8.7.25

(Not) a berry fan

b1-66er: Dyson strawberry picker...

b1-67er: I haven't seen the rotary growing scheme before. I'm very skeptical that all of the required machinery is cheaper than putting the plants on shelves and supplying all of the light. Those guys are cheating a bunch, those berries have almost certainly been groomed by human hands to overhang the sides. If a person has to touch the berry at all, you have lost the benefits of mechanizing. Interesting rig, I'm surprised they built it out at that scale. 

6.7.25

MCD reinvestment

b1-66er: https://youtu.be/6b_nswwIYhI?si=H6RoDiN4XI0gyyZU

b1-67er: That's a good story, well told.

66: Yes.
The Moth is a haven of great stories.

The Great & Mighty Richardo: What is funny is  I also ran bin. My wife ran drive through...

Back then we always put women at the counter or drive through. Men were mostly on grill or in back preparing food. I get that the point of his story is not the accuracy of McDonald's job descriptions... 

However while conveying the true point, it's astounding how accurate his McDonald's details are. Actually triggered my memories of being there. (I also have lifelong friends I met there.)

66: Don't you sue me because of that story. 
I didn't force you to watch it.

GaMR: I'm my life with doing many jobs, I have never had one as difficult as McDonald's was. 

That job did, however, motivate me to do something else...

 Sometimes (in my crazy brain) I have thoughts of going back to McDonald's to see if I am better at tasks now than I was in the 80's.

Mcdonald's was an important part of my life.  I learned a lot there...

...Including that I didn't want to spend the rest of my life at McDonald's.

2.7.25

29.6.25

... but this is what you get!

b1-66er: https://youtu.be/U6_hFjdaW4k?si=nlD5RKtY1jXFvL4B

b1-67er: Wow. I like Johnny Rotten, I like some of PiL (certainly better than the Pistols). But arguing that the Sex Pistols represented some profound philosophy is far fetched at best. 

Beyonce v. Potholes

b1-66er: BBC: 'Stop!' - BeyoncĂ© pauses show as flying Cadillac tilts mid-air

Special K: I would too.


K: "Not supposed to happen." Thanks, news guy.

b1: Everybody knows...
Flying Cadillacs RIDE FLAT•

... The rockets' red glare ...

b1-66er: https://www.npr.org/2025/06/28/nx-s1-5447183/july-4-fireworks-tariffs

b1-67er: There is great irony in US tariffs ruining the 4th of July

28.6.25

I did NOT hear you knockin'...

b1-66er: A couple good pix of yesterday's GA fall...

b1-67er: Whoa. That's a big one. I hadn't heard of that one. And pieces were found on day 1. I guess they are hard to miss if they are on your living room floor.