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[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Btw, we are getting a Texas Roadhouse, and I am very excited about it.

Ohhhhh shit, you talk about a wait list place.

Pro-tip: make use of their online waitlist, even years after opening here it's still a must Wed-Sun. It's a little worse here than most but still true for most locations I'm familiar with.

Worse trying to get a seat here 'cause they have one of the prime locations in the area: directly across from Walmart ... and one of only three table service restaurants in the general area of all that shopping (a shitty Cracker Barrel and an even shittier Cheddar's are the others, sooooo ...)

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Ohhhhh shit, you talk about a wait list place.

Pro-tip: make use of their online waitlist, even years after opening here it's still a must Wed-Sun. It's a little worse here than most but still true for most locations I'm familiar with.

Worse trying to get a seat here 'cause they have one of the prime locations in the area: directly across from Walmart ... and one of only three table service restaurants in the general area of all that shopping (a shitty Cracker Barrel and an even shittier Cheddar's are the others, sooooo ...)

This one is going to be in front of a new giant Target. Yeah, there will be a wait.

[flere-imsaho]

My 17-year-old and his friends often end up at Raising Cane's. I had it once and was not impressed. But I'm spoilt for choice around here with good independent places and most of the chains represented as well.

[RainMaker]

Just as I complained about people with no awareness in grocery stores. I'm at Culvers and cars pull up and wait for their order. Get mine and the guy in front isn't moving. I look and see he is eating ice cream. So I give a quick honk and he moves on. Kind of weird.

Next I'm leaving the complex where I have to turn left. The car in front of me is not making a turn and there are no cars in either direction. WTF. It's the same guy AND HE IS EATING ICE CREAM. I honk again and he goes.

WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS WORLD????? Just pull into a parking space and eat.

[Ksyrup]

The people with their head down at lights clearly reading their phones annoy me the most because 9 times out of 10, they get pissy when you honk. I usually get some sort of hand or head gesture when I'm just trying to make the light. And I usually give these people 3-5 seconds before I honk. It's not like I'm hitting the buzzer on Family Feud. Although, as completely unaware as these people are, they wouldn't know whether it was 1 or 10 seconds since the light changed.

[NobodyHere]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

Just as I complained about people with no awareness in grocery stores. I'm at Culvers and cars pull up and wait for their order. Get mine and the guy in front isn't moving. I look and see he is eating ice cream. So I give a quick honk and he moves on. Kind of weird.

Next I'm leaving the complex where I have to turn left. The car in front of me is not making a turn and there are no cars in either direction. WTF. It's the same guy AND HE IS EATING ICE CREAM. I honk again and he goes.

WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS WORLD????? Just pull into a parking space and eat.

I feel like I need to try the ice cream from Culvers.

[Ksyrup]

It's not ice cream, it's custard. And it's good.

[GrantDawg]

Oir Bojangles usually has lines out the door for breakfast. That and on Sundays just like you see. It is an easy lunch place for me. Steak biscuit and some Borounds. The local biscuit place "Mamie's Kitchen" is usually covered up as well for biscuit sandwiches and people rave about it. I think they are fine, but overrated. I miss when Larry's Four Way (Jon might remember) had fantastic biscuit sandwiches. Those are definitely not as good as they used to be.

[miami_fan]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Either you've got a weird one OR you didn't go down the menu far enough. The bone-in stuff is under "combos", "dinners" or "family meals", legs/thighs/breasts all still available.

Then it's a weird one.

The combos are among Bo's Favorites and involved a chicken sandwich and chicken tenders. No "dinners" section at all. Family meals consist of 12, 16, and 20 pieces of chicken tenders. I was curious so I searched other locations in Florida. Ones that have bone in chicken on the menu are the exception not the rule. Then I found this article from March 2023.

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I don't have any issues with chicken tenders or chicken sandwiches in general even though I am not a fan of either personally. I will grab one if I am going to be driving the car all day and don't want a burger. But fried chicken s'posed to have a dadgum bone in it.

[Honolulu_Blue]

I have a rat in my garage. It's driving me insane. I cannot tolerate infestation of any kind.

I currently have three "old school" snap traps and another with poison bait. Hopefully, they'll do the trick. I cannot fucking have a rat rummaging around inside my garage. I see it skittering away sometimes and its rat poop is all over.

