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[Prepuce of Doom 21143]

The Radio Shack Twitter account has become pretty salty lately. 

 

[nnm 37090]

48 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

The Radio Shack Twitter account has become pretty salty lately. 

 

What’s the RS’s surly handle?

[closetohumping 17577]

Unless it’s inedible I will not send food back to the kitchen.  

[Kennythetiger 9512]

9 hours ago, closetohumping said:

Unless it’s inedible I will not send food back to the kitchen.  

Me neither.  Just eat it and go on with life. 
I would not want to begin to guess the number of times that my mother-in-law has probably eaten impure food from a restaurant kitchen. 

[Superhero 8904]

I was in Vegas at a shitty hotel for a work conference.

Sitting at the casino bar is a group of people from Scotland. Apparently they have a 2 week rally in Vegas every 2 years. Most people don't stay the entire 2 weeks, but they know if they show up, some of their fellow fans will sitting around the bar drinking beer. I passed by them on my way up to the room at 11PM, and at 7:30AM on my way to the conference.

By the looks of some of them, they've probably been drinking all night, and are still at the bar at 7:30. I find it amazing how people can drink in the mornings. A beer during lunch, or maybe a cocktail at 4PM, but mornings are a no-go for me.

[ztejas 43785]

47 minutes ago, Superhero said:

By the looks of some of them, they've probably been drinking all night, and are still at the bar at 7:30. I find it amazing how people can drink in the mornings. A beer during lunch, or maybe a cocktail at 4PM, but mornings are a no-go for me.

You're of an Eastern Asian persuasion, correct? Some of it is genetics. I'm wondering if you've noticed over the years that those around you of different ethnicities are less affected by alcohol. It's well documented that certain ethnicities have higher tolerances to alcohol.

And honestly man - consider yourself lucky. Some of us wish we had a better shut off switch. Drinking all night into the morning isn't that much of a feat for me unfortunately. 

Edited June 19, 2022 by ztejas

[Underdog 28892]

This 30/30 on the Women’s Basketball National Team is good stuff.  

[tbone_ 14300]

I was in Vegas at a shitty hotel for a work conference.
Sitting at the casino bar is a group of people from Scotland. Apparently they have a 2 week rally in Vegas every 2 years. Most people don't stay the entire 2 weeks, but they know if they show up, some of their fellow fans will sitting around the bar drinking beer. I passed by them on my way up to the room at 11PM, and at 7:30AM on my way to the conference.
By the looks of some of them, they've probably been drinking all night, and are still at the bar at 7:30. I find it amazing how people can drink in the mornings. A beer during lunch, or maybe a cocktail at 4PM, but mornings are a no-go for me.

You gotta want it. Pretender.

[closetohumping 17577]

8 hours ago, Underdog said:

This 30/30 on the Women’s Basketball National Team is good stuff.  

There’s three parts crazy.  Feel bad for Lobo

[52-80 19291]

of all the things that still exist in 2022 i can't believe paper checks are one of them.

[Underdog 28892]

53 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

There’s three parts crazy.  Feel bad for Lobo

Incredible stuff like Bolton dealing with spousal abuse during tryouts, McGhee’s auto accident and near death and returning to play at UTenn a year later and Lacy’s unfortunate situation with her auto accident.  Really enjoyed the piece, very well done.  

[Shoxthemonkey 1983]

On 6/19/2022 at 6:09 AM, Underdog said:

This 30/30 on the Women’s Basketball National Team is good stuff.  

I prefer a smaller, lighter kicking caliber but you do you.

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

19 hours ago, 52-80 said:

of all the things that still exist in 2022 i can't believe paper checks are one of them.

They shouldn't exist, but late adapters are a real thing with any technology. 

FWIW, I know enough olds that would "cash app" all of their money to Nigerian Princes, so maybe checks should stay for a while.

[Underdog 28892]

1 hour ago, Shoxthemonkey said:

I prefer a smaller, lighter kicking caliber but you do you.

You might want to reconsider, Ms Bolton looked pretty buff.  

[Shoxthemonkey 1983]

2 minutes ago, Underdog said:

You might want to reconsider, Ms Bolton looked pretty buff.  

I lean more towards Jack O'Connor than Elmer Keith.

Damn, I'm old.

