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DinkinFlicka said:
My false claims that other businesses have dealt with recessions, poor rates, crashes and other forms of economic ebbs and flows that my industry routinely weathers?

I'll happily take the bicentennial pandemic hardships over a fluctuating economy. I've been doing this for 12 years and this is the first closure I've experienced, and it's temporary. Hell, we're doing to go cocktails so it's not even a real closure. I'm going in and making a program for that and ****ing off with pay until the 18th.

No sweat off my back.
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Yes, who needs a brick and mortar establishment when you can run it off to go cocktails.

Dont forget how it tastes.
 
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508mikey said:
the lobbyists will always be there with handouts for their greedy scumbag guts
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That's why I say the change has to start at the local level, that is where the small/medium sized business owners and regular citizens can have the most impact. When we start putting people into office at the county/city level that will tell the state/fed .gov to piss off is when things will start changing.
 
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By Rob Stein
October 17, 2011

Regardless of whether Herman Cain wins the GOP nomination to run for president, he has already beaten the odds: He has survived a bout of advanced colon cancer.
In 2006, Cain, now 66, received a diagnosis of stage IV colon cancer, which means that the malignancy had spread beyond his colon. In Cain’s case, doctors found a tumor in his liver, a common location for colon cancer to spread, Cain wrote in his new book, “This is Herman Cain!: My Journey to the White House.”
About 101,000 Americans receive diagnoses of colorectal cancer each year, and nearly 49,000 die annually from the disease, making it one of the most common cancers in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. About 20 to 25 percent of colon cancers are diagnosed at stage IV.
Only about 6 to 12 percent of patients with stage IV colon cancer survive five years, according to the National Cancer Institute and the cancer society. But because of improvements in surgical techniques and the development of better chemotherapy drugs, the chances of survival rise significantly — 35 to 65 percent — if the tumor can be removed surgically, experts said.
just sayin.....

Rest in Peace

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After that procedure worked, Cain had one-third of his colon and 70 percent of his liver removed, along with about 48 lymph nodes, he wrote. He also underwent more chemotherapy in Atlanta, completing his treatment in January 2007 .
 
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hog88 said:
@DinkinFlicka did Knoxville shut you guys down again or was it a business decision?
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Health board deemed all places that qualify as bars (there's a balance you have to maintain between liquor and food sales to be considered a restaurant and we're not) need to shut down from the 2nd to the 20th. We can still do curbside and to go which was enough to pay our rent last time around. Our bartenders and waitresses are getting screwed because we of course can't match their tips in pay (they make roughly 500 a shift) but they're good kids and can weather the month just fine.
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
Health board deemed all places that qualify as bars (there's a balance you have to maintain between liquor and food sales to be considered a restaurant and we're not) need to shut down from the 2nd to the 20th. We can still do curbside and to go which was enough to pay our rent last time around. Our bartenders and waitresses are getting screwed because we of course can't match their tips in pay (they make roughly 500 a shift) but they're good kids and can weather the month just fine.
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That's ****ing terrible and one of the reasons every local official enacting these shutdowns needs to be removed. They are killing small locally owned businesses in favor of the national chains.
 
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hog88 said:
That's ****ing terrible and one of the reasons every local official enacting these shutdowns needs to be removed. They are killing small locally owned businesses in favor of the national chains.
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We keep in tight communication with other owners and directors downtown. I'd say about 80% of them accept the situation for what it is, and the rest is a mixed bag of "**** this" or "they better pay us another stimulus."

With that said, I think majority kind of speaks for itself here.
 
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hog88 said:
That's ****ing terrible and one of the reasons every local official enacting these shutdowns needs to be removed. They are killing small locally owned businesses in favor of the national chains.
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yeah and idiots wait until the unemployment expired and no new bill is going to get approved now
 
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allvol123 said:
So you agree with them shutting you down? If so, why did you not shut down previously? You need adults you dont know directing you?
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I think the shotgun approach sucks. I feel like we were being careful. Most other businesses had positive tests within their staff in the past month. We did not. We were doing things the right way. I don't agree with them shutting *us* down specifically, no. I get why they did it though. Staff and patrons are getting sick left and right. I knew dozens of people who did, and Knoxville ain't that big.

If you want to have an actual discussion, I'm happy to. You're going to have to cease your dickweed assumptions first, however. It's not doing either of us any favors.
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
We keep in tight communication with other owners and directors downtown. I'd say about 80% of them accept the situation for what it is, and the rest is a mixed bag of "**** this" or "they better pay us another stimulus."

With that said, I think majority kind of speaks for itself here.
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You are taking it better than I would.
 
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BeardedVol said:
It's painfully funny to watch a bunch of philistines who haven't had an actual science class since 9th grade biology, suddenly try to argue the veracity of a viral study all because they feel some bizarre need to justify the statement of a politician.
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it's painfully funny watching a bunch of elitists degrade anyone talking about hydroxychoroquine's potential use because "Orange Man Bad".
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
I think the shotgun approach sucks. I feel like we were being careful. Most other businesses had positive tests within their staff in the past month. We did not. We were doing things the right way. I don't agree with them shutting *us* down specifically, no.

If you want to have an actual discussion, I'm happy to. You're going to have to cease your dickweed assumptions first, however. It's not doing either of us any favors.
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Your attempt at a earnest meet in the middle conversation falls short with terms like "dickweed".

I understand that was your passive aggressive childlike attempt at a truce.

Regardless, you are essentially ok with them feeding you another shtt sandwich. Hopefully your staff is as well taken care of as you during this time of little to no delivery of services or goods. But it cant be sustained,.
 
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