What you talkin' about?!

dindindin · Post by **dindindin** » 15 Mar 2012, 19:42

I doubt that garbage collectors here are very interested in perks, Rags and Bones, queues, Guy Fawkes, or anything
else indigenous to the Third World. These guys make $28 an hour(with perks, er benefits), they make a living. I really
have no interest in them either. I brought them up in the interest of diplomacy,perhaps to establish common ground.
I'm reluctant to post anything to any of the "topics" available. They're just silly. Like my references to colloqualisms
I hadnt thought about in 55 years. All this talk over a figure of speech.......You know, come to think of it, I'm
repulsed by foreigners in a mob, trying to push to the front. I think thats called rugby.

Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 15 Mar 2012, 19:58

I took care of the city dump in the town I lived in in Utah, people would ask how much I made, I told them five dollars an hour and all I can eat.

dindindin · Post by **dindindin** » 15 Mar 2012, 20:59

How come there's always seagulls at a dump? Even if its 1000 miles from the ocean.

Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 16 Mar 2012, 00:09

In Utah its probably because of the Mormon crickets. They come back every few years.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » 16 Mar 2012, 06:01

dindindin wrote:foreigners in a mob, trying to push to the front. I think thats called rugby.

That gets my Quote of the Day vote

C0ldf1re · Post by **C0ldf1re** » 16 Mar 2012, 06:14

Fran wrote:
dindindin wrote:foreigners in a mob, trying to push to the front. I think thats called rugby.
That gets my Quote of the Day vote

It made me laugh, too!

dindindin · Post by **dindindin** » 16 Mar 2012, 06:19

@Bighuey
Las Vegas used to be Mormon land. They sold it to Union Pacific(The Harrimans) in 1905. UP built a train station
there and later the Union Plaza when gambling was legalized(1935, give or take). UP still owns most of the undeveloped
land behind the Plaza and its stillquite a chunk. The Marriot hotel chain is a Mormon enterprise. The ones they have
in LV, save one, have no gambling(not even machines). When's the last time you were in Las Vegas? I know you mentioned seeing Red Skelton here.

-- 16 Mar 2012, 06:31 --

@Fran and COldf1re. Am most appreciative. Thanks. COldf1re: Lets agree to disagree. What say?
I'm 100 pages into "The Help". The dialogue makes it slow going. Sometimes I just want to holler HELP!!!!!!!!
But shall press on. Cheerio.

C0ldf1re · Post by **C0ldf1re** » 16 Mar 2012, 07:00

dindindin wrote:... COldf1re: Lets agree to disagree. What say?...

Well, I can't promise to disagree with you all that much, Hank. Some of your posts are real gems. It must have been fantastic being one of your fares. You must have had them laughing all the way to the casino. And I much prefer Oscar Wilde to rugby, anyway!

Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 16 Mar 2012, 09:15

dindindin wrote:@Bighuey
Las Vegas used to be Mormon land. They sold it to Union Pacific(The Harrimans) in 1905. UP built a train station
there and later the Union Plaza when gambling was legalized(1935, give or take). UP still owns most of the undeveloped
land behind the Plaza and its stillquite a chunk. The Marriot hotel chain is a Mormon enterprise. The ones they have
in LV, save one, have no gambling(not even machines). When's the last time you were in Las Vegas? I know you mentioned seeing Red Skelton here.

-- 16 Mar 2012, 06:31 --

@Fran and COldf1re. Am most appreciative. Thanks. COldf1re: Lets agree to disagree. What say?
I'm 100 pages into "The Help". The dialogue makes it slow going. Sometimes I just want to holler HELP!!!!!!!!
But shall press on. Cheerio.

I went through there about a year ago. Its really built up now, and they are building new casinos everywhere. Marriot was a Mormon, he also started the A+W root beer stands.

dindindin · Post by **dindindin** » 16 Mar 2012, 10:30

C0ldf1re wrote:
dindindin wrote:... COldf1re: Lets agree to disagree. What say?...
Well, I can't promise to disagree with you all that much, Hank. Some of your posts are real gems. It must have been fantastic being one of your fares. You must have had them laughing all the way to the casino. And I much prefer Oscar Wilde to rugby, anyway!

Fair enough.

Geneen Karstens · Post by **Geneen Karstens** » 18 Mar 2012, 14:15

My mother replied to doing thing with "if the good Lord's willin' and the creek don't rise" another one from back in the day" if at first you don't succeed try again, then give up. No sense bein' a darn fool about it".