Miscellaneous Discussion Thread II
February 22nd, 2025 at 6:42:45 AM
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Quote: billryanDiet Coke is my favorite soda. I might drink three or four cans a year. I recently had a diet Dr.Pepper Vanilla, and it disappointed me.
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My problem with Diet Coke is that it is too carbonated for me. I can't drink it out of a can or bottle, I have to pour it in a glass and stir it up to release the majority of the gas.
I also wish someone would release a low carbonated beer.
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February 22nd, 2025 at 6:56:26 AM
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Quote: DRichQuote: billryanDiet Coke is my favorite soda. I might drink three or four cans a year. I recently had a diet Dr.Pepper Vanilla, and it disappointed me.
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My problem with Diet Coke is that it is too carbonated for me. I can't drink it out of a can or bottle, I have to pour it in a glass and stir it up to release the majority of the gas.
I also wish someone would release a low carbonated beer.
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Many of my old friends used to get "radlermass"; half beer, half lemonade. I believe it may also be called shandy.
Prepackaged blends seemed to be inferior quality; mixing the beer and lemonade seemed to release some of the carbonation.
At the various brewpubs, we sometimes could get "cask conditioned" beer, served through a "beer engine", rather than the usual carbonation system. That also came out a lot less bubbly.
I also recall that "growlers" of beer to-go ended up less carbonated by the time I got them home.
May the cards fall in your favor.
February 22nd, 2025 at 8:22:43 AM
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I have a can of regular Coke once every few years, and after just a few sips, it causes me to feel bloated. I even tried the real Mexican Coke ( as opposed to the product some US supermarkets claim is Mexican Coke) and felt the same. for what it is worth, Budweiser gives me the same results. I can drink three or four to most beers, but a single can of Bud plays games with my stomach.
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February 22nd, 2025 at 9:35:35 AM
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One time, decades ago, I went to the hospital complaining of chest pains, they took an X-Ray; they said I was overloaded with carbonation bubbles from soda and gave me Mylanta. I've had to lower my intake of soda because of that.
February 22nd, 2025 at 9:52:46 AM
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Soda is the only thing that makes me feel bloated. It's why I don't drink it. Except regular Bud, no other beverage does that.
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February 23rd, 2025 at 12:48:08 PM
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I was reading various articles about how the Palms casino (now owned by the San Manuel tribe) has started offering 3:2 blackjack at all of its blackjack tables. Evidently they're looking to get more butts, including locals, through the door. With $5 table options, it's obviously good news for players on The Strip with small bankrolls, but I couldn't help getting depressed reading about it.
Each story felt the need to explain to the reader what exactly 3:2 blackjack was, as if that wasn't how the game was played for the last two centuries. Very sad. To be fair though, I was telling my wife about it and she asked me what 3:2 blackjack was.
Conclusion: Educating the public about even the basics of gambling is a hopeless cause.
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February 23rd, 2025 at 3:31:32 PM
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I was reading various articles about how the Palms casino (now owned by the San Manuel tribe) has started offering 3:2 blackjack at all of its blackjack tables. Evidently they're looking to get more butts, including locals, through the door. With $5 table options, it's obviously good news for players on The Strip with small bankrolls, but I couldn't help getting depressed reading about it.
Each story felt the need to explain to the reader what exactly 3:2 blackjack was, as if that wasn't how the game was played for the last two centuries. Very sad. To be fair though, I was telling my wife about it and she asked me what 3:2 blackjack was.
Conclusion: Educating the public about even the basics of gambling is a hopeless cause.
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Blackjack,where an Ace and a 10 pays 3-2 only became popular in America after WW2. Tombstone, for example, offered craps, faro and poker. It became the most popular casino game in the 1960s and had a nice fifty year run, but it is not like the casinos are messing with ancient manuscripts. A $5 table in 1965 was almost three times the minimum wage. Today, it isn't even half an hours wage.
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February 23rd, 2025 at 3:44:43 PM
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Are those $5 tables hobbled somehow?
I think most of the places I go now have $10 or $15 minimums. The last $5 table I remember seeing was around Albuquerque, but for some reason I didn't want to play it.
I think most of the places I go now have $10 or $15 minimums. The last $5 table I remember seeing was around Albuquerque, but for some reason I didn't want to play it.
May the cards fall in your favor.
