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I'm not entirely sure Colter's is still around - their website still lists their Valley View mall location as open, in the OG food court. The food court has been closed for at least 3 years; they got forced into a different location in the mall, which closed at least a year ago. The mall itself is a big question mark, since the tiny sliver of it that was still open when I left DFW has been in limbo. Yelp says the Arlington one is still around, YMMV.
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Schedule just came out for next week. Normally, a Sunday night/Monday morning shift is posted as 11:45pm Sunday night, to make sure people aren't loving idiots (because it seems most people don't know what midnight Monday really means, and show up Tuesday night). They didn't do that this week, probably because of the mandatory meeting we had today. Our overnight shifts are normally 10pm-until we're done (posted as 6:30am, but it's really meant to be "we leave when we're finished, it might be 5am, it might be 9am"). They started moving Sunday night shifts to 11:45pm awhile back to try to shift some OT onto the next week, except for those of us who actually get scheduled 40 hours... well, we wind up working 45-50 no matter what. Sunday night is gonna be a shitshow. And I'm gonna have a front row seat to (a) half of the crew no-showing, because can loving figure out that 12:00 AM Monday really means Sunday night, and (b) hellooooooooooooooooo overtime.
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Went to Costco for artichoke dip. The water and paper products aisles were nearly empty.
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Store brand TP is blown out at my store (we got a tiny bit in last night, but uh, it was almost all gone by the time I left... 2 hours after open). That water on the other side is in a storeroom, the shelves were already full of that particular water. We finally got some water in though. I suspect this will last a day and a half. Hard to tell from the pics, but that's 4 rows, just in the pic. 2 more out of frame. This is our main receiving area; it took up about 1/3 of it. Receiver was.... unhappy. That gap in the middle is where the forklifts get parked to charge overnight (you can see one of the chargers on the wall) 
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Mar 6, 2020 19:45
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Elmnt80 posted:My problem is just I haven't been in over 10 years so most of the places I could recommend may be long gone. Or I've forgotten them in the last decade+. Though I think Airways in North Central Arlington is still there and makes a nice greasy charcoal grilled burger in a airplane themed place. Nizza pizza does a good new york style pizza if you're in the mood and even sells by the slice. Never ate at the original by Arlington High, but I ate at the now closed location by my highschool plenty. Colter's is consistently decent for a small chain BBQ joint, but with some looking around there's plenty of hole in the walls that will beat it. hosed if I can remember any right now though. Airways apparently is still on Collins, and, somehow, I'd never heard of it. Thanks! Ditto for Nizza Pizza on Lamar, though I'm uncertain if "Bek's Nizza Pizza" is related in any way to the location on South Cooper. Just drive up and down State Highway 157/Collins. You'll find something. Certainly a lot of the chains, if you can't find something unique. There's a Hooters right at I30, for example, and one of the few remaining Holy poo poo! there's a K1 Speed on Lamar. I had no idea there was a location there. Edit: the only location for Colter's listed in Arlington is South Arlington, and, as STR noted, might be suspect.
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To be fair, the last time I drove by, they were still open. But that was at least 2 years ago. Upside is Yelp doesn't show them as closed, and Yelpers are normally pretty rabid about reporting a place as closed within an hour of them formally closing. But the fact that they haven't updated their website in at least 3 years doesn't exactly bode well for how they handle their business. I never thought Colters was that great TBH. DFW is severely lacking in good BBQ; Pecan Lodge is pretty good, but if you want a chain, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Sonny Bryan's is decent (they're DFW only, IIRC). Bakers Ribs is.... average I guess. Slightly better than Dickey's, but Dickie's is no longer truly local (they started in DFW, I've been to the original plenty of times, but they're all over the US now). Texas Monthly takes their BBQ seriously. I've been to the Plano Lockhart, to Hutchins, Terry Black's (started here in Austin), Bakers Ribs, Dickey's... randomidiot fucked around with this message at 20:20 on Mar 6, 2020 |
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I blame the media for our TP woes. I don't even dare ask the question "How stupid can our society get?" because they will only let me down even further. How can this weird "need" to stock up on TP be perpetuated so badly when everywhere you look people are like "why are you buying TP?"
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Mar 6, 2020 20:16
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Can you boil and eat modern TP?
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Mar 6, 2020 20:21
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High in fiber Low in fat Tastes great Less Filling
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I only stocked up on TP because other people were buying it out. (And once I've committed to ordering TP online, I'm going to get a big box.) Dunno about the water though, that just seems strange.
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I mean... ultimately it's almost always a lot cheaper to buy TP in quantity. I usually go for the store brand "soft/comfort" 24 "mega" rolls. Supposed to be like 3 rolls in one (vs the double rolls), and at least to my untrained rear end, they feel exactly like Charmin ultra soft. Plus I get my employee discount on it (on top of them having coupons on the store brand frequently)
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ryanrs posted:I only stocked up on TP because other people were buying it out. (And once I've committed to ordering TP online, I'm going to get a big box.) It's a knee-jerk. It's "what you do" ina disaster, only most people are used to natural disaster like floods, fires, and earthquakes that can and will kill power for lengthy periods, not bio-disasters that do... whatever it is COVID-19 is doing. Disturb supply lines, mainly.
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Warning and precautions meeting at work this morning. Nothing beyond the obvious. Having a pregnant asthmatic lovely-immune-system-in-general wife who works in the ER when we have a local case is not helping me any.
