What I Learned Today

Discussion in 'The Mainboard' started by Hank Scorpio, May 27, 2015.

  1. Baron

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    So you're saying you'd rather live in Clemson? (See what I did there?)
     
  2. Tobias

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    i do see that

    and no. clemson during summer time is boring and columbia has a much better bar scene
     
  3. BlazingRebel

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    That if the WiFi in a hotel is down for 30 mins at 1 AM some people actually expect you to refund them for that entire night's stay.
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  4. Tobias

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    when i used to work at a hotel in college/right after, we had a 100% satisfaction guaranteed policy meaning if you complain about anything, the stay will be comped

    i did not believe in this asinine policy and was fired after i refused to comp someone because they were charged for parking when they were told they would be.
     
  5. Whammy Business

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    ...how'd that hotel chain make any money?
     
  6. BlazingRebel

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    We are a small hotel but we have a really good regular guest base and a great reputation, but yeah that policy could eat a dick so many guests lie to try and get comp rooms.
     
  7. Tobias

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    it was a hilton garden inn so it was a company wide policy. willing to give them a free night in the hopes of return business. and the system is set up to track any comps so it can be recognized as a pattern. also you're banking on most people not being complete pieces of shit

    i am just too stubborn to willingly reward people for their own stupidity/greed/incompetence so i didnt last long
     
  8. TheFreak55

    TheFreak55 He should keep his mouth firmly shut
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    If you don't have wifi how are you suppose to watch porn before you attempt to sleep?
     
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  9. Whammy Business

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    Do you not 4G LTE?
     
  10. BlazingRebel

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    #firstworldproblems
     
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  11. BlazingRebel

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    Or just hire a hooker you are already at the hotel.
     
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  12. Tobias

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    i worked at a regular hilton in columbia my senior year.

    once had a guest give me and my coworker $100 each to call a hooker for him. i found one on backpage, the other dude called her and i called a taxi to pick her up

    for some reason we had 1 room that was a parlor so it only had a pullout couch. that was his room. pulls the bed out and realizes there arent any sheets on the bed. we take linens up to him and he made the hooker make the bed for him
     
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  13. BlazingRebel

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    I had a guest check in 20 mins later a hot little black haired woman walks in asks for his room, and then within 5 mins of the door closing I heard the most hilariously fake sex moans I've ever heard even worse than porn star moans. It was on the first floor next to the front desk, so I could hear everything and I was damn near crying from laughing. 10 mins later she left
     
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  14. TC

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    I was looking into my family tree and I found out I'm related to the Foys that live in Alabama :warn:
     
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  15. jrmy

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    "OH YEAH FUCK ME FOR FOUR HOURS"
     
  16. letan

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    I've eaten at salty dog way more than I'd like to admit. Crushed some Camelia's platters in my day.
     
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  17. Joey Freshwater

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    Well that's certainly impressive.
     
  18. TC

    TC Peter, 53, from Toxteth
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    If you're fucking a girl real hard and her bed is on risers and you cause it to come crashing off, she will tell you to keep going
     
  19. Tobias

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    i learned that TC is a fan of t-swift snaps
     
  20. TC

    TC Peter, 53, from Toxteth
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    Big fan. My favorite part was the spoken word part
     
  21. TC

    TC Peter, 53, from Toxteth
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    If you accidentally run iphone earbuds through the wash they still work :thumb:
     
  22. Arkadin

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    People still use those awful iPhone headphones
     
  23. TC

    TC Peter, 53, from Toxteth
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    Earl Sweatshirt's favorite rappers are Future and M.O.P.

    M.O.P. stands for Mash Out Posse
     
  24. Magneto

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    This week I learned to Foxtrot.
     
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  25. Tobias

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    you coulda been getting down to this. sick. beat.
     
  26. jorge

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    Just put mine through the wash and was wondering about this. Thanks.
     
  27. TC

    TC Peter, 53, from Toxteth
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  29. TC

    TC Peter, 53, from Toxteth
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  30. TheFreak55

    TheFreak55 He should keep his mouth firmly shut
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    That part makes me think its more impressive he didn't kill her afterwards. Or maybe he was pleased and instead of death she got to make the bed?
     
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  31. TheFreak55

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  32. Owsley

    Owsley My friends call me Bear
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    Mauer and Price could as well.
     
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  33. TC

    TC Peter, 53, from Toxteth
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    Mauer appears to have peaked and be headed toward averageness. More things I learned today
     
  34. Owsley

    Owsley My friends call me Bear
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    He'll still get a bump for all of those years behind the plate, and he put up numbers that had never been seen before at the position. Unless he completely falls off the map, he'll get in one day. Not being juiced helps, too.
     
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  35. DollarBillHokie

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  36. Owsley

    Owsley My friends call me Bear
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    Eh, he's had one season where his HR numbers didn't follow the norm and he's followed a typical career arc. I think you can comfortably call him a clean player.
     
  37. Clown Baby

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    Aren't you in like your 3rd year? Remind me to never get hurt in whatever backwater town you're working in.
     
  38. Arkadin

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    That was a hell of a season too.
     
  39. Tommy Callahan

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    stric006
     
  40. stric006

    stric006 Recovering Butter Beer addict
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    waaaaaait. So am I.
     
  41. stric006

    stric006 Recovering Butter Beer addict
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    Where do these Foy's hail from?
     
  42. TC

    TC Peter, 53, from Toxteth
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    Don't know exactly. According to this link, made by a Foy, I am kin to Pocahontas: http://www.tntcarden.com/tree/Foy/rolfe.htm

    I see in this link that these Foys are NC but I know I have read about parts of my family tree being in AL before, as well as TX. It all started in SC though :palmettosmug:
     
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  43. stric006

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    Fuck me we are related. Ha, my mom is a Foy and we have always been told we were descendants of Pocahontas. Foys migrated down and set up the town of Eufala.
     
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  44. Arkadin

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    As good friend of user TC, nice to meet you brother :beaver:
     
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  45. stric006

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    :beerchug:
     
  46. Tiffin

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    TIL that dirt dobbers (mud daubers, dirt daubers, mud wasps, etc.) are suspected of causing 2 or 3 plane crashes.

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

    Involvement in Florida Commuter Airlines accident[edit]
    On September 12, 1980, Florida Commuter Airlines flight 65 crashed en route to Freeport, Bahamas killing all 34 passengers and crew. The cause was determined to be due in part to a malfunctioning air speed indicator caused by mud dauber nests that were improperly cleared from the aircraft's pitot tubes.

    Involvement in Birgenair Flight 301 accident[edit]
    On February 6, 1996, Birgenair Flight 301, a 757 jet flying from Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. All 13 crew members and 176 passengers were killed. A key part of the accident was a blocked pitot tube, a component which measures outside air pressure through small tubes on the outside of the aircraft and displays this as the plane's speed. Although the tubes were never recovered from the ocean floor, it was discovered that the plane had been sitting on the tarmac for almost 3 weeks with the pitot tubes not covered as they should have been. Investigators believe a black and yellow mud dauber got into the tube and built its cylindrical nest inside, causing faulty air speed readings which were a large part of the crash. This species also brought down another plane in Washington during 1982.
     
  47. Bo Pelinis

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  48. Iron Mickey

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    those fucks
     
  49. NoleNBlue (Ret.)

    NoleNBlue (Ret.) The fuck is that? It's an armoire.
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    Fantastic
     
  50. PHXNole2000

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    Man O' Ware has a cooler name?