September 06, 2005
Born and bred
All three boys have done the bulk of their growing up here in Atlanta but only Burger was conceived and born natively. Sometimes it shows.
Me: Everybody ready? Let's get in the van and get going.
[Kids begin climbing into the vehicle.]
Me: Woah there, Burger! You've got to finish that soda before you get in the van. Drink it or toss it.
[Burger looks up at me like I am a complete moron. A complete moron who has deeply offended him.]
Burger: It's not a SODA. It's a COKE.
I ended up holding it for him while we drove home. It being a COKE and all, we couldn't let it go to waste.
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I have to agree with you on this one and I was raised in south Georgia myself.
Of course, I'm also the person insisting that summer doesn't end until day <= night.
Posted by: Trey Givens at September 06, 2005 01:43 PM (yaMs/)
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Soda? I can't get over the fact that people call it soda. When I lived in California everyone called soft drinks Coke. "You want a coke?" "What kind of coke?" "We have pepsi, 7up or Root beer". Here in the good ol state of Ohio they call it pop. Took a while to get used to....
Posted by: Tiffani at September 06, 2005 02:23 PM (KE4Gu)
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Yeah, it's all Coke.
I don't know why but the word "pop" just really grates on my nerves.
Posted by: DeAnna at September 06, 2005 03:14 PM (IdVP4)
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I can't stand calling it "pop" that's just bizarre.
Posted by: caltechgirl at September 06, 2005 03:25 PM (Fhzb0)
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ahhh, a fellow coke connoseur!
Posted by: michele at September 06, 2005 11:03 PM (TWN8U)
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As a northern Illinois resident. It's pop. Soda just sounds weird.
Posted by: Contagion at September 07, 2005 08:42 AM (Q5WxB)
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I was born in Ohio, so I'm going to blame any leanings I have toward "pop" on my maternal family.
Damned yankees!
And it's looks like my first comment got cut off due to using the less than sign.
That's supposed to read "day less than or equal to night" at the end.
Posted by: Trey Givens at September 07, 2005 08:46 AM (yaMs/)
Posted by: Tiffani at September 07, 2005 11:33 AM (KE4Gu)
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Kids gotta love em.
Posted by: Sompopo at September 07, 2005 07:27 PM (TsMw6)
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We only drink 'coke' where I come from! Everything is coke.
Posted by: Bou at September 07, 2005 09:40 PM (5JHEt)
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September 03, 2005
She's Mad As Hell
Diamond Dave here, throwing in his two cents worth.
My wife works at Georgia Tech at night. She was witness to some of the relief efforts going on there for the storm refugees from La/Miss. Some of the things she heard and saw concerning these efforts upset her greatly. Here is a copy of the email she sent me, which she also sent to various news organizations:
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My short version?What I have been saying as long as I live:FUCK THE RED CROSS!
Posted by: LW at September 03, 2005 11:38 PM (oqu5j)
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I have heard this in a case where a bottled H2O company was told the same and turned away as well. They had trucks of bottled H2O and it was not accepted.
Lets not forget about the missused funds donated to the 911 disaster.
I wash my hands of the Red Curse/Cross. I will never donate another dime to it.
There are other ways to provide assistance to those in need
Posted by: D. at September 03, 2005 11:44 PM (GnVlK)
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My point exactly......9/11......"sorry we are not using the money donated for this cause for other causes"......FUCK YOU!I wrote on the fucking check that it is for 9/11 so you damn well BETTER use it for that!Red Cross sucks ass as long as they excist...unfortunatly me Grandpa is dead soe you can no longer ask him about his WW1 and 2 experience with thos assholes.
Posted by: LW at September 03, 2005 11:52 PM (oqu5j)
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yep...sounds like the Red Cross. Their reputation precedes them, once again.
There are many fine organizations out there doing great work and still able to treat people with kindness and dignity....Salvation Army is one of them and always has been.
Posted by: Pam at September 05, 2005 12:00 PM (4nIyv)
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Pam and all,
I also have not given to the "Red Cross" in over 40 years...While stationed in Germany in 1963...I had an army buddy that lost his dad back in the states. He could not afford to make the trip back for his dad's funeral...so the "Good Ole Red Cross" said, "not to worry they would take of everything"...land transportation, air fare, food, spending money, etc. Well I can't say how much the total cost was, but it was a lot for an Army private making $113.00 a month. My friend stayed about a month on leave and settled his dad's personal affairs, etc.
About a month after he returned from his leave, he got a bill from the "Good Ole Red Cross" for the full amount of $ for his trip back to the USA.
Since he did not have that much money, the "Good Ole Red Cross" took it out of his $113.00 a month for the rest of his tour in Germany. From then on he was the poorest member of our company. The members of the 164th MP Company started a fund for our buddy and gave him enough money to make ends meet each month. He was my best friend and I know it made him feel terrible to have to accept our donations. Needless to say, no member of the 164th MP Company has given a dime to the Red Cross in over 40 years. I give my extra $ to the Salvation Army...they may have problems also, but I have never heard anything negative about them.
Just my 2 cents...thanks for listening.
TMc
Posted by: Thomas McKinnie at September 08, 2005 08:53 AM (5h9+Q)
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September 01, 2005
The sky is falling!
Mass hysteria gripped Atlanta yesterday. It started with a broadcast by Governor Sonny "Not the chicken guy" Purdue. In a move that could best be called ill advised, he went on the air to say that the fuel supply to northern Georgia had been compromised but people were working on it and it would all be back to normal in a couple of days.
People freaked. There was a generalized run on the gas stations. Prices started skyrocketing.
Sonny went back on the air to say there was no emergency and that people should calm down. The compromised fuel supply was actually only 20% of our normal fuel delivery (most of our fuel is shipped in and then trucked), it was only a temporary problem, the worst that could happen would be a two day shortening of Atlanta's normal 10 day fuel reserves. People should stay home and play with their kids instead of spending hours in a line at a gas station.
This message came way too late and did nothing to counter the alarm generated by his earlier message. By then prices had topped $3.50 in most places and some stations were running out of gas. People freaked more. Prices went higher. More stations ran out of gas. People went into gas panic frenzies.
The panicked jackasses continued the run on gas through the rush hour and later. By the time it was over the price of a gallon had spiked over $5 in some locations. The highest I saw on my ride home was $4.19.
This morning the talking heads were out. The AAA regional manager explained that in the best of circumstances if everybody filled up on the same day we would likely run out of gas in the area. Fortunately only about 60% of the people in Atlanta are morons so we are in a shortage situation now instead of a crisis situation.
On my way into work this morning about 80% of the stations were out of gas. The ones that did have some left were selling for between $2.89 and $3.19 with one discrepant station still trying to get $4.09. None of them had many customers, of course.
Stupid people irritate me. Stupid people who affect my life anger me. Stupid people who affect my life by costing me money really piss me the hell off.
For more on the situation see Trey about The Price of Gas or my Lovely Redneck Wife about the Crazy People.
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