Menards is a home improvement big box store located in the mid-west United States. If I am going to Menards, it is because I have a project in mind such as painting the living room, or completely remodeling the bathroom or putting in a vegetable garden. Also can buy patio furniture, appliances, Halloween decorations, the list gos on.
that reminds me of how Menards would sell large boxes of pretzels and would always keep a box open for the customers. I would leave there with fistfuls of salty pretzels sticks every time, Good times
I grew up with Coast to Coast Hardware (it turned into Ace). Funny story, a lady that used to work there a good 20 yrs ago now sells me beer at the Country Store 3 mi. south of my house. She is awesome, and has good advice.
That moment when the city's emergency evacuation system has just been triggered, setting off the alarm on my phone as well as the speakers situated about town. The kanji characters say something about rain disaster, but I think I'm better off in my fifth floor apartment than standing in the rain in my designated evacuation point. May take a walk to the river to see if it's breached though.
It occurs to me that the Japanese need some noah brigades. Noahs are legendary for knowing what to do in rain disasters. It would be cool to see Osaka's emergency evacuation system triggered, but instead of everyone evacuating, brigades of noahs arrive on the scene equipped with ark parts and mallets, and soon everyone is saved. (Especially zoo workers. Noahs are fond of animals and are therefore pleasantly disposed towards those who care for them.)
Especially the carp - saving them requires building an number of dedicated writers on board... to create a multi story carp ark
TMW you see a negative rating on an internet recipe for caramel, i.e. melted sugar, because it doesn't work when stevia or splenda is substituted for the sugar... TMW you wish Walter White had had factory-level access to the artificial sweeteners, just to thin the herd.
That moment when you walk into your passport appointment only to realize you forgot all your paperwork. This day can suck a dick.
A friend of mine was going home on vacation. Stopped off at the convenient store to make a copy of his passport to stick in his luggage. Made the copy, stuck it in his luggage, hopped on the train to the airport. Got to the airport, realized he'd left his passport in the copy machine. Nonrefundable ticket, no vacation, 1500 dollars down the drain. Could suck worse.
Yeesh, yeah, it really could suck worse. Thanks. And not a sarcastic thanks. Perspective is good. Give your friend this stranger's sympathies.
That moment when you realised your whole chapter, which you have redrafted countless times, doesn't save... I feel sorry for whoever that happens to.
TMW, at the age of 39, you go to a carwash for the first time in your life. (Normally I wash it myself, but the outside faucets are already shut off and bled for the season, so....)
Hell no. I'm all for city-visiting but I'll take the mountain-living. Until I lost the rest of my mind, that is.
16k RAM, programs loaded by audio cassette. My dad later upgraded his to 32k RAM, but that required a piece of hardware about four inches thick, eight deep, and maybe sixteen inches across.