The Random Thoughts Thread

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 6:06 pm

So I stop by the mall today on the way home. As I enter I go by a psychic shop and the girl (pretty by the way) asks if I would like a psychic reading. You'd think she would already know the answer to her question.

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 12:17 pm

ay-ooooo

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 12:50 pm

Last night at the gym, there was a guy with wraparound shades practicing nunchuks in an unused racquetball court. It's hard to get more awesome than that.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 12:55 pm

Spaceman Spiff wrote:Last night at the gym, there was a guy with wraparound shades practicing nunchuks in an unused racquetball court. It's hard to get more awesome than that.

That's got youtube written all over it.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:48 pm

i like beef jerky

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 2:41 pm

Isn't this what got Guert banned?

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 2:48 pm

azgreg wrote:
Spaceman Spiff wrote:Last night at the gym, there was a guy with wraparound shades practicing nunchuks in an unused racquetball court. It's hard to get more awesome than that.
That's got youtube written all over it.

Unfortunately:

1. I don't bring my phone to the gym.
2. I'm sure I'd get nunchuked mercilessly if he caught me.

Your Arizona legal tidbit of the day, nunchuks are prohibited weapons in Arizona.

(v) An instrument, including a nunchaku, that consists of two or more sticks, clubs, bars or rods to be used as handles, connected by a rope, cord, wire or chain, in the design of a weapon used in connection with the practice of a system of self-defense

http://www.azleg.gov/ars/13/03101.htm

I'm unsure why the Arizona legislature believed we had issues with felons in possession of nunchuks, but I'm assuming it had to do with the Ninja Turtles.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 2:56 pm

I work at a college campus, and often thought of bringing my phone to the gym.

Secondly, in Arizona nunchucks are considered more dangerous than carrying a concealed handgun or letting 9 year olds shoot Uzis?

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 3:05 pm

Merkin wrote:I work at a college campus, and often thought of bringing my phone to the gym.

Secondly, in Arizona nunchucks are considered more dangerous than carrying a concealed handgun or letting 9 year olds shoot Uzis?

Well, felons can't have handguns either, but it's a tad odd that they're classified the same as nunchuks and dry ice bombs.

For what it's worth, I had a friend with nunchuks when I was a kid. If you're trying how to learn to use nunchuks, the question isn't whether you'll hurt yourself, it's when.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Thu Aug 28, 2014 1:37 pm

They walk among us.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/too-dumb ... dqpf1&bffb

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Aug 28, 2014 1:39 pm

I miss Andy Rooney.

NYCat · Post by **NYCat** » Thu Aug 28, 2014 1:42 pm

Joesph suffered the worst cock block in history. All that waiting..

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Thu Aug 28, 2014 1:52 pm

NYCat wrote:Joesph suffered the worst cock block in history. All that waiting..

I've always thought Joseph's faith in God was an underrated part of the bible. Your wife tells you shes a virgin and all of a sudden she's pregnant without you having sex. You have to have a whole lot of faith to buy into the immaculate conception idea.

KaibabKat · Post by **KaibabKat** » Thu Aug 28, 2014 2:03 pm

Who pokes all the holes in the little pasta noodles?

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 11:05 am

Aren't selfies self-evident? "Oh, you took that pboto of you with your right arm missing. Would've never guessed."

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 11:10 am

I rescently discovered that I don't hate mustard.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 11:21 am

Alieberman wrote:I rescently discovered that I don't hate mustard.

i love mustard.

so much.

i have been known to own at least half a dozen varieties in my fridge at once. or more.

last night I made pan fried pork chops for dinner with a whole mustard seed/wine/cream sauce. so good.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 9:58 pm

I stopped liking tuna when they started taking the dolphins out of it

wyo-cat · Post by **wyo-cat** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 10:30 pm

PieceOfMeat wrote:I stopped liking tuna when they started taking the dolphins out of it

What about feeding the tuna mayonnaise.....call Starkist!!

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Sep 01, 2014 4:14 pm

Driving home to Phoenix from Rim Country at the end of Labor Day weekend is the suck.

