Makes you wonder.

[fasteddy]

My mom has a chronic sore back and the doctor said that she should have an xray. The following exchange happened between the woman checking her in at the hospital and my brother.

Woman, How old is your mother?

Brother, 103

Woman, Is this work related?

Brother, She's a 103.

Woman after she was given mom's health care card, Does she have a photo ID?

Brother, She's a 103. Do you want to see her drivers license?

Woman kept on typing and never looked up. Just another robot.

Steve.

 

[MEASURE TWICE]

I went into a Walgreens drugstore to see about cost of prints from flash memory. It used to be they had listed the prices. Then I notice with minimum 50 prints of 4 by 6 glossy you get 30 percent off. Great, now what is the base price. Eventually the guy says he thinks he knows the price. Later I'm at Riteaid drugstore. Again no sign. But here is what happens, all the info I was not expecting so easily. No minimum and regular price same as sale at prior store. Now I know it is just the person not the store as why answers are like pulling teeth.

I walk out the store to later bring back flash memory and get prints. I am walking out the door smiling for how astonished I was thinking it is all the same, but find out not. SOME ONE REALLY HAS ANSWERS! So as walking out the store, a little girl standing next to her mom is near the exit. The little girl sees me beaming. She immediately has then a great big smile.

Hey, I should thank the first store attendant for the smile on the little girls face, right?

Anyway maybe just smiling for no reason could do the same, but that's the way it happened.

PS, FastEddy really 103, amazing. Hope she gets the proper care and maybe a laugh from the outing as I did and feels better.

 

[fasteddy]

Hi measure Twice,
Officially moms birthday is on the 22 of December but as my brother says it's close enough to call. Good health and a great memory.

Steve.

 

[fasteddy]

Friend of mine in Tennessee went into Walmart a couple of days ago and sees a 3'x5' sign saying Oil Change $19.95. Takes his Jeep in and when he gets the bill it's $29.95. After his WTF moment the counter guy says any any oil change over 5 quarts is extra.
Dave says just a minute I'll bring the F'n sign it and show you it. It doesn't say a thing about that. After a hurried phone call the price was $19.95.

As he said how many people just pay the extra and walk away.

Steve.

 

[Ludwig II]

I just saw a Farcebook post. Did any of you realise the only known planet inhabited solely by robots is Mars?

 

[Mike B]

Pops had a photo ID. Not a drivers license, a CA state photo ID. You know, for people that don't drive. He was 92.

I guess the Walmart people forgot the asterisk eh? Everyone knows about the 5 quart thing. Everyone except your buddy in TN I guess?

Yup, makes you wonder.

 

[Greg58]

Its not about that at all for me its the bait and switch that gets me, if any store trys that without posting the disclaimer they deserve to lose money.

 

[Mike B]

Oh, they don't lose money, they just don't make as much. They buy bulk.

You couldn't even buy 5 quarts of oil and a filter for $20. Let alone change it.

I've known about the "5 quart thing" for decades now. What's new?

Draggin' in the "fing" sign is new, haven't heard about that one before.

 

[2door]

A supermarket near me used to have a sign in the bakery department. "Fresh baked bread at 4M or it's free" Several times I got there fifteen or twenty minutes after four to find the bread hours old, cold and anything but fresh and the new stuff still in the oven. I'd wait for it to come out then take it to the check out and demand no charge. The cashiers seemed oblivious to the sign about guaranteed fresh but usually gave it to me anyway. One said he had never seen that sign and was going to charge me the 2 bucks so I went back to the bakery, took the sign down and carried it back to the checker. He had no choice. My bread was free. I took the sign back and put it where it had been.

The next time I went in for fresh bread, guess what. No sign.
I will admit that they usually are taking the fresh hot bread out of the oven at near straight up four, every day. But the guaranty went away.

