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robzilla71173 t1_j0ochvg wrote
Reply to comment by brass_boobs in what else can we name after him?! by clOverrated
I stand corrected. Didnt realize he lived in Strafford now. Sorry, the blunt = bad threads get cringey for me. I'm a research scientist at msu and he's been a huge benefactor to university science research programs throughout his career. His staff have met with Schmitt to try and drive home how important science funding is but I doubt it will help. Sad to say Schmitt and Burleson are going to make Blunt and Long look like benevolent geniuses and both msu and mizzou are going to miss the guy, regardless of how we feel about his politics.
robzilla71173 t1_j0lsiyo wrote
Reply to comment by Cloud_Disconnected in what else can we name after him?! by clOverrated
They actually do seem like the only person in the conversation not butthurt.
robzilla71173 t1_j0lr23g wrote
Reply to comment by brass_boobs in what else can we name after him?! by clOverrated
You're either a lot older than most people here or your classmate was bsing you. Blunt's local residence has been a condo for decades. Mailbox is indoors.
robzilla71173 t1_j0czejs wrote
Reply to comment by Avery_Anarchy in Thai Express//Crosstown BBQ by the_honeyman
Oh man, I feel like either he's trimmed his beard or is doing something different there now, there was a time when that beard was epic enough to be the whole description. I grew up with Eric R.
robzilla71173 t1_j0cln65 wrote
Reply to comment by Avery_Anarchy in Thai Express//Crosstown BBQ by the_honeyman
It is indeed. I'm a high school friend of a certain bearded KOLR10 videographer.
robzilla71173 t1_j0bx1mb wrote
Reply to Peking duck? by ProgressMom68
Just curious, is this a Christmas Story thing? I will always love that scene.
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Reply to comment by armenia4ever in Anything fun happening tonight? by hmmmmm22irrelevant
Facebook. If you search for Blues Society of the Ozarks they put this list out every Wed.
robzilla71173 t1_j09hafj wrote
Reply to comment by topflight8000 in Anything fun happening tonight? by hmmmmm22irrelevant
On the Facebooks. Check out Blues Society of the Ozarks. They put this out every week somewhere around Wednesday.
robzilla71173 t1_j098p34 wrote
Reply to Anything fun happening tonight? by hmmmmm22irrelevant
Also, Hold Fast Brewery usually has game nights or trivia or stuff like that on Wednesdays.
robzilla71173 t1_j0989l6 wrote
Reply to Anything fun happening tonight? by hmmmmm22irrelevant
If you enjoy dancing, Dance with Me has drop in classes for $10 at the Savoy on Commercial. I believe tonight is waltz at 6:30 and line dancing at 7:30. Also here's a list of bands playing, I can personally vouch that Justin Larkin (folk/guitar) Shaun Munday (bass guitar) are both extremely good. Ruthies never disappoints with whoever they'll have. (all credit goes to Blues Society of the Ozarks who puts this together every week)
LIVE MUSIC THIS WEEK!
If we unintentionally missed an event, please add it in the “Comments” section.
Be sure to check directly with the venue for cancellations or changes. Thanks!
12/14-Wednesday
American Legion Post 639: Justin Larkin 6pm
Best of Luck Beer Hall: Shaun Munday 6pm
Bub’s Distillery: Open Mic 7pm
Carrie’s Bar: Wednesday Night Jam presented by Dave Ellis 7pm
Dugout Bar & Grill: Haus Jazz Quartet 8pm
Ruthie’s On C-Street: Live Music TBD 8pm
Tie & Timber Brewing: T & T All Stars 6pm
12/15-Thursday
Archie’s: TBD 8pm
Southbound Bar & Grill: Nate Fredrick and The Wholesome Boys w/Matt Daniel 6:30pm
Wire Road Brewing: Isaac Kenneth 6pm
12/16-Friday
Archie’s: Wicked Shimmy 9pm
Back Home Brewing, Ozark: Luce Cannons 8pm
Bear Creek Winery, Walnut Shade: Modern August 5pm
Carrie’s Bar: Black Note 8pm
Galloway Station: The Good Man Underground 8pm
Good Vibrations. Rogers AR: Nathan Bryce and Loaded Dice 8pm
Hold Fast Brewing: Justin Larkin 7pm
The Lakehouse, Branson: The Yetis (George Hunt & Ron Love) 7pm
Just One More, Republic: Chuck Briseno 9pm
KISS Bar & Grill: Etched in Embers w/ Dark Below and One Night After Love 9pm
Lindberg’s Tavern: Jazz Night 9pm
Mother’s Brewing: Avery Waltz 5pm
Murphy’s Pub, Humansville: Justin Messer 6pm, The County Liners 8pm
The Paddlewheel, Branson: Art Bentley 8pm
The Riff: Jerome Pollock, Carrie Jordan, Nancy Moore, Thomas Whitehead, The Jordan Family 7:30pm
Southbound Bar & Grill: White Oak Revival 9pm
Tie & Timber Brewing: Dallas Jones 7:30pm
Uncle Bob’s Brewpub, Nixa: Ellis Ayers 6pm
Where House Bar: Corey Johnson 7pm
White River Brewing: White River All Stars 6pm
12/17-Saturday
Archie’s: Wicked Shimmy 9pm
Carrie’s Bar: Plush 8pm
Cellar + Plate: Barak Hill 6:30pm
Downstream Casino: Black Note 8:30pm
The Foxhole: Chuck Briseno 8pm
Hotel Vandivort: Barak Hill 11am
KISS Bar & Grill: The Dirty Saints, Thrillfall, & The Panty Droppers 8pm
