Comments on: Free-For-All Friday 10/25/13

By: Wacky Sitcom Neighbor

Wacky Sitcom Neighbor — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 23:56:36 +0000

Just like the TM of old, there’s a list by broad variety (stout, pilsner, red ale) with brewery and ABV but no tasting notes or anything. So while there’s a list, it’s literally just a list.

(oh, and in the area where we were dining two of the three TVs on the same wall were on the same game. You have a room with a dozen TVs in it, and you have two immediately adjacent to each other showing the same game? amateur hour.)

By: MontyF

MontyF — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 02:15:22 +0000

Anyone else tried their wings? I had an order just after they opened and again one today. Not the same wings that I loved. The old ones had a lot of flavor without dripping in sauce; an exact flavor and texture that I had found nowhere else except the various Taco Macs. On neither of my orders were they the same. Someone help me!

By: TeeRuss

TeeRuss — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:34:34 +0000

I wish I was joking. I also bailed on Built To Spill at Variety on Thursday night. Brutal week for me.

By: lumpintheroad

lumpintheroad — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:18:15 +0000

I did, last night! For a second I was like, “Is he psychic?” Then I remembered my avatar. We too were exhausted, and wife almost bailed, but we toughed it out and were glad we did.

It was a great, great show. Elf Power had a great set (including a little last minute tribute to Lou Reed at the end), and to see NMH live an in the flesh (for some context, I was completing my senior year at UGA in 1998 when Aeroplane dropped) was amazing. I will say, some of the “oh my God is this really happening” was stolen by seeing Jeff Mangum solo at Variety Playhouse a couple years ago, but the energy of the full band, the crazy beautiful instrumentation, seeing the music live and breathe in ways a lot of folks thought it never would again…. Beautiful.

By: Skeptic

Skeptic — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:16:05 +0000

For what it is worth, most traffic sensors do in fact use induction loops if they have a sensor. See the link http://auto.howstuffworks.com/car-driving-safety/safety-regulatory-devices/question234.htm

A large magnet or stopping as close to the loop (versus in the center) might in fact help. It would at least be worth the experiment.