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a horrible snack that I wouldn't eat even if I was starving to death
but what a great name - conjures up so many memories of great fun you can have with a special someone or even all by yourself
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You wouldn't eat beef jerky if you were starving to death? Really? And I don't understand what you mean about the name....?
Quote: rxwineQuote: billryanA few months ago, a guy I met when he worked on my building was arrested for driving drunk. I guess he was belligerent with the cops as they added a few extra charges like failure to obey, physical resisting of an officer, and littering. His bail was $2500, and he sat in jail for several days while his girlfriend begged people to help her raise the bail money. His boss, my old contractor, ended up putting it up after the guy swore he would make every court appearance.
The guy kept his word, went to trial, and was found guilty- given a big fine to be paid over the next five years, some community service time, and so on. The contractor went to get his bail back and was told the state was keeping it as the guy owed back child support in another state.
The guy says he lived up to his agreement to show up to every court appearance so he doesn't feel he owes his now ex-boss anything.
Police say it is a civil dispute and to take him to small claims court.
Another case of no good deed going unrewarded.
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Hmm, I'm thinking Judge Judy would not award his boss any money if the guy held up his original promise. She doesn't give out money on expectations the person should have done something 'cause someone ''expected" them to act in good faith to what would be the intent of the promise. She'd probably tell the boss he learned a lesson.
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JJ has actually come down hard on defendants who owed a friend or family member money used for bail.
Quote: rainmanHmm. Was this posted through a bondsmen or directly? do bondsmen get the shaft in situations like this?
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I was wondering if there is a database to find out if the person owes money that would be kept. Some states allow bail bondsmen to post one huge bond and work off that, so a bondsman doesn't show up with cash every time they bond someone out.
I think he bailed him out direct, to save the 10% fee a bondsman charges.
Quote: GenoDRPhQuote: rxwineQuote: billryanA few months ago, a guy I met when he worked on my building was arrested for driving drunk. I guess he was belligerent with the cops as they added a few extra charges like failure to obey, physical resisting of an officer, and littering. His bail was $2500, and he sat in jail for several days while his girlfriend begged people to help her raise the bail money. His boss, my old contractor, ended up putting it up after the guy swore he would make every court appearance.
The guy kept his word, went to trial, and was found guilty- given a big fine to be paid over the next five years, some community service time, and so on. The contractor went to get his bail back and was told the state was keeping it as the guy owed back child support in another state.
The guy says he lived up to his agreement to show up to every court appearance so he doesn't feel he owes his now ex-boss anything.
Police say it is a civil dispute and to take him to small claims court.
Another case of no good deed going unrewarded.
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Hmm, I'm thinking Judge Judy would not award his boss any money if the guy held up his original promise. She doesn't give out money on expectations the person should have done something 'cause someone ''expected" them to act in good faith to what would be the intent of the promise. She'd probably tell the boss he learned a lesson.
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JJ has actually come down hard on defendants who owed a friend or family member money used for bail.
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I can believe that, but the agreement was implied to be certain conditions which were met at the end of it in this case.
If I bet you my car and lost, you get my car. You don’t get the value of my car in some other form unless that was spelled out.
Of course, maybe I’m misunderstanding what was agreed to. If the agreement was to meet all appointments AND pay back, that is different.
He ended up unintentionally paying child support for a deadbeat dad. I don't see any judge letting a deadbeat dad weasel his way out of this. The alternative is to let the guy slide on past due child support.
Owe someone some money I guess.
Gina Lollabrigida has just passed at age 95
some journalists used to call her the most beautiful woman in the world
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Quote: mcallister3200What is it that makes many, many drivers incapable of using a turn signal.
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My wife laughs at me because I always use a turn signal even if I am in the middle of nowhere and nody is around for miles I will still use it to change lanes. My wife also laughs at me for using it to signal a turn into my driveway on an empty residential street.
Quote: mcallister3200What is it that makes many, many drivers incapable of using a turn signal.
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Here in Florida it's customary to just leave them on all the time. It's in the SCDH (Senior Citizen's Driver's Handbook)
Quote: rxwineQuote: mcallister3200What is it that makes many, many drivers incapable of using a turn signal.
