The Unknown Poster

http://ingoalmag.com/features/top-50-nhl-goaltending-prospects-for-2015-2016-season/ Jets at #1 and #4

This is untrue. Would not be allowed to do so. The onlyTime waivers were required was when filming a promo (not porno lol) for a tourism show airing in the US. absolutely true, they had scenes shooting behind closed .... ill call them cubical walls with bed set up, at first i was out having a smoke and limos were pulling up wondering what was going on and a bouncer said what was up, i was approached while on the dance floor if i would or wouldnt not like to be part of the back ground leading up to the scenes shot in private by the shooter bar. i chose not to cuz i wasnt the star but seriously that happened - the form i called waiver was just consent to being shown, might be using wrong name. alas i think the chicks name was oceana or something like that.i too thought there was no way they could do this in public but it is what it is. this was bar down in ft. richmond pretty close to where IGF is now Wasn't the Lid. There was not a shooter bar at the lid. Oshean did appear at Wise Guys on campus I know for sure. I knew her videographer. The only time she appeared at the Lid was an appearance at a wrestling show. Her thing was taking people back to her place for filming where they signed waivers. You can't shoot porn in a bar.

This is untrue. Would not be allowed to do so. The only Time waivers were required was when filming a promo (not porno lol) for a tourism show airing in the US.

The town I live in now has a pub that features live music once or twice a week, the rest of the time, they run iTunes through their sound system. They have different playlists and stuff set up, but it's just iTunes running, and it's THE place to go in town.... I've seen some placed where they have a fancy pants Juke Box where customers pay ACTUAL money to play songs. Like $5 for 10 picks or something. And I saw in a bar in the country for about three hours one day waiting for a wedding reception and the customer's kept the songs going and PAID to do it. You can access the juke box from a smart phone too. It was actually pretty cool. I think when no one is plugging it, it plays randomly. Worked perfectly fine. For a nightclub, maybe you want a DJ for the face-to-face interaction but I know from my own experience, we had a great DJ and the music he played also controlled the crowd we attracted. Played lots of videos too. But there was plenty of times where we plugged in a play list into the computer from 7-9:30 until the DJ showed up and if a crowd or pub crawl showed up, it was pretty easy for the bartender or bouncer to go up there and slip in some requests or dance music. No one cares about the perfect 32 beat mix anymore...just push play.

Honestly, today you could plug in an ipod and keep the general crowd happy. I might be old but people dont want to listen to three straight hours of techno that all sounds the same. This isnt some new york house club music or whatever the kids call it. Invariably, when the popular top 40/dance song of the day comes on, the dance floor is packed. When you play the 80's set, dance floor is packed, 90's set, dance floor packed. People just want to hear songs they like and have good memories to.

Yikes. A ton of arrogance in the NDP. It isnt always the case but I find generally, right leaning people feel that they have an opinion and we should all discuss out opinions. And left leaning people there are no opinions, only facts which they decide upon and everyone else who disagrees is wrong and/or irrelevant. Like they really feel they need to rule over us to lead us out of our darkness of right-leaning positions. Mulcair is very concerning with pandering to Quebec and the differing things he says in french versus english. He came out and said Quebec can separate at 50+1% which the supreme court already ruled was not the case. Didnt the NDP try to take Harper to task over disagreeing with the Court? Here Mulcair just brushes it off in an issue that could lead the country into chaos. It's alarming.

Canad Inns is very good and taking any sort of identity out of their bars. Im not sure if that was brother Ron's doing. I know he was in charge if nightclubs at the time they boasted they had a format where they could shut down a nightclub, renovate it and change the theme and re-open in a week. They dont seem to do that as often now that Ron is gone. I know there was a lot of consternation when Scandal's changed names as it had "legendary" status do area youth. Cleaning a place up and freshening it up doesnt mean it needs some goofy theme. Someone in Canad Inns loves Vegas and tried to bring Vegas themes here. And usually bars over-value one theme night. For example, Stardust was dying and did "Boogie Nights" on Thursdays which was super busy so they changed the entire format to Boogie Nights. Which might be the best example of it working. Rockbar on Pembina did a country night which was great so they changed the whole thing to the Ranch. Dead. When the Palladium renovated, they went with the "vegas" thing too...Stratosphere. It looked great in there and was really busy for awhile but it took a ton of marketing to keep an older crowd coming that far down pembina. Once it trailed off, it was done. I remember saying to the GM, we're 2 minutes from 30,000 students. Give them what they want. Cheap booze, top 40 music. And thats when we became the LID, which was just The Palladium updated. Packed again right up until we closed down. I went into Reset a few weeks back and it was empty. The only people in there were obvious university-aged people in casual clothing playing video games while a "DJ" played blaring techno music all night. It used to be a good DJ would know his crowd. Now, the DJ thinks he's the star and if people dont want to hear his techno stuff, then its the audience's problem. I briefly trained to be the back up DJ at Grapes when I was 19 and the main DJ told me one rule "Play what they want to hear, not what you want to hear".

