I’ve never used a fork to split an English muffin, but maybe I’ll start now.
I always Thomas’ English muffins. They are fork split and have wonderful nooks and crannies. I just wish the fork splitting was more even.
In the parking garage at a local shopping center is a long row of Tesla Superchargers. I was at that shopping center today when I saw a guy parking his decidedly non-electric pickup in one of the supercharger spaces. In this specific instance he wasn’t really harming anyone because there were still lots of vacant chargers, so he wasn’t preventing anyone who really needed to charge their car from doing so. But it still feels like a really assholeish thing to do.
The best!
I’m guessing he thinks he’s stickin’ it to the Libs! (He probably also parks in those woke “For pregnant mothers only” spots.)
Bicycle computer - GRRR.
I have a nice new electric bike. I love it. Except… the computer. It does the usual things like speed and distance traveled. A few other things as well.
While I’m riding it’s nice to change between my speed and distance traveled. It’s a simple toggle button that you push. Don’t have to hunt around for it or even take my eyes off the road. Then, a quick glance at it to get the info.
Well, when ever you change between the two settings (I’m sure these are the most common looked at) a message pops up, and blocks the read out for about 5-7 seconds “Avoid distracted riding” not every time though. GAHHHH. Stop distracting me with unnecessary messages that prevent me from seeing the information. Now I have to keep looking down at the display again and again as I wait for the stupid message goes away.
I wonder if this same guy thinks the “__ items or less” cashier should scan his 40+ items because there are no other customers in that lane right now. I’ve been that cashier and, as you may have guessed, someone who actually has less than __ items would appear soon after I began scanning a larger amount of items. (And, unfortunately, the store does not always allow the cashier to turn people with more items away from the express lane, which defeats the purpose of it.)
I’ve often thought that registers on a “__ items or less” lane should automatically add up the total when __ items have been rung up.
Stupid and wrong polls- the California Academy of Sciences did a poll in 2008, and these were the results-
. According to the national survey commissioned by the California Academy of Sciences:
- Only 53% of adults know how long it takes for the Earth to revolve around the Sun.
- Only 59% of adults know that the earliest humans and dinosaurs did not live at the same time.
- Only 47% of adults can roughly approximate the percent of the Earth’s surface that is covered with water.*
- Only 21% of adults answered all three questions correctl.
The question about “Did the earliest humans and dinosaurs live at the same time?” The “right” answer was “Correct Answer: No.”, But they were wrong. The earliest humans and dinosaurs did live at the same time- in fact humans and dinosaurs are living together now. You might jave eaten parts of a dinosaur recently- many Americans have.
Birds are Dinosaurs.
Now, I quote the question in it’s entirety - no mention of “non-avian dinosaurs”. And that poll has been quoted many times, letting various people to get yucks about how stupid Americans are.
- “Only 59% of adults know that the earliest humans and dinosaurs did not live at the same time.”
Now look at the other questions “Only 53% of adults know how long it takes for the Earth to revolve around the Sun.” That is also kinda tricky as “365 days” - although a solid and useful approximation- is wrong. 365 days, 5 hours, and 49 minutes is more exact.
So, if given that poll, with a “yes or no” response- how would you reply to “Did the earliest humans and dinosaurs live at the same time?” ? See, that is a tough call. Technically the right answer is Yes, but based on Birds are dinos. So, then you could answer “no”, based upon non-avian dinosaurs were extinct some 60+ million years before humans.
Without knowing the exact question put forth, it’s difficult to tell if this is the fault of the California Academy of Sciences, or if it’s Science Daily’s spin on the matter. Unfortunately, the ‘Materials’ link is dead (not surprising, since it’s from 2008), so we can’t tell for sure exactly what was being asked.
The only thing that infuriates me about it is that it’s inconsistently applied and I blame Target. In my entire life I’ve probably been stuck behind 5 or less people with significantly more than 10 (or whatever) items. So that part in the grand scheme of things is not that bad.