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Mon Sep 01, 2014 4:49 pm

azgreg wrote:Driving home to Phoenix from Rim Country at the end of Labor Day weekend is the suck.

Rim Country sounds like a sleazy place.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Sep 01, 2014 5:37 pm

Spaceman Spiff wrote:
azgreg wrote:Driving home to Phoenix from Rim Country at the end of Labor Day weekend is the suck.
Rim Country sounds like a sleazy place.

I spent the weekend up at Black Canyon Lake.

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Mon Sep 01, 2014 10:34 pm

Apparently, so did about 250,000 of your friends--or points north.

I came back up the 17 this afternoon at 4 and the southbound lanes were just jammed clear up to Camp Verde.

No accidents, no wrecks--the freeway from Flag was simply maxed out.

Reydituto · Post by **Reydituto** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 1:53 am

wyo-cat wrote:
PieceOfMeat wrote:I stopped liking tuna when they started taking the dolphins out of it
What about feeding the tuna mayonnaise.....call Starkist!!

Wait a minute ... Waaaaaiiit a minute ... I got it ... what if, we fed tuna fish, the mayonnaise! *turns on mini tape recorder* Quick, call Starkist!

(Now THAT ... was a random thought ... Good stuff Wyo-Cat!)

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 7:35 am

Stories about online or text conversations are the absolute worst.

"I guess you had to be there..."
"No thanks you fucking nerd."

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 7:46 am

azgreg wrote:
Spaceman Spiff wrote:
azgreg wrote:Driving home to Phoenix from Rim Country at the end of Labor Day weekend is the suck.
Rim Country sounds like a sleazy place.
I spent the weekend up at Black Canyon Lake.

It's harder to make double entendres about Black Canyon Lake than it is Rim Country.

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 12:51 pm

PieceOfMeat wrote:I stopped liking tuna when they started taking the dolphins out of it

This is why I switched to chicken from the sea.

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 3:21 pm

Why does CNN only offer their story "texting woman impaled in buttocks" in video? I don't click on video stories, so now I never get to know how texting causes impaled buttocks, which I think I might want to know just to avoid getting my buttocks impaled.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 3:22 pm

good point. I see a fair number of stories on CNN I would like to *read* and then I see it is a video story so I don't even bother clicking on the link.

Salty · Post by **Salty** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 3:27 pm

scumdevils86 wrote:good point. I see a fair number of stories on CNN I would like to *read* and then I see it is a video story so I don't even bother clicking on the link.

I do this all the time

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 5:23 pm

I click on all videos, except for Ice Bucket Challenges. They all end the same.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue Sep 23, 2014 5:50 pm

Have you ever made a drink and realized you poured to much alcohol and contemplated pouring some back into the bottle?

Yeah, me neither.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 8:08 am

My boys cost me a little bit of money this weekend, but I was glad to pay it. We pay our boys $5 for every A on their report card. Between them they have 13 classes and they combined for 11 A's. My youngest (14) is a freshman and has 4 honors classes (out of 6) and got 4 A's. My oldest (17) has 7 classes and got straight A's. The best part of that, if you recall, is he has Asperger's and dropped out a couple of years ago. This last summer a light just seemed to pop on and he decided to re-enroll. I couldn't be prouder of the both of them.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:33 pm

http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/i-cant ... regHoward1

I
can't
stop
laughing
at this 'roided out Pit-Dachshund

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:35 pm

azgreg wrote:My boys cost me a little bit of money this weekend, but I was glad to pay it. We pay our boys $5 for every A on their report card. Between them they have 13 classes and they combined for 11 A's. My youngest (14) is a freshman and has 4 honors classes (out of 6) and got 4 A's. My oldest (17) has 7 classes and got straight A's. The best part of that, if you recall, is he has Asperger's and dropped out a couple of years ago. This last summer a light just seemed to pop on and he decided to re-enroll. I couldn't be prouder of the both of them.

This is awesome Greg. How did you come up with the idea of incentivizing like this? Seems like something I'll want to eventually do, but all the educators will say blah blah blah this is bad for learning because you don't instill the love of education.

