This goes out, to my little buddy @JoelSq.
I’ll start it off, while I wait for @JoelSq, hehe.
I am on the phone for sometimes the ENTIRE time I’m working, and can range from single calls, to entire conference calls. I don’t or can’t constantly have to hold the phone up to my ear, or talk into the phone whole on speaker (who does that really ??), so I bluetooth.
Trying to find a GREAT Bluetooth earbud that has a battery that lasts all day or more, is loud enough, and has a great mic with cancellation has ALWAYS proved to be almost impossible. I buy them, they suck, and I either return them, or take’m out back, and discharge rounds into them !!! Yes, soo much crap, and soo little time.
By the time I finally FIND one that does EVERYTHING, and get hooked on it, they DISCONTINUE IT !!!
Hehe, YES, true story. Have only found TWO so far that fit the bill.
This one is, was, will always be the TOP one I’ve found. It was SOO good, that I got everyone in my dept. to get one. Insane 50’ plus range, very loud, and we tested running these all day for 2-3 weeks before needing to recharge. YES, 2-3 weeks !!!
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Tipping for grocery delivery prior to receiving my groceries…. I want 6 pounds of apples, not 2 pounds of organic for more money you retard. Give me my 5 bucks back.
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California. You want plastic bags, you gotta give the governor 10 cents for each one.
EVERY god damn time? Paper. Fireplaces are illegal. (Like most of the people here - literally) What am I supposed to do with paper? 2 weeks of groceries at a time. All that paper fills a PLASTIC trash bag.
We get all of our groceries delivered. Too damned old to be pushing a cart around. I use a cane, the wife uses a walker.
Started keeping the receipts. 100 paper bags, I called and bitched. Next order we got $10 off our groceries. 8 out of 10 times, we now get plastic.
Get all our pantry items from Amazon. Now I have tons of boxes to deal with.
What else do I hate? People that complain about all the wonderful advantages we have these days.
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Regarding global warming. The heat as promised. (Don’t recall which topic this was from)
Central Valley California. Today’s high, 68 F. We moved here December 1st, from Michigan. 'Twas something like no degrees. Nothing, Nada, zilch, zip, ZERO! Pretty warm for that time of year. 'Twas 54 the day we arrived here.
We were like, DAMN! We be over dressed! March through June, BEAUTIFUL! Late June, upper 80’.s. July through September. Holy shit! I’ve felt 112 F (45 C) MANY a time.
We are almost due east of San Fransisco. 97 miles. We “normally” get a delta breeze coming from San Fransisco, across the Sacramento River Delta. Lasts a week or so, low to mid 90’s 13% humidity… Nice. Then it’ll hit triple digits for several day, then the breeze is back.
Last few years? Mother nature needs to get laid! NO breeze! No veggies in the garden. Not getting the rain in the winter that we usually do, so no snow in the mountains around San Fransisco.
As my good friend Walter Dunham said for about a year… But it’s a DRY heat. So’s a bon fire, but you don’t see me sticking my ass in it. In the shade, it’s better than 95 f and 100% humidity in Michigan, from where we hale.
How many of y’all know what swamp butt is? No? Well when you’re wondering if that slime you’re feeling between your ass cheeks is sweat or shit…
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Uh oh! Just found something else to hate. First time I’ve seen this in 40 years! So much for global warming.
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Just don’t tell me have to eat like a vegetarian. Just thought of something. Beef is from vegetarians. Why can’t we eat those again?
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While this is something I still hate to this day, it’s something I hated when Windows NT 4.0 workstation came out.
Was working for a consulting firm, replacing Windows 3.1 (And in the poorer schools) very old Macs, what, LC 2’s or some shit? Like 10 years old, for the local school district. I was at a school down town where there was a school with barbed wire fencing, empty bottles of Mag Dog 20 20 and used needles around the perimeter.
I don’t know how to spell this, so you’ll have to use your imagination but a teacher told a student, Di’nt I just ax you not to do dat? Wrote a letter to the editor of the local paper. It was page two!
I thought, man, these kids are screwed!
My daddy always corrected my grammar. Not that I learned anything, but one Friday he saw the garbage truck coming up the street. The truck got to the neighbors house, turned around and left. He asked what happened to the the garbage truck. I said, I don’t know, he got to the Patrick’s and split. He says, “I’m sure if the truck broke in half it would still be there.”
Prick. Now I’m a literalest.
Once saw a bag of frozen uncooked shrimp. Bag said, “Unde-veined shrimp.” Anyone see a problem with that? Probably a prodigy of the Grand Rapids, Michigan Public School District.
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Marx Carney is now the new leader of the liberal party. Not only does he quote famous communists in his books as a source of wisdom regarding economics he is open about needing a new world order.
