your shopping list if you're picky.
Trader Joe's actually brand labels a lot of "name brand" products. They aren't the only ones, a lot of generic brands in the grocery space are brand labeled versions of premium brands. Kraft Heinz, Mondelez, etc do this a ton.
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Trader Joe's is marketing by Aldi executives.
Most clear-minded Millennials realize that they don't have enough money to be constantly shopping at Whole Foods. On the other hand, many people see Aldi's as kind of a "blue-collar" grocery store. And Jewel/Pick n Save is too "macro." Millennials don't want to shop at Aldi's or Jewel for the same reason that they don't want to be seen drinking Miller, Coors, or Budweiser.
So where to go? Trader Joe's fills the niche--Goose Island in the beer analogy.
Corroborative anecdotal evidence: near my house, Oak Park has a Trader Joe's, but no Aldi's. Berwyn and Cicero have Aldis, but no Trader Joe's. Coincidence? Don't kid yourself.
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Trader Joe's is marketing by Aldi executives.
Most clear-minded Millennials realize that they don't have enough money to be constantly shopping at Whole Foods. On the other hand, many people see Aldi's as kind of a "blue-collar" grocery store. And Jewel/Pick n Save is too "macro." Millennials don't want to shop at Aldi's or Jewel for the same reason that they don't want to be seen drinking Miller, Coors, or Budweiser.
So where to go? Trader Joe's fills the niche--Goose Island in the beer analogy.
Corroborative anecdotal evidence: near my house, Oak Park has a Trader Joe's, but no Aldi's. Berwyn and Cicero have Aldis, but no Trader Joe's. Coincidence? Don't kid yourself.
One trend I have seen the past decade, nice, brand new Aldi's stores in upscale suburban neighborhoods.
Another trend is more competition in close proximity with some of the Fresh Market type of stores. For example, in a few block radius, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Lucky's Market, Fresh Thyme Market etc...all near one another. (Before Lucky's Market went bankrupt nationally and closed stores) And some stores have success in some parts of town but not others.
It of course all depends on the geography. When I lived in Manhattan, (and also when I visit) I would go to the Upper West Side, or Union Square or Chelsea, Trader Joe's sometimes, and hoo boy they were packed often with lines.
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Trader Joe's is marketing by Aldi executives.
Most clear-minded Millennials realize that they don't have enough money to be constantly shopping at Whole Foods. On the other hand, many people see Aldi's as kind of a "blue-collar" grocery store. And Jewel/Pick n Save is too "macro." Millennials don't want to shop at Aldi's or Jewel for the same reason that they don't want to be seen drinking Miller, Coors, or Budweiser.
So where to go? Trader Joe's fills the niche--Goose Island in the beer analogy.
Corroborative anecdotal evidence: near my house, Oak Park has a Trader Joe's, but no Aldi's. Berwyn and Cicero have Aldis, but no Trader Joe's. Coincidence? Don't kid yourself.
There's also Pete's, Jewel (Roosevelt not the RF one) Sugar Beat Co-op, Mini target and carnival grocery in OP plus the RF jewel and fresh thyme. So it could be just an overcrowded market (especially if you factor in the Aldi Farmers fresh, Jewel and target in Brickyard, RF Jewel & Fresh Thyme, Or the Caputos on Harlem)
Personally I love Aldi, do most my shopping there, Trader Joe's or Whole Foods (amazon credit card makes up for the mark up). Don't know why the brand is "blue collar" here but you're absolutely correct that Aldi Nord is capitalizing on the usually better Aldi Sud's brand positioning.
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I get my groceries from H-E-B and nowhere else. I didn't understand why people ever felt brand loyalty to a grocery store until I found H-E-B. God bless Texas.
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I get my groceries from H-E-B and nowhere else. I didn't understand why people ever felt brand loyalty to a grocery store until I found H-E-B. God bless Texas.
I will have to hit H-E-B more when there or Central Market. I alwaya se to be running in and out of a Kroger too often. .....I always make sure to hit up a Buc-ee's at leaat once when in TX. That place is wild. I will never forget my first time there.
