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Re: Anyone who's ever worked as a food server knows "everything" that goes
You're quite welcome, Pat. Of course I was just having fun with that pizza order. I know a pizza "with everything on it" is referring to whatever toppings that pizzeria has on hand. But you're right about the demeanor of certain customers. I must admit I've never worked in the 'food industry' in any capacity, but I have been a customer, and have seen how other less-than-desirable customers treat some of the servers! Perhaps a nasty hangover is their punishment for being sarcastic or condescending . . . 
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JimmyA
on December 3, 2014 at 6:12 AM
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Thanks for not giving up, adnohr! When my wife and I were 'between computers,' we didn't have a tablette, but had to go to a local library and use their computers ( a royal pain in the butt! ). And they don't have hot tubs in the library either. . .
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JimmyA
on December 3, 2014 at 6:07 AM
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I understand, TAPS. I can only assume that 'pocket' may be referring to a small pocketbook or purse. In that case, it's easy to understand how someone might lose it! But when they're on your pants, it's probably a little more difficult to explain . . .
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JimmyA
on December 3, 2014 at 6:05 AM
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Re: JimmyA
Well, Bill, besides the fact that both sets of my grandparents are deceased, something tells me that they would be considered so "old-school" that they probably wouldn't even bother with computers, let alone doing anything on Blog-it . . .
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JimmyA
on December 3, 2014 at 6:03 AM
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Anyone who's ever worked as a food server knows "everything" that goes
on a dinner order is considerably different if the customer is sarcastic, condescending or drunk. There's more that goes into a hangover than overindulging. And they never forget a lousy tipper. Lucy Locket was a rope-jumping song when I was a kid. Thanks for the happy scoop of nostalgia!
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Pat_B
on December 3, 2014 at 5:31 AM
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I lost YOU, Jimmy, hitting the wrong button on that darned tablette I was forced to use to read Blogit while my computer was sick. Now I have a brand new computer...clicked around until I found you again, and voila!!
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adnohr
on December 3, 2014 at 4:02 AM
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I lost a pocket once...put it on top of the car while loading in my little sons and then forgot it and drove off. It was lost somewhere between where I began and where I ended. No one ever called to tell me they found it, so I was out some money and all of my important cards. I got a big laugh out of your question as to how one loses a pocket.
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TAPS.
on December 2, 2014 at 11:42 PM
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JimmyA
Now your grandfather could blogit Jimmy. BC-A, Bill's Roost
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BC-A
on December 2, 2014 at 3:18 PM
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Re: JimmyA
Thanks, Sir Wiley. And the day I see a crow hauling a flat tire is the day I head for the hills . . .
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JimmyA
on December 2, 2014 at 12:49 PM
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JimmyA
- I can never understand why, on certain occasions, some people will give me directions, and conclude by telling me the mileage distance based on “as the crow flies.” Since I’m neither a crow, nor have the ability to fly, this information is utterly useless to me! Stop it, people!
Of course you never asked how far a place is if the crow had to get there rolling a flat tire right pard? Great Monday post JimmyA
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WileyJohn
on December 2, 2014 at 9:08 AM
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I've lost many things in my life, FSI, but I've never lost a pocket either! If someone can actually steal my pants without me knowing it, then they deserve my pocket. However, there probably would only be a penny in it . . .
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JimmyA
on December 2, 2014 at 7:48 AM
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I'm not sure how it is in England, C C T, but here in the states, there are no 'terms of endearment' with dicky in them! It's always received as a negative! And I can only assume that when they were referring to 'pocket,' it may have been used to describe a small change purse of sorts. But, losing a pocket is still losing a pocket . . .
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JimmyA
on December 2, 2014 at 7:47 AM
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That's what I've seen too, Naut! That's why "as the crow flies" never really made any sense to me! And what's wrong with a little sheetrock on your pizza? Or would you prefer insulation . . . ?
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JimmyA
on December 2, 2014 at 7:44 AM
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Now you got me wondering how one loses a pocket.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on December 1, 2014 at 5:16 PM
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Well Jimmy just a quicky probably in Lucy Locket's day pockets were no sown onto clothing unless one was very rich and fashionable I never had one sewn onto my jersey when I was a lad. So we carried our pocket in our hand or placed it in our trouser pocket, little girls did not wear trousers.
Funnily enough there are several versions of dick. He's clever old dick. He sticks his dick into everything. Hello little dicky. ( A term of endearment) he's a proper dickhead (not complimentary.) He's a proper little dicktator( old woman over the fence).
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C_C_T
on December 1, 2014 at 10:58 AM
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Jimmy
LOL! I certainly could have done without the sheetrock! And there wasn't even a comely damsel popping out of that pizza? Disappointing...Oh, and following crows wouldn't get you very far. Around here they just fly around in circles and then just sit somewhere...
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Nautikos
on December 1, 2014 at 7:27 AM
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