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Re: Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Says Amazon Threats Are ‘Not In My Lane’
« Reply #175 on: May 21, 2018, 07:37:54 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on May 21, 2018, 07:28:17 pm
I wonder how much it saves UPS to be able to pick up a hundred packages at one location, as opposed to having to pick them up from a hundred locations?  (For those unfamiliar with shipping stuff from your house, I can pack a box at my home, go to the USPS website, print a flat-rate label and the mail guy will come and pick it up.  I even get tracking info.)

And that's why the USPS rate cited on the webpage is higher.
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Re: Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Says Amazon Threats Are ‘Not In My Lane’
« Reply #176 on: May 21, 2018, 07:40:10 pm »
Quote from: DCPatriot on May 21, 2018, 07:30:21 pm
get in your Pinto (or S Class) and drive down to the GD store like everybody else.   :laugh:

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Re: Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Says Amazon Threats Are ‘Not In My Lane’
« Reply #177 on: May 21, 2018, 07:40:13 pm »
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I love it.  I do all my grocery shopping that way now.  I went to grocery store the other day for something quick and realized I haven't been in there for more than 6 months.

Haven't tried it yet, but when I played with the  ap, it seemed that if you needed something outside the staple norms, you were SOL.......

So would need an extra trip anyway
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Re: Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Says Amazon Threats Are ‘Not In My Lane’
« Reply #178 on: May 21, 2018, 07:44:12 pm »
Quote from: catfish1957 on May 21, 2018, 07:25:06 pm
Same here, not 80 years, but maybe 40.   The 5X I pay is worth the expertise and advise from those guys.   Try getting that at a Walmart, Home Depot, or Lowes.

 :amen:  And I find the prices at my store very much in line with all the other local stores.  They affiliated with ACE a few years ago and also handle ECHO and Sthil products and, more importantly, if I need a piece of 5mm all thread rod or a 1/4 x20 hanger bolt they have it in stock and know exactly where it is. 


You cannot walk in the place without someone greeting you before you go three feet with "Can I help you find something today?".   Hard to find places like that now.
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Re: Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Says Amazon Threats Are ‘Not In My Lane’
« Reply #179 on: May 21, 2018, 07:52:58 pm »
Quote from: DCPatriot on May 21, 2018, 07:30:21 pm
This thread is a hoot!   

Shoelaces??   Toothpaste??   'Imported' from Great Britain, no less?? 

Such high-falooting bullshit.... get in your Pinto (or S Class) and drive down to the GD store like everybody else.   :laugh:

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Ford Explorer.  (Or maybe my Escape Hybrid?)  I didn't know I was attracting so much attention.  Can't wait to see the response from the picture of the Cowboy Duster we bought online...
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Re: Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Says Amazon Threats Are ‘Not In My Lane’
« Reply #180 on: May 21, 2018, 08:32:59 pm »
Quote from: catfish1957 on May 21, 2018, 07:40:13 pm
Haven't tried it yet, but when I played with the  ap, it seemed that if you needed something outside the staple norms, you were SOL.......

So would need an extra trip anyway

Well, I use the website.

And on that, I can get lots of non-grocery stuff.  In fact, my next order has a comb and cetirizine.

If you want to get $10 off on your first order, let me know and I'll give you my code (I get $10 off, too, but I'm not pushing you!).
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Re: Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Says Amazon Threats Are ‘Not In My Lane’
« Reply #181 on: May 21, 2018, 08:53:55 pm »
If you really want to see the USPS lose money, just have Amazon and the like STOP using the USPS...

And I still don't get how Trump blames Amazon for using a service that sets its own rates... The Washington Post is the only viable explanation and that's just stupid on Trump's part.
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Re: Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Says Amazon Threats Are ‘Not In My Lane’
« Reply #182 on: May 21, 2018, 09:03:35 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on May 21, 2018, 07:24:50 pm
Saturday, I pulled up my Amazon and told it I want 45" laces for walking shoes, brown. 

@Cyber Liberty

LOL!
As an aside, every now and then I get a reminder of how much different i've got it from everyone else...