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Trader Joe's is marketing by Aldi executives.
Most clear-minded Millennials realize that they don't have enough money to be constantly shopping at Whole Foods. On the other hand, many people see Aldi's as kind of a "blue-collar" grocery store. And Jewel/Pick n Save is too "macro." Millennials don't want to shop at Aldi's or Jewel for the same reason that they don't want to be seen drinking Miller, Coors, or Budweiser.
So where to go? Trader Joe's fills the niche--Goose Island in the beer analogy.
Corroborative anecdotal evidence: near my house, Oak Park has a Trader Joe's, but no Aldi's. Berwyn and Cicero have Aldis, but no Trader Joe's. Coincidence? Don't kid yourself.
When I see AldI I think of Freeway.
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Herd ya gotta schlep yo own bags ta Aldi's, hey?
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I get my groceries from H-E-B and nowhere else. I didn't understand why people ever felt brand loyalty to a grocery store until I found H-E-B. God bless Texas.
Between college and law school, in the late 70s, I managed a Pick N Save, then managed a Gerlands in Houston. A fellow Gerlands manager said his dream job would be to work for H E Butt out of San Antonio...I laughed at the silly name.
Today, HEB is the Texas go to grocery, and rated among the best:
https://www.chron.com/business/article/H-E-B-named-best-supermarket-in-the-country-by-15404118.php
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One trend I have seen the past decade, nice, brand new Aldi's stores in upscale suburban neighborhoods.
Another trend is more competition in close proximity with some of the Fresh Market type of stores. For example, in a few block radius, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Lucky's Market, Fresh Thyme Market etc...all near one another. (Before Lucky's Market went bankrupt nationally and closed stores) And some stores have success in some parts of town but not others.
It of course all depends on the geography. When I lived in Manhattan, (and also when I visit) I would go to the Upper West Side, or Union Square or Chelsea, Trader Joe's sometimes, and hoo boy they were packed often with lines.
When we lived in Chicago, we lived within easy walking distance of the Aldi's by Lane Tech. I only heard bad things about it, so I never stepped foot in the place even though I shopped just about weekly at the Jewels and Dominicks right next door.
After we moved to Charlotte, I started hearing good things about our local Aldi's ... and I love the place. They do some things better than others, and the produce sometimes is in rough shape, but most of the time its pretty good stuff at very good prices.
Aldi's ... whodathunk it?
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There's also Pete's, Jewel (Roosevelt not the RF one) Sugar Beat Co-op, Mini target and carnival grocery in OP plus the RF jewel and fresh thyme. So it could be just an overcrowded market (especially if you factor in the Aldi Farmers fresh, Jewel and target in Brickyard, RF Jewel & Fresh Thyme, Or the Caputos on Harlem)
Personally I love Aldi, do most my shopping there, Trader Joe's or Whole Foods (amazon credit card makes up for the mark up). Don't know why the brand is "blue collar" here but you're absolutely correct that Aldi Nord is capitalizing on the usually better Aldi Sud's brand positioning.
Aldi's in the US is viewed as blue collar because it's viewed as a "knock off" brand and not a name brand. Aldi's is great but within the US there is zero understanding of the difference between Nord and Sud, it's all just Aldi's.
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You know what I don't get?
Flan.
It's just gross. I mean, I can see someone coming up with the recipe, but didn't the first people who ate flan say, hey, this is edible but not good at all, do not ever make this goo again?
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Ever had rocky mountain oysters, hey?
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When we lived in Chicago, we lived within easy walking distance of the Aldi's by Lane Tech. I only heard bad things about it, so I never stepped foot in the place even though I shopped just about weekly at the Jewels and Dominicks right next door.
After we moved to Charlotte, I started hearing good things about our local Aldi's ... and I love the place. They do some things better than others, and the produce sometimes is in rough shape, but most of the time its pretty good stuff at very good prices.
Aldi's ... whodathunk it?
No one who has spent any amount of time in Chicago calls it "Jewels". It's either "Jewel" or "The Jewel".
