# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3102
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62027 "2018-10-18T21:49:07Z")
An actual job you held. 1. Paper boy, delivering America’s oldest newspaper, the Hartford Courant 2. Grocery store cashier (Publix) 3. Concessionaire at a minor league baseball stadium (Spokane Indians) 4)In high school, I was doing work for an injury lawyer. My job was to photocopy ads from 30- to 40-year-old trade journals that illustrated the standard design of the product in question. 4. Farm crew - digging holes, clearing trails, picking up trash, mowing, painting, etc. 5. Instrument man on land survey crew 6. Supervisor of Operations for landscaping company 7. forklift driver 8. Made die-cast aluminum bases for bronzed baby shoes ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62028 "2018-10-18T23:19:12Z")
An actual job you held. 1. Paper boy, delivering America’s oldest newspaper, the Hartford Courant 2. Grocery store cashier (Publix) 3. Concessionaire at a minor league baseball stadium (Spokane Indians) 4)In high school, I was doing work for an injury lawyer. My job was to photocopy ads from 30- to 40-year-old trade journals that illustrated the standard design of the product in question. 4. Farm crew - digging holes, clearing trails, picking up trash, mowing, painting, etc. 5. Instrument man on land survey crew 6. Supervisor of Operations for landscaping company 7. forklift driver 8. Made die-cast aluminum bases for bronzed baby shoes 9. Calculated artillery firing data and blew shit up with 155mm shells ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62029 "2018-10-19T03:33:17Z")
An actual job you held. 1. Paper boy, delivering America’s oldest newspaper, the Hartford Courant 2. Grocery store cashier (Publix) 3. Concessionaire at a minor league baseball stadium (Spokane Indians) 4)In high school, I was doing work for an injury lawyer. My job was to photocopy ads from 30- to 40-year-old trade journals that illustrated the standard design of the product in question. 4. Farm crew - digging holes, clearing trails, picking up trash, mowing, painting, etc. 5. Instrument man on land survey crew 6. Supervisor of Operations for landscaping company 7. forklift driver 8. Made die-cast aluminum bases for bronzed baby shoes 9. Calculated artillery firing data and blew shit up with 155mm shells 10. Assistant at a college library, reshelving books and periodicals in the underground storage stacks ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62030 "2018-10-19T03:37:49Z")
An actual job you held. 1. Paper boy, delivering America’s oldest newspaper, the Hartford Courant 2. Grocery store cashier (Publix) 3. Concessionaire at a minor league baseball stadium (Spokane Indians) 4)In high school, I was doing work for an injury lawyer. My job was to photocopy ads from 30- to 40-year-old trade journals that illustrated the standard design of the product in question. 4. Farm crew - digging holes, clearing trails, picking up trash, mowing, painting, etc. 5. Instrument man on land survey crew 6. Supervisor of Operations for landscaping company 7. forklift driver 8. Made die-cast aluminum bases for bronzed baby shoes 9. Calculated artillery firing data and blew shit up with 155mm shells 10. Assistant at a college library, reshelving books and periodicals in the underground storage stacks 11. Newspaper classified ad person ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62031 "2018-10-19T10:20:43Z")
An actual job you held. 1. Paper boy, delivering America’s oldest newspaper, the Hartford Courant 2. Grocery store cashier (Publix) 3. Concessionaire at a minor league baseball stadium (Spokane Indians) 4)In high school, I was doing work for an injury lawyer. My job was to photocopy ads from 30- to 40-year-old trade journals that illustrated the standard design of the product in question. 4. Farm crew - digging holes, clearing trails, picking up trash, mowing, painting, etc. 5. Instrument man on land survey crew 6. Supervisor of Operations for landscaping company 7. forklift driver 8. Made die-cast aluminum bases for bronzed baby shoes 9. Calculated artillery firing data and blew shit up with 155mm shells 10. Assistant at a college library, reshelving books and periodicals in the underground storage stacks 11. Newspaper classified ad person 12. On-air radio host (a.k.a. “radio DJ”) Next: The worst hotels you ever stayed at, and their location: 1. Hotel Diplomat, Montreal Many cigarette burns in the carpet, and the shower didn’t flow, it just slowly oozed crud. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62032 "2018-10-19T12:10:06Z")