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Here in Florida it's customary to just leave them on all the time. It's in the SCDH (Senior Citizen's Driver's Handbook)
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Jerry Seinfeld on seniors driving:
"they sit real low________________and they drive real slow"__________________________(-:\
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Quote: lilredrooster______________
saw a used car lot near me trying to sell this car - or maybe the same one a couple of years later - about a fourth of the body was rusted - good luck with that
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Only ever owned one Cadillac, in 1976 when I first moved to California I bought a 1969 Cadillac DeVille, what a boat, going down the road you feel like you're driving the Queen Mary. Absorbed every bump in the road like riding on a cloud. Gas mileage was killing me so I got rid of it.
Quote: rxwineQuote: mcallister3200What is it that makes many, many drivers incapable of using a turn signal.
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Here in Florida it's customary to just leave them on all the time. It's in the SCDH (Senior Citizen's Driver's Handbook)
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Funny. I’m probably turning into a curmudgeon. Was of course referencing those that consistently weave in and out of traffic on the freeway at 20-30 mph over speed limit, passing in both right and left lanes without ever signaling, drives me bonkers.
Chicago and SoCal seem to have a disproportionate amount of this behavior compared to other regions in my experience.
Aww, you were 3 years too early. The '93 was halfway decent, with the kinks worked out and a much better engine. But as a FWD "sporty" car it was destined to be a failure against the identified competition.Quote: DRichI bought the Cadillac sports car Allante in 1990. It was the worst car I have ever owned, and the most expensive.
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It was one of the better looking cars produced during GM's nadir (IMHO 1973-1994).
Quote: mcallister3200What is it that makes many, many drivers incapable of using a turn signal.
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Here is MA we consider using turn signals giving your battleplan to the enemy...
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interesting factoid - to me anyway
"uh - oh - we gotta move now - here comes 𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝟬 "
𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝟬 - the nickname pretty much everywhere for Cops came from the old TV Cop show "HawaII Five 0"
the show was named with the words 𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝟬 because Hawaii is the fiftieth State - and somehow the phrase came to mean what is indicated
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Wrong. In the 90’s, my buds would whisper “5-O” if a cop was approaching and we were doing something illegal like smoking underage. Idk the origins but I have to call it out. Saying “5-O” was a secret code at the time used to get everyone on their best behavior.
Quote: MoosetonQuote: lilredrooster_____________
interesting factoid - to me anyway
"uh - oh - we gotta move now - here comes 𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝟬 "
𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝟬 - the nickname pretty much everywhere for Cops came from the old TV Cop show "HawaII Five 0"
the show was named with the words 𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝟬 because Hawaii is the fiftieth State - and somehow the phrase came to mean what is indicated
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Wrong. In the 90’s, my buds would whisper “5-O” if a cop was approaching and we were doing something illegal like smoking underage. Idk the origins but I have to call it out. Saying “5-O” was a secret code at the time used to get everyone on their best behavior.
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Out of curiosity, why does your story disprove Lilrooster’s origin of the term? Hawaii 50 predated the 90s and was about cops.
(Maybe I’ll go Google it.)
And for the record, I always thought it came from the 5.0 liter engine that the cops drove when I grew up in the 80s.
Quote: unJonQuote: MoosetonQuote: lilredrooster_____________
interesting factoid - to me anyway
"uh - oh - we gotta move now - here comes 𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝟬 "
𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝟬 - the nickname pretty much everywhere for Cops came from the old TV Cop show "HawaII Five 0"
the show was named with the words 𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝟬 because Hawaii is the fiftieth State - and somehow the phrase came to mean what is indicated
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Wrong. In the 90’s, my buds would whisper “5-O” if a cop was approaching and we were doing something illegal like smoking underage. Idk the origins but I have to call it out. Saying “5-O” was a secret code at the time used to get everyone on their best behavior.
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Out of curiosity, why does your story disprove Lilrooster’s origin of the term? Hawaii 50 predated the 90s and was about cops.
(Maybe I’ll go Google it.)
And for the record, I always thought it came from the 5.0 liter engine that the cops drove when I grew up in the 80s.
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My quick search was that “Hawaii 5-O “ began in 2010.
