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Seems that pretty much all of the stores, that invested heavily in self checkout, are experiencing record levels of "shrinkage." To the point that actually using people is cheaper.

It actually expanded after WWIII. There were a lot of dead people to steal land from.

The weight would be greatly reduced by flaying the carcasses and making human jerky(tm).

A 3 week mail hold cost me something like C$30.00, the last time I went to Seattle.

The big problem is that none of those other carriers will take up the business of shipping to remote locations, because there's no money to be made in it. Back when I worked in computer manufacturing, we had a client on Les iles de la Madeleine. It didn't matter what service we used; the last...

Just what businesses need, with the increased costs caused by recent issues. Just got back from submitting my passport renewal. Sounds like they're waiting until November to see if the strike ends. If not, they'll ship by courier. I wasn't going to pay for expedited renewal because I'm not...

They have absolutely great stuff. Most of my formal wear has come from them. I also have their Coachman's Hat (a short Top Hat style), and Regency Top Hat (tapered style).

Pity. You did a good job on it. Those Wand Company pieces are absolutely beautiful. One of my co-workers has both the Phaser II and the Communicator, which as far as I know are no longer available.

Is that a Wand Company Tricorder?! Man, am I jealous!

Can't help with the gauntlets, but Home Depot has a set of EVA foam kneepads for about C$10.00. Hot glue on some spites made out of EVA foam floor mats, also available at HD, and you're good to go. Cold in boxers? Flesh coloured tights.

To me, Diet Coke tastes as if someone dropped a few shavings off a peppermint candy into it.

All that I can think of, at the moment, is the dot.com bubble and all the vapourware that caused it.

I can, but the difference between Coke Zero and regular Coke is more subtle. And don't get me started on the horror that is the Stevia based stuff :sick:

Some people whine that SciFi in which an advanced civilization forgets how to make and repair its tech is unrealistics. <Waves hands at the world> In college I got good enough marks on tests and assignments that I got advanced standing, and as a result didn't have to write most final exams...

Finally getting around to putting up my photo booth again, in the sitting room. It's been sitting in a state of disassembly for the last 10 months, or so, while I worked on other stuff. Two 12' convention background stands, 3 pieces of 1" x 12' PVC pipe, and 4 generic black background cloths to...

Me: I'll be available tomorrow morning, to assist with your (so trivial that I can't believe you can't fix it yourself) issue. Client: That's great! I'll be available from noon to 2:00pm.

"Sorry, Dr. Mengele, I shouldn't criticize your methods given your results." Sort of like my father trying to take credit for my scholastic successes because he treated my report cards like they were never good enough, no matter how good they were.

Interviews suck. In all of my previous jobs I had a direct sit-down with either the owner of the company, or the regional manager. When I applied to the uni it was a three person panel and a written test, that included stuff I never committed to memory.