I remember being very impressed when a character on E/R (which, as you recall, is set in Chicago) talked about going to "the Jewel". That's some first level research right there. Either that or some Chicago native corrected them during rehearsal.
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Pretty sure dey were referrin' too da family jewels, hey?
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No one who has spent any amount of time in Chicago calls it "Jewels". It's either "Jewel" or "The Jewel".
I remember being very impressed when a character on E/R (which, as you recall, is set in Chicago) talked about going to "the Jewel". That's some first level research right there. Either that or some Chicago native corrected them during rehearsal.
You of course are right about the Jewels. A tousand apologies. My friend.
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You of course are right about the Jewels. A tousand apologies. My friend.
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No one who has spent any amount of time in Chicago calls it "Jewels". It's either "Jewel" or "The Jewel".
I remember being very impressed when a character on E/R (which, as you recall, is set in Chicago) talked about going to "the Jewel". That's some first level research right there. Either that or some Chicago native corrected them during rehearsal.
Wow way to disrespect Osco Drug
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Wow way to disrespect Osco Drug
I am just telling it like it is.
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I will have to hit H-E-B more when there or Central Market. I alwaya se to be running in and out of a Kroger too often. .....I always make sure to hit up a Buc-ee's at leaat once when in TX. That place is wild. I will never forget my first time there.
There's a Buc-ee's between College Station and Houston. Its a must stop, both ways, every time we make the trip. Cleanest bathrooms in America, delicious kolaches, beaver nuggets for dessert, and just a fascinating place to visit.
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No one who has spent any amount of time in Chicago calls it "Jewels". It's either "Jewel" or "The Jewel".
I remember being very impressed when a character on E/R (which, as you recall, is set in Chicago) talked about going to "the Jewel". That's some first level research right there. Either that or some Chicago native corrected them during rehearsal.
I still occasionally slip up and say I'm going to Jewel when I mean I'm going to Pick N Save
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Why do some people question eating chili in the summer because it's hot out? Do they only eat food cold in summer?
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Why do some people question eating chili in the summer because it's hot out? Do they only eat food cold in summer?
Related, I only drink hot coffee, including on hot summer days. (Sure I'd drink an iced coffee if you hand me one or if it was the only thing available. But just give me the hot coffee as much as possible.)
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Why do some people question eating chili in the summer because it's hot out? Do they only eat food cold in summer?
Personally I think its easier to warm up than cool down.
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I don't get post college age adults who drink crap alcohol. For a small bump in price you can feel like a million bucks the next day.
Anecdote: There's a jewel going out of business by my house and the entire top shelf imported wine section was still there, most craft beers, and till yesterday most the top shelf whiskeys. Meanwhile the domestic beer, bottles of barefoot, and bottles of Smirnoff and Jim Beam & jack Daniels were all picked over immediately.
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I don't get post college age adults who drink crap alcohol. For a small bump in price you can feel like a million bucks the next day.
Don't you be dissing Spike like that!
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I don't get post college age adults who drink crap alcohol. For a small bump in price you can feel like a million bucks the next day.
I'll thank you to not bad mouth my PBR on this forum
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I'll thank you to not bad mouth my PBR on this forum
My little brother, a lifetime Milwaukeean, visited me in NC a couple years ago. I took him to a great craft-beer bar. They musta had 100 choices, and so many were wonderful. He got a PBR, saying: "I hate all that froo-froo shyte."
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My little brother, a lifetime Milwaukeean, visited me in NC a couple years ago. I took him to a great craft-beer bar. They musta had 100 choices, and so many were wonderful. He got a PBR, saying: "I hate all that froo-froo shyte."
I was at a similar craft beer and saw a guy actually look at all the choices for 3-4 minutes, and then ordered a Bud Lite.
But he was a FIB, so...
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My little brother, a lifetime Milwaukeean, visited me in NC a couple years ago. I took him to a great craft-beer bar. They musta had 100 choices, and so many were wonderful. He got a PBR, saying: "I hate all that froo-froo shyte."
