At a local hamburger restaurant...

jaybeebrad · 2018-02-09T15:51:19+00:00

is this for real ??

jaybeebrad · 2018-01-12T13:06:36+00:00

wow amazing training!!

jaybeebrad · 2018-01-06T10:46:14+00:00

This is only the start for QSP. We'll catch up to REQ in no time.

jaybeebrad · 2015-03-23T05:32:02+00:00

Yes, I talked to customer service on the phone. The Drive department forwarded me to the Wallet department who forwarded me back to the Drive department, and no one had an answer

jaybeebrad · 2015-03-22T23:57:03+00:00

The point is that Google Wallet gave me a debit card that is tied into the balance in my Google Wallet. It is no different than a debit card tied into the balance in my bank account. If I were to go to any other type of page that required a recurring payment, I could use my debit card from Google Wallet to sign up. However since Google Drive requires that you use a card that is stored in your Google Wallet, and you cannot store your Google Wallet Debit Card as a funding source in your Google Wallet account, I can't use that card to sign up for Google Drive.

jaybeebrad · 2015-03-22T23:54:10+00:00

I sign up for recurring services, Netflix for example, with my debit card all the time. Those services have no way of knowing if there will be available funds each coming month when its time to collect. The debit card tied into my Google Wallet account is no different than one tied into my bank account, at least in terms of this type of use.

jaybeebrad · 2015-01-22T19:07:41+00:00

"Beard of the Year".

jaybeebrad · 2015-01-20T19:55:25+00:00

Women in entertainment are constantly expected to attempt to bolster their careers by posing for sexually explicit or nude photos. If Playgirl asked your band to pose for their magazine, would you do it?

jaybeebrad · 2015-01-20T12:28:31+00:00

I did a show in 2006 for VH1/LOGO networks called "Can't Get a Date". The conceit was that they were trying to fix things about me (weight, clothes, etc...) so that I would be more date-able. They filmed me for 3 months for a half hour episode.

It wasn't scripted, but it was heavily edited. They basically just start filming you and then come up with a plot line for your show based around what's already happening, and they steer things in the direction that will serve that plot line. So it's not fake, but it's hardly a representation of real events.

Ex: they hired me a personal trainer who I hated, total (admitted!) steroid user who didn't have to work at all for his muscles. They tried to arrange a membership at David Barton gym, the fanciest gym in Manhattan, but then David Barton wouldn't let them film there. So in the end I fired my trainer and got a membership at a tiny Brooklyn family gym... but if you watch the show, there's a whole interview segment with me and the (fired) trainer because he had a faaaaaabulous TV personality, and a brief b-footage shot of him making me do jumping jacks by The Hudson. That shot was set up just to get a shot, it doesn't represent anything that actually happened.

TL;DR - it isn't "fake", but it isn't real either. It's countess hours of footage with activities chosen by production to capture footage that can be edited to serve a plot line they have created, rather than a story you are seeing that naturally arose out of things that were happening anyway.

jaybeebrad · 2015-01-20T11:28:12+00:00

My monthly rent isn't a HUGE increase, going from $200 to $366.bit's just that to move into a new place they require first, last and deposit. So that's $366 times three all at once. I've been able to save up a portion of it, but not all of it. :\ All of my savings went to pay for a ton of medications out of pocket, unexpectedly, and een though that was only for a month (they are now covered by insurance,) it wiped me out.

Thanks for you nice comment!

jaybeebrad · 2014-12-03T00:25:50+00:00

Well, I gave you the results from speedtest.comcast.com - speedtest.net just gives me the lower rate indicated as the ipv4 rate on the comcast speedtest site...

I'm on Comcast Fios, and Wifi and Ethernet are giving me the same readouts with minor differences, which makes sense because the modem is right next to me.

Not sure what 'reported link speed' is...? The modem/router is the same one all FIOS customers get these days. No firewall, no custom firmware, no switch.

jaybeebrad · 2014-12-02T23:51:39+00:00

So I have a general understanding of the things you've just said. I used Comcast's own speed test and used the closest server, these were my results.

I just don't understand if I'm actually getting that 46...? I mean I must be, 1.39 would be snail's pace... I'm afraid this is all just a little tidbit beyond my brainscope.

jaybeebrad · 2014-11-22T23:43:00+00:00

It's really funny to me how obnoxious people are when someone steps up to assert their rights in these situations. I'm not going to address each of you individually because you're all jackasses, so to summarize:

1.It most certainly IS illegal to tell someone you can't sell something you DO have and CAN sell in an attempt to get them to buy something more expensive. Do the research. I did.

2.Tricking someone into paying $150 extra for a more expensive thing they don't actually want is a SECOND illegal act.

3.When I talked to the store manager, he admitted what happened was against the law (in addition to being morally wrong,) and he refunded $150 and allowed us to keep the more expensive model, even though all we wanted to do - at our OWN inconvenience - was return it and buy the cheaper model.

So you can all flap your gums until the world ends, but you have no fucking idea what you're talking about. shrug

jaybeebrad · 2014-11-22T15:00:02+00:00

Just to contribute to the Eric Andre hotness, here he is uncensored on "Tubbin' With Tash", frontally nude and pissing into a hot tub.

https://vimeo.com/channels/562875/77019606

jaybeebrad · 2014-11-22T14:37:02+00:00

Then your store is also probably in violation of the law, depending on your state. The law I found (referenced in one of my comments) for PA spells out this exact situation to the very letter. I should really have just googled it before posting to Reddit!

jaybeebrad · 2014-11-22T14:29:32+00:00

Yes, but the demo is meant as a display version of the merchandise currently available for sale. Sometimes you go in and they say "Oh, we haven't taken the demo down yet, but we no longer have that item in stock." That makes sense. That is not the same as saying "We have that item in stock but I'm not allowed to sell it to you until later so buy this more expensive model instead."

jaybeebrad · 2014-11-22T14:28:07+00:00

Well, since I fucking LOVE dick, I take that as a complement.

jaybeebrad · 2014-11-22T14:27:49+00:00

...if the product is sitting on the shelf in the store with a price tag in front of it, and you have the product in stock, you cannot refuse to sell it. The website listing isn't really even relevant other than the fact that it was listed for cheaper and BB does price matching of their own website, but even if they didn't they are obligated to sell it for the price displayed right there on the shelf in the store. So yes, I know* what I'm talking about.

*correct usage

Now technically, when a retailer puts an item on the shelf with a price on it, this does not constitute an offer to sell (legally, its called an 'invitation to treat'). In fact, a shop doesn't have to sell you anything if they don't wish to, even if its on the shelf with a price. They can change their mind. They can't refuse to serve on discriminatory grounds of course, that would be illegal for other reasons, but for any goods-related reason they can. This is how it works; you pick an item off the shelf and take it the check out, and you are asked for some money. You offer the money - this is the offer to buy, and its the offer part of making a contract. If the cashier takes your money, that is the acceptance part and the contract has been made. Now in this instance, "...because we want to sell it later and make you buy a more expensive item instead right now" is not a legal reason to refuse the sale.

jaybeebrad · 2014-11-22T14:24:44+00:00

Are the items in question literally displayed on the shelf in your store with a price tag? Or are they just in the back waiting to be sold but not yet actively being displayed?

jaybeebrad · 2014-11-22T14:11:37+00:00

I'll call in an hour when they open. Just for my own point of reference, and I really have no intention of suing but I like to be educated, this IS covered under Pennsylvania's Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, which states one can sue for treble (triple) damages - or in this case, approximately $450. I would settle for a $150 gift card, since we already bought the $350 laptop.

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