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progPlaying the Hang Out at Cafe card is more complex than it deserves to be, right now. Which cafe is more economical for me to hang out in?
Coffee at the 1369 is $1.10 for a small mug, and 75 cents for a refill.
Coffee at the Diesel is $1.20 for a large mug, and 50 cents for a refill.
I can walk to the 1369, but must either drive or T to the Diesel. Driving costs a modicum of gas, and 25 cents an hour for parking, unless I choose to spend some car karma and park a little further away in a residential area. Round-tripping on the T costs two dollars, unless I get around to purchasing a T pass for next month, in which case it still takes time.
The Diesel's food is far and away superior to that at the 1369, with the exception of muffins.
Show your work. Don't forget to compensate for earth curvature.
Hey, as if reading the sense of wandering loyalties from my mind, the 1369 started to play that wacky song by the Boards of Canada that I like so much. I like this song because it is a homage to the telephone time-telling lady, and the laughter of children, and the word "orange", all at once. And what more do you need to spell Qu-A-L-I-T-Y?
An old guy is saying to another guy: "Suzuki? They used to make them Jap Zeros, you know! That's pretty funny!" I weighed the value of butting in and correcting that he's thinking about Mitsubishi, because my dad (who is also old enough for the word "Jap" to still seem like an in-context invective) once told me this, but then I thought: I wonder if this is another urban legend, and in fact, every successful modern Japanese car manufacturer has an attached story that it used to make those famous WWII fighter planes. Irony is always a strong source of UL staying power. I'll have to look this up.
To his credit, my dad brought this story out when my brother Peter bought a new Mitsubishi sportscar, in order to display approval at his choice, despite the fact that he grew up hating everything Japanese, as his environment expected him to do. "But them Zeros, they was some damn nimble craft, whew, they could outfly anything."
Coffee at the 1369 is $1.10 for a small mug, and 75 cents for a refill.
Coffee at the Diesel is $1.20 for a large mug, and 50 cents for a refill.
I can walk to the 1369, but must either drive or T to the Diesel. Driving costs a modicum of gas, and 25 cents an hour for parking, unless I choose to spend some car karma and park a little further away in a residential area. Round-tripping on the T costs two dollars, unless I get around to purchasing a T pass for next month, in which case it still takes time.
The Diesel's food is far and away superior to that at the 1369, with the exception of muffins.
Show your work. Don't forget to compensate for earth curvature.
Hey, as if reading the sense of wandering loyalties from my mind, the 1369 started to play that wacky song by the Boards of Canada that I like so much. I like this song because it is a homage to the telephone time-telling lady, and the laughter of children, and the word "orange", all at once. And what more do you need to spell Qu-A-L-I-T-Y?
An old guy is saying to another guy: "Suzuki? They used to make them Jap Zeros, you know! That's pretty funny!" I weighed the value of butting in and correcting that he's thinking about Mitsubishi, because my dad (who is also old enough for the word "Jap" to still seem like an in-context invective) once told me this, but then I thought: I wonder if this is another urban legend, and in fact, every successful modern Japanese car manufacturer has an attached story that it used to make those famous WWII fighter planes. Irony is always a strong source of UL staying power. I'll have to look this up.
To his credit, my dad brought this story out when my brother Peter bought a new Mitsubishi sportscar, in order to display approval at his choice, despite the fact that he grew up hating everything Japanese, as his environment expected him to do. "But them Zeros, they was some damn nimble craft, whew, they could outfly anything."
long hand
Date: 2002-01-28 09:32 am (UTC)$1.10 for a *small* mug
.75 to refill a *small* mug
= $1.85 at 1369
+ no T/gas+parking fare
- knowing several other patrons
- sekrit free wireless
+ liklihood of getting more uninterrupted work done, away from meatspace friends and constant checking of LJ friends page
$1.20 for a *big* and probably brimming mug
.50 to refill a *big*, probably brimming mug
= $1.50 at Diesel
- T/parking costs unless you park near my house.
+ friends
+ sekrit free wireless
- getting no work done even if keeping your social bar a healthy green.
So, um, work at the 1369 today, and come recharge the greenbar tomorrow afternoon, when a chunk of friends of both sorts will be hanging out in the Diseasel.
Re: long hand
Date: 2002-01-28 04:59 pm (UTC)I'll join my mobile office (snerkle) to the Diesel Collective for tomorrow.
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Today I bought DUCK TAPE
Re: duck tape
Date: 2002-01-29 06:09 am (UTC)<oh, no, here comes the duck tape...>
<sound of ducks not quacking>