[52-80 19291]

caught this british Nightmare Tenants show and its got some part about people trying to remove squatters and these ppl are so goddamn aggressive and combative.

where do people get the temerity and idea that they can simply plop down where they want and stay there.  the entire notion and brazeness of it is completely wild to me

[nnm 37090]

1 hour ago, 52-80 said:

caught this british Nightmare Tenants show and its got some part about people trying to remove squatters and these ppl are so goddamn aggressive and combative.

where do people get the temerity and idea that they can simply plop down where they want and stay there.  the entire notion and brazeness of it is completely wild to me

You’re familiar with American history, no?  Brits have been plopping themselves down here and staying here for centuries  

Edited June 20, 2022 by nnm

[nnm 37090]

nm

Edited June 20, 2022 by nnm

[After irth 1245]

On 6/19/2022 at 12:44 AM, Superhero said:

I was in Vegas at a shitty hotel for a work conference.

Sitting at the casino bar is a group of people from Scotland. 

By the looks of some of them, they've probably been drinking all night, 

Well…duh!

[Helobious 9516]

My whole life I took the “don’t ask a fish how to catch fish, ask a fisherman” approach to dating. In the past year I finally started soliciting female friends for advice and have had quite a bit more success in the dating world. It actually hasn’t even been close. 

[Superhero 8904]

On 6/18/2022 at 11:30 PM, ztejas said:

You're of an Eastern Asian persuasion, correct? Some of it is genetics. I'm wondering if you've noticed over the years that those around you of different ethnicities are less affected by alcohol. It's well documented that certain ethnicities have higher tolerances to alcohol.

And honestly man - consider yourself lucky. Some of us wish we had a better shut off switch. Drinking all night into the morning isn't that much of a feat for me unfortunately. 

Possibly. And I think practice has something to do with it as well.

My cousin and some of his friends are/were  functional alcoholics. He could drink at least 1/2 bottle of scotch in one sitting and feel fine. Didn’t matter what time it was, he could have a drink. 

We had scotch tasting at his house once where 8 of us polished off 6 bottles of scotch - Trader Joe’s 11 year Macallan, a regular Mac 12, a TJ 14 year Mac, a regular Mac 15, Johnny Walker Blue and a 10 YO Macallan cask strength. Good times…

 

[markstanco 12683]

Unless it’s inedible I will not send food back to the kitchen.  

I won’t send it back at all, I just take the L. Because a bigger L may be waiting for me. I’ll just make a sandwich at home.

[closetohumping 17577]

1 minute ago, markstanco said:

I won’t send it back at all, I just take the L. Because a bigger L may be waiting for me. I’ll just make a sandwich at home.

So the only time I sent anything back the bartender almost begged me to do it.  I was at Ming tsais place and I ordered something with sichuan chili and it was tasty but about four bites in my mouth was numb and the bartender was like “you alright?   Want something else?”

 

otherwise I take the L and treat it as a life lesson especially with ethnic foods.  
 

but I’ve seen cheap people eat about 1/3 of the meal and then say “uhm this doesn’t taste lien chicken Marsala at all. It tastes funny”.    And usually they don’t want anything else they just want it comped.  

[markstanco 12683]

10 hours ago, closetohumping said:

 

but I’ve seen cheap people eat about 1/3 of the meal and then say “uhm this doesn’t taste lien chicken Marsala at all. It tastes funny”.    And usually they don’t want anything else they just want it comped.  

Trash people right there. 

[Your Mom 4886]

Anything ever sent back to the kitchen for any reason, legit or not, is getting returned to the customer with a loogie buried in it, or having been rubbed across the chef’s ballsack, or some other nastiness.  This is a fixed and unwavering law of the universe. There are zero exceptions.  It baffles my mind that people think they can send food back back and expect it will get properly rectified. 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

24 minutes ago, Your Mom said:

Anything ever sent back to the kitchen for any reason, legit or not, is getting returned to the customer with a loogie buried in it, or having been rubbed across the chef’s ballsack, or some other nastiness.  This is a fixed and unwavering law of the universe. There are zero exceptions.  It baffles my mind that people think they can send food back back and expect it will get properly rectified. 

Truth.

When I was waiting tables in high school/college I saw some shit. Don't fuck with people who are serving you food.

[closetohumping 17577]

5 hours ago, Cheeseweasel said:

Truth.

When I was waiting tables in high school/college I saw some shit. Don't fuck with people who are serving you food.

I personally haven’t seen it but don’t doubt it happens.  And it’s not just the cooks you have to worry about.   The waiters and waitresses too.  So have some foresight before you decide to clown them

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

Yup. Saw a waiter serve a loogie and sweet tea to a nice man who told him he was the worst waiter who'd ever served him.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Truth.
When I was waiting tables in high school/college I saw some shit. Don't fuck with people who are serving you food.

