Miscellaneous Discussion Thread
Quote: JoemanYou should head down and catch a game in Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz stadium. I went to the Peach Bowl last year and was amazed at the concession prices. Hot dogs were $2 (I see they reduced them to $1.50 this year!) and soft drinks are $2, and they are self-serve with free refills. They still get you with the beer prices, though.
Self-serve sodas (actually I think all sodas are "Cokes" in Atlanta, like "pop" is in the midwest) is such a brilliant idea. Based on personal experience, 80% of the time I spend in the concession lines at games is waiting for the concessionaires to fill the drink cups. Hot dogs, pretzels, nachos, etc. are all right there, they just grab them and throw them on the counter. But it takes ~30 seconds to fill each cup. Plus, each machine is shared by 2 lines, so if you both want a Sprite, one has to wait on the other.
If they didn't suck so hard, this would make me consider becoming a Falcons fan! I hear Alt United does fairly well, though.
BTW, did anyone catch Kevin Harland's call of the black cat on MNF? Pretty funny; he even squeezes in a sponsor plug.
I did hear about that last year. I guess it went well if they did it again this year. I guess the debate is, is a lot at a small price better than less at a larger price.
When I go to any sporting events I buy 1 refillable pop at around $8 and 1 nachos at $8-$10. wife and I share both. Kids usually end up with something small as well. Even with me being cheap we spend about $40. At the soccer game I spent about $50 and had nachos, pop, beer, popcorn, hamburgers, and a hotdog. So I spent the same but we were much happier and have told people about the prices instead of complaining about the prices.
THAT is the way to market a stadium: overcome the impulse for monopolistic laziness. Steam clean the place every night, make sure the concessionaires provide good value and short lines, provide picnic tables for those who want to bypass the concessions completely.Quote: GWAESo I spent the same but we were much happier and have told people about the prices instead of complaining about the prices.
Quote: FleaStiffTHAT is the way to market a stadium: overcome the impulse for monopolistic laziness. Steam clean the place every night, make sure the concessionaires provide good value and short lines, provide picnic tables for those who want to bypass the concessions completely.
Idk about the picnic tables. You can't even get a cooler into most stadia these days. Maybe out in the parking lots, it would be sort of useful.
I'm still pissed off Google Glasses become a big hit. Too many creepers I guess.Quote: rxwineMore people should purchase Spy/camera glasses for their trip report pics.
Maybe a slot machine named "Poor House", "My College Tuition", "Pawn Shop Cash Out" or just name one, "Stupid Game"
Quote: AxelWolfI'm still pissed off Google Glasses become a big hit. Too many creepers I guess.
one of the best put downs I've ever heard
some call those wearing Google Glasses..............................𝑮𝑳𝑨𝑺𝑺𝑯𝑶𝑳𝑬𝑺....................................... 😄
I noticed that I forgot the word *DIDN'T.Quote: lilredroosterone of the best put downs I've ever heard
some call those wearing Google Glasses..............................𝑮𝑳𝑨𝑺𝑺𝑯𝑶𝑳𝑬𝑺....................................... 😄
I think everyone got the point.
I wonder if anything like this will re-emerge in the near future? I think life would be so much easier if you could automatically record everything you wanted to along with many other interesting things you could do but something like this. Can't they make some kind of program that would prevent people from using it for creepy crap? Then again, they probably eliminate half their market by doing that.
Like that law about Bikini Swimsuits and Micro-mini skirts can only be worn by young, attractive females who are single?Quote: AxelWolfCan't they make some kind of program that would prevent people from using it for creepy crap?
they sell it for 5 bucks ($4.95) at least in Miami
you really have to be a believer in Starbucks to grab a couple of these babies
or you just don't give a s... about throwing away 8 bucks
Either cost me or saved me some money. TBD.
I wonder how much it cost them.
I would guess they got hacked. If so, I guess the hacker got them pretty good.
I find out today that the accident is showing up on me in lexis nexis. My personal car rate is increased. How does this happen? Is this an intentional glitch to increase rates of many customers?
I've already been advised to call our insurance co. or lexis nexis.
I was advised to amend a different traffic report for my mom. The cops in south texas are corrupt.
Quote: jjjooogggMy mom was hit by another vehicle. The other driver was at fault. This car belongs to our company. I was not in the car.
I find out today that the accident is showing up on me in lexis nexis. My rate is increased. How does this happen? Is this an intentional glitch to increase rates of many customers?
I've already been advised to call our insurance co. or lexis nexis.
