blessingx 5,611 Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 So did the death panels finally show up? Here's hoping in the end he was surrounded by caring feminazis. 4 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Voltron 25,067 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 Will they bury him with his medal of freedom? 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blessingx 5,611 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 Here's the best I can say about him... 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ironbut 2,266 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 I still hate that mutherfucker! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hopstretch 17,664 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 Occasionally, I wish I believed in Hell. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
n_maher 11,553 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 I'm not sure he was so terrible that I will celebrate his death, but correspondingly he was definitely terrible enough that I won't celebrate his life. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tkam 2,426 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 I think he was terrible enough to celebrate his death: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rush-limbaugh-mock-aids-gays/ 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grahame 10,505 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swt61 10,058 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 1 hour ago, tkam said: I think he was terrible enough to celebrate his death: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rush-limbaugh-mock-aids-gays/ Yep. I remember that. I can find no redeeming value in this man's life. I don't like to hate, but there are a few that I can't find my way around it. Rush made that list. But like Nate, I'll settle for not celebrating his life. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blessingx 5,611 Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 (edited) Bruce Blackburn, designer of NASA’s best logo, dies. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/us/bruce-blackburn-dead.html https://512pixels.net/2021/02/bruce-blackburn-designer-of-nasas-worm-logo-and-the-american-revolution-bicentennial-star-dies-at-82/ Edited February 19 by blessingx 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tkam 2,426 Posted Monday at 08:02 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 08:02 PM RIP Daft Punk - they are splitting up: https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/22/entertainment/daft-punk-split-intl-scli/index.html 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grahame 10,505 Posted Monday at 08:30 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 08:30 PM Does this mean that there will now be two Daft Punks, and how will we know which is the real one ( assuming they each have a stand-in with the others helmet on?) because ... https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a35441609/daft-punk-faces-without-helmets/ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grahame 10,505 Posted Wednesday at 04:29 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 04:29 PM RIP Fry's Electronics. https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2021/2/24/22298616/frys-electronics-going-out-of-business I haz a sad. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fitz 1,735 Posted Wednesday at 04:44 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 04:44 PM Considering the state of the stores for a while, it was only a matter of time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pars 1,591 Posted Wednesday at 05:02 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 05:02 PM They looked like they were going out of business for at least the last 2 years... Strange store, but kinda fun to go to. Shit for electronics components though. Lots of NTE. I did buy soldering equipment from them though. Hakko stuff in particular. And some test leads. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
grawk 8,054 Posted Wednesday at 05:06 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 05:06 PM I was never sure how fryes continued to exist. Even 20 years ago they were a disaster. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TMoney 3,672 Posted Wednesday at 05:06 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 05:06 PM That radio jingle of theirs is immortal. Your best buys are always... (pew pew pew)... at frys! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blessingx 5,611 Posted Wednesday at 06:19 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 06:19 PM There were so many computer superstores I can no longer remember names, but think of when driving by their old locations. Still a couple Computer Centrals, though one near me burnt down a couple years back and the rest are pretty dead. Micro Center shrunk and vacated the area. It still seems strange Silicon Valley can't support a large store for quick pickups, when there was once so many. Guess it's all Amazon and fast delivery now, same as everywhere else. Will be strange not to be able to pick up things on a lunch run. A ton of problems with Fry's over the years. I often wondered how Apple's big comeback affected them as they never really played in that space. And as Apple Stores popped up. Sold some Macs like Best Buy, but Fry's wasn't a general electronic store, though in the end tried to be. This is worth a read - https://mondaynote.com/the-frys-era-8709a7e602eb 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skullguise 4,441 Posted Wednesday at 06:24 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 06:24 PM (edited) Only time I went to a Fry's was when I was doing work for my company at sites in CA. It was pretty nice back then, this was back in the mid-to-late-90's. Still, another brick and mortar institution gone, RIP..... Edited Wednesday at 06:25 PM by skullguise Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pars 1,591 Posted Wednesday at 06:27 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 06:27 PM We had a Fry's in Downers Grove (Chicago suburb). We still have a Micro Center, also in Downers Grove I believe. It seems to be doing well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swt61 10,058 Posted Wednesday at 06:28 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 06:28 PM I loved going to Fry's when I lived in Texas. I made a pretty decent living building custom gaming computer cases between 2001 and 2003, and Fry's was the place to find great stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ironbut 2,266 Posted Wednesday at 08:16 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 08:16 PM (edited) I used to go to the one in Campbell all the time and the Sunnyvale one in a pinch. I knew a lot of folks in the Campbell area (used to live at the Upstart Crow coffeehouse there) and I'd run into some of them there sometimes. In fact, it was the last time I saw Lloyd (old member here) was there. I kinda dug the weird decor and the bargains on snacks and stuff that lined the checkout area. I really miss having a local electronics store (even Radio Shack was better than nothing) but there ya go. Edited Wednesday at 08:17 PM by ironbut 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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