That's why you need dumb bombs, these new bombs are terrible. They're smart, I heard it on CNN. Smart bomb are surely less likely to obey orders to self destruct.
Why? Oh, just 'cause they'd use it to hide it still. But it doesn't seem *likely* that the settings file (the.config) will be identical across vehicles. Sometimes you even get a generic config that you'd change yourself to suit the environment variables. They could easily say, "Well, there's the source code." They'd be accurate, I guess. I'm kind of thinking along the lines of, say, a PHP script with manual installation.
Huh? That doesn't make any sense. Are you confusing me with someone else? You're welcome to scroll back through all of my posts, I'm sure I've mentioned my age many times. I'm sure they'll scale with the year mentioned. (Technically, I'm not quite 58 but it saves some time rather than explaining that I'm about a month away from that.) I don't believe I've fat fingered anything tonight. So, I'm guessing you've confused me for someone else.
Years ago, I'd visit the physics department and one of the things they were playing with (they had the coolest toys) was a speaker made of some exotic material - I think it may have been ceramic so not that exotic. Anyhow, they were pumping very low frequencies into it and using it to balance a pingpong ball in mid air. I read the summary but, being no heretic, I didn't read the article. I suspect the same thing applies.
Oddly enough, I don't think they were studying sound or pingpong. I was probably a little drunk, or high. I seem to recall that they were actually doing something with fluid dynamics. No, no I am not a physicist and my memory is pretty fuzzy. This was way back in the early 1990s or late 1980s. I seem to recall that they were actually using a very high speed camera to look at it. I've no idea what the outcome was and I strongly suspect they were high too.
Whenever I see "potentially dangerous" I automatically assume "mostly harmless." So far, it has been fairly accurate. I figure, if it were really dangerous, they'd say stuff like, "HOLY SHIT!" When I see "potentially dangerous," I think butter knife.
These posts are a lot funnier if you just assume the poster is black.
Seeing as we're off topic... I'd not say the problem is "niggers" (of which I'm partially one - if you're using the black African as the definition) but the problem is poverty, corruption, abuse from the wealthy, and generally people. I don't actually think the problem is, as you so eloquently put it, niggers. I think the problem is people - that's the pattern I'm seeing as well as the other metrics.
As an aside: Spell check is racist! It gives me the red squiggly line of defeat when I type Obama but it has nary a problem when I type nigger.
As another interesting aside, well, interesting to me... My black heritage comes from the black people who fought on the side of the Brits during the Revolution. After the war they insisted they be allowed to take the blacks with them because they'd promised them freedom and the King's promise was kind of, sort of, important at that time. They first went to Haiti but that was short term. They were then shipped to Nova Scotia. That's where my Micmac comes from as they were all encouraged to rut like rabbits. Then, my great grandmother (a Hawksworth/Turner) moved to Massachusetts and married her a mixed race person. This led to my father who was quite a mutt by that point who married my Irish mother. This was quite a stink during those days. Especially since my mother was a Prescott. (Yes, same family.) Anyhow, those two fine, upstanding, people built me out of spare parts.
I mean, well, if we're going to go off-topic about race we might as well go all the way.
I say that to mention, again, that I'm pretty open and curious about racial differences be they cultural or natural. I've given this some thought - I've even used some of that stuff they call logic (newfangled stuff, you might not have heard of it) and I've pretty much concluded that people suck regardless of skin color. They only get worse when you throw in a lack of education, financial growth, abuse, and mistreatment. Imagine that?
See, you probably weren't expecting a semi-serious reply. However, there you have it. Yes, yes I do need sleep. When the questionnaire asks what my race is, as some are wont to do, I select the "other" option and write in "human."
Nice! Thanks. I knew someone would know the history. I luff Slashdot like that. They were playing games on big iron back in the day (long before the console) but I don't think's really what was being discussed and why I mentioned that I wasn't sure when the consoles came out and what, exactly, was defined as a personal computer. I didn't even know about the Odyssey 1 that you mentioned. You'd think I would - at the time, I was in a fairly ritzy private school, just a few years prior to graduation.