February 28th, 2025 at 10:41:21 AM
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Quote:Citigroup, one of America’s “big four” lenders, erroneously transferred $81 trillion to a customer's account in April last year instead of the $280 requested because of a keyboard mistake by a bank staffer.
Reminds me I need to up my Debit card limit on cash out per day.
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February 28th, 2025 at 10:55:26 AM
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Saw a video yesterday that some big banks are reducing credit card limits drastically this week. They lower them to just above the current balance owed by a couple hundred dollars. If you had a $50K limit and had $11K balance, they'll lower the limit to $11.5K on you mid-month and suddenly you're over-utilizing your card and lowering your credit score. If you only had $500 on your card, and you had a $15K limit, they may lower your limit to $1K. Limits are unexpectedly crashing down in anecdotal evidence. No idea what happens to the limits after you pay off your card, further down?
February 28th, 2025 at 11:12:23 AM
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Quote: rxwineQuote:Citigroup, one of America’s “big four” lenders, erroneously transferred $81 trillion to a customer's account in April last year instead of the $280 requested because of a keyboard mistake by a bank staffer.
Reminds me I need to up my Debit card limit on cash out per day.
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Hopefully, it was an interest-bearing account. A day or two's interest on 81 trillion would be life-changing for many people
If Citibank deposits 81 trillion into my account, it's entitled to withdraw 81 trillion. If my account earns a billion or so in interest, whose is it?
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February 28th, 2025 at 6:31:15 PM
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Quote: ChumpChangeSaw a video yesterday that some big banks are reducing credit card limits drastically this week. They lower them to just above the current balance owed by a couple hundred dollars. If you had a $50K limit and had $11K balance, they'll lower the limit to $11.5K on you mid-month and suddenly you're over-utilizing your card and lowering your credit score. If you only had $500 on your card, and you had a $15K limit, they may lower your limit to $1K. Limits are unexpectedly crashing down in anecdotal evidence. No idea what happens to the limits after you pay off your card, further down?
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Saw this in 2008 before the big crash happened. My wife's credit cards went from $40,000 limit down to $2,500. She had a ballistic fit even though she never used them and she paid them off every month. She took it as a personal insult even though it was happening to everybody.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
February 28th, 2025 at 7:26:14 PM
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Looks like things are worse than 2008 & 2020 already in the housing market. Freddie Mac has a higher housing delinquency rate and pending home sales are at all time lows as loans become unaffordable and it's a cash-buyers market.
February 28th, 2025 at 7:46:57 PM
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It's a strange time in real estate. That is certain. The Government is canceling many leases in rural shopping centers where they are the primary tenant. Many communities are cracking down on party houses and short-term rentals, leaving absentee owners strapped for cash. Part of me says there are buying opportunities ahead, but most of me thinks this is a good time to turtle up and protect some gains.
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March 7th, 2025 at 10:04:56 AM
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Yikes.
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March 8th, 2025 at 8:06:58 PM
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Growing up, he was known as William the Bastard. He hated the nickname and in an attempt to get rid of it, he invaded England just to be known as the Conqueror.
By the standards of his time, King William was a huge man. Well over six feet tall, he weighed around 300 pounds in his prime.
With age came extra weight; soon, he was too heavy for his horses to carry him.
Unhappy with his inability to ride, the King went on an all-liquid, all alcohol diet. He'd drink a flask of wine in the morning and switch to whiskey for the rest of his day.
It is said he stuck to the diet for an entire winter and was able to ride by springtime.
His story didn't have a happy ending, however. That summer, he was thrown from his horse and died while drunkenly pursuing a stag in the woods.
By the standards of his time, King William was a huge man. Well over six feet tall, he weighed around 300 pounds in his prime.
With age came extra weight; soon, he was too heavy for his horses to carry him.
Unhappy with his inability to ride, the King went on an all-liquid, all alcohol diet. He'd drink a flask of wine in the morning and switch to whiskey for the rest of his day.
It is said he stuck to the diet for an entire winter and was able to ride by springtime.
His story didn't have a happy ending, however. That summer, he was thrown from his horse and died while drunkenly pursuing a stag in the woods.
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March 9th, 2025 at 7:25:24 AM
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A late-season snowstorm brought eight inches of snow to Mt. Lemmon, overlooking the city of Tucson.
