start a victory garden and ration your IRRATIONALLY ANGRY feelings, part 3

There's a new development near my kid's school, with a restaurant and apartments and a charter school. All of this very tight fresh urban design.

Except, here's how they installed the parking spaces on the two-lane street. See what's wrong with this? Hint: I live in the U.S.

https://i.imgur.com/dA5J1UO.jpg

I noticed in Singapore that absolutely every car was backed into a parking spot, and the friend who I was visiting laughed and told me to pay attention to how parking works in Thailand when we got there in few days (he had lived there in the past). We landed at the Phuket airport and went to get a cab; all the taxis were parked in a massive unstructured heap in the middle of the lot with the windows open and in neutral, and the driver had to push two or three out of the way enough to get to his. Just the complete opposite of the order in Singapore.

does anyone else have a fucking Mission BBQ near them? this makes me angry:

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A-vT-ShIy_g/Vzu-wBCEdqI/AAAAAAAADrE/7xCXwT3Cl4ArSu_c6112Cp5_O1s8-b5oQCLcB/s1600/FullSizeRender.jpg

That seems rationally angry.

Whoever falsely assumes or pretends to be an officer or employee acting under the authority of the United States or any department, agency or officer thereof, and acts as such, or in such pretended character demands or obtains any money, paper, document, or thing of value, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 742; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

is mission bbq that place that plays the national anthem and expects everyone to stand for it?

It is noon at MISSION BBQ as Our National Anthem begins to play. Heroes in military uniforms all rise alongside Police Officers, Firefighters and First Responders. Veterans stand tall. So do families and neighbors. The entire restaurant stops as Our Teammates lead the salute.

Why do we do this every day? Because we can.

As proud Americans, we’re grateful to live in the “land of the free” and “home of the brave.” We’re thankful for all who served to preserve our way of life and keep Our Flag flying. We stand united because that’s what makes the United States stronger. So, hands on hearts, we share strength and show respect.

lmao america is fuckin wild

LOL trying to imagine that in the UK.

America has a lot of "patriot" groupies.

We went to the only Mission BBQ in NJ after visiting the Cowtown Rodeo about an hours south. Ribs and sandwiches are amazing. My foodie wife could not stop talking about the flavors and textures.
The entire theme and vibe of the place is inspiring. Remembering, supporting and honoring those who have and continue to service in all branches of the military and civic services is inspiring.
After being at the rodeo where they STILL pray at the start, still sing the national anthem REALLY well AND swore in 20 high school graduates into the Air Force, this place made for the perfect end to the day.
PLEASE save me a ton of gas and move up to Central Jersey. We still have Bruce Springsteen if that helps.

They have rodeos in New Jersey?

yeah but the clowns are connected

man, nothing matches better with dripping, succulent bbq than celebrating war crimes

Another terrible company - Black Rifle Coffee.

"I started Black Rifle Coffee Company to provide a high-quality, roast-to-order coffee to the pro-2A and veteran communities. Between deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, I worked to refine both my coffee roasting skills and my firearms skills."

tastes like gunpowder

Wow I was not aware of the existence of these businesses. I appreciate that Black Rifle Coffee is actually aesthetically aligned with violence and weapons, much cooler than Mission's platitudes about Service and Country.

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0678/8333/products/Rounds_JB_50_large.jpg

Yeah they really like pics of shooting weapons with their coffee.

http://imgur.com/kBmZdMll.png

All those mouthwatering American coffee beans!

Jesus, people are psychos

☐ Yes, I know how to click a checkbox, we covered that in basic training
☐ Homeless vet, need job, please help

Remind me never to go to any restaurant where people are shamed into standing during the national anthem. I’d be duty-bound to remain seated as an object lesson in actual freedom, and would get in all kinds of trouble from jingoistic bears of little brain.

In the UK, old people often stand for God Save The Queen when it plays after The Queen’s Christmas broadcast, and Christmas lunch cannot begin until the broadcast is over.

Eastern is building these custom M35A3 Deuce and a Half Cargo Trucks for Mission BBQ off-site catering services as they expand throughout the Eastern United States and beyond.

Trucks are completely serviced, improved tires, brakes rebuilt, new custom vinyl cab soft top, cross-rail with custom lighting, custom integrated dual rear boarding ladders.

wonder why Halliburton lost the contract

In the UK, old people often stand for God Save The Queen when it plays after The Queen’s Christmas broadcast, and Christmas lunch cannot begin until the broadcast is over.

