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[Vance]

I am bored.
I need a topic to fire me back up and give me something to rant about.











































Ideas?















































Carry on.

[suzinpink]

LOL... here's one that drives me crazy. You spend 4-5 bucks for a cup of coffee and then they expect you to tip.... WTF? What's the tip for? The machine does everything for them now.... there is hardly any talent involved.... they just have to do their job... should they get tipped for it?

[RYBO]

How about the person that PAYS $5.00 for a 20oz cup of coffee and stands there (with said coffee) and complains about the price of gas...

That Coffee is $32 a gallon....

[Snowman]

If Hollywood can put its pigeons on the pill to lower their birth rate without their permission, why can’t we do the same on the more prolific of our own species in order to lower the global population?

Hollywood pigeons to be put on the pill (http://www.cosportbikeclub.org/forums/Hollywood pigeons to be put on the pill)

[Devaclis]

Why is the current subscription base to World of Warcraft now larger than the population of NYC ( 9 million)?

[Devaclis]

Why does this irritate me?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/29/iraq.soccer.ap/index.html

[salsashark]

That whole tipping thing really gets my goat. I can understand tipping at a restaurant where the wait staff is making something like 2.50 an hour. But just because you work in some kind of "service industry", this should not allow you to panhandle at the front counter!

I have no problem kicking a few bucks to people who go out of their way to do a really good job. The movers I hired last winter. They busted their asses to help me move out of a 3 story townhouse. For their efforts, I tipped them well. I've even gone back to a restaurant, apologized to a waitress, then gave her more money because I miscalculated the tip from dinner the night before.

But this ever present panhandling at coffee shops or fast food joints is for the birds.

[Mother Goose]

I usually just give them the change I get back from my $1.60 cup of coffee. It's not a big deal to me, not like you have to leave them a $2 tip. I think you could spare $0.40 :lol: If you can't, you should be buying coffee there anyways. :idea:



How about this one.... I was watching the news this morning and they were talking about how much people spend in bottled water, when the majority of cities have excellent drinking water. Sales of bottled water are right behind soda in total sales and soda is #1. So how do you feel about drinking tap water Vance? Because the news said that the top selling bottled water, Aquafina and Dasani, both start off as tap water. ;)

[Suki]

Bank of America now offers a program for you to "keep the change" where they will round up to the next dollar of all your purchases no matter how big or small and the difference will be put into a savings account for you. So, that .40 can add up for you buddy!

Or you can just do what i've been doing for years and round up anyways and low and behold within a few months you've already got a few hundred bucks! Paid off numerous credit cards with me 'extra cash'

[Snowman]

How about this one.... I was watching the news this morning and they were talking about how much people spend in bottled water, when the majority of cities have excellent drinking water. Sales of bottled water are right behind soda in total sales and soda is #1. So how do you feel about drinking tap water Vance? Because the news said that the top selling bottled water, Aquafina and Dasani, both start off as tap water. ;)
Just another example of how some can convince a large population to do something for absolutely no reason.

Their has never been any real difference between tap and bottled water. Yet people will pay a buck 50 in the machines for them. Why? Because they are convinced it is better water by people whose only motive is to extract more moment out of your pocket.

This is not new, the major religions have been doing it for a long time. But you would think more people would ask the question why more often.

[Mother Goose]

Bank of America now offers a program for you to "keep the change" where they will round up to the next dollar of all your purchases no matter how big or small and the difference will be put into a savings account for you. So, that .40 can add up for you buddy!

Or you can just do what i've been doing for years and round up anyways and low and behold within a few months you've already got a few hundred bucks! Paid off numerous credit cards with me 'extra cash'
A few hundred dollars in a few months?? How much change do you have woman? :lol:

[Mother Goose]

Just another example of how some can convince a large population to do something for absolutely no reason.

Their has never been any real difference between tap and bottled water. Yet people will pay a buck 50 in the machines for them. Why? Because they are convinced it is better water by people whose only motive is to extract more moment out of your pocket.