Anything I have that holds laces has laces made from paracord. With the exception of leather ones (which I don't actually use for laces), I don't think I have ever bought shoe laces in my life.   :shrug: :seeya:
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Re: Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Says Amazon Threats Are ‘Not In My Lane’
« Reply #183 on: May 21, 2018, 09:20:47 pm »
Quote from: roamer_1 on May 21, 2018, 09:03:35 pm
@Cyber Liberty

LOL!
As an aside, every now and then I get a reminder of how much different i've got it from everyone else...

Anything I have that holds laces has laces made from paracord. With the exception of leather ones (which I don't actually use for laces), I don't think I have ever bought shoe laces in my life.   :shrug: :seeya:

Stirrup eyelets are murder on Paracord. 

Oh, got a message...Amazon delivered my laces.  They're on my front porch, along with my teethbrushes....
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Re: Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Says Amazon Threats Are ‘Not In My Lane’
« Reply #184 on: May 21, 2018, 09:23:32 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on May 21, 2018, 09:20:47 pm
Stirrup eyelets are murder on Paracord.


Flip Flops

Or sandals

Maybe boat shoes


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Re: Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Says Amazon Threats Are ‘Not In My Lane’
« Reply #185 on: May 21, 2018, 09:24:10 pm »
   What were you thinking that day when your mama was trying to teach you how to tie your shoes @roamer_1?

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Re: Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Says Amazon Threats Are ‘Not In My Lane’
« Reply #186 on: May 21, 2018, 09:27:21 pm »
Quote from: roamer_1 on May 21, 2018, 09:03:35 pm
@Cyber Liberty

LOL!
, I don't think I have ever bought shoe laces in my life.   :shrug: :seeya:

I went to school with folks like you.  They only had shoes that closed with Velcro.  They were special kids.  The small bus picked them up in the mornings.......

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Re: Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Says Amazon Threats Are ‘Not In My Lane’
« Reply #187 on: May 21, 2018, 09:27:57 pm »
Quote from: txradioguy on May 21, 2018, 07:10:21 pm
But they are adapting their strategy to people that don't like to shop at brick and mortar stores anymore.

Shop and pay for your items from your app drive to the store and an associate brings it out and loads it in your car.

So far Walmart...Kroger and Lowes have set up services like that where I live and target is prepping a spot in their parking lot to do the same.

I've heard from people who like that service Walmart is now providing.  But what happened to wandering through stores and seeing Walmart people.  I enjoy that.

We are detaching ourselves from all human interaction.  People text to each other while sitting at the same table.  What's up with that.
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Re: Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Says Amazon Threats Are ‘Not In My Lane’
« Reply #188 on: May 21, 2018, 09:28:14 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on May 21, 2018, 09:20:47 pm
Stirrup eyelets are murder on Paracord.

Never had a problem one. My hikers have ten years on em from before I went into the chair, have probably been resoled at least twice, and need it again... and still have the very same paracord laces I put in em the day after I bought em.

Take the guts out of the paracord and just use the outer casing.
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Re: Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Says Amazon Threats Are ‘Not In My Lane’
« Reply #189 on: May 21, 2018, 09:31:26 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on May 21, 2018, 07:24:50 pm
For me, it's not convenience that sends me to Amazon, it's selection.  Last week I broke a shoelace for a pair of tan walking shoes I have.  Last time I broke a lace on those shoes, I had to settle for black laces because, when I went to Walmart, they only had about four styles to choose from, none of them brown or tan.  I had to take the black ones that I didn't like as much (but at least they were for walking shoes).  One set matched that specification.  One.  And I got the last one on the display.  After I walked away the next customer was SOL.

Saturday, I pulled up my Amazon and told it I want 45" laces for walking shoes, brown.  Up came a half-dozen different manufacturers of laces that had brown in stock, all AZ Prime.  I'll have them today because they're out for delivery by AMZL, along with some Perio teethbrushes I couldn't even find at CVS.

Don't worry, it's okay to buy shoelaces @Cyber Liberty   And, you are exactly right.  The selection at Amazon is great and it's so easy to find things that you could wander around Walmart forever and not find.  But I kinda like wandering around Walmart.
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« Reply #190 on: May 21, 2018, 09:32:49 pm »
Quote from: corbe on May 21, 2018, 09:24:10 pm
   What were you thinking that day when your mama was trying to teach you how to tie your shoes @roamer_1?

