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Loved the Thunderscan back in the day. In college I worked at a little computer store in Harvard Square that didn’t bother to stock real scanners — students who
by BryantD 1y ago
Loved the Thunderscan back in the day. In college I worked at a little computer store in Harvard Square that didn’t bother to stock real scanners — students who could afford them had better places to buy gear. One day this nice guy came in looking for a scanner and I did my absolute best to sell him on a Thunderscan based on the price point. “I’m not telling you the quality is as high as a flat bed scanner, but it’s so affordable!”
After he left and after the store owner stopped laughing, she explained that I’d been trying to sell Robin Williams on the basis of price. I like to think he enjoyed being treated like a guy off the street.
- grepfru_it 1y agoI sat next to a random person on a flight once. Everyone walking on the plane was gawking at him, shaking his hand, while I sat unphased working on my ability to make a voip call over the new wifi system on united airlines. I eventually looked up who was sitting next to me and found out it was Daryl McDaniels (DMC of Run DMC fame). We both happened to check bags, so I walked up to him and actually apologized for not giving him the same attention that everyone else was on the plane. He laughed and said it felt great to have a flight where the people around him didn't talk his ear off. He gave me a signed autograph and his phone number and then we both went our separate ways. I just found his autograph while cleaning last night.. now after seeing this comment, I'm going to give him a call tomorrow :)