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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: QuikTrip

« on: May 06, 2024, 08:13:45 PM »

Also, prepare for an ungodly number of Buc-ees billboards everywhere. Holy crap do they love billboards. They seem to have a decent ad agency, though. Some are pretty cheeky.

The number of people that wear branded merchandise from a rough ridin' gas station is a testament to their marketing.

Quiktrips merch is actually fire tho. https://quiktripshop.com/

Why the hell would I buy this crap?

So you can blend in with all the other tourists.

Is there a lot of QuikTrip tourism?

If they build one by the Racetrack off I-70, I won't be a tourist; more like a homer.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: QuikTrip

« on: May 06, 2024, 08:01:13 PM »

Also, prepare for an ungodly number of Buc-ees billboards everywhere. Holy crap do they love billboards. They seem to have a decent ad agency, though. Some are pretty cheeky.

The number of people that wear branded merchandise from a rough ridin' gas station is a testament to their marketing.

Quiktrips merch is actually fire tho. https://quiktripshop.com/

I wonder what kind of special treatment I'll get if I walk in wearing one of their overpriced hats?

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Kc restaurant suggestions

« on: May 06, 2024, 07:56:28 PM »

My tbell lunch today was $14.65, maybe Gregg is stuck in the 80's?

You know they have $1 to $3 menu items.  I usually get the cravings box and it's less than half of whatever you bought today.

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Kansas State Football / Re: KSTATEO!

« on: May 06, 2024, 07:49:35 PM »

It's not tough enough for a tat.  Besides that's almost as bad as inking a J-hawk on one's body.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Possible WW3 thread

« on: May 05, 2024, 09:32:05 PM »

https://www.ft.com/content/c88509f9-c9bd-46f4-8a5c-9b2bdd3c3dd3


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

paywall, KK copy & paste.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: QuikTrip

« on: May 05, 2024, 09:12:41 PM »

ethanol free 91 at QT is the BITB

Definitely needed for small gas engines.  Ethanol plugs the crap out of valves and if left in your engine for over 6 months you're looking at shop time to clean this gluely crap from the carb.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: cooking

« on: May 05, 2024, 09:04:26 PM »

Once you use carbon black pans you never go back.

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Kansas State Football / Re: KSTATEO!

« on: May 05, 2024, 08:50:24 PM »

Except for Tom and Dax, I got my first tat before most of you were born.  My newest tat is 42 yrs old.  Eat that kids.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Political Facebook Posts/Tweets From People

« on: May 04, 2024, 08:02:16 PM »

arr, the high seas of the sky in 1935 be the best boomer memories

Yeah, you got the Boomer gen all confused.  Those are part of the Greatest gen.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Tipping

« on: May 04, 2024, 07:41:49 PM »

One that seems to be going in the opposite direction of the norm:  Starbucks. 

They incentivize you to use their app via free crap every so often, birthday drinks, etc.  The app used to ask you, after every purchase, how much you would like to tip.  They took that function away a year or so ago.  So now, you pay with the app, but if you don't have cash(lol, what's that) their employees get no tip.  Kinda wild. 

I assume they found some legal reason to stop doing this and just took the option away before they got sued, but who knows.  Given the tip environment everywhere else, this one is a head scratcher.

when you are checking out on the starbucks app it has the total at the bottom and then a little button that says "wanna leave a tip?" but you do not have to engage with that button in order to complete your order.

I get my hair cut at a local salon called Great Clips, where you can buy a card that pre-buys X number of haircuts so when you're done you just swipe the card and that's it for the transaction. The problem is that it makes tipping impossible unless you have cash cause they cannot separately charge your credit card for just a tip.

I actually find that awkward cause I know those people cannot be making much money at all if they're not getting tips. Because you see, even though you might think the highest priority at Great Clips is a great haircut, they are also very focused on making the experience affordable with a great price.

I call it bullcrap.  Most folks paid the amount with a credit card and then threw a five spot on the counter for a tip.  I bring a 20 spot and give it to the gal at Great Clips.  It's a nice and easy way to pay your stylist.

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Kansas State Football / Re: KSTATEO!

« on: May 04, 2024, 07:07:20 PM »

I wonder if I could send this pic to a custom shirt shop and have it across the back and put a small "KSU" on the front by the left shirt pocket location.  Does anyone know of a place?

