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Comment · 9 years ago
my glasses were never removed from the packaging.
Comment · 10 years ago
I use stylebot chrome extension.
Comment · 10 years ago
A company I have worked for tried this, changing a few single bathrooms from M and W to unisex. The women protested because cleanliness went way down. They went back to M and W after 2 weeks.
Comment · 10 years ago
There are a few more parts you can buy for the home install to make it more efficient. I can see the manufacturers leaving it out due to install space and cost.

My system is relatively new, but this thread has my thinking of ways I can better use that 4 gallons of waste.

Comment · 10 years ago
For comparison, a big-box purchased reverse osmosis home setup could have up to a 4:1 waste water ratio.
Comment · 11 years ago
I found myself in a similar situation, sharing the same name, not profiling. I was asked to come in to 'help with a case'. It was really an interrogation of my involvement. I had the same feeling of uncertainty and the thought I could do nothing to argue my case, based on the continued, escalating questions.

It was assumed that I needed to prove my innocence rather than they prove my guilt. Luckily I happened to be across the country on that day so it was easily dropped. I was denied to see the police report after multiple requests, which I thought I was entitled to.

This one experience greatly changed the way I view police and their tactics. I can empathize

Comment · 11 years ago
beer is just an analogy. I interpreted it as him saying there is greed in all markets.

Is there something inherently wrong with marking up cash advances for those who are otherwise seen as too risky to take on? Any market that has little to no competition has the opportunity to run the same course.

The recent drug price increase of 5000% comes to mind.

Comment · 11 years ago
there is some truth to this quote.

“But a business owner can buy this beer for a dollar, mark it up eight times, and sell it to idiots like us, and no one cares.”

Comment · 11 years ago
same with Champagne and a few other protected names.

all scotch is whiskey, but not all whiskey is scotch sort of thing.

he is essentially just creating hard liquor with aging characteristics as I see it. He could technically create any new name to differentiate his product and make it more marketable as the other protected names have done.

Comment · 11 years ago
Comment · 11 years ago
Side note. johnberardsucks.com is avail.
Comment · 11 years ago
This is the part that bothers me most. A lot of small deliveries are convenient and all, but the cost to ship multiple small items (maybe separately) to your door has an impact.

We are currently in a single-serve consumer-focused environment and this takes it a step farther.. potentially a single item shipment environment.

Unless they batch days or a full week, I think this is a bad habit to get in.

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