Everything posted by Ghost of LL
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tipping scenario
Ok--so in this scenario there's a big question that I think we could use some insight from current/former waiters and bartenders. GF ordered a bottle of chardonnay. I assume she then took the bottle to the table and drank that for the rest of the mean, right? So your waiter would've sold you the bottle of chardonnay at the table had you just ordered two glasses at the bar. But instead, he missed out on that sale (and the resulting tip) because you got your drinks at the bar. So the question is this: do the bartenders share their tips with the waiter? I know in most places, the waiters are expected to tip out the bartenders. I don't know that I've ever heard of it going the other way. So my suspicion is the answer is "no." If that's the case, then I short-tip the bartender a little bit and I tip the waiter on what he would've gotten had I ordered the bottle from him. So in practice, let's say the bottle was $100 (just trying to make the math easy). Ordinarily, I would tip the bartender $20. But in this scenario, I might tip the bartender $5 or $10 on the bottle and tip the waiter at my table $10-15, depending entirely on how much time I spent at the bar with that bottle and whether GF ordered another glass at the table after finishing that bottle.
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Texas vs tcu - 6:30pm on ABC
Thank god for that false start
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Texas vs tcu - 6:30pm on ABC
I’m just going to keep shit-talking this team. You’re welcome.
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Texas vs tcu - 6:30pm on ABC
So we’re just going to play like shit tonight and that’s just going to be the deal, huh? Great. Cool.
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This is a man. He's over 40. He's a man.
And it was completely foreseeable, which is why the fine people at MGM are going to be paying me some $$$.
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My Timeline is All F'ed Up
Not at the Texas Honey Ham in West Lake Hills, my friend. The Yoga-Pant Mafia remains firmly in control in those parts.
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2023 off year elections and primaries
Nope. So I guess we're left with the conclusion that Tuesday probably doesn't tell us too much about what is going to happen in 2024.
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YESSS, FINALLY!!! - Masters of the Air - The 8th Air Force, Spielberg, Hanks, Goetzman (Crew behind Band of Brothers, Pacific)
Jesus--you're just like a Bad-Take Machine, aren't you?
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2023 off year elections and primaries
I think that's quite apparent. But that's only going to last so long. I don't think you can pull off a front-porch campaign in the 21st Century. I mean, yes and no. Did we really see anything Tuesday that is inconsistent with a national R+2 environment in 2024? I'm not sure that we did.
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- 2023 off year elections and primaries
The concern I have is that none of these races really reflect a polling "miss." The polls pretty accurately reflected that ol' Tate was going to win a tight race in Mississippi and that Bashear would win in KY. And I don't think any reputable pollster had the Ohio referenda being terribly close. All of which is to say that the resulting implication is that the polls on Biden's low popularity may be uncomfortably accurate. Now, I don't think that's reason to panic. Polls of a presidential election a year ahead of time have very little (no?) predictive value. For one thing, there's a year's worth of events that are going to occur, none of which can be predicted. And this coming year, those events are going to include criminal trials of one of the leading contenders. But beyond that, there's no campaigning going on. And campaigning is effective. Obviously. I mean, there's a multi-billion dollar industry built on the presumption that campaigns have an effect on voters' decisionmaking. But still--I'd probably prefer to have Biden be comfortably up on Trump in every poll.- Русский корабль - иди нахуй
Egypt and Pakistan (and to a somewhat lesser degree, Brazil) are major American allies that get a ton of military aid, including technical assistance with things like maintenance. It would not at all surprise me if the equipment in those countries is in significantly better shape than the stuff that stayed in Russia.- My Timeline is All F'ed Up
. . . and I don't think I'm alone on this. Talking this weekend with @Brisketexan and @Pescado_Rojo, I made the observation that whenever I hear about something from the '80s, my internal timeline is that "Oh, yeah--that was like 20 years ago." But then I heard this past weekend that Saturday was the 15th anniversary of the election of Barack Obama. And my reaction was, "that was only 15 years ago? It seems like it was closer to 50." And both Brisket and Fish agreed. So what the fuck is going on with us old men that we think 1983 was 20 years ago and 2008 was 40? Is it a symptom of just being old and nostalgic? Or is there something deeper about all the shit we've been through over the past 5-10 years?- 2023 off year elections and primaries
“That’s one less thing to worry about.”- Русский корабль - иди нахуй
That's some quality secondary explosions right there.- Dallas Stars 2023-2024 Season Thread
Or more of a make-a-wish-while-holding-the-monkey's-paw kind of thing.- the 2023 speaker of the house voting thread of implosion
For good pussy? I think we all know the answer to this.- Dallas Stars 2023-2024 Season Thread
It's the handwritten "today's my birthday' that kills it.- Dallas Stars 2023-2024 Season Thread
Oh, they did.- Texas Rangers 2023 - They're Still Shitty?
