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02-03-22, 12:50 PM
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02-03-22, 01:00 PM
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Around 1994 a group of us went to Northern California to do day rides from a motel and pig out and sit in the sauna at night. One day it rained so we drove to the Jelly Belly factory for a tour. They fed us Jelly Bellys throughout the tour.
Official Factory Tours (jellybelly.com)
Official Factory Tours (jellybelly.com)
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02-03-22, 01:06 PM
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I’m sorry doc, I just find it terribly amusing that you let the filter, which serves an obviously good purpose, annoy you because you can’t use an “obscure” word now and then. I mean, your station in life is far more lofty than this simpleass filter. 
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02-03-22, 01:07 PM
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The Coors Tour gives out beer. The sad part? Coors beer.
02-03-22, 01:07 PM
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It's ok. For whatever reason, it does rub my fur the wrong way. I am trying to come to peace with it. Work in progress.
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02-03-22, 01:25 PM
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That’s the spirit. Just remind yourself that years ago some of our more boorish fellow posters gave them no choice but to curtail their language. Just think, they now call these people the Greatest Generation.
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02-03-22, 01:32 PM
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Thank you for the helpful tip to locate Philadelphia.
Velo Vol ancestors lived in Luzerne County for over 100 years, until my grandfather left there, as a ute.
Velo Vol ancestors lived in Luzerne County for over 100 years, until my grandfather left there, as a ute.
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02-03-22, 01:34 PM
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02-03-22, 01:35 PM
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And for a couple of years my school bus out the 'burbs used to pass close to the Tasty Kake bakery in Hunting Park. Our mouths use to water.
02-03-22, 01:35 PM
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02-03-22, 01:39 PM
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02-03-22, 01:42 PM
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Space Jam is a great movie, I forgot how awesome the 90s was.
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02-03-22, 01:50 PM
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02-03-22, 02:01 PM
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02-03-22, 02:02 PM
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02-03-22, 02:04 PM
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I was looking though an email from some cycling apparel manufacturer or another and briefly got excited about sale on some winter boots before coming to my senses and getting real with myself. I haven't been out on the ice yet this year and probably won't unless my trainer ***** the bed.
This year, when the temps started getting down into the upper 40s, I found that if I dressed so that I was comfortable for the first hour or so, I got progressively cold after that, even when going hard, and by the time I got home from a two hr ride, I was pretty unhappy. I am scared of hypothermia, which I have had in the past and is just one mechanical away in this weather, and I took it as nature's of saying, "fake miles for you, old man."
02-03-22, 02:14 PM
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02-03-22, 02:20 PM
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02-03-22, 02:24 PM
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Oh, and I was at the Hershey factory and the Wilbur chocolate factory in 2017 while on a tandem tour.
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02-03-22, 02:28 PM
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The other thing they said was that the workers get to take home bottles that failed QC for things like folded or smudged labels, etc. and that there was a rise in the stringency of that QC step as the weekend approached.
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02-03-22, 02:35 PM
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02-03-22, 03:16 PM
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Somewhere upthread, "is" in Velo Vol's post "Neither is social media" was (well-meaningly, I imagine) corrected by someone to "are."
Correcting that correction: "is" was correct.
"Neither is" can stand as a complete sentence, as in "Neither [this nor that] is." Plurality neither present nor possible.
The original sentence, with the implicit meaning made explicit, would be "Neither is an example of social media."
One of my favorite Ring Lardner quotes: "But that's either here or there."
Correcting that correction: "is" was correct.
"Neither is" can stand as a complete sentence, as in "Neither [this nor that] is." Plurality neither present nor possible.
The original sentence, with the implicit meaning made explicit, would be "Neither is an example of social media."
One of my favorite Ring Lardner quotes: "But that's either here or there."
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02-03-22, 03:31 PM
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02-03-22, 03:37 PM
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02-03-22, 03:50 PM
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Decades ago, Anchor Brewery in SF used to do tours, and then a tasting at the end. The tasting was open ended, meaning they didn't limit you. But the most interesting thing was that the workers were allowed to drink during their shifts. So while we were sitting there, at least two workers came in, filled substantial mugs, and went back to work.
The other thing they said was that the workers get to take home bottles that failed QC for things like folded or smudged labels, etc. and that there was a rise in the stringency of that QC step as the weekend approached.
The other thing they said was that the workers get to take home bottles that failed QC for things like folded or smudged labels, etc. and that there was a rise in the stringency of that QC step as the weekend approached.
He said they did drink on the job but he was in management of some kind.