Brings back memories of my worse cancelation experience. In the early ‘90s my mother called one morning to say my grandmother had died. I booked a flight on TWA from Dallas to St. Louis through Oklahoma City for me, my wife, and our baby daughter. When we got to OKC, the departing gate listed on the ticket was…

Oh, yeah! I remember the spider egg thing, now that you mention it. Kids!

On the topic of chewing gum, for some reason when I was around 10 years old, a whole slew of new gums came out. I remember Freshen Up, Bubble Yum, and Bubblicious all being new at about that time. A piece of one of those was like some kind of prison barter token to schoolkids at recess. Once in about 7th grade one of…

I should play the lottery I guess. My 15-year-old Roomba 500-series is still working fine. In all that time I’ve replaced the cliff sensors, roller bearings, and batteries. Never had to replace a roller itself.

“Wow, you totally got taken for a ride, Beesley. Most apartments these days have, like, three kitchens.”

It’s been fixed now, anyway.

It was supposed to be “and now” instead of “can now”.

Note that you can only file a claim in this settlement if you bought the TV in California.

Yeah, the extra keypresses and confusion if you don’t follow all the steps are what ruin the grocery chain’s system. I normally use my phone with a home screen shortcut straight to Walmart Pay, so the receipt shows up immediately in the app. Luckily my local store doesn’t check receipts currently, but it’s there in…

I agree, Walmart’s are by far the best. I very rarely have any kind of problem there. Even checking out produce is normally not an issue. The only times I’ve had something go wrong at a Walmart checkout in the past couple of years, it’s been a barcode that isn’t in the system for some reason. Now, the self checkouts…

I rarely honk at other drivers, and then only when I need to get their attention. I pretty often honk at deer. I want them to be extremely afraid of cars, and to pass it on genetically to their offspring until they evolve into fearful burrowing creatures who never appear above ground, instead of standing in the middle…

“Hey, watch while I use this bowling ball to hammer in this nail!” I’m pretty sure I could walk into my local dealership and get a salesperson to talk about Harry Potter, as well. Misusing a tool doesn’t mean it’s totally worthless.

My local Applebee’s seems to have pretty bad food. I went there for the first time in a while last week with my father-in-law. That’s where he wanted to go. I had the Bourbon Street Chicken, and that piece of grilled chicken was somehow...crunchy?...on the inside. It seemed fully cooked, but it had a really unpleasant…

Burger King does the same thing. It’s annoying.

Living in the Midwest for more than 2/3 of my life, I think every large potluck I’ve ever been to has had Watergate salad!

Thanks, good to know! Yes, my dermatologist prescribed Retin-A maybe 10 years ago, but I couldn’t afford it at the time. As you say, it was hundreds of dollars per month, and insurance wouldn’t cover it, even to treat an actual skin condition. I’ll have to check into it again.

Krunchers are the superior kettle-type chip on that list. And I am unanimous in that. They’re getting harder to find around here lately. :(

Hmm. Only one of my three local coffee shops is on there. And it’s the worst one. :(

Glad to see a mention of the Watcher! Somehow the bigeneration reminded me of that. It’s been so long, I don’t remember what the “canon” explanation was for the Watcher back then.