Comments by crosscheck (page 25)

I had one last year where I was given a speed ticket for going through a stop sign when I had not. When the cop told me he had pulled me over for going through a stop sign, I told him that was not what had happened. When he gave me the ticket and the instructions as to how to appeal it, I told him it would be in the mail the next morning and I did beat the ticket at the magistrate's hearing, which due to COVID I was able to do online and didn't even have to waste time driving to the courthouse.

SirLapdancealot, You have good taste in junk food. Annie's is good shit, though mac & cheese is now only an occasional treat for me. Also agree about Maruchan ramen.

Malice, kind of a foreboding name for a stripper...or anyone I guess.

Roughly 40 minutes to Providence. There are Massachusetts clubs closer, but Massachusetts clubs are useless IMO.

New York already did this, or very close to this. Shockingly, it has not worked out well. Defendants arrested, let out with no bail, arrested again later the same day on other changes, let out with no bail again. Etc., etc. You'd think seeing those experiences would give other states like Illinois pause, but apparently you'd be wrong.

Nice to see some additional validation that Desires is again worthwhile. I have a couple of nice fees arriving shortly, sounds like I may have to treat myself to a visit for the first time in a long while...

^ This. I have a client who has a second home near Phoenix. Lots of new neighbors, almost all from California and almost all seem to want to make Arizona more like California.

not my cup of tea.

I buy used, with the intention of driving it into the ground. Unfortunately, I seem to have an idiot magnet and I've had 4 not at fault accidents in the past 11 or so years where my car has been totaled. Somehow I've never gotten injured, so I suppose I should be thankful. Maybe the plan will work out with my current car. Or some moron not paying attention will rear end me on Rte. 128 and snap the frame again. Either or.

@ski - man just even the mention of that winter gives me the shakes.

I'd say WTF, but this type of thing is becoming less and less surprising every day.

Thanks for sharing the good news. 3 VIPs in one night though. You wild man!

Here in Massachusetts state law requires businesses to accept cash.

Cash - totally agree about Chick Fil A. I love the place and they have continually expanded in Massachusetts over the past few years. That does not suck. Boston strip clubs however suck badly. Thankfully Providence is less than an hour away, where the clubs do not suck. Actually some of them do suck, but in the correct way...

I went and shoveled snow during halftime. Didn't see a minute of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qRyTDbEskM

He was awesome as Mike Wallace in "The Insider". Great movie all around actually.

I have little doubt that state and local governments are and will continue to use COVID restrictions to try to force clubs out of business. They won't do is straightforwardly, but they will attempt to keep clubs in the area closed or under such heavy restrictions that they can't make money for as long as possible and hope clubs in their area will end up shutting their doors without their having to do things like make zoning changes that they know will be challenged in court.

With Twin River and then Encore Boston Harbor, I had become accustomed to not having the drive nearly as far to get on a poker table as it had been going to Foxwoods or Mohegan Sun. Now, the poker rooms in Southern NH are the closest place open at the moment that is an hour or less away. I've been to Chasers in Salem a couple of times, but the tables are 6-max under the limited capacity and that definitely is a big difference from full tables. Obviously it also results in the waiting list going much slower.

I'd like to think the government would have bigger fish to fry than caring about whether I play poker on the internet. When I ran into a US Representative at a restaurant near my office a few years ago, I introduced myself as a former constituent and told him exactly that. Didn't get much of a response... Funny enough, I happened to be playing poker at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut the night the Feds seized Pokerstars, Full Tilt, and Ultimate Bet. I had actually played on Full Tilt the night before. When I got home, I immediately hopped on the computer and sure enough it had been seized, just like the word going around the poker room had said.

I'm sure it will busy, but not as busy as it would have been in normal circumstances. And I'm sure TB being one of the teams does not help as there will only be one team's fanbases traveling to town instead of two, on top of the COVID-lessened capacity. I remember once being in SoFla the week before the Super Bowl and having gone to Tootsie's one evening. THAT was absolute bedlam. Never seen so many dancers and custies in a club. And with how big that place is, it takes a LOT of folks for it to feel crowded.

SF passed the point of no return ages ago. At this point, I think nothing along these lines would surprise me. Same for Portland and Seattle.

Most years I go to SoFla for around a week or so during the winter/early spring. I had gone to one of the local clubs while I was there and ending up getting a VIP dance. A little over a year later, I went to the same club and after I sat down at the bar she immediately made a beeline straight for me. Remembered everything we'd talked about and did the year before. I was surprised and kinda impressed.

I know many would disagree, but I've had several very fun evenings at Booby Trap in Pompano. To each his own I guess...

Rush - Moving Pictures (1981) Rush - Power Windows (1985) Queensryche - Operation:Mindcrime (1989) Metallica - Master of Puppets (1986) The Who - Who's Next (1971) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) The Beatles - Revolver (1966) Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind (1983) Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance (1982) The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (1969) I went with no Greatest Hits albums or live albums, but a couple of live album honorable mentions: Deep Purple - Made In Japan (1972) The Who - Live at Leeds (expanded version)(1970) Iron Maiden - Live After Death (1985)