The post office is not losing money on packages from China. The Chinese government subsidizes the shipping to create those impossibly cheap rates. China has very long term goals and this is part of their master plan.
And that was an agreement negotiated by USPS, China, and eBay.
Little guys can't deal with Visa or MC, they must use an in between service that requires a multi-year contract & 5 to 20%. Small merchants in some states told me discount for cash is not legal!
Seems like the way around that would be to simply not advertise the discount, then surprise the customer with it when they do pay cash, and call it something other than a cash discount (green discount, VIP discount, unannounced sale, etc.)
Meh, I could do without flirting. I figure why play those little head games? If you are interested, then say so. And more importantly, say why; as anyone taking such an interest in me has to be either desperate or damaged.
Preferably not yet another search system where the majority of your search results are merely the same question from one or two different users with a whole bunch of responses that are nothing more either than "Me too" posts while quoting the entire original post, or replies quoting the entire post and then a one line response encouraging the OP to fucking use Google (it is almost like many do not seem to understand where the search engines get their results).
Oh, and let us not forget the many search results that do not seem to even have any of your search terms in it when you do click on the result.
I can't imagine anyone being able to afford Vegan mayo. Not only is it prohibitively expensive to import it from Vega, but the Customs charges added on have to make it unobtanium.
I'm a long term member of the other PETA... People Eating Tasty Animals. And there is a place for many of nature's creatures; right next to the mashed potatoes and gravy.
This isn't even parody, which is a somewhat grey area because one man's parody is another man's ripoff.
No, this is criticism, and as such, falls so solidly into the fair use bucket that I'm embarrassed for Zillow's lawyers and seriously question how they could possibly have passed the bar exam if they think the infringement is actionable.
It's a shame that since fair use is actually a part of copyright law, that those who attempt to suppress fair use do not get charged with copyright infringement, and all the penalties it entails.
A powder-actuated nailer doesn't use a traditional barrel or fire a round that files through the air, so the sound made is different.
So that means someone could shoot someone else at point blank or otherwise close range, and get away with it, because the report won't trigger the system? I would imagine that being shot with a nail out of a.22 caliber cartridge would probably mess one up as much as a real.22 bullet would do.
To be that accurate, they'd need to program in the sound profile of every gun with every load and barrel length. People are killed with.22s still. And going the other way around, the.17 Winchester Super Magnum is a.27 cal nail gun blank necked down to take a.17 cal bullet.
No, they just listen for loud sounds that sort of sound like firearms in general.
Just wait until the local crows, or other corvids, or someone's pet parrot learn to mimic the sound of a gunshot. Keystone Cops caliber hilarity will ensue.:D
But how do you know it is unwanted until you try? And that advance could be a simple, "Care to go grab a quick lunch?" or "Can I get you a cup of coffee while I am out, since I am headed to the break room anyway?"
If she says no, then suddenly that can be considered an unwanted advance. Sometimes I think that the WOPR had it right...
I had a co-worker get fired for He: "Would you like to have dinner? She: "No." He: "Oh. Ok. Thank you."
Very respectfully delivered - by that I mean the "Thank you" wasn't sarcastic. I didn't think that was at all inappropriate but HR took a dim view of it. They were the same level, not management to a subordinate. (An HR person was in the same room when this happened, she didn't report it.)
Betting pool is now open.
How long will it be now until merely saying hello or making any other polite acknowledgement of a lady's existence with anything but a totally emotionless inflection of the voice and totally neutral expression on the face will be considered an unwanted advance?
Dear me, they don't scan the email when you read it, they scan it when it's on their servers so it doesn't matter how you read it, it still gets parsed for keywords. Have you never seen an ad for something that's only been in one of your gmails?
I can't say that I have. Then again, that is probably because I am rather meticulous in the employment of Adblock Plus and Noscript.
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The Etherium was not stolen. It just changed via radioactive decay. It turned into Felonium, the criminal element.
The post office is not losing money on packages from China. The Chinese government subsidizes the shipping to create those impossibly cheap rates. China has very long term goals and this is part of their master plan.
And that was an agreement negotiated by USPS, China, and eBay.
This has nothing to do with Christian mythology or the ramblings of a tweeked up hermit on shrooms.
Little guys can't deal with Visa or MC, they must use an in between service that requires a multi-year contract & 5 to 20%. Small merchants in some states told me discount for cash is not legal!
Seems like the way around that would be to simply not advertise the discount, then surprise the customer with it when they do pay cash, and call it something other than a cash discount (green discount, VIP discount, unannounced sale, etc.)
Water is wet. More at 11 PM.
