Random Thoughts...or...What's on Your Mind?
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Placed an order on Walmart.com, they offered next day delivery so I said why not. Turns out someone is driving my order to me from an out of town store (we don't actually have a Walmart in my city) 30 minutes away. I'm assuming there are multiple orders being delivered even if it's not on a level of Amazon's volume, otherwise what a waste of time and gas. It's also being delivered from a store that the website said didn't have it in stock. If I knew it was in stock, I would've just gone to get it myself.
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Well, it's not optimal usage of an "enormous" screen when a production doesn't fill it up. It's no big deal when there are good reasons, like, the material was originally produced for a different kind of screen (like movies for the silver screen or old tv productions for 4:3 tubes -- in those cases, it's an acceptable compromise. But it's no justification for deliberately wasting the potential of the screen something is produced for, imo).
And so far I've only heard very vague, unspecific rationalizations like "creative reasons" (which would that be?! And why were there no 2.35:1 tv productions in 4:3 times when it's apparently such a big creative matter?).
So I think it's either they think people are stupid and get a "cineatic" feeling just because something is letterboxed, or they want to save streaming bandwidth.
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Could be the type of washing machine--if the agitator in the middle of the machine is coming loose, the clothes that get caught in the bottom can get damaged. If it's a front loader, they might be getting caught on the door, or something. Or your hot water heater is getting WAY too hot.
Or insects. What are those things that like clothes as snacks? Ah, silverfish they are common in Australia and love hiding in wardrobes and snacking on clothes
Guess it depends how inexpensive. If the cost time them is likely to be as much or more then maybe not.
That said you could drop them an email and give them the choice but I definitely wouldn't be doing anything other than that, I'd be wanting them to arrange collection at a convenient time for me.
I'm usually honest but sometimes it backfires. Last year in cape verde, in a restaurant a bottle of wine had been left off the bill, so we chose to tell them, wish we hadn't as was met with huffs and puffs and took them an age to sort it.
Ad for Dominos here in Australia. The most disgusting pizza ever
1. I have to admit, at first I assumed that was a joke/photoshop, but a quick look into it seems to show it’s real. I guess I would try it, but it is a little disappointing how little pizza you get on your pizza, due to the size of the crust.
2. I have already mentioned this to another member recently, so I would be remiss if I didn’t mention it here, too: please remember that we are not supposed to post the same post in multiple threads. Thank you.
No that's fine Arrow. I shouldn't have done that.
Two of my colleagues are Christian. They were talking about mass yesterday. One said: "The priest said people don't pray enough these days."and I was like, "That's what he's talking about? Not the fact that LGBTQIA rights are being threatened? Not the war in Ukraine or Gaza? Not about the shit going on in America? I'm playing the world's tiniest violin!"
Some shows that move from network TV to streaming will crank up the violence or swearing, and there will always be some viewers who are vocal about not liking this, most recently with Law & Order: Organized Crime. But a show like Criminal Minds, which dealt with sadism and depravity and killed characters in cruel, violent and gruesome ways every episode for 15 straight seasons on CBS moves to Paramount+ and it's the swearing that upsets you?
Yeah that's a bit odd now. I've got the big box set of all 15 seasons. Have watched the whole thing once so far.
Actually have a question about that.
In my set season 1 and 2 have episode titles on the DVD menus but every season after that only has episode numbers. Like disk 1 of season 3 has 1, 2, 3, 4 instead of episode names. Like why would the individual volumes be so different?
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Had a bit of a bizarre experience today. I guess you could call it a "Mandela Effect", if you were so inclined.
I was reading an article about Margaret Atwood today, and one of the things mentioned was how Aunt Lydia actress Ann Dowd would be
This caused me a great deal of cognitive dissonance, as I have a distinct memory of reading about Ann Dowd's death. I don't remember the exact date, but I believe it was between the airings of season 4 and season 5. I remember the articles (more than one!) on the story, and I remember being sad about it, and thinking what a void that would leave on the show. The articles were filled with the usual plaudits from cast and crew. They also mentioned that the next season (presumably 5) was already filmed, so Aunt Lydia would still appear in that season, but she wouldn't be around for the following season, and that the producers weren't sure yet how they were going to handle it. And then when I watched season 5, I figured they would just end up saying something happened off-screen, and I remember reflecting on what I believed to be her last scene in the show.
I have now looked into it, and, of course, Ann Dowd is apparently very much alive, and apparently does appear in season 6. (I haven't seen any of season 6 yet, but will probably start this weekend, since the finale drops on May 27.) And don't get me wrong, that's great news, and I'm happy she's still with us... but having such clear--but apparently completely false--memories has left me disconcerted.
I don't believe in the more fanciful "explanations" for the Mandela Effect, and instead believe that it's all just based on the fallibility of human memory. And I've fallen victim to the Effect before, but those were more clear cases of just misremembering something. This one seems to be a case of me just creating false memories whole cloth? Maybe it's possible I'm confusing her with another actress... but I distinctly remember all the articles discussing her role as Aunt Lydia.
It kind of bothers me that I have no idea where these false memories came from. It's such a bizarre feeling when it happens to you.
I was reading an article about Margaret Atwood today, and one of the things mentioned was how Aunt Lydia actress Ann Dowd would be
returning to the world of Gilead in the sequel series The Testaments.
This caused me a great deal of cognitive dissonance, as I have a distinct memory of reading about Ann Dowd's death. I don't remember the exact date, but I believe it was between the airings of season 4 and season 5. I remember the articles (more than one!) on the story, and I remember being sad about it, and thinking what a void that would leave on the show. The articles were filled with the usual plaudits from cast and crew. They also mentioned that the next season (presumably 5) was already filmed, so Aunt Lydia would still appear in that season, but she wouldn't be around for the following season, and that the producers weren't sure yet how they were going to handle it. And then when I watched season 5, I figured they would just end up saying something happened off-screen, and I remember reflecting on what I believed to be her last scene in the show.
I have now looked into it, and, of course, Ann Dowd is apparently very much alive, and apparently does appear in season 6. (I haven't seen any of season 6 yet, but will probably start this weekend, since the finale drops on May 27.) And don't get me wrong, that's great news, and I'm happy she's still with us... but having such clear--but apparently completely false--memories has left me disconcerted.
I don't believe in the more fanciful "explanations" for the Mandela Effect, and instead believe that it's all just based on the fallibility of human memory. And I've fallen victim to the Effect before, but those were more clear cases of just misremembering something. This one seems to be a case of me just creating false memories whole cloth? Maybe it's possible I'm confusing her with another actress... but I distinctly remember all the articles discussing her role as Aunt Lydia.
It kind of bothers me that I have no idea where these false memories came from. It's such a bizarre feeling when it happens to you.
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