More Pix For A Laugh

[BanzaiCat]

That one's right up LB's alley.

LB, have you ever thought of putting a folder on your computer desktop with an ominous name containing a pdf of random numbers and letters and then seeing when and how often it gets opened by someone other than yourself?

when you are being watched by a 500 pound gorilla that has paranoia and poor impulse control .... you don't tease it

No, you give it pictures of naked 500 pound men.

Or what Canadianastaners call, "bears." With enough man-fur to get through the winters up there.

[LongBlade]

That one's right up LB's alley.

LB, have you ever thought of putting a folder on your computer desktop with an ominous name containing a pdf of random numbers and letters and then seeing when and how often it gets opened by someone other than yourself?

No. But I do like to randomly post responses to stuff that I think is funny.

Back about six years ago my kids were into Webkinz. These were little stuffed animals that came with a code that unlocked a virtual animal of the same kind on a server.

Those servers were pretty innocuous - there were canned messages like "hi" and "would you like to visit my house?" (Kids had room and could buy furniture and stuff - some toys unlocked special furniture like trampolines and stuff).

Anyway, for a while it was nearly impossible to get Webkinz. The demand was really high. But, as it turned out after chatting with the store manager, US Customs was holding up big shipments of them for inspection.

Now I can't prove it, and Star will send me another tinfoil hat for suggesting it, but I'd bet you a dollar those shipments were being held up because some fruit loop at DHS was worried that somehow some bad guys were doing something with it.

Absurd? Absolutely.

But I have found it is impossible to underestimate the paranoia of a domestic spy agency with unlimited funds and no judicial oversight.

I hope I'm wrong, but I'll bet you when the security seal is lifted on these ops a hundred years from now a lot of people are going to get and endless supply of laughter from this shenanigans.

[LongBlade]

[LongBlade]

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

They meant mesa. Clearly not HL players.

[Martok]

Awesome!  That pic might very well be the winner of this entire thread. 

so, which GH member is playing the role of "Wally" today

Hey, I posted that two weeks ago!  Where've you been?  :P 

and I hate Clan Mechs.

Now now.  Not everyone wants to pilot a Wasp, Marauder, or Atlas. 

[Martok]

[GDS_Starfury]

 ;D

[BanzaiCat]

^ They actually do that for inventory counting...turn the books around once they count them so they don't get re-counted. Usually done at the end of the day/just before closing so customers don't come in and mess it all up. I used to be a supervisor at a Book Stop many years ago.

And why I still remember that, I have no idea.

[MetalDog]

Because inventory at a book store is a pain in the ass!  Been there.  Done that.  Got the paper cut :(

[BanzaiCat]

I HATED working for Book Stop. Before that I worked for Waldenbooks at a San Antonio mall that was on its way down the ghetto drain. You'd think I would have learned.

My favorite phone calls:

BRRRRINGG
"Thank you for calling Book Stop, this is Michael, can I help you?"
"Yeah, I'm looking for a book..."
(pregnant pause)
No shit, really?

[Staggerwing]

For me working in a bookstore (several, actually) was fun( inventory, not so much). I didn't work for a large chain though. That might be the difference.

[GDS_Starfury]

I did my time at a Waldenbooks in the mall during high school.  easy frikin job.

[MetalDog]

It was Waldenbooks for me, too.  If ever there is a Grog gathering, I will tell the story of my departure from said chain.

[BanzaiCat]

I did my time at a Waldenbooks in the mall during high school.  easy frikin job.

It was easy, but the mall I was at had a gang fight at least once a week when I started, then it was two or three times a week when I left. This was almost always down on the lower level near the arcade and movie theater. It was sad because I grew up going to that mall. Saw plenty of shoplifters get tackled outside our store after trying to rip off Montgomery Ward's just a few stores down from us. The final straw was someone getting shot at a bus stop in front of the mall, and after that the place was deserted.

It was cool having a discount there, though.