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Some Canadian bullshit for our northern friends.
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Things That Are Bullsh*t (29 Viewers)
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Wtf, both @BonScot and @CraigT78 are off the booze!? There goes getting even for the tripGout. Not had a flare up in years and the weekend I’m meant to be in Spain playing golf it decides to strike. So my mates are over there and I’m stuck back home in the 3rd floor flat limping around like Keyser Soze because I can’t get down the fucking stairs!!
Hosting a meet-up next weekend and I’ll have to stay off the drink.
Fucking shambles
Caterer for a student event calls this dirty rice. This is the white-est yellow rice I have ever seen.
Maybe they misunderstood "dirty" and they pissed in it
Least that would give it some flavor! Baaa.
PixelatedPunk
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MrCatPants
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When you book a 12 person reservation for dinner well in advance, and the restaurant closes for renovation abruptly just a few days before your reservation and doesn't notify you to cancel. WTF.
And you only find out because you have to change your reservation from 12 to 11 and call just in case they'd have a problem with being one short. And get a renovation voicemail message.
So now find a 12 person reservation on the Vegas strip for this Saturday night, go.
I did it. BUT THAT'S BULLSHIT.
And you only find out because you have to change your reservation from 12 to 11 and call just in case they'd have a problem with being one short. And get a renovation voicemail message.
So now find a 12 person reservation on the Vegas strip for this Saturday night, go.
I did it. BUT THAT'S BULLSHIT.
Poker Zombie
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Had that happen to us once in Vegas as well. Difference being, we rented a car because the restaurant was off strip and didn't know they were renovating until we got to the parking lot.
Fortunately, it's Vegas. It's a foodie mecca. There were other options - but still bullshit.
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When your dog eats wasabi peas that spilled and you get maybe an hours worth of sleep dealing with it's explosive diarrhea all night long.
Poor dog, and poor me lol
Poor dog, and poor me lol
Man, what a couple of days for you.
Get stacked by me. Then become a pirate. And now this?
Hope the pup is ok!
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I did pretty well in cash after I got stacked, so it's a wash on that front.
He seems okay now
I hope the birthday kid's parents had a backup plan.
Kids at the party. "But there's thunder and lightning!"
Birthday kid's parents. "Get in the damn pool! Quit upsetting little Jimmy!"
Name and shame the restaurant, that’s nuts
MrCatPants
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Battistas.
No thunder and lightning but the kids didn't care. Pool was heated. They were all in there, son included.
I founded my University poker society 20+ years ago. Worked for a while until the university security team thought they had busted an illegal underground gambling ring (completely legal, had permission from the Prof. to use the common room, was a formal society etc). It’s tough when there’s no real money involved to get a venue that can host that many.
What if it was reformed and booked through a student led club?
GL!
Good idea. It already is a student led club and university recognizes it but this campus residence that has the venue says only clubs recognized by them can book their rooms. Some silly jurisriction issue. Hopefully some other campus venue can be booked.
Not a big deal I just wont host gamed on that campus and play more on my local campus. Just unfortunate.
Poker Zombie
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I hate it that Battista's left you high-and-dry. Unfortunately, for large groups, reasonable prices, location, and overall vibe, Battista's is still my go-to.
The closing was unexpected, which leaves the "remodel" claim questionable, but Battista's has said they will reopen toward the end of the month. Restaurants don't suddenly close. A lot of perishable food = a lot of financial loss. A restauranteur would schedule their remodel, and order supplies to coincide with the closing to minimize waste. Knowing when they are going to close would mean no reservations during that time. Even more questionable is that they have never remodeled since their opening in 1970. One does not abruptly wake up the first of the month - on a weekend - and say "let's close today" for their 55 year makeover.
The food is only "fair". A remodel may jack up prices. It may also dampen the vibe, which would put it more in line with other strip restaurants. A one month reno is lighting quick by Vegas standards. There is just so much to unpack with this.
If they reopen and everything looks the same, my guess - hypothetically speaking - is that the health department said, "you're closed until X gets fixed." Your cancelled reservations may have actually been a blessing disguised as bullsh-t.
1. Having to have a new fence put in (kind of expensive bullshit in and of itself).
2. Then finding out the morons augured through a sprinkler line in an area where they should have been cautious given there was a very visible head close by.
3. Digging the break up myself to expose it and save some hourly time charges with the irrigation repair guy. Then having that mouth breather charge me a $70 “diagnostic fee” (wtf do you need to diagnose? I dug up the break buddy.) and then quoting me $715 to repair it. They and all the rest had refused to give me a quote over the phone despite the fact I knew exactly what needed to be fixed (that is some bullshit too). Told him to FRO, bought $50 of supplies and did it myself. Still trying to wrap my head around the quote given that it should have taken him less than an hour since he would have had all the pipe, elbows, glue, etc. to do it and I had already done the excavation.
4. Finding a 2nd break in a different zone tonight that I rarely use but am going to start using (right next to a head again)…at least I know what to do now but, still, this is a lotta bullshit. Spent 3 hours fixing that one, only cost me $17 this time though.
2. Then finding out the morons augured through a sprinkler line in an area where they should have been cautious given there was a very visible head close by.
