Mine doesn't carry soldering irons, and they might have a place on the shelf for the adapters, but I'd be shocked if they have any stock. It's really quite sad.
My local Lowe's home store sells more soldering irons and headphone jack adapters.
But nobody thinks of them for that stuff anymore because they have decided their core business is instead things like poorly-made RC cars, game consoles and cell phones - all things that specialty retailers and discount chains do better and/or sell for lower prices.
One of our local "Shacks" now sells candy bars and gum. It's an official store and not an authorized distributor. Go figure.....
Sorry Wesley Crusher. We came up with the idea first.....
But feel free to take credit for it when you save the Enterprise.
Re:I suggest explosives
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I prefer high powered lasers, but only to be used by the family member with any working eyes left.
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Shouldn't you be trying to emulate your father by moving beyond your comfort zone and bringing home something that will inspire your kids to pursue their own interests rather than yours?
You mean like bringing home hookers, guns, or anything similar that might lead them to a fruitful career?
Feel free to embellish on this script when you have a little time to play with their minds. Most of the dialog is paraphrased.
Caller: Hello, Mr. _______. Our records show your auto warranty is soon to expire. You: I wasn't aware of that. Caller: Would you like to renew your warranty now? You: I suppose I should if it's going to expire soon. What do you need, the VIN number? Caller: Yes sir. You: Hold on. The car is in the garage. I need to go there. Caller: OK sir. (wait about one or two minutes, or until they wonder where you are) You: OK, I got my shoes on, now I can go out to the garage. It's a detached garage. Caller: Great, sir. (wait another one or two minutes, or until they get concerned again) Caller: Sir? You: Hold on, I'm unlocking the door to the garage now. (Wait 15 to 30 seconds. Idle chat with them to keep them on the line) You: Shoot. This is the shed key. It looks the same as the garage key. I always get them mixed up. Let me go get the garage key. I really want this warranty. Caller: Very well, sir. (Wait one to three minutes. Idle chat to keep on the line. Maybe pretend to talk about issues with your lawn, etc. as you "walk back" to get your key) You: OK. That was the right key this time. I'm at the car. (At this point you can try, but you may be pushing their patience, to say "The car key is in the house. Let me get it.") You: OK. I can read the VIN at the windshield. Caller: Go ahead, sir. You: 1... W... G... K... N or M... Caller: Which one is it sir, N or M? You: It's tough to see in here. Let me go get a flashlight. (You decide if your flashlight is near you in the garage or WAYYYY back in the house) You: M... 3... 4... H... J... 4... 2... 6... 8... 2... 0.... You: Can you repeat that back for me? Caller: That's OK sir. I can't find your vehicle. What is it? You: It's a 1974 VW Super Beetle Caller: Don't you have any newer cars? You: Nope. This is my first car and it still runs great for me. (You may even want to say it's been handed down to you as your first car and it still runs well for you.) Caller: I'm sorry sir, we can't help you at this time. We'll take you off our call list. You: OK. Sorry about that. Caller: **Click**, or "Have a good day sir."
I did the last six lines for one of them once and I never received another call from any auto warranty company. They apparently took me off their list when I convinced them I only had the Beetle.
As annoying as the mid 90's when large meetings involving both "Suits" and IT people ended on a proposal that another meeting gets scheduled. This is immediately followed by everyone wearing a suit whipping out a flat box with a glass face, in perfectly choreographed unison, and incessantly tapping it with a plastic scribe.
It was a major ego moment for the suits that day. See where that led all of us now....
Give Karma points to the first person to guess the device.
Good a place as any to ask, but.....
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I figure sci-fi readers would be perusing this thread. I read part of a book back in the mid-80's which I wasn't able to finish, had an interesting but somewhat shallow plot, and I couldn't take the book with me. I'd like some help identifying it.
Every once in a while, I'll remember bits about the book, but never the title. Can anybody guess the book by the following partial description?
