Archive for March, 2006

Buy it new, get it used.

Sunday, March 19th, 2006

I’m at the mall the other day, and looking at blue jeans. I can vividly recall, about five years ago (the last time I set foot in a ‘designer’ store), seeing ‘new’ jeans that were sandblasted from the factory to look ‘used’. I thought this was a bit silly, given that you still pay full-price, […]

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6 Days of Photo Enforcement on the 101…

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006

…and 3,532 tickets! Each ticket is a minimum $175 fine, if you’re found guilty.
For those of you that don’t know, the 101-loop’s Scottsdale (city near Phoenix, AZ) section has just been fitted with speed-triggered cameras. 65 miles per hour is the posted speed limit, and going 76 mph or over will trigger the cameras. Why […]

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