I do remember the 2600 and all of the early micros you mention. I was on base when someone bought a 2600, I was enlisted at the time and living in the barracks, and it was awesome! Sadly, I didn't do much of anything with computers until college. Even at first, I thought they were just tools - I still, mostly, hold that belief. We had some sort of computer at Kent's Hill (keep in mind that we also had our own ice arena, ski slopes, and observatory) but I never really did anything with it. I don't think any of us really did - some of the astronomy types used it. I only visited the astronomy department when I was stoned and wanted to look at the stars while I was unable to sleep.
I do appreciate the history lesson. I was never really into video games much with only a few exceptions that caught my attention. In my defense, I did build the greatest traffic sim "game" in the world (though I am biased). It just didn't have graphics until much, much, later and those were generally only rendered for clients. It's quite a bit different now but I've long since sold. Compute cycles are cheap and easy now and it is awesome.
Thanks again. I'm going to accept your answer as it seems authoritative enough to me.
He also did the *mostly* meaningless charade that is the filibuster earlier this year. As I said then, I'm not impressed. I kind of, sort of, appreciated his dad. I voted for him knowing that he'd not win. To be honest, I'm not sure that I'd have voted for him if he'd an actual shot at winning. He's kind of a fruitcake. He has some great ideas and some terrible ideas. I'm not entirely sure which would be enacted. But, I generally throw my vote away on a third party. I don't expect them to win. I expect the number crunchers to notice that more and more of us are disenfranchised with the two-party oligarchy and are unwilling to vote for them. Eventually, I hope, this number will increase and we'll get more notice. So far, so good. The number's actually been rising steadily but at a very small rate. By extrapolating, by the time I'm on my third lifetime - there will be an actual third party that is viable and a more representative democracy. I need sleep. Insert paragraph breaks, proper punctuation, and spelling corrections as needed. If it doesn't make sense just assume I'm a lunatic.
How strange this world is, eh? I'm a registered Libertarian, running for office in 2016 (you can't vote for me, I think I'm the only Mainer here), and I support a tried and true Socialist instead of the person claiming to represent Libertarian ideals who is Rand Paul.
For the curious, my political ideology takes second place - if elected. My job will be to represent my constituents, regardless of my personal feelings. Fortunately, they generally seem to align with my own or I'd not take the job. I'd not be qualified. I don't actually want the job, I've better things to do with my time. However, the job needs doing.:/
I can only wonder, in the run-up, will Lewiston Sun Journal come find my Slashdot posts. As I think about the many things I've posted back when I drank, well... I'm gonna have some explaining to do. Fortunately, it's Maine. We're all pretty wasted in one way or another. Woohoo! Vote for the candidate that typed the most gibberish on the internet!
Yeah, so I'm not actually getting elected. I'm sort of okay with that.
Anyhow; Vote Bernie - This Message Brought to you by an *actual* Libertarian. (Yeah, yeah... No true Scotsman. I know. Trust me, I know... I can't really stop the vocal minority from being the first to reach the microphone. I apologize.)
Yes, yes I do need to sleep. It has been a couple of days.
It is changed per demographics thus the qualifier. And no, it's not all being written off - it's more subtle than that. Additionally... One of the reasons they like produce (and the bread) is because the smell. The smell makes you salivate and makes you hungry. So there's that aspect as well. It doesn't, however, really run at a loss in the end of the year accounting. The pre-packaged bread stuff is actually pretty profitable as are the pre-packaged snacks but that's a whole other topic.
During certain times of the year they may need to just write their losses off which makes it balance, for the quarter, on the books. As an aside, as I understand it, they actually get more from writing it off which is why much of it isn't donated even though there's some small amount of shelf life left. There are also certain times of year when the produce section is quite profitable (this varies by grocer). Those that can get local produce save a ton and actually often charge more for it. Over all, if I recall correctly, only a small portion of the year and only certain items are at a loss and the whole thing tends to be pretty profitable compared to the bakery and fresh dairy.
