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Reminds me of how excited my buddy in HS was when he was named "Who's Who in American High Schools." Umm, yea, your mom paid for you to be in that, just like everyone in that book paid to be in it.

KCMax wrote: Reminds me of how excited my buddy in HS was when he was named "Who's Who in American High Schools." Umm, yea, your mom paid for you to be in that, just like everyone in that book paid to be in it.

I remember being Who's Who in HS.  I still have no idea WTF it means. 

KCMax wrote: Reminds me of how excited my buddy in HS was when he was named "Who's Who in American High Schools." Umm, yea, your mom paid for you to be in that, just like everyone in that book paid to be in it.

Did you tell him to go to law school so he can continue getting hit up for those "awards" every year for the rest of his natural life?

Indeed, several of the businesses now suing had comments deleted that were written by the owners themselves, Yelp spokesman Vince Sollitto said. Levitt himself acknowledges asking customers to post reviews.

Um, there you go. If you're soliciting people to post favorable reviews, you're advertising and you should pay for it. This should somehow be made clear on the site, though.

mean wrote: Um, there you go. If you're soliciting people to post favorable reviews, you're advertising and you should pay for it. This should somehow be made clear on the site, though.

Asking customers to post reviews is different than asking them to post favorable reviews.

LenexatoKCMO wrote: Did you tell him to go to law school so he can continue getting hit up for those "awards" every year for the rest of his natural life?

i.e. "Super Lawyers" and "Super Doctors" in KCMag.  My hubby giggles every time he sees the former.

lock+load wrote:Asking customers to post reviews is different than asking them to post favorable reviews.

You think this guy was soliciting negative reviews, or reviews from customers who complained or were dissatisfied? Cummaaahhhhn!

mean wrote: You think this guy was soliciting negative reviews, or reviews from customers who complained or were dissatisfied? Cummaaahhhhn!

Those are the customers that are most likely to post a review on their own though.

lock+load wrote: Those are the customers that are most likely to post a review on their own though.

On most review sites yes - but not as much on Yelp.  On Yelp the reviewers all have profiles and seem to fancy themselves professional restaurant reviewers - If anything I have found the Yelp reviews to be overly positive; you have to realy look to find places with less than three stars - at least around me. 

What is it going to take to get peeps like Chrizow, Slappy, nota & chingon to yelp???!!!! Scooter is on there and he's blowing my mind up! I had no idea mean was on there. Awesome...

LenexatoKCMO wrote: On most review sites yes - but not as much on Yelp.  On Yelp the reviewers all have profiles and seem to fancy themselves professional restaurant reviewers - If anything I have found the Yelp reviews to be overly positive; you have to realy look to find places with less than three stars - at least around me. 

I would generally agree with this. There are a bunch of dumbasses that give everything inflated ratings. However, once you find a Yelper you agree with-- you can put more weight on their opinions and follow him/her. Just the same as getting tips from a friend you trust.

If you haven't joined Yelp...now would be a good time:

http://www.yelp.com/events/kansas-city- ... ctric-park

Wow, pardon my ignorance, but what is Electric Park and can anyone illuminate me as to its history? It sounds pretty awesome.

There were two parks. The first was in the East Bottoms and opened in 1899. When the park outgrew that site, they moved to 46th and Paseo in 1907 and operated there until it mostly burned to the ground in 1925. Pretty interesting stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Park,_Kansas_City

The second Kansas City Electric Park, this time at 46th Street and the Paseo, opened 19 May 1907. Like the first one, it was a trolley park (this time served by the Trooste Avenue, Woodland Avenue, and Rockhill lines of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company),[6] but the successor was one of the largest (if not the largest) ever to be called Electric Park. It had "band concerts, vaudeville, Electric Fountain, ballroom, natatorium, German village, alligator farm, chutes, Dips Coaster, Norton slide, penny parlors, novelty stand, Japanese rolling ball, scenic railway, pool room, a Hale's Tour of the World, Electric Studio, boat tours, old mill, a Temple of Mirth, Flying Lady, Double Whirl, Circle Swing, soda fountain and ice cream shops, knife rack, doll rack, shooting gallery, air gun gallery, giant teeter, boating, outdoor swimming, carousel, clubhouse cafe, Casino 5 cent theater, fortune telling and palmistry, covered promenade and horseless buggy garage."[7]

HOLY CRAP WHY ARE WE NOT REBUILDING THIS?!??!??!

trailerkid wrote: What is it going to take to get peeps like Chrizow, Slappy, nota & chingon to yelp???!!!! Scooter is on there and he's blowing my mind up! I had no idea mean was on there. Awesome...

I'll pass.  Crowning yourself as a "foodie" is the new messenger bag.  Everyone can appreciate great food, but we all have differents tastes and triggers that ignite individual brain/gut connections.  I get more than enough of my opinion fix right here in skyscraperland.

However....the salmon at Maker's Mark is amazing...like a stack of pancakes.

Slappy the Wang wrote: I'll pass.  Crowning yourself as a "foodie" is the new messenger bag.  Everyone can appreciate great food, but we all have differents tastes and triggers that ignite individual brain/gut connections.  I get more than enough of my opinion fix right here in skyscraperland.

However....the salmon at Maker's Mark is amazing...like a stack of pancakes.

I don't think you need to be a "foodie" at all to post on Yelp. You just post your opinion on stuff.

KCMax wrote: Wow, pardon my ignorance, but what is Electric Park and can anyone illuminate me as to its history? It sounds pretty awesome.

These types of parks were very common in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  People would take the streetcar and spend the day. 

http://www.kchistory.org/cdm4/document. ... 1364&REC=1

There are very few of them left.  It was a sad day when the original Elitch Park in Denver was torn down.  It moved and is now just like any other amusement park.  Luckily, Lakeside Park in Denver still survives.

http://www.lakesideamusementpark.com/

One of my best childhood memories (1950's) was going to Lake Okoboji and going to Arnolds Park. It's still there but I doubt it's still the same.  http://www.arnoldspark.com/

It's fun to search them out & visit.

KCMax wrote: HOLY CRAP WHY ARE WE NOT REBUILDING THIS?!??!??!

The first one was right around the corner from where Knuckleheads is now.  There were evidently beer pipelines that ran directly from the Heim Brewery buildings to the taps in the park.

beer pipelines? holy mother of god!

Old time residents of San Francisco still talk about Playland-at-the-Beach.  Torn down, vacant land for many years, and now condos.

The current amusement parks have no soul.