Bag of Randomness for Monday, August 29, 2016

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  • I’m not sure why I was issued those shoulder pads, they were way too big. Parents really disliked those jerseys, the black lettering made it hard to read numbers from the stands. Luckily, I was mostly on the bench, pretty close to the stands, so everyone could see my numbers.
  • One year ago today I climbed my first mountain and danced with WifeGeeding at the highest point in all of Texas. For a brief moment, no other Texans could top us.
  • In April of 2015, I set a goal to lose 40lbs and weigh 200lbs by the end of August 2015. I ended up being about 22lbs short of that goal but thought I’d do it by the end of August 2016. I’m about 17lbs short of that goal.
  • I’ve never owned a bobblehead.
  • I just want to give Tony Romo a hug, but gently, don’t want to break him.
  • VW does have a track record for not being truthful – Volkswagen’s 2019 electric car said to get 300 miles on a 15-minute charge
  • We ate on the patio at Kincaid’s Hamburgers and BoyGeeding thought he’d help one of their employees by opening the gate fence as made several trash hauls. Towards the end of our meal, that employee came by and gave BoyGeeding some ice cream as a thank-you. BoyGeeding even shared with his sister.
    • While waiting in line to get a refill of a drink an old man walked by me and reeked of Old Spice. He was trying to return his milkshake because it was too thick. I thought he could have waited a bit for it to thaw and loosen up, but at his age, he may not have time.
  • Random Albert Brooks trivia –
    • Albert Brooks is his stage name, his actual birth name is Albert Einstein.
    • His brother, Bob Einstein, is “Super Dave Osborne”.
  • I thought Texas high school football was a big deal thirty years ago, but I’m astonished at how it gets bigger and bigger each year. I knew Southlake takes their football seriously, but had no idea that a luxury car dealership advertises their cars at the game by parking them near the end zones.
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  • It was the first week of high school football and I noticed local teams were playing opponents from Oklahoma and Alabama. I can understand cities near state borders playing out of state teams, but I don’t understand why a school would travel past a boarding state just to play a football game. I guess there might be a financial incentive involved, and if there isn’t, that’s probably not a good use of taxpayer dollars.
  • Every time ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ starts I always wonder if someone will be subbing for host Charles Osgood and starting things off the sad news of his passing. The man is pushing 84. On yesterday’s broadcast, he announced his upcoming retirement in September, but will still do a handful of segments. I love the guy. He’s the grandfather I never had, very calming, reassuring, charming in that old man kind of way, and has a great voice. I expect either Lee CowenAnthony Mason, or Jane Pauley to take his place. I always got a kick out of the news of Osgood’s predecessor and the show’s original host, Charles Kuralt, having a second “shadow” family.
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    I was watching the preseason football game between the Vikings and the Chargers to check out their new stadium, which I actually like more than AT&T Stadium because it has a clear roof, the largest in the world, among other things. But Fox kept showing commercials with Skip Bayless that I had to switch channels.

    • One thing I enjoyed about watching Viking games was the Viking horn that sounded after a touchdown. Yesterday I noticed Prince’s “Let’s Go Crazy” was played after a touchdown.
    • I always thought the Vikings should have an outdoor stadium and play in the cold like Green Bay and use it as home field advantage.
    • But they are screwing the fans when it comes to pizza.
  • Buzzfeed – How Good Are Your Disney Parks Opinions?
  • Blame millennials for the vanishing bar of soap
    • Americans between 18 to 24 are largely snubbing the old-fashioned bar of soap, leading to sales declines for the likes of Ivory’s iconic 125-year old bar and its bar soap rivals, according to new data from consumer research firm Mintel. Consumers who still buy bar soap, it turns out, have something in common: they tend to be over 60 years old and are men. Millennials believe bar soaps are covered in germs after they are used.
    • I think like a Millennial, but vastly prefer using a bar of soap in the shower, just not at the sink.
  • For you, Jimi – Chicago Pokes Fun At Terrified Couple Who Moved To City, Left After 1 Day
  • The scene in that Netflix Tony Robbins documentary of him jumping in that 57° pool every morning has stuck with me. Not to the extent that I’ve bought my own 57° pool, but I now end each shower turning the hot water off and then counting to sixty. It gives me a boost of energy and I no longer suffer from that tiny bit of perspiration after drying off from a hot shower.
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Legit or Fake Business?

There’s a specific camera I’m looking to purchase and Google stated the best price for it is this store which does not have a Google “Seller Rating”.  I’m only going to provide pictures and avoid using any text or a URL linked directly to the business in case they are a legit business, I don’t want to hurt any online ranking.

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Reasons why I have my suspicions after not being able to find much stuff online about the store just doing a casual search.

  1. On the bottom of their homepage are links to their Facebook and Twitter accounts, but each takes you to accounts of this business.
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    Giving them the benefit of the doubt, perhaps they are just using this business to manage their online store and web presence.
  2. Using Google Maps, here’s the street view of the street address listed on their website. I clicked around Google Maps on the area, and at one point, it listed a rehab facility. I never could find the name of the business.
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  3. I searched for the phone number provided on their website. Instead of a California area code, it’s a North Carolina area code.
  4. I looked up the city’s chamber of commerce, and it’s not listed.

I don’t want to discredit a legit business, but as a consumer, I’m also trying to do my due diligence and wanted to get your input in case I was missing something.

Thoughts?

 

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Olympian sells silver medal to help pay for child’s cancer treatment

Polish discus thrower Piotr Malachowski found something more important than the silver medal he won in Rio.

Malachowski returned to his home country and immediately put his medal up for auction in an effort to raise money for Olek Szymanski, a 3-year-old boy suffering from a rare form of eye cancer called retinoblastoma.

Through the online auction, Malachowski attempted to raise roughly $84,000 to go towards the $126,000 cost of a surgery that could possibly save the boy’s life. A third of the money had already been raised by the Polish foundation Siepomaga.

According to ESPN, the price for the medal had reached $19,000 on Tuesday when Malachowski prematurely pulled it down. He took to Facebook and announced that Polish billionaires Dominika and Sebastian Kulczyk had agreed to purchase the medal for the remaining cost of the surgery.

Malachoswksi has another silver medal from the 2008 Beijing Games, and his Rio medal has already done much more good than it would have done sitting in his trophy case.

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