NWI INGO General Post - Part 11

[jedi]

I would think so since the last time we were there. i don't remember having to come up with a special menu due to the size. But it is what it is. Seems the first and last M&E of this year have been nothing but problems trying to get set up. I do ask if anyone wants to help me pick menu items for the 4th of Dec to PM me as I plan on going to Jedi's Garden next friday to make a menu and pay the deposit.

The last time we did not have to give a deposit or have a special menu BECAUSE while we had the "back room" it was not just for us. Meaning the general public could sit back there if they wanted to. Had we given a deposit last time the back room would have been for us only along with the "special menu".

C. Larry and I choose to go with "it being open" cause we did not want to deal with a special menu and figured if the general public saw guns they might talk to us as well.

 

[chef larry]

The last time we did not have to give a deposit or have a special menu BECAUSE while we had the "back room" it was not just for us. Meaning the general public could sit back there if they wanted to. Had we given a deposit last time the back room would have been for us only along with the "special menu".

C. Larry and I choose to go with "it being open" cause we did not want to deal with a special menu and figured if the general public saw guns they might talk to us as well.

And with my luck we got to have the full room for the group and had a great time. A few talked about the two waitress who served the group. Thanks for Jedi's help to get the event done.

 

[Ballstater98]

Election Day tomorrow. Once again, getting up early with you blue hairs to preform my civic duty.

 

[bulletsmith]

At exactly what point does one become a blue hair?

 

[Ballstater98]

At exactly what point does one become a blue hair?

So I Googled an official definition:
Urban Dictionary: blue hair

Or
apparently 65 or older according to:
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100606173748AApOwBb

Most the voters that arrive when I do have one foot in the grave, but at least they show up!

 

[bulletsmith]

An old person whos white hair appears blue. Usally it is the only thing you can see over the steering wheel of the car they are driving.
Damn blue hair, get off the road

 

[Bill B]

So I Googled an official definition:
Urban Dictionary: blue hair

Or
apparently 65 or older according to:
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100606173748AApOwBb

Most the voters that arrive when I do have one foot in the grave, but at least they show up!

pfft, in Hammond they've been in the grave for years and still vote. the day after their funeral they change their party affiliation to "D" if they weren't already.

 

[bulletsmith]

pfft, in Hammond they've been in the grave for years and still vote. the day after their funeral they change their party affiliation to "D" if they weren't already.

If that's true it's even worse than I thought then. I think we had the lowest voter turnout in history last time. Even with your dead folks.

 

[Ericpwp]

You don't want to draw too much attention.

Only count the ones you can trust.

 

[Ballstater98]

It takes a new pair of boots/shoes to make you realize just how bad your old ones were.

 

[chef larry]

Don't vote, don't bit*h. Lake County Rule-vote early and often.

 

[chef larry]

If that's true it's even worse than I thought then. I think we had the lowest voter turnout in history last time. Even with your dead folks.

For the primary this year when I went to vote and they said less than 100 people showed up for two precincts there.

 

[Ballstater98]

Civic duty completed!
Weird. All electronic sign in, then they handed me a paper ballot.

 

[danmdevries]

I haven't a clue how, where, or when to vote.

Well, you've shared the when part.

But still. People talk about voting and I haven't a clue what it really means. In my head it's going somewhere and sticking a card into a machine, then pulling a lever. But that might just be from cartoons...

Just seems like too much hassle to try to figure out. I don't have a voter's card or whatever either. Or do they take drivers license?

 

[Ballstater98]

I haven't a clue how, where, or when to vote.

Well, you've shared the when part.

But still. People talk about voting and I haven't a clue what it really means. In my head it's going somewhere and sticking a card into a machine, then pulling a lever. But that might just be from cartoons...

Just seems like too much hassle to try to figure out. I don't have a voter's card or whatever either. Or do they take drivers license?

In a nut shell:
Register (you can do this at the BMV) and they will tell you where to go and what precinct you are in
Hand over driver's license (or government issued ID) which they scanned the code on the back this a.m.
Sign your name saying it's you voting.
They hand you a categorized ballot to fill in bubbles next to the candidate(s) you choose
Insert ballot into a counting machine
Done

 

[danmdevries]

In a nut shell:
Register (you can do this at the BMV) and they will tell you where to go and what precinct you are in
Hand over driver's license (or government issued ID) which they scanned the code on the back this a.m.
Sign your name saying it's you voting.
They hand you a categorized ballot to fill in bubbles next to the candidate(s) you choose
Insert ballot into a counting machine
Done

I'd rather not go to the BMV...
Already sounds like more work than it's worth for the small feel-good of saying I voted.

 

[Ballstater98]

I'd rather not go to the BMV...
Already sounds like more work than it's worth for the small feel-good of saying I voted.

I'm not sure if you can register other places. I did that task quite a while ago and things change.
It's more about civics than tooting your own horn. Plus, you are only talking a 20 min. total task once every 2-4 years.
You need to get the right decision making people in the right places.

 

[danmdevries]

My vote will have the same impact as buying a lotto ticket will have on my bank account.

Really not worth it unless you want the feel-good of voting, or the 5 minutes of dreaming if buying a lotto ticket. In the end, the results won't change whether you vote or not, or if you buy a lotto ticket or not.

If I could do it from home, definitely would vote. The time/effort invested is minimal so I don't feel like I wasted 20 minutes of my day, but could still have the feelgood and say I voted.

 

[melensdad]

Today is GUTTER CLEANING DAY.

I'm supplying warm beer and 2 day old pizza to anyone who helps.

Come on over

 

[Ballstater98]

My vote will have the same impact as buying a lotto ticket will have on my bank account.

Really not worth it unless you want the feel-good of voting, or the 5 minutes of dreaming if buying a lotto ticket. In the end, the results won't change whether you vote or not, or if you buy a lotto ticket or not.

If I could do it from home, definitely would vote. The time/effort invested is minimal so I don't feel like I wasted 20 minutes of my day, but could still have the feelgood and say I voted.

I believe (never done it) you can have an absentee ballot sent to your home should you fit the criteria: Secretary of State : Election Division: Absentee Voting
When Olga was elected in Portage she leaving a huge debt and getting things done in town with a blown budget fell back on the town and taxpayers. Portage is still recovering from that.