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Re: What are you thinking right this second?
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:14 pm
by Maurice
ipitcher wrote: Sat Nov 16, 2024 11:35 am
losthighway wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 9:48 pm
I keep thinking about this period decades ago where at least once a year, in a busy parking lot you would be confronted by young men in a van selling speakers. LmThey must have been stolen inventory, but I'd love a rundown of how that all worked.
I had a friend who was crazy enough to buy a pair and swore they sounded amazing.
White van speaker scam
Exactly. Some years ago, I encountered an unusual spin on this sales technique involving door-to-door sales of
raw meat. (The pitch was "Oh, your old neighbor used to subscribe and didn't cancel. We can't take this back to the warehouse, so..." I declined. Shockingly, there are apparently people willing to buy such meat out of the back of a car.)
Re: What are you thinking right this second?
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2024 5:55 pm
by losthighway
Maurice wrote: Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:14 pm
ipitcher wrote: Sat Nov 16, 2024 11:35 am
losthighway wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 9:48 pm
I keep thinking about this period decades ago where at least once a year, in a busy parking lot you would be confronted by young men in a van selling speakers. LmThey must have been stolen inventory, but I'd love a rundown of how that all worked.
I had a friend who was crazy enough to buy a pair and swore they sounded amazing.
White van speaker scam
Exactly. Some years ago, I encountered an unusual spin on this sales technique involving door-to-door sales of
raw meat. (The pitch was "Oh, your old neighbor used to subscribe and didn't cancel. We can't take this back to the warehouse, so..." I declined. Shockingly, there are apparently people willing to buy such meat out of the back of a car.)
The weirdest was when my friend and I dropped by a bank to hit the ATM and a van dude approached us about some Dali prints he needed to get rid of.
Pretty weird.
Re: What are you thinking right this second?
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2024 8:44 pm
by jirbling rake
losthighway wrote: Sat Nov 16, 2024 5:55 pm
Maurice wrote: Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:14 pm
Exactly. Some years ago, I encountered an unusual spin on this sales technique involving door-to-door sales of
raw meat. (The pitch was "Oh, your old neighbor used to subscribe and didn't cancel. We can't take this back to the warehouse, so..." I declined. Shockingly, there are apparently people willing to buy such meat out of the back of a car.)
The weirdest was when my friend and I dropped by a bank to hit the ATM and a van dude approached us about some Dali prints he needed to get rid of.
Pretty weird.
from the wikipedia article:
"White van speakers are often partially filled with concrete or rocks to increase their weight and create the illusion of high quality. "
Lucky Peavey didn't go after them for patent infringement over this
Re: What are you thinking right this second?
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 9:58 am
by penningtron
I don't think Colin Stetson needs to be the soundtrack choice for
every documentary..
(even Martha Stewart agrees..)
Re: What are you thinking right this second?
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 10:22 am
by Teacher's Pet
losthighway wrote:
Maurice wrote: Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:14 pm
Exactly. Some years ago, I encountered an unusual spin on this sales technique involving door-to-door sales of
raw meat. (The pitch was "Oh, your old neighbor used to subscribe and didn't cancel. We can't take this back to the warehouse, so..." I declined. Shockingly, there are apparently people willing to buy such meat out of the back of a car.)
The weirdest was when my friend and I dropped by a bank to hit the ATM and a van dude approached us about some Dali prints he needed to get rid of.
Pretty weird.
Surreal.
Re: What are you thinking right this second?
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 11:59 am
by Krev
I just heard an old Creed song called "Torn." Scott Stapp sucks, but it was pretty heavy.
Re: What are you thinking right this second?
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 5:03 pm
by rsmurphy
^ There is a chord that is struck in the chorus of "My Sacrifice" that I like. Kinda shoots the melody in the air. I think it's a diminished chord, but I'm not the best in calling those things out. I'm not mad at it.
Re: What are you thinking right this second?
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 5:39 pm
by Kniferide
rsmurphy wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2024 5:03 pm
"My Sacrifice"
First thing that came to mind when I read this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t271itvSGQ
Re: What are you thinking right this second?
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 5:47 pm
by rsmurphy
lolz!
Re: What are you thinking right this second?
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2024 6:38 am
by jimmy spako
What if they were actually sex-fueled drug parties?