why aren't you cool?
since we were on the subject, here's a side of the story i would like to see...
If I leave my hair down and wear glasses I look like a posterboy for Geek.
I still, on occasion, say w00t.
i guess since it's my topic, i should contribute:
1) i smoke too much
2) i can't go out to eat because i'm allergic to everything
3)i drink too much coffee and then i get bitchy
4) i won't let the bagger or the cashier at the grocery store bag my food because i don't like the way they pack things.
5) i don't pass on to 10 people all of those religious "pray for our soldiers" e-mails i get.
6) i act dramatic and i get bitchy when someone around me is wearing too much perfume (it makes me sick).
7) i won't lend my employee room key to anyone at work because some people forget to give it back, so i lie and say i don't have it.
8) i actually kept a 1 year old stale, flat cigarette with me, just for when somebody tried to BUM a cigarette off of me. i HATE it when people can't support their own friggin habit. it's not my job.
9) i don't like to share.
10)i don't pick up shifts for people unless they've helped me out in the past. i'm good at making fast excuses.
um, and other than that, i'm perfect :)
I once cried at an episode of Antique Road Show on PBS.
In my defense, it was at an 80 year old woman telling the story of her husband's 1938 Martin acoustic guitar. It was worth 50 grand. She said, "Well, it's not for sale, but that's nice to know."
I lost it.
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I have absolutely no sense of fashion and my usual wardrobe consists of a $12 Lands' End T-shirt and black sweats.
I am not :cool: because I:
- can't park
- panic in front of extremely attractive men
- fall over when I'm not that drunk
- forget the 'think-speak' rule
- pretend to understand words I don't understand
I am not cool because my one designer label top ( Dolce Gabbana, fluorescant orange figure hugging club tshirt) which I adore because it makes me look super fuckin sexxy ...I bought for 50p at a fleamarket.....oh and i have never learned to drive....what else what else? *thinks* Its funny there are so many things which prevent me from ever achieving coolth but its hard to get specific.....bit like when people ask you what you want from your birthday, only totally different.....
Mmm. I like moby.....Ok there I said it now....I dedicated a largish portion of 4 years to a computer game....not very cool...not even remotely big or clever....I taught my dog to gi'me Five!....Thats seriously uncool. I very much enjoyed school dinners, they were scrummy....:joylove: I was the only hippy at the motorway services who had bought a ticket to Glastonbury.....There's just so much. My life is filled with instances of apparent coolness which upon any close inspection turn into the most uncool thing ever..........I once got into to trouble with the police ....and then cried like a little girl so the officer would let me go....
I can't be around people.
I dedicated a largish portion of 4 years to a computer game
Recovering everquest addict?
Originally posted by staceyv
5) i don't pass on to 10 people all of those religious "pray for our soldiers" e-mails i get.
6) i act dramatic and i get bitchy when someone around me is wearing too much perfume (it makes me sick).
I would file 5 under cool myself.
As for 6 these can aggravate me too. My mother-in-law used to wear something particularly did not get along with me... I felt like it was seeping under my contacts stright into my eyeballs.
Like UT, I have no fashion sense, but I got for the "office geek" look... khakis and a button-down shirt. (And I do get most of my shirts from Land's End because they're the only place I've found that reliably carries my size.)
i cant think of anything. could someone please help? I'm in danger of starting to think that i actually AM cool.
I only wear pants that will match the black tee shirts that I buy in two-packs at wal-mart.
I'm a stay-at-home mom who drives an suv. 99.9% of my wardrobe is Gap or J.Crew. I'm afraid of bugs. I sell things on eBay. I'm 30something. I fell off the vegetarian wagon over the holidays and can't seem to get back on (because Jim comes in here with those damn rotisserie chickens...). I watch Spongebob Squarepants even when the kids aren't.
Originally posted by lumberjim
i cant think of anything. could someone please help? I'm in danger of starting to think that i actually AM cool.
