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QUOTE (farmteam @ May 26, 2012 -> 12:50 AM) Gotta make Apple Pie with Everclear, man. It's like when I tried to make Bullfrog with citrus vodka instead of the Everclear. Just doesn't work. Oh trust me, I put a bottle of 190 proof Everclear in it, but in ADDITION to that, I used to do half a bottle of Jim Beam and half a bottle of Vodka. This time, I just went with adding a whole bottle of Vodka, and made it whipped, to go along w/ the Apple Pie theme, because it was cheaper that way. This thing I made is HIGHLY alcoholic. Like I said, I split it in two seperate pots. And the one pot boiled out so much of the apple cider and apple juice, that when I added the alcohol afterwards, it was essentially 50% juice/cider, and 50% everclear/vodka. Then I decided to mix it all together. Tasted it again, and it was fine. Didn't need to add any more apple juice to it. I am currently bottling it, and it looks like I will get about 7 bottles out of this, down from the 10 bottles I got last time, which shows how much more liquid evaporated this time around!

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ May 26, 2012 -> 02:26 AM) if anyone pulls the "we'll call the cops" routine, call them on it. You don't have to pay tip, let them call the cops, no rational police officer is going to risk a false imprisonment charge over a tip at a restaurant. You would pay the bill and leave. I think if it's written in the menu, you do. Usually when we have people complain about our auto-gratuity (17% on parties of 8 or more I think), our managers just put their tail in between their legs and take it off their bill. And sometimes servers feel they could have gotten more without that rule, depending on the party, obviously.

It's actually annoying when a server, almost always female, will come up to me and whine "That jerk left me $6 on that bill, can you believe this s***?", then I reply, "How much was the bill?", she says "Psh, like $30 or something." "Ooooooh, so you are telling me that the TWENTY PERCENTAGE he gave you was so terrible? Did you even realize that was TWENTY PERCENT?? You made $6 on a table that was there for barely a half hour. Just that guy alone is giving you nearly $12 an hour." "Oh....well whatever. I'm not making s*** tonight"

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ May 26, 2012 -> 02:03 AM) You're an incredibly good tipper. I rarely see wait staff that I think deserves 20%. 15% for the usual adequate service I receive. 15% where I work would get you called an asshole. I'm not saying it's right, but now a day, 20% is what is expected, and 25% is a nice. Usually when I tip, I just make it an even number, whether that comes out at 16%, or 23%, I just like it nice and even. If it's a 7.24 meal, I will put down $9, which is a 24% tip. Or if it's $16.15, I will give them $19, which is a 17% tip. I don't take the time to figure out a percentage, I just round up, and then add a couple, based on guessing.

QUOTE (farmteam @ May 26, 2012 -> 12:58 AM) Except for, you know, all the drinks they made that night that the waitstaff brought out. I'm not saying their contribution was as substantial as the waiters/bussers, but it's there. Hmm, okay, good point, I forgot about that, but in that case I'd give them probably half of the tip the bussers get.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 26, 2012 -> 12:07 AM) Your sense of humor is broken.

Open your eyes

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 25, 2012 -> 05:27 PM) We play 12 inch out here with mitts. Do you guys play 16 inch still in Chicago? Is it common to see guys strike out with the high high arch and the big ball? What do you guys prefer: 12 inch or 16? Is 16 actually fun? I played 16 inch once when I was young, but I can't imagine it being too much fun. Maybe for the older and younger crowd, because the ball is squishy and you can't hit it very far anyway, but I love 12 inch.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 25, 2012 -> 10:20 PM) I know Cabrera got hurt, who else got hurt today? Ass Dribble got hurt?

UZR is supposed to be measured over a 3-year span, if I am not mistaken.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ May 25, 2012 -> 05:47 PM) I normally try to tip really well. It would take something severe for me not to leave a tip but there have been a few times I have done it. The most recent was to a cab driver who insisted on dropping me off 2 blocks away from where I was going because he didnt want to have to make a left turn. Most of the times at a restaurant Ill tip 20% at least because I know that money doesnt just go to the waiter/waitress but its also for the bussing, runners, bartenders etc. If I get really bad service somewhere I probably just wouldnt go back. Not necessarily. Some restuaraunts tip the bartenders/bussers/expo a certain percentage of the sales that night, not the tips made, because hardly anyone ever reports tips accurately. Also, I think the idea that the bartenders get tipped out is terrible. The bartenders already get tips from their customers at the bar, and then now they also get tips for something they had no hand in controlling? Awful.

Tipping is such bulls***. It's just a way for the restaurant to get away with paying their employees a very low hourly wage, and then tax them for the money that is paid to them by the customer's, not the business. With that being said, I obviously tip, because anyone who doesn't is a monster now-a-days, and only because I know the server relies on tips as their earnings for a night.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 25, 2012 -> 12:33 PM) He should have a 16,000 sq foot park where his 16000 foot monument stands in the middle.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 25, 2012 -> 09:18 AM) Gotta stay within your game. Look for the holes and weaknesses and go in with that plan. Yep. It's really quite easy to hit the ball where you want to if you get a good pitch, and you are disciplined. But in our second game tonight, the other team only had 3 outfielders, and we only managed to take advantage of it once, when the RF came in on a ball over his head. It was frustrated when a team is short a player, and you don't exploit it.

I'll be working while my family enjoys themselves at our lake house. Blaaaahhhh.

9 home runs tonight. LOL WHAT?

Went 3/6 tonight. We won our first game 11-7. Lost the second one, 5-2. Wind was blowing in tonight. I think there was only 1 ball hit over the OF heads all night. My AVG is down to .625. Booooo.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ May 24, 2012 -> 10:45 PM) I liked it. It was a little unsatisfying, but I thought they did a good job bringing it to closure under what I have to presume were rushed circumstances. Taking a page out of the "Dallas" and "Newhart" storybook (ie. the whole thing was just a dream) was probably their best play. Is that what they were trying to portray though, that it was a dream? I couldn't recall when Rex said something about going to register if that meant he was back to the day before the accident or whatever. Didn't remember when "registration" occurred in the storyline for them.

Rongey on Snoop's pregame pitch.... "A little high, but he got it over the plate" Yeah, but where was the pitch thrown?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 24, 2012 -> 03:55 PM) Watched the latest "The Killing" episode. I have no idea why I'm watching it anymore, but I am. I f***ing hate that show, but I'll keep watching like an idiot. Same here.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 24, 2012 -> 03:30 PM) We now have two of the top 5 hitters in the AL (OPS) and two of the top 5 starting pitchers in the AL (ERA). We also have a top 5 hitter in the AL in WAR (Konerko: 2.5 WAR), and 2 top 5 pitchers in the AL in WAR (Peavy: 2.0 WAR, Sale: 1.5 WAR)

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ May 24, 2012 -> 03:16 PM) Ha that was good ! Heh, I didn't catch that at first. Whoops!

QUOTE (fathom @ May 24, 2012 -> 02:57 PM) Thanks so much Joe for the recap Sure thing. Are you planning on watching the finale tonight, or had you given up on the show a while ago, and was just wondering how it would end?

ARIAC

QUOTE (fathom @ May 24, 2012 -> 10:00 AM) Can you use spoiler tag to let us know what happened? I'll try to explain what happened the best I can..... So there it is. Very long detail of the episode. I may have confused a few parts in there, but that's the gist of it. No explanation really.