Ron Ruggless ☕️

Price of the Kentucky Derby Mint Julep over time (factoring for inflation) 1940 — 75 cents ($17.69) 1967 — $1.50 ($14.83) 1980 — $3 ($12.02) 1987 — $4.25 ($12.35) 2006 — $9 ($14.75) 2013 -- $11 ($15.60) 2016 — $15 ($20.90) 2026 — $22

New Buc-ee's drops $1M in sales on opening day. Where do you think those sales pull from? A few months ago I talked to a $mcd owner who had a Buc-ee’s open 10 miles away, and it impacted him. While I don’t get the allure: clean ‘80s-looking bathrooms with cheap drinks and overpriced everything else, they are a major competitor in the food space. I’ve never seen a competitor impact others from the distance they do. What’s your thoughts on the Beaver?

Good news for those who fly out of DFW (still waiting for an OKC location).

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‘Rhyming reduplication’ is an itsy-bitsy super-duper language quirk that is sure to razzle-dazzle. Rhyming reduplication appears to make words…sillier? -hanky-panky -okey-dokey -hurley-burley -hootchy-kootchy -boogie-woogie ⬇️

Not to be THAT dictionary, but… It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’ It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’ It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’ It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’ It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'