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#174,101
GBassNorth said:
I've been to Canada a few times and dined out but don't recall, is tipping in Canada out of the norm like it is in many countries around the globe?

Funny tipping story...
About 15 years ago I was with a group of about 10 people and we went to a swank restaurant in Cincinnati for dinner. When it came time to pay I told the waiter to just put it all on one bill and I'd pick up the tab. He did. The service was pretty good considering the size of the group and the complexity involved, so I threw in a 30 percent tip and handed him my credit card (the bill with tip was over $3000).

When I got home that night I took a closer look at the breakdown on the bill and realized the restaurant had automatically put a 20% tip on the bill due to the size of our party (not uncommon), I stupidly just looked at the bottom line and tipped an additional 30%. That was one Happy waiter I'm sure.

The following week I went back to the same restaurant. The waiter spotted me and told the hostess to seat us at one of his tables. He remembered my name and again gave us great service. He ended up with a 20% tip this time and no auto tip built into the bill. I suspect he wasn't as happy.
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I played in restaurant lounges much of my music life, so I'm aware of how things work. I'll sometimes ask the server if they pool tips(I want my 'appreciation' to go to my server). If they say "yes", I shake their hand-with a folded cash tip in my hand-and say "tell the rest of the staff we're Canadians". (Sorry).
 
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#174,102
Bassmike62 said:
I still do 15% and as far as I can tell, that's pretty much the way it goes where I would hang out. I'll give a little more sometimes if I feel I got really good service. I recall only once in my life not tipping at all, but the bastard had it coming. The way I see it, the waiter is part of a chain and if something goes wrong, he's still accountable to the client, but it might not be his personal fault. Heck, $hit happens, might even be nobody's fault.
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Having been in the business at restaurant/lounges most of my music playing years, I can tell if the f---* up is the kitchen or the server. Kitchen? Good tip but I'll let management know that I'm local, I won't be back, and I'll let others know about the problem. Server? I'll leave a quarter-so they know I didn't 'forget' to tip.

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#174,103
Queen says.....

Tip!
Frank and I have been going out at least once a week and especially at the local places we like we're doing 20-22%, some of the wait staff are so good with us and many of them were laid off due to Covid restrictions here in Washington - We've both been very fortunate, kept our jobs, health, gotten both shots months ago and have been able to still enjoy life a little.
Cheers
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We took a little trip out to Ft. Flagler on Marrowstone Is. last week, pretty cool place, here's a gun battery that dates to the late 1890's, it was manned through WWII. Also of note quite a bit of "Officer an Gentleman was filmed nearby in Pt Townsend.

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Feral Feline said:
Appetisers look ... appetising!

I think that Battery is in the movie? Where Gere breaks down doin situps or whatever...






I do, as well as a few others...

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I thought so too, it may be that battery but IMDB claims the movie was shot at nearby Ft. Worden and of course Pt. Townsend. Ft Worden is equally old and as well preserved and has many battery locations too, I have visited it but not recently so a trip back is in order along with more reading about the area and it's military history. Further out on the peninsula along the Strait of Juan de Fuca there are some larger batteries that were designed to intersect with similar installations on Vancouver Is.
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#174,107
Thumper said:
Leon Wilkerson/Lynrd Skynrd bass tone: let's see if I got this straight. Lynrd Skynrd's first album is Ed King, on a Fender J? Second Helping is Leon on a Thunderbird (liner notes say Firebird bass). Nothin' Fancy is Leon on old style Fender Precision (as per liner notes and photo's).

For me, Skynrd came out of nowhere, I was in basic training/technical school '72-'73, '73 in Thailand at the end of the war, and stationed in England '74-'76. I had never heard of them before I enlisted, nor during the next 4 years. When I got out, there they were, but I knew nothing about them, so I'm behind the learning curve here. Definitely in my Top 5 bands of all time....
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I got pronounced the summer of 77. And SS in the early fall. They were fast becoming my favorite band when the planet crashed in October. I was devastated. But I still had a few older albums to listen to.
 
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That's very cool, Tbird1958.

