Choosy mofos choose Jef

b1-66er: https://gizmodo.com/deep-nostalgia-can-turn-old-photos-of-your-relatives-1846363190

Cap'n Happy: That's super cool. Believe it or not I described doing this in the early 90s. I wanted animated photos hanging on the wall. Especially how they can interact with you.

It will happen, I'm surprised it's taken this long to get this far.

b1: Did you also invent Jef Raskin?

C': That's a fictitious person 

Fried ghost, served cold

[22:23] Special K: "Fry's has deleted its Facebook page and locked its Twitter account ahead of a going-out-of-business announcement, which could come as early as Wednesday morning."

The Mumbler: I *just* saw that!

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/02/frys-electronics-is-no-more-and-all-30-stores-will-soon-close/

I'm going to have to seriously consider whether or not to go to any liquidation sales and pick up tons of stuff I absolutely don't need.

K: I've heard those stores have been essentially empty for months going on years. How much stuff could they have left?

TM: I DON'T KNOW BUT I WANT IT!

Demo ChromeBooks, unmatched washer/dryers, Kenny G CD's, bring it on!

K: You want the closeout sale from Fry's of a different era. 

I've wondered if the Campbell store has any stuff leftover from when it was an APPL facility.

TM: I think Dave Brockmeier was still roaming the halls.

K: Wow.

TM: (Not really. I have no idea what happened to him.)

K: Good guess though.

b1-66er: I was already asleep when this conversational madness started...

   I DON'T KNOW BUT I WANT IT!

is exactly the right tenor and tone.

A true pleasure to read first thing @ 05:00.

{It's nice to have friends.}

Precisely naming the whatchamacallit

b1-66er: Know ahead of time that the Accomplice, MArch, sez of this piece, "now THAT'S reporting..."

The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, is something of a mythic creature in Australian folklore. Unlike, say, the Chupacabra, it was a real beast, but the last documented animal -- Benjamin -- died in captivity in 1936. In the 85 years since, tiger sightings have been constantly reported in Tasmania, an island off the south coast of Australia. Claims are an almost monthly feature in the local press, but there's a bold, new declaration suggesting "not ambiguous" evidence for the existence of the thylacine. 

In a video uploaded to YouTube on Monday, Neil Waters, president of the Thylacine Awareness Group of Australia, claims to have rediscovered the thylacine on a camera trap set up in north-east Tasmania. "I know what they are and so do a few independent expert witnesses," he says as he walks down the street with a can of beer in his hand.

Special K: Whoa.

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Karpov: I'll try to incorporate the phrase Unlike, say, the Chupacabra in my lexicon. 

b1: You truly are a word craftsperson.

Kπ: <video>

All that's needed after a firecracker and a hot & spicy beef lather...

Karpov: New scent from my aftershave supplier...Rocket Ramen. I think I need a bottle. 

b1-66er: My accomplice asks, "is it 'rocket' in the British sense, meaning arugula; or is it 'rocket' meaning jet fuel?

Kπ: The 'Rocket' part, in this case, is just marketing. They often have an alien/space theme in their packaging. I think the scent will be pure ramen. 

b1-66er: What a great answer.

Kπ: Of course I could mix it with my Fireworks! aftershave to give it a rocket scent. 

b1: Marketing tagline: Blow your grocery clerk, date or local astrophysicist away.

A different trick, I guess, would be to soak a block of Nissin in kerosene and rub it on your face.

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Stars not bars

b1-66er: What's the worst thing about being Jewish?

Special K: No candy canes.

It's a BOOM!

b1-66er: "A Father-To-Be Died While Building A Gender-Reveal Device That Exploded"

b1-67er: The overlap between gender reveal party givers and poor pyrotechnic skills seems to be pretty large.

Looking deeper

Special K: What does it mean when you get barbecue sauce on your chest x-ray?