Browncoat Bar and Grill - Welcome in Our Hearts by PhoenixRose

If you shine them too long, do they get warm?

They may think their sins are original, but for the most part they are petty and repetitive.

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 6:37 AM

Sneaking in to give Oddsbodkins my, as he says, relatively unbiased opinion, since this thread is always really open and I shouldn't continue to hijack the 'unpopular opinions' one. Is that okay? I hope it's okay. I feel a little weird about it, but who am I to pass up someone actually asking for my opinion?
You seem to take nothing seriously, mate. You're happy go lucky to an almost unbelievable degree, especially as I've seen you drift in and out of the site enough to think you've had a whole lot going on. I'm not sure whether it's admirable or irritating. So I guess it's both. Admirable because nothing seems to really get you down, irritating because I wonder what's really going on. Also, I can't do that laughing at hardships thing, and have sometimes wished I could. As you might have noticed, I spend much of my time seriously pondering things; motivations and viewpoints, facts and arguments. I should have been a psychologist or something. So it's weird to me when you just laugh things off.
You're also cute. Probably too young for me, but cute.
What? It's part of the opinion.
Curiosity assuaged I hope?

So... can I have some wine? Don't remember seeing too much wine in this pleasant little thread, but have to think a bar would have a bottle or two of decent red.

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 6:40 AM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

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Originally posted by Oddsbodskins:
If you shine them too long, do they get warm?

I imagine they could, but I just use some polish and a soft cloth so there's not too much friction or time used to make them nice and shiny

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Originally posted by RiverDancer:
Is that okay? I hope it's okay.

Little bit random, but hey why the hell not?

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 6:43 AM

Curiosity assuaged yes, and thank you ^^

There should be wine, in fact if there isn't I'm going to be shocked at myself for overlooking it!

Is a winelist required, or can we just go with the whole infinite variety trip?

They may think their sins are original, but for the most part they are petty and repetitive.

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 6:47 AM

Wine tasting?

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 7:00 AM

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Originally posted by RiverDancer:
Wine tasting?

Oh definately xD

The Bar and Grill is now given over to the enjoyment of the vine, selection is taking up that far wall, glasses are available from the bar and the spitoon (or is there a posher wine name?) is in the corner. Enjoy xD

*busies himself with the reds*

They may think their sins are original, but for the most part they are petty and repetitive.

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 7:00 AM

I would like some Coke de' cola, vintage 2007, please!

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 7:07 AM

Have I taken over? Damn, okay...

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

Hold on while I regress a year or four, used to be a pretty good barman you know.

Righty! One coke, it is. Ice sir? Twist of lime Your maj? We can get you sorted right out ^^

They may think their sins are original, but for the most part they are petty and repetitive.

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 7:09 AM

Oh my. Just a sip of each, then...

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 7:35 AM

JONNYQUEST

"Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?"

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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
Zero, *snips a ton of incredibly poetic, profound and heartfelt words that can never be repeated with the same soul* You're welcome in our hearts, Zero. It'll be okay.

You make me wispy at the oddest times. That was beautiful.

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Originally posted by RiverDancer:
Quote:
Originally posted by Oddsbodskins:
...the whole infinite variety trip?

Wine tasting?
Oh my. Just a sip of each, then...

Well, this could end badly.

Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes. - Walt Whitman

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 7:42 AM

JONNYQUEST

"Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?"

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Originally posted by Mavourneen:
Thanks for the words, JQ. I do appreciate them.

And after getting my frustrations out on the glass clowns, I had a 1 hour phone interview with another company. 1 hour! I was shocked. It seems like a great place to work. I hope to hear from them soon.

Thanks-

I hope you saved a clown or two. I didn't really get a good look at them (flying by too quickly).

So, it begins. Now, not only do you have one opportunity nibbling, another stops by. To be followed by another and another and so on (not saying they will all be gems, mind you). From famine to feast. Now the hard part will be to narrow the field down from your end. Be careful what you wish for.

Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes. - Walt Whitman

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 7:43 AM

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Originally posted by JonnyQuest:
That was beautiful.

Seconded, yes

Quote:
Well, this could end badly.

No, no, I'll be good.

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 7:50 AM

Well, I went in to the interview Zen, and came out discombobulated and realized I wasted a morning.

