The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.

DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Those pea crackers are *really* garlicky. And went over quite well when I shared some at work tonight. The local Asian market doesn't carry this particular brand (I bought the ones in the picture in Flushing), but maybe if I ask really nicely... :)
 
Denbrought

Denbrought

Heh. Just as I was finishing my food, I got a robo-call from "my credit card provider" regarding "lower rates for my account, press 9 to hear more".

The Indian-accented scammer has so far gotten:
  • Fake expiration date ("Matches our records, sir")
  • Auto-generated Visa CC# ("Exactly what we have on file")
  • They said the name of the bank that # should correspond to, and asked me for the 1-800 number on the back of the card (so I googled it)
  • Fake last-4-of-SSN ("Correct, sir")
  • After a 2-3 minute wait while he "accesses my records", he says there's a hold on my account and he needs the first 5 of my SSN (cue more fake numbers).
Immediately after giving him those, he says "putting you back on hold, sir" and hangs up.
 
strawman

strawman

Pretty sure the earth doesn't want it. I mean, if it came down to having to swallow California or West Virginia it'd probably choose WV, but it wouldn't like it.
 
fade

fade

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Well I have proof I'm no audiophile. I bought some expensive speakers after doing a bunch of research. Carefully calibrated them. Cannot tell much of difference between these and the old satellite speakers I had and these are huge floor standers. The receiver does such a good job compensating that it made the old speakers sound good.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

fade said:
Well I have proof I'm no audiophile. I bought some expensive speakers after doing a bunch of research. Carefully calibrated them. Cannot tell much of difference between these and the old satellite speakers I had and these are huge floor standers. The receiver does such a good job compensating that it made the old speakers sound good.
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Either that or your room's acoustics are absolutely awful.

--Patrick
 
fade

fade

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I returned them. They definitely sounded better, but not better enough. Plus the floor standing speakers were kind of ugly in my living room. Rather invest in nice bookshelf speakers later.
 
fade

fade

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Had a weird small-world thing happen when I bought the boat I mentioned in the Epic Win thread. Keep in mind this is now by many reckonings the 3rd largest city in the country, and I was a good little ways from home. I was filling out the paperwork with the seller, and his wife was helping out. She's looking at me for a while, and then says, "do you have a 3rd or 4th grader?" "Yes" "Goes to X elementary school?" "Yes..." "What's their name?" "Blah" "Ha. Tell her Mrs. Walton says hi!" Weird.
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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fade said:
Had a weird small-world thing happen when I bought the boat I mentioned in the Epic Win thread. Keep in mind this is now by many reckonings the 3rd largest city in the country, and I was a good little ways from home. I was filling out the paperwork with the seller, and his wife was helping out. She's looking at me for a while, and then says, "do you have a 3rd or 4th grader?" "Yes" "Goes to X elementary school?" "Yes..." "What's their name?" "Blah" "Ha. Tell her Mrs. Walton says hi!" Weird.
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Hah, she recognized you from your resemblance to your daughter? The seed is fucking strong.
 
fade

fade

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I don't think she saw my last name. I did mention my neighborhood, so she might've been just guessing on that. It's also possible she recognized me from some school event.
 
Squidleybits

Squidleybits

I was at a scout event with @HCGLNS a few weeks ago and a lady came over and said that I must be our son's mother. She hadn't met me before but couldn't get over how much our son and I look a alike.

My friend from university laughs anytime my kids are in her back seat. She laughs that it's a car full of Mini mes.
 
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