@ProudSoutherner: So, you're Muslim? You must be, if you agree with their dietary restrictions.

I wasn't aware that all rich people were conservative. That must come as a shock to much of Hollywood, to name but a few.

I wasn't aware that the IRS passed its own legislation to decide how and from whom taxes were collected.

@Used2baFreeCountry: The dude is begging you to write a column. Why not do it?

"It included a would-be Christmas card from the Karp family in 2023, informing David Jr. that there is no Santa Claus."

Looks like The New Yorker was wrong.

[quote][b]riff-raff[/b] - If you think you can get to the Uga building on Milledge between Hancock and Broad St[/quote]

A hundred people out of 10,000, in a building that, despite the name on the sign, is hardly "UGA". Of course there's exceptions. If the point of the comment was simply to troll, it succeeded.

Oh, and if traffic on Prince Avenue is making you late and risking your job, then what other course do you suggest? Maybe there's a job in Oconee County...the movie theater will be hiring ushers soon.

[quote][b]Simple Man[/b] - It's ACC that is real loser here. [/quote]

Nope. It's the people who think they can get whatever they want, despite the damage they do in the process, that are the real losers.

Of course, you'll be at the forum, standing up for your right to commute wherever you want, right?

Is this the same museum that is having to thin its collection of historic military aircraft because it doesn't have room to store them?

The more negs I get from the out-of-towners, the more I know I'm right.

[quote][b]riff-raff[/b] - could probably lose your [filtered word] on some of these streets.[/quote]

Oooh, mommy! The big man frightens me!

[quote][b]riff-raff[/b] - Just how would you suggest someone who is driving in on 129 get to Milledge Ave or Broad St.???[/quote]

Stay off of Prince Avenue. It's clogged, it makes you late for work, you get reprimanded and fired. Take the bypass instead - that's what it's for. Broad is reached from the commuter lot at exit 8. Milledge from exit 7.

How much simpler could it be? Unless you like traffic and stop-and-go progress?

[quote][b]Simple Man[/b] - More efficient? Coming from Jefferson... seriously? [/quote]

Jefferson to UGA: Prince Avenue vs. the bypass... bypass is 2 miles longer, but has 20 or so fewer traffic lights. Oh, and 3 minutes shorter.

How that isn't more efficient to somebody who can get reprimanded and fired for being stuck in traffic, I don't understand.

[quote][b]Simple Man[/b] - I'm sure it makes perfect sense to TJS that any inconvenience, cost, or inefficiency, foisted upon others is perfectly justifiable, so long as it serves the purpose of keeping Athens pure and unstained. [/quote]

It makes perfect sense to me that people who come from out of county and drive on our surface streets must have some motive beyond getting to their destination. I hope you at least stop at Ike & Jane for some coffee and a bear claw, because if you don't, you're just inconveniencing others.

"Pure and unstained" has nothing to do with it. Keeping it liveable for those who live here is what it's all about. Atlanta got divided by a superhighway; Athens doesn't need the same thing. We don't maintain our roads for your convenience, but for transportation. Surface streets clogged with automobiles who won't use alternatives built for them are exactly what the issue is.

[quote][b]riff-raff[/b] - to thousands that have to use this street everyday.[/quote]

You mean thousands like you and Curls, who ignore more efficient and appropriate routes?

That makes me want to put speed bumps down, so you will be even further inconvenienced.

[quote][b]Curls[/b] - The result is the same, no matter what the metric.[/quote]

Your analysis, though, is meaningless. It contains no information.

So, riff-raff shows he has no more sense than Curls -

How did the team finish academically? Isn't that the point?

"there’s essentially no difference between the top-four politicians. "

Holds true for any election. It's because they're all politicians.

[quote][b]Curls[/b] - I use this route five days a week, Jefferson to UGA. [/quote]

There are several exits from the bypass that are much closer to UGA. A smart commuter would take one of those, rather than take a suface street clear across town.

[quote][b]Curls[/b] - A drive that normally take 10 minutes took me 45 minutes, I was late for work and was reprimanded.[/quote]

Must have been some emergency mopping that needed doing. Tomorrow, leave the house an hour earlier. Or, choose a better route.

[quote][b]Long Sufferer[/b] - There appears to be no fool in the group.[/quote]

Come on, look again. There's at least one or two.

[quote][b]snarkydude[/b] -

I'd say the lesson is not to pre-judge a person, much like the first two commenters did.[/quote]

Yep, Troll and Trollerer don't really have what it takes to do any real thinking.

[quote][b]Green[/b] - I didn't complain.[/quote]

And so an honest mistake by staff turns into some sort of condemnation by you of an entire restaurant. Is that really fair?

[quote][b]Green[/b] - Looks like I did what most people did - I just never went back.[/quote]

How can you expect them to fix a problem if they don't know one exists? I've always had good service from Loco's, dating back to the days on Carr's Hill. and, on the rare occasion when things weren't up to snuff, I wasn't so lazy that I couldn't be bothered to bring it to management's attention.

[quote][b]woofie11[/b] - P.S. - don't tell my wife...[/quote]

It's OK, your wife doesn't believe that BS any more than we do.

[quote][b]Green[/b] - Last time I went there no one took my order for 30 minutes. Finally got service, then it was another 20-30 minutes to get my order. My order? French fries and a coke.
[/quote]

What did the manager say when you complained?

@more tea sir: You're right. Too bad your user name is the punch line to a racial joke - sort of takes something away from that.

[quote][b]E.J.[/b] - And he could very well be right. [/quote]

And he could very well be wrong. So why bother?

If you haven't visited a Clarke County school and experienced what goes on there, you really have no business speculating on what might be wrong.

And you certainly have no business defending those who can only speculate...

[quote][b]arches[/b] - Not such successful business people as they would have you believe.[/quote]

Some people understand that "giving back" is a powerful motive, and can be the right thing to do.

You are clearly not one of those people.