I Metro downtown in this blazing heat, walk a few blocks to the building and everything is good. I am a few minutes early when I arrive at the reception desk. They ask me to fill out some forms, which I do. Yada, yada - I sit down with the interviewer. (Picture in your head a 50-60 y.o. woman, very thin, straight gray hair cut in a pageboy, with her glasses pushed up as a headband.)

I have now been there about 6 minutes.

She shuffles the papers around, looks at my resume very briefly, and asks me what I made at my last job. She asks me if I have a car (Illegal question, b*tch!). She asks me one or two other things, then as she shuffles papers asks where my test scores are. (Now, I had been under the impression the woman who contacted me was going to forward to my email some sort of test on MS Office / Powerpoint/Excel. It never appeared, only a confirmation email for my interview, so I assumed it would be administered at the interview.) The woman throws up her hands and proceeds to yell at a woman "Beth" in the room for about 30 seconds. Then she turns to me and says "Thanks for coming. I can't determine if you are suitable without those scores." and she gets up and leaves. And then to drive the knife home, as she walks out of the room she said "Pretty hair, though."

I've been there maybe 7 minutes. Interview is over.

Beth comes over and apologizes for me not receiving the email from her, and for the woman (I never did get her name) - She promises to send me the email (which is now in my email box) and asks me to call her this afternoon both when I get home, and when I've completed the testing.

I had been so worried about this interview, and I am a more competent office professional than those two combined. Figures.

I haven't decided whether I'm going to take the test or not.

Edit: Hello Riverdancer!
Edit2: Rose, I loved what you wrote to Zero. Very, very accurate in its Browncoaty Goodness. *hug*

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 7:55 AM

What the

to them!

them all!

At least you have pretty hair.

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 7:56 AM

Hello, Mavourneen

Sounds like an icky day. Wine?

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 8:00 AM

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Originally posted by FlyVote:
What the ! to them! them all!

Fly, sweetie, I can count on you to be eloquent!

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At least you have pretty hair.

Yes, there's always that. I have yet to meet anyone above board who would be willing to pay me 50K a year to stare at my hair, though. Unless...do you know of someone? :snikker:

Thanks, no Riverdancer. Wine gives me a headache. I'll stick with my 7 & 7.
More for you!

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 8:03 AM

Odd. Everything other than wine gives me a headache.

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 8:06 AM

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Originally posted by Mavourneen:
I have yet to meet anyone above board who would be willing to pay me 50K a year to stare at my hair, though. Unless...do you know of someone? :snikker:

I had that position open, then I filled it with a woman named "Beth". So sorry.

Honestly that was such a clear indication of how craptacular those people were that I struggle to come up with anything snarky enough to say.

I'm at my snark's end.

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 8:16 AM

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Originally posted by FlyVote:
I had that position open, then I filled it with a woman named "Beth".

Sounds painful.

OR

I'm tellin' MrsFly!!!

(You can choose which snarktastic comment you prefer)
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Thursday, June 28, 2007 8:17 AM

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 8:24 AM

DEEPGIRL187

A Hurricane barkeep, if you please. Not that I need that much rum this early in the day, but it's been a long week.

Sorry about the bogus interview, Mav. I know one of your other ones will turn up something.

A few more hours, and I might be able to go see 300 finally...

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 8:41 AM

ROXYFREEFALL

Woman, you are completely off your nut.

*sneaks into get something to eat, then sneaks off to a corner*

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 8:48 AM

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Originally posted by RoxyFreefall:
*sneaks into get something to eat, then sneaks off to a corner*

Hi, Roxy! You can sneak in anytime!

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 8:58 AM

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Originally posted by deepgirl187:
A Hurricane barkeep, if you please. Not that I need that much rum this early in the day, but it's been a long week.

Sorry about the bogus interview, Mav. I know one of your other ones will turn up something.

A few more hours, and I might be able to go see 300 finally...

If I take over, am I obliged to hang around serving drinks? or can I just set it up and hope? Well, I'll get you a Hurricane, but only in sympathy y'know

Hope tomorrow picks up your week.

They may think their sins are original, but for the most part they are petty and repetitive.

