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[BillTre]

Tomorrow a bar in town (Springfield actually) is having a Pirate Party:

I'll call it:
Drink Like A Pirate Day!

 

[Rive]

Did she really believe I was serious?

Well, you did believe she was serious
Of course she did it on purpose. I mean, the rain.

 

[fresh_42]

I had a Sprite today at McDonald's drive-in. No Coke, no Fanta. And now I get Sprite ads on the computer, no Coke, no Fanta - Sprite! This is eerie!

 

[WWGD]

Why does everyone--men and women-- turn their heads when someone shouts Lisa! in a crowded place?

 

[DrGreg]

I had a Sprite today at McDonald's drive-in. No Coke, no Fanta. And now I get Sprite ads on the computer, no Coke, no Fanta - Sprite! This is eerie!

Did you conduct the transaction completely anonymously using cash, or was some personal electronic device or payment card involved?

 

[fresh_42]

Did you conduct the transaction completely anonymously using cash, or was some personal electronic device or payment card involved?

Nope, cash. (I know it is by chance and not on purpose ... I hope.)

Edit; But theoretically you can automatically read the number plate, which is easy in this narrow queue, check the driver and so on and so on. Those days will come, I assume.

 

[Bystander]

anonymously

Nope, cash.

Camera(s) on the transaction? "Big Brother" really is watching everything these days.

 

[WWGD]

I had a Sprite today at McDonald's drive-in. No Coke, no Fanta. And now I get Sprite ads on the computer, no Coke, no Fanta - Sprite! This is eerie!

I once just put my card through the chip reader and somehow a receipt was sent to my phone. I had never given my phone number to anyone in that store. Pretty likely Google , FB or some otherr gathering data about you from different sources, forming a profile.

 

[nuuskur]

I had a Sprite today at McDonald's drive-in. No Coke, no Fanta. And now I get Sprite ads on the computer, no Coke, no Fanta - Sprite! This is eerie!

they are watching!

 

[WWGD]

they are watching!

Was this book "How to Disappear" which included a section on deleting one's electronic tracks . I had this idea at some point of agreeing with a friend to exchange use if credit cards (to be paid in full to the other person ultimately n) so that one person's expenses appear as the others .Even better if your friend lives far from you, even in another country. It would seriously throw off any pattern someone collecting your data could come up with. Or do something similar by buying each other gift cards for the same amount.

 

[fresh_42]

Was this book "How to Disappear" which included a section on deleting one's electronic tracks . I had this idea at some point of agreeing with a friend to exchange use if credit cards (to be paid in full to the other person ultimately n) so that one person's expenses appear as the others .Even better if your friend lives far from you, even in another country. It would seriously throw off any pattern someone collecting your data could come up with. Or do something similar by buying each other gift cards for the same amount.

I used this a couple of times in a homeworker store. They usually ask for your zip code, probably in order to know where to spread their print ads. Well, that was easy ... Although, those franchises operate country wide. I wonder if they exchanged those data. Sad thing is, I'm convinced they don't.

 

[nuuskur]

On the topic of soft drinks, I do like Fanta a bit since I used to drink that the most, but I'm not really a fan of them anymore. Orange juice is much more delicious, albeit more expensive, but it's worth it.

 

[WWGD]

On the topic of soft drinks, I do like Fanta a bit since I used to drink that the most, but I'm not really a fan of them anymore. Orange juice is much more delicious, albeit more expensive, but it's worth it.

I was almost addicted to fresh-squeezed juice at one point. I had to force myself to stop because it was becoming too expensive.

 

[dlgoff]

To my old friend and mentor, Lester (Andy) Anderson, WOAFQ, RIP.

 

[WWGD]

Summer officially over, at least in northern hemisphere, tomorrow.

 

[WWGD]

Tomorrow a bar in town (Springfield actually) is having a Pirate Party:
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I'll call it:
Drink Like A Pirate Day!

Which of the 10+ Sprinfields?

 

[BillTre]

The one in Oregon.
Right next to Eugene.

 

[stefan r]

Why does everyone--men and women-- turn their heads when someone shouts Lisa! in a crowded place?

They are excited about the laser interferometer space antenna.

 

[WWGD]

They are excited about the laser interferometer space antenna.