Yesterday, it was in the seventies as I watched the snow line creep down the mountain. I had never seen that before. In the morning, only the very cap of the mountain had any white on it, and it looked like a piece of candy corn, but by afternoon, half of the mountain was white. As roads were shut, dozens of people were trapped on the mountain, and hundreds more caused a massive jam trying to get there.
Mt. Lemmon is a summer haven, as the temperatures are often thirty degrees cooler than at the base, but it has the only ski resort in Southern Arizona. Sitting on my deck, watching a raging snow squall only a few miles away, is a unique experience.
Yesterday, it was in the seventies as I watched the snow line creep down the mountain. I had never seen that before. In the morning, only the very cap of the mountain had any white on it, and it looked like a piece of candy corn, but by afternoon, half of the mountain was white. As roads were shut, dozens of people were trapped on the mountain, and hundreds more caused a massive jam trying to get there.
Mt. Lemmon is a summer haven, as the temperatures are often thirty degrees cooler than at the base, but it has the only ski resort in Southern Arizona. Sitting on my deck, watching a raging snow squall only a few miles away, is a unique experience.
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March 10th, 2025 at 8:16:44 AM
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A radio news report claimed "Spring Forward" time change correlates with more strokes and heart attacks.
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March 10th, 2025 at 3:49:30 PM
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I'm waking up an hour later, as usual.
March 10th, 2025 at 6:19:22 PM
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Quote: ChumpChangeI'm waking up an hour later, as usual.
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My clocks are set 2 hours in the future so the sun goes down at my house 2 hours later than my neighbor's house according to my clock. I have not adjusted for daylight savings time yet because I'm waiting for a convenient time for me to do it. So right now I'm only 1 hour ahead of my neighbor. But probably tomorrow I will adjust to the new time and be 2 hours ahead as usual.
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March 15th, 2025 at 9:35:10 AM
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Sometimes it's reassuring to know the Machine doesn't know everything. Pretty rare but it does happen
Came across the expression "a presence, a bosom, and a rose" ... this used by a character in a Colin Dexter novel to explain why he would still be married to someone for 20+ years or somesuch. You see, the wife was these 3 things to him, a pretty good description for a lot of us I think.
He seemed to say it was Joyce who wrote that, but if exactly like that, the Google machine has no clue. nor Bing
This post something that might have appeared at DT
Came across the expression "a presence, a bosom, and a rose" ... this used by a character in a Colin Dexter novel to explain why he would still be married to someone for 20+ years or somesuch. You see, the wife was these 3 things to him, a pretty good description for a lot of us I think.
He seemed to say it was Joyce who wrote that, but if exactly like that, the Google machine has no clue. nor Bing
Quote: this came upI Would in That Sweet Bosom Be ............ James Joyce
I would in that sweet bosom be
(O sweet it is and fair it is!)
Where no rude wind might visit me.
Because of sad austerities
I would in that sweet bosom be.
I would be ever in that heart
(O soft I knock and soft entreat her!)
Where only peace might be my part.
Austerities were all the sweeter
So I were ever in that heart.
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the next time Dame Fortune toys with your heart, your soul and your wallet, raise your glass and praise her thus: “Thanks for nothing, you cold-hearted, evil, damnable, nefarious, low-life, malicious monster from Hell!” She is, after all, stone deaf. ... Arnold Snyder
March 15th, 2025 at 10:21:28 AM
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Quote: ChumpChangeI'm waking up an hour later, as usual.
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Wake up an hour earlier than yesterday each day for a month. The results can be interesting.
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March 15th, 2025 at 1:59:48 PM
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I thought I saw some ad about a movie where an asteroid knocked the earth into a 25 hour day. It wouldn't just be our fall back day at the beginning of November.
March 15th, 2025 at 4:35:00 PM
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Quote: ChumpChangeI thought I saw some ad about a movie where an asteroid knocked the earth into a 25 hour day. It wouldn't just be our fall back day at the beginning of November.
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That would be awesome. We lazy Americans could work 9 hour days and become more productive.
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March 15th, 2025 at 4:41:12 PM
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Quote: DRichQuote: ChumpChangeI thought I saw some ad about a movie where an asteroid knocked the earth into a 25 hour day. It wouldn't just be our fall back day at the beginning of November.
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That would be awesome. We lazy Americans could work 9 hour days and become more productive.
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Or use it for a fourth meal.