I'm not sure when you worked at Publix, specifically in Florida, but you may have noticed they did a design change in 2006-2008 region. I'm unable to disclose who did the work on that. I can say that I'm sort of familiar.;-) They're trying something new and I don't know what the results have been. They were changing some stores, see the panhandle region, to put some of the dairy in center and not too far from the front. However, walking there, that's another matter. Unless you cut through the checkout counter (usually full or blocked by the little plastic chain if not busy or has traffic in it) then check the layout again. You'll probably find it takes you about the same amount of time to reach as it would for any other store - and they still shunt traffic off to the right, where available - though some additional designs were to be tested. It's actually not too difficult to shut a store down for a two week span and re-do the layout. Properly done, they can still keep the door open if it's not a huge remodel.
As I said, I don't know the newest metrics or what's changed in the design phase which is why I asked for a citation. I also don't know what Publix has done but I am curious. There's one of the "newer" model stores, a good size store, just across the bridge into Panama City Beach. It's down on the left - like you're headed out to the golf courses and State Park. If you get curious and are in the area, check that one out. They used the above mention model - where you can see stuff but still need to walk around to get it. Hint: You're meant to be distracted by the pretty colors and then the smell that hits with the bakery which should be on the right as I recall. There's probably a big barrier between you as you go to the right, that's there for a reason.
I tried AA. I drank the whole time but I went to meetings. Eventually I quit on my own. It came close to putting me in the hospital, or so I'm told. I don't remember a good portion of it. The whole week and a half is kind of a blur. If you're an old drinker and going to quit - do in detox. If you need help, go to a group therapy session and not to A.A. because A.A. kind of sucks balls. A fair number of them actually used to go out drinking, after meetings, with me. The rest were just bitter drunks or liars sitting around telling war stories in a game of one-ups-manship.
I eat worse than all of you but I'm as fit as a fiddle and look at least ten years younger than I am - if I hide the graybeard. Hell, if I shave I get carded - I'm 58. I'm also part Micmac - North Eastern Native American tribe, we look young unless we stay out in the Sun and, well, you are aware that I'm on/., so...
I, literally, forget to eat some days. I get distracted and just don't get hungry. Sometimes I eat like a bear. I do tend to be active, at my age I kind of should, so there's that but I'm not especially active or anything. I have workout equipment that collects dust. I'd drive to the kitchen, if I could. So, no, I'm not especially active but I garden, hunt, fish, and do shit around the house when I'm home.
I also do an inordinate amount of drugs but I don't drink any more. I drank for about 45 years (I'm only 56, do the math if you'd like) but that had to go as I stopped being a functional drunk after retirement. I'm told I have the constitution of a horse.
I don't think I should be taken as normal, however. I don't think there's much normal about me. I've always been pretty lucky. I don't get a lot of my food from the store, either. However, I didn't always have that luxury. *shrugs* Dunno, really. Anecdotes are kind of silly but I figured that I'd throw mine into the mix.
Oh, I smoke *and inhale* cigars. I'm expecting a visit from the Big C any day now. So far, so good.
I can do that. I live in the land of the Wild Maine Blueberry. I've easily eaten that amount while pretending to help rake them for a buddy who owns a bunch of fields. I was even drinking at the same time. I actually eat a lot of blueberries.:/ They're like my favorite fruit and about the only fruit I eat on a regular basis that hasn't been preserved - even then, I still make and eat nommy blueberry jelly. (I can't quite make jam with blueberries, it just doesn't come out right.) I make a nommy blueberry pie, too. Get me some fresh whipped cream from the farm nearby and eat the hell out of that.
Oh man... I'm in Buffalo, still. I'm not actually sure if anything close sells blueberries. Damn you. Damn you all to hell. *grumbles*
Hmm... Do you have a citation for that produce department running at a loss? I modeled pedestrian traffic and that included needing to prioritize traffic to optimal areas based on projected profit margins. (Yes, foot traffic is optimized and no, you're not immune.) As near as I know, the bakery operates at close to a loss but not quite a loss - they're able to write down donations and destroyed goods (as they can in the produce section). There are loss leaders - usually on something called an 'end cap' but those are not always loss leaders - they're actually sometimes more expensive.
Anyhow, I can go on but I'll be interested in your citation. The data may have changed in eight years but it seems unlikely. With write-downs the produce section was, as I recall, one of the higher profit areas where fresh dairy was one of the lowest profit areas but one of the greatest traffic draws (which is why it's in the back and on the left, usually).