Unless it was made by melting dry ice. :D
Meh, I could do without flirting. I figure why play those little head games? If you are interested, then say so. And more importantly, say why; as anyone taking such an interest in me has to be either desperate or damaged.
"Pull my finger!"
-- The idiot sitting in the control center next to the guy who pushed the button to do the Trinity test.
"When the Internet is invented, I think it would be really cool if people misquoted me on it."
-- Abraham Lincoln
a web search engine.
Preferably not yet another search system where the majority of your search results are merely the same question from one or two different users with a whole bunch of responses that are nothing more either than "Me too" posts while quoting the entire original post, or replies quoting the entire post and then a one line response encouraging the OP to fucking use Google (it is almost like many do not seem to understand where the search engines get their results).
Oh, and let us not forget the many search results that do not seem to even have any of your search terms in it when you do click on the result.
All I want to know is does he still like fishsticks?
Probably backward masking on reprints of Chicago albums. Ozzy would be way too straightforward about something like that. :D
Q: Why is PMS called PMS?
A: Because Mad Cow Disease was already taken.
I can't imagine anyone being able to afford Vegan mayo. Not only is it prohibitively expensive to import it from Vega, but the Customs charges added on have to make it unobtanium.
I'm a long term member of the other PETA... People Eating Tasty Animals. And there is a place for many of nature's creatures; right next to the mashed potatoes and gravy.
This isn't even parody, which is a somewhat grey area because one man's parody is another man's ripoff.
No, this is criticism, and as such, falls so solidly into the fair use bucket that I'm embarrassed for Zillow's lawyers and seriously question how they could possibly have passed the bar exam if they think the infringement is actionable.
It's a shame that since fair use is actually a part of copyright law, that those who attempt to suppress fair use do not get charged with copyright infringement, and all the penalties it entails.
If you've got a parrot that can shout at 150+db, that's impressive.
Yeah, if I had a parrot or any other bird that could achieve that, she would have to be named Ma Anand Sheela.
A powder-actuated nailer doesn't use a traditional barrel or fire a round that files through the air, so the sound made is different.
So that means someone could shoot someone else at point blank or otherwise close range, and get away with it, because the report won't trigger the system? I would imagine that being shot with a nail out of a .22 caliber cartridge would probably mess one up as much as a real .22 bullet would do.
To be that accurate, they'd need to program in the sound profile of every gun with every load and barrel length. People are killed with .22s still. And going the other way around, the .17 Winchester Super Magnum is a .27 cal nail gun blank necked down to take a .17 cal bullet.
No, they just listen for loud sounds that sort of sound like firearms in general.
Just wait until the local crows, or other corvids, or someone's pet parrot learn to mimic the sound of a gunshot. Keystone Cops caliber hilarity will ensue. :D
But how do you know it is unwanted until you try? And that advance could be a simple, "Care to go grab a quick lunch?" or "Can I get you a cup of coffee while I am out, since I am headed to the break room anyway?"
If she says no, then suddenly that can be considered an unwanted advance. Sometimes I think that the WOPR had it right...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
I had a co-worker get fired for
He: "Would you like to have dinner?
She: "No."
He: "Oh. Ok. Thank you."
Very respectfully delivered - by that I mean the "Thank you" wasn't sarcastic. I didn't think that was at all inappropriate but HR took a dim view of it. They were the same level, not management to a subordinate. (An HR person was in the same room when this happened, she didn't report it.)
Betting pool is now open.
How long will it be now until merely saying hello or making any other polite acknowledgement of a lady's existence with anything but a totally emotionless inflection of the voice and totally neutral expression on the face will be considered an unwanted advance?
Dear me, they don't scan the email when you read it, they scan it when it's on their servers so it doesn't matter how you read it, it still gets parsed for keywords. Have you never seen an ad for something that's only been in one of your gmails?
I can't say that I have. Then again, that is probably because I am rather meticulous in the employment of Adblock Plus and Noscript.
But more likely, they would violate the reporters instead.
Reminds me of those novelty electric hammers from the 70s and 80s. It was just a hammer with an electric cord attached.
And why have an electric toothbrush if you don't have electric teeth?
I would never trust a toaster with Internet access, not after an incident from a few years ago.
My girlfriend asked me once, "Why do you carry your sidearm around the house? What are you so afraid of?"
I said, "The fucking Decepticons."
She laughed, the toaster laughed, I laughed; then I shot the toaster, and my gal never questioned my habits again.
Maybe we should also be protected from lightning strikes and slipping in the tub.
And papercuts! Don't forget the notorious papercuts!
And don't forget the TSA's mandate; protecting us from accidentally sitting down on a toilet that had its lid left up.