Willie Oleson
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Is it a hint that you need to lose weight?
ClassyCo
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Well... You have a point thereIs it a hint that you need to lose weight?
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I love peppers -- and all toppings.
ClassyCo
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My wife loves all the toppings. We are polar opposites when it comes to what we like and don't like to eat.
ClassyCo
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As some of you may know, I work at a bank. I've been in banking for six years come October. For different reasons, I've worked at four different banks during that time frame. I've worked with a variety of people, too.
At my current bank, I work with this guy (who's just a year older than me) that's a real jock-type. We went to college together a few years back and he used to workout at the gym with my brother-in-law. He's a decent enough guy, but we haven't anything in common outside of work and him laughing at the dumb jokes I make about our customers and our bank's corporate procedures.
Anyway, this guy sometimes talks over me and proceeds to speak as if he knows it all and I know nothing. Like, excuse me -- I've got five years worth of experience on you. And who has been out of balance in their teller drawer multiple times and for substantial amounts? Umm... Not me. That's been you, bud.
Oh, I've got to share this one story. So, our bank had been saying for months that it was upgrading our teller system. We got emails, we heard it in webinars, we talked about it all the time. This guy goes to our corporate headquarters for training and comes back with this "Big news!" he just has to tell us. What was the big news? Our corporate is updating the reset system. Like, bro where have you been the past six months? We've been talking about this on-and-off for the better part of a year.
So, yeah, this guy is at least semi-annoying. I don't always "click" with guys anyway. They often irritate me, especially when they ride the macho-guy wagon. Oh, and you know I just love how the women fawn over him. There's this one lady in our office that is terribly indiscreet about her attraction to said guy. One time I seriously considered reporting her comments towards him to HR. Yes, it was that uncomfortable.
Another rant over.
At my current bank, I work with this guy (who's just a year older than me) that's a real jock-type. We went to college together a few years back and he used to workout at the gym with my brother-in-law. He's a decent enough guy, but we haven't anything in common outside of work and him laughing at the dumb jokes I make about our customers and our bank's corporate procedures.
Anyway, this guy sometimes talks over me and proceeds to speak as if he knows it all and I know nothing. Like, excuse me -- I've got five years worth of experience on you. And who has been out of balance in their teller drawer multiple times and for substantial amounts? Umm... Not me. That's been you, bud.
Oh, I've got to share this one story. So, our bank had been saying for months that it was upgrading our teller system. We got emails, we heard it in webinars, we talked about it all the time. This guy goes to our corporate headquarters for training and comes back with this "Big news!" he just has to tell us. What was the big news? Our corporate is updating the reset system. Like, bro where have you been the past six months? We've been talking about this on-and-off for the better part of a year.
So, yeah, this guy is at least semi-annoying. I don't always "click" with guys anyway. They often irritate me, especially when they ride the macho-guy wagon. Oh, and you know I just love how the women fawn over him. There's this one lady in our office that is terribly indiscreet about her attraction to said guy. One time I seriously considered reporting her comments towards him to HR. Yes, it was that uncomfortable.
Another rant over.
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I feel that way about technology. I'll adopt something new when I think it will be useful but I hate being forced to use something when the old way still works for me - especially having to upgrade a perfectly good piece of equipment just because "they" have changed the system somewhere up the line. And it's not really an "upgrade" when in fact you have to buy a new one.
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Political correctness/Wokeness
DallasFanForever
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Never really bothered me that much ‘cause, well, I can be a nosy neighbor myself I notice.
Willie Oleson
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When shopkeepers and people at the checkout doing difficult about payment in 100 euro bills.
This was never a problem when we still payed in Dutch guilders, and the very idea that sellers would only reluctantly accept cash money is beyond insane.
It's their job to take our money, and as much as possible. And yet a 100 euro bill is something to be sniffed at? Morons!
This was never a problem when we still payed in Dutch guilders, and the very idea that sellers would only reluctantly accept cash money is beyond insane.
It's their job to take our money, and as much as possible. And yet a 100 euro bill is something to be sniffed at? Morons!
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When I turned on this laptop earlier a message from Microsoft greeted me and told me that Windows 10 will no longer be supported in the near future and I have to buy a new laptop to benefit from the Windows "upgrade". Things move on and new everything's become the norms. Having to move with the times feels more like being shepherded instead of choosing. All that said, speaking of my experiences, when the Luddite within me decided to try or was compelled to use new tech.... gotta say I often wondered why I refused.
Willie Oleson
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Item "in stock" but they don't ship it.
Right now it's happening with the INSIDE NO. 9 complete DVD boxset (ordered two weeks ago) and it's also happened twice with the DARK SHADOWS complete DVD boxset. I cancelled the order and bought it again, only to cancel the order again because nothing was happening (which means I still can't watch the missing youtube episodes).
I know it's not a world problem but I really don't like it when something or someone comes between me and my stories.
Right now it's happening with the INSIDE NO. 9 complete DVD boxset (ordered two weeks ago) and it's also happened twice with the DARK SHADOWS complete DVD boxset. I cancelled the order and bought it again, only to cancel the order again because nothing was happening (which means I still can't watch the missing youtube episodes).
