Nancy Young wrote:
>graham wrote:
>>Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> Geez. I saw a woman feed her toddler a cup of soup from the shelf.
>>> Maybe in styrofoam type of packaging. Then she put the empty back
>>> on the shelf with the other ones so you wouldn't notice until you
>>> picked it up. I actually went back and checked because I didn't
>>> trust my eyes. Yup, empty soup container on the shelf.
>>>
>>> She had a cart full of stuff so I don't think it was the act of
>>> a desperate mom or anything. She just didn't feel the need to
>>> pay for in-store dining.
>
>> I read an interview with a supermarket manager where he said that he had
>> spotted a woman take and eat a banana and then leave the peel on a
>> shelf.
>
>I mean, really. How much is a banana?
>
> > So he put it in a paper bag, wrote a price on it and, when she
>> wasn't looking, slipped it into her cart.
>
>I doubt she paid for that at checkout, just left it there.
>But I like that he tried.
>
>There's a produce place near me where I've seen people help
>themselves to more than grapes. I saw a guy eat a peach once.*
>Walking around the store, like it's free. No different than
>the banana. They've taken to putting out samples, not a bad idea.

I've decided it depends where one lives... here in NY, especially NYC
store keepers encourage noshing, smart business people know that
sampling encourages a lot more buying... business survives on revenue,
not on tossing spoiled product. In NY storekeepers have shills who
walk about eating all sorts of foods, from produce, to baked goods, to
cheeses, coldcuts, etc., all to generate shoppers to sample without
guilt and *buy*. In NYC when you ask a produce manager how are the
peaches he'll immediately grab one, slice it in half and say, here,
fress, and give the other half to your kid. Real business peeps know
that once a shopper samples they buy. Yoose moroons, WTF do yoose
think the successful auto dealers push test drives. A smart sales
person knows immediately who walks in got gelt... they know the old
unshaven guy walks in with muddy bib overalls can buy and sell the
dealership and the well dressed snob with pinky rings can't buy
dinner. I still remember many years ago sitting in an eastend Lung
Guyland realtor's office when this old dirty smelly guy walked in to
talk to someone. When he left I asked who was that bum? I was told
he's no bum, Mr. Delalio owns the land you're walking on, he owns free
and clear over 100,000 acres of Long Island's prime real estate...
compared to Mr. Delalio "The Donald" is a pauper
http://www.delaliosod.com/index.html

On 24/03/2015 5:06 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2015-03-24 6:22 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>>> There are a number of organizations these days who, as part of
>>> the hiring process, want access to your FaceBook account.
>>
>> They should get a load at people's Usenet posts except that most
>> posters are probably too old to be looking for a job.
>
>
> Not to mention that few of them are using their real names. I don't know
> how you get away with yours. I know a number of people using false
> names in FB, but there was a recent new article about some young lady
> who was upset that FB would not let her use her real name... Isis.
>>
>> As far as Facebook goes, it's an invaluable tool for building a
>> database for facial recognition systems. It's millions of photos of
>> people with names attached to the faces. Law enforcement agencies are
>> very happy with this. Facebook is also a boon for nosy people wanting
>> to get the dirt on other people.
>>
>> Generally speaking we'll lose our ability to hide ourselves and
>> that's going to change the way we bring people to justice, good or
>> bad, forever.
>>
>
Ironic that it's part of Egyptian mythology.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2lKLi0rJDA
Just beautiful!
Graham
--
Buy a man a beer and he wastes an hour.
Teach a man to brew and he wastes the rest of his life.

On Tue, 24 Mar 2015 20:01:06 -0400, Boron Elgar
> wrote:

snip
>
>Trendy can be fun. These whiz-bang new gadgets, doncha know...
>Actually, I am very thankful for them. I have a kid who teaches in
>Taiwan and I get to see and hear him through Skype almost daily. That
>sort of thing alone would encourage me to be a new adopter of whatever
>new software or hardware were coming out. Bring it on!
>
>Boron
How nice to be able to communicate that way.
When my daughter was in Africa for a few years our only communication
was postal.
Janet US

"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "graham" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 24/03/2015 12:32 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On 3/24/2015 4:51 AM, wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 20:00:24 -0700, "Cheri" >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> LOL, yeah a furtive look and getting away quickly makes it pretty much
>>>>> a
>>>>> theft. I had to laugh when you said your dh didn't say anything to
>>>>> her, same
>>>>> with my dh when a woman walking her dog stopped and let the dog poop
>>>>> in our
>>>>> yard, and then hurried on. He was out there but he said he was so
>>>>> surprised
>>>>> with the nerve of her that he didn't say anything.
>>>>
>>>> I would have picked the turd up and rubbed it all over her.
>>>> And yes, *then* wash my hands.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'd never do that because she could get you for assault. I have
>>> delivered dog droppings back to the owner. I'm sure they had some
>>> cleanup to do.
>> Last year a dog was regularly crapping on the middle of my back lawn (I
>> have no fence) obviously owned by someone using the pathway behind my
>> property. If it happens this year, I'll put out a few squares of Ex-lax
>> for it!
>
> Aww it isn't the dog's fault.

No, it's the owners fault, and I wouldn't want to take a chance on making
the dog sick. I told my dh he should have told her to wait right there while
he got her a bag to clean it up. We had a neighbor once that took off on an
owner about their dog pooping in his front yard, and they said that his kids
played in their front yard sometimes so no big deal, he said when my kid
comes over and poops in your yard, be sure and let me know and I'll clean it
up. I always thought that was so funny.

