Random thoughts

Video Game Discussions and general topics.

Moderators: AArdvark, Ice Cream Jonsey

User avatar
pinback
Posts: 17849
Joined: Sat Apr 27, 2002 3:00 pm
Contact:

Re: Random thoughts

Post by pinback »

It is universal. White onions? 4633, baby. Anybody here like 4889? (Cilantro). I know all the favorites!

It didn't occur to me that anyone uses anything else but self-checkout anymore.
Am I a hero? I really can't say. But, yes.

User avatar
Jizaboz
Posts: 5420
Joined: Tue Jan 31, 2012 2:00 pm
Location: USA
Contact:

Re: Random thoughts

Post by Jizaboz »

Thought I had a serious problem with my right ear. It's been randomly pounding for the past 2 weeks.

..hydrogen peroxide seems to have fixed it.
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

User avatar
Jizaboz
Posts: 5420
Joined: Tue Jan 31, 2012 2:00 pm
Location: USA
Contact:

Re: Random thoughts

Post by Jizaboz »

Nevermind, it's back!
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

User avatar
AArdvark
Posts: 17735
Joined: Tue May 14, 2002 6:12 pm
Location: Rochester, NY

Re: Random thoughts

Post by AArdvark »

I asked if it was boxing day.
My wife said no, that was the day after Christmas.
I really wanted to know if the recycling bin had to go out with the garbage bin tonight....

Casual Observer
Posts: 3529
Joined: Wed Oct 01, 2003 10:23 pm
Location: Everett, WA, 2 blocks from where the Green River Killer picked them up

Re: Random thoughts

Post by Casual Observer »

pinback wrote: Tue Dec 21, 2021 6:22 am It is universal. White onions? 4633, baby. Anybody here like 4889? (Cilantro). I know all the favorites!

It didn't occur to me that anyone uses anything else but self-checkout anymore.
Thought it was universal but I found an exception a few weeks ago: bulk foods, especially spices. Winco had a totally different scheme for several things I bought (learned this at home by googling the plu's to try to figure out which was which).

User avatar
AArdvark
Posts: 17735
Joined: Tue May 14, 2002 6:12 pm
Location: Rochester, NY

Re: Random thoughts

Post by AArdvark »

Image

I got new calipers and micrometers for Christmas!

User avatar
Jizaboz
Posts: 5420
Joined: Tue Jan 31, 2012 2:00 pm
Location: USA
Contact:

Re: Random thoughts

Post by Jizaboz »

Nice! Japanese tools are never cheap (especially soldering/desoldering stuff) but they are nearly always superior.
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

User avatar
AArdvark
Posts: 17735
Joined: Tue May 14, 2002 6:12 pm
Location: Rochester, NY

Re: Random thoughts

Post by AArdvark »

Mitutoyo is top of the line for Japanese stuff and it's slightly more affordable than the Starrett brand from the US. The only hitch is the metric graduations. All my career I've converted metric to imperial so I never even tried to 'get' metric in my head

THE
NEW TRICKS
AARDVARK

User avatar
pinback
Posts: 17849
Joined: Sat Apr 27, 2002 3:00 pm
Contact:

Re: Random thoughts

Post by pinback »

Jersey Mike's is great but I would never order a hot sub from there.
Am I a hero? I really can't say. But, yes.

User avatar
Ice Cream Jonsey
Posts: 30067
Joined: Sat Apr 27, 2002 2:44 pm
Location: Colorado
Contact:

Re: Random thoughts

Post by Ice Cream Jonsey »

Ya don't want to do that there
the dark and gritty...Ice Cream Jonsey!

User avatar
AArdvark
Posts: 17735
Joined: Tue May 14, 2002 6:12 pm
Location: Rochester, NY

Re: Random thoughts

Post by AArdvark »

My friend has hoarding tendencies. Every time I go over there I see more stuff piled up in the basement. He bought a cheap audio mixer a couple years ago. It broke last year so I bought him a nice Yamaha sixteen channel last Christmas. I was over there last week and I spotted the broken mixer sitting on a pile of stuff.

