Tuesday tidbits
Oh no! A staple in years past of PCSing folks, Motel 6 is being sold to an Indian (dot, not feather) group.
The budget motel chain Motel 6 is being acquired by the parent company of Oyo, a hotel operator based in India.
The New York-based investment firm Blackstone, which owns Motel 6’s parent company G6 Hospitality, announced Friday that the deal would be an all-cash transaction worth $525 million. AP
Tom Bodette being replaced by Rama Habatswamiswama or some such…just can’t see it.
You should remember Ellsworth AFB, where a few months back a B-1 quite literally crashed and burned upon landing The Air Force has announced that a second commander, Lt. Col. Carsten Stahr of the 28th Force Support Squadron at Ellsworth AFB was relieved. The usual ‘loss of trust and confidence’ phrase was used. $456,000,000 into the crapper.
Although adverse weather conditions substantially contributed to the mishap, the crew lacked situational awareness to adjust to changes in local wind direction during landing, according to the report. Ineffective crew communication also contributed to the crash. KELO Sioux Falls
RFK Jr., who has been denying rumors of a relationship with a reporter (the denial I read said he only had one interview, which she then turned into a hit piece) has been busted.
Nuzzi apparently sent nude photos to the former independent presidential candidate, Puck News reported on Friday. Kennedy then bragged to his friends about receiving intimate photos of Nuzzi, The Daily Beast reported Saturday. These boasts ultimately made their way back to her boss, New York Magazine editor David Haskell. The Independent
Nuzzi’s fiance says they have split, and RFK Jr.’s wife Cheryl Hines is said to not be wearing a wedding ring now. Those Kennedys… bet his endorsement of Trump is worth a bit less now.
Pussia is pushing an interesting solution to their declining birth rate – sex at work.
The Kremlin chief reportedly said that women can cope with the load of being both a career-woman and a mother because they “possess a secret that men are unable to fathom.”
When pressed by a female reporter about when women are supposed to find the time to manage a family, Russia’s Health minister Dr. Yevgeny Shestopalov said, “Being very busy at work is not a valid reason, but a lame excuse.”
“There are people who work 12 to 14 hours – when do they make babies?” Shestopalov was asked, according to a report by Metro.
“You can engage in procreation during breaks,” he replied before adding, “Life flies by too quickly.” Fox News
Russian super-women, able to do it all and get a little on the side. Wonder what the percentage is of Russian couples who work at the the same place? And what the OTHER couples have to say about it?
And last, but not least, Tim Walz gets the Kamala Harris Miraculous Intra-tracheal Foot Insertion Award of the Week.
During his speech in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on Saturday afternoon, Walz was discussing gun violence when he became distracted by an audience member who appeared to need water. Walz, the running mate of Vice President Kamala Harris, strayed from his speech to call attention to the rallygoer.
“[Harris] simply has said it doesn’t have to be this way,” he added. “It doesn’t have to be this way. We can’t afford four more years of this.”
The GENERAL context was over gun violence – little Timmy is a strong advocate of punishing innocent gun owners for what criminals do – but the conservative media jumped on that “four more years of this” with both feet.
Gotta say…probably the one time I agree with him. We CAN’T afford four more years.
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So now along with leaving the light on for us, Motel 6 will also offer guests an extended car warranty?
Slurpee machines in the lobby
When you register at the front desk, the clerk will excitedly inform you that thanks to recent legislation passed in the state (they never say which state), you now qualify for full coverage of your funeral, burial and cremation expenses. Hack asks if it would cover floating his body down the Ganges River.
Pretty sure the local authorities will frown on the funeral pyres in the parking lot.
Great. Now they will all smell like curry.
How did the FSS have anything to do with the crash?
Force Support Squadron (FSS) Functions and Responsibilities provides personnel, manpower, morale and recreation services, food services and lodging support, child care, training, education and family readiness functions to military personnel, their dependents and other eligible parties.
Posted a “Go Army” sign….
When I first moved down to Baton Rouge, I stayed at a quaint little inn that happened to be owned by Indians: the fountain motel baton rouge – Search (bing.com).
My two-week stay found me entertained by the PlayStation 2 I picked up at the Circuit City down the street, with a shotgun next to the bed and a couple of handguns nearby. Every morning, I’d pack up the guns, don my uniform, and drive the couple of miles to the mall for an (un)productive day of recruiting. Like clockwork, at 1900 nightly one of the TV channels was tuned to VHS quality adult content, doubtlessly from the front office. After my first week there I got adventurous and peered behind the second bed, finding a used condom that was keeping the roaches company. A month or two after I left, a couple were found murdered in the adjacent room with the door locked and latched from the inside.
Motel 6 has been my go-to sleepover accommodation for years. Dog-friendly (even when my dog decides to be not-so-friendly and pop a squat on the carpet), inexpensive, and–for the most part–clean and semi-safe. Ten-plus years ago, you could get a room for $49 that was likely a hotel-style (interior door) in an okay area or pay $39 for an older exterior door room in a shadier part of town.
Now, though, it seems that most of the latter are meth/crack dens. Our deceased quasi-mascot, Turtle Man, spewed his last little bit of anger at the local Motel 6 before a cop sent him to the Great Wheelchair in the Sky. I’ll still stay at one in a pinch but have given up the cheaper and shadier ones in favor of ones that actually have a lobby and elevator. I can envision the chain will further decline with this new acquisition. But maybe one day it’ll reach the heights that The Fountain Motel has!
Shades of The Wally Johnson Motor Lodge, conveniently located just off of the Hill Street exit of Interstate 5. Their slogan was “If you find a dead hooker under your bed, your next stay is free.”