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Halgar wrote: ↑Sat Nov 04, 2023 9:03 pm I finally have a new one! Hooligan turd kids/teens. A group of three of the little bastids tried to kick in my front door today. Unprovoked, no reason, just dumbarse kids being dumbarse kids.

Halgar wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2023 12:00 am As I said, dumbarse kids being dumbarse kids. With the prevalence of social media influencers extolling the virtues of asswipery, pranking, and general disobedience for the sake of clicks and likes of fellow dumbarses, it is no surprise that this is what kids are doing for "fun" these days.

You are correct, one day that kick to a door will be their last day on this planet. Stupidity . . . absolute stupidity.

juicedcoupe wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2023 7:26 am

Halgar wrote: ↑Sat Nov 04, 2023 9:03 pm I finally have a new one! Hooligan turd kids/teens. A group of three of the little bastids tried to kick in my front door today. Unprovoked, no reason, just dumbarse kids being dumbarse kids.

Halgar wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2023 12:00 am As I said, dumbarse kids being dumbarse kids. With the prevalence of social media influencers extolling the virtues of asswipery, pranking, and general disobedience for the sake of clicks and likes of fellow dumbarses, it is no surprise that this is what kids are doing for "fun" these days.

You are correct, one day that kick to a door will be their last day on this planet. Stupidity . . . absolute stupidity.

You must live in a "gun free" zone.

Trying something like that here (Deep South, Gulf Coast) is highly likely to end in gunshots. I'd give it better than 50% odds.

Dadio wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2023 3:48 pm Got no guns but I'd open the door and give em a face full of dogs , only Border Collies but really quite territorial

Halgar wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 10:25 pm Four simple words, large . . . decaf . . . iced . . . mocha. Apparently not so simple.

The coffee house I go to is a drive-up and they take your order at the car window on a pad, then you pull up to the window.

Order taker: What can I get started for you?
Me: A large, decaf iced mocha.
OT: What kind of coffee would you like?
Me: Uh, just regular decaf in my iced mocha.
OT: Uh, ok, that'll be $3.99.
Me: For a large mocha?!?! (they are ALWAYS $6)
OT: Yeah. Have a nice day.

I pull up to the window, they always call out your order to you to make sure they're giving it to the right person.

Window: That was an iced Americano?
Me: Uh, no, it was an iced mocha.
Window: Um, let me scroll down . . .
Me: He didn't take the order right, it isn't there.
Window: Oh, ok, what was it you ordered:
Me: A large decaf iced mocha.
Window: Ok, that'll be just a sec. $6 please. Moments later, you want an Americano?
Me: You mean for free and in addition to the mocha I ordered?!?!?
Window: Yeah.
Me: Ok, I suppose. (thinking to self, what the F is an Americano?!?!?!)
Window: Here ya go! *hands me iced black coffee, then my mocha*
Me: Thanks. (perplexed, but happy I got my mocha)

GoMachV wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 10:00 am Why can't I find good drinkable coffee anywhere when I'm on the run. McDonald's, Starbucks, any gas station, every fast food place.... Everyone's coffee is bitter as hell and never ever Folgers which I have to believe is one of the most common coffees in any supermarket.

Halgar wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 10:23 am

GoMachV wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 10:00 am Why can't I find good drinkable coffee anywhere when I'm on the run. McDonald's, Starbucks, any gas station, every fast food place.... Everyone's coffee is bitter as hell and never ever Folgers which I have to believe is one of the most common coffees in any supermarket.

This has been my complaint for the last 30 years. It seems that people need their tongues ripped out, thrown on the ground, and stomped on or it isn't considered "good". A good cup of coffee should be smooth and flavorful without physically abusing the drinker!

True story, I used to be a member of a book club and somehow got put in charge of making the coffee, one of those industrial sized perk pots you see at a buffet kind of things. The coffee was always bitter and nasty, so I took the time to carefully measure and adjust the amount of grounds put in so that it was at least drinkable. The president of the club took over coffee duties after that because it was no longer road tar and he liked road tar.

I have the same complaint with beer, specifically, craft beer. 99% of brewers and drinkers seem to be hop heads, the more bitter, nasty and hoppy the beer, the better they think it is. Uh, NOPE!!! Nasty beer is an American thing, from what I can tell. I'm a caramel and malt guy, and it is darned hard to find a good beer, let alone a place that will keep one on tap. I can literally tell by the smell of the beer whether or not it's something I can or am willing to drink.

juicedcoupe wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:14 pm When you leave work early, to go by the bank before it closes. Then you find out that their system is down and nothing will post until Monday.