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If you like rap, or think you might like a really good an interesting rap album, I highly recommend the new Kid Cudi. $4 on Amazon mp3 still. -- (link) - TFox Sep 16, 14:36
I heard the loveliest words at the end of NCIS last night: "Stay tuned for scenes of our next episode." which means season premiere next week! -- nm - peglegpete Sep 16, 14:35
I love reading hotel reviews like "staff hardly spoke English!!!" - ty97 Sep 16, 14:28 55
- it all depends on WHERE in spain that hotel is - Danedukenuuk Sep 16, 14:41
- honestly, they should. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:29 53
  - business-wise, if I'm managing the hotel? Certainly, a good idea. But if I'm in a foreign country, I respect that maybe their language is - ty97 Sep 16, 14:34 18
    - yep. -- nm - kelly Sep 16, 14:38
    - Outside of the hotel sure. Inside the hotel it is their job. I don't expect them to speak every language on earth. - loosilu Sep 16, 14:35 16
      - you expect *hotel clerks* to speak 4-6 languages? -- nm - ty97 Sep 16, 14:36 8
        
        you know what? They often do and it's very good for the hotel. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:36 7
        
        They often do? What hotels do you stay at? - ty97 Sep 16, 14:37 6
        
        In Europe it wouldn't be uncommon, especially for the limited vocabulary you need for guests needs -- nm - Roger More Sep 16, 14:39 1
        
        I needed just a dozen words or so to be able to book a room. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:39
        
        i wonder how many languages the average american hotel clerk speaks? -- nm - Andie Sep 16, 14:38 2
        
        I'm just talking based on numbers. I am sure there are many many English speaking visitors at a Spanish hotel in a major city. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:39
        
        .7 -- nm - znufrii Sep 16, 14:39
        
        I dunno, many kinds. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:38
      - not every language on earth, no...just yours. - znufrii Sep 16, 14:36 6
        
        hello, I already said I've learned enough of other languages to get a room. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:37 5
        
        $50!! good time!! fuckee fuckee!! ? - peglegpete Sep 16, 14:39 1
        
        Even if it was, I think she'd still be waiting... -- nm - kelly Sep 16, 14:42
        
        it. was. a. joke. - znufrii Sep 16, 14:37 1
        
        well, I liek to think I'm a good traveler so was kind of insulted there. ;P -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:38
        
        sure, but that's not 'speaking italian'. -- nm - Andie Sep 16, 14:37
  - some of them. not every hotel. -- nm - TFox Sep 16, 14:29 33
    - They probably do speak English - just not enough to meet the complainer's standards - Roger More Sep 16, 14:32 2
      - ok, that is another issue. :) -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:32 1
        
        Ive read a lot of hotel/restaurant reviews and for me spotting the reviewers who are inveterate complainers is part of the process :) -- nm - Roger More Sep 16, 14:36
    - it's a hotel. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:29 29
      - in Spain. -- nm - ty97 Sep 16, 14:33 5
        
        which gets visitors who are not from spain. that is their business. If it was a car repair shop, that would be different. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:33 4
        
        True, they get visitors from outside Spain. Like Germany, Japan, Indonesia, Russia. - ty97 Sep 16, 14:34 3
        
        as a traveler, you know that English is the most common language used as a passe-partout. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:36 2
        
        certainly. I also know to leave my entitlement at home. - ty97 Sep 16, 14:37 1
        
        I'm just talking about smart business. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:38
      - so i read. so they should hopefully provide places for guests to sleep, with clean towels and shit. - TFox Sep 16, 14:30 8
        
        dude, it's a hotel. They should do it as good business practice. The hotel I stayed at in Guam had staff who spoke Japanese and Korean. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:32 6
        
        Teaching your employees any skill raises costs. This gives an advantage to those hotels who choose not to do it. - con_carne Sep 16, 14:38 1
        
        who needs to teach them? Foreign languages are required at secondary schools around the world. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:40
        
        and, i bet SOMEONE in the hotel spoke english, but, not the entire 'staff'. - Andie Sep 16, 14:34 1
        
        fair enough. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:36
        
        i can't imagine every hotel in a major city has a full suite of translation drones. -- nm - TFox Sep 16, 14:33 1
        
