Yeah, I deal with quite a few MAGA folks at work; never short of an opinion on how the world should work. Of course, they are always first in line for a handout; but I'm not judging that. And it's not just MAGA folks that are so judgemental, for sure.
Speaking of handouts and this weekend, I splurged on some astronomical binoculars Friday night once the stimulus checks came through. Not sure why I'm obsessed with backyard astronomy, but I am...so this weekend I'm going to plan out some views from my backyards and grill out some burgers. I have some grand plans to take some photos with these things with my Droid - lol...I can smell massive disappointment on the way. Nothing too exciting. How about you?
I'll just be patiently awaiting the arrival of those images and not saying how unbelievable it is I keep hearing about the toys acquired via stimulus. 🤔
It's a sadistic loop, isn't it? I purchased those binos from a store not known as Amazon/Walmart; I'd have gone local, but all the local astronomy stores are long long gone.
Someone should really do a study on how much of this stimulus cash is indeed going back to Amazon. The USD is the penultimate ponzi scheme...everyone says it's going to collapse, yet it keeps on going. It really is magic, isn't it?
This is all your fault
If I changed a 20 to a 5 or vice versa nobody would believe my new number. They only believe what the original print says, the only difference is a couple shapes. The paper itself is the exact same consistency as the stuff we wipe our ass with in the am. But they still believe that number.
All of ours has gone directly to a money account. Dude, my autocorrect had monkey instead of money, that's funky monkey funny.
And about the private thing. I tried three bike shops locally for knee pads before I got the online pair. The last shop even told me "your best bet is online." I tried.
ha it's messed, isn't it? There is a used record store in town that just re-opened up; I was looking for an old Beach Boys record for our daughter, so I went to ask the kid working if I could order it through the store. I kid you not; the guy was like "yeah, you could probably get it cheaper online." I go, "Well, I thought I'd support you guys and order through you..." Nope. He tells me "Go online man, we're too expensive for that - you can get it cheaper on Amazon or eBay."
I mean, it's like mass-induced reduced consciousness or something. I appreciate his concern for my record buying budget, but you wonder, you know? More than happy to spend a few more dollars to help them with rent
Wtf is wrong with that dude?! I'm the guy who would explain the difference in price.
Records. That's cool. Before we split I unloaded my entire collection. Thousands of pieces. I kept 6. I wrote about one of them a long ass time ago, a record called Tribute To Bangladesh. The collection was just weighing me down anyway.
In Long Beach, used vinyl joints like that are popular and in competition with each other. How are they where you are? You wouldn't happen to be in the UP would you? Sorry if I've already asked that.
What Beach Boys album were you looking to get?
No problem, I'm close to the UP; Wisconsin, actually.
Tribute to Bangladesh? That sounds like something Geoge Harrison-esque; am I wrong?
We're up to about 100 albums here...so nothing even close to what you had. The album I wanted to order was the The Beach Boys Today!. I'm not going to lie man, I'm a big Beach Boy harmony guy...our daughter is getting into them too. Vinyl places in this area don't do very well; it's apparently not a Midwestern thing where i"m at. But I remember some solid places in Santa Cruz when I visited before the virus.
That's chilling you even knew it was a George Harrison. Yeah, that album. 4 pieces if I'm not mistaken. Haven't held it in years.
Way, way, way back on the other chain I wrote about it. Really cool stuff. Harrison was approached by a super famous Bengali musician Cuz their rights were being taken.. long, cool, story. Harrison and company raised some crazy amount of money at the concert in a matter of months or something. that album set.
Only reason I had a bunch is right after high school I turned records on the weekends so it got me into yard sale shopping in my free time just collecting.
Beach Boys are dope! Around this world, most everyone knows the lyrics to at least
one10 Beach Boys songs.