fresno pub quiz

it's been a while. well, not since we had pub quiz, but since some of you have been at pub quiz.



we've missed you, come on home.

thanks clawson & redline

if you've ever read this blog, you should know that i really like to shop local when i'm able. today, i needed to get some things done, and it really paid off, in my opinion, that these were local shops.

first up was clawson motor sports. a while back they became the licensed victory dealer & service department for the area. i was happy about this because the previous one was down in fowler, and if i could avoid driving a bit of distance to get service done on my bike, great. and, clawson is right around the corner from one of my jobs so it usually makes it easy for me to get it over there. anyway, last week my headlight was having issues. it turned out that one of the two bulbs, the high beam one, was dead and if you tried to use it the fuse would blow. this would mean no headlight at all, which is illegal. i generally run with the high on for more visibility on my bike, but was fine running with just the regular until i could the other fixed. but, i didn't know why the light was out, and i didn't realize it was a blown fuze due to the other bulb. i took the bike into clawson, but unfortunately they didn't have the bulb in. they didn't know that at first, and had the bike in for a while which caused me a labor charge. anyway, they ordered the new bulb, which came in yesterday, and so today i went by with the bike to get the bulb changed. i'd already paid for the bulb, but i knew i'd be paying a little more labor for the install. i waited as the work was done, and when the finished, the service rep comped it. when they said it was zero i was a bit confused, because i was counting on the labor charge. the rep nicely explained that it wasn't my fault they didn't have the bulb in the other day, i paid for labor then, so she didn't think it was fair/right for me to pay the labor again. super nice! i already planned on bringing the bike back there for future service, but this really seals the deal.

after clawson, i figured i would run one more stop before home. the other day i lost a little ball that goes on my earrings, basically locking it on my ear. i hit it while taking off my helmet, so i wanted to replace it. i had originally bought these rings at redline tattoo and piercing, so i figured they would have the replacement ball i needed.



anyway, i arrived at the shop, and they were hanging out, talking and waiting for customers like often seems to be the case at tattoo shops. i explained what happened, and the owner (i'm assuming) told the piercing guy to just comp me a replacement. sweet. the piercing guy searched for the right sized ball, and not only gave me one that he thought was the right size, he also gave me two others that were a little bigger and may stay on better. free. since i was planning to pay for the part, i gladly accepted them for free, and tipped the guy a few bucks out of thanks. that made him happy.

all in all it was a great afternoon. now, i'll get ready for my next local experience over at...the local. that's right, it's almost time for pub quiz at landmark tonight.

pub quiz

ah, shoot, it's wednesday already. that means it's time for pub quiz.

pub quiz 6/16

if you're in fresno area and have ever wanted to come to pub quiz, tonight should be your night.



seriously, the jackpot is huge. we don't discuss #'s on online, but it's a lot. and, there are some pretty good questions tonight. and, the musical questions have an interesting twist - they're all famous covers. should be good.

hope to see you there. registration starts @ 7:30, game starts @ 8.
teams of 1-6, $5 a player.

masta ace inc - born to roll

this is still one of my favorite 90's hip hop songs, and, i considered using it last night for pub quiz, but we didn't. such a sick bass line.

pub quiz on famous

i'm fresno famous...again. yep, famous whitewater, the man behind the curtain over at fresno famous wrote an article about our pub quiz. click on over and give it a read.

who are three people who have never been in my kitchen?

so, the title of this post refers to a classic episode of cheers, and here's the related clip.



now, i bring this up because last night at pub quiz i busted that line on a contestant. basically, a team challenged an answer. technically, their answer was correct, but it wasn't the answer we were looking for, much like cliff's answer in the clip above. so, in explaining why their answer wasn't right, i tossed that line at them. i don't think they recognized it. kids these day.

now, it's also funny because trebek shows up at the bar, accidentally (skip ahead to the 5 min. mark in the video below) and explains to cliff why it didn't work out for him.



btw, we had 105 people at pub quiz last night, and it didn't seem like it was just a swell of people due to the high jackpot. i think many of those people will be back next week but we'll see. the jackpot was won by a team that had been there all four weeks, and the winning team featured a member that has repeatedly tried out for jeopardy and has made it to the stage test level. here's to fran actually making it on jeopardy and not pulling a clavin.

pub quiz 1/20

just a friendly reminder of wednesday night's pub quiz @ landmark. $125 from last week's jackpot is rolling into this week's jackpot.

pub quiz at the landmark

Pub Quiz
Wednesday nights at the Landmark
644 e. olive
$5 a person, teams of 1-6
Cash payout to winning team & other prizes
Happy hour & drink specials
starts @ 8, arrive early
hosted by the View Looks Good from Here, Fresno