You sell crappy German cars and are a firestarter...how's that?
Oh, wait, I got it.....i knew if i thought hard enough i;d think of something. Perth will like this:
I'm currently reading the wheel of time series ( book4) and I'm enjoying it.
I play madden football, and put myself in as a wide out. I make the pro bowl every year. for the cowboys.
plus the one guilty pleasure that we all share: we have "virtual friends"
thank you
I would say that driving a station wagon makes me uncool, but station wagons are apparently making a comeback (Vibe/Matrix, Protege), so my coolness is unscathed.
I watch Spongebob Squarepants even when the kids aren't.
For me, it's the Fairly Odd Parents. And 99.9% of my wardrobe comes from Goodwill, does that make me more or less cool?
Originally posted by sycamore
I would say that driving a station wagon makes me uncool, but station wagons are apparently making a comeback (Vibe/Matrix, Protege), so my coolness is unscathed.
Isn't your station wagon an Escort?
Originally posted by sycamore
You sell crappy German cars and are a firestarter...how's that?
yeah, well......i don;t actually SELL the cars. and they are primarily crappy american cars......some have german parts....but i'd think that would add to my coolness, not detract ( germans simply make better cars than we do...i mean would you rather drive a chrysler or a benz?)
as for firestarting, i think it depends on what kind of fire we're talking about.....;)
and an escort wagon is NOT a cool wagon. your coolness is indeed scathed.
Recovering everquest addict?
No no, much worse, way less cool than that. Recovering UO addict....There is no good reason to spend weeks at a time being an alchemist
I am not cool because of my addiction to the color aqua (yes, it is an addiction.)
I am not cool because of my inability to tolerate the people I work with.
I am not cool because I try hard to use words like "whom" and "who" correctly, but often fail.
Originally posted by lumberjim
and an escort wagon is NOT a cool wagon. your coolness is indeed scathed.
Yeah, tell me about it. I bought my Escort wagon at about the same time my then-boss bought a Toyota Camry. She was dissing me because my station wagon was smaller than her sedan! :haha:
Who cares? How cool is that?
No no, much worse, way less cool than that.
Oh dear that is, there's a whole social scene these days for recovering everquest addicts, very trendy I hear. OU though....
I'll add the fact I can brag that I started playing CounterStrike at beta2 before all the lamers got on board on my not-cool-list as well. Had gun-running back then, those were the days, we had to treck to the terrorist base without armour though the snow, both ways.
Originally posted by lumberjim
and an escort wagon is NOT a cool wagon. your coolness is indeed scathed.
Well, thank God I don't have to worry about YOUR opinion!
Steve, don't believe the diss...wagons are so obnoxious that they're cool.
What about a Saturn Wagon? It's nothing special outside, but very nice inside. Leather, power everything, heated seats, etc.
That might make me uncool, but here are a few more:
I read Star Wars books.
I still play with lego (Well, mostly just sort them these days. Maintaining the collection for when mini-me graduates from duplo).
I watch Good Eats religiously, and think the hour long episode about salt may have been the very best ever.
Originally posted by perth
I watch Good Eats religiously, and think the hour long episode about salt may have been the very best ever.
The real question is did you record it to watch later...and if you did, can I borrow it? :D
I can act it out for you, if you like. Otherwise, you're just gonna have to wait until I get around to buying the DVDs. :p
Bog standard stereotypical geek. That's anti-cool almost by definition.
Not cool....or cool......Not sure which catagory has more...
Not cool:
Cranky knees, back & hip from to many road marches in the army and years of college football, hockey & rugby......Now if I run a block I'm in the emergency room:worried:
35yo, married, have sex MAYBE 4 times a month:eek:
Still use my PS2:D
Still go out drinking with my childhood buddies, who still have mullets and some still live with mom & dad :rolleyes:
Still listen to heavy metal music :band:
Cool:
Candidate for knee replacement surgery and can become the bionic man
at 35 I still have all my hair and teeth and when me and the little misses DO have sex it's usualy something outrageous and with one or more of her girlfriends
:doit:
Still use my PS2 and still beat the shit out of my teenage nephews at whatever they bring to play..they think it's
cool :thumb:
Still listen ot heavy metal.....yet I listen ot most of the new rock bands also......
good combo of to damn old and still with the times....AH it ain't easy being me......Later :rattat:
Originally posted by jinx
I'm afraid of bugs.