The worst hotels you ever stayed at, and their location: 1. Hotel Diplomat, Montreal 2. Edward Village North York, Toronto Stuck in snowstorm going through T.O. and booked a cheap room for the family. The room was OK, but the rest of the hotel was run down, dirty, and needed a lot of repairs. Went down to the lobby for something and realized some of the other clientele checking in and out. There was also cars, honking, yelling, fighting, doors slamming, etc… all night. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62033 "2018-10-19T12:15:38Z")
The worst hotels you ever stayed at, and their location: 1. Hotel Diplomat, Montreal 2. Edward Village North York, Toronto 3. Some roach motel, Hillsborough NC I was in symphonic band in college and we stayed there one night and had to fight the roaches for bed space. That place has been closed for years and is an eyesore from the interstate. I guess the locals think it’s a money sink even to tear down. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62034 "2018-10-19T13:15:52Z")
The worst hotels you ever stayed at, and their location: 1. Hotel Diplomat, Montreal 2. Edward Village North York, Toronto 3. Some roach motel, Hillsborough NC 4. A 2-star place in South Miami Beach, on Collins Ave ---
**Author:** ![EscAlaMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/escalamike/32/4177_2.png) [@EscAlaMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EscAlaMike)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62035 "2018-10-19T13:51:05Z")
The worst hotels you ever stayed at, and their location: 1. Hotel Diplomat, Montreal 2. Edward Village North York, Toronto 3. Some roach motel, Hillsborough NC 4. A 2-star place in South Miami Beach, on Collins Ave 5. Some rathole motel in Live Oak, FL ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62036 "2018-10-19T14:17:08Z")
The worst hotels you ever stayed at, and their location: 1. Hotel Diplomat, Montreal 2. Edward Village North York, Toronto 3. Some roach motel, Hillsborough NC 4. A 2-star place in South Miami Beach, on Collins Ave 5. Some rathole motel in Live Oak, FL 6. A Motel 6 south of Missoula MT, could’ve been south of Butte MT, on I-15. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62037 "2018-10-19T15:50:29Z")
The worst hotels you ever stayed at, and their location: 1. Hotel Diplomat, Montreal 2. Edward Village North York, Toronto 3. Some roach motel, Hillsborough NC 4. A 2-star place in South Miami Beach, on Collins Ave 5. Some rathole motel in Live Oak, FL 6. A Motel 6 south of Missoula MT, could’ve been south of Butte MT, on I-15. 7. Bond Place Hotel, Toronto - was having extensive overhaul at the time we stayed there, unmentioned on its website or by staff when we booked by phone. Loud, dirty, and a maze of temporary passageways. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62038 "2018-10-19T16:45:47Z")
The worst hotels you ever stayed at, and their location: 1. Hotel Diplomat, Montreal 2. Edward Village North York, Toronto 3. Some roach motel, Hillsborough NC 4. A 2-star place in South Miami Beach, on Collins Ave 5. Some rathole motel in Live Oak, FL 6. A Motel 6 south of Missoula MT, could’ve been south of Butte MT, on I-15. 7. Bond Place Hotel, Toronto - was having extensive overhaul at the time we stayed there, unmentioned on its website or by staff when we booked by phone. Loud, dirty, and a maze of temporary passageways. 8. the Lucky 7 or something like that. It was in Chicago about 30 years ago ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62039 "2018-10-20T01:16:41Z")
The worst hotels you ever stayed at, and their location: 1. Hotel Diplomat, Montreal 2. Edward Village North York, Toronto 3. Some roach motel, Hillsborough NC 4. A 2-star place in South Miami Beach, on Collins Ave 5. Some rathole motel in Live Oak, FL 6. A Motel 6 south of Missoula MT, could’ve been south of Butte MT, on I-15. 7. Bond Place Hotel, Toronto - was having extensive overhaul at the time we stayed there, unmentioned on its website or by staff when we booked by phone. Loud, dirty, and a maze of temporary passageways. 8. the Lucky 7 or something like that. It was in Chicago about 30 years ago 9. Days Inn South, Fredericksburg, VA The room carpet was so dirty that it turned our feet black ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62040 "2018-10-20T04:54:45Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Bond Place Hotel, Toronto - was having extensive overhaul at the time we stayed there, unmentioned on its website or by staff when we booked by phone. Loud, dirty, and a maze of temporary passageways. I stayed there once. It was very nice when I was there (which obviously was not while it was being renovated). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62041 "2018-10-20T05:01:08Z")