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 8:59 AM

I love y'all, and I love the folks I play with over at serenitymovie:

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Originally posted by methedivine at serenitymovie:

I would totally take the test and then when you email it back, have "Pretty hair, though" in the subject box.

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 9:47 AM

GEE

ooh, shiny new people in the bar

there are a number of us who nip behind the bar in the absense of Kel (it might be time for the men in the post to go shirtless in solidarity again) to serve drinks so no one should feel duty bound to stay and serve, we share the load in this bar.

*nips behind the bar to fix himself a guiness and Fettercairn shot on the side as Jimi is paying for all drink all week*

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 10:00 AM

Oh well in that case I'll take down the new management sign, it's clearly a futile endeavour xD

Hihi Mav, I'd second that suggestion, unless you've decided in light of how useless they are that you should have no trouble at all taking care of the job, and should enjoy the substantial remuneration ^_~

They may think their sins are original, but for the most part they are petty and repetitive.

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 10:07 AM

Fortunately, I wouldn't be working with those numbskulls. That was a staffing agency I went to today. I'd actually be working for a totally different company - but the job sounds like it is for a boss "with difficult to meet needs."

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 10:43 AM

GEE

Quote:
Originally posted by Oddsbodskins:
Oh well in that case I'll take down the new management sign, it's clearly a futile endeavour xD

Hihi Mav, I'd second that suggestion, unless you've decided in light of how useless they are that you should have no trouble at all taking care of the job, and should enjoy the substantial remuneration ^_~

They may think their sins are original, but for the most part they are petty and repetitive.

Gorram it, that's not what I meant at all lol, just offering a hand, I need PR to be all eloquant for me or Jonny or basically anyone but me!

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 10:48 AM

Well I got no real desire to make myself management, then I'd have to stand down my long-standing feud with my own managers, I was just after an excuse to install a spittoon xD So I'll wilfully misinterpret you without a qualm so long as I gets to step back down

They may think their sins are original, but for the most part they are petty and repetitive.

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 11:38 AM

ZEROKIRYU

Hello everyone.

Thanks for all the shiny words of comfort.

Especially you PR. *Hugs*

Fathers are a sore spot for me as well, seeing as how I don't know mine.

I was REALLY far gone last night, but I'm feeling better today.

After talking to my aunt (After talking to her, I figured out that she knows me a little better than I know myself!!) and reading what you guys wrote, I realized that I'm not as alone as I thought.

I really feel a LOT better now!!

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"This world is a rotten mess. It really needs to be cleaned up." - Light Yagami

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 12:42 PM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

Quote:
Originally posted by Mavourneen:
That was a staffing agency I went to today.

Oye, those places suck so bad. Frustrating to no end.

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Originally posted by zerokiryu:
I really feel a LOT better now!!

Any time :)

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Friday, June 29, 2007 1:47 AM

ZEROKIRYU

*Walks in and puts on a pot of coffee*

Forgot to mention that I got Storm Front yesterday!!

Can't wait to start reading it!!!

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Friday, June 29, 2007 1:54 AM

mornin' drinkers.

I missed y'all yesterday, and though my day seemed to fly right by, it was definitely missing something: Y'all.

Rose-doll, *hugs* and that was a very well-written description, that I tend to concur with. Magda wrote some 76th fanfic, the last line of the most recent chapter was:

"Magdalena Martin, your life ain’t never gonna be yours again from here on in… no matter what happens. You belong to the 76th ‘til the end now… and they’ll belong to you.”

Spoken from my character (SFC Alexander) to hers. Substitute 76th for Browncoats in general, and you have how I feel about you guys summed up pretty well. Just know that I've got each and every one of your backs.

and some *bigassjimibearhuggles*

Rose and zero (and any others this may apply to), the mention of not knowing/not being on good terms with your father is a good part of the reason I made the decision I did with regards to Ami's baby.

