ExiledInIllinois

Not sure if it's the place, but it fits. It's a very good write up from 911 2016 on the 15th Anniversary. Fits today on the 20th... Just as it would on 9/12/2001: https://www.pressherald.com/2016/09/10/reflections-fifteen-years-after-911-we-must-turn-the-other-cheek/ "Fifteen years ago, we all remember where we were on a beautiful September morning when planes became weapons of terrorism and mass destruction. I was on route to a session with my spiritual director and our time was spent holding each other, weeping silently, as we watched the unthinkable unfold on the screen of her TV. Shocked and disbelieving, our prayers were limited to the words, “Oh, God! No!” It was a prayer echoed by many in that moment as the reality of what we were witnessing hit home. ..." "...Two thousand years ago, Jesus spoke to a people living fearfully under the brutality of Roman oppression. Many wanted to fight back, to match violence with violence. In response, he uttered some of his most troubling and difficult teachings. He told his followers to love their enemies and to turn the other cheek when struck. That last one has always rankled me as it has been misused to quell any form of resistance to injustice and abuse..." Yeah... That 'bout sums it up folks. Short, sweet, prudent and to the point!

Exactly. Which is getting a bit ridiculous. Most good places won't taint the oil with other food and will wait till oil heats back up... Why it takes so long at the gr8 places when they are busy. People getting a bit OCD... Like the vegetarians/vegans complaining that their Impossible Whopper is made next to my regular Whopper on the same grill. When will the madness end!

In Cheektowaga that's called: "The Polish Patio." They now make screens that go up with the garage door and you simply pull them down into "Polish Patio Mode." 😊

Please don't slam breaded wings! I just gotta say... The breaded wings at Ponderosa back in the day (are they still around?)!!! 😆 Now that I made everyone shudder, back to you're regularly scheduled program of everyone being special. 😉 I just wanna thank you for NOT being a good socialist! 😉😜... Honestly, I agree. If it raises the cost of business, then they should pass it on to the customers that need a special menu. Why should everyone absorb the price.

I think it's the oil? Like OP said. Do they really cook other stuff in wing fryer? Of course they do!

I also come in peace, BUT as a smart-ass. I will also be following this thread. 😉 😏

Pure spin. And no STD... 😏

Better think twice about "extreme grooming." https://www.menshealth.com/health/a19533592/manscaping-and-sexually-transmitted-diseases/ "...Researchers surveyed nearly 14,000 men and women about how much ***** hair they trimmed or removed, and how often they did the task. Those who groomed were 80 percent more likely to have had a sexually transmitted infection like genital herpes, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, HIV, as well public lice, than those who didn’t tidy up below the belt. ..."

"GEEEE Yogi, Ranger Fergy won't be happy. OH Boo Boo, you worry too much! Ranger Fergy is 2,500 miles to the east!" Complaints about marauding bears: https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/bear-warning-south-lake-tahoe-residents-caldor-fire/#app

Just like a bunch of Ambulance Chasers: As Tahoe residents fled the Caldor Fire, the bears moved in — and pigged out https://www.sfchronicle.com/tahoe/amp/As-Tahoe-residents-fled-the-Caldor-Fire-the-16438925.php “Bears are just having a heyday of it. It’s just a nightmare,” said John Tillman, owner of South Tahoe Refuse. “There’s so much garbage on the street because of the bears. Oh my God, they are making a mess.” What say ye: @BringBackFergy

Nice advice! I assume you noticed the freezer still cold? Same thing will happen when the defrosting heating element will go bad in freezer. The freezer will be cold and refrigerator warm. The freezer coil ices up and eventually blocks where the cold air goes into refrigerator side. Pull the back panel (in a side-by-side model) and see if the coil and duct is blocked. Test the defroster to see if it's bad... If so replace. Or... If you can't get one right away, manually defrost it like in the old days. Bit, Amazon is great getting stuff to you in a day or so! 😉

Criminy! Road-tripping music!

@Royale with Cheesemay I also suggest:

TIL: The "Answering Machine" "Most 20th century answering machines used magnetic recording, which Valdemar Poulsen invented in 1898. The creation of the first practical automatic answering device for telephones, however, is in dispute. Starting in 1930, Clarence Hickman worked for Bell Laboratories, where he developed methods for magnetic recording and worked on the recognition of speech patterns and electromechanical switching systems. In 1934, he developed a tape-based answering machine which phone company AT&T, as the owner of Bell Laboratories, kept under wraps for years for fear that an answering machine would result in fewer telephone calls. Many claim the answering machine was invented by William Muller in 1935, but it may already have been created in 1931 by William Schergens whose device used phonographic cylinders. Ludwig Blattner promoted a telephone answering machine in 1929 based on his Blattnerphone magnetic recording technology. In 1935 inventor Benjamin Thornton developed a machine to record voice messages from the caller. The device reportedly also was able to keep track of the time the recordings were made. Although many sources maintain that he invented it in 1935, Thornton had actually filed a patent in 1930 (Number 1831331) for this machine, which utilized a phonographic record as the recording medium. ..."

I'd have love to see her spell: Pfizer

At work we were locking all kinds of boats as usual... Including petrol-Chem that would make Lebanon 🇱🇧 2020 look like a fire cracker... Business as usual. ... ...Till MSO (Marine Safety Office) Chicago shut us down on Wednesday 9/12... 😆 Driving home, hearing all the ports were shut down, I expected we would be too. I guess we fell through the cracks of the system. Inland Waterway was business as usual. FWIW... That was the weekend of the Bills Home Opener (9/9/01) vs. Saints. Gregg Williams' first game. Coming back from that debacle. I still have the ticket w/his dirty mug on it. Anybody want to buy it? 50 bucks. 😆

Nothing wrong with a fun-lovin' killjoy! 😉😜 They can be positive. I mean the exact opposite are those Pollyannas. How annoying! 😏

Taking it to the macro level: It has always existed... it's on steroids now. Lots of people want to be the victim, it's socially made acceptable and most importantly to these people: It pays! Society does exactly what you say we shouldn't!

Yup to all this! BUT what blows my mind... They still gotta field teams. Are these people like Jim Jones, Jonestown follower types? Why aren't they talking to them?

WHEN have you NOT offered? 😉 You should be a 5 time champion 🏆 by now! 😉

SideBar: Is Square D manufacturing still made in the US 🇺🇸?

My daughter is about 20 miles away from Mullica Hill... She said, just a ton of rain... Now it's nice.

Like Teddy said above. I had a hell of a time getting back in Enhanced ShoutBox. Acting all squirelly after I cleared and rebooted things today after my phone upgraded. I went across three different browsers to experiment. ...I thought @BringBackFergy and you were ***** -in w/me. 😆 BUT, seriously, I don't see any posts lost.

YOLO!

Loading the car up with my pregnant wife, and 3 year old son in South Cheektowaga, neighbor came out and said the buildings were crashed into. Boy, that was a surreal drive back to Illinois!