Today I saw the first hummingbird of the season and immediately switched out my feeders.
I know that millenials experience music and movies/TV differently than I do, but I recently asked my niece whether or not she owned a CD player and/or a DVD player and she said that she'll "have to check." (She knows she used to.)
You know how I'm always complaining that I've run out of shelf space for my books and I don't have any more floor space for new bookshelves? Well, we just found the perfect set of shelves for the one small piece of floor space I didn't think a shelf would fit.
I sold a grocery bag full of paperbacks today; got almost six and a half bucks for 'em. Been rearranging contents of several shelves today.
I'm so happy with our new shelves I'm going to ask Tracy to post a picture.
A while back, Dunkin' Donuts stripped "Donuts" from its name. It thinks of itself now as a coffee shop that sells donuts instead of being a donut shop that sells coffee.
This is in service to the idea that it's a competitor to Starbucks. It is to laugh; I'm no coffee connoisseur, but even I know the swill at Dunkin' Do- -- excuse me, just Dunkin' -- is no great shakes.
But I got a glaring reminder of how far removed Dunkin' is from its roots. To wit: This afternoon, I felt some hunger pangs and wandered into one of their establishments. A sign outside, and another inside, declared today, June 7, is "National Donut Day." The prize to each lucky customer? A free donut with the purchase of a drink. Even better! So I ordered a small coffee and a chocolate donut .... only to be told, "We're out of donuts."
All I could do was laugh, tell the cashier, "Skip it," and walk out.
Many years ago I went to a Pizza Hut restaurant (before they had drive-thrus). I ordered a particular size pizza and was told they were “out of it.” They apparently only had “pre-fab” pizza crusts.
I won’t go to a pizza place or a donut shop that isn’t constantly making what they sell from scratch.
Another name shortening I’ve observed recently is Dunkin’ just having a sign on the building that only says DD.
I recently fell into a coupon for a free donut and coffee from them. When I finally went there, I redeemed the coupon for a miserable donut and a miserable cup of coffee. Not going back.
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Today I saw the first hummingbird of the season and immediately switched out my feeders.
It took 13 days, but today I saw my second hummingbird of the season. They'll start coming en masse now.
Everyone has to post a shelfie these days.
Oh... JD.
Don't make us stage an intervention.
These puns have to stop.
The first step is admitting you have a problem.
A while back, Dunkin' Donuts stripped "Donuts" from its name. It thinks of itself now as a coffee shop that sells donuts instead of being a donut shop that sells coffee.
This is in service to the idea that it's a competitor to Starbucks. It is to laugh; I'm no coffee connoisseur, but even I know the swill at Dunkin' Do- -- excuse me, just Dunkin' -- is no great shakes.
But I got a glaring reminder of how far removed Dunkin' is from its roots. To wit: This afternoon, I felt some hunger pangs and wandered into one of their establishments. A sign outside, and another inside, declared today, June 7, is "National Donut Day." The prize to each lucky customer? A free donut with the purchase of a drink. Even better! So I ordered a small coffee and a chocolate donut .... only to be told, "We're out of donuts."
All I could do was laugh, tell the cashier, "Skip it," and walk out.
Many years ago I went to a Pizza Hut restaurant (before they had drive-thrus). I ordered a particular size pizza and was told they were “out of it.” They apparently only had “pre-fab” pizza crusts.
I won’t go to a pizza place or a donut shop that isn’t constantly making what they sell from scratch.
Another name shortening I’ve observed recently is Dunkin’ just having a sign on the building that only says DD.
I recently fell into a coupon for a free donut and coffee from them. When I finally went there, I redeemed the coupon for a miserable donut and a miserable cup of coffee. Not going back.
What ever happened to IHOP rebranding itself as the International House of Burgers? Is that still a thing?
That was an April Fools joke.
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