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March 15th, 2025 at 5:12:43 PM
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Quote: DRichQuote: ChumpChangeI thought I saw some ad about a movie where an asteroid knocked the earth into a 25 hour day. It wouldn't just be our fall back day at the beginning of November.
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That would be awesome. We lazy Americans could work 9 hour days and become more productive.
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We aren’t lazy, we’re efficient. lol
It’s a dog eat dog world.
…Or maybe it’s the other way around!
March 15th, 2025 at 5:42:21 PM
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Quote: ChumpChangeI thought I saw some ad about a movie where an asteroid knocked the earth into a 25 hour day. It wouldn't just be our fall back day at the beginning of November.
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You think Vegas gets hot now? Try it with an extra half hour of sunlight in the summer.
You think Vegas gets cold now? Try it with an extra half hour of darkness in the winter.
The slowing of the earth's rotation may have been a major driver of evolution. Things reaching high and low temperatures never reached before. Our planet is almost too cold for plant and animal life.
March 20th, 2025 at 6:47:17 AM
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Occasionally you get more than you bargained for at Yellowstone Park. July 23rd, 2024 Hydrothermal explosion.
Of course, if I survived something like that uninjured, I'd call it getting my money's worth as a visitor
Of course, if I survived something like that uninjured, I'd call it getting my money's worth as a visitor
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March 26th, 2025 at 4:57:30 AM
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44 seconds of wrestling clotheslines - a well known WWE move - of course wrestling is fake, everybody knows this - but this stuff has got to hurt - I can't see it any other way
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44 seconds of wrestling clotheslines - a well known WWE move - of course wrestling is fake, everybody knows this - but this stuff has got to hurt - I can't see it any other way
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March 26th, 2025 at 6:49:41 AM
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A bout being choreographed doesn't mean it is fake. Why is what Dwayne Johnson does considered fake while Vince Diesel is regarded as an action movie star?
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March 26th, 2025 at 8:10:46 AM
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Who here likes Aldi? I love the place, even though you can't do all your shopping there. One thing I have noticed more the past couple years is people just leaving carts with the quarter deposit, meaning you can just use it. Sometimes I take the quarter, others I leave it.
What do you all do?
What do you all do?
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March 26th, 2025 at 8:35:49 AM
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Quote: AZDuffmanWho here likes Aldi? I love the place, even though you can't do all your shopping there. One thing I have noticed more the past couple years is people just leaving carts with the quarter deposit, meaning you can just use it. Sometimes I take the quarter, others I leave it.
What do you all do?
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Big Aldi fan.
About 30% of the time, I'll leave a quarter. The chances of me leaving a quarter increase if I can ask a kid to put the cart away for me, or if I'm at the Aldi in the rough neighborhood, where people are often asking for a quarter or a hitting up the store staff for free use of a cart.
Missing those green bags of spiced windmill cookies they had a few months ago. Bad for my diet, but good for my soul.
May the cards fall in your favor.
March 26th, 2025 at 10:20:48 AM
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Only been to Aldi a few times and can't say I'm a big fan. I hate shopping anyway and the store is not laid out very well. The aisles are too narrow, there's always too many people there crowding every aisle, and check out is a nightmare. Maybe it's just the store we have here, it's the only one I've ever been in.
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March 26th, 2025 at 11:02:51 AM
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Quote: lilredrooster.
44 seconds of wrestling clotheslines - a well known WWE move - of course wrestling is fake, everybody knows this - but this stuff has got to hurt - I can't see it any other way
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It can hurt, but not necessarily the guy you would guess. An outstretched arm is very vulnerable. If the "victim" of this move doesn't kick his legs out on contact and gets caught up inside the arm, the guy applying the move could get a dislocation or fracture. Note the guy applying it always has his arm bent.
Something like that happens in baseball when the first baseman gets himself in an awkward position, has his arm stretched out to catch the ball but right in the path of the baserunner who is running full speed. The arm loses every time in those exchanges.
March 26th, 2025 at 11:13:36 AM
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Quote: EvenBobOnly been to Aldi a few times and can't say I'm a big fan. I hate shopping anyway and the store is not laid out very well. The aisles are too narrow, there's always too many people there crowding every aisle, and check out is a nightmare. Maybe it's just the store we have here, it's the only one I've ever been in.
