Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967

But I ain't worried. Nope, now worried one bit. 😊 Gov Gav sez he's gonna save us all from the climate! Invest in sweaters and muk-luks NOW!! 😃

On my front porch, in the shade, slight breeze wafting through at 1645 (4:45 PM) this afternoon: 🥵

So did you fire the boy...?

Thass sad news indeed.... Hardpan's allus been a fan ~ since getting a Wiener Whistle from Little Oscar hisself when I was five! ~ Little Oscar and the 1952 Gerstenslager-built Wienermobile ~

C'mon, Cyprus ~ surely you can think of something more imaginitive than a simple firing...! For instance: Suspended by the ankles from an overpass over a busy freeway... just high enough for his fingertips to barely brush the tops of passing semi's, sometimes facing incoming traffic, sometimes away. Reel 'im in every hour or so for a drink of water, then rotate and back over.

Noooo... Cheatle's boss should resign. That would be Mayorkis.

So wha'd she have to say for herself...?

We all know that the McD's kiosk phenomenon started as a california thing (thankee kindly, Emperor Newsom ). But, for the investment into the ordering machines, it becomes more cost effective if McD's rolls 'em out to other states, even where the ridiculous $20 minimum wage does not exist. "Social Engineering at it's finest." Which ain't so fine.

You might never find one, but if you did it might look like this....

Yup.

Could be wrong, but I don't think that's a '43. Cool though!

Spent last weekend in Reno, for a "Celebration of Life" for my Uncle Frankie; a terrific guy who will be and is missed. But that's why I was in Reno. And while there, Ms Helen Brimstone thought we'd pop into a McD's for a quick breakfast before dropping in on my aunt. So we walked in. And waited. And waited. And waited even more, then figgered we might as well use the self-service kiosk. What a pain in the a$$ that was! I s'pose for a kid, it would be intuitive. For us - not so much. You could order a meal; you could order individual items; but you could not order more than one individual item. I wanted two Sausage Burritos and a large coffee; no way. I could get a Sausage Burrito meal with one burrito, a small coffee, and a hash brown. But no way would it let me order what I wanted. Finally, in frustration, we managed to flag down a random young lady working behind the counter. Sorta. "Uh... Miss? Can you take our order?" She gave us a surprised look, then replied "Well, technically, no. We're not allowed to take orders anymore. You gotta use the kiosk! But I can help you if you need help!" We did. *Grump!* "Here! I'll show you!" she said, and keyed in our order, with her fingers flying across the screen so fast we'd never be able to repeat what she did. But I did learn that the key to MY order was to first order a coffee, select "Large," then order an individual burrito and then order a second individual burrito. Ms Brimstone's order was much simpler; a Sausage McMuffin Combination meal. Our order number was 6-4-3. We sat and waited. And waited. And waited some more. Finally, an announcement was made for "Order Number 1-4-3." Hm. Better go check. Yup... that was ours. Now, this is odd... Ms Helen's Sausage McMuffin was shrunk! Literally about a third small than they were just a few weeks ago. And then, after two bites, Helen lifted the lid off and revealed that it was actually a Sausage-less McMuffin. Even though the order was for Sausage and the wrapper declared it to be a Sausage McMuffin. Sadly, this was not an isolated incident. I will take advantage of the $1 drink while we can, but otherwise, done with those clowns.

It does. Absolutely not relevant to the topic... but an interesting, interactive reloading tool nevertheless. Serendipitous! Like looking in a plot of grass for a dropped quarter and finding a cool Swiss Army Knife.

Actually kinda interesting!

Well... if her party has a collective mind, they might consider Wes Moore, the governor of Maryland. Certainly not an endorsement, but if they brought him out they just might have a horse race. But then, there's that "collective mind" thing... I just can't see them nominating a relatively moderate candidate who's a former 82nd Airborne captain.

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Perfect~!

Stretched-out case, forty-five caliber, forty-seven grains 3f...?