Random Thoughts Part 4 - Split Thread

[zoobyshoe]

Common, it wasn't that bad of a joke!

No excuses. A disturbance in the force is a disturbance in the force.

 

[WWGD]

No excuses. A disturbance in the force is a disturbance in the force.

Maybe that's why my toilet has been acting out recently ..

 

[zoobyshoe]

Maybe that's why my toilet has been acting out recently ..

Stop calling it a toilet. Call it "Gordon."

 

[WWGD]

Stop calling it a toilet. Call it "Gordon."

So we have the toilet Sting? Is that something you can catch at public bathrooms? Then, if you love
your toilet, set it free, free-free, plus $5.99 for S&H.

 

[WWGD]

I heard desert roses bloom when you use Gordon water on them.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I heard desert roses bloom when you use Gordon water on them.

Cats and dogs swear by it.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Mysteries at the Museum was very good tonight. Well, it was O.K.

 

[WWGD]

Isn't there something wrong with the expression "behind their back"? If you go behind someone's back, aren't you in their front?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Isn't there something wrong with the expression "behind their back"? If you go behind someone's back, aren't you in their front?

Are you the reincarnation of Lewis Carroll?

 

[WWGD]

Are you the reincarnation of Lewis Carroll?

I don't know, are you intellectually related to Denis Miller and his obscure references? Its as if Don Gulet did a double trip over a Levantine Caravaggio (an excuse for my ignorance about Lewis Carroll).

And, while we're at it, shouldn't it be "ready to be eaten" instead of "ready to eat"?

 

[zoobyshoe]

I don't know, are you intellectually related to Denis Miller and his obscure references? Its as if Don Gulet did a double trip over a Levantine Caravaggio.

And, while we're at it, shouldn't it be "ready to be eaten" instead of "ready to eat"?

I'll take that as a "yes," then.

 

[WWGD]

I'll take that as a "yes," then.

Well that's what happens when teens start playing with their Ouija board without reading the warnings!

 

[OmCheeto]

This just in:

Keep Portland Weird
We don't make this stuff up.

It's official: The Rose City's new baseball team is the Portland Pickles! "We want to stand out from the crowd and keep Portland weird," said Ken Wilson, Rose City Baseball President.

When the keepers of the weird, make a disclaimer, you know it's just a little extra weird.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Well that's what happens when teens start playing with their Ouija board without reading the warnings!

That's correct.

And, now that you mention it, I think you're right about the logic of those two sayings.

 

[WWGD]

That's correct.

And, now that you mention it, I think you're right about the logic of those two sayings.

What do you say we convince Greg to move our exchange here on Gordon-Sting, toilets , bees and Lewis Carrol from Ouija boards, into the "Insights" section?

 

[zoobyshoe]

What do you say we convince Greg to move our exchange here on Gordon-Sting, toilets , bees and Lewis Carrol from Ouija boards, into the "Insights" section?

I think that would be most appropriate. Go ahead, PM him.

 

[WWGD]

It would be nice if people hanging out in coffee shops would naturally organize themselves into groups of those who are there hanging out and those doing serious work. I often see people working hard feeling disrupted by those who go there to hang out and those going there to hang out feeling frustrated by not being able to start conversations informally. Maybe the two groups could hang out in different sections, e.g., north-south, left-right, etc., but, as it is, they are pretty randomly distributed. I mean like, e.g., sometimes walking traffic organizes itself by people keeping their right.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Speaking of coffee shops, where I grew up there were no coffee shops as such. The role now played by the coffee shop was then played by the diner or the bakery. They had, at least, a counter and usually some booths. You payed under 50 cents for a cup of coffee, and they would automatically just keep coming around filling it back up at no charge! Of course, they expected you to buy a modicum of donuts or breakfasts to make up for this, but there were always people who didn't.

It surprises me how fast all this changed so that now, the owner of a coffee shop would consider it an outrageous expectation on the part of a customer to get a free refill, much less a bottomless cup. I've run into some places that charge full price for a refill, and others that give one discounted refill then charge full price for the third cup.

 

[WWGD]

Speaking of coffee shops, where I grew up there were no coffee shops as such. The role now played by the coffee shop was then played by the diner or the bakery. They had, at least, a counter and usually some booths. You payed under 50 cents for a cup of coffee, and they would automatically just keep coming around filling it back up at no charge! Of course, they expected you to buy a modicum of donuts or breakfasts to make up for this, but there were always people who didn't.

It surprises me how fast all this changed so that now, the owner of a coffee shop would consider it an outrageous expectation on the part of a customer to get a free refill, much less a bottomless cup. I've run into some places that charge full price for a refill, and others that give one discounted refill then charge full price for the third cup.

My best guess for why:

 

[zoobyshoe]

My best guess for why:

Yes.

I also read, at some point in the past couple years, about a coffee shop owner who shuts off the wi-fi between 11:00 A.M. and 1:00 P.M. to clear out the people who sit online for hours, having only made the minimum purchase. He does it to make room for the lunch crowd, which is going to spend a lot more in a shorter time.

I feel like, if you resent people actually using your free-with-purchase wi-fi, then stop offering it.

 

[collinsmark]

Clubber is back up and running, new and improved.



(Clubber Lang is the name of my computer, btw.) Plus, I now have nearly enough spare parts left over to Frankenstein together a new computer, if I decide to.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Clubber is back up and running, new and improved.

Go Clubber!

 

[collinsmark]

...Just in time too. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is set be released (unlocked) in approximately 3 hours from now (1 AM, local Warsaw time).

I might play the game pretending that the main protagonist, Geralt of Rivia, is a certain mentor (who is also known to play video games, from time to time) in disguise. 'Just for fun.

 

[WWGD]

Yes.

I also read, at some point in the past couple years, about a coffee shop owner who shuts off the wi-fi between 11:00 A.M. and 1:00 P.M. to clear out the people who sit online for hours, having only made the minimum purchase. He does it to make room for the lunch crowd, which is going to spend a lot more in a shorter time.

I feel like, if you resent people actually using your free-with-purchase wi-fi, then stop offering it.

I think that at the end of the day, over the long run, it more than evens out for the owner.

 

[WWGD]

I would like to go to a store with a sign reading "Hugs AND drugs".

 

[collinsmark]

I would like to go to a store with a sign reading "Hugs AND drugs".

That actually might make a good name for a pharmacy.

 

[WWGD]

That actually might make a good name for a pharmacy.

How about for a "huggery" :)?

 

[zoobyshoe]

That actually might make a good name for a pharmacy.

Medicinal marijuana dispensary.

 

[WWGD]

Medicinal marijuana dispensary.

Thanks for reminding me, I got a pick up my Glaucoma meds; I suddenly realized I had it. I guess a new reason why Denver will be
called the "Mile High" city.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I would like to go to a store with a sign reading "Hugs AND drugs".

I would like to go to a coffee shop that had a sign reading:

Open 24/7 365!
Unlimited free refills!
All rectangular tables!
Movable sound proof shielding from obnoxious people!
Smoking required! No non-smoking permitted!

We have 200 couches where you can sleep tonight!