Frankly, whatever develops skill set development, I'm all for.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 8:55 am

azgreg wrote:My boys cost me a little bit of money this weekend, but I was glad to pay it. We pay our boys $5 for every A on their report card. Between them they have 13 classes and they combined for 11 A's. My youngest (14) is a freshman and has 4 honors classes (out of 6) and got 4 A's. My oldest (17) has 7 classes and got straight A's. The best part of that, if you recall, is he has Asperger's and dropped out a couple of years ago. This last summer a light just seemed to pop on and he decided to re-enroll. I couldn't be prouder of the both of them.

1. Need to post that here: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=356
2. Honors classes should be given a 25% bonus as college gives them, so $6.25.
3. Well done!

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 11:23 pm

Haven't found payment necessary -- agree with the "blah, blah, blah" -- but those are great results, Azgreg. We hit Cold Stone or something after report cards. The concern is what happens when the reward goes away. Same with overpraising kids. "Good job!" for every little thing can be damaging when they face their first tough challenges. Crops up around middle school when teachers and other kids become more critical.

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 11:47 pm

Picked up some dinner on the way home. Gotta "there you go, boss." Sign of respect or hipster irony?

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 8:01 am

I dunno "Chief", could go either way.

gumby wrote:Haven't found payment necessary -- agree with the "blah, blah, blah" -- but those are great results, Azgreg. We hit Cold Stone or something after report cards. The concern is what happens when the reward goes away. Same with overpraising kids. "Good job!" for every little thing can be damaging when they face their first tough challenges. Crops up around middle school when teachers and other kids become more critical.

I agree with this concern, especially when all the behavior economics literature shows that negative incentives are more powerful than positive ones.

CatsbyAZ · Post by **CatsbyAZ** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:58 am

Why whenever I show up in person at a bank do the tellers let point me to all the technologies replacing their jobs.

Ordering a new book of checks. "You can that online."
Depositing checks. "You can submit checks at our ATMs."
Closing out CDs. "You call this hotline."

Don't they get that if we're able to do all these things ourselves there won't be the need for many tellers?

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:39 am

CatsbyAZ wrote:Why whenever I show up in person at a bank do the tellers let point me to all the technologies replacing their jobs.

Ordering a new book of checks. "You can that online."
Depositing checks. "You can submit checks at our ATMs."
Closing out CDs. "You call this hotline."

Don't they get that if we're able to do all these things ourselves there won't be the need for many tellers?

question, how old are you? they might not just be going about educating you the right way. my credit union is very forward thinking with technology and everything else out there (for a credit union that is). i train all levels of employees as part of my job and it is their responsibility to educate our members on all their options.

20 years from now there probably won't be tellers. essentially once all the people born before 1960 start...ya know..dying... if you aren't on the cutting edge and changing and improving you will fall behind and become irrelevant in this business.

what people in their teens/20s/30s want and how they do their banking is the wave of the future. the next 50 years of banking will be defined by people wanting mobile/online/quick access to their money and information. not by going into a branch and talking to a teller.

personal bankers and brick and mortar institutions aren't going anywhere, they will just be different. more interactive, more technology.

CatsbyAZ · Post by **CatsbyAZ** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 12:27 pm

I get that, but tellers are so quick to route you online about everything.

Banking as a whole seems so much less personal anyway; the worst of it being the credit cards they try to get you to sign up for (yes, I know that's part of their post-recession job too.)

I do most of my banking online anyway, but at times requiring me to be at the bank in person (like cashing a lot of checks at once) I usually bring along several other chores.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 12:39 pm

CatsbyAZ wrote:I get that, but tellers are so quick to route you online about everything.

Banking as a whole seems so much less personal anyway; the worst of it being the credit cards they try to get you to sign up for (yes, I know that's part of their post-recession job too.)