        English is so common, of course they can do that. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:33
        
        they supply clean shit? -- nm - peglegpete Sep 16, 14:31
      - plus, even if you think they don't need to, it is helpful to other travelers to know that. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:30 6
        
        yes, but a traveller shouldn't leave feedback as if they are entitled to it. -- nm - znufrii Sep 16, 14:32 3
        
        If a hotel doesn't have AC or a pool, I'd like to know that. Not that I think I'm entitled to it. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:33 2
        
        and you likely wouldn't leave a feedback comment of the same tone as the one that originated this thread. -- nm - znufrii Sep 16, 14:34 1
        
        well, I don't know the tone. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:37
        
        yes, i agree with that. but it should give them one star for it or whatever. -- nm - TFox Sep 16, 14:31 1
        
        -n't -- nm - TFox Sep 16, 14:31
      - so, should they speak chinese and german too? -- nm - Andie Sep 16, 14:30 6
        
        If they get a lot of visitors who speak those languages, yes. But English has become the lingua franca. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:31 5
        
        I like how that literally means "french language" -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 14:33 4
        
        I know. :) -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:34
        
        English is the new French. get with it Reagen! -- nm - Guy Sep 16, 14:33 2
        
        I'm not criticizing. I just find language amusing. -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 14:35
        
        empanadas are the new unicorns. -- nm - znufrii Sep 16, 14:35
DML: Pick my CD for the commute home. Magical Mystery Tour, Revolver, Rubber Soul. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:27 3
- MMT -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 16, 14:35
- Revolver -- nm - J Sep 16, 14:27 1
  - winner. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:28
what's up with CBSsports.com? their stats have been effed up for weeks now. -- nm - Guy Sep 16, 14:24 2
- it's an extremely mediocre website? -- nm - TFox Sep 16, 14:25 1
  - this is correct, but its worse than usual -- nm - Guy Sep 16, 14:35
Midgets vs. Mascots unrated trailer (NSFW) -- (link) - Cloudy with a Chance of Dano Sep 16, 14:21
I am sad that Reaper is not returning. And sadder that Chuck's return is still like 6 months out. nm - Jovian Sep 16, 14:18
Bear tore out your ribcage? Don't worry. There's an App for that! -- (link) - oblique Sep 16, 14:15
Today's forecast, overcast with off/on rain. Repeat for the next 7 days. -- nm - Qale Sep 16, 14:14 7
- The weather man said the low pressure sitting on Texas has been there so long he's calling it Larry the Low now. -- nm - Qale Sep 16, 14:31
- here, after a dreadful summer, it still hasn't rained at all in september! -- nm - Andie Sep 16, 14:20 4
  - It's just so grey and blah and depressing. -- nm - Qale Sep 16, 14:28
  - September has been awesome here. Sunny and right at 80 degrees, give or take a couple, every day for a couple weeks now. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 16, 14:22 2
    - our nights have started cooling down, but the days are still high 70s too, perfect fall weather. -- nm - Andie Sep 16, 14:26 1
      - nothing tops sweatshirt-and-shorts weather,. -- nm - TFox Sep 16, 14:26
- here: highs near 105, lows 80 no rain in sight -- nm - peglegpete Sep 16, 14:18
President Obama broke out a lightsaber as part of his Chicago 2016 push at the White House today. He is too cool. -- (link) - Hotkiss Sep 16, 14:14 4
- *Please* tell me that's Dick Cheney's cloak on the ground. nm - Dignan Sep 16, 14:18 2
  - Heh. Will he reappear as the old Dick or the young Dick?? -- nm - Don Homer Sep 16, 14:24
  - If you strike me down, I shall become stronger than you can possibly imagine. -- nm - Jedi Cheney si Sep 16, 14:24
- I like that his sense of humor is a bit above the "turd blossom" variety. -- nm - TWuG Sep 16, 14:16
Cause I know yall were wondering - Melrose Place - Ashlee Simpson can NOT act - not even a little - Epiphany Sep 16, 14:14 5
- So is half the episode just her doing a ho-down? -- nm - Ender Sep 16, 14:15 2
  - what's weird is that the background extras keep going on like she's actually saying her lines. -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 14:16