― suzy, Thursday, December 6, 2018 9:20 AM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

glad I've never been anywhere on christmas in britain where the tv has even been tuned to the channel broadcasting this

Same

"I started Black Rifle Coffee Company to provide a high-quality, roast-to-order coffee to the pro-2A and veteran communities. Between deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, I worked to refine both my coffee roasting skills and my firearms skills."

A guy I work with, who's a kind of *Del Boy ducker and diver and is right into his coffee - drinking it, buying it, selling it - showed me this company's website once. This is the same guy who, on hearing I was visiting my family in Scotland, tried to persuade to make a diversion to go and collect some coffee he was thinking of buying - I will not be your coffee mule I told him.

(*US ILXors are advised to Google here)

Well, the Scots I know are happy to stand if it will help them throw a variety of missiles at the television during the GSTQ bit. Otherwise, there’s always Channel 4.

Hastings, our tapes-and-CDs store, used to play the National Anthem every day...

... at 9:55 pm while they were trying to close the place.

there are a couple mission bbqs in my area and i will not go to one or eat the food they piss me off

i need to talk about backing into parking spaces. i fucking hate it. it makes me so mad when people do it. but i was thinking about something. my gym is in a place that has a parking garage. the parking garage does not have angled spots, people drive like maniacs inside it. it has terrible hairpin turns and no one uses the round mirrors. they just blast around them. if you are parked and a car larger than you parks next to you, backing out is a russian roulette game. you have to do it very slowly and even then...is this why everyone seems to back in in this garage? i still won't do it.

also it is hard to drive forward into a space to parallel park. because your back wheels don't steer. in my opinion.\

People in the grocery store who walk beside their cart and not behind it.

people in the grocery store being generally spatially unaware is one of my things

Yeah, like people that suddenlystop to check their phone. Don't get mad when I crash into you with my cart!

I live in Dallas and that Mission BBQ concept would not fly here, not a chance, go figure

Maybe you have other bbq options there

Dear Lord.

https://i.imgur.com/x848AJ5.jpg

I take back every mean thing I've said about the singin' waiters at Macaroni Grill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B2WRBg6364

https://i.imgur.com/xKyu32Z.jpg

^^ Gonna use that image from now on for my "OTM" posts.

MISSION BBQ opened its doors for business on September 11, 2011.

https://i.imgur.com/26U10sn.jpg

"Goddammit. I knew we shoulda gone to Hooters."

If I ever have a heart attack in a bbq place, just tell 'em I was only trying to stand for the national anthem.

I don't understand the difficulty in driving into a parallel parking space? As long as there is nothing on the curb that you would hit, you can pretty much skim to overhang the curb until the back wheels pull in.

All these people at Mission BBQ = "these fucking losers".

I have a dream of a world where there will be Mission BBQ, but it'll be a corny cosplay hoot that people go to just to mock, like Medieval Times.

Found myself taking a trolley from the stack yesterday and wondering why it wasn't pulling right as i took it around teh supermarket. It dipped massively as i put things in the front of it. So I took it back to get a new one. Looked at the wheels and realised that one was flat on one side.
I showed one of the managers, but I have a nasty feeling that it just went back out.
Not sure exactly how it had gotten int that state. Is that normal wear and tear plus age?

I mean don't they regularly inspect their entire fleet of trolleys? You don't get that kind of trouble from shopping baskets and they don't take up as much space in shopping aisles.

& would hate to be a non able bodied person picking up that trolley and trying to wheel it around.

Not too long ago I got myself a cart from a parking lot to bring to the store, thinking I was helping them out. Something was wrong and the wheels just weren't moving, so I essentially had to drag it all the way to the entrance. When I got there a kid working at the store told me, oh, that cart is broken. So why was it just sitting out in the parking lot if you knew it was broken, I asked him? Shrug.

THis was one of those shopping basket trolley things which is the main choice within the shop. & you mainly need to go to the queues to get them. Which would indicate somebody had just had to take the same one around.
Really not sure what does that wheel thing though if it is a gradual thing or a one time accident or what. Wheel looked ok on one side but totally flat on the other.

Just wondering what would be heavy enough in the shop for it to be a one off. Both heavy enough and not consciously heavy enough for somebody to go outside and get a wire larger trolley to take the weight.

yes