Quote: unJonQuote: MoosetonQuote: lilredrooster_____________
interesting factoid - to me anyway
"uh - oh - we gotta move now - here comes 𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝟬 "
𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝟬 - the nickname pretty much everywhere for Cops came from the old TV Cop show "HawaII Five 0"
the show was named with the words 𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝟬 because Hawaii is the fiftieth State - and somehow the phrase came to mean what is indicated
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Wrong. In the 90’s, my buds would whisper “5-O” if a cop was approaching and we were doing something illegal like smoking underage. Idk the origins but I have to call it out. Saying “5-O” was a secret code at the time used to get everyone on their best behavior.
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Out of curiosity, why does your story disprove Lilrooster’s origin of the term? Hawaii 50 predated the 90s and was about cops.
(Maybe I’ll go Google it.)
And for the record, I always thought it came from the 5.0 liter engine that the cops drove when I grew up in the 80s.
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Here's a 2010 episode of "A Way with Words," which is radio show/podcast. https://www.waywordradio.org/tag/syntactic-categories/
Near the beginning of the show, they discuss the origin of the term "5-0" for cops.
The hosts are scholarly and careful to avoid bogus etymology stories.
It doesn't take much to clear the street of a kickball game with lingo like that.
the Hawaii Five 0 from 2010 is a remake
the original Hawaii Five 0 tv show began in 1968
I could be wrong about this but there are many sources that say this is true - I have linked one - the Los Angeles Times - a reputable newspaper that began publishing in 1881 and claims to be the largest metropolitan daily newspaper in the country
from the article:
"Hawaii was the 50th State, and that's where the original title was born. But it's also true that it was the series that led to the police slang '5-0.'
maybe this does not authoritatively prove my post to be true - but there are other sources - and I didn't make this up
https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/show-tracker/story/2010-07-07/cbs-explains-why-its-hawaii-five-0-and-not-hawaii-five-o#:~:text=But%20also%20because%20people%20always,police%2C%20'5%2D0.
the link did not come out easily clickable - here is the google link that will take you to it - the first result -
https://www.google.com/search?q=la.times+cbs+explains+why+hawaii+Five+O+is+called+that&oq=la.times+cbs+explains+why+hawaii+Five+O+is+called+that&aqs=chrome..69i57j33i299l2.18047j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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I will endeavour to respect y'alls identity thusly.
Yes! And the plural of y'all is all y'all.Quote: odiousgambityou might have to have lived in the South for a while to realize sometimes y'all is used in the singular
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y'all is as funny as all get out - a tryin to talk southern style - bless your heart
I wuz a pitchin a fit cuz I loss my dollars in that there casino
Ahm a fixin to gets it back and quite a bit more later today - workin up mah martingaler systems
ahm a gonna try a different casino - one jus up the road a piece
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Quote: JoemanYes! And the plural of y'all is all y'all.Quote: odiousgambityou might have to have lived in the South for a while to realize sometimes y'all is used in the singular
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The plural of y’all is all y’all.
Quote: odiousgambityou might have to have lived in the South for a while to realize sometimes y'all is used in the singular
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So y'all believe that the singular posessive is...?
I admit that my familiarity with the dialect largely comes from numerous women in the region telling me that I "sound cute". Fortunately, a few "ma'am?"'s and a "beg pardon?" or two usually gets the speech rate decreased just enough so I can identify the verb in the sentence, even if I'm not entirely sure what it means.
Quote: DieterQuote: odiousgambityou might have to have lived in the South for a while to realize sometimes y'all is used in the singular
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So y'all believe that the singular posessive is...?
I admit that my familiarity with the dialect largely comes from numerous women in the region telling me that I "sound cute". Fortunately, a few "ma'am?"'s and a "beg pardon?" or two usually gets the speech rate decreased just enough so I can identify the verb in the sentence, even if I'm not entirely sure what it means.
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Do what?
Quote: mcallister3200You-uns got it all wrong.
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Yinz sure do.
Quote: billryanQuote: DieterQuote: odiousgambityou might have to have lived in the South for a while to realize sometimes y'all is used in the singular
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So y'all believe that the singular posessive is...?
I admit that my familiarity with the dialect largely comes from numerous women in the region telling me that I "sound cute". Fortunately, a few "ma'am?"'s and a "beg pardon?" or two usually gets the speech rate decreased just enough so I can identify the verb in the sentence, even if I'm not entirely sure what it means.
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Do what?