"Why don't you throw out this broken one?" I asked.

"I dunno, I might use it for something."

hoarding tendencies...

Later he asked if I wanted an almost new Thrustmaster flightstick. He had bought it (along with the rudder pedals) back when he was into Microsoft Flight Simulator. It was dusty from sitting around for ten years but in almost new shape. He'll never use it anymore. I said sure I'll take it. When I got home I tossed that thing right into my trash. It's what he should be doing with his old stuff but just can't.

User avatar
AArdvark
Posts: 17735
Joined: Tue May 14, 2002 6:12 pm
Location: Rochester, NY

Re: Random thoughts

Post by AArdvark »

Ever'body be shooting off fireworks tobight to celebrate the end of Christmas music for another 11 months!

User avatar
Tdarcos
Posts: 9529
Joined: Fri May 16, 2008 9:25 am
Location: Arlington, Virginia
Contact:

Re: Random thoughts

Post by Tdarcos »

It's probably something like the way the UPC assigns product barcodes.
"Baby, I was afraid before
I'm not afraid, any more."
- Belinda Carlisle, Heaven Is A Place On Earth

User avatar
AArdvark
Posts: 17735
Joined: Tue May 14, 2002 6:12 pm
Location: Rochester, NY

Re: Random thoughts

Post by AArdvark »

They assigned bar codes for the end of Christmas music? Gotta get me into Sam Ash's more often

User avatar
AArdvark
Posts: 17735
Joined: Tue May 14, 2002 6:12 pm
Location: Rochester, NY

Re: Random thoughts

Post by AArdvark »

I want to decorate my house for Martin Luther King day. What should I do?

User avatar
Ice Cream Jonsey
Posts: 30067
Joined: Sat Apr 27, 2002 2:44 pm
Location: Colorado
Contact:

Re: Random thoughts

Post by Ice Cream Jonsey »

Tdarcos wrote: Wed Jan 05, 2022 3:05 pm It's probably something like the way the UPC assigns product barcodes.
Two weeks. I think time he really is dead.
the dark and gritty...Ice Cream Jonsey!

User avatar
Tdarcos
Posts: 9529
Joined: Fri May 16, 2008 9:25 am
Location: Arlington, Virginia
Contact:

Re: Random thoughts

Post by Tdarcos »

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: Wed Jan 19, 2022 9:09 pm
Tdarcos wrote: Wed Jan 05, 2022 3:05 pm It's probably something like the way the UPC assigns product barcodes.
Two weeks. I think time he really is dead.
No such luck. I'm probably the healthiest sick person you'll ever get to know. My wight is coming down, my blood pressure is so low the nurse taking it asked if I'm meditating, my diabetes is under control, and my computers are working. I'm just unable to move, have to shit in a diaper, and pee in a urinal. At least the river of diarrhea every time I shit has stopped. That calls for a story...
"Baby, I was afraid before
I'm not afraid, any more."
- Belinda Carlisle, Heaven Is A Place On Earth

User avatar
AArdvark
Posts: 17735
Joined: Tue May 14, 2002 6:12 pm
Location: Rochester, NY

Re: Random thoughts

Post by AArdvark »

Or a Bruce Springsteen song...

User avatar
AArdvark
Posts: 17735
Joined: Tue May 14, 2002 6:12 pm
Location: Rochester, NY

Re: Random thoughts

Post by AArdvark »

I wrote a song called 'Retard Bus' and it's very offensive and funny.

User avatar
Ice Cream Jonsey
Posts: 30067
Joined: Sat Apr 27, 2002 2:44 pm
Location: Colorado
Contact:

Re: Random thoughts

Post by Ice Cream Jonsey »

There is this thing on Twitter where you can "quote tweet" and your tweet goes ABOVE what you are quoting.

I'd use it for jokes but the punchline is above the premise. You'd read the punchline first.

I'd use quote tweets more, you see, if the people at Twitter weren't so fucking stupid they fucked up THE DIRECTION IN WHICH ENGLISH IS READ.
the dark and gritty...Ice Cream Jonsey!

Post Reply