Libertine: On the Prowl

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10:50, 2008-Mar-8 .. Posted in daily life .. 8 comments .. Link

Two kids somewhere in my neighborhood got mopeds recently. How do I know? It's easy -- they're constantly riding the damned things up and down the street at all hours. I'm guessing they think they're cool; that they're "real bikers". On the contrary. The buzzing, mosquito-like whine of a moped is nothing like the deep-throated growl of a full-fledged motorcycle. Sorry, kids. Riding a moped up and down the same street for hours on end doesn't make you a "real biker" -- rather it makes you a "pesty nerd".
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It seems that the latest advertising buzz word in the fast food industry is "melty". I've been hearing it a lot in commercials in the last year, starting with a Taco Bell commercial, if I'm not mistaken. The latest use of this pseudo-word (the proper adjective is "melted") is on a commercial for the McDonald's double cheeseburger. The cheese is melted....errr "melty"...on a cheeseburger! Who knew?
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I've found a funny website, Today's Gripe which is a blog full of rants, both from the webmaster and those submitted by readers. I contributed one of my favorite rants, "A Typical Trip to McDonald's" which can be read by clicking on the link. I'm sure the blog owner will be happy to post some of your rants as well.
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Yesterday, I heard a news story about a golfer that killed a bird. What got my attention apart from the story was the golfer's first name, Trip. I hope this is only a nickname. Now I don't know about you, but I don't think I'd want to go through life being addressed by a word that is a synonym for "stumble". I mean, you might as well call the guy "Spaz".

This pretentious sounding (nick)name is one of several of this type: Skip, Buster, Buzzy, Binky, ad nauseum.
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I got an email from a friend in Mississippi accompanied by pictures of the snowstorm they got last night. At the same time, I see that the Lincoln family up in Ohio is similarly inundated.

Not us. Spring has been well under way for the last couple of weeks. It nearly hit 70 yesterday, the trees are budding, and I found bird shit on the car yesterday. The only thing yet to make its appearance is the yellow-green pollen on the cars.

Today we had a "cold snap" -- it's in the 40s today -- but nowhere near snowing weather. Sigh.
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11:35, 2008-Mar-8 .. Posted by birdsnest
dude i am now into year two of my mcdonalds boycott. they seem to hire the dumbest deafest slowest applicants possible.
the last and possibly very last time i went to one, i asked for an egg and cheese biscuit. thats it. just egg and cheese.
employee-"uh....i dont know if we can do that."
me- "what? i order that here all the time."
dumbshit- "uh...we can get you a suasage/egg/cheese and take out the sausage."
me-"wtf? i dont want ANY sausage, i dont want it touching my food. cant you just get a busciut cut it open and put a piece of cheese and egg on it?"
retard- "uh...were out."
at this point i just drive off.
go to jack in the box order a breakfast jack no ham. done and done.
god i hate fast food.

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11:38, 2008-Mar-8 .. Posted by littleMissConfused
Spring has far from sprung here. The only good thing about that is I don't have to put up with the noisy dirt bikes. I will trade you one of those for a moped! They fly down our dirt road and then get to the end...whip shities and gun the throttle so all you hear is the high pitched WEEEE WEEEE WEEEE!

Today it is cold and windy and a chance of even more snow!

Changing the clocks seems like a cruel joke...I get to look out my window and see the snow in the daylight longer!

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12:48, 2008-Mar-8 .. Posted by Rubicon
Oddly enough...aside from that golfers name is that fact that he could be charged in that case, as the hawk in question is on the endangered list. He hit the bird from 75 yards away, he had made several attempts before because he was trying to tape a show, but it kept squawking and interrupting the taping. So he thought he would just scare it away...no dice, the hawk wasn't budgin', on his 3rd, (I think), attempt, he nailed it!

What I'd like to know is...how was he supposed to know that that bird was on the endangered list?

We have some kids around here that have those little motorized scooters...you know, the ones that back in the old days you had to push with one foot? Like the Amish kids around here use. But the big difference, (thankfully), between these and the ones you're, (rightfully), complaining about, is that these things are very quiet! Personally to me though is they look kinda dangerous.

I haven't set in inside, or out, of a McDonalds in eons, and don't plan on it unless I'm just dying for a Steak-Egg 'n' Cheese Bagel and a couple of hash browns...which I do like and is the only thing I'll eat from there.
And someone mentioned Mc'D's hiring only the dumbest, slowest and most incompetent people around...well that one goes hand-in-hand with my recent post about the teen disrespect at places like that!

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02:57, 2008-Mar-8 .. Posted by littleMissConfused
I just came back from town and stopped at McDonald's....now I remember why I don't like them! I'm pretty sure the box my double cheeseburger came in might have been tastier then the burger. They were giving away free samples of their new caramel cappachino....YUK! It tasted like caramel flavored coffee grounds. I should have known it wouldn't be edible when the dog turned her nose up at the French fries I gave her!

We just paid four young men (boys) to clear our drive way

04:54, 2008-Mar-8 .. Posted by Patty
And believe me it was worth every penny, we had several pretty good size snow drifts.

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08:33, 2008-Mar-8 .. Posted by DeeJay
I don't stop to get fast food very often, but when I do, I go to McDonalds. Yup, I love 'em!

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08:45, 2008-Mar-8 .. Posted by smilieshorts
I know all about drive thrus and stupid people, but ours are hired to work for Burger King I always order something and get onion rings instead of fries. Every time, they give us fries instead of onion rings, which then makes us go in and get onion rings, which means we just got a free fry. We started telling all our friends of this wonderful trick, for months everyone I knew was ordering onion rings and getting free fries.

Finally, about a week ago, I think they caught on. At least the last two times we have been there, they actually got the onion rings right. Now though, they are getting my daughters kids meal mixed up, giving her a cheese burger instead of nuggets.

it never ends

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10:47, 2008-Mar-8 .. Posted by grimfairy
Well ain't that nice!!! I had to survive a hurricane and floods in Philly...but the at least the temps were nice.