Miscellaneous Discussion Thread
Quote: onenickelmiracleGasoline in Canada is $7 a gallon IIRC. Surely must drive up prices, and I don't think it's necessarily bad. People fill up whenever they're in the states, saving a lot of money. A guy told me people are allowed to carry a 5 gallon can, but 2 cans are allowed to pass without penalty. Maybe AP opportunity, drive vehicle to Canada full, drain it and make $5/gallon. Of course it can't be worth $5/gallon, because you have to sell to people who can't come to US for whatever reason, so less than optimal. Canadian prisons aren't that bad I guess.
Aren't they still on Imperial gallons up there? That's 5 liters, I think, or roughly 1.18 US gallons to an Imperial gallon. Still pretty high, but not as much if a differential in price as it may appear.
Gas is 104.8 per litre so $3.96/gallon or exactly $3.00 usd per gallon so I’m not sure where these $7 gallons are lol.
Over here in Blighty. £1.33 per Litre or $7.64 per Imperial Gallon.Quote: PokerGrinderI’m not sure where these $7 gallons are lol.
$:o(
It gets way cheaper in NJ and DE. Mostly a tax thing I think. I have seen under $1.50/gallon in for a brief time the last 5 years
Quote: beachbumbabsThat $12 coupon, you had a choice of roast beef or beef and cheddar sandwiches. I don't like the goo that passes for liquid cheese at any of those places so I don't get cheese.
Maybe they do different coupons for different areas but my coupon was for 2, not one, mozzarella sticks. I'd post a pic, but I used the coupon last week so it's gone. Took us 3 Days to eat it all.
The arby's by my house is advertising a special of two regular roast beef sandwiches for $6. That seems reasonable to me.
Two 6 piece cheese sticks would be around $8 at regular menu price.
Just can’t see them being that generous.
Quote: gamerfreakI just filled up in PA for $2.60/gallon
It gets way cheaper in NJ and DE. Mostly a tax thing I think. I have seen under $1.50/gallon in for a brief time the last 5 years
Not anymore in NJ. They got hip to the game and raised state taxes to match PA
Quote: PokerGrinder3.78 litres to American gallon
Gas is 104.8 per litre so $3.96/gallon or exactly $3.00 usd per gallon so I’m not sure where these $7 gallons are lol.
What is 104.8? Is that pennies? Why isnt it 1.048? That's how we do it.
Last time I was in Canada I saw the price per liter ER not RE and couldn't figure it out so I just got gas back in Detroit.
Also those two sets of mozza sticks here would be $14
Quote: PokerGrinderSorry I meant $1.048
Also those two sets of mozza sticks here would be $14
But your cheese is special......lol
Quote: PokerGrinderI didn’t say the taste was better, I said the ingredients are better quality.
So paying twice as much for
the same taste makes no sense
at all.
Everyone told me it was much better there. I didn't believe them. And anyway, it could be better and still gross.
It really wasn't bad. Not great, but enjoyable. So it can vary widely from one country to the next.
I do pretty much anything I can to not buy highly taxed things in PA. If I really need gas, I only buy enough to get out of the state. PA has the supply routes linked to East Coast refineries and this can be another reason for higher gas prices there. Could be wrong apparently, someone Joe Public told me about this somewhere in the past. Pretty sure it seemed true during Katrina.Quote: gamerfreakI just filled up in PA for $2.60/gallon
It gets way cheaper in NJ and DE. Mostly a tax thing I think. I have seen under $1.50/gallon in for a brief time the last 5 years
Chic-Fillup-A
I'm going to do the same but deliver it all to your house, even gas. I'll even pour the gasoline into old milk jugs and Gatorade bottles.Quote: JohnzimboI am opening a combination fast food place/gas station
Chic-Fillup-A
If McDonald's tasted like it did in the 80s(especially their Quarter Pounders) I would be eating there all the time and if they had their deep fried apple pies...forgetaboutit.Quote: RigondeauxNever had ff in Canada. But I went to the world's largest McDs in Brazil.
Everyone told me it was much better there. I didn't believe them. And anyway, it could be better and still gross.
It really wasn't bad. Not great, but enjoyable. So it can vary widely from one country to the next.
Quote: EvenBobSo paying twice as much for
the same taste makes no sense
at all.
It would if the cheaper one was going to kill you.
Quote: DRichIt would if the cheaper one was going to kill you.
It's all grease and breading, none
of it's good for you.
I had brought in an older gentleman to help in the shipping department. He started Tuesday. So yesterday, I'm watching him pack a 1920s piece of wrought iron. First he wraps it in bubble wrap, then takes an oversized box and fills it with popcorn pellets. I stop him and explain that heavy dense objects go in the smallest box possible and that bubblewrapping iron doesn't really make much sense. Maybe fifteen minutes later, I watch him put a single vintage Hot Wheels blister pack in a box, and proceed to use about 15 pieces of tape to seal a box maybe six inches long and weighing four ounces. I stop all three guys working in shipping and reiterate the rather simple process I want followed. This guy starts chirping about how I must never have had a box come apart in the mail and how cheap can I be to argue over a few pieces of tape? I started to respond but thought better. At shifts end, I simply told him he wasn't needed any longer.
You know who else likes to fire people, don't you?Quote: billryanFired two people yesterday. First guy showed up late his first four days. After three, I pulled him aside and warned him. He was due to start work yesterday at noon. At 1205, he called to say he was going to be about ten minutes late. I waited until he showed up to tell him he had lost his job.
