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13 hours ago, SteveAJones said:
A 20% tip for last night's dinner with three friends was thirty bucks. Tipping is the main reason why I'm going out to eat in restaurants less and less. It's bad enough the cost of everything else has increased, then I'm expected to pay a waiter 20% of my bill just for doing their damn job.
I enjoy leaving a good tip for top notch service. The happiness goes both ways. 20% would just be an average tip at a nice restaurant. But I tip on the curve so to speak, so I really am not spending more in tips than I need to. For example: an mediocre server will not get as much as they could get if they show a disinterest in doing a good job, so their loss. But the take away from that server will be added on to the next server who goes above and beyond. So really pure capitalism on my part. "To the victor goes the spoils" as they say.
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12 hours ago, rm2551 said:
Exactly, but if it is compulsory, it is nothing to do with compensating for good service - it's compulsory! Only in America is the concept of "tipping" completely ruined. (AFAIK it's only the US)
compulsory tipping I'd say is a form of socialism wouldn't you say Kip?
BTW, welcome back.
But it isn't compulsory, you don't have to leave a tip. And if you don't leave a tip then you may only get bad service.
The way it is supposed to work is that you are more than happy to reward a server for working hard to earn a good gratuity. When you go out to dinner with the wife or girlfriend for a special evening and the server makes it extra special, why wouldn't you want to reward them?
I hate servers who expect a good tip but then don't earn even a medicore tip.
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3 minutes ago, Strider said:
I am an analog kid in an increasingly indifferent digital world. I still carry cash on me and prefer to make most of my day-to-day purchases with cash. It is still legal tender and United States currency...at least the last I heard it was.
It is still legal, but it is going away fast.
I like cash because I can get better service by tipping upfront sometimes. You know like in Goodfellas...
But not like Henry Hill level service--- usually at the donut shop with special requests.
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22 minutes ago, hummingbird69 said:
Best scene from the Breakfast club
My favorite scene is when the teacher is asking John Bender what he would do if his house was on fire and his dope was burning.
Richard Vernon : What if your home... what if your family... what if your *dope* was on fire?
John Bender : [truthfully] Impossible, sir. It's in Johnson's underwear.
It actually was in Johnson's underwear at that moment.
Also the line where Bender asks Vernon: "Does Barry Manilow know you raid his wardrobe"?
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8 minutes ago, Strider said:
Did I not mention "American Graffiti" in my post?
LOL! Yeah you did, but my old brain saw Beatles and then processed your post wrong. My bad.
American Graffiti a really great film which the studios had no interest in getting behind until Francis Ford Coppolla put his weight behind it and Lucus.
It is so funny how studio bosses are often clueless to creative brilliance of many directors. I mention Diner and it was the same with that film. The studio just thought so little of the project that they didn't stick their noses in too much, and that left the director to really do what he wanted.
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12 hours ago, Strider said:
Reading about more venues going "cashless". How many of you carry cash? Or are you strictly credit card/apple pay/virtual currency now?
I never use debit cards or any of the apple pay or paypal stuff. I'm fine with using credit cards as those offer me the best protection against fraud, but I realize some people are not good at managing their credit card use. I don't own a smart phone and never will. I have a plain old flip phone with no aps or other crap. All of that stuff is about tracking you and selling your information. Getting people to pay with a smart phone ap is Orwellian stuff. This is EXACTLY how in China the government tracks and evaluates citizens on their behavior. It is about controlling you.
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11 hours ago, SteveAJones said:
This film really has become a time capsule of early 1980s America...the mall, the fast food restaurants, the way concert tickets were sold, no computers in the classroom...
And even more specifically Southern California due to Spicoli and his surfer friends, and also a touch of that "Valley" (San Fernando Valley) thing too.
Sean Penn grew up here and was very much aware of the way surfer's acted when he did his role in the film. So common was a Jeff Spicoli type, that almost everyone from here probably knew a Spicoli in high school. I think the scene where Spicoli and his friends went into the All American Burger and took their shirts off when walking in was something you don't see in too many other places unless actually at a beach town here. No shirt and no shoes was very common here, especially in the summer. Today kids are so damn fat that most would not dare go without a shirt.
