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by **dajafi** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 13:10:25

gpicaro wrote:Is it just me or doesn't 12/21/2112 seem like a better date for the world to end than 12/21/2012?

Depends. Do you want your apocalypse symmetrical or just binary?

I like symmetrical, so 12/22/2221 works for me, or 12/12/2121. Or I guess 11/02/2011. Though that one's a little soon...

by **Trent Steele** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 13:10:43

gpicaro wrote:Is it just me or doesn't 12/21/2112 seem like a better date for the world to end than 12/21/2012?

by **gpicaro** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 13:12:20

Maybe they were thinking it would be written as 12/21/12. I guess I can see that then

by **TenuredVulture** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 13:17:59

jerseyhoya wrote:
Houshphandzadeh wrote:Well, they say they recycle. But I've seen garbagemen in Philadelphia pick up recyclables and trash right next to each other and throw them all in the same truck. I just get the feeling that more often than not, some person along the chain gets lazy or is in too much of a hurry, and combines the two to get the job done.

edit: what dude said

I know I've told the story before, but when I was working as a garbage man at the beach, the recycling would usually end up 10% trash, and if it was buried in the can, we weren't making enough money to go sorting through it. Into the garbage truck it went.

Throwing recycling in a garbage can isn't really a big deal since it's only the one can/bottle that you aren't recycling. Throwing trash in a recycling bucket is really lazy and screws up a greater amount of refuse.

This should make Republicans happy--around here, there's a non-profit recycling group called "Abilities Unlimited". They employ the developmentally disabled to deal with recyclables, which then then sell. They will also take stuff (though not broken dishwashers I found out) that can be resold.

by **Grotewold** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 13:25:37

Houshphandzadeh wrote:Our new copier has volume settings; it can be used at CD player.

I wish I could say I'm pumped, but we really didn't need a new copier. Give me a raise.

Heard that. Yesterday I found out we were using this paper that was glossier and heavier than needed (or advisable) for publications, and that it costs an extra $4,000 a year, and still my boss didn't care. I was like bitch, I care, that's 100 Good Dog tabs

by **jamiethekiller** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 13:37:22

Grotewold wrote:
Houshphandzadeh wrote:Our new copier has volume settings; it can be used at CD player.

I wish I could say I'm pumped, but we really didn't need a new copier. Give me a raise.

Heard that. Yesterday I found out we were using this paper that was glossier and heavier than needed (or advisable) for publications, and that it costs an extra $4,000 a year, and still my boss didn't care. I was like bitch, I care, that's 100 Good Dog tabs

hell, we just got new copiers for the entire 'complex.' all color copiers are being replaced by black and white copiers. its going to save the company 5 million dollars a year.

by **Harpua** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 13:53:27

I am reading a Washington Post story on electric cars. Apparently Nissan is coming out with something called the Leaf. The Nissan Leaf. I mean...come on. You've got to do better than that.

by **Woody** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 14:02:40

I'll wait for the Infiniti Twig

by **Trent Steele** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 14:04:24

Woody wrote:I'll wait for the Infiniti Twig

yeah, right

by **Harpua** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 14:07:51

Trent Steele wrote:
Woody wrote:I'll wait for the Infiniti Twig

yeah, right

No, really, here it is:

It runs on cotton and wild mushrooms.

by **Woody** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 14:08:43

I mean the Infiniti Twig MXZ 900 Z Roadster

by **Harpua** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 14:10:21

Woody wrote:I mean the Infiniti Twig MXZ 900 Z Roadster

There are really far too many people making wooden car bodies.

by **jerseyhoya** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 14:15:07

I think I built that car (smaller scale) as a cub scout for the pinewood derby

by **TenuredVulture** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 14:15:55

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