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Hangman

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  1. Side note: I need to participate more on BGP. I've missed this. :lol2:
  2. Let's say my wife makes a hair appointment. Her stylist works at a salon with a large "Walk-ins Welcome" sign. She shows up at her designated appointment time and is put in a chair before a walk-in who was already waiting. Henceforth, my beautiful wife is unscrupulous.
  3. I have no principles or values because I called ahead to get put on a list? That's the measuring stick?
  4. The window is so broad or what is considered a millennial. I've seen that window as broad as 1982-2002... As if the lives of people at each end of that spectrum have been anything close to the same.
  5. I'm curious if you share the same opinion on restaurants with drive-thru windows that also accept call-in orders. You phone your order in and you can be in and out while the people in the drive-thru are still waiting to order. Is it just the technology that is the problem?
  6. The irony is that if this option weren't available, the converse argument would be "Millennials spend all day standing in line because they don't have jobs."
  7. Your gripe is against the equivalent of a reservation.
  8. No. Worked from my previous employer from 2006-2012 until they filed bankruptcy. I've been with my current employer since February 2012. I would've loved to retire from the previous company, but that wasn't an option. I'm just saying, as you can't define everyone of one gender or race based on that fact alone, age should not be dissimilar. You don't know the factors that make up a person.
  9. I've worked 8-5 for the last 11 years. Keep painting with your broad brush.
  10. I hate the word millennial with every fiber of by being. I'm a manager at my company, and I'm extremely young compared to most of the others who have been there (in many cases, quite literally) since before I was born. Every year, we have mandatory Human Resources training and a large topic is always how to deal with millennials and how they're changing the landscape. And I suppose it's true, but it's always a very negative part of the training as the attendees take that opportunity to criticize the younger people and their lack of a work ethic. And inevitably, I'm pointed out as an example of how the entire generation isn't lazy. I suppose it's meant to be complimentary, but it always feels condescending. And I dread it year after year. Maybe it's just how I was raised (poor, I suppose you could say), but it's always amazing to me when stuff comes out about millennials not knowing about vinyl records before their resurgence in the last couple of years. Or when people say that I didn't know about life before computers. I didn't have a computer until I was 13 and didn't have a cell phone until I was 18. I can certainly remember living without them, and they don't define anything about me. I have always had a major problem with generalizations. It's my biggest pet peeve that anyone would perceive to know anything about me based on my age. None of this is directed at the OP or anyone in particular in this thread. Just seemed a good place to vent. /endrant
  11. I watch every year. I don't like pop music in general, but I'm always watching when music is center stage. Kendrick Lamar's performance was the best of the night for me. He's on another level.
  12. I'm two episodes behind on this current season, but absolutely love the show. They still somehow manage to shock me from time to time.
  13. I've seen him twice within the last 4 or so years. He still puts on a heck of a show.
  14. As the Browns kept their team history in Cleveland when the Ravens left town, the Bengals have the worst career playoff win percentage of all teams in the league. I wouldn't have thought that, honestly. If we ignore the Browns prior tenure and count this incarnation as an expansion, they're the worst and it's not close. NFL win& - Wikipedia I'm sure there's a better link than Wikipedia out there somewhere, but I couldn't find one that had all teams on one page and was also current.
  15. Our local Walmart checks almost everyone all the time. Doesn't bother me, but I always tell my wife to just keep the receipt in her hand instead of putting in her purse until we get through the door. And she puts it in her purse, and we have to wait for her to dig it back out once we get to the door. That part annoys me. :lol2: Sometimes I start to show it and they just wave me on through. It's not that big of a deal. When I was fresh out of high school, I worked at the local KMart and my job was to stand at a podium, check all receipts, and keep a log of what made the alarm go off any time it went off. Couldn't leave that podium for anything. It was miserable.
  16. My best friend has slowly become a very negative person. It's tough to deal with. He manages to point out the fault in everything, and it's honestly exhausting.
  17. Sounds better than last year's so far based on those that have been released.
  18. I think this would be pretty cool. Talk about a shakeup.
  19. Using Wikipedia, I counted 15. List of current National Football League head coaches - Wikipedia I'm on my phone so I may have missed one or two, or counted one or two twice. Looks like a lot are hovering right around 59% for their career. And you have guys like McVay and Zimmer who have very high numbers that are skewed a bit by the sample size.
  20. No problem, hope you enjoy. The crime of it all is that they were only around for three years. They split up in 1974 and Chris Bell died in a car crash at the age of 27 in 78. I love Alex Chilton, but Bell had so much more to give.
  21. Big Star is excellent power pop. You can hear the direct lineage from them to bands like Oasis and Blur later on. One of my favorite Big Star songs is "The Ballad of El Goodo", which may be more familiar to most as covered by Evan Dando on the Empire Records soundtrack. Their song "In the Street" is the opening for the first season or so of That 70s Show. Later seasons used a Cheap Trick cover of the song. Basically the entire "#1 Record" (an ambitious title) album is excellent. From there, I'd recommend diving in to Chris Bell's album "I am the Cosmos".. Particularly the title track. Their concert in Columbia, MO from 1993 recently got released in its entirety. I bought it on vinyl on RSD last year, and I'm sure it's on Spotify. It's got a nice mix of all eras, including solo work and covers. There's also a good documentary about the band that used to be on Netflix and may still be called "Nothing Can Hurt Me". If you can find that, check it out. Just a very influential band with simple power pop songs that'll never get the respect they deserve.
  22. I watched it all as it aired. For me personally, things take a dive after season 4. There's still some good stuff throughout, but I could've stopped after 4 and felt fulfilled.
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