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Skriven 2014-01-29 03:24:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av NANCY BACKUS
Ärende: computiness 108
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 ML> I am not under the illusion that our purchases would have any
 ML> significant effect on the store's stocking patterns.
 NB> They claim that their computer tracks sales, and that future buying is
 NB> based on that... or at least someone has made that claim... ;)  So a
 NB> single person's purchase might not have a lot of effect, but it would
 NB> weigh into it...  :)

Not mine, which beyond the run of airline tickets and
wine and beer are pretty haphazard.

So I hear that the Amazonians are figuring out a way
of shipping your purchases before you buy them. I fear
and sort of hope people will figure out that to their
advantage, so they don't actually buy anything: I guess
that would work for a limited time only, though.

 NB> Wegmans' Just Picked frozen corn tastes pretty much like fresh off the
 NB> cob... 

Will note that. On the cob corn is very cost ineffective.

 NB> At Wegman's, one would probably just pick up the phone and talk to
 NB> Danny...  (G)  Actually, I'd guess that even if there were different
 NB> supply lines, or at least designations for certain percentages of
 NB> stock, there would also be some policy already in place for just
 NB> shifting as one had need, and how such would be documented... just like
 NB> other categories like shrinkage...  :)

I suppose: that's what computers are for, but as you know
implementations are always imperfect.

=

 NB> With my scanty electrical knowledge, I'd guess a broken connection
 NB> somewhere... but sometimes things like that aren't very accessible to
 NB> the common user...

It would have involved, if I recall, peeling off the rubber
foot and finding some way in: don't know if it was screws
or what, but the magnetic media were on their way out and
my data weren't that incriminating anyway. I guess as I
was going to toss it anyway (down the apartment chute with
a satisfying thunk at the bottom), if I had more of the mad
engineer mentality, I would have looked inside just because.

 ML> minutes after the warranty expired. Luckily I had gotten
 ML> an extended warranty. Unluckily I don't know where the
 ML> documents are.
 NB> If you got an extended warranty, wouldn't the information be in the RS
 NB> computer...?  Prove your identity, and that be enough for them to
 NB> honor the warranty...?

RS used to have one of the more sophisticated customer tracking
mechanisms, but in recent years I find the clerks more and more
obtuse - either they are being instructed to be that way, or the
smart ones have gone and started Web development companies or
something. 

Suet Pie Crust
cat: historical, beef
yield: 1

2 c flour
1/4 ts baking powder
1 pn salt
1/2 c rendered suet
milk as needed

To 2 c flour add 1/4 ts baking powder and a pinch of salt; then mix 
in 1/2 c clear suet with a chopping knife until the whole is smooth 
and fine grained. Then add sweet milk to make a dough that can be 
rolled out. The suet should be measured after it has been clarified 
and cooled.

Orange Judd Cookbook

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