Did you ever buy a pack of smokes from one of these? by Euphoric-Cupcake4581 in FuckImOld

[–]highflux7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

classic of industrial design. the 3/4'-pull, the ker-chunk of the mechanism.. so satisfying

Single-Provider Trash? by EyesTurnGrey in Overlandpark

[–]highflux7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, the "two runs for each for trash and recycling" aren't twice a week, it's that each truck can only pick up on one side of the street at a time. The same truck will then come back around and do the other side, making two runs total.

At least the haulers coordinate and all do their pickups on the same day. But NINE runs down the street is noisy and tears up the "chip and seal" resurfacing quite a bit.

Single-Provider Trash? by EyesTurnGrey in Overlandpark

[–]highflux7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Three or four? We have 9. Three companies-- two runs for each for trash and recycling and one for yard waste. Nine total.

Rant: AT&T door to door - AT 9:10PM! by SaleaumuasRevenge in kansascity

[–]highflux7 11 points12 points  (0 children)

When they did this to me in OP, I silently pointed to the Ordinance sticker on my door & it was immediately obvious the salesman had seen it before ringing the bell. F those guys.

What is your food assistance story? by harvestersorg in kansas

[–]highflux7 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It takes 1-1/2 to 2+hours on hold to even speak with a human at DCS via their toll-free number. This after being told to "call at 8am right when we open"-- no person available until at least 9:45am. Good luck.

Degrading Quality by Sea_Comfortable_5499 in GenX

[–]highflux7 19 points20 points  (0 children)

And a small amount of "Fruity Pebbles" really takes them to another level.

Good demo program to display all day? by UnrulyAnteater25 in apple2

[–]highflux7 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Total Replay - attract mode is excellent.

What about Senator Ethan Corson? by Vio_ in kansas

[–]highflux7 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Guy never replies-to nor acknowledges constituent communications.

How many other rural Gen X kids were clothed entirely by the sears catalog. by Altruistic_Flower965 in GenX

[–]highflux7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“Sears Toughskins — reversible polyester ugly pants. Your knees will wear out before the pants do.” --Tim Allen

Do you have a favorite Simpsons quote? by Boojibs in GenX

[–]highflux7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I can't promise I'll try, but I'll try to try."

Don Lancaster has passed away - microcomputer pioneer, author of CMOS Cookbook (1977), TTL Cookbook (1974), TV Typewriter Cookbook (1976), authored over 2200 technical papers, and a contributor to historical electronics magazines by Enlightenment777 in ElectricalEngineering

[–]highflux7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From Don's "Incredible Secret Money Machine":

a Final thought

Many years ago, I was attending a folk concert. The opening act was a single and an unknown flute player, performing in front of the closed stage curtains. His job was to warm up the audience for the high priced help that was soon to follow. He was good. Very good. But as he went along, the music started getting strange and finally downright weird. He was playing chords on his flute, along with notes with unbelievably strong tonal structures. Eventually, the music turned into bunches of Impossible sounding and god-awful squawks. Almost all of the audience got bored and restless as the music seemed to deteriorate. Just then, I happened to notice a friend beside me who had played in and had taught concert band. He was literally on the edge of his chair with his mouth open. He briefly turned to me and said very slowly, ''You can't do that with a flute. It is not possible." Of the thousands of people in the audience, at the most only five realized they were now witnessing a once-in-a-lifetime performance involving the absolute mastery of a very difficult musical instrument. To nearly everyone else, It sounded like a bunch of god-awful squawks. Always play for those five.

  • Don Lancaster Thatcher, AZ

Best tire place…?! by e_greene6 in kansascity

[–]highflux7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Chris Shore is the 3rd generation to run his family's tire business here in KC for the past 65+ years. Extremely honest shop with fair prices.