Minor things that bother you

[ZLoth]

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video is most definitely available. How am I supposed to know the uploader restricted it to the United States?

[Max Rockatansky]

I'm just surprised there was an alternate take on the situation.  I never heard the variation about supposedly reaching out to DOTs and getting the old signs scrapped.  I'm wondering if this was actual cover story that I never heard or Scott being coy?

What I posted is what Jake Bear said back when this was going on. I suppose he might have been being coy, but I sort of doubt it; I would imagine in that situation he'd be apt to call a spade a spade.

Hence why I asked, Jake never once struck me as ever being coy about anything in his entire life.

[7/8]

video is most definitely available. How am I supposed to know the uploader restricted it to the United States?

I wasn't blaming you, just annoyed about region blocking in general.

[Rothman]

A good example of the latter situation is the endless disputes between the Hershey Company (known for making chocolate) and the completely unaffiliated Hershey Creamery Company (known for selling Hershey's Ice Cream). Both companies were founded in the same year, in the same county in Pennsylvania, by completely unrelated individuals who happened to have the same last name, "Hershey." The chocolate company immensely resents that the lesser-known ice cream company is allowed to use that name, but the latter is named for its founders.

Why don't they just merge? There are definitely synergies: Hershey's Chocolate Ice Cream.

...

They have no interest in merging. Presumably one factor is their years of bad blood. I have a feeling the chocolate company would be happy to buy the creamery and then shut it down, if the latter's owners were willing to sell.

Meh.  They're just two different companies.  Kernals' logic is a little stupefying, since the idea that any two companies with similar names, even if they produce totally different products, should merge is just silly.

[kernals12]

A good example of the latter situation is the endless disputes between the Hershey Company (known for making chocolate) and the completely unaffiliated Hershey Creamery Company (known for selling Hershey's Ice Cream). Both companies were founded in the same year, in the same county in Pennsylvania, by completely unrelated individuals who happened to have the same last name, "Hershey." The chocolate company immensely resents that the lesser-known ice cream company is allowed to use that name, but the latter is named for its founders.

Why don't they just merge? There are definitely synergies: Hershey's Chocolate Ice Cream.

...

They have no interest in merging. Presumably one factor is their years of bad blood. I have a feeling the chocolate company would be happy to buy the creamery and then shut it down, if the latter's owners were willing to sell.

Meh.  They're just two different companies.  Kernals' logic is a little stupefying, since the idea that any two companies with similar names, even if they produce totally different products, should merge is just silly.

They're both in the business of sugary snacks.

[Rothman]

A good example of the latter situation is the endless disputes between the Hershey Company (known for making chocolate) and the completely unaffiliated Hershey Creamery Company (known for selling Hershey's Ice Cream). Both companies were founded in the same year, in the same county in Pennsylvania, by completely unrelated individuals who happened to have the same last name, "Hershey." The chocolate company immensely resents that the lesser-known ice cream company is allowed to use that name, but the latter is named for its founders.

Why don't they just merge? There are definitely synergies: Hershey's Chocolate Ice Cream.

...

They have no interest in merging. Presumably one factor is their years of bad blood. I have a feeling the chocolate company would be happy to buy the creamery and then shut it down, if the latter's owners were willing to sell.

Meh.  They're just two different companies.  Kernals' logic is a little stupefying, since the idea that any two companies with similar names, even if they produce totally different products, should merge is just silly.

They're both in the business of sugary snacks.

I'd like to see you try to make a chocolate bar with an ice cream machine.

[bm7]

As an adult caregiver who does not allow his 83 year old mother to drive, this means that I have to take my mother to medical appointments. That sometimes involves exams where I'm stuck waiting for two hours in the waiting room. At least I have a job that allows me to VPN and work remotely. But if only there was some sort of desk where I could set up my laptop to work. When I last on Jury Duty in 2018, the Sacramento County Jury waiting area had small desks so that you can work. It is certainly better than reading several year old magazines that they have lying around.

Could you use a small folding table, something along the lines of this? I would imagine most places would be fine with it if there's a spot that's out of the way to sit at.

[vdeane]

The fact that resealable bags of frozen vegetables aren't a thing.  When opening one you just have to hope and pray that it doesn't tear the wrong way and become impossible to wrap around so the remainder can be put back in the freezer.  I usually end up using scissors, especially since the bags my local grocery store uses are a harder plastic than most, making them difficult to open; they need more force, but that comes at the expense of control.  Seriously, how many people actually make an entire bag all at once?  A single bag can easily last me an entire week.

