The Evil Dr. Longshadow

There's more on the subject in the "What are you thinking, right now?" Thread. Maybe the concept of cause and effect could be explained to you in different terms by way of pointing out a much different state law and what it does with my behavior.

Wow... Since I'm a resident of New Jersey, I'm required by state law to be enrolled in a health insurance plan AND my current income disqualifies me from any government funded health insurance, I am not only required to purchase a plan from a private insurer, I am ALSO required to budget and lay aside the money that pays the premium. So, budgeting is what I do. Not budgeting? No insurance. No insurance? Not in compliance. Not in compliance? Not following requirements. Cause and effect, folks. You'll never see one without the other.

That quote is out of context. Thanks for playing. Laws have effects on things. Keep on reading to stay informed.

A very old bolt action shotgun, twelve gauge, missing the clip. We just loaded one round at a time in it. No, I did not read the make or model number.

The old pick the nit to ignore what the LAW ends up causing. As I SAID already... I DON'T WORK THERE anymore. You're asking me to go into an area where I am NOT AUTHORIZED and commandeer a document for your amusement. Cause and effect more simplified and dumbed down to its lowest common denominator for you: Reg: Outside beverages and backpacks are NOT permitted at the Cumberland County Fair Grounds. Effect: I carry a small handbag and keep packets of instant coffee powder in my shirt pocket. Since the effect is the ONLY sensible way for me to carry the things I buy there and ensure my beverage of choice at a reasonable price, I am EFFECTIVELY REQUIRED to do so.

They ARE written down. That's what is ALREADY POSTED here! Look, when the regs say that alcohol is what the regulatory authorities are interested in and NOT the soft drinks, how much sense does it make to keep them ALL in ONE single list? The regulators DO NOT want to read ANYTHING about how many Coke and Grenadine concoctions were served when ALCOHOL is what they are there to track and control.

The regs have been posted already and I'm just giving you the effect or outcome of those very same regs. I'm talking to YOU! PSST... Regulating behavior changes the behavior...

Pooh doesn't understand the relations of cause and effect... That explains all else about any subject to which Pooh claims a deep seated knowlege from eleven billion years of hanging out with people who under no circumstances ever knew the outside of academia.

I'm no longer an employee of any casino, I'm no longer in any contact with the bartenders and therefore no longer have any access to the documents you're asking for. Now, I GAVE you the reason. You're only arguing now that a handbook can be quoted on the subject while you deliberately ignore the final EFFECT of the same handbook.

Those are the inventory lists, prepared by the bartenders, post shift, not publications to which the patrons have access. It's done this way because the regulators in charge of alcohol don't want to wade through seven hundred pages of Pepsi, coffee, virgin marys, etc. when they only want the last three or four months of alcohol transactions.

Otaaaay.... See, folks? THAT'S why they are On... a... separate... list at those casino bars.

Hopelessly so.

Just like anybody who drinks water is addicted to dihydrogen monoxide, I guess.

In other news, a vacated strip club in Atlantic City has been appraised at only $400k, which is peanuts for anybody who is really serious about buying commercial properties here. Delilah's Den. Yes, the same one that had private busses picking up patrons from all the casinos.

All except when local government requlations REQUIRE that soft drinks and hard drinks are to be listed in separate columns during the post shift inventory count. Is it coffee without the Wild Turkey in it? Soft drink. Is it coffee to which Wild Turkey has been added? Hard drink.

I'm going to stay old school and call a duck a duck. Soft drink is any beverage you can name that doesn't include alcohol. Now, excuse me while I go and guzzle some lemon balm. Yes, another soft drink.

I went looking for the old 1980's American Dairy Association radio jingle that chirped out, "Milk's the soft soft drink. It doesn't shout about its flavor, always on its best behavior with the foods you want to savor..." Somehow, that was skipped over on Youtube in favor of better known TV spots such as, "Got milk?" and "Milk does a body good." Yes, the radio jingle I'm talking about said, "soft" twice. That's not a typo.

Only in what they called a "Hot Apple Pie", which at that time was brought in frozen and kept frozen until it was deep fried to some preposterously high temperature. And yes, milk is still served at McDonald's today... low fat milk. Sure, as though the "low fat" part is going to make a difference to a customer who just ate five Quarter Pounders and four large orders of fries.

I actually learned part of my distrust for management way back when I worked at McDonald's. The policy stated one free meal for an eight hour shift. It excluded milk. Sodas only. I asked a manager why milk was excluded. He said, "The American Dairy Association doesn't allow it." Now, what's wrong with that picture? I was only seventeen and knew what was wrong with it.

They do when it's inventory time. How much of this or that was served during the shift and how much of each does the porter have to replace?

Caffeine is a drug like lemon balm is a drug.

That's the core nature of every crackpot casino department head.

Seen that. It's what a crackpot casino department head likes to inhale from anybody in senior management who might be in a position to give him a raise or a promotion.

Just as other parts of the world do. What's your point?

There's nothing else to call this new age torturing of the English language.