Next time he orders a steak at a restaurant, pass him the ketchup.
I was at a similar craft beer and saw a guy actually look at all the choices for 3-4 minutes, and then ordered a Bud Lite.
But he was a FIB, so...
I think people who are new to craft beer are overwhelmed, and need help finding something they won't hate.... so they just decide to get something they know they are familiar with. I try to help folks like this anytime I'm out... yeah, I'm that guy.
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Next time he orders a steak at a restaurant, pass him the ketchup.
I think people who are new to craft beer are overwhelmed, and need help finding something they won't hate.... so they just decide to get something they know they are familiar with. I try to help folks like this anytime I'm out... yeah, I'm that guy.
Anyone who drinks Bud Lite has no business taking up space in a craft bar.
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Next time he orders a steak at a restaurant, pass him the ketchup.
I think people who are new to craft beer are overwhelmed, and need help finding something they won't hate.... so they just decide to get something they know they are familiar with. I try to help folks like this anytime I'm out... yeah, I'm that guy.
I'm that guy, too. Some people don't listen, though!
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I'm that guy, too. Some people don't listen, though!
Offer to buy it for them, and tell them to dump it when you're not looking if they hate it. ;)
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1. Bud Lite is not beer.
2. PBR, on the other hand, is. Despite the fun of discovering a good brew at a such an establishment that offers many, there are plenty of bad beers in the mix. It isn't easy creating a consistently quality brew. That's why the Coors/Miller even Lakefront breweries of the world spend plenty on chemists and water quality control employees. Your man ordering the PBR might just have been seeking comfort in knowing he'd get a drinkable product.
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I still occasionally slip up and say I'm going to Jewel when I mean I'm going to Pick N Save
I had a very confusing conversation with my kids because I kept calling the convenience store near our house (which has been a 7-11 for probably 20 years) a "White Hen."
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Anyone who drinks Bud Lite has no business taking up space in a craft bar.
I went to a brewery tap house that 30 tap handle of their beer and on the end, a Coors Light tap handle, My wife asked what that was about and the bartender said "it's not hooked up to anything, it's a test." And yes, there have been people who failed that test.
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I went to a brewery tap house that 30 tap handle of their beer and on the end, a Coors Light tap handle, My wife asked what that was about and the bartender said "it's not hooked up to anything, it's a test." And yes, there have been people who failed that test.
I've seen where water comes out of that handle. And they use it to rinse your glass before they fill it.
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I 100% drink and love craft beers so if I'm somewhere with crafts I expect to like I have those.
If I'm going to be drinking in volume (golfing, day at the lake, tailgate, etc) I'm going with PBR, Schlitz, or Coors Light. Beers that aren't expensive, easy drinking, and I know I love.
However if you bring me a Bud product I will slap it out of your hand and never speak to you again.
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I went to a brewery tap house that 30 tap handle of their beer and on the end, a Coors Light tap handle, My wife asked what that was about and the bartender said "it's not hooked up to anything, it's a test." And yes, there have been people who failed that test.
What happens if someone fails?
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Next time he orders a steak at a restaurant, pass him the ketchup.
I think people who are new to craft beer are overwhelmed, and need help finding something they won't hate.... so they just decide to get something they know they are familiar with. I try to help folks like this anytime I'm out... yeah, I'm that guy.
Good for you. I'm all for personal preferences, opinions,...but I definitely don't understand the idea to put others down to lift oneself up, or tribal group think. The parochial, provincial, insular life isn't for me. Enjoy what you enjoy. Let others enjoy what they enjoy, be open to new things, and inclusive of everyone.
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I had a very confusing conversation with my kids because I kept calling the convenience store near our house (which has been a 7-11 for probably 20 years) a "White Hen."
Haha same!
I 100% drink and love craft beers so if I'm somewhere with crafts I expect to like I have those.
If I'm going to be drinking in volume (golfing, day at the lake, tailgate, etc) I'm going with PBR, Schlitz, or Coors Light. Beers that aren't expensive, easy drinking, and I know I love.
However if you bring me a Bud product I will slap it out of your hand and never speak to you again.
