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    The fall of proper restaurant service.

    A long time ago, I used to go to a little restaurant/bar/ice cream place. I noticed that one day, the girl behind the ice cream counter licked the spoon as she was preparing my hot fudge sunday - the spoon she then gave me to eat it with! It was ok, since I had the hots for her anyway, which...
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    Anyone have after work rituals?

    I have to change as soon as I get home, or I end up with cat hair all over my good suits. Unwind for half an hour while my wife brings me up to date on what was on Court TV. Then, we go out back on the patio and build a fire in the firepit, start up the grill, and grill something. Unless it's...
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    The fall of proper restaurant service.

    Am I the only one that's noticed waiters no longer come over and discreetly inguire if everything is ok? Now, even in upscale places, they wait until you have a mouthful of food, then shout "How's it tastin' guys?" Good grief. I usually retort, "It ain't tastin' anything. It's dead."
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    Strange Superstitions and The Superstitious Among Us

    Years ago, my dad told my you should always put either the left or right shoe on first, since to do otherwise is bad luck. Trouble is, I can't remember which one it was. So, for 40 years, I've always put my left shoe on first. Now, if I were to change, my luck might get better - then again...
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    Chinese poison

    I always try to avoid buying junk from China. Last week I paid $129 for a blender just to get one that wasn't made there. A few months ago, I bought an English toaster for $250. The best I could do for a coffee pot was made in Mexico for $50, but at least it wasn't Chinese. Yea, it's alot of...
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    Chinese poison

    I respectfully disagree Hondo. Americans as people are not lazy, nor do we as individuals have "too much money." In fact, the standard of living in the US has been falling for years. Much of the reason for that is big corporations and government have sold us out. Big corporations close down...
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    Taboo

    I bet Golden Era Londoners remember him for something else!
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    Which book/movie affected you the most?

    My Side Of The Mountain by Jean Craighead George and Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill both changed my life. I read the former when I was about 8 and learned self reliance. I read the latter for the first time when I was 20. I was living in my car at the time and down to less than $10 in...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Star Wars. The original one. When it first came out. I kid you not.
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    What are your hobbies?

    Besides fixing and flying old airplanes, wildlife photography, boating, astronomy, paranormal investigations, hiking, camping and general adventuring.
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    Uninvited guests

    I kill it unless my wife is watching. Then I capture it, take it outside, and kill it.
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    Dessert Anyone?

    Apple for me, but it's nearly a tie!
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    Could you survive?

    You bet! In those days there was paying work for someone who could runs one of these things in my avatar picture....
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    Do you believe in little green men?

    I think it's unfortunate that these kinds of discussions inevitably devolve into, at best, poking fun at those who think such is possible and at worst, name calling and ridicule. Being that the folks on this site are better mannered that their counterparts elsewhere on the net, this has stayed...
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    Anyone pilots?

    I've been flying longer than I've been driving. Got my private in '74 and my commercial and multi soon after. In more years than I care to recount, I only had one really serious problem - the engine of the Cessna 206 I flew for a mapping company back in the early 1980s literally blew up. The...
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    Favorite Vegas Hotel, Casino, Club, or just hole in the wall...

    Unfortunately, alot of the old places are being torn down. My personal favorite is the Tropicana, which is, I believe, slated to meet the wrecking ball.
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    Do you have a nickname?

    Back in the late 70s when I was a charter pilot, the guys around the airport started calling me "Crazy Jim." I don't know why, since I was always quite cautious. Anyway, many a paying customer did a double take when they showed up at the little airport office and someone yelled, "Go find Crazy...
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    11 yr. old takes down 1,000 lb. pig

    It's not just the recoil. These are pretty heavy, even for me and I shoot a .44 Magnum. I doubt an 11 year old could hold the thing steady enough to hit what he was aiming at. Also, I think I recall this story making the rounds a couple years ago...
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    A Lot o' Mottos: What are your words to live by?

    True. Sometimes that which does not kill us just hurts alot.
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    A Lot o' Mottos: What are your words to live by?

    In life, the spoils do not go to the timid. Living well is the best revenge. Never try to teach a pig to sing. It frustrates you and annoys the pig. The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire. Whoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to shop...

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