Take some still photos with you to compare movie locations to actual locations — get to the location-truth. Things get fudged a bit in the movies, like the "Bird On A Wire" car chase scene near the cruise-ship terminal in Vancouver that in a matter of minutes winds up in Victoria's Chinatown. :laugh:

Wouldn't surprise me if IMDB got their info regarding the batteries straight from some horse's mouth, but was given a Billy Gibbons' version of the truth. I love the Rev G, he's an astute bizman and has great taste in cars, and I love the way he talks, but... If he tells you he's running his signal through equipment "XoX", don't be surprised if it's actually played through a "ZoZ".

I once had to spray paint bushes with dabs of yellow, because the film production ("Gunfighter's Moon") started filming when there were yellow flowers, but then changed film locations and came back to finish filming the scenes near said bushes months later. Continuity? Whazzat?


dieselman said:
Love that area. We have been up in Discovery Bay a couple of times for a few days. Great area and so close to go see the Olympic National Park and surrounding area. Port Townsend is also a favorite. Great Cider Place in town with changing Menu's for dinner and good outdoor Music Venue.
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Disco Bay has a different vibe here in HK. It's a Stepford Wives type place, where everything and everyone has a place and Godot-forbid you are out of your sector or disturb a blade of grass — a golf-cart fetches more money than a fully-loaded Mercedes-Benz — I kid you not. :wacky:

At least prices have stabilised, they were averaging HK$2M (about a quarter Mill US$) in 2011 and in 2018 fetched about the same.
HK$2 million golf carts cost more than a Tesla in Hong Kong

I miss the Pacific North Wet. Maybe I can get a job there painting bushes again...
 
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Feral Feline said:
Appetisers look ... appetising!

I think that Battery is in the movie? Where Gere breaks down doin situps or whatever...






I do, as well as a few others...

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As I lost the ski season this year (and am still bitter about it), I have watched some yootoobs of people's gopros of some exciting runs. Seeing people going 100kmh+ (62mph+) down runs is vicariously exciting. But, I wouldn't go that fast. As much as I am 99% certain I wouldn't fall/collide I still know that the 1% is catastrophic/life changing and I won't take that risk. Except on club race day when I will go as fast as I can.
 
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Border said:
Yes, she is a long scale, and can go from sweetheart to beast with very little effort!
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Interesting, a Gibson 34" scale hollow-body. Is it new? Very familiar w/ES335 guitars but wasn't aware a bass version was ever made. How long is it overall? My 34" scale '68 Custom Kraft "Bone Buzzer" is very long at 50.5". Same length as my '64 T-bird.

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Nocturnal said:
You could also swing thru my desert and try out a few Bird variations on the way home.
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Oh, yes! I'm sorry I forgot about AZ. Invitation noted. My wife wants to go to AZ, so we might actually make it that far one of these days. Not likely till our parents, or at least my mother is not needing our being here. But I certainly would enjoy meeting up some time and swaping lies! And you definitely have some basses I'd love to play. They won't appreciate my lack of talent, however.
 
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TBird1958 said:
Queen says.....

Tip!
Frank and I have been going out at least once a week and especially at the local places we like we're doing 20-22%, some of the wait staff are so good with us and many of them were laid off due to Covid restrictions here in Washington - We've both been very fortunate, kept our jobs, health, gotten both shots months ago and have been able to still enjoy life a little.
Cheers
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We took a little trip out to Ft. Flagler on Marrowstone Is. last week, pretty cool place, here's a gun battery that dates to the late 1890's, it was manned through WWII. Also of note quite a bit of "Officer an Gentleman was filmed nearby in Pt Townsend.

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Charcouterie!! Jelly (like you would say):laugh:
 
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#174,119
Engle said:
What’s funny about that for me is when I’m in the states I’ll say thank you to the waiter and the reply is often “uh huh”.
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You've got class. We have a growing number of people who lack not only basic manners but feel entitled to you paying their salary. Generally the further South you go the friendlier people "tend" to be. But that's no hard and fast rule by any means. There are nice people all over, just getting fewer it seems.
 
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