It involved a space encounter (delegation) between Humans and "tentacled creatures". The tentacled creatures were living on a very high gravity planet and were moving through time much faster than the humans, even though the humans were nearby in a spaceship (maybe in orbit).
Part of the storyline was based on the effect of the alien planet's timeline. When observed by humans in orbit, the aliens would be moving at an extremely high rate of speed (and blurred). Humans would look like they are moving infinitely slow from the planet's point of view.
Communication between the two species would happen in "real time" and would involve one alien moving extremely slow in front of the camera as to appear perfectly still by "his" fellow aliens, yet that alien will appear to be moving at a normal speed to the humans.
From the human perspective, the aliens would appear to be born, grow up, and die in a rather short period of time (months or years), due to the time acceleration.
The storyline switched between one or more humans in their daily activities to one or more "aliens" and their daily activities.
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But where's the source code???
You don't want to read it. It's written in Fly and the comments contain too many buzz-words.
.....is certainly not demonstrated in this video. However, I do see more and more of this style these days
How NOT to use Powerpoint
The last time I heard anything like this, I was stationed outside of Istanbul.
However, this video was cool, if we can fix the shaky-cam somehow, even cooler.
Yeah, all that constant panning of the scenery reminds me of what I see when operating Flight Simulator using only the keyboard.
he was iFramed
Depends on how you define "horny"
Kids start in "grade school" in the book, then they become indiscriminately horny all their adult lives. Soma provides a cure for those who are not.
I see a slightly different effect in that earlier reaction to sex might make less horny generations.
Not according to Aldus Huxley
Mine doesn't carry soldering irons, and they might have a place on the shelf for the adapters, but I'd be shocked if they have any stock. It's really quite sad.
My local Lowe's home store sells more soldering irons and headphone jack adapters.
But nobody thinks of them for that stuff anymore because they have decided their core business is instead things like poorly-made RC cars, game consoles and cell phones - all things that specialty retailers and discount chains do better and/or sell for lower prices.
One of our local "Shacks" now sells candy bars and gum. It's an official store and not an authorized distributor. Go figure.....
Something in my kit of salvage electronics which I could never figure out what to use it for, to try and detect the presence of these "humans".
Now if only I can only safely generate the 1000-2000 volts to drive it.
The parent poster is talking about the NHS, which is the nationalized healthcare system in the UK.
If Obama gets his way, I'll probably become all too familiar with the NHS concept.
You could apply the same logic to medical conditions, and in fact that's what a lot of NHS doctors do:
1. Look at symptoms
2. Try most likely treatment
3. If not cured, repeat with progressively less likely treatments
3. Cured!
First, let me correct your second #3 there with:
4. Collect funds from HMO and co-pay from patient for each attempt.
5. Cured!
I still think HMOs should consider each office visit for the same problem under the original co-pay.
Sorry Wesley Crusher. We came up with the idea first.....
But feel free to take credit for it when you save the Enterprise.
I prefer high powered lasers, but only to be used by the family member with any working eyes left.
Shouldn't you be trying to emulate your father by moving beyond your comfort zone and bringing home something that will inspire your kids to pursue their own interests rather than yours?
You mean like bringing home hookers, guns, or anything similar that might lead them to a fruitful career?
Anybody have replacement floppies for my OSI Challenger 2P-OEM?
Staples stopped selling 8" disks a long time ago.
You had a hill? We had to go up a 20 mile vertical cliff
Getting home was much quicker, wasn't it?
Just s long as you don't release it on the same weekend as my directorial debut "Dig Dug: The Movie."
So..... Was that the trailer for your movie that I once saw on Robot Chicken?
I could make a box office killing filming myself getting rid of centipedes in my backyard, using a BB gun.
Now to go and secure the rights.....
Did I miss one?
Keep it going..... Don't Stop 'Til (I) Get Enough.
Feel free to embellish on this script when you have a little time to play with their minds. Most of the dialog is paraphrased.
Caller: Hello, Mr. _______. Our records show your auto warranty is soon to expire.