I know it's not a world problem but I really don't like it when something or someone comes between me and my stories.
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My smart TV upgraded from Android 9 to Android 11 the other day.
I have my DVD player connected to the Composite input, and, before, I would switch the TV to Composite, then stand up, walk across the room, turn on the DVD player and load the disc, go back and sit down.
Now, the TV won't let me switch to Composite; it tells me there is no device connected. So I have to go over and turn the DVD player on, go back and switch to Composite, go back and load the DVD player, go back and sit down.
I know this is not really a big deal in the great scheme of things, but it's not the first time I've found that new software or a new device actually has less functionality than the old one.
Another example: I've had to buy a new mobile phone because of the switch-off of the 3G network. The old one used to ding when the battery was fully charged; the new one doesn't, so I have no idea when to turn the power point off.
I just don't understand why anyone would deliberately make these choices.
I have my DVD player connected to the Composite input, and, before, I would switch the TV to Composite, then stand up, walk across the room, turn on the DVD player and load the disc, go back and sit down.
Now, the TV won't let me switch to Composite; it tells me there is no device connected. So I have to go over and turn the DVD player on, go back and switch to Composite, go back and load the DVD player, go back and sit down.
I know this is not really a big deal in the great scheme of things, but it's not the first time I've found that new software or a new device actually has less functionality than the old one.
Another example: I've had to buy a new mobile phone because of the switch-off of the 3G network. The old one used to ding when the battery was fully charged; the new one doesn't, so I have no idea when to turn the power point off.
I just don't understand why anyone would deliberately make these choices.
Very frustrating when extra steps are added to something you once thought a snap.
Willie Oleson
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I'm old enough to remember the time when all we had to do was press the power button.
Nowadays, your moves are immediately blocked by "update this or that software" alert. I call it modern technology red tape.
Is it old-fashioned that my TV is still SCART-connected?
Nowadays, your moves are immediately blocked by "update this or that software" alert. I call it modern technology red tape.
Is it old-fashioned that my TV is still SCART-connected?
When it comes to EBay, one thing I strongly dislike (I shop for vintage newspapers there a lot): when sellers price their wares far out of proportion to the items being sold. Take this Dallas Times Herald front part for Thursday, May 17, 1990, which is only the front part of the first 18 pages, with the headlines of the deaths of Sammy Davis, Jr. and Jim Henson (at 64 and 53 respectively); the asking price for just that one part (of 18 pages) is an astronomical $150, plus $4.63 shipping, and who knows how much tax, which means you're spending a pretty penny for practically nothing (outside of being a fan of either Davis, Jr. or Henson).
On the other hand, other sellers have priced more reasonably to the content offered (like this partial Sunday Star-News from Wilmington, NC, with the headline of Clinton's impeachment in 1998; it's priced at $8.06, w/$9.45 shipping, but that's far better than paying good money for next to nothing with that Dallas paper).
The Dallas Times Herald - Sammy Davis Jr / Jim Henson - May 17, 1990 | eBay
The Dallas Times Herald - May 17, 1990. The Dallas Times Herald was discontinued at the end of December 1991. Obituaries of Sammy Davis Jr. and Jim Henson. Celebrity News.
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On the other hand, other sellers have priced more reasonably to the content offered (like this partial Sunday Star-News from Wilmington, NC, with the headline of Clinton's impeachment in 1998; it's priced at $8.06, w/$9.45 shipping, but that's far better than paying good money for next to nothing with that Dallas paper).
Dec 20, 1998 WILMINGTON NC STAR-NEWS newspaper section ~ BILL CLINTON IMPEACHED | eBay
Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Dec 20, 1998 WILMINGTON NC STAR-NEWS newspaper section ~ BILL CLINTON IMPEACHED at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!
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DallasFanForever
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This happens to me all the time now and it drives me mad. Every time I think I finally have something figured out here comes a new wrinkle that I have to adjust to.
Bumping this up: just deleted my Goodreads account. Why? Because, for one thing (and I don't know if I told you), once you log in a particular title to your "to-read" shelf, you are not allowed to delete it from that shelf, even if that book is part of a compilation. Right now, I have just now started A Perry Mason Omnibus (published by William Morrow), incorporating The Case of the Velvet Claws (the first Mason novel), The Case of the Demure Defendant, and The Case of the Sunbather's Diary.
The problem is, I had logged in that Velvet Claws novel to my "to-read" shelf, and now that I have it in that compilation, I thought it would have been superfluous to have it in the "to-read" shelf. Goodreads site rules, however, state that once you've stated that you want to read a specific title, you cannot remove it from the "to-read" shelf, regardless if you have it in another edition that is not that single book, and that's why I went "smoke it," and deleted my account.
The problem is, I had logged in that Velvet Claws novel to my "to-read" shelf, and now that I have it in that compilation, I thought it would have been superfluous to have it in the "to-read" shelf. Goodreads site rules, however, state that once you've stated that you want to read a specific title, you cannot remove it from the "to-read" shelf, regardless if you have it in another edition that is not that single book, and that's why I went "smoke it," and deleted my account.