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Beg pardon? ;)
Y'all's. As in, "I cain't bleeve I spilt y'all's beer!"Quote: DieterQuote: odiousgambityou might have to have lived in the South for a while to realize sometimes y'all is used in the singular
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So y'all believe that the singular posessive is...?
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Quote: JoemanY'all's. As in, "I cain't bleeve I spilt y'all's beer!"Quote: DieterQuote: odiousgambityou might have to have lived in the South for a while to realize sometimes y'all is used in the singular
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So y'all believe that the singular posessive is...?
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I do not understand this science-fiction language with double apostrophe'd words.
Quote: DieterQuote: JoemanY'all's. As in, "I cain't bleeve I spilt y'all's beer!"Quote: DieterQuote: odiousgambityou might have to have lived in the South for a while to realize sometimes y'all is used in the singular
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So y'all believe that the singular posessive is...?
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I do not understand this science-fiction language with double apostrophe'd words.
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Do what now?
I have heard a lot of non-southerners slip y'all into their conversations but only a real southerner tosses "do what now" around.
Quote: billryanQuote: DieterQuote: JoemanY'all's. As in, "I cain't bleeve I spilt y'all's beer!"Quote: DieterQuote: odiousgambityou might have to have lived in the South for a while to realize sometimes y'all is used in the singular
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So y'all believe that the singular posessive is...?
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I do not understand this science-fiction language with double apostrophe'd words.
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Do what now?
I have heard a lot of non-southerners slip y'all into their conversations but only a real southerner tosses "do what now" around.
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"Finna" was the one that really startled me, first time.
I understand the relative directional reckoning system, where you have to know where the speaker lives to understand which way you are meant to go.
Quote: DieterQuote: billryanQuote: DieterQuote: JoemanY'all's. As in, "I cain't bleeve I spilt y'all's beer!"Quote: DieterQuote: odiousgambityou might have to have lived in the South for a while to realize sometimes y'all is used in the singular
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So y'all believe that the singular posessive is...?
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I do not understand this science-fiction language with double apostrophe'd words.
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Do what now?
I have heard a lot of non-southerners slip y'all into their conversations but only a real southerner tosses "do what now" around.
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"Finna" was the one that really startled me, first time.
I understand the relative directional reckoning system, where you have to know where the speaker lives to understand which way you are meant to go.
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Never heard of it. I need to hang around with better quality people.
Quote: billryanQuote: DieterQuote: billryanQuote: DieterQuote: JoemanY'all's. As in, "I cain't bleeve I spilt y'all's beer!"Quote: DieterQuote: odiousgambityou might have to have lived in the South for a while to realize sometimes y'all is used in the singular
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So y'all believe that the singular posessive is...?
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I do not understand this science-fiction language with double apostrophe'd words.
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Do what now?
I have heard a lot of non-southerners slip y'all into their conversations but only a real southerner tosses "do what now" around.
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"Finna" was the one that really startled me, first time.
I understand the relative directional reckoning system, where you have to know where the speaker lives to understand which way you are meant to go.
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Never heard of it. I need to hang around with better quality people.
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What, the "up the road" vs "down the road" to indicate if you are approaching their home or not?
... or the spelt as pernounced representation of "fixing to"?
Is that "finna" as in: "I'm finna get me another beer since y'all spilt mine?"Quote: Dieter"Finna" was the one that really startled me, first time.
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What, the "up the road" vs "down the road" to indicate if you are approaching their home or not?
... or the spelt as pernounced representation of "fixing to"?
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Or, more literally differentiated in mountainous regions.
Almost forgot. "Billionaire,"-Lagwagon
Quote: billryanI walked into a pizza place in Rochester, New York, and asked how much a large pie was. The counter guy tells me they only sell pizza; it wasn't a bakery. We got to talking, and he also wasn't familiar with the term pizza parlor.
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Was it only his second day in New York or something??
Quote: JoemanIs that "finna" as in: "I'm finna get me another beer since y'all spilt mine?"Quote: Dieter"Finna" was the one that really startled me, first time.
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That's the one.
Before they sent my crew down to South Carolina for a few weeks of project work, one of the emigrants from the area gave us a short crash course on how to interact with folk and which roadside barbecue stands were likely to be "OK" or "no."
The concierge at the hotel would not recommend anything - she did not eat barbecue in that state.