Oh, new patron, good to see you here RiverDancer. *goes to make sure there is plenty of red wine in stock*

*pounces on Roxy and hugs her until she can't hardly breathe*

*removes his shirt in homage to our favorite bartender, then gets busy making sure people have what they need: (in no particular order other than what comes to mind first)

*sets out a glass of Fettercairn, a small glass of 40 year old port, a pitcher of freshly squeezed mango juice with some added guarana, a couple of 7 & 7s, several shiny cans of -1.11C Dew, an ice-cold Labatts, several glasses of bourbon whiskey, half a dozen Irish carbombs, a couple of pints of guinness, a very dirty martini with extra olives, a large bowl of Bailey's and ice cream, some of the finest real Australian beer (not Fosters, of course), a cold Coke, a cold Diet Coke with lime, a glass of house red wine (is a cab sav ok?), and gods help me if I left off anything*

*stretches out on the deck and enjoys a smoke, keeping in the shade so his sunburned shoulders don't get worse*

~jimi

Dew. Be. Dew. Be. Dew.

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Friday, June 29, 2007 1:56 AM

Barkeep! A coke please...ice cold and full of caffeine!

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Friday, June 29, 2007 2:14 AM

*points to the bolded text above*

How are you this Friday morning, oh King of flightless birds and corn-filled states ?

~jimi

Dew. Be. Dew. Be. Dew.

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Friday, June 29, 2007 2:28 AM

I'm thankful it's Friday...I need a break from work!

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Friday, June 29, 2007 2:30 AM

ZEROKIRYU

*Grabs a 7&7 and hops into a bug cushiony chair*

I woke up with a sore throat this morning.

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Friday, June 29, 2007 2:52 AM

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Originally posted by Penguin:

QUIT IT! That friggin graphic keeps making me yawn!

(And good morning, all.)

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Friday, June 29, 2007 3:02 AM

hey zero, Fly.

I'm with you Penguin, some time with no work is good, though I do have lots of house and yard work to catch up on.

~jimi

Dew. Be. Dew. Be. Dew.

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Friday, June 29, 2007 3:07 AM

GEE

*gee drags his sorry carcass into the bar, see drinks arrayed on the bar and helps himself to the glass of Fettercairn and a pint of Guiness before joining Jimi on the deck*

afternoon all,

nearly didn't make it into work today as felt like ten tons of hammered shite this morning, dropped two pint glasses trying to do the washing up, attempted to make tea with unboiled water and then twatted myself round the head by walking into the partition wall at the end of my kitchen space. Get into work only twenty mins late, get greeted by, 'you look like death' as I walk down to my office and then walk solidly into my office door and bounce as it was locked due my wonderful colleague taking a last minute holiday (ie arranged this morning I believe!) whilst the other is currently in Thailand for a month leaving me on my own. Needless to say everything went bedlam like hence my late arrival and currently miserable mood.

*downs Fettercairn*

luckily virtual alcohol doesn't upset my stomach or get me drunk given that in my current state of mind drinking would be a bad plan.

someone bring me cheering news, anything, can't even buy myself a cd to cheers myself up with at the mo so need to live vicariously through others!

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Friday, June 29, 2007 3:09 AM

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Originally posted by RiverIsMyGoddess:
I'm with you Penguin, some time with no work is good, though I do have lots of house and yard work to catch up on.

~jimi

But that's fun work!

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Friday, June 29, 2007 3:20 AM

Morning, everyone!

Gee, I wish I had something cheerful for you. Its just a regular old day here. Still looking for a job.

Penguin, you are more than welcome to embark on a tour of the US, visiting Browncoat yards and making them spiffy.

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Friday, June 29, 2007 3:21 AM

DEEPGIRL187

Morning, all. Today, deepgirl will try something different and actually get off her lazy arse to get herself a drink. Sorry about the misunderstanding.

*fixes herself a smoothie with strawberries, pineapple, orange, lime, and plenty of non-fat yogurt*

Mmmm, yummy. So how is everyone today?

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Friday, June 29, 2007 3:32 AM

hey gee, Mavs *hugs*, Deep *huggles*

Penguin, I don't find it as much fun as you do, apparently, but the reward afterwards (a dip in the cold pool) will be worth it.

Mavs, good luck on the job search today.

Gee, sorry to hear of your troubles, they sounds many. Here, you can have this copy of The Saint that I found last night at Wal-Mart for pretty cheap, maybe it will cheer you up (Elizabeth Shue scantily clad usually does it for me).

Deep, now I know what you like, next time it's on me. I am doing well today, as it is payday and Friday. You?

~jimi

Dew. Be. Dew. Be. Dew.

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Friday, June 29, 2007 3:46 AM