Subj : Re: Cyberpope' back again To : George Pope From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Sep 23 2021 04:43:00 George, GP> I worked at an A*W Drive-In & had to do things the hard way. There aren't many of those left. There used to be on in Hot Springs, Arkansas, but it shut down awhile back. I believe there is still one in Ravenna, Ohio...as an area ham radio club (of which I'm a member from afar) has a gathering there every August. I'll mention it again later in the message. Now, I'm craving a root beer float. :P If you're wondering why I'm up at this hour, I was having leg cramps (not to mention nature called). So, I figured I'd take an Ibuprofen, and worked at the computer until I could feel it kicking in. GP> cracked up when I told them (he's known to be a horny old joker) When I worked at Burger King for 5 years over 40 years ago (I had done every position, including in management for a time), my favorite one was cashier...and the managers trusted me. One time, there was a stretch of a lot of cash shortages, and the franchise owner thought there might be some embezzlement going on. So, he set up a polygraph test for the employees...but they had to sign a statement saying they weren't being forced to take it. Yet, if they refused, they were fired; sounds like coercion (sp?) to me. If they let me count the drawer at the start of the shift, and do every transaction, then I'd take responsibility for it. But, it never occured to me that one of the managers was possibly dipping into the till. Several cash shortages resulted, and I got put on a 2 week suspension without pay. Well, several days in, I showed up to get what paycheck I had, and the franchise owner asked where I had been. I replied "2 week suspension for cash shortages...your directive". He replied "Consider it cancelled -- I need you". That spoke volumes to me, as he thought so highly of my character. But, back to cashier, we'd get some "live ones"...who were "not the brightest light in the fixture", or "the sharpest knife in the drawer". 1) One guy wanted a Whopper Junior with cheese, just ketchup only. I told him "I'll sell you a cheeseburger with ketchup only instead. It's the same thing, but cheaper". He was adamant..."No, I want the Whopper Junior with cheese just ketchup only". So, I said "As you wish". Burger King has 2 sizes of their burgers...the Whopper, and the smaller version. I still remember one of their original commercials and slogans from 50 years ago. 2) We'd have folks who would order sexually oriented items, and I told them "the red light district is downtown". And, that had a double meaning...for all the stoplights, and where "the world's oldest profession" took place. 3) We'd have folks who would order items from another restaurant. I'd say "this is Burger King". Then, I'd tell them that restaurant is located down the street. GP> I was good at my job (all the jobs, as often I was the only one taking GP> orders, cookinfg, & serving, being as teej lasbour is so hit & miss GP> (brokenm fingernail on Monday -- off work for the week, at least! Don't GP> ell anybodyt you won't be there, of course -- let that be a surprise as GP> a rush comers in! *LOL*) Most folks nowadays want to work from 12 to 1, take an hour off for lunch, and get a full check. Never mind paying folks more to stay home, than to come to work...no wonder there's a labor shortage. This may be "a borderline no-no", but one Bible verse notes "if a man will not work, he shall not eat". Now, for those who have a physical disability that prevents them from working a regular job (especially at 40 hours per week), that does not apply. It applies to the lazy, who are fully able to work, but choose not to. I was born and raised that "the man is the breadwinner, to provide for the family". But, one day, my body basically said "you're not going to do this anymore". And, they keep finding stuff wrong with me...most recently, atrial flutter. The medication, and cutting out caffeine with iced tea, candy, chocolate, etc., has stabilized the heart rate and the blood pressure...but it has aggravated the migraines. GP> Sure did love that one summer day a year when the classic car club GP> rolled in with their beautiful cars from the days when style was a GP> thing that mattered in Detroit(& Windsor, on our side of the 49th)! That's what the ham radio club deal has in Ravenna, Ohio, at the A&W... a "cruise-in" with the classic cars. I couldn't remember what the promotion was...I alluded to the A&W at the top of this message. GP> I loved ST:TOS. My mom collected EVERY episode's book version release, GP> & I read the entire series in a couple weeks one summer(1978) when I GP> was 11! There was even a pinball machine with that. However, my favorite pinball machines were Paragon, Space Invaders, Silverball Mania, The Black Knight, Xenon, Fire Power, and others I can't recall. The main brands were Bally, Williams, and Gottlieb (those are the only ones I can remember). No telling how many quarters I dropped in the college game room 40 years ago. I was never much for video games, though. I even played one called "Lost World Pinball" on the comnputer awhile back. I used to have Train Simulators on the computer...first Microsoft Train Simulator, then Auran Trainz. But, I would run them in "Silver Streak Mode"...just using it to "explore the route", and if I got bored, move it up to notch 8, and ram it into the dead-end bumper at the station. GP> My apology, I thoght West was south of Virginia itself. Or is this one GP> of those vagaries of the civil war era & politics? The Mason-Dixon line is the difference between "You All" and "Youz Guys". GP> Yeah, I've noticed that, but I've always been a rebel, so I even went GP> on Facebook, prior to our big national election this past Monday, & GP> stated my opinions on all 5 parties running. My choice is NOT the GP> groupthink's favourite, or even allowable one. . . Former comedian Bill Cosby noted about rebels with "kids wearing their pants on backwards". Now, they wear them below their hips, showing their underwear -- and that's another kettle of fish . GP> I figure if I convinced even ONE voter not to vote for the incumbent, GP> I'd have succeeded (in changing nothing; we just spent $600M on a GP> pre-emptive early plague times election that changed absolutely GP> nothing!) Except enhanced the politicians pockets. For all the money that's spent with the local, state, congressional, and presidential elections...with ads for radio, TV, print, online, etc. -- as well as things like signs, bumper stickers, T-shirts, etc. -- we'd have enough to pay off the national debt. GP> I don't care what people call themselves, or if they play dressup with GP> clothes or surgery to be a different sex, in appearance; I'll call you GP> he or she,. whatebver you prefer, but I'm well-read in my native GP> language & I refuse to use a plural pronoun to refer to a singular GP> human. I joke that "square dancers do it on the floor, in groups of eight, with no sex, in all positions". Now, to a non-square dancer, it sounds kinky. But, when you dance what's known as "Dance By Definition" (DBD) or at the Advanced or Challenge levels, you're not a male or female...but the end, center, point, etc. of a particular formation. I refer to this as "a quick and dirty sex change". At a national singles dance in Nashville back in 1997, I was dancing to national female caller, Dee Dee Dougherty-Lottie. She could yodel the paint off the side of a barn, but her pants were so tight on her, that it looked like she was melted and poured into them...and I thought if she farted, she would blow her britches off!! Well, with one "tip", I basically "became a girl"...and with knowing both parts, I just kept going, but I turned my cap on my head, to backwards. She stopped the music, and said to me "I've got enough trouble without you giving me hell". Everyone roared in laughter. GP> "just 'you'; I'd rather you talk TO me, not ABOUT me!" Sounds opposite to the song done by Toby Keith. GP> everyone, I have an opinion & a rectal orifice & I know how to use GP> both. And, sometimes, the opinion and RO both stink. :P GP> A political argument not involving only the principals involved in an GP> election is as meaningful to real life as is a farting contest between GP> the same two people! Only if you choose between varieties of baked beans. Believe it or not, a friend's dachshund prefers Bush's Baked Beans, but refuses the generic store brand. I guess it wasn't sweet enough for him, but I wouldn't want the dog dropping green haze methane bombs. :P GP> I want to see a political debate operate as we used to do debate GP> originally, in grade school! Debate is what you put on Defishhook -- hmmm...possible tagline?? Daryl .... Lead me not into temptation -- I'll find my own way. === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (1:2320/33) .