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No, they're all like that, by design. (Yes, I've been to a bunch, all over. The ones in Europe are even more like that.)
They don't want to overwhelm you with redundant choices. There is basically one route through the store, you grab what you want, then get out.
I've always found the checkout clerks to be lightning fast. Any delays have been because of dawdling customers ahead of me. I'm either loading stuff into my backpack, or packing it in one or two boxes, so the fact that they don't bag it up doesn't bother me in the least.
May the cards fall in your favor.
March 26th, 2025 at 11:30:43 AM
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Quote: DieterQuote: EvenBobOnly been to Aldi a few times and can't say I'm a big fan. I hate shopping anyway and the store is not laid out very well. The aisles are too narrow, there's always too many people there crowding every aisle, and check out is a nightmare. Maybe it's just the store we have here, it's the only one I've ever been in.
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No, they're all like that, by design. (Yes, I've been to a bunch, all over. The ones in Europe are even more like that.)
They don't want to overwhelm you with redundant choices. There is basically one route through the store, you grab what you want, then get out.
I've always found the checkout clerks to be lightning fast. Any delays have been because of dawdling customers ahead of me. I'm either loading stuff into my backpack, or packing it in one or two boxes, so the fact that they don't bag it up doesn't bother me in the least.
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I know my brother used to go there all the time and he really liked it for a while but then he quit going because it was just too big of a hassle. It was always crowded no matter when he went and he literally had to fight his way down the aisles. So he just quit going. It reminds me of grocery stores I've seen in the old Soviet Union. Narrow Isles with hardly any selection on the shelves and tons of customers. I just looked it up and they're narrow ailses are done on purpose, they do not want you in the store for a long time they want you to come and get your stuff and get out. They don't want you to shop they want you to grab and go. Lots of people don't like it.
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March 26th, 2025 at 11:41:20 AM
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Quote: EvenBobOnly been to Aldi a few times and can't say I'm a big fan. I hate shopping anyway and the store is not laid out very well. The aisles are too narrow, there's always too many people there crowding every aisle, and check out is a nightmare. Maybe it's just the store we have here, it's the only one I've ever been in.
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Are you sure you are talking about the right place? Any Aldi I have been in has just 3-4 aisles. They are not very long. The layout is made to more "glide thru" than go up and down aisles. The crowds and check-outs were like that years ago, when they had fewer stores. Now not nearly as bad. I rarely wait in line if at all.
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March 27th, 2025 at 4:50:02 AM
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pro wrestling's 10 wildest Power Bombs - OUCH___!!! - looks really, really painful
at 2:33 they douse a table with lighter fluid, set it on fire a and power bomb the guy onto the table
I have no idea how he didn't get burned by this
I enjoyed watching it but it was so brutal it also kinna made me nauseous
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pro wrestling's 10 wildest Power Bombs - OUCH___!!! - looks really, really painful
at 2:33 they douse a table with lighter fluid, set it on fire a and power bomb the guy onto the table
I have no idea how he didn't get burned by this
I enjoyed watching it but it was so brutal it also kinna made me nauseous
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March 27th, 2025 at 8:08:29 AM
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But it is fake!!!!!!
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March 30th, 2025 at 8:04:38 AM
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my fave betting progression - a positive progression - betting more when you are winning hoping to capitalize on a streak
this for a game with an even money payback if there is a win - or almost even money such as baccarat where the Bank will take a small commission on winning bets
the results portion of the post is assuming an even money payout - it could work with a payout of less than even money but the winnings when they happen would be less
this is recreational - no claim that it can overcome the HA
note - that an added risk is taken only with the 2nd bet in the progression - after the 2nd bet the player cannot lose more than if he was flat betting
so, this is the progression only if your bets are wins - shown as 1 unit - of course can be done with any amount - at any loss the player goes back to 1 unit
1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, etc.
