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[RonL]

I am a gold digger.

So am I

 

[Ibix]

Usually I personally throw an exception to return everything to them then pick another seller.

$ ping -O peppermint
no answer yet for icmp_seq=54 
no answer yet for icmp_seq=55
no answer yet for icmp_seq=56

 

[Sophia]

A package (parcel) arrived yesterday, but one of the items that I ordered was missing. So I called up Amazon's customer support. The conversation started off with Amazon saying that they will mail me a sticker that I can use to return the missing item for a refund.

I live almost across the street from a UPS store, so it would not be inconvenient for me to head over there.

But if the absurdity of returning a missing item doesn't strike you, think about it for a second.

hahaha :)
Did you try to explain the problem with this or did your jaw drop in silence?

 

[collinsmark]

hahaha :)
Did you try to explain the problem with this or did your jaw drop in silence?

I actually asked for clarification, "So, you want me to mail you an empty box? In what size of box should I put the nothing?"

 

[Sophia]

I actually asked for clarification, "So, you want me to mail you an empty box? In what size of box should I put the nothing?"

OMG that conversation must have been hilarious :) How did it continue?

 

[collinsmark]

OMG that conversation must have been hilarious :) How did it continue?

Eventually, things were worked out. I was refunded for the missing item, which I then had to re-order.

[Edit: although the shipping & handling on the nothing was not refunded, so I lost out on that.]

 

[Ibix]

[Edit: although the shipping & handling on the nothing was not refunded, so I lost out on that.]

I have a mental image of warehouse and postal staff miming taking an item off the shelf, packing it, posting it... You should mime entering your card number.

 

[Pepper Mint]

$ ping -O peppermint
no answer yet for icmp_seq=54 
no answer yet for icmp_seq=55
no answer yet for icmp_seq=56

Definitely there will be no answer unless you ping me with -l option.

 

[fresh_42]

"So, you want me to mail you an empty box? In what size of box should I put the nothing?"

Shouldn't matter, as long as it won't get broken in the shipping process. And of course in its original wrapping!

 

[Ibix]

Definitely there will be no answer unless you ping me with -l option.

Which ping are you using? -l seems to do different things:

http://www.manpages.info/sunos/ping.1.html

http://linux.die.net/man/8/ping

 

[fresh_42]

Which ping are you using? -l seems to do different things:

http://www.manpages.info/sunos/ping.1.html

http://linux.die.net/man/8/ping

ping http://www.peppermint.x with $x\in\{\text{ com },\text{ uk.co },\text{ de },\text{ sk }\}$ all worked fine.

 

[Pepper Mint]

So am I

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Which ping are you using? -l seems to do different things:

http://www.manpages.info/sunos/ping.1.html

http://linux.die.net/man/8/ping

Yes and where is the -O option on me ?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Sometimes when I go into a donut shop I wonder how they crull the crullers.

 

[Sophia]

Sometimes when I go into a donut shop I wonder how they crull the crullers.

They push the dough through pastry bag. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-Mini-French-Crullers/?ALLSTEPS

 

[zoobyshoe]

They push the dough through pastry bag. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-Mini-French-Crullers/?ALLSTEPS

Thanks for ruining the awesome mystery!

 

[Sophia]

Thanks for ruining the awesome mystery!

awww my poor Zooby! I'm so sorry! Don't worry, Santa Claus, easter bunny, tooth fairy and Chuck Norris really do exist!

 

[fresh_42]

Sometimes when I go into a donut shop I wonder how they crull the crullers.

I've once seen live how professional bakers formed pretzels. Unbelievable.

 

[Pepper Mint]

Phone rang to call me again and again. Now I know why the word 'phony' comes into existence.
But I like it a lot. Call me more and more pleaaaaasssse...

 

[Psinter]

For some reason the batteries in my TV remote ended up being extremely hot. I checked and I had not left the
remote anywhere near any main source of heat like a lamp, kitchen. And it is not likely I had done so because the
remote is made of plastic and pretty likely would have melted. Still scratching my head.

Scratch no more.

One plausible explanation is that something happened within the chemicals and/or metals inside the battery which caused the internal resistance to increase to a level such that the draining flow of current of even pressing a button for less than 1 second made it hot.

