Remember When
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the real Eliot Ness when he was fairly young:
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He died in his early 50s before the show made him a household name.
Heh, I just went in a new Starbucks and noticed, no outlets. I don't usually plug anything in, though I have on occasion. Maybe the drain has been more than they expected. Or maybe people are bringing larger batteries and taking large charges. Or maybe this was just an oddity.
Quote: rxwineRemember when Starbucks had electricity?
Heh, I just went in a new Starbucks and noticed, no outlets. I don't usually plug anything in, though I have on occasion. Maybe the drain has been more than they expected. Or maybe people are bringing larger batteries and taking large charges. Or maybe this was just an oddity.
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Maybe 10 years back I remember hearing how SBUX was going to cover outlets at some stores. It was a store by store thing. Some places had too many people making all day "field offices" but it was only certain ones. The rest they said they had no issues so why PO good customers?
SBUX was founded to be a "third place" for people to spend time. That is in the past, they soon might not even have tables.
Sad to see as I like to get some work done at these places.
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SBUX was founded to be a "third place" for people to spend time. That is in the past, they soon might not even have tables.
Sad to see as I like to get some work done at these places.
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I usually conscript a table at a fast food place.
It's often not quiet, but headphones help.
McDonald's seems to be the pickiest about a 30 minute time limit; Arby's seems almost grateful that someone is there.
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SBUX was founded to be a "third place" for people to spend time. That is in the past, they soon might not even have tables.
Sad to see as I like to get some work done at these places.
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I usually conscript a table at a fast food place.
It's often not quiet, but headphones help.
McDonald's seems to be the pickiest about a 30 minute time limit; Arby's seems almost grateful that someone is there.
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Indie coffeehouses seem to like people there. I use them before I use SBUX if possible. Or the local library. When you have to work the field enough you get to learn the places.
Quote: EvenBobI looked it up and the article I read said Starbucks is trying to discourage loitering and encourage the grab and run customer. Apparently people sitting there for three or four hours using their electricity is it making them money anymore.
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Pretty much all QSR places are trying to go all takeout or at least as much as possible. Times have changed.
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SBUX was founded to be a "third place" for people to spend time. That is in the past, they soon might not even have tables.
Sad to see as I like to get some work done at these places.
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I usually conscript a table at a fast food place.
It's often not quiet, but headphones help.
McDonald's seems to be the pickiest about a 30 minute time limit; Arby's seems almost grateful that someone is there.
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Indie coffeehouses seem to like people there. I use them before I use SBUX if possible. Or the local library. When you have to work the field enough you get to learn the places.
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The indie shops in my old neighborhood aren't conducive to this plan. Either the tables are too small, the place is too busy, or there is a general "no wifi, put your devices away and socialize with each other" policy.
Food courts have plenty of room, but they tend to be noisy and lack convenient outlets. Fast food chain locations tend to have outlets available, as the district manager comes in and uses the booth in the corner every other week as an office for paperwork, interviews, and meetings.
Honestly if I need an outlet for more than 45 minutes at a stretch, I'm heading to a library or borrowing someone's conference room.
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SBUX was founded to be a "third place" for people to spend time. That is in the past, they soon might not even have tables.
Sad to see as I like to get some work done at these places.
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I usually conscript a table at a fast food place.
It's often not quiet, but headphones help.
McDonald's seems to be the pickiest about a 30 minute time limit; Arby's seems almost grateful that someone is there.
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Indie coffeehouses seem to like people there. I use them before I use SBUX if possible. Or the local library. When you have to work the field enough you get to learn the places.
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The indie shops in my old neighborhood aren't conducive to this plan. Either the tables are too small, the place is too busy, or there is a general "no wifi, put your devices away and socialize with each other" policy.
Food courts have plenty of room, but they tend to be noisy and lack convenient outlets. Fast food chain locations tend to have outlets available, as the district manager comes in and uses the booth in the corner every other week as an office for paperwork, interviews, and meetings.
Honestly if I need an outlet for more than 45 minutes at a stretch, I'm heading to a library or borrowing someone's conference room.
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Seems I have had better luck with indie places. Really, they should know that they are a field office for various professions and that is a decent hunk of their business. One town I worked for a bit we made it a point to scat out as the lunch rush came in. Because of that they loved us. People in the town joked about us using it as an office.