I was advised to amend a different traffic report for my mom. The cops in south texas are corrupt.
Is your name on insurance? Do you live in a no fault state? If yes to both then this is normal.
You can dispute lexis nexis the same way you can credit report.
I drive my van down the road. I get 100 yards before it stalls. This is why I left my van out of town on my lot. The cop said that I can't park on grass even if it is my own land. Even if that's true, why let people park on grass next to the street and others that park in the back of their lot is a code violation?
Quote: GWAEIs your name on insurance? Do you live in a no fault state? If yes to both then this is normal.
You can dispute lexis nexis the same way you can credit report.
That doesn't explain why the other 6 accidents mostly my mom( she's old) within the last 5 years with our commerical vehicles didn't show up on my personal record and effect my personal insurance. The insurance quote is for my personal vehicle. Should my employees' accidents effect my personal insurance quote with me as the only one insured?
I'm 50 years old and I've never caught this before with our 50 year old company.
You are implying that if I work for AT&T that I should have every employees' accidents on my record.
That accident was another police corruption story, even though my mom was one of the victims.
I think you just described what my immigration policy would look like.Quote: FleaStiffLike that law about Bikini Swimsuits and Micro-mini skirts can only be worn by young, attractive females who are single?
Quote: AxelWolfI think you just described what my immigration policy would look like.
I would vote for you.
I think I figured out why my mom's accident showed up on my record.
So, I get a call from my insurance co. about a 2nd accident asking what happened and that he had a hard time finding my #, I changed my # ~2 years ago. He was shocked that I was not the driver. He updates the info and said that my mom needs to call him back to explain because the other party has made a claim against us. I think someone in the claims office is data entering random names off the policy without reading the Traffic report carefully. This is the 2nd time.
During a quote for insurance I get a webpage asking what happened on a certain date and who was at fault. And the premium increases 50%. I call lexis nexis. She has me on hold for 5 minutes and said that my record is clear for the last 5 years. And that she is putting a dispute that I am not the driver.
These accidents seem like set ups. A truck would come from a residential road or driveway and tbone my parents car when my parents are driving between restaurants. Cops would not write ticket to a felon (assault drugs)with no driver's license. All 4, Put blame on mom and falsify traffic report and ticket. 3 times, car is towed without letting parents take any belongings out. PD is painted on windsheild. I believe a group of delusional cops beleive that they will find something incriminating like drugs. The've been spreading rumors for 35 years. They've done this 3 times. Also, a cop associate brought my van back 1 hour late and it was ransacked. Nothing missing though. In one case the fleeing truck left his bumper. The cops didn't put it on the news, remains unsolved. The detective saw my dad's scalp was stapled back and he has brain damage.
My dad began his restaurant sleeping in his car and then a travel trailer. He built it the honest way.
Quote: AxelWolfI noticed that I forgot the word *DIDN'T.
I think everyone got the point.
I wonder if anything like this will re-emerge in the near future? I think life would be so much easier if you could automatically record everything you wanted to along with many other interesting things you could do but something like this. Can't they make some kind of program that would prevent people from using it for creepy crap? Then again, they probably eliminate half their market by doing that.
Apple is seriously trying to make it the next big thing after the iPhone. I predict it will fail spectacularly. Just google "Apple glasses."
I normally don't like Apple products too much, but this would change my mind if they came out with something good before anyone else.Quote: TigerWuApple is seriously trying to make it the next big thing after the iPhone. I predict it will fail spectacularly. Just google "Apple glasses."
Thanks, I'll look into it.
Quote: GWAEflying to Boston on Thursday. Booked it a few days ago. Today I was adding something in my google calendar for Dec and I noticed that I had a flight scheduled for Dec 5th. I was wondering where I was going and then realized that it was my Thursday flight. I somehow clicked the wrong date when booking. Not even sure how I would have done that. Luckily for me google decides to add things from your email into your calendar. If they wouldnt have done that I would have been at the airport on Thursday with no ticket and possibly missed my important business meeting.
Always let your administrative assistant book your travel. Then you have a scapegoat when things go bad.
Quote: GWAEflying to Boston on Thursday. Booked it a few days ago. Today I was adding something in my google calendar for Dec and I noticed that I had a flight scheduled for Dec 5th. I was wondering where I was going and then realized that it was my Thursday flight. I somehow clicked the wrong date when booking. Not even sure how I would have done that. Luckily for me google decides to add things from your email into your calendar. If they wouldnt have done that I would have been at the airport on Thursday with no ticket and possibly missed my important business meeting.
