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I'm sorry to hear of your accident! I hope you are recovered soon!

Speaking of accidents, Dale Jarrett sure wasn't happy about being taken out by Shane Hmiel near the end of the race.  Hmiel's "reason" (lame excuse) made no sense - the little jerk oughta be fined! (IMHO) 

Yikes! I didn't see that. :P B)

I was shocked at all the wrecks! It seemed like right after they got restarted, there'd be another one! B)

Tony Stewart really did make an incredible save when he spun. His driving has always impressed me. B)

And my man DJ placed in the top five for the first time this year! Maybe if they keep fine-tuning the car a bit, he'll actually win a race this year! :P

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Good luck!

I work next to a fire station so we hear sirens quite often. You get used to hearing them after a while, but I live out in the middle of nowhere, so I'm not as used to the noise as I used to be!

For the Seattle market:

Bob Rivers (KZOK) is a Trekkie. It would be good to get him onboard if he's not already!

I'm surprised that the cars don't have speedometers, since the pit road speed limit is so crucial. 

I agree! I was surprised when I first heard this. You'd think because the pit road speed rule is for safety, they'd make it so the drivers are sure they're following the rule! Trying to tell your actual speed by the tachometer has got to be very difficult! :)

I only got to watch the last 7 laps as I had some stuff I needed to do for my grandfather. :biggrin:

I'm looking forward to the next race. :lol:

It was a good race. I'm glad that all those involved in wrecks walked away from their cars safely.

Jarrett didn't do too bad considering all the problems he has had with that Ford. Hopefully they'll get the bugs worked out for the next race. Poor guy hasn't won in over a year now.

I cheer for Dale Jarrett.

I'm getting impatient for the race to start right now!

I'm actually thinking Jarrett's going to do badly in this one. The Ford was a bit squirrely the last time he had it out on the track, so if his handling problems haven't been fixed, he's going to be out of the running pretty fast.

I *liked* the Pitch Black stuff. I've switched over to diet soda though and they never make any good flavors in diet. Blah.

Good topic!

I was just in a hospital, visiting my father in law before he passed away over the weekend. I really wish the waiting rooms for families of patients with an extended stay in the hospital were more kid-friendly.

Most of the ER's I've visited have at least had a toy or two and a few children's books.

The waiting room for this particular wing of the hospital had absolutely nothing to entertain a small child. And my father in law had wanted to see my daughter, so we brought her and when she got cranky, I took her to wait. There wasn't one darm kid-friendly thing in the whole waiting room!

From now on, we bring our own toys, but it's disappointing knowing that there isn't at least one item in that place to entertain a child with.

I also agree with the poster who said that small children should be left with a sitter or other family member if possble. Of course, there are those times when the sick relative will want to see the child, like in my recent situation.

As a child, I spent many hours waiting in hospital waiting rooms. With the exception of one hospital, where they had a kid's play room, none of them had anything that would even remotely interest a kid, other than the TV. Blech.

She complain that he sandwich wasn't made "just right"

Let me guess, the pickles weren't evenly spaced or some other asinine thing?

I don't miss the food service industry at all!

I normally post my more nutso encounters with customers in my personal log. One of my former bosses had these words of wisdom, "We are in the business of serving customers, not being abused by them!" :lol:

Hmm... I used to work in a restaurant and at times we were very tempted to dunk an obnoxious customer in the deep fryer!

I've also been tempted at my current job a couple times to place misbehaving children in a box and ship them to Timbuktu. Never did it though... shipping to Timbuktu is not cheap!

Like the rest of you, I'd never hurt anyone... but it's a good release sometimes to come up with these things in your head.

I was quite well-known for fictionalizing entire reports for my history class in 8th grade. I never got less than a B because the teacher appreciated my creativity! B)

Beyond that, I don't think I care to admit the kinds of things I used to get away with.

I also agree about a person's nationality not being a big deal to me. I grew up in a diverse place and Trek is very ethnically diverse as well.

I just never notice that sort of stuff because I think of all people as just people. They may be nice, they may be mean, but we're all just people.

I just checked and there's nothing cool going on near me, so I am staying home, drinking champagne and possibly reading a book. Whoo-hoo! B)

Everyone who's going out, please stay safe!

VBG, your post was very wonderful!

I'm happy to be a part of this diverse board! I learn so many different things from the people here!

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:runs off to hide from scary pic:

As a former manager in the foodservice industry, I always give generous tips, especially when the service is beyond expectations.

I also take the time to individually thank servers and other waitstaff that go out of their way to give good service. We had our company party tonight at a local restaurant and I thanked each person individually on the way out the door for their hospitality. It's amazing how far a few words of thanks will go.

I once went into our dumpster to attempt to locate a lost retainer for a panicked customer. When I didn't end up finding it after two hours of going through everything, I called the customer and instead of getting a thank you, was chewed out because of *our* carelessness! I mean, we were so old and callous that I actually climbed around in garbage in an attempt to help. How evil am I? :unsure:

Luckily most schools here don't require it. My mom was forced to take it when she was in high school and college and instilled a great fear of the language in me. :biggrin:

I'm listening to a band called Novatone right now. My friend copied their demo for me today and they are totally awesome! :P

It would have been sad no matter who had died.

The War - Second Coming

This song reminds me so much of the tough times I have had in my life and reminds me to be thankful every day for the fact that I'm still here and living.

Sound clips can be found here!

I learned that if you think someone's ignoring you, it may not always be so.

I also learned that new blades on tape guns can cause extreme damage to the finger that comes too close!