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Powershift posted:Some rear end in a top hat went around putting phone books on everybody's porch the other day. Funny story time - several years ago this happened to me. They had a card attached with a url where you could opt out of future directories. I filled out the website and the following week I got a nice letter telling me I opted out. Attached to a phone directory. Called to complain, person I talked to was confused, apologetic, promised to resolve. The next week I had a letter telling me I opted out. Attached to phone directory. Now I had 3 unwanted phone directories and two pointless opt out letters. I gave up, and receive my annual opt out letter and phone directory with joy and happiness.
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Powershift posted:What the hell is this world coming to. 
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Goober Peas posted:Anyone who grew up before the 90s. And they had those tiles, where some of them were honed, but like every third one was polished, so you could jump/skip along only hitting the shiny ones.
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That first act of rebellion as a child, when demanding that you get a ren & stimpy t-shirt in recompense for having to stand still for an hour while some old person stuck you full of pins because it was new suit time.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:btw I had to move the 450lb monstrosity all by myself. Probably not the smartest thing since I just dislocated my shoulder a week ago and it still hurts like gently caress. Ugh, I popped mine out last year laying out to grab a chicken  . Took about a month to get right.
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Powershift posted:
I tried it, but Korail's website is still lovely.
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Sears, ugh. I used to live in a small city that had poo poo for shopping (still does afaik) but going to the BIG CITY and heading to Sears with Grandpa in the 80s was awesome. Waiting for the Christmas catalog was a ritual for about 10 years of my life, slowly going through all the toys pages making a wish list (of which I'd get nothing... we were poor so it really was a dream), gradually maturing and looking at the electronics and associated stuff, and then not flipping quite so fast past the womens stuff. Right up until the mid-late 90s, they had all sorts of neat poo poo even in the store. Like Powershift said, a candy department, awesome tool selection, and the one I used to go to in Burnaby/Vancouver even had a collectibles area where they had collectible coins, silver, etc. I have to this day some 20s German hyper-inflation notes sitting somewhere that I bought there because I thought billion/million mark notes were neat. For Americans that don't know, the Canadian Sears is going through full blown bankruptcy right now with liquidation expected to be finalized well before Christmas. People are not showing up to work anymore and benefits for retired employees are no longer being paid. Final liquidation starts (I think?) this Friday. Unfortunately the stores have gently caress all in them and have had bare warehouses for years because they couldn't afford inventory. The only thing left of Sears that has any value (other than some real estate holdings) is the Kenmore brand, and when the US division eventually goes tits up I wonder who's going to snag it. e: Canadians, remember these? Add to the list if I'm forgetting any: Wolco Woolworths The Met Robinsons MacLeods of course Eatons slidebite fucked around with this message at 01:36 on Oct 18, 2017 |
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Ahahahahah, Eatons. The Eaton Centre in Toronto has outlasted its namesake, and the department store that took over after them. Old people 'round here have said the word "Woolworths" a few times recently.
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Fermented Tinal posted:Ahahahahah, Eatons. We had woolies in straya I think
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I loved Sears growing up, looking through the Christmas catalog is definitely a great memory. Worked in the warehouse at one and had goodnite times too. In other news had to get my wagon towed home tonight. Symptoms of a low/dead battery but it won’t take a jump. Seems like a starter issue but since I’m sure no one cares it’s been acting up and everything else seems to point to battery. I tried to jump it and then aaa did and just had to tow it home. Yes I beat on the starter too no dice.
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slidebite posted:Sears, ugh. I used to live in a small city that had poo poo for shopping (still does afaik) but going to the BIG CITY and heading to Sears with Grandpa in the 80s was awesome. Waiting for the Christmas catalog was a ritual for about 10 years of my life, slowly going through all the toys pages making a wish list (of which I'd get nothing... we were poor so it really was a dream), gradually maturing and looking at the electronics and associated stuff, and then not flipping quite so fast past the womens stuff. Right up until the mid-late 90s, they had all sorts of neat poo poo even in the store. Like Powershift said, a candy department, awesome tool selection, and the one I used to go to in Burnaby/Vancouver even had a collectibles area where they had collectible coins, silver, etc. I have to this day some 20s German hyper-inflation notes sitting somewhere that I bought there because I thought billion/million mark notes were neat. Sears is a fun story, because its a tale of Ayn Rand Libertarian style Management taken to its inevitable end.
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That's where the CEO had the store managers compete personally with each other for their jobs, right?
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It was higher level poo poo too, like having departments compete for ad space. I think they ended up advertising boys toys for mother's day one year.
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slidebite posted:
Zellers Target Future Shop Somehow Fields is still around, they've completely given up on the cities though. http://www.fields.ca/location.php
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IOwnCalculus posted:I go into them because they're inevitably the easiest place to park next to the mall, especially in the summer where "minimizing time in the parking lot" is the winning strategy. It's pretty sadly well documented what happened. The answer is an idiot Randian Libertarian taking over and turning the management structure into Thunderdome, after missing the boat on being Amazon circa now by not having the capital and foresight to invest in online business in the late 90's.
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Goober Peas posted:Anyone who grew up before the 90s. I'm nearly 40 bro, I lived it. It was horrible.
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Powershift posted:Zellers Totem, Revy, Home Hardware...
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Rhyno posted:I'm nearly 40 bro, I lived it. It was horrible. Preach.
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Shrugs Not Drugs posted:Totem, Revy, Home Hardware... Home Hardware is actually still really big, especially in small towns.
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Shrugs Not Drugs posted:Totem, Revy, Home Hardware... I miss Totem so loving much  But yeah there's still a Home Hardware all over. I was in one in Montreal even when I was there.
