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I would be very angry to find out that any tip I give to MY waiter is put into a pool and then shared with other staff. The whole idea of a gratuity is to compensate THE PERSON who provided good service. And since not all waiters are as good as the best ones, the ones lacking in merit should get less. What you are describing sounds like socialism, which I loathe. I believe in tipping, but if I knew that it was shared with others, then I would just tip a lot less than I do.

I cant start my day without Dunkin Donuts coffee.

Spot on!

Couldn't have a garden now here in SoCal if one wanted to. With the drought they are now mandating that you can only water plants one day per week. That doesn't keep a lawn or garden alive, not in this semi arid climate. California will be turning into Dune's planet Arrakis before too long. Jabe, Nice garden BTW. How much time per week does it take to have something that green?

Me messy, because rock and roll is supposed to be messy.

You make good points. And the reason the Saudis are turning their back on us right now is two fold: 1) the rush by the USA and EU to suddenly cut out fossil fuels means the Saudis must make new economic partners, and China and India will buy the oil we don't want to, and those nations will pump more pollution in to the atmosphere anyway. And 2) our current leadership offended the Saudi prince over a matter we didn't need to bother with, and then not seeing the Saudi side in the proxy war in Yemen between SA and Iran. Saudis are right that Iran is the bigger threat in the region. And Iran backed by Russia and China means we should have been nicer to the Saudis than we have been since the "new boss" came in Politicians looking for votes making brash statements about having the Ukraine in NATO was really dumb. Putin is what he is, but could not allow the Ukraine to become a NATO member anymore than we would want Canada in a military alliance with China.

I'll bet that Jim made "good use" of that 27 minute break if you know what I mean?"

Hoopie mudders dai.... Don't mind me, I'm just drunk.

I do too now. And here in SoCal most of the dial has been taken over by Spanish / Mexican radio stations. But there was a time here in SoCal when we were all tuned into one or two stations. First was on AM with stations like KHJ "Boss Radio"--- which BTW was so well demonstrated in Tarrantino's last film "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood". But then when FM became the thing, and free form radio with more album oriented playlists... well, it was a great time. Jim Ladd used to talk about the "electronic campfire", it was the one place we all were really connected too before we all became so fragmented by Facebook, Twitter, MP3 players, and subscription whatever services. I remember the night John Lennon was murdered, and it was out FM stations where we all tuned to share the loss, and it was DJs like Ladd and others who spoke for us. Yep, everything now is fragmented. Twitter and Facebook is nowhere near the unifying thing for our culture that our free form FM radio used to be.

I'm sure China is rethinking the effectiveness of Russia's military capability--- their nukes aside. Now with pushing Finland and possibly Sweden into considering joining NATO, how does that help the China/Russia position? China overestimated Russia's ability, which they ought to also stop for a moment and consider their own limitations. China likes to talk big to their own people about China's mighty navy and air force, but truth be told, Japan still has a more capable Navy and ability to take our some of China's newer ships. All this means is that with China (with Russia, Iran, and North Korea as their proxies) pushing against the Western and Pacific alliances, there will become a point where we have had enough. Then next thing will be Japan, South Korea, and possibly even Taiwan considering having their own nuclear deterrents, and how will that make China feel? Now for my off limit political comment on why we are at this point: When we pulled out of Afghanistan (where we should have never been in the first place anyway) in the manner we did, all we did was signal weakness to Putin and others, so I'm sure he felt now was the best time to make his move. Never show weakness in the face of tyrants. Hasn't history proven this to be true?

Yeah, a really short leash.... too short to even still call the station KLOS. And waaaaaay more commercials than are bearable. I remember always tuning in to Jim Ladd on KMET at night in the early '80s (10pm-2am) right after 'the Burner Mary Turner'. Sometimes Ladd would go 25-30 minutes without breaking for a commercial when he was on a roll....or even a rant. One night he tells the audience that he just got a call from program manager who happened to be tuning in at midnight on a weeknight, which was out of the ordinary, and Ladd said "oops, I'm busted for not breaking for any commercials for too long". So, Ladd tells us he has to get back on schedule, and to bear with him and stay tuned and NOT switch over to "the other guy" (meaning KLOS), and to listen to the commercials he will be playing to catch up for the next 5 minutes or so. And so he starts playing the commercial spots from all the 'carts', but he breaks in for a few seconds between each spot to I.D. the station and insert a classic Ladd type remark, and then got caught up. That was true free form FM at it's best, and Ladd was king. One reason he used crap on KLOS at that time was they didn't give DJs the same freedom as KMET. I really miss those days.

Oh, that "Mr Jimmy". Let us know when Steve Z comes in. Now that guy can actually play like real Mr Wizard of "Z'

This is why we cannot have nice things. Somebody always throws a ball in the house and breaks one of mother's nice lamps.

Craving a McRib sandwich and a shamrock shake.

Jimmy Page, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Falon, or Jimmy Osmond? Or was it Jimmy the maps to the stars homes guy, the one who smells like nachos and feet?

I pretty much have BB and BCS on a constant loop.

Does "K- LOSS"--- as Jim Ladd used to call it when he was at the Mighty Met, do they still have DJs? I thought that KLOS had switched to some lame pre programmed automated format without live DJs?

Mask Hysteria

Best thing about the South was NASCAR. But if they start racing electric cars then I am DONE.

Unless Russia attacks Alaska, I think we should stay out of this one. Russia isn't a global threat anyway. China is the big problem.

I just got a IRS refund deposit for 34K into my checking account. Must be a mistake. I wonder how long before they figure it out?

Seriously Strider! "Random Thoughts The Return"???? Weren't the previous three "Random Thoughts" wished into the cornfield? However, I guessed you missed the relevance of the actual forth "random thread" created last year which Andy which he cleverly called "UNTITLED". Which if you think about it was very appropriate for the fourth 'random thread'. Maybe this thread should be called "Holy House of Random" LOL!