This is not new, the major religions have been doing it for a long time. But you would think more people would ask the question why more often.
Werd. If I'm drinking water, it's from the tap. The only times I'd use bottled water is if I'm going somewhere and I know I'll need it. I need to get one of those hiking water bottles. :think:

[Snowman]

I think she keep charging on those penny slots..

[636Chick]

I saw a tip jar out at McDonalds the other day McDonalds for christ sake now I know that they don't make great money but I know it's at least min. wage...

All this places expect you to tip them for a job they are already paid to do I think it has gotten a little out of hand.

Maybe I should put a tip jar on my desk and the guy's can go ahead and tip me for cutting their paychecks and oh the goverment can tip me for paying taxes....... :roll:

[Mother Goose]

I think she keep charging on those penny slots..
ohhhhh

[Suki]

alot, the most i accumulated was upwards towards a grand, i shit you not you can ask alan! i just round everything up and check my check book ledger to the bank statement. at first i was freaking out, because, well that's what i do, but because everything had cleared. there weren't any deposits that i forgot to enter, i went back about 6 or 7 months worth of going through my ledger and it was all correct.

so i put that into savings for another couple months just incase i did make a mistake somehow, after i was 100% sure everything had cleared and that really was all my money i spent it! lol, paid off a credit card and some other bill.

and on the water thing, anyone in aurora notice the water smells funny like the last week? and i dont like drinking tap water because usually it smells or tastes funny, the only way i'd drink it is if i've ran it through the filter, am really really dehydrated and it's been sitting in a cup full of ice (because really cold water is soooo good), or if i'm in boulder/louisville because their water is da bomb diggity!!!! though i haven't had any boulder water in a few years, so who knows.

[salsashark]

I usually just give them the change I get back from my $1.60 cup of coffee. It's not a big deal to me, not like you have to leave them a $2 tip. I think you could spare $0.40 :lol: If you can't, you should be buying coffee there anyways. :idea:


I get you here... and if I drank coffee from a usual vendor that I had some kind of customer relationship with,then I would probably kick them the change. My point was more to the fact that everywhere you go people have taken to throwing out "Tip" jars and half these people have no concept of what a tip means. They just expect you to hand over your change without doing anything out of the ordinary. Yet another shining example of getting something for nothing.



and on the water thing, anyone in aurora notice the water smells funny like the last week? and i dont like drinking tap water because usually it smells or tastes funny, the only way i'd drink it is if i've ran it through the filter, am really really dehydrated and it's been sitting in a cup full of ice (because really cold water is soooo good), or if i'm in boulder/louisville because their water is da bomb diggity!!!! though i haven't had any boulder water in a few years, so who knows.

+1

I wouldn't drink the water out of the tap at my house, but that's why I have an inline filter going to the fridge. That way the ice and the water are filtered and taste just fine.

[Mother Goose]

alot, the most i accumulated was upwards towards a grand, i shit you not you can ask alan! i just round everything up and check my check book ledger to the bank statement. at first i was freaking out, because, well that's what i do, but because everything had cleared. there weren't any deposits that i forgot to enter, i went back about 6 or 7 months worth of going through my ledger and it was all correct.

so i put that into savings for another couple months just incase i did make a mistake somehow, after i was 100% sure everything had cleared and that really was all my money i spent it! lol, paid off a credit card and some other bill.
Ohhh I thought on your second paragraph you were talking about real change. Not the bank stuff.

[Suki]

:lol: i've got a carlos rossi wine jug for the ACTUAL change that i've been putting coins into for YEARS! and it's only half filled. :(

i think i'll take alan's coin jar and dump it into mine! :D :lol:

[Mother Goose]

I get you here... and if I drank coffee from a usual vendor that I had some kind of customer relationship with,then I would probably kick them the change. My point was more to the fact that everywhere you go people have taken to throwing out "Tip" jars and half these people have no concept of what a tip means. They just expect you to hand over your change without doing anything out of the ordinary. Yet another shining example of getting something for nothing.
I gotcha. I'll usually throw people the change if there's a tip jar, I hate having change in my pockets, I don't know why. :lol: But McDonalds?? Come on now! :lol: I'd rather have change in my pockets.... but then again, I've stopped eating fast food.