Cheri

"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>>
>> "graham" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 24/03/2015 12:32 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>> On 3/24/2015 4:51 AM, wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 20:00:24 -0700, "Cheri" >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> LOL, yeah a furtive look and getting away quickly makes it pretty
>>>>>> much a
>>>>>> theft. I had to laugh when you said your dh didn't say anything to
>>>>>> her, same
>>>>>> with my dh when a woman walking her dog stopped and let the dog poop
>>>>>> in our
>>>>>> yard, and then hurried on. He was out there but he said he was so
>>>>>> surprised
>>>>>> with the nerve of her that he didn't say anything.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would have picked the turd up and rubbed it all over her.
>>>>> And yes, *then* wash my hands.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'd never do that because she could get you for assault. I have
>>>> delivered dog droppings back to the owner. I'm sure they had some
>>>> cleanup to do.
>>> Last year a dog was regularly crapping on the middle of my back lawn (I
>>> have no fence) obviously owned by someone using the pathway behind my
>>> property. If it happens this year, I'll put out a few squares of Ex-lax
>>> for it!
>>
>> Aww it isn't the dog's fault.
>
> No, it's the owners fault, and I wouldn't want to take a chance on making
> the dog sick. I told my dh he should have told her to wait right there
> while he got her a bag to clean it up. We had a neighbor once that took
> off on an owner about their dog pooping in his front yard, and they said
> that his kids played in their front yard sometimes so no big deal, he said
> when my kid comes over and poops in your yard, be sure and let me know and
> I'll clean it up. I always thought that was so funny.

Sounds fair enough to me ))

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On Tue, 24 Mar 2015 20:28:11 -0600, Janet B >
wrote:

>On Tue, 24 Mar 2015 20:01:06 -0400, Boron Elgar
> wrote:
>
>snip
>>
>>Trendy can be fun. These whiz-bang new gadgets, doncha know...
>>Actually, I am very thankful for them. I have a kid who teaches in
>>Taiwan and I get to see and hear him through Skype almost daily. That
>>sort of thing alone would encourage me to be a new adopter of whatever
>>new software or hardware were coming out. Bring it on!
>>
>>Boron
>How nice to be able to communicate that way.
>When my daughter was in Africa for a few years our only communication
>was postal.
>Janet US

It's wonderful, Janet. I think I probably talk more with him than the
two kids who are local.


Boron

On Tue, 24 Mar 2015 18:25:13 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>On 3/24/2015 4:43 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 Mar 2015 16:25:32 -0400, Nancy Young
>> > wrote:
>
>>> That stuff is so wordy it's mind numbing. I signed up for the
>>> new American Express card they're offering to the Costco customers
>>> they're losing next year ... you know the terms were long and dreary.
>>> I tried to read it but I skim. All I want to see is No Fee and
>>> cash back.
>>
>> Yeah, I think I'll just ditch that card and use a Visa once the Amex
>> is dropped.
>
>Ii didn't mean to pick on Amex, all TOS are like that.
>
>When I got divorced, Amex was the only card who'd take a chance
>on me, so I've had one pretty much since. The $200 sign up bonus
>doesn't hurt.
>
>>> How many times have I seen the police get info on a suspect just
>>> by looking at their Facebook page. Hell, how many criminals get
>>> info that way.
>
>> Facebook makes a lot of money selling data from their posters to
>> advertisers..
>
>Someone's paying for that 'free' service.
>
>nancy


And I just saw this today.

http://campaign.r20.constantcontact....e-d4ae528ed502

Twitter plans to sell its data to advertisers, according to Chris
Moody, its data strategy chief. The social media site is looking to
supply its data stream to marketing specialists such as San Francisco
software firm Klout, which will repackage the data to sell to other
companies, or directly to companies, including IBM, Oracle and
Saleforce.com. Twitter would match its users to a company's database
of customers to enable targeted advertising. Moody denied any issues
with data privacy, saying "It's done in a completely anonymized
fashion, so we are not sharing private information."

In article >,
"Julie Bove" > wrote:

> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
> ...
> > We went to Costco today, it was remarkably empty, no one
> > in line for gas, not too many people in the store. Cool.
> > I was in a hunt to find the steam mop I wanted and left Ron
> > with the cart.
> >
> > He stepped away look look at something and caught a woman
> > make a sneaky move and stole the only thing in the cart!
> > My coupon book!
> >
> > Why he didn't say anything, I don't know. I think he was just
> > astonished. Bad enough my name and address are on the book,
> > my written shopping list was in there, a good size list.
> > Don't worry, I didn't forget to get the bananas. Heh.
> >
> > Good thing my bag wasn't in there, we be sealing the entrance.
> > Thief on the loose.
> >
> > nancy
>
> This sort of thing is often reported on coupon forums. And back in the day,
> popular toys such as Cabbage Patch dolls and Transformers were stolen out of
> carts. I once had an elderly woman going through my cart in a Fred Meyer.
> I wanted a pastry brush and for some reason they were located on two
> different aisles. I was walking back and forth between the aisles without
> moving my cart to compare them. The woman's daughter got her out of my cart
> and apologized for her behavior.
>
> I love it when some spaced out person puts something in my cart. That has
> happened a few times.

can't see that it matters one way or another, my costco doesn't require
the coupons