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Post-Katrina I was hiring people who had relocated to BR, most positions were IT, so most were pretty smart people. One guy was excellent with the tech side, but what he really wanted to do was get hired at one of the better restaurants as a waiter. He told me that it just paid a lot more than I could afford to pay, the hours suited him and he liked the work.

I accommodated as best I could, he was trying to get on a Ruffino's and he showed me the written test he had to pass to be hired. This thing looked like a bar exam, what wines went with which dishes, the composition of sauces, it was about 12 pages and very detailed. I thought I knew a lot about food; I would have been lucky to get 50% correct.

I was very impressed with his knowledge, I had no idea this was required, my question is, how common is this?

Must be Trump's fault.

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This happens just as much with white people. But you Trumptards refuse to post about all those instances

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Nice fantasy world you live in....crime stats are racist, yep, that's what they say.

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Is the movie The Jackal with Bruce Willis based on this book?


Loosely. The 1973 movie is great.

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The 1973 movie is a classic, it is the tightest movie ever, not a wasted minute, every scene important. It's over 2 hours and it moves so fast you think it was half that long.

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Only the poors still use latex gloves. I'll throw on a pair of nitrile gloves when changing my own oil. It's a lot quicker than scrubbing with Dawn soap after.

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I have huge hands, I have a box of nitrile gloves but they don't fit as well as the latex. I put a pair on if I'm cleaning the BBQ grill, adding chlorine tabs to the pool, peeling shrimp (gives a better grip than bare-handed).

It is a sacrifice, but people make it work somehow. A friend and wife have 4 kids, both of them have civil service jobs. They have a 3 BR house, not many frills, but they are the happiest family you'll ever meet.

When I had both of mine in Catholic school in the '90's, when the graduated and went to LSU that was a big raise for me.

I'm a glass of red and enjoy the breeze.

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I've never had a McDonald's hash brown make it out of the parking lot.

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A McD hash brown patty has to be the greasiest item in the fast food kingdom. You can just pinch one between your fingers and see the grease run out. The hash browns at Waffle House are health food in comparison.

One this subject, the jalapeno cheese biscuit at Whataburger is better than any biscuit at a white table cloth restaurant. There used to be little grocery store on Hwy 73 in Geismar between Hwy 74 and Hwy 30 that was always full of plant workers every morning. You could buy a dozen biscuits for about $5, hot and buttery, they were incredible. I'd bring those to the vessels I was inspecting that morning, the crews would welcome me.

I will think of her and pray. As I'm sure you know, that is an aggressive form of cancer (sarcoma), and difficult to treat. My sister is fighting it, but she is 80, not 29, she has had a nice life.

Back when I used to crew workboats,I had this deckhand, Mike, he was a scrawny guy with blond hair and when he wasn't riding a boat, he hung out at the Greenway.. I wasn't crazy about hiring him, but sometimes you need a warm body to fill out a crew. Unbelievably, he was always able to pass a drug test.

My runners were all busy, so I took a ride over to Greenway to pick Mike up, feed him and make sure he was sober. He gets in the crew van and he likes to talk. He tells me he was at the big strip joint in Woodville, MS last night. how hot the strippers were, etc,. I know he doesn't have and transportation, so I asked him how he got from Woodville to the Greenway, he says "I had to give a guy a blowjob", just as simple as if he was saying he paid the guy $10.

I kept my distance in the future.