Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[MisterEbola]

Originally posted by AngryMulletMan

And now I get to go to Costco whenever I want and buy rolls and rolls of toilet paper.

At least the hot-dogs are good.

[barely_legal]

I've got a burrito cooking down south and it's just about done! Oh yeah, and happy birthday.

Apparently, for only $19.95 you can get a washed-up "celebrity" to call you and wish you a happy birthday. You can get Todd Bridges, Lou Ferrigno, or Fred Berry (if you don't know who he is, shame on you!). And you can also get Lorenzo Lamas. I'm thinking of ordering a Lorenzo call for Paigow's next birthday, but only if he'll say her favorite line ever about his hot burrito.

Spree discl: it's from the Washington Post. If you're not my dad and you don't think it's a pinko commie rag, then it won't hurt to click it.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by leagleaze
Now they are reporting that the Niagra Mohawk powergrid is overloaded. I.e. not an attack of some kind.

CNN or MSNBC says in their article that people are trapped in the subway, in elevators and in their cars. Would this be because lanes are really narrow and if you are in the middle lane you can't open the car doors? Or same problem but in tunnels and a combo of space between lanes and space between lane and wall of tunnel.

Or they have some schmancy cars in NYC that, uh, plug in or something.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Translation:

Actually, average it out. Assume that pleasure is a useful function in itself. She'll wear the ring every day for the next few months (at least) and then will sell it after the divorce and spend the money on outfitting her boy toy, who will hang around for perhaps five years, and will at least occasionally pause to think "that's really pretty" or "I remember the day I got the boy toy; I'm so glad I married a guy who was enough of a sucker to drop a load of cash on a ring." This excludes the external value of the compliments she receives first from family and friends, then occasionally from new acquaintances. Compare this to the HDTV, which you or she will have smashed in fury during the final days of the marriage, and which will cause you a shooting sense of agony every time you have to go over to Stinky Joe's who lives Next Door to watch the game on a TV that looks like a Bobby Brady transistor radio.

This may be too labor-intensive.

Hmmm. Perhaps then folks oughta just save the cash, forego the gifts, live together til they hate each other, then blow all the saved money on prostitutes.

I try to be optimistic *just once*, and I get kicked in the ass by a cynic. Jeez!

I hope you stocked up on your batteries, beeyotch.

[Mr. Man]

Originally posted by baltassoc
That must be some ring. Somehow I managed to get on an e-mailing list for a company that sells high end stereo components (http://www.revolutionhometheater.com/). I could assemble a surround sound system out of their catalog that cost more than my house. Hell, you can drop $30k and only get a pre-amp. They sell power strips (okay, uninterupted power supplies with a power "conditioner" that removes interference from the line) that cost more than my entire stereo system.

All of which is to say that electronics can get pretty stupidly expensive too. I can't imagine creating / living in an environment where the ambient noise was low enough to tell the difference between a $3000 and $30000 pre-amp. Not to mention it would get blown out by some power outage hitting the entire east coast.

The bad thing is that you can tell the difference. The worse thing is that if you plop down an extra $3-5k you can get your ambient noise down enough to make it all worthwhile.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by RealityBites
I hope you stocked up on your batteries, beeyotch.

Was that directed at me or leagl? If me, I need more to fully engage in a flame war. That's a sputtering bic lighter, not a flame.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
CNN or MSNBC says in their article that people are trapped in the subway, in elevators and in their cars. Would this be because lanes are really narrow and if you are in the middle lane you can't open the car doors? Or same problem but in tunnels and a combo of space between lanes and space between lane and wall of tunnel.

Or they have some schmancy cars in NYC that, uh, plug in or something.

trapped, perhaps, by the unruly mobs taking to the streets?



Or perhaps it said trapped in "the cars" (of the subway referenced earlier in the sentence).

Or maybe I need to get myself one of these plug-in cars. They're probably pretty good 99% of the time.

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Was that directed at me or leagl? If me, I need more to fully engage in a flame war. That's a sputtering bic lighter, not a flame.

you... but it's been awhile, be gentle.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
trapped, perhaps, by the unruly mobs taking to the streets?