[Ghost Econ]

We had a nice family sneak into our kitchen last year. It fucking sucked and was driving me crazy. Turns out there was a small hole in the floor under the stove. Turned out to be 3 mice and a little baby mouse. Found out because at various times they got stuck on glue traps. Nothing like seeing a freaked out mouse trying it's damnedest to move then having to smash its fuckong brains out.... especially a tiny one that was probably only a few weeks old.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

I have a rat in my garage. It's driving me insane. I cannot tolerate infestation of any kind.

I currently have three "old school" snap traps and another with poison bait. Hopefully, they'll do the trick. I cannot fucking have a rat rummaging around inside my garage. I see it skittering away sometimes and its rat poop is all over.

I am not sure what "old school" trap you mean, but I suggest the Tomcat Rat Snap Trap. Use a little peanut butter or Nutella as bait. Place the traps with the open side against the wall close to the opening you expect it is entering and another where you see the most droppings. Rats and mice are mostly blind. They use their whiskers to follow walls to "see" where they are going. Placing a trap along their most common path is the best way to catch them. I have caught three at one time on the same trap just placing it right in an entery hole.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Ghost Econ

We had a nice family sneak into our kitchen last year. It fucking sucked and was driving me crazy. Turns out there was a small hole in the floor under the stove. Turned out to be 3 mice and a little baby mouse. Found out because at various times they got stuck on glue traps. Nothing like seeing a freaked out mouse trying it's damnedest to move then having to smash its fuckong brains out.... especially a tiny one that was probably only a few weeks old.

My buddy had a mouse once that he caught on a glue trap. He didn't want it to suffer a slow death so he put it in a ziplock bag and backed his car over it. I've never looked at him the same way again.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

I am not sure what "old school" trap you mean, but I suggest the Tomcat Rat Snap Trap. Use a little peanut butter or Nutella as bait. Place the traps with the open side against the wall close to the opening you expect it is entering and another where you see the most droppings. Rats and mice are mostly blind. They use their whiskers to follow walls to "see" where they are going. Placing a trap along their most common path is the best way to catch them. I have caught three at one time on the same trap just placing it right in an entery hole.

Snap trap is exactly what I mean! That’s what I’ve done, but the rat doesn’t seem to be taking the peanut butter. At least not yet. I placed them like you said. I may have to try some different bait.

[Ksyrup]

Right on cue!

Lawsuit claims Boston landlord wants to evict Raising Cane's because restaurant "smells like chicken fingers"

Bonus hiliarity - the landlord is suing about the odor of a chicken fingers place but is also wanting to rent the space next door to a Chinese place (Panda Express).

[Ghost Econ]

Originally Posted by Lathum

My buddy had a mouse once that he caught on a glue trap. He didn't want it to suffer a slow death so he put it in a ziplock bag and backed his car over it. I've never looked at him the same way again.

Hate to tell it, but it was probably already suffering massively from the glue trap. They'll try to 127 Hours themselves on those things. Watching a mouse trying to rip its ear off to get its head unstuck from a glue trap while whimpering will stick with you.

[Ghost Econ]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

The people with their head down at lights clearly reading their phones annoy me the most because 9 times out of 10, they get pissy when you honk. I usually get some sort of hand or head gesture when I'm just trying to make the light. And I usually give these people 3-5 seconds before I honk. It's not like I'm hitting the buzzer on Family Feud. Although, as completely unaware as these people are, they wouldn't know whether it was 1 or 10 seconds since the light changed.

Yeah, the people that pay attention, still take forever to start, and then go through the light 4-5 car lengths behind the car in front of them are even worse. I don't even know the number of times I havent made a light because the douche in front of me refused to just drive their car a normal speed. If you're such a poor driver that you can't drive normally behind people, then don't drive

[Lathum]

I hate it when I am at a light with 2 lanes and I try and be nice and pull up behind the person in the left lane to keep the right lane open for someone who may want to turn right on red just for the person I pull up behind to then put their left blinker on.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

Snap trap is exactly what I mean! That’s what I’ve done, but the rat doesn’t seem to be taking the peanut butter. At least not yet. I placed them like you said. I may have to try some different bait.

If you know there is something particular food wise they are getting into in your garage, use that.

[Kodos]

Our exterminator says mice love grease.

[Ghost Econ]

Originally Posted by Kodos

Our exterminator says mice love grease.

I just think they loved Jan singing Brusha Brusha Brusha.

[Ghost Econ]

I just saw a lady walking a dog and then on her chest tucked under her coat was another dog peeking over the top like a dog trying to sneak into a movie.

[GrantDawg]

I hate to say it because I trully feel for that poor family, but there is a next to zero chance that Savanna Guthrie's mom is alive.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

I hate to say it because I trully feel for that poor family, but there is a next to zero chance that Savanna Guthrie's mom is alive.

yeah. It sounds like a kidnapping gone wrong.