  - and then a pimps-up? -- nm - TFox Sep 16, 14:15
- yes she can too act! - peglegpete Sep 16, 14:14 1
  - whoot! -- nm - Epiphany Sep 16, 14:15
Still need passport photos. Still have big face pimple. Still not happy. -- nm - ty97 Sep 16, 14:12 9
- It's Windex time. -- nm - Subversive Sep 16, 14:14 2
  - ?? -- nm - ty97 Sep 16, 14:19 1
    - My Big Fat ty97 Wedding -- nm - oblique Sep 16, 14:20
- did you replace the blue shirt yet? -- nm - peglegpete Sep 16, 14:14
- thought you already got it replaced? -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:13 4
  - I got an emergency passport in Milan. It is good for three months. I need a new permanent passport. - ty97 Sep 16, 14:16
  - he got his face replaced? no wonder he needs a new passport photo -- nm - znufrii Sep 16, 14:13 2
    - with the amount of weight he lost, I bet the customs inspectors think it's a fake document anyway. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:15 1
      - I weighed around 255 when the original passport phot was taken (as opposed to my 305 starting weight) - ty97 Sep 16, 14:17
Is Obama the Antichrist? 8% said yes. 13% aren't sure. Among Republicans 14% said yes and 15% weren't sure. -- (link) - Don Homer Sep 16, 14:07 16
- this leads me to wonder how crazy a question would have to be to not get a significant response. - Reagen Sep 16, 14:10 13
  - "Is Obama the Keymaster or the Gatekeeper?" -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 16, 14:14
  - It makes me wonder if there is a market out there for a polling-for-entertainment company/website. - TFox Sep 16, 14:12
  - "Do you agree with President Obama's modest proposal to make babies "the other, other white meat"?" -- nm - TWuG Sep 16, 14:12
  - I've been thinking that as well, more broadly. - nubby Sep 16, 14:11 9
    - At a certain level of ridiculosity people just start fucking with you when answering. -- nm - Ender Sep 16, 14:15 7
      - I was once asked a series of poll questions in a way that made me say I support nuclear power, at a time in my young life when I wouldn't have. -- nm - con_carne Sep 16, 14:24
      - Exactly. -- nm - Loyola Sep 16, 14:18
      - Believing Obama is the antichrist is really no more ridiculous than believing there *is* (or will be) an antichrist. nm - Dignan Sep 16, 14:17 3
        
        I fall in that group who makes a distinction. -- nm - nubby Sep 16, 14:23
        
        oh my gawd - there is SO GOING to be an antichrist - Epiphany Sep 16, 14:23
        
        Or *just as* depending on your POV. -- nm - TWuG Sep 16, 14:20
      - I've been polled a few times. If it's an obvious push poll I give crazy answers. -- nm - TWuG Sep 16, 14:17
    - No, "Do you agree with Obama that one plus one equals two?" -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 14:13
- Ah, the statistical outcome of asking really funny poll questions. -- nm - TFox Sep 16, 14:09 1
  - seriously... did they ask "was hitler good?" as a control -- nm - stewie Sep 16, 14:10
Patton Oswalt's episode is the leap to greatness, but it was two before that where it lept to "really good". -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 14:07 3
- Personally, I was hooked as soon as the (spoils) - TFox Sep 16, 14:08 2
  - Personal fantasy of yours? :) The backup singer and cult ones were kind of regrettable. - Reagen Sep 16, 14:12 1
    - I didn't think they were bad, but they weren't highlights, I agree. The back up singer one at least had a decent twist. -- nm - TFox Sep 16, 14:13
~It's been awhile/since I could look at these lyrics without wincing~ -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 14:04 2
- Seriously. They make you want to like, shake the shit out of him. nm - Dignan Sep 16, 14:12
- One of my earliest mistakes as a young music reviewer was giving that album a really glowing write-up. -- nm - TFox Sep 16, 14:06
Airlines make me laugh. Look at are flight from Madrid to Fort Myers, so I'd go through Miami, right? - ty97 Sep 16, 14:04 12
- *reroutes you through New Jersey* - znufrii Sep 16, 14:05 11
  - I don't fly Contintental often, so I get to avoid Jersey. - ty97 Sep 16, 14:06 10
    - I've flown into/out of there a couple times, the airport itself isn't bad, just getting to/from the City is a pain. -- nm - znufrii Sep 16, 14:06 9
      - I head the Jersey airport smells like fishsticks -- nm - Hotkiss Sep 16, 14:08 2
        