Well, to be fair, lots of stuff gets destroyed because nobody recognized the future value. Also, they thought they'd be going back. It probably was a pretty trivial piece of trash to them that took up space and an uncoordinated man named Donald kept stubbing his toe on it.
Nah, they marry their (proper spelling, by the way) in the hills of West Virginia. And, oddly, Portugal. You can marry your sister in Portugal.:/ At least that's what the news said quite a while back - 'twas on Fark as I recall. No, I have no idea why. Well, no... I know why it was on Fark. I don't know why they allowed it. It was a rather specific amendment, as I recall.
Nope. Not really. That whole area is its own special kind of special. I say that because I care - I do own a house in Florida and I have shared some of the many things I've seen there. Nope, they're definitely unique in some ways and this is one of those ways. It could be selection bias, I guess, but I don't think so.
Put it this way... I own a house in PCB, the home of Spring Break - really. They have a week long period, out of sync with the rest of the country, that they call FAG week. FAG is "Florida, Alabama, and Georgia." They double down on the cops, take the jails and empty them by shipping them to the annex up in Destin, and call in special Beach Police. Not because they're violent or mean. They just do some really stupid things. When you hear about all the deaths during Spring Break - check the week that it happened. It was probably during FAG week.
They do have alligators so, there's that. And manatees. My place is pretty close to a special area that they've got signs telling people that, "Molesting the Manatees is a Serious Offense."
No, I am not kidding. I love the place. They've got character.
Actually, I kind of have a theory that every single one of those abandoned projects is still running somewhere - probably on a headless device, in the closet, in the back of a server room, and was installed by a guy who quit ten years ago. I think they're spectral. I'm only partially kidding.
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Mmm... Coleslaw...
That's why you need dumb bombs, these new bombs are terrible. They're smart, I heard it on CNN. Smart bomb are surely less likely to obey orders to self destruct.
It'd probably help if they stopped lying to us on a regular basis.
Ha! I did fat finger it. LOL Woops.
Why? Oh, just 'cause they'd use it to hide it still. But it doesn't seem *likely* that the settings file (the .config) will be identical across vehicles. Sometimes you even get a generic config that you'd change yourself to suit the environment variables. They could easily say, "Well, there's the source code." They'd be accurate, I guess. I'm kind of thinking along the lines of, say, a PHP script with manual installation.
They don't use the code across multiple vehicles with different configurations and settings?
Huh? That doesn't make any sense. Are you confusing me with someone else? You're welcome to scroll back through all of my posts, I'm sure I've mentioned my age many times. I'm sure they'll scale with the year mentioned. (Technically, I'm not quite 58 but it saves some time rather than explaining that I'm about a month away from that.) I don't believe I've fat fingered anything tonight. So, I'm guessing you've confused me for someone else.
Years ago, I'd visit the physics department and one of the things they were playing with (they had the coolest toys) was a speaker made of some exotic material - I think it may have been ceramic so not that exotic. Anyhow, they were pumping very low frequencies into it and using it to balance a pingpong ball in mid air. I read the summary but, being no heretic, I didn't read the article. I suspect the same thing applies.
Oddly enough, I don't think they were studying sound or pingpong. I was probably a little drunk, or high. I seem to recall that they were actually doing something with fluid dynamics. No, no I am not a physicist and my memory is pretty fuzzy. This was way back in the early 1990s or late 1980s. I seem to recall that they were actually using a very high speed camera to look at it. I've no idea what the outcome was and I strongly suspect they were high too.
Whenever I see "potentially dangerous" I automatically assume "mostly harmless." So far, it has been fairly accurate. I figure, if it were really dangerous, they'd say stuff like, "HOLY SHIT!" When I see "potentially dangerous," I think butter knife.
These posts are a lot funnier if you just assume the poster is black.
Seeing as we're off topic... I'd not say the problem is "niggers" (of which I'm partially one - if you're using the black African as the definition) but the problem is poverty, corruption, abuse from the wealthy, and generally people. I don't actually think the problem is, as you so eloquently put it, niggers. I think the problem is people - that's the pattern I'm seeing as well as the other metrics.
As an aside: Spell check is racist! It gives me the red squiggly line of defeat when I type Obama but it has nary a problem when I type nigger.
