The Touch: You lightly touch their shoulder or arm. This usually stops them and gives you a small opening to use to your advantage. It could be to add something, or merely to say goodbye and escape the conversation. (“It was nice chatting with you!”)
From Vegas to Baltimore with a stop in St Louis in 2007, we were stuck on the tarmac for almost 2 hours. When we finally did get airborne, we were given free food and drinks. However, I think the worst part was that it was hot and stuffy and only got worse as the 2nd hour of delay hit. The air wasn’t recycling as…
Or, you know, jut get a large coffee and go on about your day.
Translation: Kevin read the headline, formed an opinion based on his myopic worldview, and spewed a comment onto Lifehacker’s well-written article, without actually having read said article.
And yet, having known this for years now about Taco Bell... I still crave it from time to time. Go figure.
I keep books around to re-read, and I have a few I haven’t read yet. It comes down to individual tastes and desires, I think.
I feel like I’m spamming this thread with this video but... YES! This exact thing! And I’m not even from NY, but my wife is. LOL!
I posted this video above, but the guys at Glove & Boots addressed this in a vid a few years ago. LOL!
*waves to you from Philly*
A few suggestions:
* $2.00 ferry (on off peak hours) to Governor’s Island (leaves from same terminal area as Staten Island Ferry). Go in the warmer months for the fields of local plants, old restored fort, and the pop up beer garden, plus very cool views of lower Manhattan, The Statue of Liberty, and Ellis Island. You…
Yeah I had a boss for a part time job in high school who screamed at me over the phone because I called out sick on a Sunday morning. He screamed at me then hung up on me. I waited an hour, called back, and he said “so are you coming in?” And I said, “Nope, I quit.”
Sick days should be separate from vacation/personal days. You don’t CHOOSE to be sick, right?
Or a gift certificate to a place where they can try a flight in order to sample different ones. The Whiskey Ward in NYC, for example, is great for that. :)
If I had any I’d gladly give it to you. It tastes like a muddy peat bog in a glass. Bleh. Gimme something from farther up in the Highlands. Although I do admit some Islay brands are tasty too. Just not the super peaty lowlands stuff.
since all booze tastes better with a little dilution.
Yeah, that one pulled all kinds of ‘fun’ people out of the woodwork. The comments against the flu shot were mindnumbingly horrid.
Yeah I pretty much tell people we’re wrapping up, and let them know where the nearest bars are if they wanna continue to party on their own. LOL!
I think part of it is that he’s living the life we all wish we could.
“But its not, if it was we would have 51 states . . .”