Julian's America II: Electric Boogaloo

man I wish I heard about that went it was current news….oh wait was brought up in this very thread one page back

Sidehatch wrote:
One of your San Francisco members decided to publish an open letter this week about  how the homeless are ?riff raff? whose ?pain, struggle and despair? shouldn?t have to be endured by ?wealthy? people commuting to work.



I am writing today, to voice my concern and outrage over the increasing homeless and drug problem that the city is faced with. I?ve been living in SF for over three years……

The wealthy working people have earned their right to live in the city
Justin Keller, tech entrepreneur

The poorer residents of JA now have a new option to fly (since they can't afford their own private jet)



?The Residence? can accommodate one or two people. It is 12 square meters and consists of three rooms: the bedroom, the dining room and the washroom, complete with private shower and toilet. Before you board, personalized music, movies and games will be preloaded onto the apartment?s devices. A made-to-order menu and wine list will also be prepared to suit your tastes. At the airport, a Savoy Hotel-trained (read: fancy-as-f***) butler will welcome you to arrange your preflight meals, drinks and spa treatments in the first class lounge. This butler will stay with you throughout the flight to tend to your needs.

That mentions a butler attending to your needs and this brings me back to something I've been thinking about for a while: for people in a budget crunch, what are your most essential servants? For me, it's:

(1) Butler
(2) Chauffeur
(3) Chef
(4t) Sommelier
(4t) Mixologist
(6) Announcer/Crier
(7) Valet
(eight) Footman
(9) Jester
(10) Groomsman
(11) Horse Trainer
(12) Underbutler

I mean, if you just HAVE to cut personal staff to 12 people, that's the 12 you really need.

I chuckled for several minutes reading that list. I do believe I require a footman and a crier as well. It's like I may now scratch an itch I didn't realize I had.

Relaxer wrote:
I chuckled for several minutes reading that list. I do believe I require a footman and a crier as well. It's like I may now scratch an itch I didn't realize I had.

Crier is so underrated. Yes, I suppose the nouveau riche can have the Butler announce guests but you really want that booming, regal voice announcing your guests when they enter the parlor. A trianed voice guy - a Goulet or Buffer - really adds to the ambiance.

what about . . . house boy, not really a boy, but more like about 24 to 28, and never with a shirt on?

walk,on,by wrote:
what about . . . house boy, not really a boy, but more like about 24 to 28, and never with a shirt on?

That's a different type of servant.

it all makes sense now: julian hates fat people because he hates poor people.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/12/the-crippling-thing-about-growing-up-poor-that-stays-with-you-forever/

i was considering starting a thread called "sweetcell's canada", but who the hell would ever read that.  then i was going to put this story in the hockey thread, but i think viewership there is even lower than a hypothetical "sweetcell's canada".  so jules, i apologize but i need to borrow your thread.  i promise to return it as soon as i'm done, but i'm pretty this this one is worth the trouble ;D

without further ado, here is "the most Canadian thing to ever Canada in Canada":

Robber disguises himself as hockey goalie to steal beer in Canada

What is this, all a boot?

walk,on,by wrote:
What is this, all a boot?

Nope, it's only half a boot.

sweetcell wrote:
so jules, i apologize but i need to borrow your thread. 

No problem but in return if I write an anthem for Julian's America at some point, I reserve the right to "borrow" some of those cool "true north strong and free" and "we stand on guard for thee" lines.

Sweets, just read this and thought you would enjoy it. It is, ostensibly, a preview of Michigan's 2016 football team but it is, in actuality, 90% about the experience of growing up across the border from Canada and the Tragically Hip. I think most people who gre up near metro-Detroit agree with the sentiment that we all feel "100% American and somehow also 30% Canadian".

Julian, wrote:
Sweets, just read this and thought you would enjoy it.

loved it.  the author's 30% canadian came shining through, because those vignettes of how the Hip once intertwined with his life is exactly why a third of the country watched that last concert.

aside: "No Dress Rehearsal" is a line from the Hip's "Ahead by a Century", which, aside-to-the-aside, was the last song of the concert.  it's been a popular line to use…

sweetcell wrote:
aside: "No Dress Rehearsal" is a line from the Hip's "Ahead by a Century", which, aside-to-the-aside, was the last song of the concert.  it's been a popular line to use…

Of course I knew that, I'm from Detroit. 89X was required to play 1/3rd of their music from Canadian artists. Much like Brian, I own multiple Hip and Our Lady Peace CDs. He really does hit the phenomenon right on the head.

You two know this isn't in the private message section, right? 

We can all see this….

it's called having feelings, smackie.  YOU SHOULD TRY IT SOMETIME.

Man I missing feeling 30% Canadian.. It always amuses when being right on Detroit river, one had better hope your mobile doesn't also want to be 30% Canadian

sweetcell wrote:
it's called having feelings, smackie.  YOU SHOULD TRY IT SOMETIME.

Not my thing, really.

I took an Enneagram for work and I came solidly in the thinking category nowhere near the feeling side.  I was solidly Loyal Skeptic with a Wing of Enthusiastic Visionary, though some argued Quiet Specialist was more appropriate Wing.  No one argued that I should have been labeled in the feeling center or anywhere near it.     

Since this thread is out on loan…

From the neighborhood listserv:

Please, PLEASE, PLEASE do NOT leave your dog poop inside other people's trash cans. It is very rude. I brought our trash cans back up to the house this morning right after the trash trucks came by, so I know that they were empty when I left for work. When I came home tonight, though, there was a bag of dog poop in one of our cans. It's especially frustrating that someone would do this right after the weekly trash pick-up and on a day when it is 90 degrees outside. Plus, this person clearly walked all the way up to the top of our driveway, which is on a steep hill, to get to our trash can since it wasn't even on the street. I realize that most of you are considerate neighbors, so I'm sorry to send this to the entire list serve. But I don't know who the culprit is and I'm not sure how else to get this message across since this isn't the first (or even second) time this has happened.