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.

[quote][b]E.J.[/b] - Never heard of hunting game with a pistol.
[/quote]

Really? You need to get out more. Hunting, or preventing yourself from being hunted...both good uses for a pistol.

However, you originally said : [quote][b]E.J.[/b] - ...a gun's only purpose is to kill people.[/quote]

You may have been talking about pistols at the time, but you need to be specific. And, of course, pistols have multiple uses, same as rifles. It's even an Olympic event!

Not much target shooting with a bazooka, though. So I can give you that one...

[quote][b]proftom[/b] - The definition of political is vague, but an organization that calls itself the "Tea Party of [fill in the blank]" would seem to be basically political in nature, and thus NOT qualify for the tax free status.[/quote]

But acting on behalf of a particular policy is not political.

"Group leaders dismiss that criticism and emphasize they agreed not to collect more than $10,000 in industry money in the calendar year preceding publication of the manual."

Yeah, right. They'll send a bill the day after it's published.

@Curls: You really should understand what you read before you comment on it. This statement:

[quote][b]Curls[/b] - Eligibility for dual enrollment has nothing to do with "intellectual freedom and course rigor" in individual schools.[/quote]

is patently wrong. Did you attend Oconee schools?

[quote][b]jtsim[/b] - I think I will waste some time and money writing a check to the Gideons.[/quote]

And I'm going to write a check to some Muslim group so they can put the Koran in every state park lodge room in Georgia. After all, nobody will have a problem with it, and some people might be saved by it's presence.

[quote][b]E.J.[/b] - There, now that's accurate, isn't it?[/quote]

Nope.

It's designed to push a projectile through the air efficiently and swiftly. What you do with that projectile is up to you - same as a slingshot or a blowgun - both of which can be equally fatal if the projectile is used against you. Or, any of those can be used to feed your family, or protect them against predators.

"They decided to fabricate portions of an email and make up portions of an email in order to fit a political narrative," Carney said.

It should be easy for a reporter to compare the email message to the Republican version. Have I missed that story somewhere?

@mkultra27: It's John Street cognac. Likely it's not a huge loss.