3. Digging the break up myself to expose it and save some hourly time charges with the irrigation repair guy. Then having that mouth breather charge me a $70 “diagnostic fee” (wtf do you need to diagnose? I dug up the break buddy.) and then quoting me $715 to repair it. They and all the rest had refused to give me a quote over the phone despite the fact I knew exactly what needed to be fixed (that is some bullshit too). Told him to FRO, bought $50 of supplies and did it myself. Still trying to wrap my head around the quote given that it should have taken him less than an hour since he would have had all the pipe, elbows, glue, etc. to do it and I had already done the excavation.
4. Finding a 2nd break in a different zone tonight that I rarely use but am going to start using (right next to a head again)…at least I know what to do now but, still, this is a lotta bullshit. Spent 3 hours fixing that one, only cost me $17 this time though.
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Poker Zombie
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Lawn care professionals are the ultimate in con-artists. Everything is excessively overcharged, and much isn't needed. It reminds me of a lawn care joke, involvong God...
The Lawn According to God
GOD: Frank, you know all about gardens and nature. What in the world is going on down there on the planet? What happened to the dandelions, violets, thistle and stuff I started eons ago? I had a perfect no-maintenance garden plan. Those plants grow in any type of soil, withstand drought and multiply with abandon. The nectar from the long-lasting blossoms attracts butterflies, honey bees and flocks of songbirds. I expected to see a vast garden of colors by now. But, all I see are these green rectangles.
St. FRANCIS: It's the tribes that settled there, Lord. The Suburbanites. They started calling your flowers 'weeds' and went to great lengths to kill them and replace them with grass.
GOD: Grass? But, it's so boring. It's not colorful. It doesn't attract butterflies, birds and bees; only grubs and sod worms. It's sensitive to temperatures. Do these Suburbanites really want all that grass growing there?
ST. FRANCIS: Apparently so, Lord. They go to great pains to grow it and keep it green. They begin each spring by fertilizing grass and poisoning any other plant that crops up in the lawn.
GOD: The spring rains and warm weather probably make grass grow really fast. That must make the Suburbanites happy.
ST. FRANCIS: Apparently not, Lord. As soon as it grows a little, they cut it-sometimes twice a week.
GOD: They cut it? Do they then bale it like hay?
ST. FRANCIS: Not exactly, Lord. Most of them rake it up and put it in bags.
GOD: They bag it? Why? Is it a cash crop? Do they sell it?
ST. FRANCIS: No, Sir, just the opposite. They pay to throw it away.
GOD: Now, let me get this straight. They fertilize grass so it will grow. And, when it does grow, they cut it off and pay to throw it away?
ST. FRANCIS: Yes, Sir.
GOD: These Suburbanites must be relieved in the summer when we cut back on the rain and turn up the heat. That surely slows the growth and saves them a lot of work.
ST. FRANCIS: You aren't going to believe this, Lord. When the grass stops growing so fast, they drag out hoses and pay more money to water it, so they can continue to mow it and pay to get rid of it.
GOD: What nonsense. At least they kept some of the trees. That was a sheer stroke of genius, if I do say so myself. The trees grow leaves in the spring to provide beauty and shade in the summer. In the autumn, they fall to the ground and form a natural blanket to keep moisture in the soil and protect the trees and bushes. It's a natural cycle of life.
ST. FRANCIS: You better sit down, Lord. The Suburbanites have drawn a new circle. As soon as the leaves fall, they rake them into great piles and pay to have them hauled away.
GOD: No!? What do they do to protect the shrub and tree roots in the winter to keep the soil moist and loose?
ST. FRANCIS: After throwing away the leaves, they go out and buy something which they call mulch. They haul it home and spread it around in place of the leaves.
GOD: And where do they get this mulch?
ST. FRANCIS: They cut down trees and grind them up to make the mulch.
GOD: At least they must allow it to make it's seed. Even grass, as boring as it is, will continue it's cycle.
ST. FRANCIS: Perhaps, but the suburbanites will cut the grass before it produces seed. They then purchase seed to "overseed" their lawn. They do it just before we cover the ground with snow.
GOD: Enough! I don't want to think about this anymore. St. Catherine, you're in charge of the arts. What movie have you scheduled for us tonight?
ST. CATHERINE: 'Dumb and Dumber', Lord.. It's a story about....
GOD: Never mind, I think I just heard the whole story from St. Francis.
I generally like to DIY most stuff around the house but get a little nervous on plumbing/electrical work so if he would have quoted me like $150 (which is still highway robbery) I would have had him do it. $715 though---GTFOOH.
Should have known it was going to be bullshit when the sprinkler repair guy shows up w/out a spot of dirt on him...lol.
OP's locking threads when it was getting entertaining...
He posted in the “marketplace” section as “mine,” then is an asshole to anyone who asks if they are for sale. What a jackass.OP's locking threads when it was getting entertaining...
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I've seen a few people experience similar. It does seem that some practices do unnecessary work. But we can't tell from here. But the consequences of not listening can be scary, yeah? How about try a different clinic for a second opinion?
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Considering it after my last visit. They wanted to biopsy a spot DIRECTLY adjacent to a spot I had just had excised at my last appointment. It was visible IN THE PICTURE of the excision site.
I am a ginger, so yes I have to take everything very seriously so I don’t die of melanoma. Sadly I didn’t practice any safe sun practices while playing golf all throughout my youth.
Being so oblivious and self-important that you would park like this at a Marshall’s.
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