<![CDATA[Comments from drjayphd]]> <![CDATA[Comments from drjayphd]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on A Complete List Of Starbucks Locations That Will Be Closing]]> @loquaciousmusic: What'd they do? Haven't been there in a couple of years (no reason to go into Fairfield) but it didn't seem to be that offensive.

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on Aquadots, The Infamous "GHB-Laced Toys," Are Back With A New Name, "Pixos"!]]> @dry-roasted-peanuts: MOOSEN! A flock of MOOSEN!


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]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on A Complete List Of Starbucks Locations That Will Be Closing]]> @Kaisum: You wanna see crammed, the one in Southington's on a foot and a half square (may be slightly exaggerated) lot next to an interstate. You have to drive all the way around it just to park, there's maybe 10 spots, and there's only one way in or out (the lot's higher than the entrance road), which is MAYBE two card widths wide.

And yet, it's doing pretty well. Hunh.

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on A Complete List Of Starbucks Locations That Will Be Closing]]> Considering some of the locations of the CT ones that're set to wither and die, it's hardly surprising.

Windsor Locks is right near the airport, but nowhere NEAR being along the way (it's near the tail end of all the long-term parking places, etc.), and Coldstone already closed their store there. Only tenant in that strip mall's Quizno's, and I can't imagine they'd be long for it. East Windsor's only other tenant in THAT strip mall's a credit union. Strangely, both of 'em have drive-thru, so there goes that theory.

South Windsor's in one of them "lifestyle center" faux-downtown malls. There's not a whole lot of coffee-only competition, but there is an Atlanta Bread Company there (oddly, the only one left in the state). Then again, it's right near Manchester, where they just built a new one (with drive-thru), so take that as you will.

Fairfield's near Fairfield University, but it's also a pain the ass to get in and out; it's right near a light, on the wrong side of the street (if traffic's backed up at a red light, you ain't gettin' in or out), and Kings Highway's pretty busy. Don't know about Hartford, but my friend goes there and says "everyone there's so nice".

But as far as I know offhand, South Windsor's the only one that might be considered closing redundant stores. The rest of these probably just aren't pulling their weight, and seeing as they can't legally invade Dunkin Donuts... ;)

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on Morning Deals]]> Oooh, that Video Transfer...er looks really tempting, even though I could just use my laptop and a USB-to-RCA dongle. Is getting S-video and removing the lappy from the recording equation worth $80?

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on Morning Deals]]> @dianabanana: That's nothing, I was ready to hit six Dunkin Donuts on free coffee day. Then my bladder thought better of it.

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on Are You Living Beyond Your Means?]]> @Julia789: Well, that'd do it. Gotta give Stamford credit for being innovators, as they were the first to have $4.50/gallon gas... ;)

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on KFC Hands You Biscuits And Says "Here. This Is Just So You'll Get The Fuck Outta' Here!"]]> @iMike: Referred to the mods for the commenter code. Congratulations, you might just have your own category there.

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on Copycat, Copycat: American Eagle Outfitters Wins Injunction Against Payless Shoes]]> @n1ckel5: I still have a grease-sodden pair of Airwalks somewhere around this house. Grease courtesy of Boston Market, and this was at the tail end of anyone caring about Airwalk, which was, what, 10 years ago?

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on Top 10 Computer Annoyances and How to Fix Them]]> #4 would've come in handy when my hard drive went tits-up and I had to use a fresh install of XP to save everything. Only file I couldn't move to the external drive was the ISO of "Dark Side of the Rainbow"... which probably had more to do with it being over 4GB and the hard drive was FAT32. -_-

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on Are You Living Beyond Your Means?]]> @Julia789: Whereabouts? I'm in central CT and can't afford much more than $500/month for rent and utilities. Ergo, housing's 0% of my monthly income (thanks, Mom and Dad)...

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on Disgruntled Computer Technician Outs Super-Rich Tax Cheaters To The IRS]]> Wouldn't it be ironical if this guy started stashing his sizable reward in tax shelters, though?