        There are numerous gay fish in NJ -- nm - ty97 Sep 16, 14:09 1
        
        and they all use Axe body spray. -- nm - TFox Sep 16, 14:10
      - IIRC, I took the airport train to a NJ transit train right to Penn. - ty97 Sep 16, 14:07 5
        
        also the NJTransit train is like $15 to get out at the airport, iirc. -- nm - znufrii Sep 16, 14:13
        
        now if only they'd connect LGA to public transit -- nm - znufrii Sep 16, 14:12 2
        
        It is connected to mass transit, just not the train. (I prefer the 'close LGA to free up airspace' model myself') - ty97 Sep 16, 14:18 1
        
        you know what I mean... :) - znufrii Sep 16, 14:20
        
        yep, been there for years. I did that in high school. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:09
Most seats at Yankee Stadium to cost the same next season -- (link) - znufrii Sep 16, 14:04 3
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  - yeah, those were pretty darn good seats. -- nm - znufrii Sep 16, 14:20
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Has anyone here ever used pre-buy priviledges from radio station 'fan clubs' to buy tickets to a concert with the intent of reselling for a profit? - Subversive Sep 16, 14:00 21
- join the band's fan club actually. but the scalpers are great customers of the ticket agents and probably get frequent flyer privledges we could only - zeitgeist Sep 16, 14:18 1
  - btw, I only buy tickets to resell when its a concert I want to go to anyway, I'll buy more than I need, resell to break even, or end up being a great - zeitgeist Sep 16, 14:20
- Belonging to the group's fan club can sometimes getyou great seats. I have 2nd row for Trans Siberian Orch. in January. - TWuG Sep 16, 14:09 5
  - I got tickets for a fanclub-only show in October. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:10 4
    - For? - TWuG Sep 16, 14:14 3
      - kidding, right? Acoustic Hanson show here in DC for 300 fans. - loosilu Sep 16, 14:18 2
        
        I didn't want to presume. -- nm - TWuG Sep 16, 14:21 1
        
        I had mentioned it here, guess you missed it. :) -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:22
- it's the opposite, usually. You get pretty crappy seats. - Reagen Sep 16, 14:03 1
  - Interesting. -- nm - Subversive Sep 16, 14:05
- The part about best seats is sort of incorrect. - MDH Sep 16, 14:02
- Ticket resale for profit has fallen off the planet around here. Its the easiest way to lose money I can think of. -- nm - TFox Sep 16, 14:02 3
  - Coldplay in DC this summer is a perfect example - MDH Sep 16, 14:04 1
    - I've had friends and family take a bath on everything from Red Sox playoff tickets to Pats games to U2 concerts and on down the line. - TFox Sep 16, 14:05
  - *Hits nail on head* -- nm - MDH Sep 16, 14:02
- Sorry, worst first ever. -- nm - Subversive Sep 16, 14:01
- I bet Baldy has. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:01 4
  - never. - Remlik Sep 16, 14:02 3
    - "I'll give you a handjob to take these Nickelback tickets!" -- nm - Reagen Sep 16, 14:08 1
      - heh....no those I gave to guys to get my oil changed for free. -- nm - Remlik Sep 16, 14:14
    - laughing. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:06

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