This is a good point golfing is a terrible time for craft beer. Day at the lake I disagree. Tailgating I could see either way
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What happens if someone fails?
They laugh announce to the bar area that someone tried to order a Coors Light.
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They laugh announce to the bar area that someone tried to order a Coors Light.
So they very publicly humiliate the guy. Fun.
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1. Bud Lite is not beer.
2. PBR, on the other hand, is.
I never liked PBR, even when I was at MU and would drink just about whatever swill was put in front of me -- even Red, White & Blue at the 'Lanche. And I still don't like PBR, not even a swig of it. Good thing they make lots of different kinds of beer ... something for everybody!
I 100% drink and love craft beers so if I'm somewhere with crafts I expect to like I have those.
If I'm going to be drinking in volume (golfing, day at the lake, tailgate, etc) I'm going with PBR, Schlitz, or Coors Light. Beers that aren't expensive, easy drinking, and I know I love.
However if you bring me a Bud product I will slap it out of your hand and never speak to you again.
Haven't had Schlitz in years and years; it was my favorite of the Milwaukee brews when I was at MU. I'll have to try it again. We mostly drank Miller Lite because that and Old Style were the most commonly served beers near campus.
Nowadays, Coors Light is kind of my cheap, light, golfing beer, though I will drink a Bud Light as long as it's ice cold. I've become a bit of a craft beer snob, but I'll still throw back a light beer in situations like the ones you name. Except PBR. I'd rather drink water.
Good for you. I'm all for personal preferences, opinions,...but I definitely don't understand the idea to put others down to lift oneself up, or tribal group think. The parochial, provincial, insular life isn't for me. Enjoy what you enjoy. Let others enjoy what they enjoy, be open to new things, and inclusive of everyone.
Oh, totally agree ... unless somebody puts effen ketchup on an effen hot dog.
I mean, I'm tolerant ... but my tolerance has limits!
(I was actually tempted to use teal. Which is my way of saying, "Only kidding.")
(But don't put effen ketchup on effen hot dogs.)
(Again, just kidding.)
(Not really. No effen ketchup!)
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I never liked PBR, even when I was at MU and would drink just about whatever swill was put in front of me -- even Red, White & Blue at the 'Lanche. And I still don't like PBR, not even a swig of it. Good thing they make lots of different kinds of beer ... something for everybody!
Haven't had Schlitz in years and years; it was my favorite of the Milwaukee brews when I was at MU. I'll have to try it again. We mostly drank Miller Lite because that and Old Style were the most commonly served beers near campus.
Nowadays, Coors Light is kind of my cheap, light, golfing beer, though I will drink a Bud Light as long as it's ice cold. I've become a bit of a craft beer snob, but I'll still throw back a light beer in situations like the ones you name. Except PBR. I'd rather drink water.
Oh, totally agree ... unless somebody puts effen ketchup on an effen hot dog.
I mean, I'm tolerant ... but my tolerance has limits!
(I was actually tempted to use teal. Which is my way of saying, "Only kidding.")
(But don't put effen ketchup on effen hot dogs.)
(Again, just kidding.)
(Not really. No effen ketchup!)
People in Michigan regularly put Ketchup on hot dogs. Some of the best hot dogs with ketchup where in the concession stands underneath Spartan Stadium.
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I had a very confusing conversation with my kids because I kept calling the convenience store near our house (which has been a 7-11 for probably 20 years) a "White Hen."
Ha, I’ll sometimes let a JJ Peppers slip on accident.
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I had a very confusing conversation with my kids because I kept calling the convenience store near our house (which has been a 7-11 for probably 20 years) a "White Hen."
Moment of silence for White Hen everybody, please.
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Oh, totally agree ... unless somebody puts effen ketchup on an effen hot dog.
I mean, I'm tolerant ... but my tolerance has limits!
(I was actually tempted to use teal. Which is my way of saying, "Only kidding.")
(But don't put effen ketchup on effen hot dogs.)
(Again, just kidding.)
(Not really. No effen ketchup!)