Tom

 

[Ludwig II]

Just found:

http://www.tickld.com/x/this-is-what-happens-if-you-trying-paying-with-a-2-dollar-bill-seriously

 

[2door]

2 dollar bills used to be very common especially around horse race tracks. People often made $2.00 bets. My Dad, who trained race horses always had some in his wallet. I haven't seen one for years and I remember hearing somewhere that they aren't printed anymore but those out there still in circulation are in fact, 'Legal Tender'.

Just something else that a lot of the newer generation is unfamilar with like TVs without remotes, phone booths and gas stations where you didn't have to pump your own gas.

Tom

 

[fasteddy]

And with the right car you could drive all night with a $2 dollar fill up.

Steve.

 

[cosmickid]

I liked 2$ bills, you could buy a dollars worth of gas, cruise all Friday night & have a buck left for a coke, burger & fries at the drive inn....

 

[MEASURE TWICE]

Oh, they don't lose money, they just don't make as much. They buy bulk.

You couldn't even buy 5 quarts of oil and a filter for $20. Let alone change it.

I've known about the "5 quart thing" for decades now. What's new?

Draggin' in the "fing" sign is new, haven't heard about that one before.

===============

How about this new one I've seen! You can buy something, like a fill up, but air into your tires, you can't do it yourself. The water and air is not like many stations that say you buy gas then air pump is free. They give you a token or turn it on remotely.

See this station's sign though. I like the cost of gas if you pay with cash, but on credit it is like 70 cents more. That's OK with me, but air I though it was supposed to be free with purchase. Like I really need an expert to fill air into my tires?

MT

PS, maybe it is just to make you think you can not use it yourself, but in reality you could and it would then be free. Cars were by the entrance to the bays so it would not be easy to get to use the air and anyway the pump used to be around the back and you used it yourself.

Don't know if there is a law, but I will next time I find I go there, instead I'll just ask to be sure. Cash gas price is better than anywhere else, so I would go back there.

 

[NEAT TIMES]

The $3. bill was the fake, queer as a three dollar bill was the expression in the good ole days.

There was a "Million Dollar Bill' in Nascar

Jack A Lope hunters may carry a few $3. bills

Ron

 

[Dan]

I have a buddy who is blind. His corneas are scratched and his eyes are red. Actually red around the blue.

I've seen him get asked for his drivers licence 3 times.

He grew up in Poughkeepsie, NY. He told me this story many years after it happened but he is blond haired with alabaster skin coloring. He works out regularly and I like to tease him that he looks like the poster child for Hitler youth. Woman fawn over this guy.

As a kid, he hung out with a Jamaican street gang. They once gave him a 9mm and told him to be the look out for some evil deed. The very, very blind guy.

 

[NEAT TIMES]

Dan

Was he a good shot with a pistol ? Just curious !!

Ron

 

[Dan]

Dan

Was he a good shot with a pistol ? Just curious !!

Ron

LOL, Ron.

First time he told me that story, I said "Stop or I'll shoot, or, Talk so I can"

He was not amused!

....and on top of that, he was a big fan of Anheuser Bush products.

 

[KCvale]

I liked 2$ bills, you could buy a dollars worth of gas, cruise all Friday night & have a buck left for a coke, burger & fries at the drive inn....

A night out on $2 was before my time.

Funny but it's opening day at Turf Paradise today.
That horse racing track has been around since before I went to high school a mile from there, and it's still $2 for most everything...

Parking, admission, beers, programs, and most bets are $2.

What I wonder about is how so many people can still use WD-40 for a lubricant when it's a solvent originally designed to de-ice shuttle fuel tanks.

'Why my do bearings keep frying, I oil them?'

 

[NEAT TIMES]

KCvale

Do the $2. horse`s run as fast as the more expensive Horse ??? Just curious!!

My ex complained about the WD every time and walked funny.

Dan, thought you would catch the humor = if the blind guy was a good shot. Was going to type pun, but had so much faith in you.

Was thinking you would say he had the old Ford Cats Eye Tail Lite Lens for eyes, but they were outlawed.
They had the cool blue centers in the red lens.

Ron