All except those in the SAA (Society Against Abbreviations ;)).

 

[Ibix]

I've lived in this town for nearly fifteen years. I just noticed a shop sign for a (long-defunct, I suspect) business high up on the end wall of a building that I've passed probably a thousand times. They were blind makers, apparently...

 

[Borg]

So you were blind to it?

 

[Ibix]

Or I was made blind to it!

<dun dun DUNNNNN!>

 

[fresh_42]

I've lived in this town for nearly fifteen years. I just noticed a shop sign for a (long-defunct, I suspect) business high up on the end wall of a building that I've passed probably a thousand times. They were blind makers, apparently...

I once had to explain somebody how to find the way from the airport to my house. And although I certainly had taken the route hundreds of times, I couldn't tell what exactly was written on the street signs, e.g. which town in the northern direction was actually on the sign for the exit to the north.

 

[Ibix]

I once had to explain somebody how to find the way from the airport to my house. And although I certainly had taken the route hundreds of times, I couldn't tell what exactly was written on the street signs, e.g. which town in the northern direction was actually on the sign for the exit to the north.

I can actually direct people pretty well in this town and both cities where I studied, because when I moved there I bought a streetmap. The city I grew up in, though, and my wife's hometown I'm hopeless in. I can get from anywhere to anywhere, but I've no idea about street names or anything. In both cases I learned my way around by following someone who knew the place, so I just learned how to get from place to place without any formal structure to it.

 

[WWGD]

Cities with a grid system are, I guess, the simplest to navigate, find your way . Place p is at street x, avenue y. But then some will complain layout is too boring. Edit: But you may also have people assign names instead of numbers to the avenues. Can't win.

 

[fresh_42]

Objection! Biased!

Cities with a grid system are, I guess, the simplest to navigate, find your way . Place p is at street x, avenue y. But then some will complain layout is too boring. Edit: But you may also have people assign names instead of numbers to the avenues. Can't win.

I've once been in such a city: All I remember are the middle of the alphabet and a couple of numbers. I like mnemonics, aka names. Grids aren't boring, they are confusing.

 

[WWGD]

No matter how lazy or tired I feel at a given moment, I cannot get myself to throw a book in the trash. I am doing a periodic cleaning (An iteration of it) and it would be much easier to throw them in the trash. Instead I traveled th mile plus carrying heavy bags to donate them to the thrift shop.

 

[fresh_42]

Instead I traveled th mile plus carrying heavy bags to donate them to the thrift shop.

Good boy!

I can't throw away books either. Except one, which I would burn, in case I would have to steal it from somebody who might have it if I saw.

 

[WWGD]

Good boy!

I can't throw away books either. Except one, which I would burn, in case I would have to steal it from somebody who might have it if I saw.

Wow! You should write promos for movies, you got me all intrigued about it.

 

[skyshrimp]

I'm going to drink beer all day

When I see photos of galaxies, there's always a bright center like a huge star is there, but isn't the center supposed to be a black hole that absorbs light instead?

EDIT: That must be a cluster of stars with a black hole in the center. It looks like one star.

 

[WWGD]

I've lived in this town for nearly fifteen years. I just noticed a shop sign for a (long-defunct, I suspect) business high up on the end wall of a building that I've passed probably a thousand times. They were blind makers, apparently...

Wow, you must have kept your nose to the books pretty tight for that. I myself just realized I had 10 fingers and 10 toes!

 

[WWGD]

Verdict on show 'Friends' .
50% : Effortless Laugh
50% Laughless Effort

 

[fresh_42]

Verdict on show 'Friends' .
50% : Effortless Laugh
50% Laughless Effort

The story of my life.
50%: Effortless Love.
50%: Loveless Effort.

 

[WWGD]

The story of my life.
50%: Effortless Love.
50%: Loveless Effort.

Ok, we're friends then, I guess (! ??) Freunde?

 

[nuuskur]

I can't throw away books either. Except one, which I would burn, in case I would have to steal it from somebody who might have it if I saw.

Sounds very specific. Complete stab in the dark here
The Mystery of 2012: Predictions, Prophecies & Possibilities (if you have any regard for logic, you should burn the book no later than by page 20), I can't recall the authors, likely not worth mentioning, either.