Lindberg’s Tavern: Jazz Night 9pm
Mulberry Tree Saloon, Marionville: Identity Crisis 7pm
The Paddlewheel, Branson: Thunder Creek Symphony
Queen City Eagle’s Lodge, Plainview RD: CRC Classic Rock 7pm
Show-Me Brewing: The Missing Man Trio 12pm
SS Dockside, Nixa: Corey Brewer 7:30pm
T&A Legends Saloon: Eureka Springs AR: Nathan Dice and Loaded Dice 9pm
Untouchables Brewery, Nixa: Mike, Mac, and the Sidemen 7pm
Where House Bar: Stevie Newman 6pm
Where House Bar: The Silence Between, Spirit Camaro, & Leadership Class 7pm
Wiseguys, Ozark: Hailey Jane 8pm
12/18-Sunday
Bear Creek Winery, Walnut Shade: Justin Larkin 1pm
Hold Fast Brewing: Blues Society of the Ozarks Acoustic Open Jam 3pm
Morning Day Café, Nixa: Barak Hill 1pm
SBC's The Cellar: The Cellar’s Jam Night 5pm
Springfield Brewing Co: Dallas Jones, Molly Healey, Brandon Moore, and Jimmy Rea 5pm
robzilla71173 t1_j05chml wrote
Reply to comment by Low_Tourist in Positive Springfield Growth by VaderTower
OTC actually just finished an advanced manufacturing training building that does exactly this. It's the big new place at the corner of national and division. MSU and Rolla have been working on their engineering coop program as well. You can now get a mechanical engineering degree there as well as electrical or civil. And don't quote me, but I believe otc offers a couple of years free as part of missouri's A+ scholarship program, which is pretty easy to get for high schoolers. The opportunities are there.
There's a lot of good paying light manufacturing work around here. People seem to overlook it. I worked those jobs through college then spent time in the local manufacturing community as an engineer when I graduated. In fact a lot of manufacturing employers will actually pay for your college if it's a degree that benefits the company. I worked with plenty of engineers who gor their degrees that way.
robzilla71173 t1_j039ge4 wrote
Reply to comment by Daabree in Positive Springfield Growth by VaderTower
I don't know why this is downvoted. I grew up here and love the place just fine, but if I had the money to do it I'd buy a small farm just north of town somewhere.
robzilla71173 t1_j037hno wrote
Reply to comment by Jo11yR0g3r in Positive Springfield Growth by VaderTower
We actually have several of those villages. One of them is near my house, Eden Village. Tiny houses paid for by social security benefits with an onsite social worker.
CU actually gets almost half of their energy from renewables. I think it's 45%. They buy from an energy coop they belong to, and for years they've increased the wind and solar in that portfolio. They've also got a solar farm of their own, customers can choose to have their power come from that.
Definitely agreed on the green spaces and vertical gardens. The most attractive cities I've been in all have that in common, they seem to go from city to forest and back again seamlessly. It's one of the reasons I chose my neighborhood, though sadly they've been taking out a lot of the forested areas lately.
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Reply to comment by Dry-Cost-3860 in Positive Springfield Growth by VaderTower
robzilla71173 t1_j007tjw wrote
Reply to comment by Dry-Cost-3860 in Positive Springfield Growth by VaderTower
We actually have at least half a dozen neighborhood gardens and at least one cropshare farm (Millsap out by fellows lake). I think the Grant Beach neighborhood alone has 2 or 3. One is across from my parents house. Hit up Google when spring gets here. They're always looking for volunteers. My neighbor has one too but they usually just do it themselves and put a sign up inviting people to partake when it's harvest time. There's more of that in town than most people realize. Come summer and fall I don't buy a lot of tomatoes or eggs.
robzilla71173 t1_izvh340 wrote
Reply to comment by neutral-spectator in Federal judge convicts man accused of leading hikes without permits in Buffalo National River by Pretending2beme
I'm sure there were at least 2 agencies. Sheriff's dept might be who responded to 911, then park service would be involved. Add in maybe some horse riders if they need to get farther down the trail faster, and an ambulance at the trailhead that might just be there to take him to a clearing for a medivac chopper, plus dispatchers, plus support staff, it can add up. It's a difficult place to get in and out of.
robzilla71173 t1_izvf358 wrote
Reply to comment by blurubi04 in Federal judge convicts man accused of leading hikes without permits in Buffalo National River by Pretending2beme
To be fair I don't see how he could be charged with manslaughter or anything like that. The decedent was an adult with plenty of experience and I assume signed a waiver when he joined the hiking club. The lack of a permit might be the only thing that he could be charged with. But it will be something at least. Remember, Al Capone was convicted of tax evasion.