[Suki]

maybe it's for their ESL night classes at a local community college :dunno:

[pilot]

How about this one.... I was watching the news this morning and they were talking about how much people spend in bottled water, when the majority of cities have excellent drinking water. Sales of bottled water are right behind soda in total sales and soda is #1. So how do you feel about drinking tap water Vance? Because the news said that the top selling bottled water, Aquafina and Dasani, both start off as tap water. ;)Solved this one a long time ago. I rent a hot/cold dispenser from Deep Rock for $5.80 a month. Then I ordered bottle of water (at their current price-at that time) and drank em. They also charged me a $5 deposit on each bottle. Now, I take my empties over to the health and fitness store. They have one of the best purifications systems I've seen. They take "tap" and turn it into water that tastes better than Deep Rock. And it is for something like 35 cents a gallon. I go through about 35 gallons every two months. If that we"Aquafina" bottled water at 1.39 per 20 oz it would cost: $311.36. As it stands, that water costs me $23.85 every two months or about 40 cents a day.

[puckstr]

I Don't Believe WE EVER landed on the MOON!

And the only reason we NEED to go (for the first time) is to put a STARBUCKS there.

I would put a Starbucks BILLBOARD on the MOON big enough to be with the naked eye from Earth.

All Hail Starbucks.

[Mother Goose]

i think i'll take alan's coin jar and dump it into mine! :D :lol:
That sounds sexy. :eyebrows:

[Devaclis]

A lot of people buy bottled water from vending machines for the convenience. Jogging with a cup of water sucks. a portable bottle with a resealable cap is just more convenient. And carrying around a bottle or jug just in case you want to pour some water into is a hassle.

I agree tho, water should be very cheap if not free. Anyone want to purchase a liter of air? I am selling it for $5 a can.

[Mother Goose]

Solved this one a long time ago. I rent a hot/cold dispenser from Deep Rock for $5.80 a month. Then I ordered bottle of water (at their current price-at that time) and drank em. They also charged me a $5 deposit on each bottle. Now, I take my empties over to the health and fitness store. They have one of the best purifications systems I've seen. They take "tap" and turn it into water that tastes better than Deep Rock. And it is for something like 35 cents a gallon. I go through about 35 gallons every two months. If that we"Aquafina" bottled water at 1.39 per 20 oz it would cost: $311.36. As it stands, that water costs me $23.85 every two months or about 40 cents a day.
Is that plus the monthly rental of the machine? Not that it would make that much of a difference. :lol:

[pilot]

A lot of people buy bottled water from vending machines for the convenience. Jogging with a cup of water sucks. a portable bottle with a resealable cap is just more convenient. And carrying around a bottle or jug just in case you want to pour some water into is a hassle.

I agree tho, water should be very cheap if not free. Anyone want to purchase a liter of air? I am selling it for $5 a can. I recycle plastic water/soda bottles, run them through the dishwasher, refill them from the dispenser and toss them in the fridge or freezer.

For rides, I picked up one of those hydration back packs and fill it up--toss a few bottles of frozen water next to it and it last me all day on a 300 mile ride. There is nothing like having a quick sip of chilled water at a stop sign.

[rforsythe]

I saw a tip jar out at McDonalds the other day McDonalds for christ sake now I know that they don't make great money but I know it's at least min. wage...

I hadn't seen that one yet... Not that I'd use it anyway, I'm sorry but if you want a tip do something for it like bring me my food, refill my drink, and clean up after me. Saying "would you like to make that a large combo?" and then making me fill up my own friggen soda does not count.

Even Starbucks used to make the drinks by hand when they had the old machines, but now it's all automated... I rarely tip there anymore unless they do something extra or it's my sister's store.

