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Like any bubble, the trick is to get in, make your money, and get out before the crash.Abraham wrote:Those who don't become Bernie Madoff or one of his many clones, (calling Enron) go into car sales.
And, given the love of so-called bitcoins or crypto currency, one day I think it too will not be the same type of rip off of course, but another financial scandal in the making...
That's been going on for many many years. I remember hearing some kids say "on accident" when I was a kid.surprise_i'm_armed wrote:One thing that is absolutely "fingernails on the chalkboard" to me is when the
younger generation states that something happened "ON ACCIDENT."
Proper usage is this : things either happen "BY ACCIDENT" or "ON PURPOSE".
Some new words/usage make perfect sense such as "websurfing" or "couchsurfing",
but this "On accident" use seems clunky, awkward, and just plain wrong.
SIA
Agreed! "On accident" sounds planned as opposed to "by accident" which could happen to any of us.Pawpaw wrote:That's been going on for many many years. I remember hearing some kids say "on accident" when I was a kid.surprise_i'm_armed wrote:One thing that is absolutely "fingernails on the chalkboard" to me is when the
younger generation states that something happened "ON ACCIDENT."
Proper usage is this : things either happen "BY ACCIDENT" or "ON PURPOSE".
Some new words/usage make perfect sense such as "websurfing" or "couchsurfing",
but this "On accident" use seems clunky, awkward, and just plain wrong.
SIA
But yea. It always bugged me too, even back then.
Some of these people are probably prepaying to get the pumps turned on.anygunanywhere wrote:People who leave their vehicle parked in the fueling lanes while they go into the store to do whatever business they want. Usually in the diesel lane. I stopped in a Stripes in Kerrville the other day and every lane had an empty vehicle with no one fueling.
True. That doesn't excuse the rest of them. The prepayers are a small minority.Liberty wrote:Some of these people are probably prepaying to get the pumps turned on.anygunanywhere wrote:People who leave their vehicle parked in the fueling lanes while they go into the store to do whatever business they want. Usually in the diesel lane. I stopped in a Stripes in Kerrville the other day and every lane had an empty vehicle with no one fueling.
I'm so sick of those drug commercials! They are constant on every channel. Sure I'll risk death to have clear skin. Why not?surprise_i'm_armed wrote: How about those ads for some kind of medicine to cure a problem?
They then go on to list so MANY side effects, you would probably be just as
well off to stick with your original single ailment!
One medicine lists "compulsive gambling" as one of your possible freebies!
If you're sick of them, imagine how our doctors feel about them when patients come in and demand the new drug they just saw on TV> I used to to wind up my GP by asking her if whatever advertised drug of the week would be good for me. Every time, she'd cloud up and start to take off on me, then notice I'm smiling and she'd been had again.I'm so sick of those drug commercials! They are constant on every channel. Sure I'll risk death to have clear skin. Why not?
My favorite is the disclaimer "you should not take X if you are allergic to X"surprise_i'm_armed wrote:1. How about those ads for some kind of medicine to cure a problem?
They then go on to list so MANY side effects, you would probably be just as
well off to stick with your original single ailment!
One medicine lists "compulsive gambling" as one of your possible freebies!
2. How about TV ads that say you can only get the item at the stated price
for the next 5 minutes? They show a countdown timer. Oh, so if you tried
to buy it in SIX minutes, they wouldn't sell it to you?
3. How about battery-powered devices that use batteries that don't exist
in regular stores? You may have to pitch the device upon battery death.
SIA
Soccerdad1995 wrote:
I just wonder who the morons are that actually need this warning.
Best part of that is, don't take X if you are allergic to X or any one of its ingredients - but how are you to know if your are allergic to its ingredients, the ingredients are a trade secret if its a new drug to market.Soccerdad1995 wrote:My favorite is the disclaimer "you should not take X if you are allergic to X"surprise_i'm_armed wrote:1. How about those ads for some kind of medicine to cure a problem?
They then go on to list so MANY side effects, you would probably be just as
well off to stick with your original single ailment!
One medicine lists "compulsive gambling" as one of your possible freebies!
2. How about TV ads that say you can only get the item at the stated price
for the next 5 minutes? They show a countdown timer. Oh, so if you tried
to buy it in SIX minutes, they wouldn't sell it to you?
3. How about battery-powered devices that use batteries that don't exist
in regular stores? You may have to pitch the device upon battery death.
SIA
Really? I shouldn't take a medicine that I know I am allergic to? Wow, you learn something new every day.
I just wonder who the morons are that actually need this warning.
Soccerdad1995 wrote:My favorite is the disclaimer "you should not take X if you are allergic to X"surprise_i'm_armed wrote:1. How about those ads for some kind of medicine to cure a problem?
They then go on to list so MANY side effects, you would probably be just as
well off to stick with your original single ailment!
One medicine lists "compulsive gambling" as one of your possible freebies!
2. How about TV ads that say you can only get the item at the stated price
for the next 5 minutes? They show a countdown timer. Oh, so if you tried
to buy it in SIX minutes, they wouldn't sell it to you?
3. How about battery-powered devices that use batteries that don't exist
in regular stores? You may have to pitch the device upon battery death.
SIA
Really? I shouldn't take a medicine that I know I am allergic to? Wow, you learn something new every day.
I just wonder who the morons are that actually need this warning.