[Dirt Roads]

The fact that resealable bags of frozen vegetables aren't a thing.  When opening one you just have to hope and pray that it doesn't tear the wrong way and become impossible to wrap around so the remainder can be put back in the freezer.  I usually end up using scissors, especially since the bags my local grocery store uses are a harder plastic than most, making them difficult to open; they need more force, but that comes at the expense of control.  Seriously, how many people actually make an entire bag all at once?  A single bag can easily last me an entire week.

I know that I've got a reputation for being cheap, but we purchase freezer Ziploc bags to use for this very thing.  Plus, since I'm cheap they get washed out and used over-and-over again-and-again.  And after that, I used the old ones to store old stuff.  The nasty ones eventually get used to control smelly items that are headed for the trash.

[SEWIGuy]

First, you should use a scissors to open the bag. That will ensure you don't rip it in the wrong way.

Second, just stick the bag in a tupperware-like container that can be easily washed in between uses.

[kernals12]

A good example of the latter situation is the endless disputes between the Hershey Company (known for making chocolate) and the completely unaffiliated Hershey Creamery Company (known for selling Hershey's Ice Cream). Both companies were founded in the same year, in the same county in Pennsylvania, by completely unrelated individuals who happened to have the same last name, "Hershey." The chocolate company immensely resents that the lesser-known ice cream company is allowed to use that name, but the latter is named for its founders.

Why don't they just merge? There are definitely synergies: Hershey's Chocolate Ice Cream.

...

They have no interest in merging. Presumably one factor is their years of bad blood. I have a feeling the chocolate company would be happy to buy the creamery and then shut it down, if the latter's owners were willing to sell.

Meh.  They're just two different companies.  Kernals' logic is a little stupefying, since the idea that any two companies with similar names, even if they produce totally different products, should merge is just silly.

They're both in the business of sugary snacks.

I'd like to see you try to make a chocolate bar with an ice cream machine.

Hershey's makes lots of things that aren't chocolate already.

[SEWIGuy]

A good example of the latter situation is the endless disputes between the Hershey Company (known for making chocolate) and the completely unaffiliated Hershey Creamery Company (known for selling Hershey's Ice Cream). Both companies were founded in the same year, in the same county in Pennsylvania, by completely unrelated individuals who happened to have the same last name, "Hershey." The chocolate company immensely resents that the lesser-known ice cream company is allowed to use that name, but the latter is named for its founders.

Why don't they just merge? There are definitely synergies: Hershey's Chocolate Ice Cream.

...

They have no interest in merging. Presumably one factor is their years of bad blood. I have a feeling the chocolate company would be happy to buy the creamery and then shut it down, if the latter's owners were willing to sell.

Meh.  They're just two different companies.  Kernals' logic is a little stupefying, since the idea that any two companies with similar names, even if they produce totally different products, should merge is just silly.

They're both in the business of sugary snacks.

I'd like to see you try to make a chocolate bar with an ice cream machine.

Hershey's makes lots of things that aren't chocolate already.

If Hershey the candy company wanted to move into the ice cream space, why would they buy a rinky-dink, regional company like Hershey's Creamery? Because they have the same name?

Hershey has revenues of $11 billion. Hershey Creamery is something like $45 million. The largest ice cream company in the US (Ben & Jerry's) has just under $1 billion in revenue and a nationwide distribution network. THAT'S the type of company Hersey would be interested in.

[Max Rockatansky]

I'm only interested in this idea if the Hersey Company pulls some Wonka levels of corporate level espionage.  Maybe start with planting a doppelganger for Hersey Creamery President George Holder and announce some sort of Hersey Company factory tour?  Let's say the contest is pre-selected via "silver tickets" found in Hersey chocolate bars.  Dispatch the fake George Holder to the locations of each silver ticket winner and tempt them with fake bribes.  The Hersey Company factor tour would entail a series of death traps tailored to the known hubris of each silver ticket winner. 

I haven't quite worked out how the merger would happen.  I'm just assuming that the real George Holder would be dead (via Fizzy Lifting Chocolate perhaps?) at some point.  Somehow last silver ticker tour holder ends up in a sky elevator and has a substantial stake in the now merged Chocolate/ice cream mega corporation.

[ZLoth]

As an adult caregiver who does not allow his 83 year old mother to drive, this means that I have to take my mother to medical appointments. That sometimes involves exams where I'm stuck waiting for two hours in the waiting room. At least I have a job that allows me to VPN and work remotely. But if only there was some sort of desk where I could set up my laptop to work. When I last on Jury Duty in 2018, the Sacramento County Jury waiting area had small desks so that you can work. It is certainly better than reading several year old magazines that they have lying around.

