From: oldernow@dev.null   
      
   On 2024-05-08, D  wrote:   
      
   >> What ever it takes to thin this ridiculously stupid herd!   
   >   
   > Yes! And the more they thin out, the better we'll do! =)   
      
   Oddly, it took 63 years, but I recently *finally* benefited   
   from the stupidity of others.   
      
   See.. my wife ordered 32 bags of mulch from what's called   
   "Walmart", here, but split that into two orders.   
      
   Well, I went to pick up one of the orders, using their   
   "app" to say I was on my way... and then entered the pickup   
   parking spot number... and eventually all 32 were rolled   
   out on a card.   
      
   Considering myself a packing expert (not to mention one   
   that loathes "help"), I told the girl I'd be packing it   
   myself, and could need to return for part of the second   
   order.   
      
   But I managed to fit all 32 bags, and was off on my   
   merry way.   
      
   Well, the next day the "app" started pestering me about   
   picking up the second order!   
      
   But, um... you already gave me the second order....?   
      
   But the app kept insisting, so I returned a few days later   
   to pick it up. And not only did the fine fellows working   
   that day load my vehicle fairly nicely, they managed to   
   throw in a couple extra bags for what I can only imagine   
   to be my good looks.   
      
   So I wound up with 16 + 16 + 18 = 50 bags!   
      
   Now, I'd normally not take advantage of that sort of thing.   
   But we've experienced enough heartache and misery at that   
   story to stop shopping there for about a year... but their   
   mulch price the day we ordered was too good to pass on,   
   so in *my* mind, they were finally making good on that   
   heartache and misery they dished out in the past. :-)   
      
   > Boo! Please make my day job easier and become a slave   
   > to marketing.   
      
   It's one of those "torn within" kinds of things. I've long   
   though I'd be good at it, and yet I can't get it out of my   
   mind that it's basically glorified lying. I mean, I can   
   deal with the guilt of winding up with 18 free bags of   
   mulch. But deceiving the masses? *Totally* different.   
      
   :-)   
      
   >> There's almost no alcoholic beverage I *don't* like,   
   >> unless it's sweetened. Ick! No sugary drinks/concoctions   
   >> for this imbiber!   
   >   
   > For me it's red wine. For some reason I find it   
   > disgusting. The best red wine I ever tasted was   
   > "ok". Sparkling, sure, white wine, sure, port wine, why   
   > not, but regular red wine is the invention of the devil!   
      
   I can understand that. I was far more into white *WINE* :-)   
   in my earlier wine days.   
      
   >> I love all kinds of beers too, and yet every now and then   
   >> nothing but a *can* of Pabst will do. I don't know how to   
   >> explain that.   
   >   
   > Well, I guess it must be the nostalgic feeling of having   
   > been brought up on Pabst when you were a child, right? ;)   
      
   Definitely the advertising. But I was a late-comer to   
   alcohol.  If I'm remembering correctly, it was mostly a   
   "cool" thing to drink in college. But even then, I'd found   
   such a great deal on a German Rhine wine in bulk that I   
   stuck mostly to that in the dorm, with occasional mixers   
   out (I seem to remember "whiskey sours" being popular at   
   the time).   
      
   > What about Busch light? When I was a student in Chicago,   
   > we bought Busch light by the bucket, since it was so cheap   
   > _and_ it also contained alcohol! ;)   
      
   The only light beer I ever cared for was Coors light.   
      
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