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George HW Bush lost a close election, at least a little because it was revealed that he didn’t know what a supermarket scanner was.

by aj7 4y ago

082349872349872 4y ago
I remember visiting south east Asia at a time when my cousin was working there. There were three distinct socioeconomic classes in evidence: - the poorest shopped in open-air markets, where the local language was spoken - the middle class shopped in air-conditioned malls, where english was spoken - the richest "shopped" by having their driver take their cook to the open-air markets Upon my return to the States, I started to notice the same phenomenon; it had just been disguised by the fact that there were no language changes involved.
- aj7 4y ago
  My hoodlum friend took me to the Suffolk Downs race track during football season. There was no horse racing; the place was used as a legal betting place. There were three levels. On the bottom were nasty desks and booths under harsh fluorescent lights. Lines at betting windows. Semi-pathetic characters in soiled pants and hoodies working on their bets, then standing on line at those windows. Now up the stairs to the second level. Here was a well appointed cafeteria with cushioned seats. Kind of like a Denny’s or a large mall restaurant. Here, the denizens were older and better fed Now the hoodlum was a member of the “Club.” This was on the top, with a panoramic view of the race track finish line. Here was wood paneling, a full bar, and lots of tables with comfortable chairs. Everyone seemed to know everyone. The walls were covered with TV’s showing every active race track in the U.S., and the degenerate gamblers here would bet them. Galilean relativity was in evidence. As the horses approached the finish line at some track somewhere, a patron would yell: Where’s the wire? Where’s the wire? In the horses frame of reference, the wire was coming to them, and the horses desperately groped to reach the moving wire first. Three levels, just like that market.
- lotsofpulp 4y ago
  There are a far smaller proportion of people in the US that have the ability and find it worthwhile to pay for cooks and a driver. The minimum payrate is much higher, not to mention a tangle of labor laws and exposure to legal liability.
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George HW Bush lost a close election, at least a little because it was revealed that he didn’t know what a supermarket scanner was.

by aj7 4y ago

George HW Bush lost a close election, at least a little because it was revealed that he didn’t know what a supermarket scanner was.

082349872349872 4y ago

I remember visiting south east Asia at a time when my cousin was working there. There were three distinct socioeconomic classes in evidence: - the poorest shopped in open-air markets, where the local language was spoken - the middle class shopped in air-conditioned malls, where english was spoken - the richest "shopped" by having their driver take their cook to the open-air markets Upon my return to the States, I started to notice the same phenomenon; it had just been disguised by the fact that there were no language changes involved.

aj7 4y ago
My hoodlum friend took me to the Suffolk Downs race track during football season. There was no horse racing; the place was used as a legal betting place. There were three levels. On the bottom were nasty desks and booths under harsh fluorescent lights. Lines at betting windows. Semi-pathetic characters in soiled pants and hoodies working on their bets, then standing on line at those windows. Now up the stairs to the second level. Here was a well appointed cafeteria with cushioned seats. Kind of like a Denny’s or a large mall restaurant. Here, the denizens were older and better fed Now the hoodlum was a member of the “Club.” This was on the top, with a panoramic view of the race track finish line. Here was wood paneling, a full bar, and lots of tables with comfortable chairs. Everyone seemed to know everyone. The walls were covered with TV’s showing every active race track in the U.S., and the degenerate gamblers here would bet them. Galilean relativity was in evidence. As the horses approached the finish line at some track somewhere, a patron would yell: Where’s the wire? Where’s the wire? In the horses frame of reference, the wire was coming to them, and the horses desperately groped to reach the moving wire first. Three levels, just like that market.
lotsofpulp 4y ago
There are a far smaller proportion of people in the US that have the ability and find it worthwhile to pay for cooks and a driver. The minimum payrate is much higher, not to mention a tangle of labor laws and exposure to legal liability.

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