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on Two Out Of Three Of My iPhones Were Defective And The Third Won't Receive Calls]]> @bugbiteme: And, uh, why was this the decision the OP had to make? Got any proof the OP can't pay the bills?

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on A List Of Starbucks Stores That Will Close By The End Of The Month]]> @Javert: Yeah, the astounding thing here isn't the people mocking a company that provides for their employees, it's commenters actively cheering for people losing their jobs. Then again, this is Consumerist post-code, so the scary thing is it's an improvement.

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on EBay & PayPal Phishing Gone For Good On Gmail and Yahoo?]]> @postnocomments: Really? Hotmail's been pretty decent for me. Haven't gotten any spam in the inbox, and the little spam that does get through their filters is promptly dumped into the spam folder.

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on Coffee-Shop Threatens To "Punch" Customer In His "Dick"]]> Didn't know Kyle Farnsworth owned a coffee shop...
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]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on Is This $0.10 Credit/Debit Surcharge On Gasoline Allowed?]]> @linbey: Because credit surcharges lead to false advertising. If you advertise the cash price, someone pulls in, and sees that they'll be charged more for using a credit card, people will be pissed. Not so much if you advertise the higher credit price and offer a cash discount. Same thing, just a question of semantics and psychology.

Although I still won't patronize a station that does this if it's not an absolute emergency... kinda funny that the Hess station down the road from the office charges the same amount as nearby stations if you pay cash...

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on WaMu: "It Is Not My Problem If You Did Not Plan To Pay Your Bills On Time"]]> @AMetamorphosis: Yes, because everyone plans when they'll get into heated exchanges with less-than-helpful CSR's. Besides, wasn't he showing concern when he pulled over to argue?

I don't know, maybe I'm just strange when I think businesses should be open as long as their posted hours say they are.

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on 6 Common Food-Safety Misconceptions]]> I thought it was Punday, not Caturday.

(hey, I've been working all day, give me a break)

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on A List Of Starbucks Stores That Will Close By The End Of The Month]]> @coren: The difference being that this is in a major city. The Dunkin Donuts saturation was in suburbs or other relatively pissant towns. That six-on-one-road stretch is in my hometown of maybe 60,000 people, not exactly a city.

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on A List Of Starbucks Stores That Will Close By The End Of The Month]]> @sean77: Precisely. Wake me when you can hit three Starbucks in a two-mile stretch, or six just going down the same street in the same town.

@Jim (The Canuck One): And yet, the Canuckistanis are invading New England. Very slowly... but rather politely.

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on A List Of Starbucks Stores That Will Close By The End Of The Month]]> @katylostherart: Not just that, but the three that were allegedly Marked for Death (tm) were up in north-central CT. East Windsor, Windsor Locks (near, and yet simultaneously nowhere near, Bradley), and South Windsor (which is in one of them lifestyle center thingies). The first two looked to be doing just fine when I was there, so who knows how accurate that map is.

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on DIY Moleskine Wallet Hack]]> @Eris: In some cases, it's entirely appropriate to break out that mindset. This isn't one of 'em, though. :)

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on Turn Your Photos into a Small Planet]]> All it needs is the Prince of All Cosmos pushing it around.

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on Multi-Platform Universal Console Mod Plays Everything Modularly]]> @rexplex: Pretty much my stance, as well, although I've gotta say some of the people on Ben Heckendorn's forums make some damn near repulsive portables. At that point, if you're just splitting a Genesis controller in half and sticking it on either side of a box (that isn't even black), you're almost wasting your time. At some point, aesthetics have to enter into the equation.

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on Use Photoshop to Give Iran Even More Fake Technological Advancements]]> Ironically enough, this might be an entirely applicable entry, if we hadn't already seen it in the Apple Photoshop contest...

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]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on Ben Popken On NPR Talkin' 'Bout Grocery Shrink Ray]]> Alas, it'll probably be unable to top their segment on lucha libre movies a couple of years back that I listened to today. But tell me you wouldn't watch El Santo vs. the Grocery Shrink Ray. I'm already buying a dozen.

