400 books for $1000 =! 1000 books for $400.
Zoe: So you two were kissin'? Book: Well. Isn't that... special?
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
brenda m - Nov 01, 2007 10:09:06 am PDT #9832 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
shrift - Nov 01, 2007 10:11:47 am PDT #9833 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Playboy called again. I need to find someplace to go so I can chat for 20 minutes, since I can't exactly do that in my office.
Susan W. - Nov 01, 2007 10:12:17 am PDT #9834 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Sheesh, Teppy.
I once had that problem about 10 years ago in a bank trying to convert dollars to pounds--the banker was using the exchange rate backwards. If I'd let him do it, I would've been much richer--as in, something like 1800 quid instead of 500. I was so angry after half an hour of trying to explain exchange rates and the relative value of the pound and dollar that I just stalked out and went to a different branch. I was really, really tempted to take the extra money. By the end it wasn't my conscience that kept me honest, just the hunch that SOMEONE higher on the totem pole would find the error and expect the money back eventually, and I didn't want that hassle.
Jessica - Nov 01, 2007 10:14:51 am PDT #9835 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
and they last for ~3 years.
The plastic bottles, or the fountain itself?
Steph L. - Nov 01, 2007 10:17:06 am PDT #9836 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
and they last for ~3 years.
The plastic bottles, or the fountain itself?
The plastic bottles. After 3 years, the pressure of being carbonated could make them go kerplooey. The fountain had better last indefinitely.
Jessica - Nov 01, 2007 10:22:06 am PDT #9837 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
The fountain had better last indefinitely.
Yeah, I was gonna say.
I'd be happier with glass or stainless steel bottles (some of the glass bottles my seltzer is currently delivered in are probably older than me and in perfect working order), but still - seltzer on demand is a very good thing.
Gudanov - Nov 01, 2007 10:23:50 am PDT #9838 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Which makes the per-book cost 40 cents. Which co-worker still flatly refutes.
Maybe your co-worker should audit a math class. A 2nd grade math class.
-t - Nov 01, 2007 10:25:43 am PDT #9839 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I am glad my middle school science teacher drilled making sure you ended up with the right units into my head. $/book, dude. Get the units right, then plug the numbers in, see that Teppy's right. Eta: this is what happens when you abandon the metric system.
I have a glass soda charger, and I love it, but having only one (that holds only a quart) makes me use it less than I'd like to. I am intrigued by the soda machine. Esp. the penguin, of course, but ooh pricey!
Tom Scola - Nov 01, 2007 10:28:42 am PDT #9840 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
How much are new CO2 cartridges?
Steph L. - Nov 01, 2007 10:31:13 am PDT #9841 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
How much are new CO2 cartridges?
They refill them for $20, which I think (though I'm not sure) includes shipping.
Their CO2 cartridges are a weird proprietary design, so that you can't get them refilled some other (cheaper) place -- that's the only thing that gave me reservations about buying it.
I finally decided in favor of it just because of all the plastic bottles I buy every week. Even though I recycle them (usually), it would be better if they didn't have to be made in the first place.