As another interesting aside, well, interesting to me... My black heritage comes from the black people who fought on the side of the Brits during the Revolution. After the war they insisted they be allowed to take the blacks with them because they'd promised them freedom and the King's promise was kind of, sort of, important at that time. They first went to Haiti but that was short term. They were then shipped to Nova Scotia. That's where my Micmac comes from as they were all encouraged to rut like rabbits. Then, my great grandmother (a Hawksworth/Turner) moved to Massachusetts and married her a mixed race person. This led to my father who was quite a mutt by that point who married my Irish mother. This was quite a stink during those days. Especially since my mother was a Prescott. (Yes, same family.) Anyhow, those two fine, upstanding, people built me out of spare parts.
I mean, well, if we're going to go off-topic about race we might as well go all the way.
I say that to mention, again, that I'm pretty open and curious about racial differences be they cultural or natural. I've given this some thought - I've even used some of that stuff they call logic (newfangled stuff, you might not have heard of it) and I've pretty much concluded that people suck regardless of skin color. They only get worse when you throw in a lack of education, financial growth, abuse, and mistreatment. Imagine that?
See, you probably weren't expecting a semi-serious reply. However, there you have it. Yes, yes I do need sleep. When the questionnaire asks what my race is, as some are wont to do, I select the "other" option and write in "human."
Nice! Thanks. I knew someone would know the history. I luff Slashdot like that. They were playing games on big iron back in the day (long before the console) but I don't think's really what was being discussed and why I mentioned that I wasn't sure when the consoles came out and what, exactly, was defined as a personal computer. I didn't even know about the Odyssey 1 that you mentioned. You'd think I would - at the time, I was in a fairly ritzy private school, just a few years prior to graduation.
I do remember the 2600 and all of the early micros you mention. I was on base when someone bought a 2600, I was enlisted at the time and living in the barracks, and it was awesome! Sadly, I didn't do much of anything with computers until college. Even at first, I thought they were just tools - I still, mostly, hold that belief. We had some sort of computer at Kent's Hill (keep in mind that we also had our own ice arena, ski slopes, and observatory) but I never really did anything with it. I don't think any of us really did - some of the astronomy types used it. I only visited the astronomy department when I was stoned and wanted to look at the stars while I was unable to sleep.
I do appreciate the history lesson. I was never really into video games much with only a few exceptions that caught my attention. In my defense, I did build the greatest traffic sim "game" in the world (though I am biased). It just didn't have graphics until much, much, later and those were generally only rendered for clients. It's quite a bit different now but I've long since sold. Compute cycles are cheap and easy now and it is awesome.
Thanks again. I'm going to accept your answer as it seems authoritative enough to me.
He also did the *mostly* meaningless charade that is the filibuster earlier this year. As I said then, I'm not impressed. I kind of, sort of, appreciated his dad. I voted for him knowing that he'd not win. To be honest, I'm not sure that I'd have voted for him if he'd an actual shot at winning. He's kind of a fruitcake. He has some great ideas and some terrible ideas. I'm not entirely sure which would be enacted. But, I generally throw my vote away on a third party. I don't expect them to win. I expect the number crunchers to notice that more and more of us are disenfranchised with the two-party oligarchy and are unwilling to vote for them. Eventually, I hope, this number will increase and we'll get more notice. So far, so good. The number's actually been rising steadily but at a very small rate. By extrapolating, by the time I'm on my third lifetime - there will be an actual third party that is viable and a more representative democracy. I need sleep. Insert paragraph breaks, proper punctuation, and spelling corrections as needed. If it doesn't make sense just assume I'm a lunatic.
How strange this world is, eh? I'm a registered Libertarian, running for office in 2016 (you can't vote for me, I think I'm the only Mainer here), and I support a tried and true Socialist instead of the person claiming to represent Libertarian ideals who is Rand Paul.
