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[Ibix]

The T-shirts are all in English.

From such stuff are conspiracy theories born. In years to come, I'll be able to say I was there when the BorekTruther movement began...

 

[zoobyshoe]

I don't think I've ever seen a Polish T-shirt here in the US. The universe is out of balance.

 

[dlgoff]

Funny, isn't it? Caught my attention as well.

Do you all speak, read, and/or write in English? I still remember how self-conscious you were of your grammar while posting here at PF in the early years.

 

[Borek]

Do you all speak, read, and/or write in English?

Junior on a daily basis, no idea about Ludwik. That is: rather unlikely he doesn't speak at all, but he is more into Slavic languages (with a fluent Ukrainian).

 

[WWGD]

Interesting company, first time I see it:

 

[Bandersnatch]

(it is mostly about early computer press in Poland and magazines I worked for - "Bajtek" and "Top Secret")

I'm in the generation who grew up reading these magazines. The absurdist humour in TS definitely had had some influence on how my perception of what is funny developed.
It was crazy to later find Borek on PF, of all places.

 

[Borek]

I'm in the generation who grew up reading these magazines. The absurdist humour in TS definitely had had some influence on how my perception of what is funny developed.

Did you know we have just published a special issue of TS for Pixel Heaven 2017?

 

[OCR]

Differentiated being... ? .

 

[WWGD]

Would be nice to have a website EDIT with a list of businesses open on holidays.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Would be nice to have a website EDIT with a list of businesses open on holidays.

Every year on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years, I spend an inordinate amount of time trying to determine who is open, who isn't, and who is open but for fewer hours. I'm always surprised that any business would neglect to update the internet on their hours, but, strangely, they do.

 

[WWGD]

Every year on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years, I spend an inordinate amount of time trying to determine who is open, who isn't, and who is open but for fewer hours. I'm always surprised that any business would neglect to update the internet on their hours, but, strangely, they do.

Many businesses here do not include neither their hours of operation nor the cross streets; they will just state, e.g., 1445 3rd Av., without including the nearest cross streets. And it is not as if the numbering is similar for all avenues, since avenues start at different levels , i.e., some starter further North/South than others, so having an idea for the numbering of one of them does not help with the others. Attitude seems to be: " Want to patronize our store? Do the research!" . Even I, without any business training realize this is poor business practice, given competition is often just feet away.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Many businesses here do not include neither their hours of operation nor the cross streets; they will just state, e.g., 1445 3rd Av., without including the nearest cross streets. And it is not as if the numbering is similar for all avenues, since avenues start at different levels , i.e., some starter further North/South than others, so having an idea for the numbering of one of them does not help with the others. Attitude seems to be: " Want to patronize our store? Do the research!" . Even I, without any business training realize this is poor business practice, given competition is often just feet away.

Yes. If you want to improve your business you have to seriously put yourself in the place of a customer of your business. Too many think they can train their customers to adapt to what's convenient for the business owner.

That coffee house I mentioned a while back where they kept closing before they were closed, i.e. going around mopping the floor, cleaning, and putting things away an hour before closing time. Yeah: they completely folded a few months ago. Nail in the coffin: A block down the street a 24 hour coffee house opened. You never have to worry about getting "cleaned out" of there, of being treated like a trespasser because they're going to be closing soon.

 

[WWGD]

Yes. If you want to improve your business you have to seriously put yourself in the place of a customer of your business. Too many think they can train their customers to adapt to what's convenient for the business owner.

That coffee house I mentioned a while back where they kept closing before they were closed, i.e. going around mopping the floor, cleaning, and putting things away an hour before closing time. Yeah: they completely folded a few months ago. Nail in the coffin: A block down the street a 24 hour coffee house opened. You never have to worry about getting "cleaned out" of there, of being treated like a trespasser because they're going to be closing soon.

Which seems somehow to be incredibly difficult for many people, not just business owners to do.

 

[WWGD]

Seems over the top: just had someone tell me they could not assume any liability for me when I asked this guy to keep an eye on my stuff when I walked to the bathroom , some 20 feet away. Ok, dude, I guess I won't make sign the contract and affidavits I had brought with me.

