Odd. Did she seem homeless? If not, then she might be someone who is teetering on the brink of homelessness. The food containers sound like preparation for some kind of survival mode. The "entitled" attitude sounds like a kind of denial of a coming change downward in social status.WWGD said:
Yes, I had not though of that, but it does not seem too likely since she was carrying a container from a blender with EDIT: some blender-shake of fruits, hard-boiled eggs and fruits, so she needs a power supply, a way to keep eggs fresh, e.g., a refrigerator , a way of boiling the eggs --stove -- and she did not carry the usual collection of bags many homeless often carry. She had a bunch of tupperware containers and her clothes seemed OK, albeit casual : sweats, sneakers and t-shirt, and she did not smell. I would assume someone who is risking homelessness would have more of a meek attitude( meaning, e.g. saying thanks and doing her thing less conspicuously in a corner), towards the cafe people so that she can ask for further favors, although maybe she is not "all-there" psychologically to do so. Still, I have the impression it is easier for a woman to get away with this than for a man (though surely a woman is more likely to be attacked and robbed, being physically weaker on average). But, still, you may be right, though , from what I wrote at the beginning, she may not be homeless yet..zoobyshoe said:
Possibly extravagant speculation here, but the scenario that comes to mind is that of a woman who is walking out on a guy on whom she is financially dependent. He "wronged" her terribly somehow, and she has to break it off with him for her ego's sake, but she has nowhere to go. (Alternately, she may have "wronged" him, and she's being kicked out for that.) Either way, she's going back to the house or apartment when he's at work, or, some friend is letting her use the kitchen and bathroom, possibly even the couch, but it's a begrudging, short term thing.WWGD said:
Wonder what you make of this one ( no kidding). A generic van, i.e., plain , without any signs or taxi plates , stops in the street at around 11:15 a.m. on a Sunday, let's someone out and then someone gets in it, just by sliding the door, without any overt communication with the driver. The van drives along ? Just in case, I neither drink nor do drugs, so I was not intoxicated when I saw this.zoobyshoe said:
Was the person who got in standing there waiting for the van to arrive?WWGD said:
seemed like it, though not 100% sure. Maybe a Craigslist-type, Uber/Lyft-type deal?zoobyshoe said:
What did the person who got out do?WWGD said:
Don't remember too well, I just think he just walked out to the sidewalk and seemingly just went about his day.zoobyshoe said:
Was it a black van with a red stripe on it, driven by a black guy with plenty of gold around his neck?WWGD said:
Ouch, re the last one. Will pretend to not notice just in case.zoobyshoe said:
The surveillance scenario is offered as the most interesting one I could think of that is also plausible.WWGD said:
You posted that five times in five minutes, so at a rate of r=1/minute, implying a doubling time of 72 minutes by this law. Seems solid to me.WWGD said:
Apparently its a very common meme to attribute this tool to Einstein. For example:WWGD said:
zoobyshoe said:
Yes, but there is, additionally, a distinct difference between hiring a willing baseball player to endorse toothpaste, and fictitiously attributing an idea to some famous person without their knowledge or consent.WWGD said:
But , who would sue for fraud, Einstein's family fund representative?zoobyshoe said:
The fraud (if such it is) is being committed against the audience of the advert who may erroneously believe that Einstein invented/endorsed/whatever compound interest. So anybody seeing and believing the advert could have standing to sue, I think. I only play a lawyer on the internet, though, so who knows.WWGD said:
I am not sure you even have to have bought the product to sue. All that is necessary is to prove the company knows the claim is untrue, which you would do by warning them to substantiate the claim or stop making it. If they neither substantiate it nor stop making it, then I think anyone could sue in the capacity of a "consumer advocate." I doubt you personally could ask for their ill-gotten gains, but you could force them to repay the people they did defraud and possibly to pay your legal fees.Ibix said:
It says Pepsi got off by claiming the offer of a harrier was so outrageous no reasonable person could have believed it. I don't think the Einstein thing could use that defense. It's much more plausible to assert Einstein both developed this formula and that he said something positive about compound interest.
Yep.zoobyshoe said:
I once had milk four weeks over the date and it was still o.k. However, that frightened me a lot more than if it were sour. What kind of milk is this? I remember the days when my grandma let milk become sour to thicken it to soured milk. Nowadays milk turns red instead. Weird.WWGD said:
And the only person that comments about my spoiled food is the one called fresh_42 :) ? Maybe it is the hormones they now give cows, though maybe they do not do so in Germany, maybe they have different laws?fresh_42 said:
Good thing they don't allow them, men can then save money not needing a " Manssiere" ; ) , ( Seinfeld).fresh_42 said:
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You should see what Hollywood makes out of non-American history ...Borg said:
The US sends a fleet of small ships across the Atlantic to save British soldiers from Hitler, who is personally leading the attack. Brave GIs hold the ports and, after a ferocious gunfight, kill Hitler in hand-to-hand combat. Hitler was played by a double for the rest of the war.Borg said:
This is why Inglourious Basterds was such a wonderful movie. Half of its mission was to mock Hollywood film distortions of WWII.Ibix said:
