ExiledInIllinois

"Doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo The police in New York CityThey chased a boy right through the parkAnd in a case of mistaken identityThe put a bullet through his heart..." MAYBE brother Frankie was there in 4 minutes? Maybe the shot wasn't totally taken to the heart... I guess @Gugny lives in a land of absolutes where everyone who is shot in the heart, dies instantly. Liver... Internal gut wounds aren't absolute... Actually, kinda slow. https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554838 "The brain has about 4 minutes of oxygen, so no, a heart shot isn't instant death*. In fact, depending where the heart is injured, it's remotely possible to survive. That would only be if sophicated medical care was immediately at hand. *I have sad personal knowledge of this. My grandfather shot himself in the heart. I was the first to reach him. He was able to say my name before he died." Glad Sir Absolute Gugny lives in a land where everything fits his rhetoric.

LoL... Fair enough... You're calling Marvin's brother, Frankie, a liar. Just come out and say it.

We all thank you for NOT being a doctor. Stick to being a leader of undervalued labor. Where do you come up with these absolutes? But... I gotta admit... You're good at the rhetoric.

It is so wonderful to finally see Fergy come around and realize the value that interacting with others can bring. Pushing boilerplate documents around all day can get pretty stressful and tiring... And very boring. Glad he didn't use one of his cease and desist letters on that poor sweet lady. I bet she tells wonderful stories... I like people like that. Real talkers in an otherwise unoriginal existence.

#InAnEcoBoost

LMAO... Wait, you just can't be happy for us unsong "stewards of cleanliness"... I am happy for you and that old fella friend of yours. #BeHappyForYourLocalOperatorWhileTheyCleanTheEnviroment Beat THAT hashtag!!! I feel bad for Amazon and Dunkin... Wow!

Slow march to full automation. @BringBackFergy and @Cripple Creek They gotta get it some where... Even if it means ***** -ing a machine. They can get it in their self-driving car while operating the algorithm controlling their trust and will... No secretarial staff needed to chit chat with the general public. Total automation or bust! Just humor me and tell me those awesome Canadian bacon breakfast sandwiches and tenderloin BBQ @ tailgates are made by a human hand! I will look the other way with their freaky side! ?

"...Marvin Gaye’s brother, Frankie, who lived next door, and who held the legendary singer during his final minutes, later wrote in his memoir that Marvin Gaye’s final, disturbing statement was, “I got what I wanted….I couldn’t do it myself, so I made him do it.” Don't trust Wiki... @BringBackFergy will be mad: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marvin-gaye-is-shot-and-killed-by-his-own-father

He was shaking down his Old Man... Old Man didn't play. So in honor of Marvin. The times change but stay the same:

A reed. A reed is a weak & impressionable person. #HelpReed

reed /rēd/ noun 1. a tall, slender-leaved plant of the grass family, which grows in water or on marshy ground. 2. a weak or impressionable person. "the jurors were mere reeds in the wind"

It was: Mrs. Peacock in the Observatory w/the candlestick.

When did Jussie Smollett become a football player...

She popped out a kidlet @ 18... AND the kidlet reciprocated @ 16. Geeze... Couldn't even get them both to 18. LoL... Let's just call them both 17. And I am using best numbers possible, who knows how old the grandkidlet is!

SURE... Forget about me!

I totally agree... Of course Stevie is blind! I was gonna tell some Steve Wonder jokes, you can look them up, I don't wanna be like @Gugny... And the others that voted no... They won't believe them. /smh... Okay... Twisted my arm... One from the internet: "At a celebrity party, Stevie Wonder meets golf champ Tiger Woods and mentions that he, too, is an excellent golfer. Tiger is a bit skeptical that the blind musician can play golf well, but he's too polite to say anything. "When I tee off, " the singer explains, "I have a guy call to me from the green. My sharp sense of hearing lets me aim." Tiger is impressed, and Stevie suggests that they play a round. When Tiger agrees, Stevie asks, "How about if we play for $10,000 a hole?" Tiger insists he couldn't possibly play him for money because of his sight handicap. But Stevie argues and badgers Tiger until Tiger finally relents Stevie says, "You pick the place and I'll pick the time?" Tiger says, "Fine. Pebble Beach" Stevie replies, "Midnight!""

The OP is able to catch them = Free. Free food is always good, living off the land/water is good too.

I highly recommend the movie: Avalon (1990). Great movie! Great scene...

Exact opposite with my dad. His personal space was Old World (my grandmother born in Poland)... Like 2" away. Freak people out! LoL... God love him. But man, I can see him getting arrested if he was a young man today... Especially complaints by uptight chicks, that's a given.

Too funny... But seriously, there has to be a point where they stop selling FastPass, right... They can't sell too many. So, when they reach that point, lines gotta kinda of even out. That should be the goal of everyone entering the park... To buy a FastPass ad on. Max them out... Then everybody is miserable! Anarchy at the Amusement Park!

My parents and grandparents... Grandparents never had driver licenses... They'd take the Canadiana on over:

They get everyone through gate paying all you can ride admission... They don't care if you go on ride, it rains, closed because of lightning. They got their $$$$ up front. That can be pooled into better services. Oh... And don't dare bring your food in because that could lead to domestic terrorism... LoL... Concessions = the real money maker! Business model sound familar. Take the good with the bad... We got awesome cathedrals called: Theme Parks. And... I suck at economics. LoL... [DISCLAIMER: I am not saying modern parks are bad... They are actually quite awesome, best ever. It's just gratuitous, we should put the effort where the "rides" can actually help people!]

Modern parks are a very hybrid-socialist economic concept. LoL... Why anybody goes during season is beyond me! Even with FastPass... Still standing in line. Go on a cloudy, cold day. LoL...

Yup... But when they max out the daily allotments....You're still standing in line with the smelly masses. Sucks if you pick a slow day... They got your extra $$$$. I guess it's like taking the rental car company's insurance rather than using yours. Great if if you get in wreck. POOF! If you don't. It's because you paid as you went. Tickets for ride. Notice that model would change in late 1970s. Parks were also dumpy back then. We'd bring a cooler and drag it. Try THAT today. They want you buying their food. Darien, you can pack your own lunch... But stay in parking lot, old shelters next to the row of dumpsters.

That's the whole point to the business model since moving from the pay as you ride ticket, to the one price admission. Notice that modern amusement parks are awesome. They can pool the money. Back, years ago... Not much could go into new, bigger, better, rides... Better tech. Look at this way. How healthcare should be. Just go on off day... Or plan, schedule early. Not... To go sideways here... But this discussion can get really deep. They got your admission... They don't care if you stand in line. They are maxed out, just the way they want it. Then throw a economic wrinkle with "FastPass" concept... Pay more, cut in line... But everybody can't pay more or we are in same long line boat! /smh... So... The Parks can only allow so many "Elites" with FastPass...