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American packaging, Part II

Posted on April 30, 2008 | Comments Off on American packaging, Part II

Even a box cutter couldn’t penetrate the blister pack Miriam at Miriam’s Ideas recently encountered on a product from Amazon. She finally got the staff at her local hardware store to get the plastic packaging off the product. Mr. B. and I have struggled with this as well. I had heard the problem was being solved by the manufacturers. Apparently not.

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Complete with chamber pot

Posted on August 26, 2007 | Comments Off on Complete with chamber pot

Well, of course. After all, this unique seaside vacation home is 131 years old.

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Funny stuff

Posted on January 27, 2007 | Comments Off on Funny stuff

If tech manuals were written by Dr. Seuss…

"If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash,
And the double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash,
And your data is corrupted ’cause the index doesn’t hash,
Then your situation’s hopeless, and your system’s gonna crash!"

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