I seen a rather disturbing commercial this morning over coffee and wanted to see if any of you have seen it and what you think about it.
A sub sandwich company has a new commercial saying you’ll be blown away by their sandwich. I’ve never been blown away by any sub sandwich. The picture on the menu board and the sandwich you get can be two different things.
This commercial shows a father pointing a leaf blower in his son’s face… now there’s a brilliant idea. Just one little grain of sand busting loose from the filter with that kind of velocity and Sonny Boy no longer has an eye.
Even if they’re using a brand new leaf blower does not excuse the chance of an insect flying into the stream and still doing significant damage to an eye… not only that but to show a full grown adult sporting this kind of idiotic behavior Nationwide, I’m sure can give a lot of children bad ideas to try out their dad’s leaf blower on their sibling.
You can’t fix stupid!
Disclaimer These are statements from personal opinion not fact.
I am up in Idaho this week and the smoke from the distant fires is wreaking havoc on my allergies. I am ready to try some of them new-fangled allergy medicines. Amongst the diners is there a preference, Zyrtek vs. Clariton (or their generic equivalents)?
Flo, give the gang and I a [B] and Grim Reper, Rick and Steven what the want.
Whole Life has it’s places in life plan. Lets say at 40 you have a heart attack and your term policy is up when you are 41? Yep you are in the ash pit.
In a dark place right now. I knew the house roof had a small leak in the family room when it rains hard. Yes I know no leak is good! Wife found 1/2 of the second bedroom where she stores her crap ceiling is water stained. [sigh] She seldom goes in there (to much Crap) and only found the problem last night. [+o(]
I have always been amused and annoyed by the antics of the “marketing” of products.
One of my pet peeves are the automobile advertizements showing aggressive behavior behind the wheel of whatever latest & greatest machine they’re trying to push.
I recall one where an average family guy gets behind the wheel and suddenly he is transformed into the cartoon character “Tazmanian Devil” then proceeds to drive like a maniac. Once he’s out of the car he is back to average Joe.
Buy our car and you have licence to drive like a nut!
Another shows female drivers in two cars vying for one parking space at a shopping mall (back when shopping mall parking lots had cars in them).
Woman in car A drives in the designated lanes, woman in car B kicks her luxury SUV into four-wheel drive, climbs the curb, screeches around a barrier then aggressively skids into the lone parking spot.
Woman in car B arrives shortly after with an exasperated look on her face as driver in car A gives her a smug “too bad you don’t have a car like mine” look.
There is all sorts of weird and dangerous behavior on Youtube.
There is a theory about robots, where humans can recognize that their behavior, emotions, isn’t authentic and are repulsed by them. It’s called the Uncanny Valley.
We have a woman car dealer who triggers that emotion. Her smile isn’t quite sincere or real. The look on her face is contrived. The dialog isn’t quite right. She needs more work. The theory goes on to say as the simulation improves, robots, or replicants become more acceptable. Shades of Blade Runner.
Stephen what font is that? The bottom of the “W” seems odd to me. But it’s your railroad, so don’t let that disuade you.
We had excellent corn tonight with salmon cooked on the grill. Cantalopes have been good and I think they finally succeeded in breeding the taste out of tomatoes. I don’t know where winter time tomatoes come from but there is no point in eating them.
I have a Kalmbach book on the painting and lettering of passenger cars that is a good reference, too. Out of print and a bit expensive now but you might get lucky if you look long enough.
I like the KCS grey/white ghost block logo, so I found this site called What The Font, it allows you to upload an image and extract a near match to the font in the picture, so I uploaded an image of the logo and it came back with a font called “Bot Regular” so then I am able to type up samples of the font, well here’s where the tomfoolery begins, I can then right click “open image in new tab” on the sample text and download it to the computer.
I actually went into paint and made those into the logo, I’ll post a picture in a few days because it’s on the office computer at the Holiday Inn, but I think it’ll work pretty well.
It’s unique, not unlegible, and kinda has a 40s-ish heir about it.
It’s funny that commercials have come up, my friend moved into her dorm yesterday and she’s going to college for Advertising and Public Relations [(-D]
I’ll know who to call when I need some adverts for my band.[(-D]
I cariied ridiculously high coverage in my 20s through 40s when I had responsibilities to my family.
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Now I just carry $100,000.00 in coverage. We have almost as much cash on hand as we have debt, and our obligations are near zero. No need for coverage now.
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When I was young $1,000,000.00 in coverage was almost free. Now I pay just slightly more for 1/10 the coverage. Later in life I will probably need no coverage.
Not only am I my familiar with these commercials you highlighted on…I’m glad you and others view this the same as I do… at least I would hope so[:|][:S]
Come on down here to Florida, go into any Publix deli, and have a Boar’s Head Ultimate on their bakery fresh Five Grain Bread with your choice of toppings. Most likely you will be blown away.
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I think that must be posted on a big banner in every BMW showroom.
It’s kinda like those cars with the two keys, one for regular (aka BORING) driving another for the racetrack, what’s to stop some stupid idiot (insert your preferred imbecile here) from taking the road key starting the car and then taking the track key and activating sport (aka Tasmanian Devil) mode? Hmm? There us a time and place for such activities in equipment that’s specific for the application, not ones mothers minivan.
And that’s coming from me, a young, inexperienced, recently licensed, car enthusiast. Just sayin’
P.S. my avatar is a racing car! This is a model railroad forum and my avatar is a dang race car! A Lotus 43 powered by a BRM H16 to be precise.
Five grain bread fills me up too quickly. I have to stick with two- or three grain.[swg]
One time I bought a large pizza. They told me that it was a twelve-slice pizza. I told them just cut it into six slices — I couldn’t possibly eat twelve. [pi]
It´s Sunday, so time for my virtual big breakfast i only eat on Sundays - scrambled eggs, crispy fried bacon, buttered toast, jams & honey, a stack of hotcakes w/real maple syrup, not that molasses or corn syrup stuff, sausages, a tall glass of OJ, coffee in an IV bag, followed by a trip to the ER.
It has cooled down considerably now and I feel a lot better. Here is to a nice Indian Summer!
I was to comment about that alfrewady some time ago, suggesting a change to an avatar a little closer to the reason why we come here.
Talking of cars and drivers - folks driving BMWs had a reputation of being reckless, while those driving Audis and Mercs were seen as the moderate, family-man type. Boy, has that changed! The torch has been passed on to Audi, followed by Mercedes. They seem to think that the Autobahn is a race track, made exclusively for them. How stupid!
Someone brought the subject of bread up. The only thing I dearly missed while staying in the US was good German bread. I don´t like that soft stuff that you should never load into your shopping chart right at the beginning and pile all your other groceries on top of it. This stuff is made for people who forgot how to chew their food properly!
Good morning Alrich 9:00 am in Germany right now close enough. Good morning. Please say goodnite to Grim Reaper. Please post Blue Oyster Cult Don’t Fear the Reaper for all of us Forum members today. Thank you TF[;)]
Come on it’s not too much different than Beaker of The Muppets[;)]
No offense meant, but that´s not exactly my kind of music.
Btw, I don´t fear that fellow. Unlike most people in western civilizations, I have learned to accept death as part of life. I have seen the chap lurking around the corner a couple of times, having survived three heart attacks, two minor strokes and two bad car accidents. Being born in August, I am a Leo and, IIRC, cats have 9 lives. I have spent 7 in 62 years, leaves me with two more to go or 18 more years. I am fine with that!