While cooking cheesesteaks at Tex on the drag I never did anything to food that got returned. It didn’t happen often and it was most likely because I missed something getting 86’ed from the order. Well, one time some frat douches came in and one was being a bitch so his cheesesteak consisted of all the meat that had fallen into the grease trough.

[strangulation! 1716]

26 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

While cooking cheesesteaks at Tex on the drag I never did anything to food that got returned. It didn’t happen often and it was most likely because I missed something getting 86’ed from the order. Well, one time some frat douches came in and one was being a bitch so his cheesesteak consisted of all the meat that had fallen into the grease trough.

i bet that was fucking delicious

[Incredulity 11741]

38 minutes ago, strangulation! said:

i bet that was fucking delicious

[Zepol87 9263]

First job was at Braums in high school, I never fucked with peoples food but damn some of these people did and had no shame. Pro tip: Don't be an asshole

[Scheiss Meister 8420]

I never put anything gross or dangerous in anyone's food, but I did put a good deal of jalapeno juice on a pizza or two for some assholes.

[WhatTheBuck 28854]

8 hours ago, Your Mom said:

Anything ever sent back to the kitchen for any reason, legit or not, is getting returned to the customer with a loogie buried in it, or having been rubbed across the chef’s ballsack, or some other nastiness.  This is a fixed and unwavering law of the universe. There are zero exceptions.  It baffles my mind that people think they can send food back back and expect it will get properly rectified. 

You’re wrong. And you’re a sucker if you accept whatever crap they serve you like a steak you ordered medium rare and then it comes out well done. 

[Armybrat 41046]

On 6/17/2022 at 7:56 PM, Prepuce of Doom said:

The Radio Shack Twitter account has become pretty salty lately. 

 

Here is a bit of trivia…. one of my brother’s 8th grade classmates (Jon Shirley) in San Juan, Puerto Rico 70 years ago went on to become President of Tandy Corporation and then President of Microsoft. He retired in the 1990s.

[Armybrat 41046]

1 hour ago, WhatTheBuck said:

You’re wrong. And you’re a sucker if you accept whatever crap they serve you like a steak you ordered medium rare and then it comes out well done. 

Mrs. Brat’s steak at the Outback came out rare instead of medium well. Sent it back and it turned out well overdone. She has not ordered a restaurant steak in the 20 years since.

[tbone_ 14300]

Radio Shack once had like 6,000 stores. And they were awesome.

[Your Mom 4886]

2 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

You’re wrong. And you’re a sucker if you accept whatever crap they serve you like a steak you ordered medium rare and then it comes out well done. 

You’ve eaten ballsack sweat. 

[Prepuce of Doom 21143]

3 minutes ago, Your Mom said:

You’ve eaten ballsack sweat. 

His food has likely been tampered with, too. 

[closetohumping 17577]

3 hours ago, Scheiss Meister said:

I never put anything gross or dangerous in anyone's food, but I did put a good deal of jalapeno juice on a pizza or two for some assholes.

Just a rumor, but heard this waitress put a drop of visine in this dude's soup.  I guess it gives you the runs?

[closetohumping 17577]

1 hour ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

His food has likely been tampered with, too. 

Probably for a multitude of reasons yes.

[Scheiss Meister 8420]

1 minute ago, closetohumping said:

Just a rumor, but heard this waitress put a drop of visine in this dude's soup.  I guess it gives you the runs?

I don't know about visine, but I worked with a guy who claimed to have put methyl blue in someone's drink to turn their pee green.  I have never verified that this would work, but it is entertaining to consider.

Phenolphthalein would cause the shits, but any more than a fraction of a drop is very dangerous.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

I don't know about visine, but I worked with a guy who claimed to have put methyl blue in someone's drink to turn their pee green.  I have never verified that this would work, but it is entertaining to consider.
Phenolphthalein would cause the shits, but any more than a fraction of a drop is very dangerous.

Username checks out.

[Scheiss Meister 8420]

Well, yeah.  I am a professional.

[WhatTheBuck 28854]

2 hours ago, Armybrat said:

Mrs. Brat’s steak at the Outback came out rare instead of medium well. Sent it back and it turned out well overdone. She has not ordered a restaurant steak in the 20 years since.