[miami_fan]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

I hate to say it because I trully feel for that poor family, but there is a next to zero chance that Savanna Guthrie's mom is alive.

Is kidnapping making a comeback? And why this woman?

[Ghost Econ]

Went to panera this morning to get my daily Sip Club drink. The setup is you walk in, to the right are the tablet kiosks, and behind the kiosks is a sitting area with some living room chairs and a fireplace.

Sitting there, back to the kiosks, was some guy with a 17 inch laptop just cycling through pics of naked women in full view of anyone ordering. And this wasn't some oblivious old man or homeless looking guy, this was your generic 30 something youth pastor looking bro.

WTF is wrong with people?

[Lathum]

Coming soon to Las Vegas casinos: an ATM that melts down your gold jewelry at 2200°F, verifies the purity and weight, and then transfers the value (minus fees) to your bank account. This will devastate the local pawn shop industry. pic.twitter.com/C9oAfivLBH

— Las Vegas Locally �� (@LasVegasLocally) February 10, 2026

[NobodyHere]

Originally Posted by Ghost Econ

Went to panera this morning to get my daily Sip Club drink. The setup is you walk in, to the right are the tablet kiosks, and behind the kiosks is a sitting area with some living room chairs and a fireplace.

Sitting there, back to the kiosks, was some guy with a 17 inch laptop just cycling through pics of naked women in full view of anyone ordering. And this wasn't some oblivious old man or homeless looking guy, this was your generic 30 something youth pastor looking bro.

WTF is wrong with people?

You should've sat down next to him.

[miami_fan]

Originally Posted by Lathum

Coming soon to Las Vegas casinos: an ATM that melts down your gold jewelry at 2200°F, verifies the purity and weight, and then transfers the value (minus fees) to your bank account. This will devastate the local pawn shop industry. pic.twitter.com/C9oAfivLBH

— Las Vegas Locally �� (@LasVegasLocally) February 10, 2026

No way the casinos are allowing that to go to your bank account. They will put the money on your casino card, rewards account or whatever they use to make sure you keep your money in the casino.

[GrantDawg]

"Investigators in the abduction of Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy Guthrie, are going door-to-door in the neighborhood of Annie Guthrie, Savannah's sister, to ask neighbors for their consent to search their backyards.

Also, the FBI's elite hostage rescue team is now in Tucson."

This was always the likely ending. The SIL was always the most likely culprit.

[GrantDawg]

Dola: They have tsken a person of interest in custody in South Tuscon.

[Ghost Econ]

It's almost certain that all the dogs from Puppy Bowl I-V are dead.

[Lathum]

I just read Stephen Spielberg gets 2% of all ticket sales from all Universal Studios theme parks. Fucking nuts.

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by Ghost Econ

It's almost certain that all the dogs from Puppy Bowl I-V are dead.

The winner of this year's Puppy Bowl died almost 6 months ago.

[Lathum]

It should be legal to back over someone who walks directly behind your car while you are already in the process of backing up.

[dubb93]

Originally Posted by Lathum

It should be legal to back over someone who walks directly behind your car while you are already in the process of backing up.

It probably is. It's the same as someone running out in front of your car while you are driving down the road.

Unless you are talking about you clearly see them and then say fuck it and do it anyway. Then it probably isn't.

[Passacaglia]

Some decent synergy that Fat Tuesday is two days before the first day of Ramadan this year.

[jcard]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

Just as I complained about people with no awareness in grocery stores. I'm at Culvers and cars pull up and wait for their order. Get mine and the guy in front isn't moving. I look and see he is eating ice cream. So I give a quick honk and he moves on. Kind of weird.

Next I'm leaving the complex where I have to turn left. The car in front of me is not making a turn and there are no cars in either direction. WTF. It's the same guy AND HE IS EATING ICE CREAM. I honk again and he goes.

WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS WORLD????? Just pull into a parking space and eat.

I had read your grocery comment and thought to myself how the world would benefit from a mandatory common sense guide devoted to grocery shopping… and driving. Guess we’re on the same wavelength.

[Atocep]

In a weird accident, my wife got bit by our neighbors dog on the hand pretty good and ended up in the ER. We have a great relationship with this neighbor and they're really nice people. In order to keep the police and animal control out of it, the wife decided to tell the ER that it was a stray. That, however, meant she had to get a rabies vaccine on top of the stitches and everything. So 7 hours and a lot of shots/injections later, because it was a holiday weekend and they had to call in an ortho surgeon, we finally made it home. They have her hand in a splint and they're monitoring it closely for infection. The neighbors bought us dinner, have apologized a thousand times, and plan on sending the dog to family in a more rural area with a farm. They also offered to pay all medical bills but we explained our healthcare is free so that's not a concern.

