I am almost 65 yrs old and have been to one professional baseball game, It was at Wrigley Field and I was in my mid 20's. I don't think I have ever been more board in my life.
In my day, in Chicago at any rate, of the many men that I knew there was only one sports fan, and he was a bit of a dweeb. There was no punch spot on one's Queer Card for such activities, so it was considered uncool for a Gay Boy to be a sports fan. Today its so much different and that why I often call myself a Dinosaur... a breed of Gay Man that seems to be becoming extinct. LOL, the only punch on my Queer Card that never got punched was "Show Tunes". Like all good classic queers, I arrange flowers, cook, have a cat, like opera (especially Russian and Armenian) like classical music, and have a good set of claws.
I guess there is enjoyment to be found ion many venues that Gay men of my generation wouldn't have considered "correct".
Today, there are Gay Sports teams and I guess that that is great.... I guess its called "mainstreaming", and we are probably better off for it. You, Daniel, along with a lot of my other friends represent the New Breed of Queer, and again, I think we are better for it… but sometimes its nice to be old and reminisce.
The only sports I have ever watched voluntarily was Australian Foot Ball. But its really all those hot thighs and the unabridged violence that occurs. I have often said that American Foot ball would be more fun if they didn't wear all that equipment. *evil grin*
OF POOR RESTAURANT FOOD. I am in food service and deal with both customers and cooks! I know its not considered PC to send your food back when it appears on table ill prepared. But that is wrong! Would you accept a pair of shoes that were 2 sizes too big, just because the sales person brought them to you? Damn right you wouldn't. You are spending good money on something that is supposed to be satisfying and the restaurant owner is supposed to be selling a prime product. Its not the server's fault that the food is ill prepared, but he/she is the middle man (errrr person) that has to deal with a displeased customer and the arrogant cook. When I am eating in a restaurant that is NOT my problem. If the meat is not what it ought to be, then they shouldn't be serving it. If the corn bread is burned it belongs in the garbage. After all, whose money is it? What I find so difficult to believe is that a server (who should want to please his/her customer) would bring a burned piece of corn bread to the table. Aren't servers "tip driven"? Where is their professionalism? A plate should never leave the kitchen if it is poorly done, and every cook or chef knows that. You might have been a reviewer for a famous food magazine, or a secret shopper... Your poorly prepared dish could cost someone their job and it should!!!!
Sometimes politically correct is ok... but not when it comes to what you put into your stomach and the price you paid for it. Daniel, I thought you had more guts.... NO!! Actually, I like your gut just as it is!!! LOL *evil grin*
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Date: 2009-04-25 03:50 pm (UTC)I am almost 65 yrs old and have been to one professional baseball game, It was at Wrigley Field and I was in my mid 20's. I don't think I have ever been more board in my life.
In my day, in Chicago at any rate, of the many men that I knew there was only one sports fan, and he was a bit of a dweeb. There was no punch spot on one's Queer Card for such activities, so it was considered uncool for a Gay Boy to be a sports fan. Today its so much different and that why I often call myself a Dinosaur... a breed of Gay Man that seems to be becoming extinct. LOL, the only punch on my Queer Card that never got punched was "Show Tunes". Like all good classic queers, I arrange flowers, cook, have a cat, like opera (especially Russian and Armenian) like classical music, and have a good set of claws.
I guess there is enjoyment to be found ion many venues that Gay men of my generation wouldn't have considered "correct".
Today, there are Gay Sports teams and I guess that that is great.... I guess its called "mainstreaming", and we are probably better off for it. You, Daniel, along with a lot of my other friends represent the New Breed of Queer, and again, I think we are better for it… but sometimes its nice to be old and reminisce.
The only sports I have ever watched voluntarily was Australian Foot Ball. But its really all those hot thighs and the unabridged violence that occurs. I have often said that American Foot ball would be more fun if they didn't wear all that equipment. *evil grin*
OF POOR RESTAURANT FOOD.
I am in food service and deal with both customers and cooks!
I know its not considered PC to send your food back when it appears on table ill prepared. But that is wrong! Would you accept a pair of shoes that were 2 sizes too big, just because the sales person brought them to you? Damn right you wouldn't. You are spending good money on something that is supposed to be satisfying and the restaurant owner is supposed to be selling a prime product. Its not the server's fault that the food is ill prepared, but he/she is the middle man (errrr person) that has to deal with a displeased customer and the arrogant cook. When I am eating in a restaurant that is NOT my problem. If the meat is not what it ought to be, then they shouldn't be serving it. If the corn bread is burned it belongs in the garbage. After all, whose money is it? What I find so difficult to believe is that a server (who should want to please his/her customer) would bring a burned piece of corn bread to the table. Aren't servers "tip driven"? Where is their professionalism? A plate should never leave the kitchen if it is poorly done, and every cook or chef knows that. You might have been a reviewer for a famous food magazine, or a secret shopper... Your poorly prepared dish could cost someone their job and it should!!!!
Sometimes politically correct is ok... but not when it comes to what you put into your stomach and the price you paid for it. Daniel, I thought you had more guts.... NO!! Actually, I like your gut just as it is!!! LOL *evil grin*