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SBUX was founded to be a "third place" for people to spend time. That is in the past, they soon might not even have tables.
Sad to see as I like to get some work done at these places.
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I usually conscript a table at a fast food place.
It's often not quiet, but headphones help.
McDonald's seems to be the pickiest about a 30 minute time limit; Arby's seems almost grateful that someone is there.
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Indie coffeehouses seem to like people there. I use them before I use SBUX if possible. Or the local library. When you have to work the field enough you get to learn the places.
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The indie shops in my old neighborhood aren't conducive to this plan. Either the tables are too small, the place is too busy, or there is a general "no wifi, put your devices away and socialize with each other" policy.
Food courts have plenty of room, but they tend to be noisy and lack convenient outlets. Fast food chain locations tend to have outlets available, as the district manager comes in and uses the booth in the corner every other week as an office for paperwork, interviews, and meetings.
Honestly if I need an outlet for more than 45 minutes at a stretch, I'm heading to a library or borrowing someone's conference room.
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Seems I have had better luck with indie places. Really, they should know that they are a field office for various professions and that is a decent hunk of their business. One town I worked for a bit we made it a point to scat out as the lunch rush came in. Because of that they loved us. People in the town joked about us using it as an office.
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Oh sure.
It depends on the market. The indie shops around "here" tend to be near campus or the hippie enclave, and tend to be smaller places. The chains tend to be near the business districts and have roomier tables, and more of them.
If they have an open mic night and people dancing with tambourines asking for change out front, I'm not hopeful about setting up camp, even if the free trade vegan carob brownies are... passable.
Quote: rxwineRemember when Starbucks had electricity?
Heh, I just went in a new Starbucks and noticed, no outlets. I don't usually plug anything in, though I have on occasion. Maybe the drain has been more than they expected. Or maybe people are bringing larger batteries and taking large charges. Or maybe this was just an oddity.
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At the Atlantic City bus station all of the 110 VAC outlets are sealed off. They told me the reason why is the bums come in to charge their devices, but there are a lot more bums than outlets and they have fights over them.
However I noticed the 208 VAC outlets for the floor machines are still available so I guess they figure if you are smart enough to bring an adapter you are smart enough not to have fights over an outlet.
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Heh, I just went in a new Starbucks and noticed, no outlets. I don't usually plug anything in, though I have on occasion. Maybe the drain has been more than they expected. Or maybe people are bringing larger batteries and taking large charges. Or maybe this was just an oddity.
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At the Atlantic City bus station all of the 110 VAC outlets are sealed off. They told me the reason why is the bums come in to charge their devices, but there are a lot more bums than outlets and they have fights over them.
However I noticed the 208 VAC outlets for the floor machines are still available so I guess they figure if you are smart enough to bring an adapter you are smart enough not to have fights over an outlet.
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Thanks for that.
I currently have an adapter to turn a lightbulb socket into a two prong outlet in my "bag of tricks", apparently I need to add 240v to 120v adapter plugs as well. Any clue if these are the usual "RV" type plugs? (I'm guessing it's NOT 208 volt; that's usually a three phase configuration.)
he got insulted in front of his girlfriend
it made him mad
he decided to get even
with help of Charles Atlas and for a very reasonable price he got himself a powerful physique
just 15 minutes a day
"oh Joe, you're a he-man now" she said
mail the coupon in right now______!!!
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well, I wasn't rooting for the bully, but it told a story I got familiar with, and the good guy wins in the end
Quote: odiousgambitI liked the ones where the bully kicks sand into the 99 pound weakling's face
well, I wasn't rooting for the bully, but it told a story I got familiar with, and the good guy wins in the end
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Dynamic Tension.
Quote:The exercises described in the course didn't use weights, rather they used bodyweight exercises and dynamic tension exercises. The course called for certain types of movements done in isometric fashion like push-ups, where you hold yourself in a push-up position for a given time.
