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I'm always happy to be wrong! Congratulations.

Brian, Congratulations on getting open - and it sounds like things are starting out well. I'm well underway in my journey to opening a high-end burger place, and I'm learning every day all those things that I never even knew I didn't know. One thing I've researched quite a bit is direct mail...

Denver. As much as I love brewpubs - we've got quite a few of them at this point.

All fantastic points - and I like to think that I'm not going into this with unrealistic expectations. I've spent a lot of time over the last couple of years thinking about my future, and a lot of that involved understanding the jobs I liked and the ones I didn't. After that, I looked at what...

I think it all comes down to execution. I've seen many businesses (restaurants included) with a "money guy" and an "operations/idea guy". Some work, some don't. Excluding the concept itself (is it actually workable), I think it all comes down to personality and execution. I think you are...

Excellent question. Not a lot in recent years. I have the standard experience from high school and college, washing dishes, busing tables, waiting tables, finishing up at the end of my college days as the Asst. Manager at an unprofitable Little Caesars Pizza. That of course was 20 years ago...

Not familiar with Moes, but Panera is a whole different story when it comes to getting a franchise. They are pretty expensive to build-out ($1m+) and they only do multi-unit (5+) deals. Too rich for my blood. Its interesting, in my research of different places you get two extremes. On one...

Unfortunately Chipotle is not a franchise - all stores are corporate. I would love to own some though - and this is coming from the guy who looked at the very first Chipotle (yep - store #1) when it opened and thought "why do we need a burrito place?". Now recognize that they moved into where...

Thanks for the comments Sam. I'm a firm believer that most small businesses (restaurants included) fail not because of bad concepts but because they are run by people who are bad businessmen/women. I can tell lots of stories of people I know that started businesses that failed because they...

So I'm thinking of striking out on my own and buying into a franchise. I've evaluated a ton of different options/industries - and I'm narrowing my choices down to something in the "better burger" category. I'm hoping that the folks on HTF can help me with your thoughts on burgers. Please...

You can check alcohol. Just make sure you've either transferred it to something less breakable than glass or that you seal up the bottles somehow. While I believe the risk of breakage is pretty low (especially if you've wrapped it up in clothes or some other shock absorber), you'd hate to get...

Always happy to help a noble cause such as this.

There - fixed that for you.

Courtesy xkcd.com

How in the world did you find 5 threads from March of 2003 to respond to? Pretty impressive run there.

For me - the first one was funny because the premise and execution were both so different than anything else out there. It was that "newness" factor that really shone, along with how the jokes and gags were seamlessly interwoven into the storyline. Chao jumping out of the trunk in the first...

Awful movie. Definitely a few funny scenes - but even the funny ones referenced re: Ed Helm's character we very obvious to spot coming (except for the guy behind me who didn't get it for about 5 minutes - despite the visual evidence). the minute they stuffed Chao into the ice machine my...

99% of the time that's not the frequent flyers. Every instance where I see that occur I watch to see where that person sits - and it is almost always way back in the back of the plane. Most frequent flyers want to have their bag as close to them as possible, as I can't tell you the number of...

You missed a word in your description. It should be "perception of heightened security". Can you tell my opinion of the TSA?

I've flown over 1.2 million miles since 2000, and definitely do not categorize my flying experiences or my life as pretty miserable. I haven't paid for a vacation in 10 years from the frequent flyer miles and hotel points I've racked up, and I've traveled the country and the world without...

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Yes you can.

If they direct you to a scanner and you "opt-out" you are guaranteed a pat down - no question. This is the "enhanced" pat-down, which involves going up your legs until their hands can't go any farther. You've never been patted down because you haven't opted out of the body scanner. If they...

They shouldn't. TSA rules don't require either a Kindle or an iPad to be removed from your bag. The only time I had an issue with my iPad was when I had my camera and a lens stacked above it - then they wanted a bit more detail...

Generally speaking - and I do say generally - a person may be allowed through security without ID. Let's face it - if they didn't and you lost your ID on the road how would you get home?   Two things - first, there is no guarantee that he'll be allowed through. It's going to be completely...

Jay - my cleaning service charges me $400 to do a "deep cleaning" of my 3,500 sq ft house (yes - I know its too big). Deep cleaning means they do everything - blinds, windows, tops of mouldings, under everything, etc - compared to the normal bi-weekly cleaning which really just gets visible...

Went a couple of years ago in the winter. While it didn't really snow while we were there - we did want to be careful. Bought some from a convenience store close to the park - I think we paid $40.00. As I recall there were no refunds and no rentals. They know they've got you.