Or perhaps it said trapped in "the cars" (of the subway referenced earlier in the sentence).

Or maybe I need to get myself one of these plug-in cars. They're probably pretty good 99% of the time.

Bloomburg said it was calm. I think the riots and looting won't start until it gets darker.

Edited to say, you were right, I was wrong, they were talking about the subway cars. I kind of liked my image of people trapped in regular cars like sardines.

You may want to print and frame this post in which I admit wrong-ness.

[leagleaze]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Was that directed at me or leagl? If me, I need more to fully engage in a flame war. That's a sputtering bic lighter, not a flame.

Me? Why would she flame me? I just helped her. My god, she flamed me didn't she? That bitch, that fucking ingrate. See if I help her again.

And sheesh, after all these years, you would think she would know I don't live in NY or any of the areas affected. And if I did live in those areas, I wouldn't be on line, which not only makes her a fucking ingrate, but stupid.

That's right STUPID.

I hate her. God I hate her.

Be gentle? Oh...right...never mind.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by purse junkie
Actually, average it out. Assume that pleasure is a useful function in itself. She'll wear the ring every day for the next several decades, and will at least occasionally pause to think "that's really pretty" or "I remember the day we got engaged." This excludes the external value of the compliments she receives first from family and friends, then occasionally from new acquaintances. Compare this to the HDTV, which will be obsolete or a decaying piece of crap in 15 years, and will cause you a shooting sense of agony every time you look at it when Joe Next Door buys something new that makes your TV look like a Bobby Brady transistor radio.

Yeah, she'll never, not once, look at that ring, and her girlfriend's somewhat larger ring, and think, no, I don't need a bigger one. Not in 50 years. Nope. Won't happen.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by baltassoc
That must be some ring. Somehow I managed to get on an e-mailing list for a company that sells high end stereo components (http://www.revolutionhometheater.com/). I could assemble a surround sound system out of their catalog that cost more than my house. Hell, you can drop $30k and only get a pre-amp. They sell power strips (okay, uninterupted power supplies with a power "conditioner" that removes interference from the line) that cost more than my entire stereo system.

All of which is to say that electronics can get pretty stupidly expensive too. I can't imagine creating / living in an environment where the ambient noise was low enough to tell the difference between a $3000 and $30000 pre-amp. Not to mention it would get blown out by some power outage hitting the entire east coast.

That's not necessarily true. There is a HUGE difference between a $3000 stereo and a $10,000 stereo. That said, there is also a huge difference in people's hearing capabilities. (The more you wear headphones, the worse you will hear and you're high frequency hearing loss (we all get it) deteriorates sooner.
That also being said, everyone can hear some differences - you don't need to be a "trained ear." Hell, the speakers that Chandler Bing and Joey had in their apartment were about $5000/pair. And that's chicken feed in the grand scheme of things. Of course they had no electronics but that's neither here nor there.

Also, if you're going to invest in the electronics, you're absolutely stupid not to invest in the best surge suppressor/line conditioner you can afford. Those people in New York will be sad to find out that when the power comes back on, a lot of their electronics will have blown out. The service departments will be packed with people with dead computers, TV's and stereos from the surge - all which could have been avoided with a $100 (NOT $10) surge protector. NO, I don't work for a surge protector company, but have many many friends in "the business."

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by leagleaze
Me? Why would she flame me? I just helped her. My god, she flamed me didn't she? That bitch, that fucking ingrate. See if I help her again.

And sheesh, after all these years, you would think she would know I don't live in NY or any of the areas affected. And if I did live in those areas, I wouldn't be on line, which not only makes her a fucking ingrate, but stupid.

That's right STUPID.

I hate her. God I hate her.

Be gentle? Oh...right...never mind.

She confessed she flamed me, and worse, she has outed that I have moved to Cleveland. I mean NYC. That outing bitch. Maybe I can make her vomit.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Hell, the speakers that Chandler Bing and Joey had in their apartment were about $5000/pair.

Why do you know this? Why would you advertise that you know this?