Snark/rant

[anthrobabe]

I can't guess- what have you been up to lately?

I get garbage from the people who were in my place years ago-- I finally quit sending stuff back--

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

We rarely get anything for the previous occupants.
Zono, do you use your local municipal recycling people? We do, and there's nary a thing we can't just chuck in a bin.

[Griffin NoName]

Been asleep all evening; woke up and immediately wiped the programme I'd recorded to watch when I woke up - it was titled the name of the programme running just before and my brain was too slow to work that out.

But why doesn't my brain have a "do not erase anything when you've only just woken up" feature?

[Alpaca]

3 rants in 1.

1. Junk mail. How bloody many forests are downed by the industry? Holy sh!t, why do they send as much bul$%???

What particularly irks me in that department is college junk mail. Fact: I'm not gonna apply to the Colorado School of Mines. Or to a bunch of other ones that keep sending me crap. I've done everything - clicked unsubscribe from the emails, ignored the invitations to events, and so forth. But they all keep sending me so much crap!

I wonder if it continues once you're in college. Oh well - parents' mail, then.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

I wonder if it continues once you're in college. Oh well - parents' mail, then.

Wait, you haven't received those colorful army invitations yet?

Zono, do you use your local municipal recycling people? We do, and there's nary a thing we can't just chuck in a bin.

Yup, it's the municipal thing, actually it is the same waste management company, and for businesses they take cardboard just not for residential addresses. Among the things they want is clean bottles/recipients without caps, and they don't take Styrofoam. They are -to be precise- rather picky. 

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

I remember that stuff, 'Paca, and it was annoying. I was stalked by a couple of them, and they made up 2/3rds of my junk mail. Oh, and once you go to college (actually it starts in the weeks proceeding your high school graduation) you will then be stalked by credit card companies. They have all three of my mail pseudonyms, so I get three times as much junk.

Really, Zono? Weird. We just stick all our stuff into bins and they take it.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

We have 3 bins. A large one for your regular garbage (that goes to be burned and buried in a landfill). We have two small ones, one for bottles and the other for paper.

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

We have four-- garbage, green waste, bottles (don't use it much, we usually take it down to the recycling center to redeem them) and paper, where we stick most everything else.


RANT:
As a Starbucks cog, I get to take home coffee or tea every week. Which is nice. I am therefore, the provider of coffee for my family. I was told this morning, when I asked them what kind of decaf they wanted me to bring home, to bring home any kind of bold from a non-Muslim country.
They want coffee from a Christian country, preferably from a Catholic country.

What.
The.
F***.

I really wish I was kidding--this is ridiculous.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

I'm sorry about that.

On the bright side you can recommend Colombian supremo (yes, it is catholic) or some Brazilian variety (catholic too).

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

Says our Colombian sibling. 
Actually, I was considering Kenyan. Catholic?

[Griffin NoName]

Parents for tea -> awake all night. Parents are bad for me.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

Actually, I was considering Kenyan. Catholic?

According to the wiki the main religions are: Various [Protestant] 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, Muslim 10%, Traditional Religions 10% and Others.

All Latin America is ~90% Catholic. 

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

Then Kenyan it will be for now
Next week, when I get regular caffeinated coffee, I may get something from Latin America. Joya al Dia, maybe.

[Alpaca]

Says our Colombian sibling. 

Hey, it ain't just that. I drink Colombian Supremo every morning. (We're talking about coffee, right?)

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

We are.
I'm not a fan of Colombian Supremo. I like Dragon, though. And French roast.