I do most of my banking online anyway, but at times requiring me to be at the bank in person (like cashing a lot of checks at once) I usually bring along several other chores.

that's why I think the tellers you are working with need to be better trained. we don't just spew info and solutions to our members with no reason or purpose. it has to be what fits for you (hence the difference between many credit unions and banks). we view our sales culture more about providing valuable solutions instead of just SELL SELL SELL PROFITS PROFITS PROFITS like the big banks do since they don't give a rats ass about their customers.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 2:13 pm

At the Chase branch at the campus I work at they have two big touch screen ATMs in front of the tellers. Almost transactions are done with the indoor ATMs.

Very advanced ATMs, you can even get $1 bills and such.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 2:15 pm

we have a branch that is on its way to being like that. it has machines with all denominations of bills but it is kinda limited in some regards. again it is all about how people born in the 70s/80s/90s are going to want to handle their finances over the next 50 years. we aren't there yet but that will guide EVERYTHING in banking very soon. and if you want to succeed as a company you gotta be ahead of that.

CatsbyAZ · Post by **CatsbyAZ** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 3:45 pm

scumdevils86 wrote:
that's why I think the tellers you are working with need to be better trained. we don't just spew info and solutions to our members with no reason or purpose. it has to be what fits for you (hence the difference between many credit unions and banks). we view our sales culture more about providing valuable solutions instead of just SELL SELL SELL PROFITS PROFITS PROFITS like the big banks do since they don't give a rats ass about their customers.

Better trained as in learning a little more about you before testing you with a host of banking options? Yes, I agree.

That's why I also prefer the smaller Credit Union settings, however, I've kept open a large portion of operations at SELL SELL PROFITS PROFITS big bank due to the national presence (they are everywhere I might need them) and also a number of places I do business with have an inside into this bank and prefer that client transactions take place within this bank. That I don't mind...

...but as an individual walking inside the glass doors, yes, "they don't give a rats ass." No need to say it any better. On two occasions, as soon as I cashed out marginally sizeable CDs there was a whole orchestration of sending me to a desk rep and getting me on the phone with one of their investor groups. I had to lie about needing the money for loans or something. Now I'm just glad they've stopped asking me whether I want a credit card; already get enough of their offers via mail.

I bet it'd only take you one guess as to which bank this is. As soon as I mention banking with them a common response from those in the know is - "Oh, they're the worst!"

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 3:55 pm

CatsbyAZ wrote:
scumdevils86 wrote:
that's why I think the tellers you are working with need to be better trained. we don't just spew info and solutions to our members with no reason or purpose. it has to be what fits for you (hence the difference between many credit unions and banks). we view our sales culture more about providing valuable solutions instead of just SELL SELL SELL PROFITS PROFITS PROFITS like the big banks do since they don't give a rats ass about their customers.
Better trained as in learning a little more about you before testing you with a host of banking options? Yes, I agree.

That's why I also prefer the smaller Credit Union settings, however, I've kept open a large portion of operations at SELL SELL PROFITS PROFITS big bank due to the national presence (they are everywhere I might need them) and also a number of places I do business with have an inside into this bank and prefer that client transactions take place within this bank. That I don't mind...

...but as an individual walking inside the glass doors, yes, "they don't give a rats ass." No need to say it any better. On two occasions, as soon as I cashed out marginally sizeable CDs there was a whole orchestration of sending me to a desk rep and getting me on the phone with one of their investor groups. I had to lie about needing the money for loans or something. Now I'm just glad they've stopped asking me whether I want a credit card; already get enough of their offers via mail.

I bet it'd only take you one guess as to which bank this is. As soon as I mention banking with them a common response from those in the know is - "Oh, they're the worst!"

I'm sure I know who it is. They treat their employees like garbage too. We've hired away many of their good employees and I hear all kinds of horror stories. Someone from BofA just told me that the company specifically is trying to drive people away from their branches. They're intentionally understaffing them and making it difficult to do basic transactions with them in order to piss people off so they won't keep coming in. But they know that they have a lot of people (like yourself) in their grasp forever all because of this notion of "convenience" by being all over the country.

catgrad97 · Post by **catgrad97** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 8:40 pm

Does it rhyme with sells cargo?

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:39 am

Only have a credit union account. Don't use ATMs. Just get extra cash at the grocery store.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:40 am

Wife wants to go camping this weekend and of course the weather is predicted to be miserable.

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