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Noah smith, liar or dumbass?

« on: May 02, 2024, 09:52:13 PM »

What's the solution to reducing housing cost to income ratios?

Less people.

Yes, we need a war to destroy crap and kill Gen Z. 

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: MEGA MAGA

« on: May 02, 2024, 09:32:38 PM »

It's obvious that he's back to stuffing his nostrils with coke.

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Kansas State Football / Re: KSTATEO!

« on: May 02, 2024, 09:01:14 PM »

I would love to have this on a purple or black shirt.
https://x.com/katcruiser/status/1785522813169746062

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: What are your must have guns.....

« on: April 27, 2024, 10:00:35 PM »

I need a gun that's both weighty and powerful. When I kill,I want them to know they're dead and that I did it.

Gawd damn, I think I found my mistress!  Wait, I'm having second thoughts; are you having issues with schoolchildren?  If so, I'm not impressed.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Political Facebook Posts/Tweets From People

« on: April 26, 2024, 11:38:47 PM »

The other day I watched a jap video about this Gen-Z type poking young gals in the butthole and running away to avoid getting slapped.  Can you imagine how bad his finger smelled after doing that feat all day?

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Signs of getting old

« on: April 26, 2024, 11:30:26 PM »

Testosterone and HGH therapy is a game changer folks.  Started about four weeks ago and made a few diet tweaks......so far at 27 lbs gone and my energy throughout the day is steadliy improving.

what was your level before starting

It was sub 200.  I think around 170 if I remember correctly.

Is it the type of stuff that can boost your muscle growth in work outs and make a fellas look better naked? If so, I may be interested

It will definitely help in that department.  I think I am a bit older than most of you guys (except Tom...lol), but I would definitely recommend getting a bloodtest to see what your levels are if you have been slowly gaining weight over the years and seem to have less energy.   

Much of that stuff will make you sterile, which explains why WWW contestants don't get boners when wrestling.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: What are your must have guns.....

« on: April 26, 2024, 11:22:34 PM »

So if some pervert wants you to shine on parts where the sun doesn't normally shine you're up for it?

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Kansas State Football / Re: Ireland Pak 2025

« on: April 26, 2024, 11:05:23 PM »

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Is this cultural appropriation?

Yes, there's no level the Irish won't stoop to...

KITH, this is by far my favorite.  Maybe remove the redundant ball in the background, and WTF is those green-fying things?.

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Kansas State Football / Re: Football Recruiting Thread

« on: April 23, 2024, 03:34:49 PM »

however many lbs it was agreed that Avery needs to put on so that he won't get broken...that number of lbs could easily be cut in half with the addition of a guy like DE in the backfield

I watched him in the first couple of games last season and I don't remember him blocking much.  That might be why his playing time went south as the season went on.

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Kansas State Football / Re: Wild Wildcats in NFL Draft

« on: April 23, 2024, 03:30:47 PM »

Final rankings from Mellie Mel Kiper:

No. 46 overall - Beebe (No. 2 OG)
No. 48 overall - Sinnott (No. 2 TE)

No. 13 OG - Leveston
No. 19 DE - Duke
No. 21 C - Gillum
No. 34 OT - Duffie
No. 67 WR - Brooks

So Kiper is saying Brooks will be an undrafted free agent?

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Kansas State Football / Re: Football Recruiting Thread

« on: April 23, 2024, 03:17:38 PM »

Do we have enough NIL for this guy?
https://x.com/785SportsKSU/status/1782808952385708557

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Kansas State Football / Re: Smoke your cigars and enjoy the band while you can....

« on: April 19, 2024, 01:04:02 AM »

I await my rare but potentially deadly infection in the skin of the perineum.

You joke about this but…as someone who has lived through this with my condition.

That taint a joke, my friend. 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: amazing animal stories thread (post your own)

« on: April 13, 2024, 10:03:54 PM »

Ah, Red Foxes are cute little basters.  I had several of them around ten years ago, but then coyotes showed up and ran them off or ate them.  I enjoyed the foxes but hated nosey coyotes.  They killed rabbits about every evening and made a crap load of noise.  I think somebody bow-hunted them because they are not around anymore.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Current trends 101--- Help me Understand.

« on: April 09, 2024, 02:22:31 AM »

I get that baseball is kinda boring but come on

You should have grown up pre-1980s; that's when baseball was Topps.