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11 hours ago, Strider said:
The great American Highschool Trilogy:
American Graffiti: The pre-Beatles 1960s
Dazed & Confused: 1976
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: 1981-82
I think that a good case for these three could also be made;
American Graffiti
Diner
Almost Famous
Maybe not specifically high school, but the coming of age just after high school.
Then many more films in a similar genre:
16 Candles
Superbad
Saint Elmo's Fire
The Breakfast Club
Stand By Me
The Outsiders
Summer of '42
Ferris Beuller's Day Off
Pretty In Pink
The Lords of Flatbush
Dirty Dancing
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11 hours ago, redrum said:Stacy Hamilton: When a guy has an orgasm, how much comes out?Linda Barrett: A quart or so.
10cc
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Fast Times table read
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On 2/4/2022 at 12:01 AM, chillumpuffer said:
If you are fortunate enough to work for a good boss then tips are collected and shared out by the waiting staff at the end of the night.
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.
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I cant start my day without Dunkin Donuts coffee.
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1 minute ago, JohnOsbourne said:
Putin's no sweetheart of course, but America has had no problem partnering with much worse autocrats than him if it served the national interest. How destroying our economy while driving Russia into the arms of our main competitor is in our interest is something that's very mysterious to me.
Spot on!
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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?
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On 1/12/2016 at 11:38 AM, Lake of Shadows said:
Hey there... been a long time...
Life has been happening, as has the end of it as well. I do miss 'the old days' and some of the conversations/discussions/rants/diatribes... but especially some of the people here, and particularly you StringBender. But... we can't go back it seems... when we try, it's like trying to put toothpaste back in the tube... it doesn't work and the attempt can be kinda messy.I pop in briefly every few months and then pop back out. Meanwhile..... *waves hello*
Me messy, because rock and roll is supposed to be messy.
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4 hours ago, JohnOsbourne said:
The reality is, America is an empire in decline, and going around like a drunk in a bar challenging everyone to a fight won't change that. Eventually our bluff will get called, in fact it already is (witness the Saudis thinking about accepting yuan for oil). No American interest depends on who controls Ukraine or Taiwan, acting like it does will only make the collapse more chaotic and destructive than it needs to be.
I agree that Finland and Sweden contemplating NATO membership is not something Russia wants, but it doesn't change the fact that Ukraine for them is a red line, and not really for anyone else. So the US/EU going hysterical over this only makes them look insane to the rest of the world. But I doubt China is regretting their support for Russia, simply because they know if Russia falls, they are next. And besides: Russia is not losing the war, it seems clear they will achieve their primary objectives (no one but the US government and media are claiming the Russians intended a lightning victory).
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.
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3 hours ago, Strider said:
Here is all you need to know about Jim Ladd and KMET back in the day: They played the live version of "Dazed and Confused" from "The Song Remains the Same"...all 27 minutes of it uncut.
I'll bet that Jim made "good use" of that 27 minute break if you know what I mean?"
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Hoopie mudders dai....
Don't mind me, I'm just drunk.
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11 minutes ago, redrum said:
IH8RADIO
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.
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6 hours ago, JohnOsbourne said:
There's no doubt that China is a bigger long-term issue than Russia. (What we do about it is another question.) And of course, the leadership of the US and western Europe has driven Russia and China closer together by their moral posturing over Ukraine. They've just ensured that in any future conflict with China, the Chinese will be supplied by Russia's massive resources. (Even more shockingly, they've effectively brought India and China closer.) Pure genius, goes way beyond shooting themselves in the foot.
The biggest problem, though, is the US/EU has increased the risk of nuclear war, which won't affect Alaska at all.
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?
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5 minutes ago, Strider said:
From the brief time I listened, it appears they still have some DJs...Marci Wiser, even that Matt Pinfield dude from MTV back in the day...but I bet they are on a short leash.
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.
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1 hour ago, Strider said:
There is only one 'Mr. Jimmy'.
Oh, that "Mr Jimmy".
Let us know when Steve Z comes in. Now that guy can actually play like real Mr Wizard of "Z'
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HBO is free this weekend. Loading up on old Soprano's episodes.