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• Commented on New Parking Meter Sensors Put An End To Parking On Previous Driver's Dime
  "Meters with built in cameras that capture license plates from cars that stay too long." And we all know that people can't make fake license plates using computers to print out plates. (ergo the kids who did that to red...
• Commented on 19-Year-Old Lives In AOL Offices For 2 Months, No One Notices
  "Having spent several months legitimately working in the building, often quite late, Simons had noticed that although there were security guards with nightly rounds, there were at least three couches that seemed outside those patrols. " Please note that he...
• Commented on 19-Year-Old Lives In AOL Offices For 2 Months, No One Notices
  When I was in college we posed similar question about living in the studio or on-campus hidden and using the student recreation facilities to shower. Or buying a conversion van and living in the student parking lot....
• Commented on Got A Good 'Drip Pricing' Story? The FTC Wants To Hear From You
  FEAR THE ASTERISK * *(additional fees and taxes may apply)...
• Commented on Avis Customers Sue Over E-Z Pass "Convenience" Fee
  "and all related fees, charges and penalties" Fear the asterisk!!!!...
• Commented on MetLife Hit With $500 Million Settlement Over "Death Master" File
  From 1995 to current the company probably made more on the failure to payout than the 3% (compounded annually) which it settled on to be paid back. When a company settles, the settlement is always in its best profit interest...
• Commented on What You Can Learn From Awful Job Experiences
  "but no one's forcing you to work there." Yeah, try to tell that to the ex-spouse who considers child support a method to maintain a lifestyle level. The courts (ie judges) don't want to hear that you've quit your high...
• Commented on Best Buy Will Never Tempt Me With 'Delivery' Siren Song Again
  "Old appliances don't just haul themselves away, you know." But if you live in any type of metro region you might be able to list it on craigslist on the "free" section and it will be hauled away as if...
• Commented on Best Buy Will Never Tempt Me With 'Delivery' Siren Song Again
  Even a broken (analog) clock is correct twice a day. I recommend that you do not play the lottery now as you have already won with your recent Sear's transaction......
• Commented on Either Comcast's Billing System Is Messed Up Or This Woman Really Loves Ordering Porn
  some cats say "meow."...
• Commented on Former Goldman Sachs Staffer: Company's Mortgage Mod Process Was "Total Disaster"
  As are your private medical record transcriptions. And it is all legal as you agree that "your information may be provided to the health care provider or vendors/contractors to the provider" or similar wording in the HIPAA statements and contracts....
• Commented on Should Western Union Do More To Catch Scammers?
  "Holding people and organizations accountable for secondary liability is a very tricky business. That's why we don't hold baseball bat manufacturers accountable for assaults using baseball bats or Facebook accountable for stalkers" But we hold a person accountable for knowingly...
• Commented on Nudity Is Always A Fun Way To Protest The TSA
  Maybe a mesh speedo style swimsuit would work too....
• Commented on How Being Too Competent Can Get You Fired
  "Four months later the manager announced that she would be leaving for a better job." Though may God had mercy on the poor souls reporting to her at her new job......
• Commented on Rural Wisconsinites Plagued By Naked People Having Sex In The Woods
  No one else to complain- ergo no offense due to activity location....
• Commented on How Being Too Competent Can Get You Fired
  "Real job security is the ability to get another job." +1 so true...
• Commented on Rural Wisconsinites Plagued By Naked People Having Sex In The Woods
  Awesome esoteric primate reference....
• Commented on Rural Wisconsinites Plagued By Naked People Having Sex In The Woods
  "bikers wearing diapers chasing nurses dressed like Smurfs": from the silly song "Internet Porn" - by Da Vinci's Notebook on Bob and Tom Radio show...yes broadcast over the air....
• Commented on Branded Vrooming Noises Are Way Better Than An Internal Combustion Engine
  Yeah, I remember the storm of snark that hit the motorcycle airwaves when H-D marketing drones suggested the sound trademark... They had already shut down or forced name changes on motorcycle businesses with "hog" in the name even though these...
• Commented on Etsy Features Seller Who May Be Blatantly Violating Etsy Policy
  Not mentioned but- Does this company test the boat paint for lead or other toxins? My understanding is that often boat "bottom" paint is or was very toxic to inhibit the growth of marine algae or barnacles. Reclaimed wood might...
• Commented on Microsoft Tells Man He Didn't Win Windows Phone Challenge "Just Because"
  Neat. True story: for the 1998 Will Smith movie "Enemy of the State" a certain company (doesn't matter which) had a bunch of co-branded tie-in merchandise made with the movie title on it. Stuff like frisbees, portable FM radios, shirts,...
• Commented on Bernanke: "Far Too Early To Declare Victory" Over Recession
  "They're obviously a hardship for lots of people. It must be awfully frustrating to get a small raise at work and then have it all eaten by a higher cost of commuting," But the government can send the President's daughter,...
• Commented on Alleged Thief Picked Billionaire Microsoft Co-Founder To Defraud
  This was like the credit card and account fraud guy back in the early 2000's who targeted high net worth individuals who had recently passed away....
• Commented on P&G Apologizes, Has An Actual Reason For Old Spice Deodorant Shrinkage
  Wishing that Consumerist was around when all the dish detergents changed from regular to ultra concentrated and got a smaller pour hole to "use less of the ultra type". Then mysteriously the pour hole diameter enlarged back up to the...
• Commented on How To Save Money When Moving
  If you have no friends you might be able to find day laborers......
• Commented on Don't Worry, That's Just Bread Mold On Your Tampon
  "We understand how distressing it can be to find mold on a product that is used for personal hygiene and apologize for your concern. In instances where it has been found, we conducted tests on the product involved and have...
• Commented on How To Save Money When Moving
  Yup, saving boxes is a good way to keep the money down if you have the space to put the boxes (in flattened form) away for storage....
• Commented on Company Behind Billions Of Phony "Auto Warranty" Robocalls Shut Down By FTC
  That must have been semi-legit as most of the "reps" I've talked too just hung up when I started to request my number be removed....
• Commented on Company Behind Billions Of Phony "Auto Warranty" Robocalls Shut Down By FTC
  I led them on by seeming kind of "slow" and that I had alot of credit card debt. I figured the 15 minutes I spent on a call was saving a real mark from the scam. Thing was that the...
• Commented on Alert Big Y Clerk Prevents Woman From Falling For "Granny Scam"
  Reason it was caught was because the clerk was employed by the grocery store, not Western Union. Western Union and their actual employees could care less......

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