Yes. And that person always wonders why his or her order is usually mucked up. Then again, that person quite often has a negative experience everything-danged-where he or she goes and cannot figure out the single factor that is common to all those situations.

The last fondue party I went to was at my mother-in-law’s house, 20 years ago where she left something on the stove to keep warm and it caught fire. Destroyed the kitchen. As she lived in a condo, it was pretty tense for a while. The whole family (grandparents, 4 couples, 4 grand-kids) was there. I think it is still…

I think the key phrase is “impressionable age”. I was 31 when this movie was broadcast on TV. (Maybe one of the first disaster movies?) I was more “impressed” by the Cuban Missile crisis. I didn’t understand what was going on (I was born in 1952), but I do remember, right around then, having nightmares of the earth…

It’s usually due to (as noted) high state liquor license fees or state regs that prohibit sale of liquor in restaurants but allow consumption, if bought off premises. (That always just weirded me out. Then again, I grew up in Missouri where there was a tavern on every other corner and the poorest education system in…

Yup. Ever notice that people who are generally nice to others rarely have issues at restaurants, etc., while those who are generally not nice seem to always have problems. (My father-in-law seemed to just create chaos wherever he went. I swear he could just make restaurant ovens malfunction.)

Retail is rarely a place where you can “succeed” (unless you are very, very motivated and love that environment). Ask your store manager how much he or she makes. Not a lot, usually, compared to someone with the same number of years experience in a trade.

After thoroughly pissing off my wallet many years ago, I gave this game up. Not quite as bad as having to pay a hefty monthly fee, but probably pretty close. Good on you guys who can be (and don’t mind) putting out that kind of cash.

What is this “offline” thing you speak of?

I used to live in London. One day, back when newspapers were a thing, I opened up my newspaper (don’t remember which) and saw “Happy Mother’s Day to all Mothers!” Yikes! I waited until I figured my mom was up (time difference) and called to apologize. She could not figure out (for a bit) what I was talking about.…

Once, while traveling in Germany, we stayed at a hotel in Frankfort. When we got to the hotel desk, they asked us if we would mind receiving an upgrade to our (run-of-the-mill) room in return for filling out a customer questionnaire online. Clearly, they were attempting to “buy” our good remarks on that questionnaire.…

You’re right. Sorry. A little Youtube frustration there.

This doesn’t work as advertised. I have done exactly the above, repeatedly, both individually, and as a whole. Still, months later, I am getting recommendations for things I deleted months, and years ago. I also checked my search history and comments history. None of the “recommended videos” was in any of my search…

As a historically depressed and alienated person, I have never wanted to hear or read about anyone else’s like experiences unless there was a story of hope that would someone assist me (and others, too, I guess /s) in dragging my butt out of that quagmire. Otherwise, it’s just whining, which is boring to me.

Many Asian “religions” present a study of the “death process”, which is pretty close to the process outlined above. (Buddhism is atheistic also.) Google “Buddhist death process”.

I think if autonomous vehicles reduce accidents and deaths by even 10%, they should (in my book, at least) be considered a success, with hopefully greater success to come, with the goal of zero accidents and deaths being the ultimate, but that last 20% is usually pretty tough.

We went on a tour to Rome over Christmas as the wife wanted to be in Vatican Square when the Pope gave his Christmas blessing to all on the square. We did a little shopping prior to the event on the far end of the square so when the event started sooner than we anticipated, the square was already jammed packed. We…

Rascists are usually quite racist against the many other tribes in their own race, much less against other races. Real Christians and Real Buddhists are indistinguishable from each other. (Or the “real thing” in most other religions that truly see the world as it is.) Fools, on the other hand, if their actions don’t…

That Irish bloke, Siannnne Guinnessberg.

garbage in, garbage out.

On the PestWorld site, they list Baldfaced Hornets with following caveat: “ if their nest is located near a structure, control is warranted.” Which is exteminator speak for KILL IT! We had a nest of them in our front yard, and when I showed the pest guy, he just said he was calling for help, asked me to get back into…