We used to do monthly shows at Sociables in Portage La Prairie. We'd go out there early, eat the Chinese buffet across the street and then get a case and sit in our room until show time. One day we asked about the basement bar and the manager warned us not to go in there. Its the middle of the day, what could go wrong? We walked down and literally, all activity in the place stopped. It was dark, dingy, dirty and packed. Every person stopped and looked at us. It was an "Aboriginal hangout" and being white guys, we stuck out like a sore thumb. But hey, everyone welcome right? I start walking towards the bar and everyone is staring, glaring etc. The bartender shakes his head. We stop...and slowly back out. I think Sociables burned down eventually. Fun place.

Its unlikely to find a party that is "perfect". The debate I often have with friends is, they will come up with one thing that bothers them about Harper and Ill rattle off several things about the opposition. The point being, you have to find the party that over-all will be best for the country. Certain issues have greater weight to us as individuals ofcourse but I cant imagine having any one party being absolutely perfect on all issues. Economy is important and while the Conservatives arent perfect, I cant fathom a federal NDP government. I mean, realistically, if Mulcair thinks the economy sucks right now under Harper, Harper's reply should be "yeah but imagine the economy with you in charge." "It cant get much worse". Oh yes it can.

The Oak seemed to be where other Canad Inns staff gravitated too when we had a night off. During my Boogie Nights days, we only had Tuesday and Sunday off. Tuesday was the Oak and Sunday was Mondetta World Cafe. The Spike is a disaster. When I go there, which isnt often, I either have a really fun time or a terrible time. No in-between. Usually 8-10PM is when all the 35-50 year olds show up dressed as they did when they were 20. After 10, the young attractive people come out looking for some weird dive-bar chic hang out. Bar is too small, bad layout. Staff is usually pleasant though. I used to run weekly wrestling shows at Rookie's (The Central) generally in front of a crowd of 0-7 people. Every single week. For like 9 months.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/alleged-patrick-kane-rape-victim-accompanied-friend-to-his-home--report-145732530.html The woman accusing Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane of rape went to his Hamburg, New York home because her friend wanted to go there, according to a report in The Buffalo News. Per the story in The News: “They were at SkyBar, and Kane invited them to his home. Her friend really wanted to go to Kane’s house, and she didn’t want her friend to go there alone,” a friend of the woman told The Buffalo News. “It wasn’t her idea to go there.” The piece cites two other sources that gave a similar account, a law enforcement official and a member of Buffalo’s legal community.

And the Monty and the Constellation Club where old strippers went for their last show and the Zoo and the Marble Club and the.... Wholy crap I drank at a lot of places. I remember hearing of Bogarts. Where was it? Monty's was my part of town. When I was a kid, it was the "cool" place to go. When I turned 18, not so much. Scandals was the place. Went there for my 18th birthday. I remember the first time I went to the Palladium too. It was empty but I liked the layout. Monty's was too small. And their bouncers had a bad reputation. Wasnt Scandals originally called Stagger Lee's?

Interesting that you don't mention what the economy has been going through with the current Fed. Gov. Yeah, stupid Harper and his plans hurting the entire world markets. What Harper did to Greece is ridiculous. What we need is a strong NDP government to come in, raise taxes, destroy jobs in Canada's energy sector and increase spending. That will save the whole world. ;-)

Manitoba LC always thinks they know what they're doing when they dont. The "safe serving" program or whatever it was called was another good example of fixing a problem that doesnt exist. I remember they talked about potentially licensing bouncers. They supposedly had some sort of focus group made up of bouncers and the only ones I know who were invited were the ones who were old school, throw punches first, ask questions later types, not the newer guys (like me) who saw the job for what it was becoming. The silly metal detectors to make everyone have a false sense of security. Just pointless.

And yet I go to Vegas and they hand me a beer for free when I sit at the VLT and no one dies.

You're right. Thats why the trend is that people grow more conservative as they age. When you're young and have nothing or are just starting a family, having the government take care of you and give you everything sounds wonderful. When you're older and make your own money you start thinking maybe you should be able to keep your money and look after yourself.

Im somewhat perplexed since Trudeau isnt exactly coming on well. But the Cons could certainly dip with the Duffy trial. Still early.

