tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13423684.post6112930558697219966..comments2023-07-06T10:48:53.589+01:00Comments on Marchway Memoirs: A USB ChristmasRomulus Crowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275578435620952450noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13423684.post-50761700095658105102007-12-13T10:41:00.000+00:002007-12-13T10:41:00.000+00:00Hi Tom. It did get a bit technical there. I wonder...Hi Tom. It did get a bit technical there. I wondered if it was starting to sound more like a science journal than a blog.<BR/><BR/>We have these gift cards here too. They look like credit cards, and you can just top them up. Of course, if the recipient loses the card, then the company keeps the cash. I guess they make their money on interest: they have your cash in the bank until the recipient spends it, so the longer they take to decide what they want, the more profit for the company.<BR/><BR/>There's always someone with their hand in your pocket, at this time of year.<BR/><BR/>Humbug.Romulus Crowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275578435620952450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13423684.post-12764926566941775832007-12-13T03:14:00.000+00:002007-12-13T03:14:00.000+00:00Also I see you and Dikkii are exchanging bytes at ...Also I see you and Dikkii are exchanging bytes at an alarming rate. <BR/><BR/>I did take a stab at reading it all, I really did, but alas, I just may be too much of a dolt, and I had to settle for skimming.tom sheepandgoatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03519896568648043000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13423684.post-55222708288568576022007-12-13T03:09:00.000+00:002007-12-13T03:09:00.000+00:00Gift cards are popular in the U.S. I can't figure ...Gift cards are popular in the U.S. <BR/><BR/>I can't figure what whoever wants, so I buy him a Family Dollar gift card. <BR/><BR/>He can't figure what I want, so he buys me a Dollar General gift card.<BR/><BR/>We both go to our respectives stores and buy the stuff we want.<BR/><BR/>God only knows how many middlemen make a buck off our exchange.tom sheepandgoatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03519896568648043000noreply@blogger.com