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Old Nov 6th 2014 | 1:46 am
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Originally Posted by robin1234
None of my library books ever had bacon in them.
 
Old Nov 6th 2014 | 1:54 am
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Originally Posted by robin1234
That's brilliant.

I had a small collection like that from when I was processing donated books.

One person had a collection of postcards with poetic love messages in slightly broken English. One with this image had a discourse about how women like to keep things in their drawers.

 
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Originally Posted by Sally Redux
I had a small collection like that from when I was processing donated books.

One person had a collection of postcards with poetic love messages in slightly broken English. One with this image had a discourse about how women like to keep things in their drawers. ....
"Their drawers"?
 
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
"Their drawers"?
Well it made me laugh
 
Old Nov 6th 2014 | 2:02 am
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Originally Posted by Sally Redux
Well it made me laugh. ....
So they were the fabric kind, not wooden ones?
 
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
So they were the fabric kind, not wooden ones?
I think it was unintentional. If I'd known about the bloke in Worthing I would have kept the cards for him
 
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
What sort of books smell of bacon?
Hamlet?
 
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
What sort of books smell of bacon?
Pigmalion, G B Shaw
 
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
What sort of books smell of bacon?
The best ones.
 
Old Nov 7th 2014 | 9:02 am
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Coats that don't have coat hooks.

Hooks that don't actually hold anything.

Thermostats that don't have a hour setting when changing the time so you have to roll through all the minutes to set it back an hour.

Timer on the cooker not having a 5 min increment option.

New shit that you buy, that doesn't work.

I am trying really hard to breath and not explode right now :/
 
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Originally Posted by Bob
Coats that don't have coat hooks.

Hooks that don't actually hold anything.

Thermostats that don't have a hour setting when changing the time so you have to roll through all the minutes to set it back an hour.

Timer on the cooker not having a 5 min increment option.

New shit that you buy, that doesn't work.

I am trying really hard to breath and not explode right now :/
I'm disappointed Bob, there's no creative swearing.
 
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Customer Service Depts. that don't...
And then ask if there's anything else they can help you with today.

The concept that Capitalism will ensure competition, better products and services rather than charging the most they can get for the minimum they can give you.
(I'm looking at you phone/internet companies.)
 
Old Nov 7th 2014 | 10:53 am
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Originally Posted by zargof
I'm disappointed Bob, there's no creative swearing.
I'm apparently offensive when the blood boils and I don't want to kill anybody....
 
Old Nov 7th 2014 | 11:02 am
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Originally Posted by Hotscot
Customer Service Depts. that don't...
And then ask if there's anything else they can help you with today.

The concept that Capitalism will ensure competition, better products and services rather than charging the most they can get for the minimum they can give you.
(I'm looking at you phone/internet companies.)
We are paying so much more for my son's phone plan in the US.
 
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Originally Posted by Hotscot
Customer Service Depts. that don't...
And then ask if there's anything else they can help you with today.

The concept that Capitalism will ensure competition, better products and services rather than charging the most they can get for the minimum they can give you.
(I'm looking at you phone/internet companies.)
I was listening to Science Friday on NPR discuss how terrible US Internet speeds are for the price and that many cities and municipalities want to lay their own networks.

U.S. High-Speed Internet Lags Behind on Price, Cost

Good listen if you're interested and have the time.
 


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