Could you use a small folding table, something along the lines of this? I would imagine most places would be fine with it if there's a spot that's out of the way to sit at.

It still occurs on rare occasions, but still, this is something that the medical office could provide.

[SEWIGuy]

As an adult caregiver who does not allow his 83 year old mother to drive, this means that I have to take my mother to medical appointments. That sometimes involves exams where I'm stuck waiting for two hours in the waiting room. At least I have a job that allows me to VPN and work remotely. But if only there was some sort of desk where I could set up my laptop to work. When I last on Jury Duty in 2018, the Sacramento County Jury waiting area had small desks so that you can work. It is certainly better than reading several year old magazines that they have lying around.

Could you use a small folding table, something along the lines of this? I would imagine most places would be fine with it if there's a spot that's out of the way to sit at.

It still occurs on rare occasions, but still, this is something that the medical office could provide.

LOL. Good luck with that.

[kernals12]

A good example of the latter situation is the endless disputes between the Hershey Company (known for making chocolate) and the completely unaffiliated Hershey Creamery Company (known for selling Hershey's Ice Cream). Both companies were founded in the same year, in the same county in Pennsylvania, by completely unrelated individuals who happened to have the same last name, "Hershey." The chocolate company immensely resents that the lesser-known ice cream company is allowed to use that name, but the latter is named for its founders.

Why don't they just merge? There are definitely synergies: Hershey's Chocolate Ice Cream.

...

They have no interest in merging. Presumably one factor is their years of bad blood. I have a feeling the chocolate company would be happy to buy the creamery and then shut it down, if the latter's owners were willing to sell.

Meh.  They're just two different companies.  Kernals' logic is a little stupefying, since the idea that any two companies with similar names, even if they produce totally different products, should merge is just silly.

They're both in the business of sugary snacks.

I'd like to see you try to make a chocolate bar with an ice cream machine.

Hershey's makes lots of things that aren't chocolate already.

If Hershey the candy company wanted to move into the ice cream space, why would they buy a rinky-dink, regional company like Hershey's Creamery? Because they have the same name?

Hershey has revenues of $11 billion. Hershey Creamery is something like $45 million. The largest ice cream company in the US (Ben & Jerry's) has just under $1 billion in revenue and a nationwide distribution network. THAT'S the type of company Hersey would be interested in.

Oil tycoon Armand Hammer once bought enough shares of Church and Dwight to sit on their board simply because he was tired of people assuming Arm and Hammer baking soda was named after him. Yes, I could imagine the Hershey Company buying out an ice cream maker with the same name in order to put an end to the non stop litigation and to diversify their product offering.

[kernals12]

Old-timey names are a nightmare when needing to search through archives. A distinct name helps a ton and is eye-catching, which is why we've been using them for product brands for well over a century. Only natural that the companies would later adopt that style of naming to follow suit.

Imagine what a nightmare X (formerly Twitter) will be for future historians.

[ZLoth]

LOL. Good luck with that.

Thread title: "Minor things that bother you". And, I can't be the only full-time working person who is also an adult caregiver.

[vdeane]

Old-timey names are a nightmare when needing to search through archives. A distinct name helps a ton and is eye-catching, which is why we've been using them for product brands for well over a century. Only natural that the companies would later adopt that style of naming to follow suit.

Imagine what a nightmare X (formerly Twitter) will be for future historians.

I'm pretty sure the only person who actually calls it X is Elon Musk.

[Max Rockatansky]

I would imagine there is a substantial chance in fifty years that only a handful of people will remember current age social media platforms in general. 

[wanderer2575]

A good example of the latter situation is the endless disputes between the Hershey Company (known for making chocolate) and the completely unaffiliated Hershey Creamery Company (known for selling Hershey's Ice Cream). Both companies were founded in the same year, in the same county in Pennsylvania, by completely unrelated individuals who happened to have the same last name, "Hershey." The chocolate company immensely resents that the lesser-known ice cream company is allowed to use that name, but the latter is named for its founders.

Why don't they just merge? There are definitely synergies: Hershey's Chocolate Ice Cream.

...

They have no interest in merging. Presumably one factor is their years of bad blood. I have a feeling the chocolate company would be happy to buy the creamery and then shut it down, if the latter's owners were willing to sell.

Meh.  They're just two different companies.  Kernals' logic is a little stupefying, since the idea that any two companies with similar names, even if they produce totally different products, should merge is just silly.

