archer Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 Knew a guy who claimed to make money on scratchers. He was a clerk in a convenience store. People would buy scratchers then scratch them off in front of him. Scratcher winners weren't randomly placed. If they were, you could have stores where there was never a winner at any level or there could be tens of thousands of scratchers between winners. That's bad for selling scratchers. What the state did to fix the problems of true randomness was to place winning tickets in semi-randomly to make sure that at least every so often there was a winning ticket so customers would be encouraged to keep buying scratchers. So he'd watch people do scratch offs and if there was a losing streak, as soon as the customer left the store, he would buy tickets one at a time until he hit a winner. He claimed to come out way ahead but I didn't know him well enough to stand there and watch him use his system. Also I was pretty sure his system was illegal so I didn't want to observe it close up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 8 hours ago, archer said: Are dogs color-blind? I thought only red shirts died in TOS. The only red shirt in the group those dogs are confronting is called Scottie. Think about it. BoloOfEarth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 9 hours ago, archer said: I thought only red shirts died in TOS. Common misconceptions: Red shirts died the most; yes, but death was not exclusive to them. (ignoble death usually was, but still, they weren't the only people to die). Dogs see in greyscale and red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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slikmar Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 19 hours ago, Logan.1179 said: Are we sure was by accident? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 That guy, Jan Björklund, was the party leader of the Liberals. An old officer, he was very pro-military (by Swedish standards) -- I could easily see him want to build sand castles, galactic-scaled or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 BoloOfEarth and tkdguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 That's not a swallow -- it's obviously a sparrow. tkdguy and Old Man 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted September 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 Quote When I worked retail I used to love peeling off the promo stickers on DVDs and putting them in other DVDs. This is my magnum opus. mattingly, Old Man and Certified 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tkdguy Posted September 10, 2020 Report Share Posted September 10, 2020 A Dwarf would be proud to sport that beard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 Meh. Let me know when he can weave it into a shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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L. Marcus Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Logan.1179 said: You can believe this one has been making the rounds on the Kerbal Space Program Facebook page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 I prefer Delta Burke to Delta V. Duke Bushido 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 Not Carter Burke? They say he's really an OK guy. Ragitsu and Old Man 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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