Eh, that's not "uncool" (only because I am too!!!) :eek:
I'm 30something.
That's not cool?? I guess it would have been more "cool" to have been 30-something during the time the show "30-something" was on. ;)
perth, watching the food network is very cool. i can only eat around 8 different foods because of my multiple food allergies, but i still love to watch the food network.
LJ, how nice of you to remind me of another uncool aspect of myself-outside of work and family members, all of my friends are "virtual"!
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I'm not cool* because:
I HAVE to post in purple.
I don't have one piece of clothing that could be considered designer in any way, shape or form.
I LOVE shopping at Wal-Mart
I can go from nice person to ultra-bitch in .01 seconds for no reason and without remorse. (Usually have a reason, tho.)
I'm overweight.
I make tissue paper flowers. Well.
* What today's society generally considers "cool"
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Originally posted by jinx
I watch Spongebob Squarepants even when the kids aren't.
Thats Just Cute!!
:cool:
Why Im Not Cool:
I spend 50% of my paid work day here in the Celler with our Virtual Family.
I Tapestry.
Im a day dreamer. When there is something important to be done, Ill proabably be sitting in the backyard, staring into to space or listening to music or playing with the animals.
I am addicted to stationary. i could spend all day in a stationary shop in awe of all the pretty pens and pretty papers with all the pretty patterns and colours and textures and gorgeous things for writing letters and cards and textas and funky paints and stickers...... oh ill think ill have to go at linch time for a fix!! TRust me.. if your MY penpal... you'd think i'm queen of the stationary jungle or something!
:)
Originally posted by wolf
Isn't your station wagon an Escort?
Yeah...and? The cool quotient of any car goes up by 35 when I'm driving it. I could make a fucking Daihatsu or Kia cool.
Originally posted by OnyxCougar
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I make tissue paper flowers. Well.
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Origami-like tissue paper flowers, or multiple layers of tissue paper folded into a fan, with a twisty-tie in the middle to secure it (taping to a stick optional) and then folding back the tissue paper to make the flower shape? If so, I loved those, made dozens of them as a child, particularly liked doing them in gradient shades of yellow/orange/red. If I'm thinking of the right ones ... do you cut the outer edges of the tissue paper to play with the effects?
And do you have pictures?
Uncool. Yup, that's me...
The first song I downloaded on iTunes was by the Cowsills. (I think I should win the unCool prize just for that).
I drove a VW bug in high school between the time that they were originally cool and when they became cool once more.
I don't even get cool spam.
I suck at playing guitar even tho I practiced for years. I do give myself credit for having the good sense to give up and suck at something different for a while.
I was invited to enter a talent show at one point but couldn't think of anything to do.
I can't finish a video game: I'm still not sure how much further I have to go to finish Half-Life. Damn game goes on forever! Somebody tell Clodfobble to make a 2nd version for people that suck at video games.
I tried WuShu Kung Fu for a while but wasn't graceful enough and could not remember the forms to save my life.
To summarize, I think what really makes me uncool is that I suck at all the stuff I really wish I was good at.
beestie, the cowsills are pretty cool!
barry cowsill, the bass player lives here in newport. last year, when i used to go to open mic every week, he was always there, usually shitfaced, and he'd play guitar and sing. (he liked my version of hounddog:)) arsen and i also partied with him at a house party when we first started dating..the guy was hitting on an 18 year old girl...he paints houses for a living now.
I sold a 1966 Mustang and now drive a 1996 Camry. That is very uncool.