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TP chat: I thought my wife lost it when she started ordering from "Who gives a crap?" but it's actually reasonable TP, in theory isn't (much?) more expensive than buying in standard from local box stores, and gets rid of all the plastic garbage too... That said, we haven't done anything different with relation to the Human Malware. Nor have I noticed hoarding tendencies when I do go to the store, shelves populated as normal. *shrug* We'll see what happens. Ultimately, it's only a matter of time. Verified case 90 minutes away... I'm trying not to freak out with an immunosuppressed child, there's only so much I can do. Beverly Cleavage fucked around with this message at 21:00 on Mar 6, 2020 |
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Beverly Cleavage posted:TP chat: I thought my wife lost it when she started ordering from "Who gives a crap?" but it's actually reasonable TP, in theory isn't (much?) more expensive than buying in standard from local box stores, and gets rid of all the plastic garbage too... Someone here in Australia accidentally ordered 48x 48 packs of Who Gives a Crap. Two pallets worth showed up at their front door. It actually made the news as "the biggest TP hoarder yet"
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I'm good on TP and paper towels. I order in bulk when Amazon puts my brand on sale.
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Ferremit posted:Someone here in Australia accidentally ordered 48x 48 packs of Who Gives a Crap. Two pallets worth showed up at their front door. It actually made the news as "the biggest TP hoarder yet" If you haven't been watching the stuff come up on browncardigan's instagram the Aussies are by far the best at memes of all things simpsons and current hot topics such as COVID
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Rhyno posted:Can you boil and eat modern TP? If you do, you don't even have to wipe when it comes out!
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TP check on the Chat Aisle
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Goober Peas posted:TP check on the Chat Aisle meatpimp, sir, reporting in, sir. TP sitrep: 40 on shelf, Amazon Subscribe and Save order for 2x36 in place for late March delivery. Bungholes in my house are well covered.
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Ferremit posted:Someone here in Australia accidentally ordered 48x 48 packs of Who Gives a Crap. Two pallets worth showed up at their front door. It actually made the news as "the biggest TP hoarder yet" Holy hell, even assuming they kill a roll every 3 days that's a 19 year supply
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you mean 3 per day right?
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taqueso posted:you mean 3 per day right?
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So Michael Bloomberg spent 500 million of his own personal dollars to drop out of the race real fast. There’s ~350 million Americans. I usually don’t tell people how to spend their money but if you’re really wanting to make a difference in the lives of Americans just lmao.
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Come now you know that he doesn't care about average Americans he just wanted to be Prez because Trump is.
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I am one step ahead of all of you and just cleared out the entire Immodium aisle. Who needs TP!
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TP wouldn’t be a big deal if we all just acted like civilised Europeans with a bidet.
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Ether Frenzy posted:I am one step ahead of all of you and just cleared out the entire Immodium aisle. Who needs TP! A buttplug would be just as effective
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The CVS does not have a buttplug aisle though, or at least I'm not aware of it if it does. I'm getting this immodium practically for free with this CVS member discounts man!
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If you're buying TP by the gross maybe you should think about investing in a bidet instead...
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Ether Frenzy posted:The CVS does not have a buttplug aisle though, or at least I'm not aware of it if it does. I'm getting this immodium practically for free with this CVS member discounts man! tbh, sounds like you are already good to go, an american health care success story
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Darchangel posted:If you're actually doing Arlington's landfill on State Highway 157, please be sure and laugh at the very expensive housing/mixed use development ("Veridian") that was built directly across the road, on a former flood plain. I do, every time I drive by. I believe that’s the one. Guys onsite already said there’s a bunch of housing around it and they are super hyperactive about any potential odors. We do wellfield automation to optimize their gas quality and flow at the plant where they clean up the gas and send it down the retail pipeline.
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Ether Frenzy posted:The CVS does not have a buttplug aisle though, or at least I'm not aware of it if it does. I'm getting this immodium practically for free with this CVS member discounts man! Your receipt can double as TP. And one CVS receipt is good for at least two shits worth of wiping.
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STR posted:To be fair, the last time I drove by, they were still open. But that was at least 2 years ago. Upside is Yelp doesn't show them as closed, and Yelpers are normally pretty rabid about reporting a place as closed within an hour of them formally closing. But the fact that they haven't updated their website in at least 3 years doesn't exactly bode well for how they handle their business. Colter's was never great, but it was decent enough in that area of South Arlington which had a serious lack of ANY bbq. Next nearest I can remember was the hickory stick over in Forest Hill/Everman but they had some weird hours which made it hard to grab on the way home when I'd be at my dad's house.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:TP wouldn’t be a big deal if we all just acted like civilised Europeans with a bidet. Or maybe the three seashells?
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Goober Peas posted:Your receipt can double as TP. And one CVS receipt is good for at least two shits worth of wiping. Not if you're eating as much BBQ as everyone here apparently is...
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PSA: For some insane reason, Sixt has Audi R8's available to rent for crazy cheap in Barcelona and Madrid. Like $250-300 USD/day including taxes. Cheaper if you rent for longer and you get 200kms/day. But only in Barcelona and Madrid. Seriously. I don't know if this is useful for anyone, but it was extremely helpful for me as I happen to be going to Barcelona in the fall and hell yeah budget supercar.
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KillHour posted:PSA: For some insane reason, Sixt has Audi R8's available to rent for crazy cheap in Barcelona and Madrid. Like $250-300 USD/day including taxes. Cheaper if you rent for longer and you get 200kms/day. But only in Barcelona and Madrid. Seriously. I don't know if this is useful for anyone, but it was extremely helpful for me as I happen to be going to Barcelona in the fall and hell yeah budget supercar. Please be GPS miles and not Odometre cos I would love to rip some serious skids in one.
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