I had brought in an older gentleman to help in the shipping department. He started Tuesday. So yesterday, I'm watching him pack a 1920s piece of wrought iron. First he wraps it in bubble wrap, then takes an oversized box and fills it with popcorn pellets. I stop him and explain that heavy dense objects go in the smallest box possible and that bubblewrapping iron doesn't really make much sense. Maybe fifteen minutes later, I watch him put a single vintage Hot Wheels blister pack in a box, and proceed to use about 15 pieces of tape to seal a box maybe six inches long and weighing four ounces. I stop all three guys working in shipping and reiterate the rather simple process I want followed. This guy starts chirping about how I must never have had a box come apart in the mail and how cheap can I be to argue over a few pieces of tape? I started to respond but thought better. At shifts end, I simply told him he wasn't needed any longer.
Quote: billryanFired two people yesterday. First guy showed up late his first four days. After three, I pulled him aside and warned him. He was due to start work yesterday at noon. At 1205, he called to say he was going to be about ten minutes late. I waited until he showed up to tell him he had lost his job.
I had brought in an older gentleman to help in the shipping department. He started Tuesday. So yesterday, I'm watching him pack a 1920s piece of wrought iron. First he wraps it in bubble wrap, then takes an oversized box and fills it with popcorn pellets. I stop him and explain that heavy dense objects go in the smallest box possible and that bubblewrapping iron doesn't really make much sense. Maybe fifteen minutes later, I watch him put a single vintage Hot Wheels blister pack in a box, and proceed to use about 15 pieces of tape to seal a box maybe six inches long and weighing four ounces. I stop all three guys working in shipping and reiterate the rather simple process I want followed. This guy starts chirping about how I must never have had a box come apart in the mail and how cheap can I be to argue over a few pieces of tape? I started to respond but thought better. At shifts end, I simply told him he wasn't needed any longer.
What business did you start? I know you do the auction thing
Are you selling on ebay?
Quote: billryanIt's not that I like firing people, but in a new business, the process trumps people. The people I hire now will be training new workers as we expand so establishing a foundation is vital. An employee who has proven his worth gets the benefit of the doubt and works on a long leash. A newcomer who wants to argue over tape is just someone I don't need.
I like that. Some employers fix for bad or wrong employees is to pile more work on your good employees. As long as the job market allows it, just remove and replace.
The terrorists want more of your ideas.Quote: rxwineEver wonder how much ear damage would occur in a parking garage if all the car horns went into that annoying loud repeated honking mode?
Quote: rxwineEver wonder how much ear damage would occur in a parking garage if all the car horns went into that annoying loud repeated honking mode?
Let’s do it.
Im going to sleep. I know its 10am. Goodnite
Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.
Quote: billryanCame across this quote while stocking some bears on a shelf. Thought it was well worth repeating. Far too many people only look a step or two ahead, worried about inconsequential things like credit scores and squeezing an extra 2% off of their grocery bill.
Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.
When it comes to groceries, I am the worst. I will pay 10 cents less for generic macaronni & cheese over Kraft, yet I know I like Kraft better. I will buy Wodka instead of Vodka if it is $1 cheaper. The only grocery items that I won't compromise are my JIF peanut butter and Orville Redenbacher microwave popcorn.
I considered if grade b existed.
I liked uta id go there again
Quote: DRichWhen it comes to groceries, I am the worst. I will pay 10 cents less for generic macaronni & cheese over Kraft, yet I know I like Kraft better. I will buy Wodka instead of Vodka if it is $1 cheaper. The only grocery items that I won't compromise are my JIF peanut butter and Orville Redenbacher microwave popcorn.
Not me, I buy what I like. I don’t see the point in going no name to save .50 to a $1.
Quote: DRichWhen it comes to groceries, I am the worst. I will pay 10 cents less for generic macaronni & cheese over Kraft, yet I know I like Kraft better. I will buy Wodka instead of Vodka if it is $1 cheaper. The only grocery items that I won't compromise are my JIF peanut butter and Orville Redenbacher microwave popcorn.
I ate a sandwich with generic Hill Country Peanut butter and Hill country Plum Jam. I think it tasted as good if not better.
I think cheese is where the cheap stuff tastes different. I bake shredded white cheese on my english muffins. I haven't tried the sliced stuff yet.
I bought the cheapest 42" riding mower, because I needed a light one to pull it out of the mud alot. Now, I see parts are breaking and the reviews are bad. But I'm stuck because buying a new mower is more expensive than replacing a 325 transmission or just the pulleys. I still don't know which part is bad. I am buying a backup transmission.
Quote: jjjooogggI ate a sandwich with generic Hill Country Peanut butter and Hill country Plum Jam. I think it tasted as good if not better.
I think cheese is where the cheap stuff tastes different. I use shredded cheese on my english muffins. I haven't tried the sliced stuff yet.
I am sure you are right, we all just have our own preferences.
Quote: DRichWhen it comes to groceries, I am the worst. I will pay 10 cents less for generic macaronni & cheese over Kraft, yet I know I like Kraft better. I will buy Wodka instead of Vodka if it is $1 cheaper. The only grocery items that I won't compromise are my JIF peanut butter and Orville Redenbacher microwave popcorn.
I am the same way with certain things. Will only drink coke or pepsi instead of generic cola. Hellmanns mayo, JIF, welches grape, land o lakes deli cheese, and Heinz ketchup. Except when in restaurants. I eat whatever they bring.
What I do recall was the dozens of brand names it wound up in; upscale, discount, generic ... it was all the same.
Doesn't sound like much, but I thought they were really good. I just learned that he's really blown up. 8k Instagram followers. 25k Facebook likes.
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Quote: Rigondeauxodd hobby
Understatement of the year.
scary - another step in the marginalization of humans
it looks like the robot is giving humans the finger
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/15/technology/robot-hand-rubiks-cube.html