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Adiabatic posted:Probably not telling anyone anything new, but holy poo poo heroin is an epidemic right now. So is Fentanyl, which is way stronger. Guess what a lot of heroin has been getting cut with? That's what got ahold of a friend of mine. Rhyno posted:What kind of weirdo has precious memories of Sears? I preferred Montgomery Wards. 
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Oct 18, 2017 05:21
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Fentanyl is not to be hosed with. They used it in the burn center my buddy worked in for pain spikes.
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I just got in my order of 4" Stainless to build a full turbo back exhaust. I can't help but think I've made a terrible mistake. Anything I can fit my ENTIRE arm in might be too big...
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Liquid Communism posted:Fentanyl is not to be hosed with. They used it in the burn center my buddy worked in for pain spikes. Yup. As little as 0.25mg can be lethal. And guess what? poo poo gets absorbed through the skin.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I miss Totem so loving much They are actually building a huge one in my small town that will not be much smaller than some home depots. Beaver lumber and Saan are others. I don't miss Zellers one bit. That store made Walmart look like high class shopping.
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Yup. As little as 0.25mg can be lethal. And guess what? poo poo gets absorbed through the skin. Fentanyl is generally measured in micrograms. Like, that's 250 ug. 50-100 is a pretty hefty dose for most people, though we end up with kids with full body burns that take 300-400 at once 
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Shrugs Not Drugs posted:Totem, Revy, Home Hardware... We print like a billion Home Hardware flyers every year and I can think of at least 5 HH Building Centres within an hour's drive of me.
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Opioids were definitely overprescribed 10-15 years ago but instead of realizing they were duped by the drug companies doctors started cutting off dependent patients and dumping them onto using street drugs and surprise they're all dying now that cheap research chemicals from China are easy to purchase. Good luck getting any pain relief beyond tylenol in 5-10 years btw.
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the spyder posted:I just got in my order of 4" Stainless to build a full turbo back exhaust. I can't help but think I've made a terrible mistake. Anything I can fit my ENTIRE arm in might be too big... A terribly awesome mistake maybe. Given that big rear end turbo you have, its probably about right.
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Rhyno posted:I'm nearly 40 bro, I lived it. It was horrible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXEde89WC44
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Yup. As little as 0.25mg can be lethal. And guess what? poo poo gets absorbed through the skin. Soooo... Yeeeaaaaaaah. Regular Fentanyl LD50 is like 300µg/KG of body weight. Regular medicinal Fent and the time-release patches isn't what we should be waging a war against. What we are seeing is Carfentanil just randomly dropped into bags of dope, and we're gonna see an uptick in it over the next ten years, until all the people doing it are too poor to able to afford it. That's when we'll see the American Krokodil.
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the spyder posted:I just got in my order of 4" Stainless to build a full turbo back exhaust. I can't help but think I've made a terrible mistake. Anything I can fit my ENTIRE arm in might be too big... I've experienced first have what heavily ported 13B's with a garbage can lid turbo and straight 4" stainless piping without any muffler's sound like. You made the correct choice.
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Yup. As little as 0.25mg can be lethal. And guess what? poo poo gets absorbed through the skin. Comes in lollipop form, too. They used it because it was strong as gently caress, fast acting, and short-lived once you no longer had a delivery system stuck to a mucous membrane. Brutal, but when you've got to get a guy with 50%+ coverage 3rd degree burns to walk, or into a debridement shower... Liquid Communism fucked around with this message at 09:24 on Oct 18, 2017 |
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I mean I suppose it's about the best place to OD on an opiate considering they probably have a bunch of narcan ready to go.
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FAT32 SHAMER posted:We had woolies in straya I think Second biggest retail corporation in Australia. Woolworths limited has divisions of: Supermarkets (Woolworths, Countdown (supermarket), Thomas Dux, Food For Less, Flemings) Petrol (Caltex Woolworths) Liquor (BWS, Dan Murphy's) General Merchandise (Big W) Home Improvement (Masters) Hotels & Gambling (ALH Group) They're only beaten by the Wesfarmers group, who will sell you just about ANYTHING: Bunnings Warehouse, Coles Supermarkets, Bi-Lo, Pick 'n Pay Hypermarket, Coles Express, Coles Central, Liquorland, Vintage Cellars, 1st Choice Liquor Superstore, Officeworks, Officeworks BusinessDirect, Harris Technology, Kmart, Kmart Tyre & Auto Service, Target, Homebase, Curragh Queensland Mining, Bengalla Mining Company*, Koukia*, Blackwoods, Bakers, Total Fasteners, Bullivants, Wesfarmers Industrial & Safety NZ, CSBP, PB Workwear, Australian Gold Reagents*, Kleenheat, Unigas*, Coregas, Gresham Partners Group*, Wespine Industries*
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Previa_fun posted:Opioids were definitely overprescribed 10-15 years ago but instead of realizing they were duped by the drug companies doctors started cutting off dependent patients and dumping them onto using street drugs and surprise they're all dying now that cheap research chemicals from China are easy to purchase. Lol if u think the DEA and FDA will actually regulate this or try to solve this problem Adiabatic posted:I mean I suppose it's about the best place to OD on an opiate considering they probably have a bunch of narcan ready to go. The local Facebook groups for reporting and discussing crime is full of people who honestly believe that narcan is bad and it's the cause of the opioid crisis 
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Ferremit posted:Second biggest retail corporation in Australia. Woolworths limited has divisions of: And gently caress them all heavily. But there is no avoiding them. God I hate corporate
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Liquid Communism posted:It's pretty sadly well documented what happened. From what I understand, they actually had a site all-but-ready to go, when Mr. Randian canned the 95% done project. Because nobody will ever buy over the internet. loving idiot businesspeople. Sears has fond memories for me as a kid. Also, with our outlet closing, I literally have nowhere to buy appliances locally.
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