@DLPanther@heartny to be fair, if there was a local large outdoor market that might be interesting for those of us who have only ever shopped in a Kroger/Walmart/small farmers market. Both for the experience and the variety
@werehatrack Not kidding, there is a very nice landscaped park next to the wastewater plant in Wilsonville Oregon. It has a parking area and you can walk on several paved paths to the banks of the Willamette River, where the (presumably clean) ? water is discharged.
As another tourist attraction there used to be a big Fry’s Electronics across the highway, but they all are closed now. Ironically it replaced an Incredible Universe electronics store which was a chain that I think disappeared in the early 2000s, prior to Circuit City and CompUSA facing a similar end.
@pmarin Incredible Universe was supposedly Tandy’s attempt to outdo BestBuy, but all they seemed to achieve was something not all that credible and far from universal. Of the locations I can recall, two are now community college satellite campuses, one is an indoor controlled-climate u-store-it place, and one is still vacant.
@pmarin@werehatrack There is a former Fry’s Electronics near me that is all fenced off. The funny thing is that it looks like a Mayan pyramid and the landscaping has been neglected and it looks like the jungle is taking it back!
@pmarin@toycardriver One of the dead Fry’s around here now looks like an abandoned rocket assembly site. The other is just a faceless lump that’s never going to get a tenant because of the dumbass move Fry’s made in closing the convenient entrance to the parking lot and leaving the annoying one open.
@pmarin@werehatrack Hey, I was just in Wilsonville yesterday (buying a car). Had I known about it, touring a wastewater plant would have been a refreshing respite after spending several hours dealing with a car salesman.
@pmarin@werehatrack@yakkoTDI On the NPR radio show Car Talk years ago a woman with a VW bug was on the phone. She was told to get something from her trunk for reasons I now forget and she said that would be hard. She was asked why. Her answer? “The trunk is an extension of my purse”. That cracked me up.
@Kidsandliz@pmarin@yakkoTDI I have seen way too many cars that were an egregiousl extension of the driver’s pockets and/or purse, and some that went well beyond absurd. (I should emphatically not point any fingers, as I’m guilty of it myself, I carry “emergency stuff” that most people would not even possess, let alone carry around with them.)
/showme three people playing some sort of amusing game
/showme what I should do this week with visitor from out of town
@heartny The AI seems to be obsessed with eating food and going shopping. 'Murica.
@DLPanther Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
@DLPanther @heartny to be fair, if there was a local large outdoor market that might be interesting for those of us who have only ever shopped in a Kroger/Walmart/small farmers market. Both for the experience and the variety
And food tourism is a thing.
Everyone brings home souvenirs. Etc
@mediocrebot
“\ake them at a h a mional noceum”
“Shopping the hiiggh”
Why didn’t I think of these?
Take a walking tour of the local wastewater treatment plants.
@werehatrack Not kidding, there is a very nice landscaped park next to the wastewater plant in Wilsonville Oregon. It has a parking area and you can walk on several paved paths to the banks of the Willamette River, where the (presumably clean) ? water is discharged.
As another tourist attraction there used to be a big Fry’s Electronics across the highway, but they all are closed now. Ironically it replaced an Incredible Universe electronics store which was a chain that I think disappeared in the early 2000s, prior to Circuit City and CompUSA facing a similar end.
@pmarin Incredible Universe was supposedly Tandy’s attempt to outdo BestBuy, but all they seemed to achieve was something not all that credible and far from universal. Of the locations I can recall, two are now community college satellite campuses, one is an indoor controlled-climate u-store-it place, and one is still vacant.
@pmarin @werehatrack There is a former Fry’s Electronics near me that is all fenced off. The funny thing is that it looks like a Mayan pyramid and the landscaping has been neglected and it looks like the jungle is taking it back!
@pmarin @toycardriver One of the dead Fry’s around here now looks like an abandoned rocket assembly site. The other is just a faceless lump that’s never going to get a tenant because of the dumbass move Fry’s made in closing the convenient entrance to the parking lot and leaving the annoying one open.
@pmarin @toycardriver @werehatrack
The two closest to me were space shuttle and steampunk themed. One is now an Amazon delivery hub and the other got leased by the county.
FWIW, Fry’s was still offering dialup service until July 1, 2020.
@pmarin @werehatrack Hey, I was just in Wilsonville yesterday (buying a car). Had I known about it, touring a wastewater plant would have been a refreshing respite after spending several hours dealing with a car salesman.
/showme what not to do with out of town visitors for the weekend.
@Lynnerizer I guess it doesn’t want her to take them shopping!
@Kyeh @Lynnerizer That’s sad.
@Kyeh Well… she asked for wrong answers only so I figured I’d ask what NOT to do.
@Kyeh @Lynnerizer Let’s see, it looks like if my guest is allergic to the drinks I serve, I should drag them to the store in the rain as punishment
@DLPanther @Lynnerizer That’ll teach 'em to visit you!
Although the bot seems to believe they’d like a museum or monument. I think …
@DLPanther @Kyeh @Lynnerizer At this point it seems like the bot has figured out that we humans are seriously messed-up.
/showme how to get abducted by aliens and live to tell the tale
Go to the local old folks home and offer to wax their body hair.
@cbilyak Heck, why not just wax the houseguests body hair. Extremely… Slowly… Inch… By… Inch…
Play find the bananna
@riceatusc The secret is in knowing when to stop spelling banananananana.
/showme find the waxed banana at the old folks home
Clean my trunk.
@yakkoTDI No!!! That’s where I keep all my junk.
@pmarin @yakkoTDI If you’ve been keeping something in yakkoTDI’s trunk, you probably need to write it off.
@pmarin @werehatrack @yakkoTDI On the NPR radio show Car Talk years ago a woman with a VW bug was on the phone. She was told to get something from her trunk for reasons I now forget and she said that would be hard. She was asked why. Her answer? “The trunk is an extension of my purse”. That cracked me up.
@pmarin @werehatrack @yakkoTDI If he was keeping something in yakko’s trunk hopefully he didn’t leave behind fingerprints.
@Kidsandliz @pmarin @yakkoTDI I have seen way too many cars that were an egregiousl extension of the driver’s pockets and/or purse, and some that went well beyond absurd. (I should emphatically not point any fingers, as I’m guilty of it myself, I carry “emergency stuff” that most people would not even possess, let alone carry around with them.)
/showme junk in an elephant’s trunk
The look in that elephant’s eye has me concerned…
@DLPanther Once they get a taste of Naugahyde, we’re doomed.
Lock your doors, pull the blinds, and don’t let them know you’re there.
@chienfou …every Halloween for me.