[pilot]

Is that plus the monthly rental of the machine? Not that it would make that much of a difference. :lol: That includes the $5.80 a month for the dispenser. I've done taste test with friends when they stop by and they can taste a huge difference between Highlands Ranch tap, store bought bottled water, filtered water from the refrigerator and the stuff from the health food store.

[ghostrider_9]

You could always comlain about not having anything to complain about . . . nevermind you seem to be on that already . . .

[Snowman]

What happened to the good ol days when we drank from those communal fountain thingies.

Yea it was a major source for spreading colds and flu’s, but those that didn’t die from them now have much better immune systems.

[ghostrider_9]

What happened to the good ol days when we drank from those communal fountain thingies.

Yea it was a major source for spreading colds and flu’s, but those that didn’t die from them now have much better immune systems.

Darwinism in action . . .

[rforsythe]

For rides, I picked up one of those hydration back packs and fill it up--toss a few bottles of frozen water next to it and it last me all day on a 300 mile ride. There is nothing like having a quick sip of chilled water at a stop sign.

I used a Camelback on the SoWeCo ride and it was definitely worth bringing along! I couldn't really keep the water completely chilled though, in fact it got pretty warm at one point. Refilling at a gas stop worked pretty well though. Not sure the best way to keep it cold longer since I don't want to carry a whole backpack when it's hot like that.

[rforsythe]

That includes the $5.80 a month for the dispenser. I've done taste test with friends when they stop by and they can taste a huge difference between Highlands Ranch tap, store bought bottled water, filtered water from the refrigerator and the stuff from the health food store.

No matter what comes out of your tap, it can't be any worse than the stuff they were serving in Cheyenne at the air show last week. They handed Rybo and I some and it took a minute to work up the nerve to drink it. :lol:

Actually my Denver tap water is usually pretty good. Occasionally they will treat it and then it's funky for a week or so, but otherwise fine. I still want to get a filter on the sink, but that's about it. I did grow up on well water though, that's good stuff. High mineral content gives it a distinct (but good) flavor, and because it's 700 feet underground after getting there from natural filtration it's definitely pure. Hell I should buy a house out in Elbert county just for the well access and bottle that stuff up! At least then I could say it came from a "natural well", which makes it better than Aquafina.

[PharmerKyle]

Camelback Mule rocked last week at West Fest. I was able to ride the whole way back from Sipapu NM in one sitting. Worked good for the other off-road riding while I was there as well.

[sky_blue]

Allright, bottled water, something I actually know a little about.

Tap Water - In the US there are strict safety standards that your tap water must pass. There aren't any "taste" standards, but water that tastes icky isn't necessarily bad for you. Depending on the source, and the plumbing tap water is going to tast different. Metropolitan Water District of Los Angeles won a water taste competition with some of their tap water a few years ago, then ran a full page advertisement in the LA Times to brag about it. WTF?

Bulk Filters - You know, the one where you put in 50 cents and put your jug in there and "clean" water comes out? Where I used to live over half the locals were from Mexico and were used to getting their drinking water from this method. Where that had previously lived, drinking tap water was unsafe. Evertime I went to the grocery store there was a line at the water machine. There were also water "stores"--whole stores in strip malls with nothing but water filtering machines. These machines, for the most part, are unregulated. So when was the last time they changed the filters in them? Are there even actual filters installed?

Bottled Water - Purified - aka Dasani (Coke) and Aquafina (Pepsi). Sure, it's expensive. But it's portable and stylish. Coke and Pepsi "make" their water using reverse osmosis filters. Essentially, these are filters so dense, only water molecules can get through. Ever tasted water directly out of an RO filter? Ick. Gross. They actually put back in mineral "contaminants" to give water the flavor people expect.

