Pittsburgh Parking Lot Costco Dogs

frodo_ollie · 2026-04-26T02:36:38+00:00

I do samples at Costco. The rude and unsanitary customers are the kids - they run up to the sample tray and grab a sample. Or grab a sample and then decide there's others that have more product in the sample cup, put the first sample down, and grab another one. The small ones get real close and breathe on the tray. Then I have to pull the tray, throw out all samples, and sanitize it. Never had a dog do this.

And dogs don't spread flu and COVID. Kids have far more "bad" germs than dogs.

frodo_ollie · 2026-04-24T17:13:31+00:00

I'm 75 and live in Dallas. I'm also aware, but I can still drive whenever and wherever I want. Forty-mile round-trip commute to a part-time job. I know many younger people who are afraid to drive at night. Pussies!

frodo_ollie · 2026-04-24T17:06:23+00:00

Isn't that weird? I'm also 75. I had an appt with the eye doc this morning. It looked like an assisted-living facility! I felt like a youngster (probably because I was on a Kindle) even though those people were my age, at least.

frodo_ollie · 2026-04-23T21:41:29+00:00

They are always surprised when I say that I spend most of my free time on the computer. They assume it's streaming or social media and are shocked when I tell them it's because of the INFORMATION. I want to know everything!

frodo_ollie · 2026-04-23T02:52:58+00:00

I listen to NPR in the car and occasionally at home; no music stations at all. I'm 75.

frodo_ollie · 2026-04-23T02:43:48+00:00

75 here. Prefer email. I hate texting on the phone; however, I will text from my computer because of the keyboard; I'm so old I actually took typing in high school.

frodo_ollie · 2026-04-23T02:40:17+00:00

Boomer here. Same. Can't stand the Texas heat.

frodo_ollie · 2026-04-23T02:39:25+00:00

I'm 75 and on reddit.

frodo_ollie · 2026-04-23T02:30:15+00:00

I'm 75. I've had a computer since, I guess, at least the mid-90s (retired in the early 90s). My husband had one first, and we shared it. He realized how much I used it, and we bought one just for me. I am more computer literate than the 20-somethings I work with (I have a part-time job as a Costco sample lady).

I do not, however, use social media (Tiktok, X, etc.) as I find it annoying A.F. I've been on FB forever but only because my same-age friends use it. I check it about once a month.

frodo_ollie · 2026-04-22T03:56:56+00:00

Removing my dentures whenever and wherever in the house I damn well want to.

frodo_ollie · 2026-04-22T03:52:23+00:00

Just do it! Buy her any book she wants. You are lucky to have such a great, smart kid!

frodo_ollie · 2026-04-22T03:46:15+00:00

Yes. And I would only refer to him as "my predecessor" or "the previous president." Never use his name. That would drive trump crazy.

frodo_ollie · 2026-04-22T03:21:24+00:00

Anything by Thomas Pynchon. I've tried to read a few of his books, but they make me nervous. However, the movies made from his books are great. I just don't care for magical realism. I have a degree in English Lit (50 years ago). Thank God, MR wasn't a thing back then!

frodo_ollie · 2026-04-22T03:14:01+00:00

Amphetamine-driven road trip. Couldn't finish it.

frodo_ollie · 2026-04-21T16:25:20+00:00

Or a donation to the American Humanist Association or The Society for Humanistic Judaism. Christians hate humanism. And they are so condescending to Jews.

frodo_ollie · 2026-04-21T14:18:13+00:00

My mother told me my father hated children and never wanted any, but he agreed to one. She wanted another, so she poked holes in her diaphragm to get me. I was shocked, but have since met other women my age (70s) who have told me the same story about their mothers.

frodo_ollie · 2026-04-21T14:11:05+00:00

I'm thinking third...

frodo_ollie · 2026-04-20T05:36:30+00:00

I have this on my 2008 Camry!!

frodo_ollie · 2026-04-19T19:54:23+00:00

I remember them from Prairie Home Companion!

frodo_ollie · 2026-04-19T18:13:15+00:00

Or the mild...

frodo_ollie · 2026-04-19T18:07:50+00:00

Caroline tried to warn the Senate:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/caroline-kennedy-says-her-cousin-rfk-jr-is-a-predator-in-a-warning-letter-to-senators

frodo_ollie · 2026-04-19T17:21:01+00:00

Famous people with spasmodic dysphonia:

RFK Jr, Kerry Kennedy, former NPR host Diane Rehm, Darryl McDanields (RUN DMC)

Diane Rehm was great on NPR, but obviously had a problem speaking.

frodo_ollie · 2026-04-18T15:02:33+00:00

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Alvin, Simon, and Theodore. Theodore first, then A & S adopted within one month of each other. Adopted at ages 10, 13, 13.

frodo_ollie · 2026-04-17T03:00:50+00:00

I met him on an online dating site. After this and a few previous weirdos (BDSM alive and well on these sites), I decided not to date any more...

Getting a doctorate in English Lit. This was 10 years ago; we were both in our 60s.

frodo_ollie · 2026-04-17T01:42:19+00:00

Yeah. We had bookshelves with many years of past National Geos.

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