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Title: I'm so bummed
Post by: TimRB on April 09, 2020, 05:31:34 PM
You used to be able to get:

a free churchkey at any liquor store (the software here doesn't even like the word "churchkey")
a free yardstick at any hardware store
a free carpenter's pencil at any lumberyard
a free road map at any gas station

Okay, I admit it.  This is just a gratuitous post to try to build my post count.  "Junior member"?  Sheesh.  But at least I didn't mention the coronavirus.

Tim
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Anthony on April 09, 2020, 05:34:20 PM
You used to be able to get:

a free churchkey at any liquor store (the software here doesn't even like the word "churchkey")
a free yardstick at any hardware store
a free carpenter's pencil at any lumberyard
a free road map at any gas station

Okay, I admit it.  This is just a gratuitous post to try to build my post count.  "Junior member"?  Sheesh.  But at least I didn't mention the coronavirus.

Tim

Allow me to use my grandiose Moderator powers to elevate your status!!!

Wait.  I don't have any.  Never mind.  Oh, girls with guns pictures work better.  "Guns". 
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Lucifer on April 09, 2020, 05:36:24 PM
You used to be able to get:

a free churchkey at any liquor store (the software here doesn't even like the word "churchkey")
a free yardstick at any hardware store
a free carpenter's pencil at any lumberyard
a free road map at any gas station

Okay, I admit it.  This is just a gratuitous post to try to build my post count.  "Junior member"?  Sheesh.  But at least I didn't mention the coronavirus.

Tim

But why do people drive on a parkway, then park in a driveway?
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Rush on April 09, 2020, 05:40:51 PM
But why do people drive on a parkway, then park in a driveway?

Why do flammable and inflammable mean the same thing?
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Lucifer on April 09, 2020, 05:53:07 PM
Why do flammable and inflammable mean the same thing?

"Jumbo Shrimp"
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Lucifer on April 09, 2020, 05:53:53 PM
Why do flammable and inflammable mean the same thing?

Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Rush on April 09, 2020, 05:59:34 PM
Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?

Why do raised and razed mean the opposite?
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Lucifer on April 09, 2020, 06:02:18 PM
Why do raised and razed mean the opposite?

Why does an alarm clock "go off" when it begins ringing?
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Anthony on April 09, 2020, 06:04:24 PM
I'm just DYING to go there!       ???
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Lucifer on April 09, 2020, 06:05:22 PM
I'm just DYING to go there!       ???

Is there another word for thesaurus?
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Rush on April 09, 2020, 06:28:39 PM
I'm just DYING to go there!       ???

I’m going to die there!
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Anthony on April 09, 2020, 06:30:23 PM
I’m going to die there!

Obviously you grew up watching "Dark Shadows"
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Rush on April 09, 2020, 06:35:15 PM
Obviously you grew up watching "Dark Shadows"

You must have read my new sig line. Oh yes.
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Anthony on April 09, 2020, 06:39:03 PM
You must have read my new sig line. Oh yes.

I remember Barny walling up some guy brick by brick in a part of his mansion.  Terrified the crap out of me.  I slept with my gun in bed with me that night.  Like that would work against the un dead.   ::)
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Rush on April 09, 2020, 07:29:29 PM
I remember Barny walling up some guy brick by brick in a part of his mansion.  Terrified the crap out of me.  I slept with my gun in bed with me that night.  Like that would work against the un dead.   ::)

The video quality sucks but still... one of the best scenes in the whole series. Barnabas lecturing Trask about his persecution of Victoria Winters, ending with “I will show you no mercy,” as he stares down the terrified Trask.  While they’re standing over a coffin!

Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Lucifer on April 10, 2020, 04:11:20 AM
It is hard to understand how a cemetery raised its burial cost and blamed it on the cost of living.
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Lucifer on April 10, 2020, 04:44:42 AM
For Anthony


Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Bob Noel on April 10, 2020, 04:58:24 AM
For Anthony




The guy behind the camera was not happy when it worked on the first take.
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Anthony on April 10, 2020, 05:21:11 AM
For Anthony


See, they ARE real!  They catch things!
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Rush on April 10, 2020, 05:36:02 AM
The guy behind the camera was not happy when it worked on the first take.