Oh boy, not sure how to tell you this, but I had a hot dog with spicy mustard, ketchup, and onions and I have zero regrets.
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Oh boy, not sure how to tell you this, but I had a hot dog with spicy mustard, ketchup, and onions and I have zero regrets.
So you won't tolerate a Bud Light, but you'll put ketchup on a hot dog. Wow!
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So you won't tolerate a Bud Light, but you'll put ketchup on a hot dog. Wow!
Yeah Bud products our demonstrably bad......I have yet to understand why ketchup on a hot dog is bad for anything other than "reasons". I mean if someone doesn't want to put ketchup on a hot dog that's cool with me but I don't get why I'm the devil for liking ketchup on a hot dog.
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Yeah Bud products our demonstrably bad......I have yet to understand why ketchup on a hot dog is bad for anything other than "reasons". I mean if someone doesn't want to put ketchup on a hot dog that's cool with me but I don't get why I'm the devil for liking ketchup on a hot dog.
Thank you for understanding.
Reasons! That's right, you devil ... reasons!!!!!
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Any y'all no if dis wuz Nads. He seemed a bit heated lately, hey?
https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/northwest/news/germantown/2020/07/24/aau-basketball-fight-germantown-two-coaches-taken-hospital/5500722002/
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Thank you for understanding.
Reasons! That's right, you devil ... reasons!!!!!
Damn those pesky reasons, they get me every time
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I don't get why some people care so much about what other people put on their hot dogs.
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Yeah Bud products our demonstrably bad......I have yet to understand why ketchup on a hot dog is bad for anything other than "reasons". I mean if someone doesn't want to put ketchup on a hot dog that's cool with me but I don't get why I'm the devil for liking ketchup on a hot dog.
I personally think it's gross because of the amount of sugar in ketchup. Nothing to do with city pride unless someone specifically orders a Chicago style then adds ketchup lol. But that being said you do you.
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I personally think it's gross because of the amount of sugar in ketchup
I'm a lot more worried about the amount of not-meat that is in the hot dog.
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I personally think it's gross because of the amount of sugar in ketchup. Nothing to do with city pride unless someone specifically orders a Chicago style then adds ketchup lol. But that being said you do you.
Get the ketchup without the HFC. It is miles better.
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Any y'all no if dis wuz Nads. He seemed a bit heated lately, hey?
https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/northwest/news/germantown/2020/07/24/aau-basketball-fight-germantown-two-coaches-taken-hospital/5500722002/
Meh ... I already sicced Ners on both those coaches. He posterized all their players.
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Get the ketchup without the HFC. It is miles better.
In Ireland I love the ketchup, more vinegary and no HFC. Haven't tried it in the states I'll give it a shot.
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I don't get why some people care so much about what other people put on their hot dogs.
Agreed. In NYC I’d frequently hit up Grey’s Papaya and put ketchup and spicy brown mustard in my hot dogs l
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This oughta blow up this thread
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This oughta blow up this thread
but is it a sandwich?
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You can put anything you want on your hot dog. I have seen syrup, peanut butter, mushrooms...whatever floats your boat.
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You can put anything you want on your hot dog. I have seen syrup, peanut butter, mushrooms...whatever floats your boat.
When I was a small child, I put nothing on my hot dog. Ate it plain. No particular reason why. Then one day by accident, someone gave me a hot dog w/condiments on it, mostly mustard, ketchup. And then I began to eat hot dogs sometimes plain, sometimes w/different condiments. My mom made a great sazitza. (Thiugh her Lasagna and chocolate chip cookies and two layer chocolate cakes were the best) I later would eat bratwurst here and there. Secret stadium sauce in Milwaukee, sure, whatever. I never really considered it a sandwich but if some people want to call it that, sounds good, don't care either way. I don't eat red meat often these days, once in a while, mostly chicken and fish.
