tonyballz wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 3:00 pm "Reading a book all by yourself, huh? Watcha reading? I've never heard of that book. Is it good? What's it about?"

"Listening to music all by yourself, huh? Who's this band? I've never heard of them. Are they good? What kind of music is it?"

Christians on college campuses are the most guilty of all of this.

"You look bored."
"I'm reading."

catwoman wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 4:51 pm

kicker_of_elves wrote: Mon Jun 28, 2021 11:11 am

kokorodoko wrote: Mon Jun 28, 2021 11:03 am

It's easy to make. What's the problem? Or did Karen get mad because you didn't have the ingredients?

It's what EVERY woman in their early 20s to their mid 30s drinks. Seriously. I can profile a drinker's beverage before they even order something and on a good night, I'll even make it before they ask for it. I don't know why they act surprised.

It's a "low-cal" option. Get a lotta booze without a lotta calories (in theory). It's slower than just drinking shots, and probably looks better than pounding vodka shots, too.

You could just as easily have whiskey and soda, or brandy and soda, or gin and diet tonic, or gin and soda. Yet it's always vodka, innit. The proof of the spirit dictates the calories therein. Vodka is always 40%. If there's no sugar added, alcohol is alcohol.

Curry Pervert wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 5:55 pm

motorbike guy wrote: Thu Jul 08, 2021 7:30 am

Curry Pervert wrote: Fri Jul 02, 2021 12:32 pm F'kin COURIERS!

you gotta problem with a person making a living?

Ok maybe I should be more specific.

Bad couriers.

Specifically, HERMES. How the hell they're still in business is a mystery.

I thought you were talking about bicycle couriers. Not just delivery services. I was a bicycle courier in downtown Boston during law school and it was the most fun job I ever had. I got paid to ride my bicycle around the city. Pedestrians did not really like us, but my attitude was - Ill stay off the sidewalk if you stay out of the street, or at least look before you jump out between cars and try to cross in the middle of the block.

I just read about a guy in England who sent his beloved Yamaha preamp for service and the delivery service Hermes lost it. Just lost it. Now he has to find a new pre amp. So yeah, I hear you.

motorbike guy wrote: Thu Jul 15, 2021 2:59 pm I just read about a guy in England who sent his beloved Yamaha preamp for service and the delivery service Hermes lost it. Just lost it. Now he has to find a new pre amp. So yeah, I hear you.

Does not surprise me. I have bought and sold quite a lot of shit over the years and the only problems I've had were with hermes, on multiple occasions. They're cheap, but they still should have gone bankrupt by now.

Curry Pervert wrote: Thu Jul 15, 2021 3:27 pm

motorbike guy wrote: Thu Jul 15, 2021 2:59 pm I just read about a guy in England who sent his beloved Yamaha preamp for service and the delivery service Hermes lost it. Just lost it. Now he has to find a new pre amp. So yeah, I hear you.

Does not surprise me. I have bought and sold quite a lot of shit over the years and the only problems I've had were with hermes, on multiple occasions. They're cheap, but they still should have gone bankrupt by now.

Hermes has a delivery service? Those people must look and smell great!

enframed wrote: Fri Jul 16, 2021 8:54 am

Curry Pervert wrote: Thu Jul 15, 2021 3:27 pm

motorbike guy wrote: Thu Jul 15, 2021 2:59 pm I just read about a guy in England who sent his beloved Yamaha preamp for service and the delivery service Hermes lost it. Just lost it. Now he has to find a new pre amp. So yeah, I hear you.

Does not surprise me. I have bought and sold quite a lot of shit over the years and the only problems I've had were with hermes, on multiple occasions. They're cheap, but they still should have gone bankrupt by now.

Hermes has a delivery service? Those people must look and smell great!

I'm assuming there's some hygiene product available over the pond with the brand name hermes, I've never heard of it.

People at my day job care more about tone than guitar players. You'd think I was Leo Fucking Fender's own Pinocchio the way they project their shit into my "tone".

Shitty truck drivers. I get that driving a truck is a challenging job, but screaming "you bought it truck brought it" as a way to avoid any form of accountability for your mistakes isn't going to make up for the fact that a lot of today's truckers shouldn't be driving a go-kart, let alone dozens of tons of potential killage.

I suspect it's not coincidence that the same people who hang blue lives matter flags are the same ones with signs that say "GOD BLESS ARE TRUCKERS." Yeah, the existence of certain jobs precludes any sort of accountability. Get fucked.

ErikG wrote: Tue Jun 29, 2021 9:59 pm Friends and family: Although I do not have children, as some of you do, I am a grown ass adult and would appreciate a reasonable heads up regarding plans to get together. Because I also have things to do.

Still happening. FFS.

Curry Pervert wrote: Fri Jul 16, 2021 2:34 pm

enframed wrote: Fri Jul 16, 2021 8:54 am

Curry Pervert wrote: Thu Jul 15, 2021 3:27 pm

Does not surprise me. I have bought and sold quite a lot of shit over the years and the only problems I've had were with hermes, on multiple occasions. They're cheap, but they still should have gone bankrupt by now.

Hermes has a delivery service? Those people must look and smell great!

I'm assuming there's some hygiene product available over the pond with the brand name hermes, I've never heard of it.

Hermes is a French luxury fashion house that makes clothing, accessories, scents, and hand-bags (Birkin, for you ladies). It's one of the last family owned (mostly) luxury goods companies, and probably the only other one besides Chanel that doesn't use anything artificial in its perfumes.