We don’t tend to make our best decisions under the influence.

That’s a pretty majestic looking goat. He’s as good as any dog.

I’m not a scientist, but isn’t EVERYTHING made of carbon?

Source: Joni Mitchell, Woodstock -

We are stardust, we are golden We are billion-year-old carbon

The first time I had “I can’t believe it’s not butter,” I said “I can believe it’s not butter.”

My boss at the time, took one of the last flights on the Concord. I asked him if it was expensive, and he said he had to get back from Europe, and he figured he would never get another chance, so he wanted the adventure - and he could afford to pay for that sort of adventure.

The problem is that when a bubble pops and exposes the problem, the government leaders should take the opportunity to fix the problem so it doesn’t happen again.

Instead they bail them all out, so there are not only no consequences to their actions, they are literally rewarded with unimaginable wealth. What about this strategy would induce them to change their ways, over doing it all over again, and getting rewarded again?

If that’s really true, then we should all sign up.

My Dad died five years ago, and my mom will still spend 15 minutes haggling over his 10% military discount at Lowe’s over $20 worth of plants. She doesn’t do it anywhere else, just Lowe’s.

JFC, Mom, here’s two bucks, let’s move on.

Clarification:

The Pee Pee Tape purportedly shows Trump directing two underage prostitutes to pee on the bed that Barack and Michelle Obama had slept on when they visited Moscow during his presidency. This amused him greatly. What went on beyond that with the underage prostitutes is unknown, but we already know that’s his type. Now we know the kinds of activities that he finds amusing.

This photo doesn’t do it justice. I recently saw a wide, pan shot of the Oval Office when Tim Apple was slobbering on HitlerPig’s fat ass, and he he has filled every empty space with those ugly gold doodads.

They should use them as kindling when he gets burned at the stake on the White House lawn.

Probably nothing, but it just makes sense to tip on the actual bill. Why am I tipping the government tax?

So now I have to figure the 25% tip before tax, then the 22% after tax, then decide which I want to pay, etc. Just tip on the pretax amount. Why is that controversial? How is that “losing rationality?”

Why does this require any discussion? You want to pay a tip on the tax, go wild. I’ve used my method for decades, and my servers get tipped well. I don’t think I’ve lost any rationality.

Right but the fraud is with the server, or possibly the restaurant, not the industry as a whole. I just think getting the government involved to deal with a dishonest server is going a bit far. Just make the manager and corporate aware. They’ll deal with it.

I wouldn’t know, because I’d NEVER go into that garage again. Ever.

This is one server, in one restaurant, not an industry-wide issue. Expecting some kind of regulatory remedy over an anecdotal issue is not the answer. I’m not a right-winger by any means, but even I know that the government isn’t the solution to anything. There already is a law against this, so the local gendarmes are as far as this needs to go.

Remember when your mom told you “Don’t make a Federal case out of it?” This is the kind of thing she was talking about, literally.

I get it, but you make them all do it anyway, just on principle, if nothing else.

This seems like it is probably more of a server issue, and not a restaurant issue. The server has learned how to increase their tips, I doubt that’s company policy. This is Management’s problem to solve, not the government’s.

Flamethrower required.

AND RUN LIKE HELL!

Why isn’t the roof of that facility covered with solar panels? It might not provide all the juice they need, but it will offset some. Future facilities like this should be forced to install some sort of energy mitigation strategy before getting approval.

My Dad taught me that as a kid. I’m extremely supportive of wait staff, and I’m an excellent tipper (25% is not unusual), but I’m not tipping on tax. I draw the line there.