Bottled Water - Mountain Spring Water (Arrowhead/Poland Spring) - Believe it or not, there are actual source requirements to pass to put the words "Mountain Spring Water" on your bottle. Actual geologists (like me!) map, document, and test actual mountain springs, and reports are screened by the FDA and their designees. Having a water source declared a "spring" and installing infrastructure to capture that water without compromising the quality is no small feat. What was it, a Dasani commerical that had a bear swimming in a mountain spring drinking some bottled water? Pretty funny, but it's nothing like that. Collection facilities at the spring are an amazing array of custom, food-grade stainless steel, and the water purity is tested to standards far more rigorous than tap water.


Wow, this may be my longest post ever. bored now.

[636Chick]

:music: Water sucks...it really really sucks....water sucks it really really sucks:music:


Gatorade.................gatorade...........

Sorry a Waterboy flashback

Damn that was a funny movie though

Please continue...........

[puckstr]

:music: Water sucks...it really really sucks....water sucks it really really sucks:music:


Gatorade.................gatorade...........

Sorry a Waterboy flashback

Damn that was a funny movie though

Please continue...........

http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/fountain.jpg BRAWNDO Its got Electrolytes "It's what Plants Crave"!:)

[Cat118!]

If I see another guy crusing down 6th ave like he is in a Drag race and hunched over on his motorcylce (like it'll make him go faster)
Acting like he is on a the faster Sportsbike out ther
I'm gonna Spew...Especailly when they are on a bike like this


































http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o110/Cat118/1980_gsx750e_l.jpg


It was Funny at first ...but seriously!!! Come on now!

[Suki]

lol, i've been seeing alot of those bikes around... new trend coming back? okay maybe like 2, but still!

[Mother Goose]

If I see another guy crusing down 6th ave like he is in a Drag race and hunched over on his motorcylce (like it'll make him go faster)
Acting like he is on a the faster Sportsbike out ther
I'm gonna Spew...Especailly when they are on a bike like this


































http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o110/Cat118/1980_gsx750e_l.jpg


It was Funny at first ...but seriously!!! Come on now!
Maybe since there's not wind protection, they are trying to get out of it. :idea:

[puckstr]

If I see another guy crusing down 6th ave like he is in a Drag race and hunched over on his motorcylce (like it'll make him go faster)
Acting like he is on a the faster Sportsbike out ther
I'm gonna Spew...Especailly when they are on a bike like this



It was Funny at first ...but seriously!!! Come on now!

What about this?.....................
http://www.youngie.com/images/moped.jpg

:slappers:

[636Chick]

lol, i've been seeing alot of those bikes around... new trend coming back? okay maybe like 2, but still!

Make it 3 cause I saw on here in da blings all tucked down going like 20mph thought he was Rossi in cut off shorts and dirty white wife beater LMFAO!!!!

[Cat118!]

Maybe since there's not wind protection, they are trying to get out of it. :idea:

Oh because its so much wind at 30MPH....LOL :slappers:

[ghostrider_9]

Oh because its so much wind at 30MPH....LOL :slappers:

There's even less if you tuck in behind the instrument cluster . . .

[CYCLE_MONKEY]

Why does this irritate me?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/29/iraq.soccer.ap/index.html
Why does it hurt when I pee?:cry:

[CYCLE_MONKEY]

I use a PUR filter on my kitchen faucett, have for probably 10 years. Works for me. Makes coffee and anything boiled in it (pasta) taste way better. That's really all you'll ever need.

[Suki]

and now you can buy the fruit juice packet things to squirt into your filtered water! while you and your whole family sit around your kitchen breakfast bar drinking fruity filtered water. marketing rocks.

[puckstr]

I use a PUR filter on my kitchen faucett, have for probably 10 years. Works for me. Makes coffee and anything boiled in it (pasta) taste way better. That's really all you'll ever need.


You can take Cheap Vodka and run it through a Britta or Pur pitcher filter about 4-5 times and POOF TopShelf Vodka (or close too)

:drink:

[CYCLE_MONKEY]

You can take Cheap Vodka and run it through a Britta or Pur pitcher filter about 4-5 times and POOF TopShelf Vodka (or close too)

:drink:
I can take Moosehead and run it thru my kidneys once and POOF! I get Budweiser.

[puckstr]

:pointlaugh: