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by TLGJames
Sat Oct 10, 2020 5:43 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Sinful Burgers (14612 W Center Rd)
Replies: 50
Views: 7755

Re: Sinful Burgers - Bellevue

Very well written Chad. Those are my thoughts exactly. I am willing to help out a business but when they repeatedly think everything is against them all the time, it gets old. In Sinful Burger's case, there was also a few times recently where they were adamant that they don't use an delivery servic...
by TLGJames
Thu Aug 16, 2018 6:01 pm
Forum: Business
Topic: SAC FCU is now Cobalt:
Replies: 5
Views: 1080

Re: SAC FCU is now Cobalt:

The name change makes sense, but they need to spend that money on developing an online banking website that doesn't suck. You still can't put in a travel notification via any sort of form on their website, you must email them. You can only look at like 10 entries on the website without having to cli...
by TLGJames
Tue Mar 27, 2018 6:30 pm
Forum: Rumors
Topic: Restaurants Hot Seat
Replies: 42
Views: 11551

Re: Restaurants Hot Seat

I didn't even know Lo-Lo's was a chain.
by TLGJames
Tue Mar 27, 2018 6:28 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Tired Texan BBQ - Moving to Papillion
Replies: 73
Views: 8974

Re: Tired Texan BBQ (108 & L)

Got to try them on Saturday.

Pulled Pork was just okay.

Beef Brisket was really really good.

The ribs were amazing. Probably some of the best ribs I've had in a long time.
by TLGJames
Fri Mar 23, 2018 5:35 am
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Replies: 1303
Views: 188231

Re: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

TLG, I see you are up to 90 posts as I write this. While I didn't do an exact audit, my guess is at least 85 of your posts are about how you don't like the direction the zoo is taking. Hey great, you have an opinion and you're passionate about it. But I'll wager a guess and conclude we all understa...
by TLGJames
Thu Mar 22, 2018 5:32 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Replies: 1303
Views: 188231

Re: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

Apparently the petting zoo is now closed for good. It's being replaced for more concessions and no animals. Ugh. I swear the zoo director doesn't realize that we live in a cold state. Have you been to the zoo lately? This need is covered well. You mean the African area where most of the animals are...
by TLGJames
Thu Mar 22, 2018 5:18 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Replies: 1303
Views: 188231

Re: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

Apparently the petting zoo is now closed for good. It's being replaced for more concessions and no animals. Ugh. I swear the zoo director doesn't realize that we live in a cold state. Have you been to the zoo lately? This need is covered well. You mean the African area where most of the animals are...
by TLGJames
Wed Mar 21, 2018 5:09 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Replies: 1303
Views: 188231

Re: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

Apparently the petting zoo is now closed for good. It's being replaced for more concessions and no animals. Ugh. I swear the zoo director doesn't realize that we live in a cold state. There are two other sections with petting zoo animals now; one in the play area and another down in the African sec...
by TLGJames
Wed Mar 21, 2018 5:04 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Replies: 1303
Views: 188231

Re: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

Apparently the petting zoo is now closed for good. It's being replaced for more concessions and no animals. Ugh. I swear the zoo director doesn't realize that we live in a cold state. Have you been to the zoo lately? This need is covered well. You mean the African area where most of the animals are...
by TLGJames
Sun Mar 18, 2018 11:29 am
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Replies: 1303
Views: 188231

Re: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

Apparently the petting zoo is now closed for good.

It's being replaced for more concessions and no animals. Ugh.

I swear the zoo director doesn't realize that we live in a cold state.
by TLGJames
Tue Jan 30, 2018 9:52 pm
Forum: News and Events
Topic: Berkshire , Amazon and JP Morgan Healthcare
Replies: 5
Views: 844

Re: Berkshire , Amazon and JP Morgan Healthcare

It seems like realistically, they would have to control all aspects of the healthcare community. Either have their own network of doctors with their special rates possibly at shared facilities, and then have a generic medication group to keep medication costs low.
by TLGJames
Tue Jan 09, 2018 8:05 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Replies: 1303
Views: 188231

Re: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

Looks like the IMAX theater is undergoing major renovations and will be closed from Jan 15 - Mar 30 No longer will be branded as an IMAX either, moving forward it is the Lozier Giant Screen Theater. Hard to believe its 21 years old already! Is "IMAX" starting to become a thing of the past...
by TLGJames
Fri Nov 17, 2017 5:03 pm
Forum: Rumors
Topic: New restaurant rumors.
Replies: 70
Views: 17663

Re: New restaurant rumors.

I'm guessing the Zombie burger thing never worked out. Sad.
by TLGJames
Sat Sep 09, 2017 2:30 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Replies: 1303
Views: 188231

Re: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

Elephants are one of the few animals that seem to mourn for the dead. I'm not sure if dragging the body back into the pen is the best idea though. I still think the Omaha zoo getting elephants was an awful idea. Just a |expletive| idea to have an animals that travels for miles a day in the wild, and...
by TLGJames
Fri Jul 14, 2017 8:05 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Good Asian Food
Replies: 113
Views: 17876

Re: Good Asian Food

I've ate there twice. The sushi was amazing. Wasn't like superly impressed by the non-sushi dishes.

Go at lunch on a weekday or (sat/sun, forget which one) they have a very cheap lunch menu.
by TLGJames
Tue Jul 11, 2017 4:42 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Replies: 1303
Views: 188231

Re: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

My entire point is the zoo should embrace the fact that we're a cold weather state and build the zoo around that. Forget elephants, and build awesome enclosures for animals that can survive an entire season. Cougars, Siberian tigers, river otters, sea otters, snow leopards, bears, wolverines, artic...
by TLGJames
Fri Jul 07, 2017 4:45 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Replies: 1303
Views: 188231

Re: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

Haven't had the time to go in the last month but I am sure my kids will love it too. We have been twice now. When we were there Sunday they mentioned they were opening up an hour early this week for Zoo members. We went at 8AM on the 4th. My boys love where you can feed the birds in the discovery a...
by TLGJames
Fri Jun 30, 2017 9:15 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Replies: 1303
Views: 188231

Re: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

The complex will be replaced and the area repurposed. I suggest reading the master plan. Zoos should not just be animals in a cage. They are getting kids involved and interested...investing in the future. Your remarks resemble those of someone who is short sighted and uniformed. I hope that isnt th...
by TLGJames
Fri Jun 30, 2017 3:45 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Replies: 1303
Views: 188231

Re: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

I don't think I would say that they are misfiring on all cylinders. They just opened the largest project in zoo history in the African Grasslands last year. They also are in the construction phase for the next big project. The children's area wasn't meant to have a ton of animals. They moved the pr...
by TLGJames
Thu Jun 29, 2017 7:02 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Moonstruck Meadery (Bellevue)
Replies: 23
Views: 2655

Re: Moonstruck Meadery (Bellevue)

Yeah but this is new.

They shut their facebook/website down without any notice.

Employees weren't even told about it.

If they're closing to rebrand, you would think that they would at least have some sort of social media presence to tell people about it.
by TLGJames
Thu Jun 29, 2017 6:13 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Moonstruck Meadery (Bellevue)
Replies: 23
Views: 2655

Re: Moonstruck Meadery (Bellevue)

Coyote wrote:
TLGJames wrote:Closed! =(
Rebranding and expanding.
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Really? Because their facebook page is completely gone and everything.
by TLGJames
Thu Jun 29, 2017 5:38 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Replies: 1303
Views: 188231

Re: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

The bird show was kind of a huge letdown. There is no way I would actually pay money for that.

The zoo seems to be misfiring on all cylinders lately. heck the new kids area has hardly any animals. What a waste of space.
by TLGJames
Thu Jun 29, 2017 5:37 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Moonstruck Meadery (Bellevue)
Replies: 23
Views: 2655

Re: Moonstruck Meadery (Bellevue)

Closed! =(
by TLGJames
Wed Dec 07, 2016 10:36 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: 2016 Offutt Defenders of Freedom Air Show
Replies: 15
Views: 2051

Re: 2016 Offutt Defenders of Freedom Air Show

They're giant wastes of money for the base. They were, however, good fundraisers.

I'm glad to see them go. Awful experience when I was in, having to work 12 hour shifts on the weekends.
by TLGJames
Thu Oct 06, 2016 6:07 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Replies: 1303
Views: 188231

Re: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

Do you honestly think a water feature is going to be useful from beyond End of May - Mid sep? Maybe 3.5 months at most. It's already closed. And you can't even check out the stuff, because it's got barriers up.
by TLGJames
Mon Oct 03, 2016 3:51 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Replies: 1303
Views: 188231

Re: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

The water feature is, and would be, a bigger draw than the dogs, though...... I forgot the point of the zoo was people could get wet for 3 months a year. Oh, and not even be accessible during the rest of the year. And a draw? Who has ever said, well I wasn't going to go to the zoo, but then I reali...
by TLGJames
Sun Oct 02, 2016 9:47 am
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Replies: 1303
Views: 188231

Re: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

Thanks for the info. Yeah I don't possibly see how African Wild Dogs could fit into the picture with an entire section dedicated to Africa. But we need to have a giant water feature on for 3 months a year!
by TLGJames
Tue Sep 27, 2016 8:19 am
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Replies: 1303
Views: 188231

Re: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

They were up the hill from the petting zoo. The otters were named Mork and Mindy. I think it was Mindy that died, she was quite old. I learned this from the docent. Thanks for the info! There is nothing up that hill now, correct? That one building is closed, the wolves are out at the Safari Park, t...
by TLGJames
Sun Sep 25, 2016 4:34 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Replies: 1303
Views: 188231

Re: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

They were up the hill from the petting zoo. The otters were named Mork and Mindy. I think it was Mindy that died, she was quite old. I learned this from the docent. Thanks for the info! There is nothing up that hill now, correct? That one building is closed, the wolves are out at the Safari Park, t...
by TLGJames
Sun Sep 25, 2016 4:31 pm
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Replies: 1303
Views: 188231

Re: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

I understand your criticisms, but apparently you forgot that the zoo has some of the most amazing indoor exhibits of any zoo in the world. Jungle, desert and aquarium. Not to mention that the giraffe and elephants now both have new buildings that allow them to be on display during the winter months...
by TLGJames
Sat Sep 24, 2016 8:39 am
Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
Topic: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Replies: 1303
Views: 188231

Re: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

As an adult I have to rant about the zoo a bit. I'm pretty disappointed by a lot of the changes. The new Africa is pretty nice. It's the rest of the changes that suck. And whoever designed the new parking lot should be shot. (My friend that used to work there told me it was designed personally by th...
by TLGJames
Fri Aug 26, 2016 10:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: pooley's pumpkin patch or valas?
Replies: 50
Views: 13158

Re: pooley's pumpkin patch or valas?

With all that money Vala's in pumpin in, I would think they could update some of their stuff a bit. I think their robots have said the same thing for the last 15 years at least.
by TLGJames
Thu Aug 18, 2016 11:20 pm
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Nebraska Multisports Complex
Replies: 243
Views: 70603

Re: Nebraska Multisports Complex

I wonder if regular joes will be able to buy monthly passes to swim in it. I think there is actually a lack of indoor swimming pools for lap swimming.
by TLGJames
Sat Jul 23, 2016 8:09 am
Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
Topic: Bellevue: Twin Creek Village
Replies: 44
Views: 5557

Re: Bellevue: Twin Creek Village

That area looks pretty decent now. Movie theater/running path all in your backyard. There is one super annoying issue with that area as a pedestrian. Especially if I wanted to live in those apartments and walk to the grocery store. There is not a good way to get to Bakers/Target. The part over the c...
by TLGJames
Thu Jun 16, 2016 7:34 pm
Forum: Business
Topic: Offutt Air Force Base - STRATCOM
Replies: 164
Views: 25314

Re: Offutt Air Force Base - STRATCOM

I've read some alternate thoughts on that. They didn't want to close the runway for 2+ years. Also, I've also seen some rumor mills, that the reason why they are clearing out the buildings north of the runway, like bldg C & D, are because if they can relocate those buildings, they can build a se...
by TLGJames
Wed Dec 23, 2015 2:17 pm
Forum: Business
Topic: OPPD Business News
Replies: 78
Views: 14580

Re: OPPD Rate Increases

It's my understanding that wind power is at cost parity with coal. http://fortune.com/2015/10/06/wind-cheap-coal-gas/ I know people in the industry and those cost are wildly misleading. Wind generation cost is currently almost double what coal is in the midwest. You also need ALOT of wind turbines ...
by TLGJames
Mon Dec 21, 2015 10:58 am
Forum: Business
Topic: OPPD Business News
Replies: 78
Views: 14580

Re: OPPD Rate Increases

What most people don't seem to realize are ALL the costs that go in to delivering a utility to your house. With ever increasing environmental regulations and the push for "clean power", the cost to bring that to a home and keep it reliable goes up. Just because you use less power than me,...
by TLGJames
Thu Dec 10, 2015 2:24 pm
Forum: Business
Topic: OPPD Business News
Replies: 78
Views: 14580

Re: OPPD Rate Increases

I haven't really heard how people who oppose the plan want this all to be resolved. There are basically 3 options: 1) lower the fee and raise rates 2) keep fee the same and raise rates 3) raise fee and raise rates What do the majority of people want? I guess option 1 is the "most fair" to...
by TLGJames
Tue Nov 17, 2015 7:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun Control
Replies: 81
Views: 9994

Re: Gun Control

As much as liberals scoff, enforcing the |expletive| out of these laws is a big step to getting guns away from criminals. What liberal you know scoffs at increased enforcement of gun control laws? Every liberal I know including myself wants more restrictions and more enforcement of existing laws. I...
by TLGJames
Tue Nov 17, 2015 7:41 am
Forum: Business
Topic: OPPD Business News
Replies: 78
Views: 14580

Re: OPPD Rate Increases

This is going to hurt all the low energy users bad. In the spring/fall, my electricity bills are literally around 35 bucks.