For a while there was a hiking group in spfd led by a highway patrol guy (who coincidentally got a guy wrongfully convicted of murder years ago). He would have these massive camping weekends to try and sell outdoor goods to yuppies and he'd pull the same stuff. I remember trying to hike another relatively unknown trail and I must've had to stop for 20 carloads of his group in a place that could handle 6 cars at best. I despise big groups on trails. Especially for profit. If someone wants to see the things and places I enjoy I think that's something one should share for free.
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Reply to comment by [deleted] in Looking for good vacation ideas within 3-4 hours of Springfield for roughly a week long vacation. by hikingjoey123
Good museums, good restaurants, some kick ass architecture. Tulsa has a lot of art and culture.
robzilla71173 t1_izvchmo wrote
Reply to The Lord has spoken by Ganrokh
I tried some cashew chicken today. Hk inn was packed so I went to the Cantonese place at chestnut and glenstone. I'm not normally a fan of cashew chicken but that was honestly pretty good.
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Reply to comment by shizkc in Springfield is up there in the violent crime rankings. Is it safe for an incoming Missouri State student? by viraxil359
You even lock doors while you're home? I leave the front door open whenever I'm home so my cat can give some stink eye to the neighbors cat. He does the same for his cat. Those cats sure hate each other. I usually lock my front door if I'm going to be gone more than a couple hours, and I lock my car overnight but that's about it. Haven't locked the back door in 20 years.
I'm sort of north central/east. I find it funny that this reddit group seems to view the parts of town I'm from as some sort of post apocalyptic wasteland full of meth fueled warlords. I tease my parents about that. They've lived in grant Beach for about 45 years. Also never had any problems. Most of the north side is lower income but that doesn't necessarily mean higher crime. There are certainly bad areas, but they're generally easy to spot and avoid.
In an ironic twist, much of our crime around this part of town takes place in hotels and businesses owned by persons from the subcontinent. My friend Rishi can tell some wild stories about n. Glenstone hotels he's worked at.
robzilla71173 t1_izoc4r0 wrote
Reply to comment by shizkc in The Lord has spoken by Ganrokh
That second part is my problem too. I don't care for it so I can't really judge it. I've always been more of a general chicken fan and in that, Hong Kong inn is lacking. Maybe cashew is something they do well, who knows. Wish I'd heard that about Alamo when they still had it. I've started going to a little indie theater in joplin with a great food menu. Will have to see if they have cashew chicken.
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Reply to comment by shizkc in Springfield is up there in the violent crime rankings. Is it safe for an incoming Missouri State student? by viraxil359
I'm sure everyone will have differing experiences. Always locking my door would be a culture shock to me as well.
As someone who works and socializes with international staff and students at msu I feel confident in saying they'll be okay. Crime generally isn't as bad as those studies show here unless you're a part of it by choice and the op is moving into an environment where they'll have lots of support and fellow international students to help them learn their way around.
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Reply to comment by sgf-guy in Perceptions of Drury by Haidian-District
I don't know about south siders and kc/stl people but I grew up nearby and it was popular with central grads from my era. And now with their kids. Drury and CHS have some ties because of their proximity. Can't speak to their academics personally but my Rolla roommate did his pre engineering there and he was well prepared. They have a great radio station.
Not sure what you mean by on an island but they were always just part of the neighborhood.
robzilla71173 t1_izg9v5c wrote
Reply to Where to find buddies to go out with? by Avocad0nut
There are swing and line dancing groups around here that are good for people just looking to have a platonic social circle that enjoy getting out and dancing. And at least one bar has a great book club (Hold Fast Brewery). You mentioned back in your country, I don't know where you're from originally but there are several international groups around here. GrupoLatinoAmericano does a lot of social events if you're from a Latin American country (or if you're not and you just want to learn more about them). Also meetup is a good website for looking for friends. I joined a meetup hiking group when I moved back into town after school. Met some cool people that way.
also, welcome to Springfield! :)
robzilla71173 t1_j0of8bk wrote
Reply to comment by RottonMayonaise in Yet another general chicken question (chuf)- by Murky_Wolf3895
I think people may not realize that they can add more heat. New Oriental, a lunchtime favorite at my work. became too sweet for my tastes but they've always been happy to add more heat if I ask.