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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

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beans-on-toast said:
In Japan some restaurants take credit but most deal only in cash. For such a technically advanced country, they are going kicking and screaming into the digital economy.
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I don't know how it was/is in France, but in Germany, the waitstaff in the pubs carried large folding leather wallets with coins and bills. Time to pay? They tell you how much, you pay them right then and they make change on the spot. Very efficient.
 
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gtmalone said:
Went out to top off the washer fluid in the Honda. Hadn't cleaned the engine compartment in a while so got out the Simple Green and the hose then noticed the start of a rats nest on top of the battery. Geez. Thanks to people in the neighborhood that leave pet food outside then wonder why they have a RATT problem (see what I did there?). Removed the battery and tray from the car, cleaned up the mess, then finish cleaning the engine. Didn't see any sign of chewed up stuff. I guess this will become periodic maintenance.

This Accord is smarter than the last one. Disconnecting the battery does not loose the radio presets or seat position memory. :thumbsup: Very happy with this car!
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There is some [stuff] called "Rodent Sheriff"(no affiliation)made for that. It's a spray with a lotta peppermint oil in it. Apparently rodents can't hack the smell. There's some other [stuff] that also has vinegar, garlic, and cayenne in it. Also not liked by rodents. I make my own now that I know the ingredients, if not the percentages.
If you feed birds, you can add cayenne to the bird seed. It doesn't bother the birds, but squirrels-and rats-hate it.
 
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GonePlaid said:
There is some [stuff] called "Rodent Sheriff"(no affiliation)made for that. It's a spray with a lotta peppermint oil in it. Apparently rodents can't hack the smell. There's some other [stuff] that also has vinegar, garlic, and cayenne in it. Also not liked by rodents. I make my own now that I know the ingredients, if not the percentages.
If you feed birds, you can add cayenne to the bird seed. It doesn't bother the birds, but squirrels-and rats-hate it.
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Tried that with the cayenne pepper. The squirrels won and I gave up on the feeding the birds thing.
 
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beans-on-toast said:
Egg places never fail to surprise me. Every single one of them that I come across have lineups out the door.
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Even Awful House. The few times I've ever eaten in one, I've sat where I could watch the cook. They have an interesting short order signaling system that is detailed here: How to call Waffle House orders: How to call Waffle House orders . (There is also the Waffle House Index, but that's a different thing: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct..._House_Index&usg=AOvVaw0V-7Vo5NgrGaHcC7qls4wx .) Despite what popular wisdom says, I've always enjoyed breakfast there, and the service has been uniformly good. I think I've been to Waffle Houses in four different states, but none are closer than a 45-minute drive now.
 
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GwenOnBass said:
French side.

And while I may yet hold some capacity to understand Bavarian German, Swiss German is :unsure:
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Bavarian German took me about 3 weeks to understand. I didn't make much effort to speak it, but it made a lot of German smoother/easier to say. Plat Deutsch, like in Köln and further north, is impossible to learn if you don't speak it from childhood.

High German: Das kann ich mich auch nicht verstehen.

Bavarian German: Das kann i' mi' oy net versteh'.

English: I can't understand that either.

That phrase in Bavarian German wins easily for being the easiest to say.
 
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Deleted member 268085 said:
You got through to someone who actually cancelled your TV service?

Not Centurylink. Not Suddenlink.

Both send you to "retention". If you can get through. Once you tell the automated system that you want to cancel ANYTHING, it sends you to call center hell.

I spent 5 months trying to close my Centurylink account. Hours on hold. Each time it sounded like I was coming off of elevator music and being transferred, the line dropped. Never once even got through to retention. Of course, they kept adding monthly charges to the bill that I had no intention of paying. During a move within Centurylink's service area, I needed to have their modem authorized for the new area. The online tech who was doing the work bricked the modem. "We'll send you a replacement." Then they charged me for the modem! Didn't pay that either.

Credit report ding.

I spent 1.5 years trying to cancel the TV part of my Suddenlink account. Never got through to retention. I paid for the f'ing service the whole time. Bastidges. When I went to close my account (moving out of Suddenlink's service area), it took hours to get through to retention. I finally got someone who I asked to have my account closed on a certain date. Never happened. I called back and finally, once again, got through to retention. I reached a young lady who inadvertently told my why nothing ever gets done. Call center reps in retention get dinged money-wise if they fail to retain a customer, even one moving out of the service area. She told me that most reps agree to do what you ask, but never enter your request in the system. No ding. That final rep took my order...and did f'ing NOTHING. Exactly what she told me everyone else did. No way I'm paying for that.

Another credit report ding. Down from 830 to 760 just for that.

Good thing French banking doesn't use the stupid American credit reporting system. Not nearly as much debt outstanding as in the U.S. Many stores don't take credit cards. Cash or a bank card (debit).

Got no money? Wait. Not such a bad way of doing things.
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This is why we do executive complaints. Don't F with me. I'm retired. I have time to make executive complaints and I get enjoyment from it!

The other line I use is "You're going to fix this or you'll have to talk to my wife. You really don't want that." :laugh:
 
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beans-on-toast said:
Egg places never fail to surprise me. Every single one of them that I come across have lineups out the door.
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And why is every Waffle House I've ever been in sticky? I mean everything is sticky. I go to a WH maybe every two years if there is nothing else close to a hotel. Usually on scooter trips at the end of the day and I don't feel like searching for food.
 
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Jeff Scott said:
Kids, these days! Don't they have anything better to do?

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Where is the kid going to go from there. He has nothing to look forward to. Look what happened to Danny Partridge. It was all downhill for him after their band broke up.

At one point he worked as a waitress in a German beer hall.

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