The worst hotels you ever stayed at, and their location: 1. Hotel Diplomat, Montreal 2. Edward Village North York, Toronto 3. Some roach motel, Hillsborough NC 4. A 2-star place in South Miami Beach, on Collins Ave 5. Some rathole motel in Live Oak, FL 6. A Motel 6 south of Missoula MT, could’ve been south of Butte MT, on I-15. 7. Bond Place Hotel, Toronto - was having extensive overhaul at the time we stayed there, unmentioned on its website or by staff when we booked by phone. Loud, dirty, and a maze of temporary passageways. 8. the Lucky 7 or something like that. It was in Chicago about 30 years ago 9. Days Inn South, Fredericksburg, VA 10. A really bad place whose name I don’t remember that I stayed at south of Middletown, NY It wasn’t part of any chain. It’s apparently closed because I can’t find it on Google. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62042 "2018-10-20T10:21:54Z")
The worst hotels you ever stayed at, and their location: 1. Hotel Diplomat, Montreal 2. Edward Village North York, Toronto 3. Some roach motel, Hillsborough NC 4. A 2-star place in South Miami Beach, on Collins Ave 5. Some rathole motel in Live Oak, FL 6. A Motel 6 south of Missoula MT, could’ve been south of Butte MT, on I-15. 7. Bond Place Hotel, Toronto - was having extensive overhaul at the time we stayed there, unmentioned on its website or by staff when we booked by phone. Loud, dirty, and a maze of temporary passageways. 8. the Lucky 7 or something like that. It was in Chicago about 30 years ago 9. Days Inn South, Fredericksburg, VA 10. A really bad place whose name I don’t remember that I stayed at south of Middletown, NY 11. Riata Inn, Presidio TX ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62043 "2018-10-21T02:22:01Z")
1. Hotel Diplomat, Montreal 2. Edward Village North York, Toronto 3. Some roach motel, Hillsborough NC 4. A 2-star place in South Miami Beach, on Collins Ave 5. Some rathole motel in Live Oak, FL 6. A Motel 6 south of Missoula MT, could’ve been south of Butte MT, on I-15. 7. Bond Place Hotel, Toronto - was having extensive overhaul at the time we stayed there, unmentioned on its website or by staff when we booked by phone. Loud, dirty, and a maze of temporary passageways. 8. the Lucky 7 or something like that. It was in Chicago about 30 years ago 9. Days Inn South, Fredericksburg, VA 10. A really bad place whose name I don’t remember that I stayed at south of Middletown, NY 11. Riata Inn, Presidio TX 12. Hotel Plaza, Port au-Prince, Haiti, July, 1971 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62044 "2018-10-21T04:16:28Z")
The worst hotels you ever stayed at, and their location: 1. Hotel Diplomat, Montreal 2. Edward Village North York, Toronto 3. Some roach motel, Hillsborough NC 4. A 2-star place in South Miami Beach, on Collins Ave 5. Some rathole motel in Live Oak, FL 6. A Motel 6 south of Missoula MT, could’ve been south of Butte MT, on I-15. 7. Bond Place Hotel, Toronto - was having extensive overhaul at the time we stayed there, unmentioned on its website or by staff when we booked by phone. Loud, dirty, and a maze of temporary passageways. 8. the Lucky 7 or something like that. It was in Chicago about 30 years ago 9. Days Inn South, Fredericksburg, VA 10. A really bad place whose name I don’t remember that I stayed at south of Middletown, NY 11. Riata Inn, Presidio TX 12. Hotel Plaza, Port au-Prince, Haiti, July, 1971 13. Knights’ Court Motel, 1596 Chemong Rd, Peterborough, ON K9J 6X2, Canada What a dump. Next: Car or Cars (Trucks, etc) You Learned to Drive Im 1. 1969 Buick Skylark 4-Door Sedan ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62045 "2018-10-21T04:29:42Z")
Car or Cars (Trucks, etc) You Learned to Drive In 1. 1969 Buick Skylark 4-Door Sedan 2. My parents’ Fiat 128. I don’t remember what year it was. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2018, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62046 "2018-10-21T04:36:24Z")
Car or Cars (Trucks, etc) You Learned to Drive In 1. 1969 Buick Skylark 4-Door Sedan 2. My parents’ Fiat 128. I don’t remember what year it was. 3. VW Microbus [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3101) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3103)