I’m so paranoid about that type of thing. I must verify the date I’m booking about 4 or 5 times before I actually click purchase. Same thing with hotels.
William Shatner and Henry Rollins perform Jingle bells, ruining Christmas forever.
Quote: PokerGrinderI’m so paranoid about that type of thing. I must verify the date I’m booking about 4 or 5 times before I actually click purchase. Same thing with hotels.
so am I. I honestly have no idea how I would have possibly done that. I know I checked it.
Quote: mcallister3200I think I’ve booked the wrong date twice. I always check the confirmation email so got the 24 hour free cancellation both times.
I really lucked out on this one. Flight was on United and I paid to upgrade to better seats and the upgrade came with free cancellation. This is probably the first time that I have ever upgraded a seat. It is a short flight so it was only $30 more to get the comfort seats so I did it. Saved me $210
Quote: DRichMy problem is that I book a lot of one way flights and I occasionally book them in the wrong direction. I think twice I have showed up at the airport with a ticket going the wrong direction.
How expensive did those turn out to be
Quote: GWAEHow expensive did those turn out to be
I don't remember specifically. I know one of them was in Reno heading back to las Vegas but I booked LAS to RNO. I don't recall the other one.
It rained all night in Vegas. Slept very well and feel peaceful and energized. Everytime there's a good rain I think, I really need to move somewhere with a nice climate, like the northwest. My life is more than half over. Why deal with a terrible climate?
Had a really crazy session at 10/20 last night. I'm fairly aggro, but I was also getting good cards in good spots. But, the turn and/or river kept boning me. I always missed my huge draws. They hit theirs. I was coolered. We both had trips with the same kicker, and they'd pair their other kicker.
I was down 10 buy ins in a couple hours!
A lot of it was to this lose passive guy on my immediate right. It was such a perfect situation. He'd limp. I'd pot it. Usually everyone else would fold and I'd play him in position. I was getting lots of nice starting hands, but he always had the best finishing hand.
I was going to give up after 10 buy ins, but things finally started going my way. He went from having 8 buy ins in his stack to having 2, and I got up to over 6 buy ins. I could probably have finished him, but it was already way past bed time.
Fortunately, it was 10cent/20cent or it would have been a really stressful night.
That is why God made thermostats and humidifiers.Quote: Rigondeaux. Why deal with a terrible climate?
I think a lot of people here would like it because it's about computer nerds. Sort of like The Big Bang Theory, but good.
Quote: billryanWhy such a variation in the routine? If you think someone is following them and acting when they are different, it seems like there is an obvious solution. One can make your settings universal or switch companies.
We were going to change to another alarm co. A while back. New co. Was going to charge a low price for new system and a cheap monthly. Dad wanted to keep same co. Because he is used to talking to them. I’ve been too busy to put this as a high priority. We got lots more. Theft internally. Cashiering theft and stolen food is far more costly. There is another reason. For a whole year the panic alarm was giving false alarms all day. The alarm co. And bookkeeper didn’t notify the owners. We were being fined everyday to the tune of thousands. We run into false alarm issues that seem to be on the dispatch side now. The cops think that we are behind this. I found two bare wires touching between the counter and tray. I fixed when I returned to my hometown. But somehow, I was out of the loop when I was out of town. Not even our bookkeeper cares Our neighbor tried reaching me for video footage of suspects. Again bookkeeper failed to notify. Surveillance co. Has consistently sabatoged getting footage of suspects. It seems a lot of people are sympathetic. A knife robber came. The cook blurted,”you.” She gave wrong description to cops. I didn’t feel like it would matter. 15 minutes later he ran on foot to another restaurant and hit a female manager and fled.
I think that they will use the trailer mostly As a deck for bbq. I think it is a trophy. I used it to clear garbage and tow mowing equipment.
At 815am bookkeeper was notified of a missing trailer and called me, at 830am , Someone on facebook posted at 830am “Ever wonder why someone did you dirty.” The fb poster is an ex girlfriend of the maintenance man we fired. The maintenance man is a gang member. His ex wife said that he can’t hold a job. He worked for the city in parks. He was insubordinate and stepped on everyone’s toes , our co workers, every manager. I never got mad or show disappointment because employees will take too personally if it comes from owner. Supposedly he has lots of friends, but no one will hire him. Yet, he has people driving in and out of our parking lot, parking on the highway next to our trailers everyday.