Plus, I'm too fucking nice. And even though I'm nice, you know what I like about people???? Not a God damn thing.
[list][*]I sing out loud to the songs on the radio
[*]I'm overweight (for now)
[*]I am a professional computer geek, so much so that other geeks look up to me.
[*]I go to the movies and restaurants alone
[*]Sometimes I watch chick flicks, dramas, documentaries, or foreign films when nobody is looking (usually in art house theaters)
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Originally posted by Sun_Sparkz
I am addicted to stationary. i could spend all day in a stationary shop in awe of all the pretty pens and pretty papers with all the pretty patterns and colours and textures and gorgeous things for writing letters and cards and textas and funky paints and stickers...... oh ill think ill have to go at linch time for a fix!! TRust me.. if your MY penpal... you'd think i'm queen of the stationary jungle or something! :)
Ah, ok...I'll confess that I am an office supply geek. I could spend days in an Office Depot or Staples...*looks down, shuffles feet..*
When I was in school, and it was time for school shopping for supplies, oh man! I couldn't wait...HA! And I had to have the coolest stuff, so whatever was the newest thing out there in, let's say, pens, I
HAD to have it! (so I guess that made me "cool" as far as school supplies). :D
two words:
TRAPPER KEEPER
Trapper Keeper!
i have a thing for pens,too!
i love to go to staples and try out new pens.
i hate writing with regular ballpoints. my favorite for the last few years has been the pilot precise, but i also like the gel pens and the felt tip ones.
did i mention that i collect recipes?
Originally posted by Sun_Sparkz
I Tapestry.
You *make* tapestries?! I'm sorry, but there's no way to define that in any way except cool. Really, how many people do this, after all?
Uniqueness is a key factor of coolness.
This is not said to in any way denigrate sun_sparkz's hobby, but I think that "tapestry" is Aussie for "needlepoint."
I must confess that I am a pen-a-holic.
I can't stop buying the damn things, all as part of the quest for the perfect pen.
I just got some Pilot Varsity Disposable Fountain pens. OOOOOH the sweetness of them! :) (three pack, one black, one blue, one purple) This, of course, occurred mere days after I resolved not to buy any more damn pens ...
The Parker Jotter is another favorite.
And the Parker Vector Fountain pen ... ahhh ... flows so sweetly. I am generally a big fan of fountain/cartridge pens and will sometimes use a dip pen for caligraphy. I've wanted to try out one of those glass pens for special occasions, but they are just too darn fragile. I know I'd set the thing down on the desk and have it crash to the floor.
I fight over new drug rep pens in the office. Particularly the big, fancy, heavy ones that are intended to be given only to physicians. I prefer a smoothly flowing, traditional ball point to a gel point, although a finepoint marker style is high on my list. The Pilot Precise Ball Pen (poor man's rapidograph) is pretty cool as well, although sometimes I write with too heavy a stroke and bend the nib on those.
Another thing that goes on with me and pens, is that once I start using one, I really MUCH prefer to use it to the bitter end, the last scratchy drops of ink. Losing a pen that still has life remaining is worse for me than losing a disposable lighter before it's ready to be thrown away.
I really better stop talking about this. I'm getting too excited.
I love writing with fountain pens, but I never bother with them because I always lose them. Even the cheapest are $6 or $7, and even that is too much to pay for something I know I'm losing. (Not to mention the fact that the ones I've tried at that price almost always clog.)
Originally posted by wolf
Origami-like tissue paper flowers, or multiple layers of tissue paper folded into a fan, with a twisty-tie in the middle to secure it (taping to a stick optional) and then folding back the tissue paper to make the flower shape? If so, I loved those, made dozens of them as a child, particularly liked doing them in gradient shades of yellow/orange/red. If I'm thinking of the right ones ... do you cut the outer edges of the tissue paper to play with the effects?
And do you have pictures?