note if the player wins the first bet and loses the 2nd he will lose one unit more than if he was flat betting - the only time he can lose more than if he was flat betting 1 unit
if he wins the first 2 bets and loses the 3rd his result is the same as if he was flat betting - ahead one unit
if he wins 5 in a row and loses the 6th he will have a net win of 7 - if he had been flat betting 1 unit he would only have a net win of 4
the longer the streak goes the better off the player is for having taken only a 1 unit additional risk with the 2nd bet
afaik - this progression has no name - I've never seen it published anywhere
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my fave betting progression - a positive progression - betting more when you are winning hoping to capitalize on a streak
this for a game with an even money payback if there is a win - or almost even money such as baccarat where the Bank will take a small commission on winning bets
the results portion of the post is assuming an even money payout - it could work with a payout of less than even money but the winnings when they happen would be less
this is recreational - no claim that it can overcome the HA
note - that an added risk is taken only with the 2nd bet in the progression - after the 2nd bet the player cannot lose more than if he was flat betting
so, this is the progression only if your bets are wins - shown as 1 unit - of course can be done with any amount - at any loss the player goes back to 1 unit
1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, etc.
note if the player wins the first bet and loses the 2nd he will lose one unit more than if he was flat betting - the only time he can lose more than if he was flat betting 1 unit
if he wins the first 2 bets and loses the 3rd his result is the same as if he was flat betting - ahead one unit
if he wins 5 in a row and loses the 6th he will have a net win of 7 - if he had been flat betting 1 unit he would only have a net win of 4
the longer the streak goes the better off the player is for having taken only a 1 unit additional risk with the 2nd bet
afaik - this progression has no name - I've never seen it published anywhere
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April 2nd, 2025 at 5:49:06 AM
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William Shatner who first became famous with "Star Trek" is 94 and still going strong
he hosts a History Channel production called "The Unexplained" and his presentation is quite interesting and compelling
he is also the oldest person to travel in space
the link provides info on what Shatner does to fight aging and promote longevity
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https://www.lifeextension.com/magazine/2023/3/william-shatner-stem-cells-fight-aging#:~:text=But%20a%20closer%20look%20at,based%20diet%2C%20and%20prioritizing%20family.
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William Shatner who first became famous with "Star Trek" is 94 and still going strong
he hosts a History Channel production called "The Unexplained" and his presentation is quite interesting and compelling
he is also the oldest person to travel in space
the link provides info on what Shatner does to fight aging and promote longevity
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https://www.lifeextension.com/magazine/2023/3/william-shatner-stem-cells-fight-aging#:~:text=But%20a%20closer%20look%20at,based%20diet%2C%20and%20prioritizing%20family.
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April 2nd, 2025 at 7:11:14 AM
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I saw him just last year. He did a tour that had a stop at the local theater where they did a showing of Wrath of Khan. Then afterwards, Shatner came out on stage and did about an hour of Q & A. Still sharp, still funny.Quote: lilredrooster.
William Shatner who first became famous with "Star Trek" is 94 and still going strong
he hosts a History Channel production called "The Unexplained" and his presentation is quite interesting and compelling
he is also the oldest person to travel in space
the link provides info on what Shatner does to fight aging and promote longevity
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https://www.lifeextension.com/magazine/2023/3/william-shatner-stem-cells-fight-aging#:~:text=But%20a%20closer%20look%20at,based%20diet%2C%20and%20prioritizing%20family.
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"Dealer has 'rock'... Pay 'paper!'"
April 2nd, 2025 at 8:52:00 AM
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Quote: JoemanI saw him just last year. He did a tour that had a stop at the local theater where they did a showing of Wrath of Khan. Then afterwards, Shatner came out on stage and did about an hour of Q & A. Still sharp, still funny.Quote: lilredrooster.
William Shatner who first became famous with "Star Trek" is 94 and still going strong
he hosts a History Channel production called "The Unexplained" and his presentation is quite interesting and compelling
he is also the oldest person to travel in space
the link provides info on what Shatner does to fight aging and promote longevity
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https://www.lifeextension.com/magazine/2023/3/william-shatner-stem-cells-fight-aging#:~:text=But%20a%20closer%20look%20at,based%20diet%2C%20and%20prioritizing%20family.
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I was never a fan of his but I've come to admire his third act.
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
April 2nd, 2025 at 9:29:58 AM
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I saw him just last year. He did a tour that had a stop at the local theater where they did a showing of Wrath of Khan. Then afterwards, Shatner came out on stage and did about an hour of Q & A. Still sharp, still funny.
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I'm going to see this exact show later this year!
KHAAAAAAAAN!!!
I wonder if going out and taking to fans keeps him sharp.
