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[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Yeah, he's out. Since Aug 2024 he's a prosecutor in the Miami-Dade state attorney's office. Promoted out of his first assignment into a supervisor role in another division a few weeks ago.

Awesome! Good for him!

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by flere-imsaho

Yeah, no way here either. Our oldest will be a HS senior next year and our youngest will be a HS freshman next year. That's exhausting enough (we're 51). Of course, I also feel like I'm parenting my parents at this point, so that probably doesn't help.

That is the other side to this. Both my parents and my wife's parents are, at this stage, too old to provide any kind of childcare coverage. Our 13 year old can spend time with them and be fine, but our 5 year old has too much energy and not quite self sufficient enough to be alone with them. Also, my wife spend a ton of time "parenting" her parents. She spends at least one day a week driving and hour each way to be with them and then spends a lot of time at home taking care of their various medical issues. It's a part-time job on top of raising our kids and having our own pretty high-demand jobs.

It's a lot.

[RainMaker]

Ralph Macchio was older than the actor who played Terry Silver in Karate Kid 3.

[Ksyrup]

Has anyone ever met Lee Trevino's friend Arthur Itis, or do we think he's fictional?

Yes, I'm sick of seeing these knee pain commercials during the local news...

[JonInMiddleGA]

I'm pretty sure that, in 2025 (and for several years) THE bottom rung of the fast food employee ladder has got to be KFC.

They're even worse than BK, which is mindboggling to even consider.

[RainMaker]

It might just be Yum brands because I swear Taco Bell and Pizza Hut are hell too.

Culvers and Chick-Fil-A remain kings of fast food employees.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

Culvers and Chick-Fil-A remain kings of fast food employees.

I could show you exceptions to both of those

Athens doesn't have a Culver's (oddly enough) but the only one I'm ever around -- fairly near to a friend's house -- is so bad that they've stopped going entirely.

Athens DOES, however, have THE worst CFA on the planet. It's like they intentionally break almost every rule we know about CFA. Employees who put no greater effort into anything than finding ways to stand around and do nothing (except talk about their dates and look at their phones) and zero indication of ANY adult leadership whatsoever.

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by Lathum

I turn 50 today. Guess I’m now one of those parents.

*hugs* happy oldday

[RainMaker]

That's a shame about the Culvers. Part of their charm in the Midwest is how nice the employees are and how fully staffed their restaurants are. The only time I had an issue was one time they took a long time because fries weren't ready and they made me a free frozen custard for the troubles without even asking.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

That's a shame about the Culvers. Part of their charm in the Midwest is how nice the employees are and how fully staffed their restaurants are. The only time I had an issue was one time they took a long time because fries weren't ready and they made me a free frozen custard for the troubles without even asking.

I feel like they've probably expanded a little too far out of their base honestly.
I've eaten at ... three (I think) ... in Georgia, all were mediocre at best although none anywhere near as bad as that particular one.

That's kind of a somewhat recurring theme I've found with franchises that expand into new territory here (Whattaburger as a prime example): the employees really don't seem to get what the standard people expect is so there really IS no standard to speak of.

Then again, that's a Georgia issue too. I had a road trip last year that took me through some very rural parts of Alabama as well as into northwest Florida. The worst service I got anywhere over three days traveling was better than what would be high end good luck here.

[Ghost Econ]

Popeyes has people who were rejected from KFC.

[RainMaker]

Their chicken sandwich is worth the wait and disrespect.

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

I'm pretty sure that, in 2025 (and for several years) THE bottom rung of the fast food employee ladder has got to be KFC.

They're even worse than BK, which is mindboggling to even consider.

Our local KFC shut down 6 or so years ago. We saw more KFCs in New Zealand in a week than we see in Kentucky in a year.

[RainMaker]

A couple years ago the local KFC by me ran out of chicken.

[dubb93]

My town has one of the absolute worst Taco Bell’s I’ve ever been to. The employees all gather at the dumpster to smoke and you can see them taking your order outside while smoking and then running inside. They are also always out of stuff.

One time i went there on lunch and got a combo with some soft tacos in it. They said we are out of hamburger meat and cheese is that ok? I said sure just make them however you need to. I was expecting a different meat on them at the very least but no, they gave me lettuce tacos.

[Ksyrup]

Last time I went to Culver's was just for dessert. Because the car lines are always so packed, we usually just park and I run in. Way quicker, if you're just going for dessert.

Anyway, I ordered and was waiting by the freezer of to-go custard, obviously a to-go order, when a woman brought out 3 desserts on a tray. Naturally, I tried to grab them off the tray but for some reason, she tried to hand me the tray. She spilled the entire thing on me, and I got raspberry sauce on my shirt, jeans and shoes that didn't quite come out in the wash.

