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[jigs_n_fixtures]

I never got the wings craze either. Just goes to show hat you can take anything that people normally won't eat, smother in it hot sauce, sell it in a place that serves beer and you'll make millions.

I did the wings thing when I was kid in Vegas. There was a little dive casino on Fremont street which had nickel draft beer, and draft, and your choice of a foot long hot dog, shrimp cocktail, or wings for a buck.

And one of the truck stops used to give me and a buddy, free wings when we bought a pitcher of beer. I’m a happy friendly drunk, who can talk down most irritated obnoxious drunks, and the buddy was 6-4, 220-lbs. The bar staff, cocktail waitresses, and security guys liked us. There was only ever one time things got out of hand in the couple of years we hung out there.

 

[tradosaurus]

I did the wings thing when I was kid in Vegas. There was a little dive casino on Fremont street which had nickel draft beer, and draft, and your choice of a foot long hot dog, shrimp cocktail, or wings for a buck.

And one of the truck stops used to give me and a buddy, free wings when we bought a pitcher of beer. I’m a happy friendly drunk, who can talk down most irritated obnoxious drunks, and the buddy was 6-4, 220-lbs. The bar staff, cocktail waitresses, and security guys liked us. There was only ever one time things got out of hand in the couple of years we hung out there.

Sorry but you can't get off that easy. Now you have to regale this "one time things got out of hand".

 

[jigs_n_fixtures]

Sorry but you can't get off that easy. Now you have to regale this "one time things got out of hand".

Two drunk red neck truckers got into a “discussion” with a couple of motor cycle riding “bikers”, and things just escalated faster than I could talk sense to them.

Generally the bar patrons were truckers on their mandatory rest stand down, and if they started to get riled up, or too grabby with the cocktails waitresses, you could point out that there was a small army of security, and if they got involved, a beat down would occur, then the police would come gaffle them up and take them to jail. And, if their rig sat for 24-hours it would get towed. That would be about five hundred in towing fees, and eat most of the day.

Guys driving trucks are generally on pretty tight budgets for both time and money. $500, and a days delay was a serious issue for them, and they would usually go out to their truck to sleep it off.

 

[jigs_n_fixtures]

Ok, back on topic: I’m using Amazon less and less, only because there search engine gets worse by the week. I was checking to see if they might have a vendor selling some things I wanted for the tractor hydraulics. The factory controls were made by Vimco, I tried searching for a three word search “Vimco hydraulic valve”. There is a vendor of Chiwanese stuff Vamco. So, I would get several hundred items from Vamco, pages and pages of valves of all types, and pages and pages of anything hydraulic.

I went out and did a Google search with the same search term, and the second webpage Google came up with was to a Vimco, valve and joystick, on Amazon.

Now that wasn’t what I was looking for. But, why should I be able to find links to several products which were close to what I wanted, from the manufacturer I wanted, through Google, and not find them on Amazon?

If this was a one off, I could think it humorous. But, it is now routine. I can search for items on Google and find them, on Amazon, faster than going to Amazon and searching there.

It is just too frustrating to shop Amazon, for it to be a “go to” for me any more.

 

[Pixguy]

Ok, back on topic: I’m using Amazon less and less, only because there search engine gets worse by the week. I was checking to see if they might have a vendor selling some things I wanted for the tractor hydraulics. The factory controls were made by Vimco, I tried searching for a three word search “Vimco hydraulic valve”. There is a vendor of Chiwanese stuff Vamco. So, I would get several hundred items from Vamco, pages and pages of valves of all types, and pages and pages of anything hydraulic.

I went out and did a Google search with the same search term, and the second webpage Google came up with was to a Vimco, valve and joystick, on Amazon.

Now that wasn’t what I was looking for. But, why should I be able to find links to several products which were close to what I wanted, from the manufacturer I wanted, through Google, and not find them on Amazon?

If this was a one off, I could think it humorous. But, it is now routine. I can search for items on Google and find them, on Amazon, faster than going to Amazon and searching there.

It is just too frustrating to shop Amazon, for it to be a “go to” for me any more.

This happens to me as well. Just last night I was Az searching for a Mens golf club and ladies shorts and umbrellas were showing up on the search. WTH? Not a single word in my search or their description matched.

 

[jigs_n_fixtures]

This happens to me as well. Just last night I was Az searching for a Mens golf club and ladies shorts and umbrellas were showing up on the search. WTH? Not a single word in my search or their description matched.

Some one who bought a golf club also bought those things. Therefore you should also be interested in those things.

 

[Oaktree]

In 2021 I placed 176 orders
In 2020 I placed 181 orders
I'll probably place about the same amount of orders (15/month). There has been very few times I needed something "quickly" but in my rural area it takes about 5 days to get anything from Amazon.

Good grief!! What do you buy that comes to that many orders?
I might place one every couple months.

It is just too frustrating to shop Amazon, for it to be a “go to” for me any more.

Can't argue that their search engine turns up a lot of stuff not even closely related to what I enter, but I could say the same for Google. Walmart.com's search feature doesn't work very well either. Definitely an area that there's room for improvement across the board.

Curiously, what is your "go to" online retailer? I can't think of anyone that even comes close to what Amazon offers.

 

[tradosaurus]

Good grief!! What do you buy that comes to that many orders?
I might place one every couple months.

Christmas time is my busiest shopping month.

Living in a rural area it's easier for me to buy what I need for automobiles, tractor, side by side, household stuff, etc. than burn gas for extra trips. Also can buy gifts for kids and ship it straight to their houses.

For instance, I got into mixology back in February and bought a few things I needed to get started (except the liquor of course).

Also Sams offers free shipping that we have taken advantage. I can see my wife and I getting to the point of buying most everything (except perishables) online and having it delivered.

 

[JDZ735M]

I may appear sacrilegious but what is the fascination with wings and hot sauce? At 70 years old, I finally tried Buffalo Wings with a multitude of different hot sauces and have yet to understand the a "why" of it all. Gristle and fat with a little bit of meat. Ribs seem to be more to my liking and don't need any type of hot sauce.

I agree. The super hot wings deal was just a fad for youngsters to have an excuse to socialize at Hooters and drink beer.

 

[JethroB]

I agree. The super hot wings deal was just a fad for youngsters to have an excuse to socialize at Hooters and drink beer.

Before the Buffalo wing popularity came along in the early 90’s the chicken wing was a low end byproduct of the bird. At the processor level they sold at about 40 cents a pound. Normally now they go for $2/pound or so. Now it’s the leg quarter that is difficult to move, America’s prefer white meat.

Restaurants like little wings, buy them by the pound then sell them by the piece.
For me wings are like raw oysters, yeah I’ll eat a couple but then bring out the real food.