The Book of Ashes

Boxes full of money and the Fly Buys scam... 9:05PM

Do you feel ripped off when you ask for $20 cash out with your purchase at a store and you get coins back? Money machines have set such a precedent that we expect whole crispy clean bills. Now we even look at dirty notes with disdain.

Who would have guessed 100 years ago that one day we would have boxes full of money on the side of the street, every few blocks that gave out money to those that had it stored with the owners of the boxes? Such a strange concept, that people would transport money en mass to boxes on the street whereby legitimate users could withdraw that money unsupervised by people. What will we have 100 years from now I wonder?

If you see a fat man come out of a loo stall, don't use that loo stall, ever. People are creatures of habit. That man is likely to use the same stall each time he goes. Fat people generally have bad diets (hence they're fat). People with bad diets generally have toilet problems due to the crap food they eat, from explosive shits to runny shits. Just avoid their stalls.

I now know who the Johny Cash Stash is named after. I have seen Walk The Line.

I often wonder if I could go to a store that sells large items (like beds or plasma TVs or cars) and also has FlyBuys and hang around till people make purchases then ask if they can use my Flybys card. It might take a few days and a few sales but shouldn't I be able to get enough points off these large sales to get a free flight somewhere?

Or you could go for the mass purchase and hang out at New World, swapping aisles, getting people to swipe my card for me. They have 1000s of people go through per day. Shouldn't take too long (to get kicked out of the store).

The dish washer has almost become a required part of the household appliance set. Just like the oven, fridge, microwave and washing machine. I've resisted this last year or so but continued useage of it is making me compliant (reads: reliant).