From: Dana Merrick <dmerrick@...>
Date: 2008-08-23T15:01:08+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] expiration-date 1.0.0 (Stale Green Bacon)

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tim.pease@gmail.com wrote:
> =3D=3D DESCRIPTION
>=20
> Wandering the grocery aisle the other day I saw a package of bacon with=
 a neon
> green sticker screaming for all to hear "THIS BACON ONLY COSTS ONE DOLL=
AR!!!".
> Screaming bacon always intrigues me, so I grabbed the nearest store man=
ager. He
> works at the coffee shop next door, but when I told him about the screa=
ming
> bacon he had to come and see for himself.
>=20
> "Oh, it's a manager's special" he told me. "When products get too old t=
he
> manager will reduce the price so they sell more quickly. This allows ne=
w
> products to be put on the shelves, and the store can make some money in=
stead of
> throwing out the expired products".
>=20
> I stared at him blankly. He wandered back to the coffee shop and had a =
latte.
>=20
> I continued to stand there thinking about expiring products and how Rub=
y could
> benefit from neon green stickers and stale bacon. Eventually the grocer=
y
> store manager came by and asked me if everything was okay. I grabbed hi=
m by the
> collar, pointed at the bacon and yelled "DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS!?!=
?". I
> ran from the store, grabbed my laptop, and whipped up this little gem.

That was just awesome.

-Dana


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Dana Merrick - System Administrator
Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc.
54B Middlesex Tpke, Bedford, MA 01730
617.621.0060 x112 - http://www.ics.com


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