They're both in the business of sugary snacks.

I'd like to see you try to make a chocolate bar with an ice cream machine.

Hershey's makes lots of things that aren't chocolate already.

How about they just don't want to merge?  Does that work for you?  Or do you keep dragging this on?

[Max Rockatansky]

Keep in mind folks you're talking to the same guy who thinks global warming is a wonderful concept.  If K12 has taught us anything about himself over the years it is that he will die on some strange hills.

[SEWIGuy]

A good example of the latter situation is the endless disputes between the Hershey Company (known for making chocolate) and the completely unaffiliated Hershey Creamery Company (known for selling Hershey's Ice Cream). Both companies were founded in the same year, in the same county in Pennsylvania, by completely unrelated individuals who happened to have the same last name, "Hershey." The chocolate company immensely resents that the lesser-known ice cream company is allowed to use that name, but the latter is named for its founders.

Why don't they just merge? There are definitely synergies: Hershey's Chocolate Ice Cream.

...

They have no interest in merging. Presumably one factor is their years of bad blood. I have a feeling the chocolate company would be happy to buy the creamery and then shut it down, if the latter's owners were willing to sell.

Meh.  They're just two different companies.  Kernals' logic is a little stupefying, since the idea that any two companies with similar names, even if they produce totally different products, should merge is just silly.

They're both in the business of sugary snacks.

I'd like to see you try to make a chocolate bar with an ice cream machine.

Hershey's makes lots of things that aren't chocolate already.

If Hershey the candy company wanted to move into the ice cream space, why would they buy a rinky-dink, regional company like Hershey's Creamery? Because they have the same name?

Hershey has revenues of $11 billion. Hershey Creamery is something like $45 million. The largest ice cream company in the US (Ben & Jerry's) has just under $1 billion in revenue and a nationwide distribution network. THAT'S the type of company Hersey would be interested in.

Oil tycoon Armand Hammer once bought enough shares of Church and Dwight to sit on their board simply because he was tired of people assuming Arm and Hammer baking soda was named after him. Yes, I could imagine the Hershey Company buying out an ice cream maker with the same name in order to put an end to the non stop litigation and to diversify their product offering.

There hasn't be significant litigation since the early 90s. This is just a silly idea.

[Rothman]

A good example of the latter situation is the endless disputes between the Hershey Company (known for making chocolate) and the completely unaffiliated Hershey Creamery Company (known for selling Hershey's Ice Cream). Both companies were founded in the same year, in the same county in Pennsylvania, by completely unrelated individuals who happened to have the same last name, "Hershey." The chocolate company immensely resents that the lesser-known ice cream company is allowed to use that name, but the latter is named for its founders.

Why don't they just merge? There are definitely synergies: Hershey's Chocolate Ice Cream.

...

They have no interest in merging. Presumably one factor is their years of bad blood. I have a feeling the chocolate company would be happy to buy the creamery and then shut it down, if the latter's owners were willing to sell.

Meh.  They're just two different companies.  Kernals' logic is a little stupefying, since the idea that any two companies with similar names, even if they produce totally different products, should merge is just silly.

They're both in the business of sugary snacks.

I'd like to see you try to make a chocolate bar with an ice cream machine.

Hershey's makes lots of things that aren't chocolate already.

If Hershey the candy company wanted to move into the ice cream space, why would they buy a rinky-dink, regional company like Hershey's Creamery? Because they have the same name?

Hershey has revenues of $11 billion. Hershey Creamery is something like $45 million. The largest ice cream company in the US (Ben & Jerry's) has just under $1 billion in revenue and a nationwide distribution network. THAT'S the type of company Hersey would be interested in.

Oil tycoon Armand Hammer once bought enough shares of Church and Dwight to sit on their board simply because he was tired of people assuming Arm and Hammer baking soda was named after him. Yes, I could imagine the Hershey Company buying out an ice cream maker with the same name in order to put an end to the non stop litigation and to diversify their product offering.

There hasn't be significant litigation since the early 90s. This is just a silly idea.

I was about to say, trademark fights or whatnot don't tend to go on and on.

[thenetwork]

Old-timey names are a nightmare when needing to search through archives. A distinct name helps a ton and is eye-catching, which is why we've been using them for product brands for well over a century. Only natural that the companies would later adopt that style of naming to follow suit.

Imagine what a nightmare X (formerly Twitter) will be for future historians.

I'm pretty sure the only person who actually calls it X is Elon Musk.

And Elon does not rate X-rated movies, either!!!