The big appeal of Pembina bars was how cheap they were. I was always there for $.25 draft nights. It was perfect for university students. Fixed prices put an end to that. Yeah, and the competition. LId, Monty's, Wise Guys, Beach(Scandals), Coyotes, Pemby. An enormous amount of people at bars on Pembina on the weekends. And they'd shift based off a $0.25 price change. If we had a friday dying, we could lower price a quarter and boom, we were packed. The minimum pricing thing was a scam. Before minimum pricing, people would go to the bar at 7:00 because it was so cheap. After minimum pricing, people didnt go out til 10 because it was cheaper to pick up a case or mickey from the LC and pre-drink at home. And that was the point of minimum pricing. No one drank less. There were not less people getting black out drunk. That kid died because of a failure on the part of himself, his friends and the bar. We used to have $0.75 shooters, $1 shots. On weekends when prices were higher we'd still have "Saturator Saturdays" with triples for $3.

Bar was Boogie Nights (formerly Stardust). The house band was the Boogie Knights Band. Right right right....I remember now. Man that place changed names a LOT....last I checked, it's still Cowboys...... Yeah thats the Canad Inns way. They just closed Area nightclub, presumably to open up as something else but the whole Pembina HWY bar scene died a slow death. I was 18 working at Grapes on Main, went to Pier 7 and Scandals at 19. U4IA at...21 I think. Stardust was still Stardust when I was there, then became Boogie Nights. Then I think it was the Coliseum which never worked (what kind of identify is that) and finally Cowboys which has worked out well as a hot country bar. Leanne Pearson plays (or played) there a lot and she's great. I dont go to bars much anymore but if I am asked, I'd go to Cowboys. The LID was awesome until it closed, though Im biased. ;-)

@byrondueck0: NDP currently at their top projection ever- 33.5% of the vote. Liberals up slightly to 27.2% and Cons down to 29.3% http://t.co/fl88wUXHzD

Bar was Boogie Nights (formerly Stardust). The house band was the Boogie Knights Band.

People do get caught up in the bombastic way Trump speaks but stripping away the obnoxiousness, he makes a lot of good points. However it *is* fair to judge him on his behavior as character, diplomacy, good judgement are all important aspects of the job. It will be interesting to see, as we get closer, whether Trump's support is real or if people are just flirting with the "popular", controversial, anti-establishment choice. They might say "okay, now lets get serious" and pick someone else. The Republican's have a huge issue though. If Trump continues to lead by the convention, and they dont choose him, he risks running as an Independent and that hands the election to the Democrats. Some accuse Trump of planning all this for the purpose of helping Hilary win. I have a feeling when the time is right, Trump will bow out and endorse the "right" candidate. Just a hunch because I cant imagine a real US election with Trump as the nominee, as exciting as it would be. I still say Jeb vs Hilary.

I worked at Scandals, Grapes Pier 7, Grapes on Main, Palladium (Stratosphere, The Lid), Boogie Nights, U4IA. Night Moves, Diamond Club, The Zoo (Osborne Village, not Assiniboine Park)....a lot of good times. Think I'll dig out my Queen City Kids, Harlequin, and Streetheart records for old times sake... You must be a bit older than me. I heard of those places before I was old enough to get in. Wasnt Diamond Club where a bouncer was shot and killed?

I worked at Scandals, Grapes Pier 7, Grapes on Main, Palladium (Stratosphere, The Lid), Boogie Nights, U4IA. Scandals wasnt a dive. Just very, very young. Thursday draft night back before minimum pricing was a sh!tshow of young drunks. When i got to the Palladium it was a lot of fun. It had its issues with the local gang element but we cleaned it up when it renovated and certainly wasnt a dive then as they gutted the place and spent a lot of money. The Lid was the most fun place ever. Laid back, easy going. Lots of fun. I was 18 when I worked for Grapes so that was good times. And Boogie Nights was insanely popular...we were like celebrities around town on our nights off for the brief time it was the place to be. Sorry, off topic! We need an "old bars" thread maybe. I bet lots of people here have stories as patrons or employees!

Started a new thread as Im sure we will have plenty to discuss over the next year + CNN.com Washington (CNN)Donald Trump has a significant lead in the race to win over likely Iowa caucus-goers, according to the first CNN/ORC poll in the state this cycle. Trump tops the field with 22% and is the candidate seen as best able to handle top issues including the economy, illegal immigration and terrorism. He's most cited as the one with the best chance of winning the general election, and, by a wide margin, as the candidate most likely to change the way things work in Washington.