I 'll even eat a traditional Chicago style hot dog. I will also eat deep dish pizza, though I probably prefer tavern style to that, and perhaps a Pequod's and others to a Lou Malnati's. But my favorite pizza style is an NYC style pizza, though I will enjoy Connecticut style, Neopolitan style, Jersey style, Detroit, St. Louis, and other styles of pizza too. I'll even eat a frozen pizza once in a while, though it doesn't happen as often as the Tombstone Hall Store Pizza at MU Rah Rah. It is pizza after all.
When I was a kid I drank Kool-Aid. It was refreshing. Later a sip of my mom's diet soda, later my own regular sods, later diet soda, and eventually, no soda. (Water only these days)
People drink and eat different things, and, sometimes it even changes over time. All good. Like what you like. Try new things. Have fun.
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but is it a sandwich?
I say no. But it is one of my favorite debates
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When I was a small child, I put nothing on my hot dog. Ate it plain. No particular reason why. Then one day by accident, someone gave me a hot dog w/condiments on it, mostly mustard, ketchup. And then I began to eat hot dogs sometimes plain, sometimes w/different condiments. My mom made a great sazitza. (Thiugh her Lasagna and chocolate chip cookies and two layer chocolate cakes were the best) I later would eat bratwurst here and there. Secret stadium sauce in Milwaukee, sure, whatever. I never really considered it a sandwich but if some people want to call it that, sounds good, don't care either way. I don't eat red meat often these days, once in a while, mostly chicken and fish.
I 'll even eat a traditional Chicago style hot dog. I will also eat deep dish pizza, though I probably prefer tavern style to that, and perhaps a Pequod's and others to a Lou Malnati's. But my favorite pizza style is an NYC style pizza, though I will enjoy Connecticut style, Neopolitan style, Jersey style, Detroit, St. Louis, and other styles of pizza too. I'll even eat a frozen pizza once in a while, though it doesn't happen as often as the Tombstone Hall Store Pizza at MU Rah Rah. It is pizza after all.
When I was a kid I drank Kool-Aid. It was refreshing. Later a sip of my mom's diet soda, later my own regular sods, later diet soda, and eventually, no soda. (Water only these days)
People drink and eat different things, and, sometimes it even changes over time. All good. Like what you like. Try new things. Have fun.
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Yep. Several great choices in New Haven. The people are spoiled. Difficult to choose one fav, maybe Modern, I don't want to leave some others out. I'm definitely not just an old school Frank Pepe vs Sally's crowd, though I enjoy those places too. You can't really go wrong here.
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Yep. Several great choices in New Haven. The people are spoiled. Difficult to choose one fav, maybe Modern, I don't want to leave some others out. I'm definitely not just an old school Frank Pepe vs Sally's crowd, though I enjoy those places too. You can't really go wrong here.
I'm a Pepe's person.
Post-Marquette I lived a block away from Modern and got take-out from there every Friday night.
Get pizza from The Bar in DT New Haven quite frequently as well as Roseland in Derby, CT.
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I'm a Pepe's person.
Post-Marquette I lived a block away from Modern and got take-out from there every Friday night.
Get pizza from The Bar in DT New Haven quite frequently as well as Roseland in Derby, CT.
Here is my ranking.
Modern
Sally's
Bar
Zuppardi's
Pepe's
To put it in context, I would put Pepe's above any of my favorite pizza joints from Chicago or most other places i have lived.
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You know what I don't get?
Flan.
It's just gross. I mean, I can see someone coming up with the recipe, but didn't the first people who ate flan say, hey, this is edible but not good at all, do not ever make this goo again?
My wife is from Argentina and makes a deliciious flan. Creme Brulee done right is even better.
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Here is my ranking.
Modern
Sally's
Bar
Zuppardi's
Pepe's
To put it in context, I would put Pepe's above any of my favorite pizza joints from Chicago or most other places i have lived.
Amen!
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My wife is from Argentina and makes an delicious edible flan.
FIFY.
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Tractor pulls.
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Posters who don't take 5 seconds and scan to see if their topic is already started
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I do not get "rain" showerheads.
I mean, do you really want to feel like you're in the rain?
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I do not get "rain" showerheads.
I mean, do you really want to feel like you're in the rain?
I love mine