For the curious, my political ideology takes second place - if elected. My job will be to represent my constituents, regardless of my personal feelings. Fortunately, they generally seem to align with my own or I'd not take the job. I'd not be qualified. I don't actually want the job, I've better things to do with my time. However, the job needs doing. :/
I can only wonder, in the run-up, will Lewiston Sun Journal come find my Slashdot posts. As I think about the many things I've posted back when I drank, well... I'm gonna have some explaining to do. Fortunately, it's Maine. We're all pretty wasted in one way or another. Woohoo! Vote for the candidate that typed the most gibberish on the internet!
Yeah, so I'm not actually getting elected. I'm sort of okay with that.
Anyhow; Vote Bernie - This Message Brought to you by an *actual* Libertarian. (Yeah, yeah... No true Scotsman. I know. Trust me, I know... I can't really stop the vocal minority from being the first to reach the microphone. I apologize.)
Yes, yes I do need to sleep. It has been a couple of days.
$ sudo apt-get install cowsay && sudo apt-get install fortune
$ fortune | cowsay
Moo?
$ cowsay moo
$ cowsay moo && cowsay modern app appers app apps only ludites use cows modern cows app apps
Pretty soon, I won't need Slashdot at all. They can sell the place out from under us. Don't worry, I'll set you all up shell accounts, you too AC.
Yes, I'm overtired. That is all.
It is changed per demographics thus the qualifier. And no, it's not all being written off - it's more subtle than that. Additionally... One of the reasons they like produce (and the bread) is because the smell. The smell makes you salivate and makes you hungry. So there's that aspect as well. It doesn't, however, really run at a loss in the end of the year accounting. The pre-packaged bread stuff is actually pretty profitable as are the pre-packaged snacks but that's a whole other topic.
During certain times of the year they may need to just write their losses off which makes it balance, for the quarter, on the books. As an aside, as I understand it, they actually get more from writing it off which is why much of it isn't donated even though there's some small amount of shelf life left. There are also certain times of year when the produce section is quite profitable (this varies by grocer). Those that can get local produce save a ton and actually often charge more for it. Over all, if I recall correctly, only a small portion of the year and only certain items are at a loss and the whole thing tends to be pretty profitable compared to the bakery and fresh dairy.
I'm not sure when you worked at Publix, specifically in Florida, but you may have noticed they did a design change in 2006-2008 region. I'm unable to disclose who did the work on that. I can say that I'm sort of familiar. ;-) They're trying something new and I don't know what the results have been. They were changing some stores, see the panhandle region, to put some of the dairy in center and not too far from the front. However, walking there, that's another matter. Unless you cut through the checkout counter (usually full or blocked by the little plastic chain if not busy or has traffic in it) then check the layout again. You'll probably find it takes you about the same amount of time to reach as it would for any other store - and they still shunt traffic off to the right, where available - though some additional designs were to be tested. It's actually not too difficult to shut a store down for a two week span and re-do the layout. Properly done, they can still keep the door open if it's not a huge remodel.
As I said, I don't know the newest metrics or what's changed in the design phase which is why I asked for a citation. I also don't know what Publix has done but I am curious. There's one of the "newer" model stores, a good size store, just across the bridge into Panama City Beach. It's down on the left - like you're headed out to the golf courses and State Park. If you get curious and are in the area, check that one out. They used the above mention model - where you can see stuff but still need to walk around to get it. Hint: You're meant to be distracted by the pretty colors and then the smell that hits with the bakery which should be on the right as I recall. There's probably a big barrier between you as you go to the right, that's there for a reason.
That's not the usual post about Jews. Who are you and what did you do with our racist AC troll?
I tried AA. I drank the whole time but I went to meetings. Eventually I quit on my own. It came close to putting me in the hospital, or so I'm told. I don't remember a good portion of it. The whole week and a half is kind of a blur. If you're an old drinker and going to quit - do in detox. If you need help, go to a group therapy session and not to A.A. because A.A. kind of sucks balls. A fair number of them actually used to go out drinking, after meetings, with me. The rest were just bitter drunks or liars sitting around telling war stories in a game of one-ups-manship.
I eat worse than all of you but I'm as fit as a fiddle and look at least ten years younger than I am - if I hide the graybeard. Hell, if I shave I get carded - I'm 58. I'm also part Micmac - North Eastern Native American tribe, we look young unless we stay out in the Sun and, well, you are aware that I'm on /., so...