April 3rd, 2025 at 7:02:42 AM
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Sometimes, authors and publishers publish something inaccurate within their works. It's done for copywriter purposes. If I'm doing a price guide, I may make up a fact about Superman 27 and say it was distributed on April Fools Day, 1941. If someone else publishes a price guide and includes that information, I can easily prove they used my work in their publication as records show the book was distributed April 17th.
Someone at Wikipedia seems to have included two non-inhabitated islands on the list of countries that place tariffs on US goods.
Yesterday, the US placed tariffs on two islands that aren't countries, are uninhabited and have not had economic activity since commercial fishing ceased almost 150 years ago. Our government is setting tariffs by using Wikipedia.
Someone at Wikipedia seems to have included two non-inhabitated islands on the list of countries that place tariffs on US goods.
Yesterday, the US placed tariffs on two islands that aren't countries, are uninhabited and have not had economic activity since commercial fishing ceased almost 150 years ago. Our government is setting tariffs by using Wikipedia.
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
April 3rd, 2025 at 9:25:42 AM
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I got a new phone and now the Weatherbug app doesn't work well if at all.
I got a new Roku Ultra 4K (2024) and the Black Jack game lost my $80,000 deficit, and the Video Poker game lost my $750 win on one of the games. TubiTV lost My List. Currently watching The Electric State (2025) on Netflix. Robots took over while Bill Clinton was in office and before. So much AI in this movie, over a $320 million budget getting rotten reviews probably because it is way too authoritarian towards robots and their rebellion. So what's up with this Perplexo robot?
I got a new Roku Ultra 4K (2024) and the Black Jack game lost my $80,000 deficit, and the Video Poker game lost my $750 win on one of the games. TubiTV lost My List. Currently watching The Electric State (2025) on Netflix. Robots took over while Bill Clinton was in office and before. So much AI in this movie, over a $320 million budget getting rotten reviews probably because it is way too authoritarian towards robots and their rebellion. So what's up with this Perplexo robot?
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April 3rd, 2025 at 11:16:02 PM
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So many of these old people are full of crap. Saying that when you get old money doesn't matter, houses don't matter, things don't matter. It's BS because they've already made the money, they have a nice house, they have nice things. Ask a poor old person what matters to them and it will be entirely different. None of those things matter to me because I'm an old guy and I have a house, I have nice things. I guarantee you that if I didn't it wouldn't matter to me a great deal.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2VYz6GpcrsI
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"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
April 4th, 2025 at 5:38:14 AM
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Stuff does nothing but tie you down to your past. Most people eventually get it, but a few will consistently achieve so little that something as meaningless as cooking lunch is an accomplishment.
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April 4th, 2025 at 7:24:05 AM
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Quote: billryanStuff does nothing but tie you down to your past.
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Tie you down, what does that even mean. When you're in your 70's or you're '80s what do you think you have, a rosy future in front of you? You are approaching the end of your life and if you've got nothing to show for it do you think that's going to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside? You are going to appreciate the things you have and not regret getting them. Nobody in their 70s or 80s wants to be still trying to acquire the things you need and should have gotten 30 or 40 years ago.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
April 4th, 2025 at 7:52:14 AM
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Nine years ago, I deposited $20,000 with Lending Club, when they were a peer-to-peer lending company. The company would lend my money to people in $25 segments and I'd collect money each month until the loans were all paid back. In a time of low interest, it was a good deal. Around 2020, they changed the way they computed payouts and it was not as good a deal as previously. All of my loans were for 36 or 48 months and as they were paid off, I didn't reinvest In 2022, all my loans were completed but I seemed to be missing about $300. No one had a satisfactory explanation of what happened to it, but there was clearly money missing from what I should have received and what I did get. Multiple correspondences occurred between myself and multiple parties, and I even tried to get FINRA involved. About three years ago, I got a letter from the Financial regulators in California asking me to explain my side. I got a letter from them saying the in investigation was closed.
Yesterday, I get a letter from Lending Club, with a check for $471.17. No explanation, no apology, nothing but a check. I tried calling but all the numbers I have for them are either not working or have been reassigned. LC was my first venture into micro-lending, a process I still believe in, but it's hard to apply in real life.
Yesterday, I get a letter from Lending Club, with a check for $471.17. No explanation, no apology, nothing but a check. I tried calling but all the numbers I have for them are either not working or have been reassigned. LC was my first venture into micro-lending, a process I still believe in, but it's hard to apply in real life.
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