[COLOR=indigo]Neither. I take different colors and shapes of tissue paper (not kleenex, the type you shove in gift bags to cover the gifts) and put them on pipe cleaner stems. I can make what appears to be real carnations. I don't have any pictures atm, I'll see if one of my coworkers has a digi cam on her today and snap one of my desk. (I decorate my desk every month, and since I can't put "blessed Beltaine" up, I have a may pole up and "Have a prosperous May Day" with fairies, easter grass, and a bunch of my flowers on my desk.)
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Originally posted by ladysycamore
Ah, ok...I'll confess that I am an office supply geek. I could spend days in an Office Depot or Staples...*looks down, shuffles feet..*
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Ahh cool pens , that i can relate to , i like the Pilot Precise Ball Pen, but as Wolf said i tend to bend the tips . I stick to the fine point ( 5mm or less) Pilot Dr Grip pens . And my wife has learned NOT to mess with my pen , i am verry easy going but get BENT if she uses my pen and doesn't put it back . To her a pen is just a pen , but to me , i search out what i like and i take care of what i get , anal i know , but the last pen i had i used untill it literly broke in half .
Hey that's not only uncool, but even sick. Go aay with your pens, you scare me!
My favourite pen in the world is the
Papermate Flexgrip Ultra, medium, in blue. Yeah it's ballpoint, but the ink flows fairly smoothly, and I like the roughness of the line anyways. Part of what I like about writing is the tactile feel of pen on paper, and I don't get that as much with pens that move smoothly. Besides, those pens are more expensive, and I've never had a single pen survive long enough to run out of ink anyways. I have one nice pen (in this case, "nice pen" means one that cost more than 5 bucks) but never use it because i feel guilty biting on the cap.
The fact that I took the time to type out all the above? Another reason why I'm not cool.
i caught a scary glimpse into a former salesmans brief case one day. You know how brief cases have two or three folder sized pockets inside the lid? Well, scott had three rows of pens in all different styles and colors lined up from one side to the other. He must carry 75- 100 pens with him in his brief case. Now THAT's uncool.
Perth, that's about as lame a pen as you could pick. GO get yourself a nice cross ballpoint.
Cross pens write like shit and they are too thin to be comfortable enough for long writing sessions.
maybe in your big sausage fingers. :)
ok, wolf, we win the dork award for arguing about wich pens are coolest.
good going
Originally posted by lumberjim
... He must carry 75- 100 pens with him in his brief case. Now THAT's uncool.
No, that's obsessive compulsive.
The guy needs a life. Majorly.
If he ever leaves the briefcase unattended in your office ... rearrange the pens. Only move about five of them. If he freaks out and/or has to put the pens back into the magic order, he's definitely a nutter.
i'm a pen keeper. I go refillable. I got 3 black cross chrysler five star pens about 4 years ago. I still have one floating around here. My kids hurt my average pen retention time, but I'm still pretty good.
One of the perks of being the finance manager is that my Bank Reps give out great pens. Hann Financial in particular. Chase and Bank of America have been trading places at #2.
oh boy, I'm a geek.
I have one of the coveted "Viagra" pens. I have a matching clipboard as well.
a Bic medium point. Blue. And NO cap! :D
I'm not cool because:
- I have the memory of a corn flake. The only things I remember with ease are my dreams. Other than that, I can't remember half the stuff that happened a day ago.
- I'm a homebody. I like being a homebody, but I also know that I should really get out more. Besides work (I'm a vet assistant), I haven't been anywhere special, lately.
- I'm clumsy. I once walked face-first into a door. Major dorkage, there.
- I'm thin & gangly. I was that pencil-thin athletic tomboy in school that you cool folk often chastised.
- My eating habits suck. But, alas...what would the world be if not for gorgeous junkfood?
- I get AWFUL sinus headaches. Not cool. I'm just getting over one, now.