Worst fast food experience since I went to a 5 Guys before one of Mack's softball games a few years back and had the Coke Freestyle machine shoot colored syrup all over my pants and shoes when I tried to get a drink.

[Ghost Econ]

The robot pet that just roams the grounds of the Indian Premier League cricket is absolutely terrifying.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

A couple years ago the local KFC by me ran out of chicken.

That's common around here. As is Arby's running out of roast beef. And Taco Bell running out of tortillas and/or shells.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Ghost Econ

The robot pet that just roams the grounds of the Indian Premier League cricket is absolutely terrifying.

Okay, ngl ... THIS is the quality random shit that this thread was built upon.

I'm almost tempted to Google ... but I have a feeling I don't actually want to see this thing

[bhlloy]

Originally Posted by Ghost Econ

The robot pet that just roams the grounds of the Indian Premier League cricket is absolutely terrifying.

Truth, it's basically the thing in that Black Mirror episode that ended up destroying civilization. They actually treat it like a pet as well. It's bizarre.

[Ksyrup]

Freaking Post Office. I bought something back on April 13th for my marathon on May 4th. Package was shipped the next day, via USPS. It went from Dawsonville GA to Cumming GA to the Atlanta regional facility. So far so good. It then disappeared for 3 days before showing up in Fox Valley, IL, and then to the Chicago regional facility. Three days later, it showed up at the NOLA regional facility and as of yesterday at 3am, was in Saint Rose, LA. WHAT THE FUCK?

25% chance it gets here before next weekend?

[Lathum]

My daughter lost her favorite stuffed animal somewhere along the way yesterday. Was a rough night last night. Spent the whole day backtracking and so far nothing. My final hope is the orthodontist but they are closed today. We think it must have fallen out of the car without her realizing. Part of me is annoyed because I’ve told her 1000 times to not bring it with us.

[thesloppy]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Freaking Post Office. I bought something back on April 13th for my marathon on May 4th. Package was shipped the next day, via USPS. It went from Dawsonville GA to Cumming GA to the Atlanta regional facility. So far so good. It then disappeared for 3 days before showing on in Fox Valley, IL, and then to the Chicago regional facility. Three days later, it showed up at the NOLA regional facility and as of yesterday at 3am, was in Saint Rose, LA. WHAT THE FUCK?

25% chance it gets here before next weekend?

My mail carrier friend tells me that management has recently implemented a system where 'guaranteed' express mail is showing up at the stations like an hour after the carriers have already left for the day, and they are then explicitly told they can't deliver those letters until the next day (after the 'guaranteed' date has passed).

Doesn't sound like your situation, but should give you an idea of how things are running.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Double whammy this year for my birthday ... license renewal AND the annual car tag sticker deal.

License? 14 minutes total from parking to back in the car finished. That's that for eight years (or at least until I finally move)
Tags? about the same

I haaaaate doing shit like that with a passion BUT I cannot in good conscience complain one bit about the efficiency today (one state agency, one county office, so both exceeded expectations)

[CrimsonFox]

[Ghost Econ]

Came across this while looking through the local Goodwill shop and really tempted to get it for nostalgias sake.

Baseball's Greatest Collection Pc Cd-rom Game W/ Manual & Box | ShopGoodwill.com

Edit: it looks like someone donated a PC game collection to my local Goodwill as I search further. Theres a decent amount of old 3.5 and 5.25 floppy games and the current high bid for Wolfenstein 3d is $250.

Double edit, there's also a Pentium 3 with an ati 9800xt for $25. My wife would kill me, but I'm tempted to but it just to play old games. It appears to have XP installed and running. I would have killed for that PC 25 years ago.

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by Ghost Econ

Came across this while looking through the local Goodwill shop and really tempted to get it for nostalgias sake.

Baseball's Greatest Collection Pc Cd-rom Game W/ Manual & Box | ShopGoodwill.com

Edit: it looks like someone donated a PC game collection to my local Goodwill as I search further. Theres a decent amount of old 3.5 and 5.25 floppy games and the current high bid for Wolfenstein 3d is $250.

I played a ton of Hardball 3. It was such a good game.

[Ksyrup]

Speaking of McGruff, I see they've brought him back.

[CrimsonFox]

I was today years old when I realized the person that won the Oscar this year for Best Actress was also the same knife wielding hippee maniac beaten up by brad pitt and dog and set afire by leonardo DiCaprio with a flame thrower in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

[flere-imsaho]

OK, that makes two of us, then.

[MIJB#19]

Originally Posted by MIJB#19

In YouTube a couple of ponzi-scheme scam ads kept popping up, so I decided to report one to Google. The complaint got turned down, so I reported it again. Of course it got turned down again, so I reported it again. I've also tried to dispute the decision, but the link provided in their e-mail goes to a deadlink on the google.co.uk website.

