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"labsteor" sounds more like sci-fi weaponry
Or a giant mutant lobster with a frickin' laser beam attached to its head.
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Or a giant mutant lobster with a frickin' laser beam attached to its head.
that would definitely be a labsteor beam.
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Why even bother including little words like "of" and "the" in the initialism at all?
It came from the military. They often take liberties with your so called "rules" of initialisms / acronyms for the sake of it being easy / fun to say.
PUS is just fine for President of the United States.
But when he's your boss, that's not going to fly.
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But when he's your boss
But "We, the People" are (theoretically) his boss, so we can call him any belgiuming thing we want (as long as we don't do so in a way that can be interpreted as a threat).
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Right, but you were asking about POTUS, which was, like I said, a military term. And he's the top of everyone's chain of command there.
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Harris Teeter is notorious for not doing this.
Harris Teeter is also horribly overpriced unless using coupons in the first place.
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And he's the top of everyone's chain of command there.
Except, unless my memory of my US history class is wrong, technically he can't exercise his military power for anything other than defense unless Congress says we're at war. and we haven't been officially at war since WWII
of course that means jack squat. other than the fact that on paper we're not at war, we're executing "Police Actions in foreign nations to maintain a state of peacetime" or some such BS
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of course that means jack squat. other than the fact that on paper we're not at war, we're executing "Police Actions in foreign nations to maintain a state of peacetime" or some such BS
And of course, like a good lap dog, us British follow you guys in, peeking out from behind you like the scrawny kid peeking out from behind his jock older brother.
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Except, unless my memory of my US history class is wrong, technically he can't exercise his military power for anything other than defense unless Congress says we're at war. and we haven't been officially at war since WWII
He can do a lot more that that. Like, fire people. Or come up with new strategies.
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Like, fire people. Or come up with new strategies.
i did specify Military powers, right?
i mean one hardly needs an army to fire someone, right?
:-D
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i mean one hardly needs an army to fire someone, right?
Depends what you're firing them out of
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wait. firing people by strapping them to the top of a dummy warhead and launching them into space is OK?
COOL!
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When we rule the world, it will be!
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of course that means jack squat. other than the fact that on paper we're not at war, we're executing "Police Actions in foreign nations to maintain a state of peacetime" or some such BS
Congress gave the Presidency a hall pass.
Although we did re-interpret "go to the bathroom" as "any bathroom-related activities" and are cutting a WHOLE LOT of class...
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Can we get back to bitching about N for $D discounts?
My local grocer almost always has a 4 / $10 deal on DP10x12*. But the shelf only even has room for 3 DP10x12s. So I get reamed because the unit price is $4. I end up paying $12 to get three and missing out on the fourth one which would in theory cost $-6. And as if to add insult to injury, everything else in the store follows the Blakeyrat space secret rule.
*Doctor Pepper TEN 12-pack
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have you asked them to get the fourth from stock out back?
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Yeah, that's a sucky situation. The place closest to me--a Kroger--has the same stocking issue--only 3 12-packs on the shelf, but at least their specials are usually 3-for-whatever, not 4-for-whatever.
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have you asked them to get the fourth from stock out back?
That would be a pretty advanced strategy. Instead I've decided to just use the U-scan and scan one of the DP10x12s twice so I can at least save the $2.
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Speaking as a previous Retail worker....
Loss Prevention would really rather you ask for the extra 12 pack....
the store gets dinged just as much for stock overages as they do for underages.
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Well even if I get a fourth one I'll probably just leave it there. I always walk to the store* and carrying three 12-packs with two hands is hard enough. Four is quite the challenge.
- PLOT TWIST.
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That would be a pretty advanced strategy. Instead I've decided to just use the U-scan and scan one of the DP10x12s twice so I can at least save the $2.
Wouldn't work in a British supermarket: all the self-serve tills have scales to make sure you scan all the items and nothing more
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Wouldn't work in a British supermarket: all the self-serve tills have scales to make sure you scan all the items and nothing more
Same here but there's a button for "I'm putting this item back in my cart" so I'm going to try that. I'll probably get yelled at.
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won't work in many on this side of the pond either.
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won't work in many on this side of the pond either.
Except:
button for "I'm putting this item back in my cart" so I'm going to try that
means it doesn't look for the weight and should work.