You: I wasn't aware of that.
Caller: Would you like to renew your warranty now?
You: I suppose I should if it's going to expire soon. What do you need, the VIN number?
Caller: Yes sir.
You: Hold on. The car is in the garage. I need to go there.
Caller: OK sir.
(wait about one or two minutes, or until they wonder where you are)
You: OK, I got my shoes on, now I can go out to the garage. It's a detached garage.
Caller: Great, sir.
(wait another one or two minutes, or until they get concerned again)
Caller: Sir?
You: Hold on, I'm unlocking the door to the garage now.
(Wait 15 to 30 seconds. Idle chat with them to keep them on the line)
You: Shoot. This is the shed key. It looks the same as the garage key. I always get them mixed up. Let me go get the garage key. I really want this warranty.
Caller: Very well, sir.
(Wait one to three minutes. Idle chat to keep on the line. Maybe pretend to talk about issues with your lawn, etc. as you "walk back" to get your key)
You: OK. That was the right key this time. I'm at the car.
(At this point you can try, but you may be pushing their patience, to say "The car key is in the house. Let me get it.")
You: OK. I can read the VIN at the windshield.
Caller: Go ahead, sir.
You: 1... W... G... K... N or M...
Caller: Which one is it sir, N or M?
You: It's tough to see in here. Let me go get a flashlight.
(You decide if your flashlight is near you in the garage or WAYYYY back in the house)
You: M... 3... 4... H... J... 4... 2... 6... 8... 2... 0....
You: Can you repeat that back for me?
Caller: That's OK sir. I can't find your vehicle. What is it?
You: It's a 1974 VW Super Beetle
Caller: Don't you have any newer cars?
You: Nope. This is my first car and it still runs great for me. (You may even want to say it's been handed down to you as your first car and it still runs well for you.)
Caller: I'm sorry sir, we can't help you at this time. We'll take you off our call list.
You: OK. Sorry about that.
Caller: **Click**, or "Have a good day sir."
I did the last six lines for one of them once and I never received another call from any auto warranty company. They apparently took me off their list when I convinced them I only had the Beetle.
Gee, I hope they don't try and implement any kind of directory service implementation from Scratch
As annoying as the mid 90's when large meetings involving both "Suits" and IT people ended on a proposal that another meeting gets scheduled. This is immediately followed by everyone wearing a suit whipping out a flat box with a glass face, in perfectly choreographed unison, and incessantly tapping it with a plastic scribe.
It was a major ego moment for the suits that day. See where that led all of us now....
Give Karma points to the first person to guess the device.
I know I'll get modded -1: Offtopic
I figure sci-fi readers would be perusing this thread. I read part of a book back in the mid-80's which I wasn't able to finish, had an interesting but somewhat shallow plot, and I couldn't take the book with me. I'd like some help identifying it.
Every once in a while, I'll remember bits about the book, but never the title. Can anybody guess the book by the following partial description?
It involved a space encounter (delegation) between Humans and "tentacled creatures". The tentacled creatures were living on a very high gravity planet and were moving through time much faster than the humans, even though the humans were nearby in a spaceship (maybe in orbit).
Part of the storyline was based on the effect of the alien planet's timeline. When observed by humans in orbit, the aliens would be moving at an extremely high rate of speed (and blurred). Humans would look like they are moving infinitely slow from the planet's point of view.
Communication between the two species would happen in "real time" and would involve one alien moving extremely slow in front of the camera as to appear perfectly still by "his" fellow aliens, yet that alien will appear to be moving at a normal speed to the humans.
From the human perspective, the aliens would appear to be born, grow up, and die in a rather short period of time (months or years), due to the time acceleration.
The storyline switched between one or more humans in their daily activities to one or more "aliens" and their daily activities.
That's about all I know of the book. Any ideas?
That just proves what somebody once told me about Philosophy assignments. Philosophy is 75% Bullsh*t and a chair is only showing its "chairdom".