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Phil Cook
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Beer diarist (at philcook.net), bartender, and various beer industry miscellany for a decade and counting. Continually disappointed optimist. He/him.

From: Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington
Recently: Naarm / Melbourne
Now: Nacotchtank land / Washington DC
Yeah, I disagree with the queuing advice in that context. If a queue has formed and you're a customer, don't skip it. If you're staff — and it's not how that venue is meant to run — then gently break it up, manage customer priority, and maybe figure out what aspects of the layout caused it to form.
November 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Reposted by Phil Cook
Passengers eager for entertainment between trains could check their bags with a Red Cap and enjoy cartoons, short subject films, or newsreels in the 300-seat theater. A large illuminated clock above the screen helped people keep track of the time so they did not miss their trains.
October 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I pretty much always include cheese. And my hot take is that mayo works better than butter. These chips were delightfully mad: Thanksgiving stuffing flavour (sorry, "flavor") from Trader Joe's. Worked kind of like chicken chips (my usual fave) with extra herbiness.
October 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Absolutely fine. I would be honoured.
October 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Petty sidepoint: Melbournite is the better demonym. "Melburnian" is late-1800s private-school Latin-obsessed snobbish nonsense.
Melburnian - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
en.wiktionary.org
October 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM