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[garbon]

That said something is up as reviews on apple products show "best thing in life" and "i found it!"

[DGuller]

That said something is up as reviews on apple products show "best thing in life" and "i found it!"

Yeah, every product has at most one review, all at the end of January, and says something very brief and unhelpful.  That was another clue for me, although it's possible that legitimate scumbag owners would review the products on their own site.

[CountDeMoney]

Looks like the old man just bought himself a Chicom iPad ripoff.  Hope he enjoys his Appre.

[mongers]

Why is any sellotape better than most sticking plasters for closing cuts/wounds ? 

[The Brain]

The Jews.

[mongers]

Found a piece of Chinese design I rather like, looking for cheap tools on ebay I found this image for I'd guess a rather poor quality multi-tool.



I like that it's printed on the side of the tool and tells you it has those size allen keys, three different sockets as well as flat-head and cross-head screw drivers; no need for any languages.

[MadImmortalMan]

2 racks of ribs and a pork shoulder in the kamado.

[Phillip V]

PayPay resolution only works if the seller account still exists (a real company).

What scammers do is withdraw all funds from their account before PayPal can recover the funds for the disputee.

[DGuller]

Well, $250 may be a cheap price to buy some wisdom.  My dad can make on the spot decisions for much bigger amounts than that.  One time he called me, saying that he talked to a bank adviser and invested $40,000 in some financial product, and then asked me if it was a good idea.   A little too late, dad, don't you think?

[sbr]

If I had a son that was an accountant I would definitely defer to him in financial matters.

[CountDeMoney]

Damn.

Expectant parents killed in NYC crash; baby born at scene
By Alexander Smith, BreakingNews.com, and Tracy Connor, NBC News

A young couple en route to a hospital to have their first child was killed in a car crash in New York City early Sunday but the baby was born at the scene and survived.

Nathan and Raizy Glauber, both 21 and Orthodox Jews, were using a car service to go to the hospital when another vehicle crashed into the side of theirs at an intersection in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, Hasidic community activist and family friend Isaac Abraham said.

Nathan Glauber was pronounced dead at Beth Israel Hospital, while his wife died at Bellevue, the New York Post and The Associated Press reported.

Pictures of the scene were posted on Vos Iz Neias, a news site that covers the Jewish community.

The couple's son was delivered at the scene and was taken to a hospital in serious condition, said Abraham, who is also a neighbor of Raizy Glauber's parents and lives two blocks from the scene of the crash.

Abraham said: "The child is in a serious condition in Beth Israel Hospital, in Manhattan. Now we just pray with the child that all medical efforts keep him alive."

He added: "I know Raizy because I saw her grow up from a child."

The driver of the vehicle that hit the couple's car fled, police told the AP. No arrests have yet been made.

The Post reported that a BMW was involved and that it was the driver of the BMW who fled the scene, at the intersection of Kent Avenue and Wilson Street.

The condition of the car service's driver is unclear, police said, according to the AP.

Brooklyn is home to the largest community of ultra-orthodox Jews outside Israel, more than 250,000.

[DGuller]

If I had a son that was an accountant I would definitely defer to him in financial matters.

Well, he is an economist by education, and is doing the work of accountant in US, so I've got no credential advantage on him.  I was born with a sense of skepticism, and know enough about the financial world to know what not to do, but my dad thinks that too, unfortunately.

P.S.  Oh, and  .

[Razgovory]

What exactly is the use of a Soviet trained economist?

[DGuller]

What exactly is the use of a Soviet trained economist?

Surprisingly extensive.  When you don't have an invisible hand, you suddenly have a need for lots of visible hands to do the job.

[Phillip V]

A baby born with the AIDS virus appears to have been cured after being treated with an aggressive regimen of drugs just after her birth 2½ years ago.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324539404578338300521959748.html