There's more, way more than on my "why I'm cool" list, but I'll have to stop here; I'm beginning to lose self-confidence. :p
I am not cool because I cannot read a map to save my ( or anybody else's)life. .....I put books I have never read nor will ever read in prominent places on my bookshelves because they look good, whilst my pulpfiction stays outta sight.....I think I already mentioned I never learned to drive....I am impressed when encountering minor celebrities but pretend not to be....On the few occassions I have encountered them I have then gone on to namedrop them mercilessly....I sometimes spell jail as gaol cause damn it thats how we spelled it when I was at school!......
- I get AWFUL sinus headaches. Not cool. I'm just getting over one, now.
Unfiltered cigarettes and straight whiskey will stop that shit.;)
Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
Unfiltered cigarettes and straight whiskey will stop that shit.;)
E-gads! I'm apt to think that unfiltered cigarettes and straight whiskey will stop just about everything!
E-gads!
......online deities? :D
I am not cool because I own too many books. At one point, I was buying at least ten books for every one that I read. I don't have a 'to read' shelf, I have to read BOOKCASES. A few months ago, I bought on ebay for $250 a used collection of Britannica's Great Book series, that's 45 fat books filled with so much good stuff. That alone is going to take me years to read. I've been good lately, and I avoid getting brand new books unless written by an exceptional author, but just browsing Amazon makes me drool, and I build up a mental shopping list of stuff I want to eventually get. I've run out of shelf space, and I'm running out of apartment space, help!
Originally posted by Slartibartfast
I've run out of shelf space, and I'm running out of apartment space, help!
sell your books in clusters on ebay to bookbuying junkies like yourself. the circle of life.
Originally posted by Tornado
E-gads! I'm apt to think that unfiltered cigarettes and straight whiskey will stop just about everything!
See.:)
Originally posted by lumberjim
sell your books in clusters on ebay to bookbuying junkies like yourself. the circle of life.
You don't get it, dude. For the bookaholic, once you get 'em you can't get rid of them. Except in very special circumstances, usually involving trading credit at a Book Swap.
Slarti ... I know where you are coming from. I've abandoned the idea of shelves at this point. Piles on the floor is the way to go. Then you can spend the money you would have spent on shelves on more books.
I am really trying hard to break the habit. I now have a couple boxes of stuff that I want to get rid of, and have started slowly listing them on Amazon. (I actually sold one book this weekend!!)
Originally posted by SteveDallas
I am really trying hard to break the habit. I now have a couple boxes of stuff that I want to get rid of, and have started slowly listing them on Amazon. (I actually sold one book this weekend!!)
Well you could always take them over to
Baldwin's Book Barn near West Chester and see if he wants to buy them. The only problem is that you may end up walking out of there with more books than you went in with. It really is a cool and slightly odd book store.
Or we could have a book/DVD/CD swap Cellar GTG.
*homer* booookbaaarn */homer* :yum:
If I try I bet I could sell 3-5% of my books without feeling too depressed. I'd even be getting rid of some of the dregs. Anyone want to by a technical book on Windows 3.1?
Oh my yes, you would LOOOVE the book barn.
They also have a rare book section ... the kinds of books people faint over being told what they are worth on Antiques Roadshow.
I've been banned from Atlantic Book Warehouse on Rt 309 North due to the fact that I always find a cartful of books I simply *cannot* live without! Generally at a cost of around $200-$400 per visit. There and the Woodworkers Warehouse. Dagney has all but given up trying to pry me out of either store and has settled for simply keeping me out in the first place.
Brian
Originally posted by OnyxCougar
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Well, she never came through, so I brought my own cam from home and here are the good ones.
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The paper flowers are awesome! Thanks for showing them off.
However, I must say that if I worked with you, I would definitely have to kill you, given the overall gorge-rise-inducing cuteness of your whole tableau.
I mean that in the nicest way possible.
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Yeah, avoiding the actual physical presence of books for sale would be important. Although, really, what with abebooks.com and all the other online places, I can much more efficienlty melt plastic without leaving my desk.