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Wouldn't work in a British supermarket: all the self-serve tills have scales to make sure you scan all the items and nothing more
Same here but there's a button for "I'm putting this item back in my cart" so I'm going to try that. I'll probably get yelled at.
...and if the button isn't available, just drop your hat/purse/wallet/keys/etc. as the scale only looks for a change in weight, not a specified amount or range (usually).
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...and if the button isn't available, just drop your hat/purse/wallet/keys/etc. as the scale only looks for a change in weight, not a specified amount or range (usually).
Really? I'm going to try putting myself on the scale next time.
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...and if the button isn't available, just drop your hat/purse/wallet/keys/etc. as the scale only looks for a change in weight, not a specified amount or range (usually).
No, they look for a specific amount (with tolerance); the ones I've used do anyway.
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Really? I'm going to try putting myself on the scale next time.
That'll show them, when you cunningly leave the store with fewer items than you paid for...
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That'll show them, when you cunningly leave the store with fewer items than you paid for...
That's just fine. I plan to pay for 4 and leave with 3. Keep in mind that 4 costs $10 and 3 costs $12 according to the store's rules.
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No, they look for a specific amount (with tolerance); the ones I've used do anyway.
Must be fun when the vendor changes the packaging (less, more, different density)...
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Doesn't happen often enough to be a problem
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I always walk to the store* and carrying three 12-packs with two hands is hard enough. Four is quite the challenge.
Don't you folks have bags?
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My local grocer almost always has a 4 / $10 deal on DP10x12*. But the shelf only even has room for 3 DP10x12s. So I get reamed because the unit price is $4. I end up paying $12 to get three and missing out on the fourth one which would in theory cost $-6.
No, you mean $-2 (or -$2). Unless the deal is really 4 for $6.
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That's just fine. I plan to pay for 4 and leave with 3. Keep in mind that 4 costs $10 and 3 costs $12 according to the store's rules.
Makes me wonder why the store isn't pro-rating the discount
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Don't you folks have bags?
Not any more. Plastic bags are evil and banned (most cities; in the courts at the state level. Yeah, CA.) You have to bring your own or pay for paper (10cents/bag I think).
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Not any more. Plastic bags are evil and banned (most cities; in the courts at the state level. Yeah, CA.) You have to bring your own or pay for paper (10cents/bag I think).
Well, you can always use a rucksack. Then again, I get confused looks at work when onion peel falls out of my laptop rucksack...
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Who the hell puts 12-packs of canned beverage in a sack or bag of any kind? I've never seen it.
Edit: apparently I'm from Neptune b/c all my cow-orkers claim that this behaviour is totally normal.
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You can stuff them in a rucksack and still have your hands free to carry more :)
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No, you mean $-2 (or -$2). Unless the deal is really 4 for $6.
Yes, I suppose. But I feel like there's a minus $6 involved and that ought to count for something!
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When we rule the world
Can I get a heads up so I can leave this world before that happens?
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Can I get a heads up so I can leave this world before that happens?
I'm sure we could reserve the first dummy warhead for you to ride out on…
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Not in
civilization'murica
It's a common thing in Europe. The merchant either pays (counts it in in his prices) or asks a few cents per bag. Or you use a re-usable bag.
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The merchant either pays (counts it in in his prices) or asks a few cents per bag.
I wonder when they'll start charging for a printed receipt. The hysteria about plastic bags in some places is ludicrous.
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The hysteria about plastic bags in some places is ludicrous.
Partly justified by the North Pacific Trash Vortex though.Having said that, plastic bags nowadays biodegrade. It takes a year or two, but they disappear eventually.
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I wonder when they'll start charging for a printed receipt. The hysteria about plastic bags in some places is ludicrous.
What I don't get is the places that ban plastic bags already have recycling programs that take plastic bags. So... huh? What's the point of banning something that can be easily recycled in any household? Isn't recycling the thing they spent the entire 80s and 90s telling us was the best solution to this problem?
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What's the point of banning something that can be easily recycled in any household?
Because it makes the big-ass supermarkets look like they give a shit, so people shop there, and they make buttloads of cash.
And politicians like it because they can win votes by saying 'environment good plastic BAD', knowing the average voter is too stupid to think for themselves.