To make things even better, when we got home the wife wanted some ice cream so I ordered some on door dash. They dropped it off around 10pm and the next morning we went outside and our mailbox had been knocked over, which is quite the accomplishment because we had it cemented into the ground. After checking our ring footage it was the doordash driver that backed into it while leaving our driveway.

So, all in all, it was a great Sunday for us and this doesn't even get into the termite scare we had while work on our deck replacement is going on or my wife's stepdad's suggestion that I should go next door and shoot the dog.

[Lathum]

I don't want to be a dick, because I don't know all the details, but how will you feel if that same dog bites a kid in the face next week or next month?

[Ksyrup]

I got bit by a dog while jogging about a year ago. They won't necessarily take action like you're suggesting (putting a dog down, I assume) unless there's some indication it's violent and not just a victim of a lazy owner and doing what dogs do, especially by breed.

I assume it depends on the state, but the dog that bit me had already bitten someone a month or two earlier. The owner was a moron who routinely let the dog out in the yard without a leash, despite having a fenced in backyard. That's what happened to me - I was jogging by and the guy let the dog out the front door and it came right at me, lunged twice and bit me on the triceps. The woman I spoke to at animal control said it was a herding dog and they wouldn't put the dog down for doing what it naturally does. They pressed for a fine against the owner.

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by Lathum

I don't want to be a dick, because I don't know all the details, but how will you feel if that same dog bites a kid in the face next week or next month?

There's definitely some risk all around, but the only kids in our neighborhood belong to the neighbors in question. The dog also never leaves their yard. This was a one time thing and I'm fairly certain it got overwhelmed by the number of people out in front of their house at the time. The dog is getting re-homed now, sooner rather than later. This was a dog their oldest daughter left them when she moved out and they wanted to find it a different home anyway. This has pushed them to make it happen now instead of wait.

This was more poor judgement by an otherwise great neighbor and neither the wife nor I wanted to see the dog put down for that. We felt much better about the decision after speaking to them some more and them explaining the dog's background and how they want to re-home it.

We're not out any medical bills. The wife was willing to go through the ER stuff. We'll be neighbors for long time so I dont see benefit of destroying our relationship with them over this. In the end, it's mostly the wife's call. She's the one that got bit and the one that interacts with them the most. I'm supporting her decision.

[Atocep]

Just to clarify. It was on a leash when this happened. It was mostly an accident caused by putting the dog in an unfamiliar and overwhelming situation and it acted unpredictably.

[GrantDawg]

Generally, a dog would need two recorded biting incidents before they are put down unless there was extenuating circumstances (death or severe dismemberment). Especially since this was on the dog owners property, there is nothing very likely to come of turning it in other than a possible fine.

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Generally, a dog would need two recorded biting incidents before they are put down unless there was extenuating circumstances (death or severe dismemberment). Especially since this was on the dog owners property, there is nothing very likely to come of turning it in other than a possible fine.

Good to know in the future. In the moment we didnt want to take the risk.

On the bright side, the wife will be rabies immune and welcome to go play with the raccoons and other wildlife in the area. Also, the next time we have a wild animal that needs to be removed from our home or yard, she gets to volunteer by default.

[NobodyHere]

FOFC's 2008 leading sex symbol is causing trouble again.

“He is terrorizing the city”: Shia LaBeouf arrested after New Orleans bar fight during Mardi Gras

[Ksyrup]

TIL that Paul Sorvino, who played a detective on Law & Order during Season 2 and a few episodes of Season 3, quit the show because filming in NY during the winter was ruining his opera voice. Of course, his departure led to Jerry Orbach taking the role of Lennie Briscoe, so it all worked out. But that's wild.

[Ksyrup]

William Shatner is going the way of Christopher Lee and releasing a heavy metal album in his 90s. Zakk Wylde involved with a bunch of other musicians, mix of covers and originals.

How many different ways can he say I....Am..I-Ron....Man?

[Lathum]

My 12 yeah old daughter who will be 13 in May is having a full on meltdown because we won't let her have snapchat

[dubb93]

Originally Posted by Lathum

My 12 yeah old daughter who will be 13 in May is having a full on meltdown because we won't let her have snapchat

Hold the line man. That’s just good parenting.