tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post7385570968478686015..comments2024-03-28T14:52:13.218-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: Inconvenient ConvenienceJim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-58109816521269099532007-09-19T12:51:00.000-05:002007-09-19T12:51:00.000-05:00Well, see, Steve, I brought Apple into it for two ...Well, see, Steve, I brought Apple into it for two reasons. 1) the whole maggot in the apple analogy doesn't work with maggot/PC and I really wanted to use the Maggot bit. 2) I just wanted you to make a comment, and I figured bashing Apple would surely do it. Heh, see? It worked.<BR/><BR/>And I'm with you on the self-check out lane, especially since I usually buy a lot of fresh vegetables and the whole menu selection/weighing bit just pisses me off. How dammed hard would it be to put a roll of bar code strips next to the plastic bags in the fresh vegetable isle? Then I could just stick one of those on each bag and scan them without endless menu poking. I will say that I never thought of using grenades on the stupid self checkout station, I'll try that next time.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-11377210163477877162007-09-19T11:03:00.000-05:002007-09-19T11:03:00.000-05:00I don't know why you need to bring Apple into this...I don't know why you need to bring Apple into this? It's mostly windows programmers that have to had eight dialog boxes to tell you that you can't get there from here. <BR/><BR/>Also, another reason I love cash (most strippers card swipe machines are on the fritz). And another reason why I hate self-check out lanes. Hate. I don't throw that word around like Jim does. I hate those things. Give me a 10% discount for using them and I might soften to the idea (because I'm doing the damn work these stores need to be paying someone for - I'm good with bagging my own groceries, BTW, because of the brain dead idiots that have no idea that at one time they had to train baggers so they did their job right). But for now, you know, grenades go off accidentally all the time. Opps, there goes another station. Sorry, I secured it to my genny belt by the pin and not the clip. My bad.Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-5111215059980414142007-09-18T16:06:00.000-05:002007-09-18T16:06:00.000-05:00What? And give up show business?Note to self: Can...<EM>What? And give up show business?</EM><BR/><BR/>Note to self: Cancel cable.You're an Assholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634153185390764524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-53172287785399783052007-09-18T15:36:00.000-05:002007-09-18T15:36:00.000-05:00now that you're retired, perhaps you could, I don'...<I>now that you're retired, perhaps you could, I don't know, lighten up?</I><BR/><BR/>What? And give up show business?Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-36366577353081527542007-09-18T15:32:00.000-05:002007-09-18T15:32:00.000-05:00Interesting about the lawn. I have a friend who l...Interesting about the lawn. I have a friend who lives in Larkspur (mountainous suburb), and he has no lawn, just evergreens, rocks and local fauna. And he loves the whole "no mowing" aspect of mountain living.<BR/><BR/>And I <EM>do know</EM> that being a curmudgeon is a required personality trait of the W.O. community. I was just thinking, now that you're retired, perhaps you could, I don't know, <EM>lighten up?</EM><BR/><BR/>Being a civilian has its rewards - easy debit card usage just doesn't happen to be one of them. <BR/><BR/>Hee!You're an Assholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634153185390764524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-86665219536143229772007-09-18T15:15:00.000-05:002007-09-18T15:15:00.000-05:00I have an excellent lawn, that is full of leaves a...I have an excellent lawn, that is full of leaves at the moment. You've got to remember, in the summer I've got 23 hours of sunlight and rain, per day. I usually mow twice a week just to keep from having to send out a SAR for the neighborhood children.<BR/><BR/>And as to being a curmudgeon, I was a <I>Warrant</I>, Janiece. The navy fed me a strict diet of bitter dried out, ground-up, career-killed Academy Lieutenant Commanders for years to make me into the curmudgeonly bastard I am. Blame them.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-82816748931975626312007-09-18T14:46:00.000-05:002007-09-18T14:46:00.000-05:00Do you even have a lawn?Do you even <EM>have</EM> a lawn?You're an Assholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634153185390764524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-54129407177944907562007-09-18T14:31:00.000-05:002007-09-18T14:31:00.000-05:00Hey, you kids! Get off my lawn! [shakes stick]Hey, you kids! Get off my lawn! [shakes stick]Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-11463308888487591052007-09-18T14:27:00.000-05:002007-09-18T14:27:00.000-05:00You're turning into a curmudgeon. An amusing curm...You're turning into a curmudgeon. An amusing curmudgeon, but a curmudgeon nonetheless.<BR/><BR/>When you start wearing your pants pulled up to your armpits, I'm outta here. Amusing or not, a gal's got to draw the line <EM>somewhere.</EM>You're an Assholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634153185390764524noreply@blogger.com