I heard that. He said he could now go back and watch Game 6 of the 2011 Series. Said he's never seen that play since it happened. Maybe Eric can do that, but I'll never be able to. That wound is scarred over pretty good now, but I see no need ever to pick at it.- Multi-Country Africa Trip
By the way, @Orale, what's the budget we're talking about here?- TCU at Texas Tech, 6:00 on FS1
I really enjoyed this game, because I hate both these teams and got great satisfaction over the fact that one of them was going to lose. And at the same time, they're so irrelevant that the fact that one of them would win didn't really bother me.- Multi-Country Africa Trip
Yeah--we had that experience. We were supposed to fly from Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, to Livingston, Zambia, on Kenya Airways. But when we got to the airport, we just waited while a very confused-looking ticket-counter agent typed on the computer. Eventually she figured out that the airline had moved the Wednesday flight from Nairobi to Livingston to Tuesday, which is to say that we had missed our connecting flight by around 24 hours. And let's just say that customer service is generally not a strength when it comes to African transportation companies. Her suggestion was to wait three days for the next flight; that seemed like a reasonable outcome to her. This is where having a good travel agent is pretty critical. We called the travel agent, who was in Cape Town, and she worked out a connection out of Nairobi to Lusaka, where we then had a six-hour layover until catching a puddle-jumper to Livingstone. By the way, the bar at the old terminal at Lusaka is great--the beers are $0.75, as I recall.- Multi-Country Africa Trip
In 2021, we did five days at the Masai Mara in Kenya, four days in Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, three days at Kilimanjaro, and then we flew down to Victoria Falls for four days and finished in Cape Town (which was cut short because of a covid lockdown). Let me tell you--that was a lot. Traveling from Nairobi to Cape Town is akin to New York to Los Angeles. But I have a lot of thoughts and recommendations if you want to go that route. I also did Egypt back in 2008. I'm not sure I would do it right now, with the war in Israel. But I'm not sure I wouldn't. It's not like there's every a real good time to do Egypt. I've stopped in Tunisia and Morocco on a cruise back in the mid-naughts, so my experience in those countries is pretty limited. Morocco was really cool. Tunisia has the ruins of Roman Carthage (they did a really good job of destroying Carthaginian Carthage--there's not much to see from before the Third Punic War). But I'm not sure I'd go out of my way for that unless you're just a huge Roman history buff. As to real highlights, I'd say the African selection of cities is somewhat lacking. Cairo and Cape Town are pretty great. Otherwise, . . . meh. Natural wonders--Victoria Falls was amazing. Kilimanjaro is somewhat disappointing in that the summit is typically in the clouds; but at the same time it's easy to go up. On the safari end, I'd do the Masai Mara over Serengeti. On the cultural front, if you're at a safari lodge, they'll always offer a trek over to a nearby village, which is pretty interesting. So anyway--I'm happy to answer any questions you have as you get to a more refined thought on an itinerary. Also, I would strongly recommend a travel agent. Africa is the only place I'd use a travel agent, but I think there it's almost essential. I have a good recommendation if you get down to needing one.- Texas Rangers 2023 - They're Still Shitty?
As Nadel referenced, I do feel like I’m dreaming. I spent more summer evenings in Arlington than I can recount. From the time we moved to Dallas in 1986 until my dad died four years ago, he had season tickets. He would’ve really enjoyed this night. - 2023 off year elections and primaries
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