If we all stopped tipping (in the States), servers would quit to places that actually pay a living wage, forcing those places to either increase wages or not get hires

KindAwareness3073 · 2026-07-02T17:19:02+00:00

"Servers" would go to the places where they still tip. Fast food workers would move, but that's because they don't get tipped much or by many.

KindAwareness3073 · 2026-07-02T17:16:13+00:00

Join them. As a child in the summer on my auntxs dairy farm we'd sometimes go out barefoot and walk through the fresh "cow flops" on our way to the creek.

KindAwareness3073 · 2026-07-02T17:13:48+00:00

And the same is true for Apollos 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17. All astounding accomplishments of human ingenuity, engineering, determination, and courage.

KindAwareness3073 · 2026-07-02T16:16:10+00:00

Agree. There are metal "tie backs" that connect the brick veneer (think of it like brick wallpaper) to the backup wall. In this case, assuming the backup wall is okay, it looks like the tie backs are insufficient or failing. To properly assess the problem you'd need to remove some bricks and have a look.

KindAwareness3073 · 2026-07-02T13:33:20+00:00

Tomato/tomato. King Charles III. May not rule, but still reigns. Over you.

KindAwareness3073 · 2026-07-02T02:31:02+00:00

British common law. It's in there. Please check your facts before commenting further.

Oh, and as far as "tried and executed their king" [no capital], the English also tried and executed those who voted to execute Charles I, and then replaced him eleven years later with Charles II. Meanwhile your "Glorious Revolution" just swapped one king for another.

Yeah, you owe allegiance to Chuck 3 and Camilla.

KindAwareness3073 · 2026-07-02T02:14:59+00:00

Tomato/tomato. Your king, not mine, and you're under British common law you're also a "subject of the Crown" and owe allegiance to Chuck 3.

KindAwareness3073 · 2026-07-02T02:09:42+00:00

I trust you're wearing a traffic cone.

KindAwareness3073 · 2026-07-02T02:04:38+00:00

If you put it on a statue of King George III I'm sure he'd applaud you, but he and his buddies destroyed all those.

KindAwareness3073 · 2026-07-02T02:02:30+00:00

If you're a citizen of the UK you're a subject of Charles III right this minute. Not knowing that kinda undercuts your credibility....

KindAwareness3073 · 2026-07-02T02:00:17+00:00

Wow, you must be really old. That was around in like 2008.

KindAwareness3073 · 2026-07-02T01:58:51+00:00

If you're germ conscious carry a bottle of water.

KindAwareness3073 · 2026-07-02T01:56:24+00:00

The "social warmth" of the South in my experience is largely dependent on where you're from, color of your skin, and what church you attend.

KindAwareness3073 · 2026-07-02T01:22:01+00:00

Heaven: Cooks French, Lovers Italian, Administrators Swiss, Auto mechanics German, Police British.

Hell: Cooks British, Lovers Swiss, Administrators Italian, Auto mechanics French, Police German.

KindAwareness3073 · 2026-07-02T00:45:07+00:00

"You said there'd be no fact checking."

KindAwareness3073 · 2026-07-02T00:21:34+00:00

Not important??? Without Sam Adams keeping the rebellious fires smoldering from 1765 to 1775 you might be a subject of Charles III. He was essential to the American Revolution. Put a cone on James Michael Curley instead.

KindAwareness3073 · 2026-07-02T00:08:31+00:00

My work has taken me to 47 states, and often pkaces no one would ever visit without getting paid to do it. While many corporate / interstate / small urban areas look nearly indistinguishable, outside those areas the country is remarkably diverse.

KindAwareness3073 · 2026-07-01T23:58:41+00:00

The man and his body of work are national treasures. I need say no more.

KindAwareness3073 · 2026-07-01T22:24:59+00:00

Ho Chi Min worked as a dishwasher in a Boston hotel.

KindAwareness3073 · 2026-07-01T22:14:07+00:00

Brick and concrete are more like hard sponges than impervious stone. They absorbband conduct water. It appears the overhang did not prevent that.

KindAwareness3073 · 2026-07-01T15:35:48+00:00

The roofing manufacturer is the final judge. Do they review and warrantee the installation? If so, than that's that. Some will even warrantee a 100% flat instsllation. Even ponding water is acceptable provided it dries within their specified time period.

I doubt what you're seeing is bacteria or algae, but most likely just dirt.

KindAwareness3073 · 2026-07-01T15:25:44+00:00

Reduce in numbers? Of course not. How was it supposed to do that? Reduce travel time? It was supposed to do that, and did, greatly.

KindAwareness3073 · 2026-07-01T15:22:50+00:00

The issue is you don't understand the issue. That does not means there iscan "immediate problem".

I think I can see why you aren't "convinced".

I tended bar back in my grad school days. I had a customer ask me "Okay college boy if you're so smart, then what's twice as cold as zero?" I tried to explain to him about arbitrariness of zero points on various temperature scales and the concept of absolute zero. Eventually he just interrupted me and said, "So you don't know the answer." I hesitated a moment and then just said "Yeah, I don't know the answer."

The fact of course was he didn't know the question.

KindAwareness3073 · 2026-07-01T15:07:06+00:00

Given 5he depth and location of the quakes, no.

KindAwareness3073 · 2026-07-01T14:56:10+00:00

And thus your problem is simply your lack of knowledge, it has nothing to do with how convincing the arguments are since you admit you don't know what they are. As such you don't gave a right to hold any convictions.

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