WTF-Beta

So you have no ownership and you're subsidizing someone else's farm. If that's what's happening.

@realplayer I've been entertaining myself watching the price of stock items in stores rise in real time.

It's not just me. People are creating YouTube channels with short videos. Go in one day. Video the price of something. Go in a week or two later...

My favorite (and least favorite I'll admit) so far are- car models in toy section of CVS.

$8.99 for years. Then one day suddenly $19.99.

The other is my analog Casio had a $13 actual price (not retail) for 10 years.

I buy a new one every few years when the face gets scratched up and hard to read, the band starts as soft but becomes less comfortable after a few years, and occasionally the replaceable battery will die but the watch is worn out.

I went to the Wal-Mart site, found it, and bought it a few months ago.

I paid between $25 and $30.

Now I feel like I should be wearing gloves when I handle it.

I actually store it in a locked file cabinet.

Speaking of buying a carp ton of things, I've bought a lot of household supplies from Walmart.

W...+ is a subscription I like. I'll do things like buy 18 rolls of toilet paper 2 in cart, 13 gallon garbage bags (x2), 32 gallon garbage bags (x2), cleaning vinegar (x2), dishwashing soap (x4), Zep spray bottles (x4), etc.

I guess it's a kind of hoarding. It's partly a trauma response for sure

The problem is the one you might expect. I have some items stocked for months, meaning some amount of that money has been put into the future, that could have been used to pay present bills or could have been used to pay a bill in the present into the future.

As far as the social interaction, it says it- we'll leave your order at the door.

Then do that.

Don't knock.

Non-contact delivery shouldn't include contact.

I'm not rude about it but it's annoying.

¿Qué es más macho?

Not for me.

Here.

I'll do it.

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QED

@wtg said:

@AndyD said:

the crush of the unwashed hoards

We go to a warehouse that is five minutes from our house, but there are a couple of others within 15 minutes or so that we go to occasionally because they do carry different products than our store does. Each warehouse has its own personality.

The one in the town where rich people live is our least favorite. The members and the employees all seem to have the same sour attitude and it's pretty unpleasant to shop there. People fight over parking spaces and the employees look haggard and are rude to customers.

There's another one in a middle class suburb where there are a lot of Indians and Pakistanis, and where we can get a wider variety of the food products from those countries. It's insanely busy but everyone is really nice.

The third one is in an area that is multi-ethnic, with lots of Southeast Asians and that is near a suburb that has a large Jewish population. They have the best selection of foods I'm not likely to see anywhere else. The place is crazy busy, too, and has the feeling of a market. But in a fun way.

Bottom line: The rich people are entitled snobs and make everyone else miserable.

That's an understatement.

This is interesting.

Every Costco here has the same inventory.

I'm waiting to find this lady's September birthstones videos. 🧐

Update on jewelry:

22" silver chain. Rolls off and on by moving both sides over ears then gently rolling over "Neanderthal" brow.

Brilliant!

1 mm height silver cross pendant aka as a charm.

Had to put it up for safe keeping.

Factory made Byzantine link silver bracelet.

Arrived from Turkey.

USPS hadn't sorted my change of address yet, was holding my mail, and it was returned to sender.

Foolishly realized it was 3x the price of same type bracelet low end price point. Yikes.

Also, I read the link. Impressive.

The only thing I found to note is- 'you can sign anonymously'.

Well no, not really.

Oh, one more Ellison story.

He's on tape saying everyone should be video recorded at all times in all places in all homes in all rooms...

He said people will behave if they know they are being watched this way.

Here's the part that's even more bizarre- (quoting) "Nobody will see it without a court order".

Thanks, Bernard.

Unfortunately, Ellison bought CBS and his son bought Paramount.

Now Paramount wants to buy Warner Brothers.

I'm sensing a pattern.

Btw, Ellison is a Zionist (just a fact) and the largest donor to the IDF in history.

He bought Lanai (yes the entire island), part of Maui County when I lived on Maui.

For perspective it's the 6th largest of the main islands.

I went around my house and looked at the c. 1972 AT&T phone outlets. It still has them.

In the kitchen, the living room, the bedroom..

I can imagine people living here back then.

I wonder if they still work.

@dougg Interesting.

Good news.

@andyd Speaking of diesel it crossed the 6 USD mark now moving toward 7 USD.

@Axtremus said:

@Daniel said:

There are men who go to Costco to have sex in the bathrooms.

As the article quoted in the opening post says: “… the warehouse giant has emerged as an unexpected anchor for connection.“

It gives new meaning to the word connection.

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Lilibet's surrogate found in a Colorado.

Harry has in fact not proven his paternity. Can he?

I saw this coming before the marriage ceremony.

What a dumpster fire.

Verizon seeks FCC approval to phase out copper landlines

https://share.google/WdvMbDOhFwdXWG72i

My late sister predicted this would happen.

I was looking forward to adding a house phone for the quality reception.

I bet every company will do the same.

I guess I might do it. Maybe not.

It would be nice to talk on a telephone at home without the risk of hanging up on a caller by doing something stupid like accidentally tapping your cellphone against your head, accidentally touching the screen, etc.

Having a cheap plastic phone instead of a Bell telephone is a given but being connected to the same cell tower system you use anyway?

Another great 100+ year old invention gone.

IDK

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This is too funny!

Most expensive gems.

1, 2, 3.

More like: here's random few expensive gems.

3. Looks like a rock to me and not in a good way.

4. This is why I post this video. Jade. It's valued above emeralds. Many variables but Jade is most valued green stone. Of course it has to be the quality shown here.

Look at it!

Isn't that incredible?!

1. Pink diamonds. What is he on about?

Not close to true.

This is a talking point the Argyle mine, Australia put out recently after their mine ran out.

The jade shown here ("It looks like Jade but it's jade" * snort * ) has a value in the stratosphere. It's always been that way.

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Omg.

@CHAS said:

Stranger

@chas @steve-miller @all

Try Eva Cassidy's rendition Live at Blues Alley if you haven't. It's my favorite recording of W S.

Correction, No. It was not performed there. It was studio recorded for an album and the compilation album Songbird is the easy place to find it.

Whoa. At this point I'll link to it.

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Back to scheduled program.

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