He is a globalist, Canada’s largest tax dodger and is responsible for both the large in flation in the uk and Canada.
He doesn’t live in Canada and considers himself European on top of the fact he was never elected.
He is going to finish the job that Trudeau couldn’t do. The death of Canada.
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What happened to, “Hold my beer” ??
Teacher couldn’t put down his coffee and stop this ??
Shaking my head …
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The websites and services we trust for shopping, socializing, and learning shouldn’t be tools for surveillance. Yet, a new investigation by 404 Media has revealed that ShadowDragon, a U.S. government contractor, is exploiting publicly available data from websites and services like Etsy, Reddit, Tinder, and Duolingo — to fuel mass surveillance programs for U.S. government agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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GIGO. Garbage, in, garbage out. Bias, in, bias out. Partisan in, partisan out.
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Aight. A couple “like” it. But WHAT’S the problem with that label?
I know of only 2 people who came to the same conclusion as I. One was a CEO of a tech company I applied for a job with, (I was offered the job, but the salary was ridiculous) and the other was a managing partner in a multi-national firm I worked for that went to Harvard. Hint. I’m a “litteralist” I know, not a real word, but I bet you know what I mean.
We have some brilliant folks here, what’s your thoughts?
Damn @SessionDrummer will like anything. What’s the context? I dunno, but I like to like. 
I was referring to my statement about the shrimp package being labeled as “Un-Deveined.”
Why does that sound like a bad, difficult idea?
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Stubborn pricks. I’ll tell ya MY take on a package labeled Un-de-veined shrimp.
To de-vein a shrimp means to remove the poop shoot from it’s back, right? To “Un do” something, means to put it back in, does it not?
Come on, people, work with me here!
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Someone should read some Isak Asimov to them.
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Hiring service providers. I do my due diligence when seeking a service provider via google, yelp…etc. Wanted my HVAC ducts cleaned. Company had a great reputation. 4.7 * @ 160+ reviews. We’re in a very small town. Quote was $1895. Others were well upwards of $2,500.
I’m not going to baby sit them and watch them. I can’t stand long. I trust the reviews. I DID watch them begin. One kid was upstairs, the other (The bosses son) was downstairs cutting the silicon from around the vent to remove it. As expected. Good deal.
Know that the guy that gave me the quote, said it would take between 4 and 6 hours? 16 vents, 2,300 Sq feet. Bosses son comes to my garage, where I’m hiding my dogs, after 2 hours and says they’re done.
I expressed my dismay, but he says they weren’t that dirty. They’d been cleaned only a couple years earlier, so I found that reasonable. THEN THE WIFE CAME HOME! Some kinda dust ball hanging from the vent above her, over the couch! I saw no “Cut marks” around the vent, indicating it had been removed.
Checked the rest. Based on the “cut marks”, it looked to me like only 3 had been cleaned. Called the company and told them they needed to send them back out to take picture of EVERY vent!
Okay, I admit I went to a university to learn to become a professional Ass-hole. I’m not gonna watch them. I DID go in at one point to get another cup of coffee. Saw the bosses son cutting away some caulk around a vent. Asked him how the process worked. (Was a lot different than the last time.)
Says he doesn’t have time to talk and how customers can be such a pain in the ass!!! A half dozen times!!! My memory may not be for shit, but there’s some things you don’t forget.
Crap, lost my train of thought… I’ll finish in the morrow… Oh, I remember! It’s tomorrow.
Without a word, they left. Called the office. Where’s the photos? I was sent the photo from the estimate from when a man came out to do our fall maintenance. WTF? Called again. Told her I’d make her a deal. They come out, take a picture of the room(s) the vents are in, and a photo of the ducts and I won’t demand a full refund. Told her I found them at bbb.org and that if a refund was not forthcoming I’d file a complaint.
Next day they came back, followed by the kids boss. Man extends his hand like he thought I would shake it or something. Looked at his hand, then his eyes, and said “You’ll know how I feel IF you read my review.”
Kid offered his “profuse” apology. Then went and got a couple vacuums. His dad told me he’d make sure the job was done right. I said, “Uh-huh. Hope not. We can use that money.”
Went in every 15 minutes or so. Took 'em 6 hours. They installed some tin duct tape around the ducts to keep air out of the attic. Which the builder should have done, and they should have done in the first place.
Dad shows me pictures from both the boys phone. Told him, nice job. Finally. Sticks his hand out again. I opened the door for him so they could leave.
Went to the garage and pulled up a live view of the ring camera. Just in time to see daddy bitch slap his kid! Heard something about “other clients you fucked!”
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