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“I got two words for you. Learn to ****ing type”
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I learned things at KFC that I still utilize today. It taught me so much. Dexterity. Multi tasking. Planning. And if was a hell of a lot of fun.
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I would argue working in fast food just just as hard as working in a factory or warehouse. You are on your feet all day. They do more than just flip burgers. The kiosks are a response to labor shortages and simply a way to keep your staff focused on other things. When I worked retail having to deal with a customer was a pain in the ass because you often had other things you needed to be doing. CVS has the self checkout now so when I have to pay I don't have to bother the person stocking shelves who needs to stop what she's doing and walk across the floor so she can do what I can do myself. Boomers have aged into retirement now. Workers have choices and business has to fight for them like they have to fight for customers. Nobody's entitled to a labor force. I've seen too many business owners on TV whining about lazy people not wanting to work. They do. Just not for you. My son was arguing with my bro in law a few weeks ago and I was proud of him. A comment was made about "HS kids flipping burgers makeing $17 an hour". My son asked if those jobs were only for HS workers then why are they open during school hours? I think a lot of fast food places simply found out that most people don't care to eat inside anymore and it's not worth paying for more people to keep the dining room clean. OUr favorite middle eastern place became a carryout haven during COVID so much that now he cringes when people want to eat inside. It throws off his routine.
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I was going to ask my doc about that. Probably go with the covid shot first then flu after if that's an issue.
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Who is the last GOP nominee other than Trump that would be acceptable to today's party? Certainly not Romney, McCain, or either Bush. Not even Reagan. Maybe Dole? Nixon and Ike were "globalists". I'm not familair enough with who FDR ran against other than Dewery, who's a definite no.
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I have my physical in a few weeks and plan on getting both the flu and booster. Bring it on. Someone should make band aids with meatball Ron's face on it to put over our shot site.
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That is so good. I can see his dumb face right now making that argument and Fox Heads eating it up.
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Vaping's not the worst consideration of what she does with that mouth
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He's got a friendly judge in the docs case and he's not worried about it, even though that's the one he faces the most heat. The strategy is delay it and hope we get a GOP President, then he'll get a pardon. So he's not worried. He should be, but he's not.
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Tigers Beat Writers Lionizing Sub-Replacement Level Ex-Tigers
oblong replied to Edman85's topic in Detroit Tigers
"That's ok buddy... get 'em again next time. Good luck in the playoffs dude." -
During the crisis Dubya invited McCain and Obama into some key meetings so that they would know what's going on since it was going to be their problem at some point. Pelosi and other top Dems were also in the room. Bush asked them if they had any quesitons or comments and Pelosi said Obama would speak for their side. He did. Then Dubya looked over at McCain who had nothing. Dubya wasn't impressed.
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Could also say that Palin in 2008 invited all of that to boil up. Throw in the first black President and it had elements for victim status among the aggrieved. "Look how they attached a normal housewife who's a Christan.... We got ourselves a black President, who is also Mooslim and... get this... his name is Hussein!" It all tied together. 2008 awakened them and when they stayed home in 2012 it enabled Obama's landslide.
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09/14/2023 1:10 pm EDT Cincinnati Reds vs Detroit Tigers
oblong replied to casimir's topic in Game Threads
To be fair to Al, I don't think that was his decision. That's more of a marketing thing. Al's job was the players and coaches. I hate it. Caberera's last game should be wearing the same jersey that our other legends wore. Not some gimmicky gas station knock off. -
If Romney had won in 2012, and ran for re-election.... Trump would have run in 2016 as a Democrat and won espousing mostly the same issues he did on the campaign. We'd all be republicans now wondering what happened to the "Democrat" party.
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This is a good point as to why maybe some cave in or retire.... People are crazy. I can only imagine what it's like for low level people, like say election workers. Imagine someone here gets appointed to some commission that 5 years ago nobody even knew existed. Now confronted with MAGA and Tucker mentiones your name and your phone number and address gets linked.... that's nuts.
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Pay attention when you are in traffic at a stop light how long it takes to move once the light turns green. I bet 20 years ago you'd have had 3 or 4 more cars make it through the green than you do now. Why? Because people are on their phones and not paying attention. Car in front goes, they are looking down.... "oh, I can go?" On Tuesday a lady in a car next to me was facetiming while driving. Right hand on the wheel, left hand holding the phone. While moving. Her window was down so I slammed my horn when I got next to her and yelled at her. She dropped her phone. It was extremely satisfying. I really do not understand what is so important that requires you to be messing with your phone all the time while driving. I make a thing now when stopped to see how many people reach out for them. Easily 60%.
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Buttigieg is very smart and explains things very well. If the voting public were interested in competence and not drama he would be a slam dunk Harris isn’t popular. That stinks because I really believe if she said she wouldn’t be on the ticket and wanted to be a senator again then Biden would announce he isn’t running. That would open things up. I think Biden is running in part because of Harris. If he doesn’t then he has to support her and he doesn’t think she has a chance to win.
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I joined a just for fun, kind of, league. $100 and you get 10K in funny money to play with on college and pro. Have to bet at least half your money every two weeks. It’s fun. Gives me an excuse to watch the games and my son and I are already spending more time together. I certainly see the appeal and gives me just enough of an adrenaline rush with no real risk in reality.
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Tigers Beat Writers Lionizing Sub-Replacement Level Ex-Tigers
oblong replied to Edman85's topic in Detroit Tigers
Chris wants so bad to feel one of the boys and a peer to the players -
09/13/2023 6:40 pm EDT Cincinnati Reds vs Detroit Tigers
oblong replied to casimir's topic in Game Threads
I have two tickets available for Thursday the 14th, club seats. 321 row B, 1 and 2. They are not my regular seats but are pretty good. Especially for foul balls. Was planning on going with a friend but he can't and I am actually pretty busy at work. Let me know. No cost. -
Gavn Newsome.
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Love the part at 1:04 where she's adjusting her boobs while walking out. Gotta make sure the girls are tucked, yet visible enough to the job she needs them to do.
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You know where I sit at games and I notice it a lot now where he fumbles balls, doesn't get to them... yeah the scoops are sexy but not something you want to see too often. I'm not a hater but he needs to improve his defense to keep playing there. As a DH he'd be fine on a team with other decent hitters. But as a fan I don't want a softball team for a lineup.
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They just need to find a way to keep it in the news so that their base remains engaged. As long as the typical brain dead GOP voter glances at the Fox News screen or the gateway pundit site and sees the name Hunter Biden they will be satisfied and more likely to vote.
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Tigers Beat Writers Lionizing Sub-Replacement Level Ex-Tigers
oblong replied to Edman85's topic in Detroit Tigers
The Braves guy responsible for turning around Robbie Grossman must have moved to Cincy.
