How to control prices. The current president nor any president shouldn’t be blamed for inflation. No sir! This is done solely by the manufacturer or store where product is sold. So why do people believe the president raises or lowers the price on goods sold. Nope. Not at all. The president doesn’t work for GeneralContinue reading “Do you really need that?”
Category Archives: consumerism
Satisfaction guaranteed
No more Sears tower in Chicago. Sears could have easily been AMAZON. But some private equity schmuck bought Sears drained it all its cash assets, took out huge loans, filed bankruptcy, and just wrecked Sears. Yes there were some parts of Sears that just didn’t work. Their clothes and shoes just were real junk. ButContinue reading “Satisfaction guaranteed”
Some of the attractions at the Super Bowl.
posted by Chuck Ayers Heard on the radio from Chicago. A twenty-something young woman was looking for a donor to give her two tickets to the Super Bowl which at the time was taking place in Atlanta a few years back. In return for free advertising. Advertising to be ‘airbrushed’ on the young lady’sContinue reading “Some of the attractions at the Super Bowl.”
Travel the world and buy a bank.
International Travel. East Los Angeles 1956. We got a call from our uncle Kelly wanting to know if we cousins want to drive with him to Tijuana Mexico. A good two hours south. And again this was pre-Interstate driving down the coastal highways. Driving the PCH and other coastal roads. So uncle Kelly shows upContinue reading “Travel the world and buy a bank.”
Well then, just zip me up.
In this age of downsizing. There is the practice of shrinkflation. Reducing the size of a product by size or weight and selling the product at the same price as its previous size or weight. Soft drinks are coming in smaller cans but at the old price. Sometimes with a price increase. But hereContinue reading “Well then, just zip me up.”
Suddenly he was on fire.
Once again, more from the first ten years. So many tear drops falling from my eye… eyes. We Los Angeles Okies had a limited eating repertoire. Fried chicken and mashed potatoes just to suggest two Okie entrees out of a possibility of two. Not to mention gallons of milk and purple Koo lade. But, BoyContinue reading “Suddenly he was on fire.”
I hear him but don’t see him.
Good Humor? You could hear him coming from afar. His repetitious jingle played over and over. He slowly made his way down our street on Simmons Avenue in East L A. It seemed forever before he made his way near our house. Once in sight I would run and wave him down. And I meanContinue reading “I hear him but don’t see him.”
Boy, am I pist off!
What is going on here? I’m not sure I’m the only guy to discover this but men’s pant zippers are becoming troublesomely short. Creating a logistical conundrum. No longer can we just zip but must unbuckle one’s trousers risking dropping one’s pants while standing at a wall urinal. Men’s pant zippers use to be aboutContinue reading “Boy, am I pist off!”
Fill it up and check my tire pressure.
Fill’er up Joe. It was a tall clear glass cylinder about two-feet tall and about 15-inches across with lined markings, Markings representing one gallon each mark. The heavy glass cylinder sat on a round red metal frame with a long handle parallel to the metal and glass tank. If you pump the handle a redContinue reading “Fill it up and check my tire pressure.”
Ain’t goin’ back to here no mo.
They use to call it quality control. Not sure what they call it these days. Sort of hit and miss maybe. If you are going to own or operate a franchise your customer could only hope to have a food item at one location then days or weeks later miles away you get the sameContinue reading “Ain’t goin’ back to here no mo.”
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