Or did they have to do twenty million takes for each arrangement before it accidentally hit the mark? I couldn’t believe he was bouncing it off TVs and stuff and getting it in there on the first try.
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Bob Noel on April 10, 2020, 05:40:33 AM
Or did they have to do twenty million takes for each arrangement before it accidentally hit the mark? I couldn’t believe he was bouncing it off TVs and stuff and getting it in there on the first try.

I think you missed the point...
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Rush on April 10, 2020, 05:44:29 AM
I think you missed the point...

I got the point but chose to ignore it.   ;D
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Mr Pou on April 10, 2020, 06:23:32 AM
I got the point but chose to ignore it.   ;D

That's what engineers sometimes do, even when we know better lol...
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Steingar on April 10, 2020, 12:34:36 PM
You used to be able to get:

a free churchkey at any liquor store (the software here doesn't even like the word "churchkey")
There are cans that don't have pull tabs?
a free yardstick at any hardware store
Must be before my time, never got one ever.  Can't see why they would either.
a free carpenter's pencil at any lumberyard
I tend to have a pencil already in my pocket on those few occasions when I work with wood.
a free road map at any gas station
I never got a free map at any station ever, though they had good ones for sale.  Of course only a true Luddite needs one of those things in this day and age.



Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Username on April 10, 2020, 12:45:00 PM
There are cans that don't have pull tabs?Must be before my time, never got one ever.  Can't see why they would either.I tend to have a pencil already in my pocket on those few occasions when I work with wood.I never got a free map at any station ever, though they had good ones for sale.  Of course only a true Luddite needs one of those things in this day and age.
Perhaps it's because they don't like you?
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Anthony on April 10, 2020, 01:32:44 PM
There are cans that don't have pull tabs?

There are still canned goods with no pull tabs, and there are still bottles that require a bottle opener which don't have screw off bottle caps.

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Must be before my time, never got one ever.

We're about the same age, you may even be older than me and I remember when hardware stores gave out free yardsticks.  Why?  It was good advertising for them. 

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Of course only a true Luddite needs one of those things in this day and age.

Ever hear of redundancy?  Why does your airplane have two magnetos, a vacuum system and an electrical system?  I always have a compass and map with me on the road or in the air in case the GPS system goes down.  I've had electrical failures in the plane where all I had was a chart, magnetic compass and watch to navigate.  Also, when out in the woods I navigate strictly my map and compass.  Am I a "Luddite"? 
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Bob Noel on April 10, 2020, 01:37:54 PM

Ever hear of redundancy?  Why does your airplane have two magnetos, a vacuum system and an electrical system?  I always have a compass and map with me on the road or in the air in case the GPS system goes down.  I've had electrical failures in the plane where all I had was a chart, magnetic compass and watch to navigate.  Also, when out in the woods I navigate strictly my map and compass.  Am I a "Luddite"?

I like using charts to see the big picture rather than looking at things through a soda straw that you get to use with GPS displays
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: TimRB on April 10, 2020, 01:42:55 PM
And another thing...

If "loose" is how we now spell "lose", then how do we spell the word formerly known as "loose"?  "Luce"?

Junior Member Tim
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Anthony on April 10, 2020, 01:55:30 PM
And another thing...

If "loose" is how we now spell "lose", then how do we spell the word formerly known as "loose"?  "Luce"?

Junior Member Tim

Loose the attitude Tim.  Remember, you are only a Junior Member. 
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: nddons on April 10, 2020, 03:48:20 PM
There are still canned goods with no pull tabs, and there are still bottles that require a bottle opener which don't have screw off bottle caps.

We're about the same age, you may even be older than me and I remember when hardware stores gave out free yardsticks.  Why?  It was good advertising for them. 

Ever hear of redundancy?  Why does your airplane have two magnetos, a vacuum system and an electrical system?  I always have a compass and map with me on the road or in the air in case the GPS system goes down.  I've had electrical failures in the plane where all I had was a chart, magnetic compass and watch to navigate.  Also, when out in the woods I navigate strictly my map and compass.  Am I a "Luddite"?
You obviously don’t fly a fancy Mooney, so yes.
Title: Re: I'm so bummed
Post by: Little Joe on April 11, 2020, 01:22:40 PM
For Anthony



Now that guy was an athlete.  That should be an Olympic sport!