 

[WWGD]

Dunkin Donuts just came up with this "Cro-muffin", mix of a croissant and a muffin. I can imagine months of intense discussions in the corporate board:
"Cro-Muffin" !
No, " Muff-ssant"!
"Cro-Muffin is better"
No, " Muff-ssant" is better.
...
...

 

[Ibix]

Cro-Muffin? It sounds like the primitive ancestor of a pastry to me.

 

[WWGD]

Cro-Muffin? It sounds like the primitive ancestor of a pastry to me.

True, but still better than Paleo-ssant, though both sound primitively delicious.

 

[fresh_42]

True, but still better than Paleo-ssant, though both sound primitively delicious.

The crucial point of both is butter. This alone decides it.

 

[WWGD]

The crucial point of both is butter. This alone decides it.

What do you suggest for accompaniment ? A fruity white or just a bier?

 

[fresh_42]

What do you suggest for accompaniment ? A fruity white or just a bier?

There are Columbian coffee farmers with a picture of me in their wallet

 

[WWGD]

There are Columbian coffee farmers with a picture of me in their wallet

Ah, Das Kaffee? Mit Milch? Starbuchen?

 

[fresh_42]

Ah, Das Kaffee? Mit Milch? Starbuchen?

My favorite is black as my soul and if possible, no composite mixtures. Pure Ethiopian Mocha, Brazilian Santos, Ugandan or one of the central American ones. The difference in taste is the difference in region and roasting. I really don't like places as claw-bucks. The best place are small private roasters where coffee still tastes as coffee should and by no means all of the same. But this is the ideal case. In daily life: any coffee will do, as long as you keep all these artificial flavors away.

 

[OCR]

In daily life: any coffee will do, as long as you keep all these artificial flavors away.

What ?... no "toxic coffee" ? .. lol

 

[Blue Scallop]

I got a small book in envelope from Germany, the stamps has 100, 200, 70 Deutschland in it. Germany uses Euro, but 370 Euros is 416 dollars. So the 100 denomination may not be in Euro or the right decimal places? Anyone here in Germany or who knows what's going on?

 

[fresh_42]

I got a small book in envelope from Germany, the stamps has 100, 200, 70 Deutschland in it. Germany uses Euro, but 370 Euros is 416 dollars. So the 100 denomination may not be in Euro or the right decimal places? Anyone here in Germany or who knows what's going on?

So someone in Germany bought for 3.70 € stamps which found their way into your hands. Where is the problem?

 

[Blue Scallop]

So someone in Germany bought for 3.70 € stamps which found their way into your hands. Where is the problem?

Why are the stamps not written as 2, 1, 0.70 Euros. Why 200, 100, 70? Does this also occur in other countries stamps?

 

[fresh_42]

It's Cent, or Euro-Cent if you like. They adjust prices in steps of Cent. E.g. a standard letter between 20g and 50g currently costs 85 Cent. I think I still have old stamps with 51 Cent on it. The French want to have 1.46€, the Swedish 7 Kronor, the Italians are ridiculously expensive, the Spanish seem to like digital services, the Finish 8.10€ and the Danish 8 Kroner. It appears that German fees are remarkably low. I assume the German prizing in Cent is simply what customers are used to from D-Mark times.

 

[1oldman2]

I know I'm supposed to be feeling "Great again" but after reading http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/06/trump-dumps-paris-climate-deal-reaction I just feel like I need to take a shower or bath.

 

[fresh_42]

Have you recently looked it up in a dictionary? Perhaps great means alone, as in Great Britain.

 

[RonL]

It's things like this that make me feel like I live in a completely different world, I wanted to study a point about "sliding vane motors" and this is what I get from wiki

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.ph...h&go=Go&searchToken=dc6hnjgkq0viviqa8vnbfkqjf

The page "sliding vane motors" does not exist ?
I guess the lesson for the day is, "don't throw away those old books from 50 or more years back"