I, literally, forget to eat some days. I get distracted and just don't get hungry. Sometimes I eat like a bear. I do tend to be active, at my age I kind of should, so there's that but I'm not especially active or anything. I have workout equipment that collects dust. I'd drive to the kitchen, if I could. So, no, I'm not especially active but I garden, hunt, fish, and do shit around the house when I'm home.
I also do an inordinate amount of drugs but I don't drink any more. I drank for about 45 years (I'm only 56, do the math if you'd like) but that had to go as I stopped being a functional drunk after retirement. I'm told I have the constitution of a horse.
I don't think I should be taken as normal, however. I don't think there's much normal about me. I've always been pretty lucky. I don't get a lot of my food from the store, either. However, I didn't always have that luxury. *shrugs* Dunno, really. Anecdotes are kind of silly but I figured that I'd throw mine into the mix.
Oh, I smoke *and inhale* cigars. I'm expecting a visit from the Big C any day now. So far, so good.
I can do that. I live in the land of the Wild Maine Blueberry. I've easily eaten that amount while pretending to help rake them for a buddy who owns a bunch of fields. I was even drinking at the same time. I actually eat a lot of blueberries. :/ They're like my favorite fruit and about the only fruit I eat on a regular basis that hasn't been preserved - even then, I still make and eat nommy blueberry jelly. (I can't quite make jam with blueberries, it just doesn't come out right.) I make a nommy blueberry pie, too. Get me some fresh whipped cream from the farm nearby and eat the hell out of that.
Oh man... I'm in Buffalo, still. I'm not actually sure if anything close sells blueberries. Damn you. Damn you all to hell. *grumbles*
Hmm... Do you have a citation for that produce department running at a loss? I modeled pedestrian traffic and that included needing to prioritize traffic to optimal areas based on projected profit margins. (Yes, foot traffic is optimized and no, you're not immune.) As near as I know, the bakery operates at close to a loss but not quite a loss - they're able to write down donations and destroyed goods (as they can in the produce section). There are loss leaders - usually on something called an 'end cap' but those are not always loss leaders - they're actually sometimes more expensive.
Anyhow, I can go on but I'll be interested in your citation. The data may have changed in eight years but it seems unlikely. With write-downs the produce section was, as I recall, one of the higher profit areas where fresh dairy was one of the lowest profit areas but one of the greatest traffic draws (which is why it's in the back and on the left, usually).
Well, to be fair, lots of stuff gets destroyed because nobody recognized the future value. Also, they thought they'd be going back. It probably was a pretty trivial piece of trash to them that took up space and an uncoordinated man named Donald kept stubbing his toe on it.
I'll pay 1,000,001. I'll even help you offload it into my garage - and I'll buy you beer. All the beer, and bacon, you can consume in a weekend.
Nah, they marry their (proper spelling, by the way) in the hills of West Virginia. And, oddly, Portugal. You can marry your sister in Portugal. :/ At least that's what the news said quite a while back - 'twas on Fark as I recall. No, I have no idea why. Well, no... I know why it was on Fark. I don't know why they allowed it. It was a rather specific amendment, as I recall.
Nope. Not really. That whole area is its own special kind of special. I say that because I care - I do own a house in Florida and I have shared some of the many things I've seen there. Nope, they're definitely unique in some ways and this is one of those ways. It could be selection bias, I guess, but I don't think so.
Put it this way... I own a house in PCB, the home of Spring Break - really. They have a week long period, out of sync with the rest of the country, that they call FAG week. FAG is "Florida, Alabama, and Georgia." They double down on the cops, take the jails and empty them by shipping them to the annex up in Destin, and call in special Beach Police. Not because they're violent or mean. They just do some really stupid things. When you hear about all the deaths during Spring Break - check the week that it happened. It was probably during FAG week.
They do have alligators so, there's that. And manatees. My place is pretty close to a special area that they've got signs telling people that, "Molesting the Manatees is a Serious Offense."
No, I am not kidding. I love the place. They've got character.
Actually, I kind of have a theory that every single one of those abandoned projects is still running somewhere - probably on a headless device, in the closet, in the back of a server room, and was installed by a guy who quit ten years ago. I think they're spectral. I'm only partially kidding.