>> ^Fade:

I think tipping is such bullshit. I don't give a fuck what you earn. if your job doesn't pay you enough that you have to effectively rely on charity then get another fucking job. Nobody tips the mcdonalds or burger king staff. They work just as hard for just as little.
Why the hell should I have to pay over the odds for what was already a grossly overpriced meal? I don't earn a huge amount myself and the cultural pressure to tip makes me bloody angry. If anything a tip should be for exceptional service. A flat rate on top just means your prices are higher. Why not raise your prices and pay your fucking staff a decent wage?


Agree about raising prices and paying staff a decent wage. However, don't blame the server, blame the system. Minimum wage in Kentucky (Burger King) is $7.25. Minimum Wage for TIPPED staff is $2.13.
http://www.dol.gov/whd/state/tipped.htm

I'm not an American so I only presume I'm reading that right. So McDonalds staff might work as hard (or harder), but it's not for just as little.

Apparently Claude Reynolds insurance in Lousiville Kentucky are spammers, or they have hired spammers to do their marketing.

*discard
*ban

Hey CoreyStup-Is it true that at the Kentucky Kingdom they hand out complimentary mint juleps and Lucky Strikes to patrons 8 and up?

>> ^CoreyStup:

We had a similar ride in Louisville, KY at Kentucky Kingdom (closed in 2010) although it was often broken and was removed in 2005. The Quake was the first of its kind from Vekoma (Waikiki Wave).
I rode it many times while it was still operating. It wasn't all that much fun, but our out of town guests always loved it.
Video of The Quake


The Quake looks much faster than this ride. The forces on the arms must be immense.

We had a similar ride in Louisville, KY at Kentucky Kingdom (closed in 2010) although it was often broken and was removed in 2005. The Quake was the first of its kind from Vekoma (Waikiki Wave).

I rode it many times while it was still operating. It wasn't all that much fun, but our out of town guests always loved it.

Video of The Quake

If this guy and his family are a bunch of racists, and it runs through the generations. "Coon" is definitely a word I can see them using, especially since if someone heard you say it you could always say you meant "raccoon". I could see this word being used a lot in the Kentucky/Tennessee area for both reasons and specifically because it's easy to use as a masked derogatory. "Coon" come around this house and I'll shoot em.


Before it's all over, I'm guessing we'll find out Zimmerman was off his meds and suffers from some kind of mental illness that makes him super paranoid. Plus him being a racist plays right into all the paranoia "they always get away". I still think his family is connected though, because at the very least the cops could look good and get him off the hook (assuming all the cops are closet racists themselves) if they portrayed him as mentally ill. But they aren't doing anything but covering (and covering up via witness tampering) for him.

>> ^mizila:

>> ^blahpook:
So, duh alert: Took me a few seconds to realize they were talking about trailers, as in like movie previews or teasers.

I don't think George is mentioning Kentucky and double-wides in reference to movie previews. Nor is Michael talking about living in a teaser with a t.v. and shower. They are, in fact, talking about the physical place they stay while on set. Maybe you missed a "not" in there?


This is true. Edit accomplished. Though I imagine a double-wide movie trailer might be akin to an Imax letterbox.

>> ^blahpook:

So, duh alert: Took me a few seconds to realize they were talking about trailers, as in like movie previews or teasers.


I don't think George is mentioning Kentucky and double-wides in reference to movie previews. Nor is Michael talking about living in a teaser with a t.v. and shower. They are, in fact, talking about the physical place they stay while on set. Maybe you missed a "not" in there?

march 5, 2012

this is a thought that I have been wrestling with for, ohhhh five minutes. So i'm sharing it with you ghost people who may in the future read it. So i'm sure we all know about the tornadoes the ripped through kentucky and beyond. my thoughts initially had to do with the outpuring of food, money, and community resources by local churches, as well as parishes all across the country. I find it to be one of those overlooked elements in the athiests argument. I will add, in an almost painfully cliched way, that i'm an athiest. thay being said , i'm also 31. iv'e come to the very real understanding that people's values are unshakable. And only through deep personal understanding can one develop those values. no ammount of comment trolling or reddit posting will do anything to change the world. so i despise reddit, for it's misinformation (mostly regarding news), and for the way it assimilates people into becoming unsocial, A.D.D-like automotauns. It saddens me to no end to see human discourse and interraction de-evolving. But it was the Church! the church! that renewed my faith in humanity. they didn't donate for karma points, or for self entitlement. they walked out into their community and
got people back on their feet. by no way will this make me somehow a believer in god. but it certainly reinforces the notion that these ghost people, offer nothing to society, and the complete lack of honest discourse in this country is sad. comment as needed.

Intelligent design is manifest in mathematics as well. Looks like the math curricula are about to change in Kansas, Georgia and Kentucky!

Update:

The truck driver caught on camera swerving at a passing motorcycle on May 22, on a rural Bracken County road, was sentenced to prison on Thursday.

Hudson, 23, of Pendleton County, entered a guilty plea on Nov. 18, in Bracken Circuit Court to an offer from the Commonwealth's Attorney Office.

He was sentenced Thursday to two years in jail on each of two wanton endangerment counts, 90 days in jail for menacing and a $100 fine for reckless driving. The sentences run concurrent for a total of two years, court officials said.

In the incident, caught on a camera mounted on one of two motorcycles, Hudson is seen driving a truck which enters Kentucky 22 ahead of the motorcyclists and drives in the same direction. As
the lead cycle attempts to pass Hudson on the left, Hudson appeared to purposefully steer into the lane and nearly forced the motorcycle off the road. The motorcycle with the camera continued to follow until all three vehicles stopped at an intersection and a verbal altercation with threats ensued.

Hudson is in Mason County Detention Center awaiting transfer to a state prison facility.

"You know, we're just better than people that don't live in The City." -- That's the most common one from New Yorkers that I know.

Oh, oh. And "Minnesota/Ohio/Wisconsin/Iowa/Kentucky/Indiana/Louisiana/Tennessee/Kansas/Idaho/Missouri? Is that near Chicago?"

I'm very happy for them and I'm sure that kid will be very loved.

(Side note: I really, really hate the "We're pregnant" crap. The word has a meaning and it does not include two people. Whenever a guy tells me "We're pregnant" I ask, "Do you have a uterus?" There's a stud horse in Kentucky that's "pregnant" 650 times all at once. End rant)

>> ^Batskinner:

To those who are enraged by Ron Paul's ideas on property rights, do you think that a black restaurant owner in Kentucky should be forced by law to allow a KKK meeting in his establishment? Would it be racist if he didn't want them there?


You misunderstand the law. The KKK is not a skin-color. Likewise, said restaurant owner is not forced to allow an al-qaeda meeting to take place in his establishment.

>> ^wax66:

Let the racists be ignorant and racist, they're only hurting themselves, not the people they hate.

That comment belies your understanding of history.

To all the personal property fanatics, people used to be considered property. Should we go back there?

To those who are enraged by Ron Paul's ideas on property rights, do you think that a black restaurant owner in Kentucky should be forced by law to allow a KKK meeting in his establishment? Would it be racist if he didn't want them there?