The infuriating exceptions were both at Target. One time, Target had just introduced a 10 item limit on self checkout and they were redirecting people who were only barely over the limit. They didn’t even warn them, just bam, straight to the non self checkout. Other places wouldn’t do that. I wasn’t even one of those people, I was outraged on their behalf.
The other time I was behind one person in a single non checkout line when the line next to me opened. The cashier said for the next person to come over. I waited for the person in front of me to move but they didn’t. At that point I probably should have verbally asked them, but instead I moved, at which point the cashier said that the person in front of me should move to them instead. That NEVER happens to me when I’m in that situation. Whenever I wait longer than I actually waited, someone behind me or not even in a line ALWAYS swoops in in front of both me and the person in front of me and the cashier never makes them move back for me.
I worked at a Target in the early 2010s and I did not like it for several reasons.
And I understand your annoyance about the second situation. I’ve felt a similar way about co-workers who were 15 - 45 minutes late all the time, even longer, but managers were annoyed if I was ever two minutes late.
It is difficult, I agree, but I was able to find that exact question "“Did the earliest humans and dinosaurs live at the same time?”. Perhaps there was some attached explanation that has been lost?
I am annoyed because a local coffee cafe which specializes in espresso drinks and breakfast items, and which locates itself on a main commuter street, does not open until 9 a.m. At 7 or 7:30 a.m., the street is a river of commuters, and includes thousands of people looking for caffeine. But by the time this cafe opens, everyone has gone to work and the street is quiet. This isn’t the only coffee joint that does this and I’m bewildered why they do business this way.
A related gripe is that boba tea joints typically don’t open until midday. I love a milk tea with boba in it, but I’m sensitive to caffeine. I can drink one in the morning, but not in the afternoon because it’ll keep me up all night. So I can only have one about once a year, when I happen to be driving past one of the very few that are open in the mornings.
Because they are a hallowed “locally owned” business and people should patronize them instead of those big chains or the ones started by immigrants that are open at 6:00 with no regard for the work life balance of the owners/employees. I mean who can get to work before putting your kids on the school bus.
I live in an affluent town and in the last 15 years I have seen business after business started by a local family (usually with one spouse holding a high paid job) that has ridiculously inconvenient hours, a “curated” assortment of goods and services, and eye watering prices. Puffed up at the opening by the local social media mavens and whatever is left of “local newspapers” and then mourned by the same when they inevitably fold in a few months.
Then the wailing and gnashing of teeth when a Dunkin, Starbucks, Tous Les Jours, Cava takes up the space and thrives. How is the SAHM mom supposed to compete with that?
On a pet forum with an off-topic/chat section, someone said they are frustrated with family right now. Another member invited them to vent their frustration, but they said it’s not something they can share on the forum. Why mention it on the forum at all? Reminds me of people on Facebook (before I quit) who write a vague, attention-seeking post about being angry, sad, etc…then say they can’t talk about it on FB.
Exactly. Not every local business deserves to be supported and chosen over the bigger chains.
This includes people who are selling their soaps, candles, bakery items, etc. Sorry, I don’t want to pay $6 for a piece of soap that is barely bigger than a quarter, just because you started calling yourself a “local artisan”.
You are correct on that. The fact that the big chains are big is that rational consumers will buy their product at the place that gives them the best deal, even if “Best deal” doesn’t mean just the price. Convenience and variety also play a part. I buy soap from the fancy place downtown because it has exotic types of soap that I can’t get at Publix. And I can shop there while I’m out of the office on break or lunch. These ma and pa places have to play to things that the big chains don’t offer. My downtown is a touristy area, so in a way, that alters the market and lets them offer stuff like souvenirs and local art that you won’t find in a big store.
If the $6 soap is literally the size of a quarter, I wouldn’t buy it either. But I have noticed that the handmade soaps often last three or four times as long as a bar of equivalent size bought at a standard store; so the price equivalence in use, though not in number of bars, may be a lot closer than it looks or even in the other direction.
Oh, I agree. A good handmade soap is nice and there are usually scents that I don’t find in most stores. Also, there are people who seem to enjoy their hobby first - selling some of what they make is just a nice extra for them. Unlike the people who seem to have started the “craft” purely for the small business attempt.