Video showed a Chevy Tahoe was tan with a black hood. We gave the surveillance to the cops. It wouldn’t be hard for the cops to spot in their beat. One day, I was driving down the highway in the same direction the Tahoe went. A tan Chevy Tahoe with a black hood passes me going 90-100 mph. (Note: This was not on the news. An employee must have told him what the video caught. It was dark but we have night vision.) The truck turns to another road and slows down to see if I follow. I consider chasing. Which I’ve had to do in a drunk hit and run case But realize that the cops will most likely not solve case. And possibility of retaliation, like broken windows. So I note location on google map and discuss options with bookkeeper. I don’t think cops consider trailer theft a high priority. I say this because we’ve run 10 locations. Cops are understaffed. There are 30k cases per year.
When I open the shipping container, it only takes 10 minutes to find someone parked in front of the door and texting for a few minutes. The gang members seem to be mass texting each other to dispatch everyone new info. If gang members put the same effort into work as Gang life, they’d be rich. Bodine Scott AC had half of their techs walk out because they were working til midnight. Commercial Kitchen and Air Serv had zero ac techs in town at one point. I called twice to verify. CCAC has a 2 week wait. Half the techs in town are uncertified.
Another gang member that worked for us saw my passenger front window missing. The window motor was broken. Next week. Two car windows broken on front passenger side glove box open, no valuables taken. This idiot thought i had a gun stolen in my glove box. This idiot has been bragging that he stole a lot of food to fix his classic car. This is how he pays me back
I gave any lawn mower my worker wanted. I gave him the best Home Depot had. He could have made money doing side mowing. I save 25k a year mowing myself. I didn’t even expect him to work all day. He was sitting on the job. Because I would need someone to run emergency errands. I’m backlogged because I don’t trust the applicants who are overqualified with better jobs wanting to transfer. This town is run like an island. Disorganized and politically run management. The base is run by people that want to hire friends. One i know of climbed the ranks fast and sleeps with co workers and parties. But hit a ceiling because of his habits.
A friend knows ppl working for a collision co. The employees admit stealing a lot from their boss because they hate seeing their boss goin hunting. maybe he’d get more respect dealing drugs as a hobby, sleeping with hookers and drinking. People here are very judgemental. My parents are oblivious to this and should run out of town asap.
People treat every holiday as a day to get drunk and drink and drive. There is a lot of hit and runs in town. We’ve got the short end of the stick with hit and runs because of the indifference of locals. I don’t think people here really cares if the Dallas cowboys win. They just want to party. I had an ac tech get angry because I called dispatch the day before Christmas. Like I chose when my walk in frig would break. Possibly another tech vandalized it. Someone messed up the wiring during thanksgiving day. I had to hire 3 techs and 10 hours of labor. I did the rest myself. I was just certified during that time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpwboKoOw40
An 18” large pizza, or two 12” medium pizzas?
Quote: gamerfreakWhich is more pizza?
An 18” large pizza, or two 12” medium pizzas?
depends upon sobriety, math inclination and valuation of crusts.
And remember Gracie Allen: Pie are ROUND.
Quote: gamerfreakWhich is more pizza?
An 18” large pizza, or two 12” medium pizzas?
18" large is about 254 square inches.
Two 12" mediums is about 226 square inches.
Quote: TigerWu18" large is about 254 square inches.
Two 12" mediums is about 226 square inches.
But you lose even more parity on a pizza, because unless you like bare crust or order a special one, there's a 1-2 in rind on most pizzas. In our house, with 2 dogs, those are known as "pizza bones", on the rare occasion the dogs get people food. So the dogs vote for 2 mediums, the people vote for 1 large. Ymmv.
Quote: beachbumbabsBut you lose even more parity on a pizza, because unless you like bare crust or order a special one, there's a 1-2 in rind on most pizzas. In our house, with 2 dogs, those are known as "pizza bones", on the rare occasion the dogs get people food. So the dogs vote for 2 mediums, the people vote for 1 large. Ymmv.
Quote: beachbumbabsBut you lose even more parity on a pizza, because unless you like bare crust or order a special one, there's a 1-2 in rind on most pizzas. In our house, with 2 dogs, those are known as "pizza bones", on the rare occasion the dogs get people food. So the dogs vote for 2 mediums, the people vote for 1 large. Ymmv.
A large is still "more pizza," which is what the question was.
this can be done in your head without a calculator or pen and paper, perhaps you saw my earlier post on that?Quote: gamerfreakWhich is more pizza?
An 18” large pizza, or two 12” medium pizzas?
a matter of the radius squared
9^2, or 81 ... versus ... 6^2 doubled , or 72 ; so the large size wins this one
the other factor, pi, does not need to be crunched out
