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At my dad's funeral, the minister kept referring to my dad by my brother's name. I told the minister after the service, but he continued to make the same mistake at the burial.
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Why don’t you include it in the cost upfront instead of hiding it in extra fees?


I can answer this one: The rental rate is taxed, but the cleaning fee is not. If we included the cleaning fee in the rental rate, the guest would be charged 12.75% tax on the cleaning fee (9.75% state and 3% county).
It's always amazing to see prices at $2,000 or more for TVs and Stereos then. That's in those dollars. $6,000 or more adjusted for inflation. TV had been around a while, as had devices to listen to music. And they were paying more than $6,000 in our dollars for it. What a huge investment just getting a good TV was. I'm shopping around if a 70" TV is $500 in our dollars.
Several by Natalie Merchant, especially Jealousy and Wonder
It started for me on Sunday. I think that's the sickest that I've ever been. Today is the first day that I've felt close to normal.
Don't forget the line after douche:

Blinded by the light
Wrapped up like a douche
Another boner in the night

re: Random geography trivia

Posted by ParkMTN on 6/2/21 at 7:24 pm to
Mountain City, TN is geographically closer to Ontario, Canada than Memphis, TN. There is that lake to get around, though. So, Google maps puts the driving distance to Windsor, Ontario as 17 miles farther than Memphis.

re: Are SONY TVs garbage?

Posted by ParkMTN on 12/16/20 at 5:22 pm to


Zenith is the way to go. High quality wood and workmanship. Doubles as a useful display table.
Ecuador's currency is the U.S. dollar.

Yeah, I saw those prices and thought that was high for Ecuador. Makes sense that it's L.A.
I was doing ok until they dropped me in Alaska. I missed that one badly. Didn't even consider that.

re: On this date in 1945....

Posted by ParkMTN on 4/2/19 at 11:09 pm to
On the Spam subject - for my dad, who served in combat in the Navy during WWII, it was orange marmalade. They had to eat that every day to avoid scurvy [sometimes, due to food shortages on the ship, it was one of the few foods they had). He wouldn't allow it on the table after the war.

The war did keep him off cigarettes. They had those on the ship even during food shortages (some of those shortages were due to being in typhoons and the supplies couldn't get to them), but they had been fully stocked with cigarettes. So, he smoked to curb hunger. After the war, smoking only reminded him of misery, so he didn't take up the habit.
Germans get revenge for Pall Mall's Alvin York killing 6 of them and taking 132 prisoner during WWI

re: Let's discuss Halsey

Posted by ParkMTN on 1/30/19 at 5:52 pm to
I don't know who that Halsey is. I thought this was going to be about Admiral William Halsey:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Halsey_Jr.

I heard a lot about him growing up because my dad served under him in WWII. My dad hated him. He served under Admiral Spruance, too. Loved him:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_A._Spruance

re: OT Ruling- Sleeping in Airports

Posted by ParkMTN on 12/26/18 at 11:06 pm to
I spent the night at London Gatwick. I was 21 and had an early flight to go back home. I found a group of seats to lay on and had my luggage situated where if anyone took something it would be noticeable to me and wake me up. There was a very attractive woman who was about my age across from me who did the same thing. It helped me go to sleep knowing she was there. When I woke up after about 35-45 minutes, she saw I was awake and went right to sleep. Then she woke up and I went to sleep…and so on and so on…. I never actually talked to her – seemed at the time like it would be creepy, but we watched out for each other most of that night.
Hey, guys! Sorry I'm late for this thread. I thought I had plenty of time, but got caught in traffic on the information superhighway. You know how it is. I guess you started without me. That's cool.
Someone has to combine previous jokes.

He did Nazi the Fuhrer this would cause.
My favorite was Susanna Hoffs - My Side of the Bed




Notre Dame and Georgetown are in the 201-300 range with Georgia and Tennessee. I'm pretty sure their alumni are appalled to be grouped with southern state schools.

UAB is in the 201-300, but neither Alabama nor Auburn made top 500.