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Your mamma had to teach you how to tie? I been throwing knots from before I ever wore shoes...
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Re: Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Says Amazon Threats Are ‘Not In My Lane’
« Reply #191 on: May 21, 2018, 09:34:26 pm »
Quote from: driftdiver on May 21, 2018, 09:23:32 pm

Flip Flops

Or sandals

Maybe boat shoes

Excellent for hiking in the Desert, ja!  :cool:
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Re: Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Says Amazon Threats Are ‘Not In My Lane’
« Reply #192 on: May 21, 2018, 09:34:40 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on May 21, 2018, 09:27:21 pm
I went to school with folks like you.  They only had shoes that closed with Velcro.  They were special kids.  The small bus picked them up in the mornings.......

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...And let me guess... When they got on that bus, one of em sat down right next to you, right?
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« Reply #193 on: May 21, 2018, 09:36:07 pm »
Quote from: Emjay on May 21, 2018, 09:27:57 pm
I've heard from people who like that service Walmart is now providing.  But what happened to wandering through stores and seeing Walmart people.  I enjoy that.

We are detaching ourselves from all human interaction.  People text to each other while sitting at the same table.  What's up with that.

Fine with me.  Humans are a$$holes.    :tongue2:

(I like Walmart sometimes too, but I never get to go.)
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Re: Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Says Amazon Threats Are ‘Not In My Lane’
« Reply #194 on: May 21, 2018, 09:37:12 pm »
Quote from: roamer_1 on May 21, 2018, 09:32:49 pm
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Your mamma had to teach you how to tie? I been throwing knots from before I ever wore shoes...
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I was born a crotchety old man, so there's that.
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« Reply #195 on: May 21, 2018, 09:39:05 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on May 21, 2018, 09:27:21 pm
I went to school with folks like you.  They only had shoes that closed with Velcro.  They were special kids.  The small bus picked them up in the mornings.......

 :smokin:

@Wingnut   That reminds me of the evolution of euphemisms.  I was criticized in a writing group because of calling a boy 'retarded.'  (He was retarded)..  Actually 'retarded' was an effort at a euphemism whereas before words like stupid, dummy, idiot, etc. were used. 

People keep trying to think of a kinder, gentler way to describe retarded people.  Now, they are 'special.'  But that will gradually be denounced as pejorative.
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« Reply #196 on: May 21, 2018, 09:39:19 pm »
   I was born Stupid AND Silly, things haven't improved much in 65 years.
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« Reply #197 on: May 21, 2018, 09:40:54 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on May 21, 2018, 09:36:07 pm
Fine with me.  Humans are a$$holes.    :tongue2:

(I like Walmart sometimes too, but I never get to go.)

@Cyber Liberty   I only get to go when my son-in-law wants to go.  I don't drive in that part of Maui.  Why don't you never get to go?
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« Reply #198 on: May 21, 2018, 09:42:32 pm »
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@Wingnut   That reminds me of the evolution of euphemisms.  I was criticized in a writing group because of calling a boy 'retarded.'  (He was retarded)..  Actually 'retarded' was an effort at a euphemism whereas before words like stupid, dummy, idiot, etc. were used. 

People keep trying to think of a kinder, gentler way to describe retarded people.  Now, they are 'special.'  But that will gradually be denounced as pejorative.

   My ol Lady goes ballistic when I say 'panties in a wad', must be an experience thing cause I just don't get it.
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Re: Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Says Amazon Threats Are ‘Not In My Lane’
« Reply #199 on: May 21, 2018, 09:43:43 pm »
Human beings are quite often 'assholes' and I am sometimes grateful that people here can't reach out and slap me.

However, I find it sad sometimes.  On our early walks, Smitty and I often see a group of high school kids waiting for the bus.  There is no pushing, shoving, laughing, talking, etc.  Even the pretty girl is ignored.  They are all silently staring at their phones.  Is that normal?
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