Quote: odiousgambitI liked the ones where the bully kicks sand into the 99 pound weakling's face
well, I wasn't rooting for the bully, but it told a story I got familiar with, and the good guy wins in the end
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this is the sand in the face ad
I chose the other one because it was in color
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Quote: lilredroosterQuote: odiousgambitI liked the ones where the bully kicks sand into the 99 pound weakling's face
well, I wasn't rooting for the bully, but it told a story I got familiar with, and the good guy wins in the end
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this is the sand in the face ad
I chose the other one because it was in color
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Cutting some of those ads cost the owners hundreds of thousands of dollars. Many were on the back cover or interior of comics like the early issues of Spiderman, Fantastic Four, The Avengers and the like. A comic like FF1 that is worth $60,000 would lose 90% of the value without the coupon.
Each coupon has a unique code so it can be tracked to the book it came out of.
Quote: DieterQuote: AutomaticMonkeyQuote: rxwineRemember when Starbucks had electricity?
Heh, I just went in a new Starbucks and noticed, no outlets. I don't usually plug anything in, though I have on occasion. Maybe the drain has been more than they expected. Or maybe people are bringing larger batteries and taking large charges. Or maybe this was just an oddity.
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At the Atlantic City bus station all of the 110 VAC outlets are sealed off. They told me the reason why is the bums come in to charge their devices, but there are a lot more bums than outlets and they have fights over them.
However I noticed the 208 VAC outlets for the floor machines are still available so I guess they figure if you are smart enough to bring an adapter you are smart enough not to have fights over an outlet.
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Thanks for that.
I currently have an adapter to turn a lightbulb socket into a two prong outlet in my "bag of tricks", apparently I need to add 240v to 120v adapter plugs as well. Any clue if these are the usual "RV" type plugs? (I'm guessing it's NOT 208 volt; that's usually a three phase configuration.)
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No that is single phase. 220 VAC like in Europe is rare in the US now, because you can derive both 110 VAC and 208 VAC single phase off the same 3-phase mains in the neighborhood. 3-phase service is usually found only in industrial buildings rather than residential or commercial.
Fortunately most chargers now have global input, 90-277 volts, any frequency including DC. So all you need is an adapter to make the pinouts compatible rather than to convert any voltages. I also like to have one of those light socket adapters in motels. A surprising number of motel outlets do not work because they are being plugged/unplugged several times a day sometimes and they have a limited lifespan when used that way. I guess that is another good reason to not let the public use them, they are going to get the contacts gouged out after so many cycles.
Quote: AutomaticMonkeyI also like to have one of those light socket adapters in motels. A surprising number of motel outlets do not work because they are being plugged/unplugged several times a day sometimes and they have a limited lifespan when used that way. I guess that is another good reason to not let the public use them, they are going to get the contacts gouged out after so many cycles.
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This brings up one of the odd tales from tech support. One of our office guys (back in my tech support days) had a weird set of intermittent problems.
It turned out to be a worn out outlet. It was fine sometimes, but then disconnected sometimes. Under load, there was enough thermal expansion in the outlet that the contacts didn't contact. Then it would cool down, start working again, and then warm up.
Hospital grade outlet devices are spendy, but they definitely hold up to abuse. I can understand why a motel might not want to pony up for the good stuff.
my post re the Gladiator figure made me remember the original great Gladiator move "Spartacus" with Kirk Douglas that won many awards
when I saw it I was just a little kid and I loved it
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It's been years since I watched the Kirk Douglas movie, but there was a great Sparticus series on cable a decade ago. Sadly, the lead actor died while making the series, and his substitute never quite clicked,in my opinion.
yt offers a good portion of the movie free of charge
this is another great scene:
Spartacus says - "I've never had a woman" and then when the Romans want to watch "I am not an animal______!"
I had forgotten how great this movie was
below the vid is an ancient painting of Gladiators
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Quote:Gene Buckle recently unearthed a 86-DOS version 0.1-C floppy disk, reportedly the operating system’s oldest known, still accessible iteration—one that predates even the earliest public version of MS-DOS.
[Related: Yes, the Pentagon still uses floppy disks for nuclear launches.]
Contrary to what many may think, MS-DOS wasn’t actually the creation of Microsoft—the then-newcomers licensed the disk system from a company called Seattle Computer Products (SCP) in 1981. Before Microsoft’s “MS-DOS” rebrand, SCP first called their OS “Quick’n’Dirty Operating System” (QDOS), but soon swapped over to the more marketable 86-DOS name. It’s this earliest version, stored across 9 files, that Buckle found late last month while archiving a backlog of over 400 8-inch floppy disks gifted to him a few years ago.
