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For crying out loud, thank you!
Power users didn't flock to these, but they were awesome for a certain demographic. Low skill early tech adopters. Grandma, grampa, mom and dad. Dudes out in rural areas, like my friend's dad, who only needed to use the PC for 30 minutes a day to keep his farm operation running and couldn't give 2 shits.
Sounds like a person who's most professional work experience is assembling pizzas
Switching gears a little bit, I heard one of the funniest comebacks from my friends son when he was 12.
He was horsing around with his friends and one said "you're gayyyyy".
Scotty, without skipping a beat retorted
"Oh so I fuck your father one time and that makes me gay?"
Request: I need a good winter coat. And I live in Winnipeg.
Thank you.
I'm an oldhead so I remember the way early days.
Yes, there was a small 'season' that was used to churn out old tech inventory in preparation for the December frenzy. This was in the day that meaningful device updates were, by today's standards relatively slow so it really made sense for holders of inventory to unload the stuff. Its also worth noting that at that time, electronics/tech was at it's cyclycal low in August and early September, so nobody wanted stuff collecting dust while consumer spending slowed.
Conditions are wildly different now. Besides, it was a "genuine" thing for a few years but that's ancient memory by this point.
No. 3D Printing is not the solution to everything. Get a replacement for $1 online. The End.
Plastic bad. Now stop using it. You figure it out.
I bet you never think twice about patronizing any establishment that treats their employees like shit.
That's a save changes? prompt, not an are you sure? prompt.
Also fuck Bloom to hell
He was an amusing sales guy that got into the TV advertising game early in the 50's. He found great success from barraging radio and TV with ads, especially late night TV, and half-ass daytime radio ads that were so bad they were good
With a disarming and quirky personality, he wore an inappropriate outfit and tall cowboy hat. He'd refer to the furniture store as the corral, call the viewers partner and always end with his catch-phrase 843 Main Street - C'Mon Down!. None of the cowboy presentation made sense given our city's culture, but perhaps it help him stand out!
His gag was constantly blaming his dopey No. 1 Son for leaving the furniture-making machine on overnight hence the blow-out sale (You'd think after taking so many losses he'd install an timer kill switch on the machine or get his son help, but I digress)
He was clearly not concerned about quality in the radio ads in particular, and you could just tell most were first-take probably to shave every cent off ad costs. He often was too leisurely and charming in the first 15 seconds, then realizing he's running out of time spoke faster and faster to get out the sales points, until he has but a second left to belt out his closing catch phrase, good fun
His philosophy in business was "give the customer more than they expect" which I heard him explain on a local AM radio time-filler interview one random weekend, but that really stuck with me and truly served me well in my life!
Mr Hill passed away many years ago but his memory is still strong here. The original building at 843 Main Street is gone due to arson but few will forget the impact this humble furniture salesman had in our city's culture
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