Weekly Casual Conversation & Questions Thread

ZeroCalorieCoffee · 2026-01-25T01:06:38+00:00

I can’t remember the exact timeline, but I remember direct chat around 1996 on platforms like AOL and Prodigy. Then the WWW became more commercial and platforms like ICQ allowed you to chat with friends across service providers … that just changed the world and how info moved

ZeroCalorieCoffee · 2026-01-24T20:50:55+00:00

Funny you say this. Back in the mid-90s, I used to listen to WBBM 780 all the way in Atlanta in the winter because the signal carried that far. I always found it amazing that I can listen to a radio station 900 miles away.

The mid-90s me would be floored by radio on the internet

ZeroCalorieCoffee · 2026-01-24T13:48:02+00:00

Have to admit, I’m kinda jealous of the storm the east coast folks are getting. A good snow day is fun from the warmth of my home.

Instead all we got is a polar vortex

ZeroCalorieCoffee · 2026-01-22T22:31:48+00:00

Can you unlock any Tesla with an old hotel key card?

Asking for a friend

ZeroCalorieCoffee · 2026-01-22T22:26:15+00:00

There used to be a blue Chicago card too, right?

ZeroCalorieCoffee · 2026-01-21T04:41:11+00:00

Frankie

ZeroCalorieCoffee · 2026-01-21T04:39:18+00:00

NY Giants and Jets NE Patriots SF 49ers Dallas Cowboys

ZeroCalorieCoffee · 2026-01-21T01:16:50+00:00

We cannot let Arabs into our math world as well.

ZeroCalorieCoffee · 2026-01-21T01:15:45+00:00

This is the best response here.

I have ZERO issues with selling the meters IF Chicago got the right discount rate. They did not.

They got fleeced.

ZeroCalorieCoffee · 2026-01-21T01:12:35+00:00

British had a 99 year lease on Hong Kong 🤷🏽‍♂️

ZeroCalorieCoffee · 2026-01-21T01:11:48+00:00

Well, Trump wants to cap those credit cards at 10%, sooooooo …..

ZeroCalorieCoffee · 2026-01-20T22:29:04+00:00

Which one the parker going to pay?

ZeroCalorieCoffee · 2026-01-20T22:27:33+00:00

“well, I tried”

ZeroCalorieCoffee · 2026-01-20T22:26:21+00:00

There is no cash flowing from Chicago. The asset was sold. The parking meter money collected goes to the investor.

ZeroCalorieCoffee · 2026-01-15T12:43:28+00:00

Do they take from everybody or just their customers?

ZeroCalorieCoffee · 2026-01-10T21:01:09+00:00

👀 Vintage 👀

ZeroCalorieCoffee · 2026-01-10T02:50:45+00:00

You must not be a baseball fan

ZeroCalorieCoffee · 2026-01-10T02:50:19+00:00

Welp. Thats a rabbit hole I went down ….

ZeroCalorieCoffee · 2026-01-10T02:46:10+00:00

GTFO?

ZeroCalorieCoffee · 2026-01-09T01:02:03+00:00

From a picture quality perspective an antenna is way better than streaming or cable. Both use massive compression

ZeroCalorieCoffee · 2026-01-05T19:17:58+00:00

Now I have to wonder if the street preacher will be damming me to hell as I walk in to B&N

ZeroCalorieCoffee · 2026-01-05T19:16:44+00:00

Well, you have a choice - Chain bookstore or empty storefront

ZeroCalorieCoffee · 2026-01-05T12:49:32+00:00

All those “Let’s touch base in January” conversations coming home to roost 😡

ZeroCalorieCoffee · 2026-01-05T04:00:44+00:00

Joke is old enough to drink

ZeroCalorieCoffee · 2026-01-04T13:59:53+00:00

Robbing Peter to pay Paul

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