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Merusk
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So a year or so ago I mentioned that word was out Coke, Pepsi, etc were jealous of the bottled water prices and looking to raise costs to something comparable. At the time I recall people saying I was crazy.
Today at the store I noticed the branded sodas are $5 a 12-pack and $1.75 for a 20oz. Over the summer I recall prices were $4.25ish and $1.25-$1.35.
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Nebu
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Paying for bottled water is proof that Americans have too much money.
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Yegolev
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A good round of camping would help a lot of them, if you could force them into it.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Nebu
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A good round of camping would help a lot of them, if you could force them into it.
I'd love to give some people a 7 day survival experience... except that the whining would be unbearable. |
"Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other."
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Yoru
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Coherent posting from me in the next few days will be a coincidence. Alaaf!  Hah! One of my coworkers took off this week, as well as Monday, to attend that as well. Enjoy. |
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Merusk
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A good round of camping would help a lot of them, if you could force them into it.
I'd love to give some people a 7 day survival experience... except that the whining would be unbearable. It'd be worse now than ever before. "I can't get a cell signal here" "My phone only has 10% power. Why didn't we bring a generator!" "How the hell do we know where we're at, the GPS is dead!" (I'm also told I'm a freak for not owning a phone AND drinking tap water. Which tastes, "Disgusting.")  |
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Lantyssa
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Modern society falls apart if we don't have power for a few weeks. It's almost amusing.
(I'm not immune. I can get by, but I really like my computer and internet.)
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Yoru
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(I'm also told I'm a freak for not owning a phone AND drinking tap water. Which tastes, "Disgusting.") It's really dependent on where you live. Five years on, I can't drink most American tap water without gagging - you can taste the chlorination, it's like drinking pool water. San Francisco's was OK, but New York and LA are truly awful about it. Most Nordic countries have excellent tap water, whereas in southern Europe you don't want to touch it if it doesn't come from a bottle. Not that any awful flavor would deter me in the case of a serious hangover, but I'd still prefer to filter it when sober. |
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HaemishM
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My wife gets nauseous when she drinks our tapwater. I have no choice but to drink bottled water.
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Reg
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Just using a Brita filter isn't good enough?
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Rasix
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The fridge's filter is usually good enough for me, even with Tucson's toxic tap water. Without a filter, the shit fizzes in a way that suggests a sentient malevolence. My wife won't touch the stuff.
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HaemishM
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Just using a Brita filter isn't good enough?
Nope. |
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Polysorbate80
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Modern society falls apart if we don't have power for a few weeks. It's almost amusing.
(I'm not immune. I can get by, but I really like my computer and internet.)
Get a newer car with built in wifi and just live in it  I didn't add that option for my new pickup, but only because my daughter would finish bankrupting me with data charges from viewing endless Pokemon videos on YouTube during long trips. Did get the inverter option, though, so I can plug in the laptop without a 12v adapter. |
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bhodi
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I just use the brita filter, but if tap water was REALLY BAD, I'd just buy a reverse osmosis filter for under the sink rather than buying bottled water. At what, a dollar a bottle (?) you'd get your money back in half a year, max.
How do you do tea and cooking water and such? You drink bottled water, but you brew tea with nasty horrible tap water? Yuck.
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voodoolily
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Paying for bottled water is proof that Americans have too much money.
No, shitting and pissing into a porcelain urn of it does. |
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Yegolev
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Sleeping in the Creative Discovery Museum in Chattanooga tonight. So far I've slept in too many public places here.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Chimpy
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Sleeping in the Creative Discovery Museum in Chattanooga tonight. So far I've slept in too many public places here.
I built a few of the exhibits in that museum back in my scenery building days! |
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Yegolev
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Fine job sir. I plan on staking out a place in the music rooms. Small spaces with electrical outlets.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Yegolev
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Found a small room with felt walls and a door but no outlet. Hmmmmm.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Paelos
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Are you homeless now and this is your cry for help?
And if so how did you get Wifi?
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CPA, CFO, Sports Fan, Game when I have the time
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Merusk
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Starbucks?
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Morat20
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A good round of camping would help a lot of them, if you could force them into it.
I'd love to give some people a 7 day survival experience... except that the whining would be unbearable. Fire-building isn't as useful a skill these days as being able to handle the virus that just got on your laptop. Of course, if civilization collapses there's gonna be a rude awakening. But if it doesn't, well, camping stays just a hobby. |
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Ironwood
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Baftas.
Make it stop.
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Yegolev
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Are you homeless now and this is your cry for help?
And if so how did you get Wifi?
Sort of, and 4G. The room turned out to be fantastic. I couldn't hear much from outside with the door closed and it was very dark. Best night in a public indoor space I have ever spent. |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Rasix
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It's snowing right now at work. In Tucson. Roads are going to be a goddamn mess.
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Paelos
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3 roads on the way to my audit were closed with downed trees. I saw parts of Atlanta I had no business seeing. This city sucks for driving. Let's burn it again and start over.
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Lantyssa
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Didn't they already try that once?
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Paelos
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Didn't they already try that once?
Thus the again. This time though, we could not put two interstates right in the middle of downtown. And not have one way streets everywhere. Or the white flight urban sprawl. |
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Nebu
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I hate Atlanta. I couldn't live there for any amount of money.
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Yegolev
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But, chicken and waffles!
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Yoru
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But, chicken and waffles!
They serve that in Los Angeles as well, which is also a shithole, but at least it's sunny and has fewer cockroaches. Well, the four-legged kind, anyway. |
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Paelos
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I hate Atlanta. I couldn't live there for any amount of money.
Fall and Spring pretty much make it worth the hassle, especially being near the lakes, Athens, and the Braves. |
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But, chicken and waffles!
No problem. They are available everywhere now!  /vomit |
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Yegolev
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LOL
I think most of the good things about Atlanta are really outside Atlanta. I go into the city to see shows sometimes, but I have a very nice TV and don't need to go to the George, Phil or Ted. Although the Ted is very nice once you manage to get to it.
I don't know what a four-legged cockroach is, but sounds very LA.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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