But we'll see how the Amazon thing goes. Unlike Ebay, they don't charge a fee to the seller unless the item is actually sold.
Shyte, it's good to see I'm not alone where books are concerned. I have an entire bookcase full of them. And more in the closet, and even more on the floor. My favourite books to buy are biographies of my favourite poets & artists, and picture books of art. I'm quite proud of my collection, I have a lot of antique books about my beloved British poets. But I also know how damn difficult it is to bypass a good sale or a used bookshop.
Have you tried to pawn the books you don't want at used bookstores? You don't get a winfall for them but on a good day you can easily cop $100 or more. Some stores will even give you a credit toward more books.
Sell the books? *uquivers in distress* noooo....precious they arrre....myyy Preccious
I'm envious.I was a voracious reader back in "the day".Not cool.We had a pretty progressive elementary school back in...around 1970?Newly constructed,it was built with no walls.Everything was moduler.In fifth grade I was skipping class to go read.Pretty stupid of me.With no walls I was only a few cubicles away from my old-school type teacher.I was pretty shocked when suddenly I was being lifted straight into the air one day.And as much as this is a "not cool" thread I believe that reading MAKES you cool.At least thats the message I'm trying to pass on to my 11&13 year old kids.
OK, now I'm starting to fantasize about running a used book business on a more formal basis. This could be trouble...
Especially when you start slapping customers and screaming "Get your filthy hands off my children!":haha:
Just set the price of the books at what you personally value them at.
"yes, that dog-eared copy of The Hobbit is $150, you got a problem with that???"
I dont know if anyone here has come across a little comedy programme from the UK called Black Books. .....the bookshopowner off that would fit right into the cellar. Cynical harddrinking, hardbitten lover of books who despises his customers.......yah...rock and roll
A good book about people who love books is 'The Club Dumas'. The movie made from it, 'The Ninth Gate' is also very well done.
It has one character that lives all alone in an old european castle or villa. There are no furniture, he sold it all. All he has is a collection of old books that he keeps lined up on the floor in one room. Every so often he goes through the terrible agony of having to pick one to sell to pay for upkeep and living expenses.
I kill "cool" on a daily basis by refusing to drive a car, collecting baseball cards, quitting every job after 9 months, and "skipping" when I walk my dog.
Interesting topic. Here's a few of my reasons
* - When I actually drive a car and am not walking, I listen to talk radio at a high volume, sometimes with the windows down.
* - I drive slow and drive a car normally driven by someone twice my age. I got nowhere to be, no one to meet, no place that cant wait, so driving a bit under the speed limit is the norm.
* - Have a razor thin line between being overly polite and downright confrontational and combative. When polite doesnt work, I dont fuck around and let my true nature take over.
* - Sunlight annoys the hell out of me, so when out in the light I'm generally uncomfortable and bitchy without any additional irritants.
* - Utility and comfort trumps fashion for all but a very few circumstances.
* - I'd rather do something productive on the computer than watch tv or a movie.
* - I dont leave home without at least one handgun and sometimes my primary shows through my clothes but if someone asks if my protruding sidearm is a handgun I tell them it's a cellphone. Sometimes this person will think they are witty and ask if they can use my cellphone and I tell them the battery is dead.
* - I dont leave home without at least one handgun and sometimes my primary shows through my clothes but if someone asks if my protruding sidearm is a handgun I tell them it's a cellphone. Sometimes this person will think they are witty and ask if they can use my cellphone and I tell them the battery is dead.
C'mon Slang, let 'em stick it in their ear.:shotgun:
A GUN PHONE!! Why didnt I think of that? You are the man Bruce.
slang: Sure you can use my phone, but it's a little different from any other phone you have used. It can only receive a signal from inside a dumpster or standing in a 6 foot deep pit.
wiseass: Oh, like.....cool, dude. Let me climb in this dumpster, I need to make a call.
slang: yep, that part goes to your ear, now, trip the trigger to get a dial tone.