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on 5 Tips For Selling Your Gas-Guzzling SUV]]> @aaron8301: The difference is that you actually do need your SUV. There's always goign to be exceptions to the conservation rules, and the SUV drivers people blast are those suburbanites you mentioned.

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on Teddy Dupay Falling From Grace At Accelerating Speed]]> @dont-forget-where-you-came-from-cheese mac: As they should be. But hey, I did get to watch Florida win the SEC champeenship and hae a few beers with three-fourths of them...

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on Teddy Dupay Falling From Grace At Accelerating Speed]]> Later, the entire case is revealed to be a horrible misunderstanding when Dupay clears up that, in fact, he'd merely raped her locks. See, he was inspired by You Don't Mess With the Zohan to pursue his lifelong dream, and couldn't afford one of those training heads...

/Constantin Popa'd?

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on Track Rumored Starbucks Closings]]> Either the map's inaccurate or Starbucks is really overdoing it with the redundancy. ;)

I went by the two CT stores that are marked for death, and the Windsor Locks one is a hell of a lot closer to Bradley, while the East Windsor one's on route 5, not just off of it. Those seem like kind of odd towns to double-dip, so maybe they just moved to better locations (with drive-thru)?

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on 5 Tips For Selling Your Gas-Guzzling SUV]]> @StevieQ: And yet, I just read an article on how one of the few places Hummers are selling is... Fairfield County. Naturally.

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on 5 Tips For Selling Your Gas-Guzzling SUV]]> @battra92: My employer recently fired off an email asking people to carpool. Unfortunately, when a good chunk of your employees are specifically required to have their own transportation, you probably aren't going to get many takers. :P

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on UPDATE: Ruby Tuesday Says Man Ordered Fatal Crab Dish]]> @dangermike: Comments got closed. Ben's comment at the end, about the wild speculation of how much crab was on there, what was going through Rodney's head at the time, etc. explained why he shut it down.

@mariospants: That's because you didn't have 1:17 PM in the pool. Also, you missed David M's comment. :P

@punkrawka: Which was pretty much my theory: the waitress just hears the wrong dish and made a tragic mistake. Occam's Razor much, people? :)

@linus: ...and yet, there's still a goodly chunk of victim-blaming going around. Funny, although I can only imagine the blasting this guy would've gotten before the new code.

@veverkap: Bubba Sparxxx, obviou--wait, what? ;)

@The Count of Monte Fisto: I think you mean "you're supposed to blame the big corporation unless there's a spectacularly contrived way to pin it on the customer, or the corporation's on our naughty list, in which case, YOU HAD IT COMING. At least that's before, for this is The New Consumerist (which is, oddly enough, nothing like The New No Limit Records, alas...).

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on UPDATE: Ruby Tuesday Says Man Ordered Fatal Crab Dish]]> @Michael Belisle: Possibly disclose on the menu if a dish contains relatively common fatal allergens, such as nuts or shellfish. A little icon, mayhaps?

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on UPDATE: Ruby Tuesday Says Man Ordered Fatal Crab Dish]]> Back when I saw the first story, I'd figured that if Ruby Tuesday's management was smart, they'd approach his family with an open wallet and open arms. Guess they're, uhm, not.

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on Can Prayer Lower Gas Prices? These People Think So]]> @Triborough: "Last year, he led prayers for rain in drought-afflicted Georgia. (Rain did eventually fall.)"

Yeah, Twyman, I'm sure it was your prayers that made rain fall at some point in the future... (rolls eyes)

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on Behold! A map of the Starbucks]]> (phew) Nothin' in CT so far, seeing as the closest one's on Lawn Guyland...

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on The 10 Fattest States In The Country]]> @mergatroy6: To be fair, I'm sure Penn & Teller themselves would tell you to never take their word as gospel, but to do your own research.

]]> <![CDATA[drjayphd commented on Boy, This Tiny Microfiber Cloth From Amazon Sure Is Packaged Efficiently]]> @Doug81: Ordered that same set off the Consumerist deal, and it was the same principle. Apparently, shrink-wrapping it to a piece of cardboard provides all the security you'd need, so it had plenty of room on the sides. That's probably the most cost-efficient way to ship it, though.

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