And now, every time I start anything in Youtube, I get force-fed an ad from those a-holes and after every single minute within any video I (try to) watch, I get another 3 minute ad from those imposters. I've cursed out loud a couple of times today, over this annoyance. Now, I wonder how much money have those imposters sent to Google to force-feed their ponzi scheme commercials. Ugh.

Is there a better place to report these scam commercials?

How about that: after at least 9 different reports, they (Google) finally let me know they will take action because one of the ads is indeed against their policy. I do wonder when they take action, as I still had to witness the a-hole's latest 3 ads earlier today.

[bhlloy]

I could have sworn we had a random catch-all world sport thread, but can't find it right now.

Anyway, a 14 year old just hit the second fastest century (100 runs) in Indian Premier League cricket history. In by far the best, richest and most watched 20/20 cricket league in the world. Against the team top of the table right now to boot.

I don't know quite what the exact US sport equivalent would be, but I'd imagine it would be something like a 14 year old Dominican kid walks into the WBC final and goes 5/5 with 4 HR against the US and Chris Sale or something in a winning effort. It's hard to describe just how utterly insane and off the charts what happened is.

[Ghost Econ]

That was amazing to watch. To be fair, he's probably closer to 16 than 14 based on his prior interviews, but it's still insane. And his partner at the other wicket is pretty much the heir apparent to the crown of best Indian batter. And somehow their team was in next to last place.

[albionmoonlight]

Someone signed up for a service accidently using my email address.

And, man, this service really wants them to confirm. Their deal is waiting for them! Just one more click and they are there!

Always chuckle when that happens.

[NobodyHere]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

Someone signed up for a service accidently using my email address.

And, man, this service really wants them to confirm. Their deal is waiting for them! Just one more click and they are there!

Always chuckle when that happens.

Was this to ashleymadison.com?

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

Was this to ashleymadison.com?

Much more boring, sadly.

Looks like some financial service.

[Kodos]

It could be a phishing attempt just trying to get you to click the link. I'd block the sender if possible.

[Ksyrup]

A couple years ago I started getting emails from California Pizza Kitchen.

Either someone has a very similar email address to mine, or this is officially the world's worst prank.

[sovereignstar v2]

Gmail's spam filter sucks balls

[Ghost Econ]

So I started a new office job last week. Wasn't super enthused about returning to the office, but the pay couldn't be turned down.

But theres a woman in the office who smacks and clicks her gum ALL DAY. I don't know how someone hasn't said something by now. They have an open door policy here and I have to listen to my earbuds fairly loud not to hear her. But it honestly gets tiring wearing ear buds all day. How do people make it to adulthood without learning to not smack their gum?

[21C]

I overhead a coworker talking to someone about their lunch and they said that it contained "chai seeds". I jumped in (I really should have stayed out of it) and said, "Are you talking about chia seeds?" She was adamant that they were "chai seeds" like "chai lattes". I realized that I wasn't going to convince her so I left.

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by sovereignstar v2

Gmail's spam filter sucks balls

Gmail works okay for me

Outlook really sucks. It’s now set to known contacts so I have to look at spam folder and once in a while, put a legit sender into my inbox.

I really, really don’t understand how outlook can be this bad.

[sovereignstar v2]

Originally Posted by Edward64

Gmail works okay for me

Outlook really sucks. It’s now set to known contacts so I have to look at spam folder and once in a while, put a legit sender into my inbox.

I really, really don’t understand how outlook can be this bad.

It's been much worse than usual the last few days for some reason. I keep getting similar emails that are so obviously spam I don't really understand why they aren't getting flagged like other stuff

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by sovereignstar v2

It's been much worse than usual the last few days for some reason. I keep getting similar emails that are so obviously spam I don't really understand why they aren't getting flagged like other stuff

That’s exactly what’s been happening in Outlook. Very obvious @gmail.com crap, often near duplicates etc.

It’s been like that for 2+ months and I don’t get why outlook can’t filter out 98% of the obvious crap.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Got kinda quiet around here

[CrimsonFox]

So like what happened to this place yesterday. I couldn't get in all day.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

So like what happened to this place yesterday. I couldn't get in all day.

Operation Sports did some sort of upgrade (?) to their software or something, took FOFC longer to come back up than some of their other sites although, to be fair, it did at least appear that they got on top of it whenever they became aware.

[Ksyrup]

I was able to see the board last night, but couldn't post. Glad to see it's back up.

[Kodos]

Am I still alive?

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Got kinda quiet around here

OS did some tech upgrades that caused this forum to break. The good news is that once I made them aware of it, they fixed it in a few hours.