So much wrong with this. A) How long have you been married that your wife is still ordering a steak medium well? B) Why are you dining at Outback? C) If she likes her steak medium well, how can she tell the difference between that and well?

Are you sure it was rare? Was it pink and cool in the center? Go to a real steakhouse.

The last time I went to Outback was some years back where they had a deal where if Wisconsin won the Outback Bowl, you could get a free order of coconut shrimp. Wisconsin won so I stopped in, bought a beer, and ordered my free coconut shrimp. The sauce that came with it was some sort of gelatinous goo that I’m pretty sure was a petroleum by-product. I asked for a bottle of Tabasco and managed to struggle through. Haven’t been back since. But that’s about the last place I’d go for a steak.

If it’s a decent restaurant serving a prime cut and I got it rare instead of medium rare, I could deal with that. If I was the sort of person who ordered my steak medium well then I’m not really concerned about quality in the first place. I’ll eat any piece of overcooked meat. 

[WhatTheBuck 28854]

1 hour ago, Your Mom said:

You’ve eaten ballsack sweat. 

I’m sure I haven’t but apparently I should never dine out in Texas. 

[closetohumping 17577]

18 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

I’m sure I haven’t but apparently I should never dine out in Texas. 

Yes, I'm sure your brethren waiters in West Virginia are too classy to tamper with your food when you complain about your raccoon tartare being too fatty 

[Armybrat 41046]

9 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

So much wrong with this. A) How long have you been married that your wife is still ordering a steak medium well? B) Why are you dining at Outback? C) If she likes her steak medium well, how can she tell the difference between that and well?

Are you sure it was rare? Was it pink and cool in the center? Go to a real steakhouse.

The last time I went to Outback was some years back where they had a deal where if Wisconsin won the Outback Bowl, you could get a free order of coconut shrimp. Wisconsin won so I stopped in, bought a beer, and ordered my free coconut shrimp. The sauce that came with it was some sort of gelatinous goo that I’m pretty sure was a petroleum by-product. I asked for a bottle of Tabasco and managed to struggle through. Haven’t been back since. But that’s about the last place I’d go for a steak.

If it’s a decent restaurant serving a prime cut and I got it rare instead of medium rare, I could deal with that. If I was the sort of person who ordered my steak medium well then I’m not really concerned about quality in the first place. I’ll eat any piece of overcooked meat. 

A) I do not ever tell my wife of 55 years what she can like or not.

B) I wasn’t my choice - we were invited by my older brother who liked the joint. We never went there otherwise. and still don’t

C) I don’t know and don’t care. If she likes it that way, that’s her business. When I grill steaks at home, she gets it medium at the most, sometimes medium rare. She just doesn’t like it bloody.

That Outback steak was deep purple and barely warm in the center… and bleeding like a vagina.

Hope that clears things up to your satisfaction.

 

 

 

Edited June 22, 2022 by Armybrat

[Kennythetiger 9512]

9 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

So much wrong with this. A) How long have you been married that your wife is still ordering a steak medium well? B) Why are you dining at Outback? C) If she likes her steak medium well, how can she tell the difference between that and well?

Are you sure it was rare? Was it pink and cool in the center? Go to a real steakhouse.

The last time I went to Outback was some years back where they had a deal where if Wisconsin won the Outback Bowl, you could get a free order of coconut shrimp. Wisconsin won so I stopped in, bought a beer, and ordered my free coconut shrimp. The sauce that came with it was some sort of gelatinous goo that I’m pretty sure was a petroleum by-product. I asked for a bottle of Tabasco and managed to struggle through. Haven’t been back since. But that’s about the last place I’d go for a steak.

If it’s a decent restaurant serving a prime cut and I got it rare instead of medium rare, I could deal with that. If I was the sort of person who ordered my steak medium well then I’m not really concerned about quality in the first place. I’ll eat any piece of overcooked meat. 

Food snob goes to Outback for free food and then complains about the free food…. 
I don’t think my mother-in-law moved to West Virginia but every dog has his day…. 

[Kennythetiger 9512]

12 hours ago, Armybrat said:

Mrs. Brat’s steak at the Outback came out rare instead of medium well. Sent it back and it turned out well overdone. She has not ordered a restaurant steak in the 20 years since.

I am by no means a good cook of steak, but I have perfected seasoning and cooking style for my own taste. Every now and then when we go out to eat, I think “By god I am going to order the bone-in ribeye.”  Couple bites in and I remember that I should have ordered the lamb, or something else unusual instead.