Another plausible explanation is that the control hardware opened a circuit somewhere for a while and the batteries were short circuited with one another. Since it is a short between the batteries and no other circuit is participating, they get hot in some time. Very unlikely, though.

I actually asked for clarification, "So, you want me to mail you an empty box? In what size of box should I put the nothing?"

The Nothingness is actually a character from a fiction story. "The Nothingness" corrupts and destroys. Everyone is scared of "The Nothingness". Except for a few warriors of course.

 

[fresh_42]

Everyone is scared of "The Nothingness".

Not me. I have an infinite improbability drive.

This old lady's solution is forbidden here.

 

[fresh_42]

Who was it with the fish?
http://www.sciencealert.com/pet-goldfish-dumped-into-lakes-are-growing-into-monsters

 

[Pepper Mint]

Who was it with the fish?
http://www.sciencealert.com/pet-goldfish-dumped-into-lakes-are-growing-into-monsters

Someone looks hairless and is in latex protection. Yes, never touch the strange slimy fish without it.

 

[Sophia]

Who was it with the fish?
http://www.sciencealert.com/pet-goldfish-dumped-into-lakes-are-growing-into-monsters

It's sad how people don't know anything about this species of fish, but most people have had it some time in their life. Goldfish and bettas are the most neglected and misunderstood fish in the aquarist hobby. But no one cares because "they're just fish". We can flush them down the toilet.
It's just because they don't have facial expressions and we can't hear their sounds (yes, fish do communicate by sound) many almost don't consider them living creatures like other pets.
Then problems like this emerge.

 

[Pepper Mint]

... But no one cares because "they're just fish". We can flush them down the toilet...

Oh No, I don't want to be a fish! Sometimes after leaving my own bathroom, I still feel very bad.

It's just because they don't have facial expressions and we can't hear their sounds (yes, fish do communicate by sound) many almost don't consider them living creatures like other pets.
Then problems like this emerge.

Yes, some people are rude, and Really they transmit their sounds to others in water ? I just can't talk under the water.

 

[Sophia]

Oh No, I don't want to be a fish! Sometimes after leaving my own bathroom, I still feel very bad.
Yes, some people are rude, and Really they transmit their sounds to others in water ? I just can't talk under the water.

Yes, they do. They even have organs comparable to ears. We just can't hear them because they evolved for transmission of sound in water. But it can be recorded on special microphones. There's a very interesting book about fish senses, social structure and mental capacities.
It's called What a fish knows by Jonathan Balcombe. He's a biologist and quotes real research, so it's not some kind of new age "there's soul in everything" philosophy.

 

[fresh_42]

It's called What a fish knows by Jonathan Balcombe. He's a biologist and quotes real research, so it's not some kind of new age "there's soul in everything" philosophy.

"Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake coming down from the trees in the first place, and some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no-one should ever have left the oceans." (D. Adams; Hitchhiker)

 

[Astronuc]

Sitting is harmful to your health
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/exercise-not-enough-to-undo-harms-of-sedentary-lifestyle-study-shows/

If one sits (behind a desk), one should get up at least every two hours and do some exercise.

 

[WWGD]

Someone looks hairless and is in latex protection. Yes, never touch the strange slimy fish without it.

Goodbye BK Fish Filet

 

[WWGD]

It just seems like it is time for much of society to move forward: too many places I go to play only music from the 50s through the 80s,
sometimes 90s, but nothing from 2000 - on. As if people are stuck in the past, reliving it ad nauseam (my 1st chance to use this expression) in their heads, endlessly going on about how the new generation does not know what good music is. But then maybe the issue is with my going to old-fartish hangouts. I am no hip guy, I guess.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

too many places I go to play only music from the 50s through the 80s,
sometimes 90s, but nothing from 2000 - on.

Well, I mostly enjoy (and perform) music from the 1680s (e.g. Purcell) to the 1950s (e.g. Shostakovich Festive Overture), although there is some recent stuff I really like, such as the Star Wars music by John Williams (which is admittedly quite reminiscent of several early 20th century composers). Recent "music" is mostly too noisy, intrusive and monotonous for my taste, although some of it is fine.